Tuesday, December 30, 2014

• Nice morning, calm, high clouds, temp: 57, high: 66. Light rain forecast for later in day.
• Gotta get the place cleaned up for the return of Jim & Diane this evening.
• Got my 2 1/2 mile bike ride in before the drizzle starts.
• Ran over to the Valley Garden Center to get some new plants for Diane's planter.
• With the help of Candy's brother & her son, we moved the couch out of the living room & delivered it into Candy's mothers Texas Room.
• And Candy planted the new plants in the donkey.
• Lastly, I installed the phone holder in the van. We'll see how well it works this evening when I drive over to the Harlingen airport.
• Flight status info on the web says SY631 will arrive Harlingen at 6:30 PM, 20 minutes early. Nice.
• Supper at Paradise Bingo nite.
• Rainy night driving to Harlingen airport. Jim & Diane's plane was 30 minutes late. They were tired from their trip. And Jim's shoulder, in a sling, was not real comfortable. A good night's sleep should help them feel better.
• And now for something completely different.

My drone

Connor, I need your help to understand what the box says.

• Now give me several days while I unpack it & figure out how to put it together. Then several more days while I figure out how to make it fly. Then several more days while I make my first flight. Then . . .

Monday, December 29, 2014

• Cool, foggy morning, temp: 43, high: 63.
• (Diane:) trash out.
• Gerry, Bob, Dan & I had our regular Monday morning Canadian breakfast at El Rancho Grande where all the Border Patrol go for breakfast.
• Quiet day, not much going on.
• Went to the bank to get some cash.
• Received the drone I ordered a week ago.
• Tracked Dan & Dawn from Oklahoma City to Osceola, IA where hopefully last night they winterized their trailer as their temp in the morning was only 6.
• More pictures from South Padre Island trip.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

• Nice morning: warm, calm, cloudy, temp: 71, high: 77. Scattered showers forecast.
• at the men's breakfast, several guys ask about Jim & Diane. And on the way home scattered showers started with a light sprinkle.
• Worked on my "To Do" list: decorating Christmas tree, collecting trash & putting it out, taking cardboard boxes to the Hall, setting up Meds, updating blog, daily sudoku, cleaning 3 Surface tablets, bills, etc.
• Had a delicious lunch of leftovers including great guacamole.
• Ordered my first drone, with a camera. It's a SYMA model X5C. A Facebook user said it's the most fun he had in all of 2014. Should be here in the first half of January.

• Gloomy day, cloudy, light breeze, cool, temp: 68. But got my 2 3/4 miles bike ride in.
• A drizzly wet evening held attendance down at the pot luck dinner - about 15 people - food was great, though.
• Today I hit the jackpot. My daughter, Kathy, sent me a Christmas tree (see picture below), a University of Minnesota polo shirt, & sun screen lotion (for our trips to SPI). Thank you, Kath.

• Haven't got the baubles put on the tree yet because I need to go buy some hangers. Kath - here's the picture you asked for.
• And early tomorrow, I'll be sending 4 J&D mail envelopes to Kristina Meyers, 339 Tanglewood Lane, Blue Earth, MN 56013.