One for You and One for Me

Work, work, working for the last few days on the house. Yesterday I caught a break by accepting a dinner invitation from Andrew and Veronica to go to Chapman's, a wonderful eastside restaurant. I had the mahi-mahi with papaya salsa -- delicious, and so beautiful that I longed for my camera.

Andrew got to demonstrate for me, much to Veronica's chagrin, how he humiliates people who ask him where he's from, based upon his accent. What he did was to try to make her guess, and then he teased her with "south of there" and "a bit east of there." This assumes, of course, that his victim knows enough of European geography to make a cogent next guess.

On the subject of geography, go on and take a test and see how *you* do on European geography, or any of the other continents. I .. um.. did not fare well with Europe. I do ok on Canada, though!

Anyway, the dinner with A & V was lots of fun.

So it was back to the salt mines for me today, as I finished up my work in my bedroom! I got the last of the clothing sorted out and boxed or taken out here to the RV. Having such a small place in which to live does limit what I can keep! I also boxed up some things to give to Kelly and David and prepared some things to give to George.

I shredded another 4 bags of papers that Ann had culled out ydy. And I worked in the office closet, pulling things out of there.

Suzanne came to help this afternoon, and she helped me with sorting out more things in the office and boxing things for Goodwill. They are doing very well from me!

Then at 6, DL came with a guy who's going to estimate on powerwashing the deck and the house and staining the deck with a sealant product. He is also going to estimate on painting the doors and washing the garage. All of the above are covered in green algal growth, as if they had been underwater!

DL and I worked then in the garage. She moved a bunch of things, taking a load of things that I didn't want to see again in her truck to give to people. I loaded my car to the gills with trash and recycling. That will all go tomorrow, since they take trash/recycling only on Wed and Sat. I'll also make a Goodwill run tomorrow. I miss Steve and his truck on these runs!

I am finally getting a few bids on some of my auction items! Woo hoo! I'm wondering if it would be ok to pop some "extras" into the box when someone buys something. Like.. maybe a box of Pyrex pie pans with purchase of a crystal apple? LOL!

There is a June bug outside on the screen torturing Eddie! He is so funny batting at it! LMAO! Having never been an outside kitty, he probably just thinks that they are there for his amusement.

Maddy's looking good and feeling good these days. She's lost enough weight that she has a noticeable waist now, and her ribs are palpable. She does so much better when she walks daily! (I have always walked (or cycled or hiked) daily, but on those cycling or hiking days, Maddy doesn't get to go!