Preparing for surgery

Saturday Merletta and I went to work to prepare for her surgery. Without the use of her right hand, she won’t be able to do a lot so getting all the cleaning, laundry and shopping done in advance is critical. We started by tackling her bathroom and bedroom with...

Orcutt California

Spending time in Orcutt, California with my friend Merletta. I will be here for the next few weeks helping out while she has her right hand surgically rebuilt. Her surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, November 6th so until then we are working on Christmas projects and...

Maintenance and repairs

October 31, 2013 Today we are settled in Santa Maria. The sun is shining and it’s expected to be in the upper 70’s. Life is good. And it’s a good time to take care of maintenance. I fixed the bathroom fan and got everything I need to set up on a new...

Visit with Uncle Gus

On Monday, October 28th I took the day and flew up to Portland to visit with Uncle Gus. At 82, and after hip replacement surgery and a compound fracture in his right femur, he doesn’t get around so great anymore. But he was able to drive to the train station in...

Visit with Mary

Long Beach, California. I was excited today to drive Henri through Los Angeles and successfully navigate to my cousin and dear friend Mary and her husband Rick’s place. Mary and I had a fun morning touring around the beach and town in their electric golf cart...

Off to California

Day one proved exciting when the cargo bag with my cover and BBQ grill I had strapped to the roof took flight and was only saved by one of 8 bungee cords. Phew! It took about 45 minutes to wrestle the heavy mass down from where it hung suspended by this one lucky...