Friday, February 20, 2015

• Breezy, clear & warm, temp: 61, high: 80. 
• Today was not a very good day. Everything that could go wrong, did.
• Jim had committed me to chauffeur a neighbor, Norma, someplace tonight. Knocked on her door at 9 AM, no answer. Knocked again at 1 PM, no answer. Finally at 3:30 after I talked to her sister, Mary, Norma came by to tell me that the event is next Friday. Ugh.
• Jim drove to PT at 9:30.
• Candy had asked me to sharpen 50 pencils for the Minnesota Picnic tomorrow and that there was a pencil sharpener in the library.
• At about 9, I went to the library, located the sharpener, but it was an El Cheapo that would have taken hours to sharpen 50 wooden pencils. So I went to the office to borrow their electric sharpener. It burnt out after sharpening about 6. 
• During all of this, I should have been helping to set up chairs for this evening's auction. Instead I was wasting time on poor pencil sharpeners.
• After Jim got home from PT, I drove up to Staples to purchase an electric pencil sharpener.
• Around noon, Jim & Diane drove down to Riverside Club for lunch & the associated polka jam. I declined their kind invitation.
• After unpacking my new sharpener, I sharpened the 50 pencils in about 20 minutes.
• The wind is blowing in excess of 30 MPH today, so I walked to Burger King for lunch.
• After lunch I took the new sharpener to the office to replace the one I had wrecked.
• About 3, Dave called to brief me on his appointment at the VA for his back. He was fairly upset as they did some very painful procedures. Thanks Dave, for keeping me up to speed on your health.
• This evening I'm attending the spaghetti dinner & auction at the Hall. Jim's on the dish washing crew. See picture below.
• The spaghetti was great. The auction is still progressing and will probably continue for at least a couple more hours.
• Jim & Diane left afterward to go to Bingo at Paradise Park in McAllen.
• Finally, the wind was just to high (over 40 mph) all day to ride bike. Ugh.
• The pictures below were taken at the Spaghetti Dinner & Auction at the Hall (& kitchen) this evening.

Everyone eating spaghetti in The Hall

Look who's doing dishes in the kitchen 

 Several up front examining the contributions to be auctioned later.

More contributions to be auctioned later

He looks like he's experienced at this job

Friday, February 6, 2015

• Warming trend continues, high clouds, light breeze, temp: 52, high: 65. Today is the last day for a week with a high less than 70. Yippee! And only 4 days of remaining February with the high less than 70.
• Diane & Jim left early this morning with Wendy, taking her to the Harlingen airport as she's returning to Minnesota today.
• J&D and D&C drove over to Pharr South for a craft sale. They really went for Jim to get Biscuits & Gravy which they sell during the craft sale.
• I drove Jim to PT for his 10:30 appointment. Lasted almost 2 hours.
• After lunch with them temperature over 60, I biked my 2 1/4 miles routes around the park.
• This afternoon, Jim received some papers that needed his signature and returned to sender. The scan capability on his computer had never been used/tested. So 3 hours later I got the driver installed, the documents scanned, & returned to the original sender. But what a job.
• Late afternoon, I called Dave for an update on his family. He's still having back pain, but has an appointment at the VA to work the problem. Thanks Dave, for the update.
• This evening J&D are going to another park with the Sasse's to play Bingo. I'm going to a gospel show at the Hall entitled Kieth Ross Gospel Show. It was just so, so. It included 6 performers: Keith Ross, Jay & Tammy, Lafayette & Vada.
• And now for my pictures.
• Lots of people, mostly men, should know what this is a picture of & where it was taken & about the year it was taken.

• I'll give you the answer tomorrow.