That has to be one of my favorite Willy Nelson songs and it always makes me want to road trip.
I think I started getting ready too soon this time because it seems like it has taken forever to arrive. Now that it has I am overkill ready. You know that means I have forgotten something big and impt. Thank goodness they have stores where we are going. :^>
We have waited until the final morning to put the pod on top of the car so as not to advertise we are leaving. Last night my man started loading stuff into the back and its kind of crazy but everything is fitting. So now the big decision this am is should we still put the pod on just in case we buy something...or to give us that less crowded feeling while driving? You know it does affect one's gas mph...I say leave it and open the sunroof whenever we can....
I am looking forward to seeing rk in two days and we will be hitting up one of my favorite places...Boulder!! Hello Pearl St....I am coming, so keep the crazy vibes cooking and the music playing! Definitely on my top five places I would live and I don't know why because I stopped being a hippy girl in 1971. I wasn't very good at it anyway...I like make up, hairspray and bras!!
Boulder is just so quirky and fun and different from anywhere else I always enjoy a visit.
I have become a sponge lately for all the negativity in the world and feel anxious, worried and depressed often. I am going to turn off the news, stop reading the internet, only listen to positive people speak and try to find a happy place for my soul. I don't think there is a more calming place than floating on water so one more week and I can research my theory. Did I mention we have a case of wine in the car which of course we do not want to bring back. Wine on the deck watching for loons and enjoying the fish jumping...all part of my healing process...
Well here we go~ on the road again!
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
They say things come in threes
You know the saying that bad things come in threes...well we are on number two and I am not going to lie~ I am feeling nervous as hell about our road trip and whether or number three is waiting for us.
We rented a car and dropped off the kids at mom's for the night so we could drive to SLO and retrieve our Westy. AC was working and we needed to check this off our to do list. No problems getting there other than the usual LA traffic. It was heavenly to get out of the car and feel the cool breeze and comfortable temps of central Calif. We checked in and then walked downtown to Slo Brew again. Downtown was like a ghost town compared to when we visited two weeks ago...but again it was sooo comfortable!
So yesterday morning we got up early so we could pick it up, return the car and hit the road. We are cruising down the freeway and jk says he wants to stop at the Costco we can see from the freeway to get gas. We are confused by the exits so just get off and wind thru a neighborhood trying to wind our way back to the stupid store. We come up behind a semi stopped in the neighborhood and decide to go around him. Before we can get passed he begins to move fwd and is swinging left in front of us. He hits the Westy with his truck and literally lifts it up a bit as he tightens his turn. Fortunately jk hits the gas and we try to get out of his path. I truly want to be thinner but not by being squished by a semi while in a car! His semi proceeded to scrape, dent and bend out poor Westy from nose to tail. We cannot even open the back hatch its pushed in from the side nor does the passenger window go down very far. Since I tend to be a visual blog here are a few photos...
Ok so the silver lining...we were not hurt. It could have been worse. Its just a car. blah blah blah.
How we see it? We had for sale signs in the windows because we are ready to move on and sell it.
Now we have to spend more money we would have preferred to do something fun with (trip to Hawaii?!) in order to fix it to sell it. It will not be worth more after we fix it so that money is lost. We also feel after Ky and his 3 accidents in the jeep in six months...our ins co would not be happy to hear from us...hello??!?! Return to silver lining at this point but we are running out of cars to ruin!
Oh and the topper to this tale is that after the semi crunch and actually getting gas...I am driving and we are still about two hrs from home when the engine starts to overheat. We turn off the AC and I drive on for a bit and now a buzzer and two lights are flashing. So I pull over and jk discovers he cannot open the back hatch to the engine because of the squish. So jk checks it from the inside and we have all out fluids...we are simply hot. We had been running the AC and I guess we were taxing the system. The VW place had suggested we replace the radiator to help the car keep cooler but we decided since we are selling to fore go. Dammit! So I when it cooled down a bit I started down the road but had to pull over again before long. While we waited for it to cool down I texted timothy our story since he knows vws and basically I wanted some sympathy. We get back in and head down the road and his reply comes thru to roll down the windows and turn on the heater. We did that and MAGIC no more overheating all the way home! However we were driving in over 100 degree weather with the heater on....I do not understand how I can sweat that much and not lose weight?!?! We made it and I am sitting in my lovely AC writing this so what the heck...no worries. Wait...there is that one nagging worry...#3...
Again I am fearful of number three shoe dropping and will keep you updated on our road trip. Only FIVE days to go before we leave and its time to get serious about packing!!
OK so I am adding this little tidbit hoping we can all agree it is the dreaded number three and I am in the clear. The day we were leaving for SLO I went to put on my cute new shoes...you saw them...and as I slid my foot in it hit something hard so I pulled it out and OMG this was in squished against my sweet piggies. Only it was WAY bigger! The dreaded cockroach!!! They call it a date beetle around here but that is just sugar coating for an ugly nasty cockroach.
Seriously could anything be more gross and reason to scream?? I think not. I say this could easily be the dreaded number three...
Thanks for dropping by.
We rented a car and dropped off the kids at mom's for the night so we could drive to SLO and retrieve our Westy. AC was working and we needed to check this off our to do list. No problems getting there other than the usual LA traffic. It was heavenly to get out of the car and feel the cool breeze and comfortable temps of central Calif. We checked in and then walked downtown to Slo Brew again. Downtown was like a ghost town compared to when we visited two weeks ago...but again it was sooo comfortable!
So yesterday morning we got up early so we could pick it up, return the car and hit the road. We are cruising down the freeway and jk says he wants to stop at the Costco we can see from the freeway to get gas. We are confused by the exits so just get off and wind thru a neighborhood trying to wind our way back to the stupid store. We come up behind a semi stopped in the neighborhood and decide to go around him. Before we can get passed he begins to move fwd and is swinging left in front of us. He hits the Westy with his truck and literally lifts it up a bit as he tightens his turn. Fortunately jk hits the gas and we try to get out of his path. I truly want to be thinner but not by being squished by a semi while in a car! His semi proceeded to scrape, dent and bend out poor Westy from nose to tail. We cannot even open the back hatch its pushed in from the side nor does the passenger window go down very far. Since I tend to be a visual blog here are a few photos...
Ok so the silver lining...we were not hurt. It could have been worse. Its just a car. blah blah blah.
How we see it? We had for sale signs in the windows because we are ready to move on and sell it.
Now we have to spend more money we would have preferred to do something fun with (trip to Hawaii?!) in order to fix it to sell it. It will not be worth more after we fix it so that money is lost. We also feel after Ky and his 3 accidents in the jeep in six months...our ins co would not be happy to hear from us...hello??!?! Return to silver lining at this point but we are running out of cars to ruin!
Oh and the topper to this tale is that after the semi crunch and actually getting gas...I am driving and we are still about two hrs from home when the engine starts to overheat. We turn off the AC and I drive on for a bit and now a buzzer and two lights are flashing. So I pull over and jk discovers he cannot open the back hatch to the engine because of the squish. So jk checks it from the inside and we have all out fluids...we are simply hot. We had been running the AC and I guess we were taxing the system. The VW place had suggested we replace the radiator to help the car keep cooler but we decided since we are selling to fore go. Dammit! So I when it cooled down a bit I started down the road but had to pull over again before long. While we waited for it to cool down I texted timothy our story since he knows vws and basically I wanted some sympathy. We get back in and head down the road and his reply comes thru to roll down the windows and turn on the heater. We did that and MAGIC no more overheating all the way home! However we were driving in over 100 degree weather with the heater on....I do not understand how I can sweat that much and not lose weight?!?! We made it and I am sitting in my lovely AC writing this so what the heck...no worries. Wait...there is that one nagging worry...#3...
Again I am fearful of number three shoe dropping and will keep you updated on our road trip. Only FIVE days to go before we leave and its time to get serious about packing!!
OK so I am adding this little tidbit hoping we can all agree it is the dreaded number three and I am in the clear. The day we were leaving for SLO I went to put on my cute new shoes...you saw them...and as I slid my foot in it hit something hard so I pulled it out and OMG this was in squished against my sweet piggies. Only it was WAY bigger! The dreaded cockroach!!! They call it a date beetle around here but that is just sugar coating for an ugly nasty cockroach.
Thanks for dropping by.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The week I could have done without.
On Saturday I got up early so Grace and I could still do our walk before the heat was intolerable. When I turned into our house JK was coming out looking for me and very upset. Ky had called and was in a bad accident on his way to Seattle. He went by a semi truck on a 2 lane road and it sucked the jeep in and threw up so much dirt and loose gravel he was blinded. He lost control and rolled over several times. By the grace of God he was able to walk away and so we feel very grateful for that. We could have been planning a funeral right now.
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| RIP sweet little red jeep. |
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| This one gives you an idea how far out into the field he ended up. |
I have been busy sewing and finished two more pieces. I had a long email discussion with a stained glass artist friend who told me this year has been horrible for art festival artists. If they are lucky they broke even but most did not sell enough to even do that. Once you add in your cost of admission, lodging, etc~ its just not the right time to try. So right now I am working on sending a few pieces to Tahiti with a friend going there this month and having RV hang them in his rentals. If people can afford to come to Tahiti hopefully they can afford to buy a little art to remind them of their stay. We shall see. I guess I will go back and look at Etsy the handmade website. Honestly as much as I love to create I feel like giving up again. There is so much overhead to start up a business and too big of a risk factor. We shall see when I get back from Minnesota if I am pumped up to begin again.
I have also discovered its a bugger to try and make a piece over again. I just spent two days trying to do another rooster and it simply is not fun or easy. I told my man I probably should not sell the camping piece or SW piece because I wont be able to replace them. New motto..."if you love it~ keep it."
We are both looking forward to our road trip and month spent relaxing on the water. I have slowly been putting aside things (wine, beer, mosquito spray...) I want to take but knowing us it will be a madhouse the very last minute. I just purchased tickets to the summer theatre in Alex and making dinner plans with friends so we should have a great vacation. I booked all our hotels and spaced them out strategically so we aren't doing 5 hrs one day and 14 the next. I think I would be a great tour manager! I am looking fwd to seeing Rande in Colorado and Janet and Neal in WI. How fun to have relatives on the way to somewhere~
On the news last night the Boy Scouts of America announced they will not accept gays in their organization and that makes me feel devastated. Rande posted 'it is embarrassing to be an Eagle Scout when the boy scouts are such a bigoted organization.' We have always taken great pride in saying all three of our sons are Eagle Scouts because they all worked hard to receive that final honor. Ky was relentless to finish by the age of 13 and stayed the course. At the end when his brothers had lost interest in scouting he would call and schedule merit badge outings for the three of them. There were lots of hard times and mean boys in the troops but all three endured because we told them~ you started this, you will finish it. How much pride can Ky feel now to be an Eagle Scout when they say he is not welcome in their organization? Why do people assume that being gay means you want to be promiscuous or are a threat to anyone of the same sex? You are just a person trying to find your way and scouting provided my boys with great opportunities, skills and the ability to finish what they start.
Why would BSA feel comfortable with such a hateful announcement affecting so many young boys and men and encouraging others to hate along with them? I am sad and brokenhearted because with our three boys scouting was our life for over ten years. I was proud to be a scouting mom and I am still proud of all three of my Eagle Scouts...just no longer proud of the boy scouts organization.
I wish the news didn't make me cry every night with all the hate, war, and ugliness we show each other on a daily basis.
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| I love my Eagle Scouts... |
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
just a little something
I am finding one of the most difficult issues with living in the desert is being hot. Today is suppose to top off at 115...I wouldn't know because I have not gone outside since my walk this morning. That was bad enough at 90. Grace and I both jumped in the pool as soon as we arrived back home...
Dear Abby..here is my problem...When I wake in the morning I am not a very pretty sight. So after a walk, my usual 2 cups of coffee, lifting a few arm weights, emails and this and that...I look even worse. So being who I am (girly) I go shower and get ready for the day. This includes scented lotion, make up and styling my hair. By the time I dress I am so damn hot and sweaty I feel like I need to jump in the pool. Now my just went swimming look is even worse than my just got out of bed look. What is a girl to do??!?
Signed, Hot and messy in La Quinta.
Speaking of being hot..I have been trying to find dresses to wear because basically it feels like you are running around in your underwear. I found in SLO one of those gauzy India dresses for cheap. So I wore it yesterday to run errands and thought 'hey not bad'. I opted to not wear a bra to get that really cool feeling going on...well we noticed in the car and walking into stores my dress was not only gauzy it was see thru. Also when I bent over I could see all the way to my toes...yep that's right...everything! The good news is I was in Walmart so I simply blended by wearing inappropriate attire! There was a reason the dress was cheap and I guess it will have to stay home from now on...shees of all the luck!
We went golfing a few days ago and even though we attempted to be on the course before ten it was heating up. I think I could have managed but they had the sprinklers on all morning so now its hot AND humid. On the 3rd tee box I go to swipe at the damn bug in my ear and I catch my sapphire stud earring and it goes flying. My man and I spent about 15 min scouring the grass with no luck. Now I know I should have stayed home because it went from uncomfortable to upsetting. They were an anniversary gift and I dont take things like that lightly.
Well after nine holes of me sweating and playing worse than Lassie could with one of her legs tied behind her tail I quit. I went to my mom's and jumped in her pool and had a beer to ease my sorrow.
Jk played another nine and of course before he teed off he looked all over for my earring with no luck. The next hole parallels this one and so when his ball went that way he decided to give it one more glance. Now you know I am going to tell you he found it lying on a blade of grass. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?! I said blade of grass because I really wanted you to know this was not a BIG ol sapphire and we just were not really trying. I think its time to get in the line for lottery tickets. I can feel the possibility in my bones!! This is changing the subject a bit but our new friends Herman and Cornelia...they won $27,000 in the lottery! I know right?!? Why not us?!?!
I just began a new piece and its crazy how many ideas have come and gone. I started off wanting to have a big fish coming in one corner and littler fish swimming off scared. Once I assembled the border fabric with the water and sea grass it became so soothing I simply could not add funny fish.
A friend suggested sea turtles and bingo that is it! What could be more peaceful than the way sea turtles glide thru the water.
Do you see what I mean? Lovely soothing colors (which of course are even better in person) and now I will add some turtles swimming to the top and a few shells etc on the bottom. Nice.
Next post will show you the progress and hopefully its spectacular!
We are going to Carlsbad tomorrow...Timothy is home from his crazy tour for 2 weeks and my mom is there with my aunt. Mary has rented a place to get out of the heat for 2 months and so its a great place to meet up and bbq right?! We are looking fwd to a break from the heat also and of course seeing the boy. Hard to believe he will be 25 this weekend...just yesterday he was this sweet little blonde angel always wanting to sit on my lap and snuggle. While I am glad due to his size he no longer wants to sit on my lap, I miss having that unconditional nonstop love and affection only a child can offer. Most of my friends have grandchildren to fill that need but somehow my grand dog doesn't quite cut it even tho he LOVES to sit on laps!!
The other day we were in Costco and my man called me over to look at some shoes he found for me. I replied, "Babe I do not wear Costco shoes!" but I went to see what he thought I should have.
Well dang if they were not cute and absolutely perfect for me!
They are light as air, cool as a breeze, if thats possible in the desert...and absolutely perfect for my month on a lake! Score honey!
Ok well its now cocktail time and I pretty much look fwd to this time of day all day long so must run.
Thanks for dropping by and please feel free to comment so I know you are out there.
Dear Abby..here is my problem...When I wake in the morning I am not a very pretty sight. So after a walk, my usual 2 cups of coffee, lifting a few arm weights, emails and this and that...I look even worse. So being who I am (girly) I go shower and get ready for the day. This includes scented lotion, make up and styling my hair. By the time I dress I am so damn hot and sweaty I feel like I need to jump in the pool. Now my just went swimming look is even worse than my just got out of bed look. What is a girl to do??!?
Signed, Hot and messy in La Quinta.
Speaking of being hot..I have been trying to find dresses to wear because basically it feels like you are running around in your underwear. I found in SLO one of those gauzy India dresses for cheap. So I wore it yesterday to run errands and thought 'hey not bad'. I opted to not wear a bra to get that really cool feeling going on...well we noticed in the car and walking into stores my dress was not only gauzy it was see thru. Also when I bent over I could see all the way to my toes...yep that's right...everything! The good news is I was in Walmart so I simply blended by wearing inappropriate attire! There was a reason the dress was cheap and I guess it will have to stay home from now on...shees of all the luck!
We went golfing a few days ago and even though we attempted to be on the course before ten it was heating up. I think I could have managed but they had the sprinklers on all morning so now its hot AND humid. On the 3rd tee box I go to swipe at the damn bug in my ear and I catch my sapphire stud earring and it goes flying. My man and I spent about 15 min scouring the grass with no luck. Now I know I should have stayed home because it went from uncomfortable to upsetting. They were an anniversary gift and I dont take things like that lightly.
Well after nine holes of me sweating and playing worse than Lassie could with one of her legs tied behind her tail I quit. I went to my mom's and jumped in her pool and had a beer to ease my sorrow.
Jk played another nine and of course before he teed off he looked all over for my earring with no luck. The next hole parallels this one and so when his ball went that way he decided to give it one more glance. Now you know I am going to tell you he found it lying on a blade of grass. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?! I said blade of grass because I really wanted you to know this was not a BIG ol sapphire and we just were not really trying. I think its time to get in the line for lottery tickets. I can feel the possibility in my bones!! This is changing the subject a bit but our new friends Herman and Cornelia...they won $27,000 in the lottery! I know right?!? Why not us?!?!
I just began a new piece and its crazy how many ideas have come and gone. I started off wanting to have a big fish coming in one corner and littler fish swimming off scared. Once I assembled the border fabric with the water and sea grass it became so soothing I simply could not add funny fish.
A friend suggested sea turtles and bingo that is it! What could be more peaceful than the way sea turtles glide thru the water.
Do you see what I mean? Lovely soothing colors (which of course are even better in person) and now I will add some turtles swimming to the top and a few shells etc on the bottom. Nice.
Next post will show you the progress and hopefully its spectacular!
We are going to Carlsbad tomorrow...Timothy is home from his crazy tour for 2 weeks and my mom is there with my aunt. Mary has rented a place to get out of the heat for 2 months and so its a great place to meet up and bbq right?! We are looking fwd to a break from the heat also and of course seeing the boy. Hard to believe he will be 25 this weekend...just yesterday he was this sweet little blonde angel always wanting to sit on my lap and snuggle. While I am glad due to his size he no longer wants to sit on my lap, I miss having that unconditional nonstop love and affection only a child can offer. Most of my friends have grandchildren to fill that need but somehow my grand dog doesn't quite cut it even tho he LOVES to sit on laps!!
The other day we were in Costco and my man called me over to look at some shoes he found for me. I replied, "Babe I do not wear Costco shoes!" but I went to see what he thought I should have.
Well dang if they were not cute and absolutely perfect for me!
Ok well its now cocktail time and I pretty much look fwd to this time of day all day long so must run.
Thanks for dropping by and please feel free to comment so I know you are out there.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
CherVart.com
Well after about nine months of me nagging him, Rande K finally broke down and helped me set up a website. I must say I might be too old to be doing this kind of work..you know the saying old dogs and new tricks. I have spent way too much time uploading info and photos and I really should be sewing sewing sewing. At least sewing is something I sometimes understand. Anyway check it out and be sure to pass it on to anyone else you know that might be interested. I will continue to try and improve and add more pieces to it. I think its essential to my future as an artist and the good news it I have already sold a piece from it! Woohoo!
I promise to update blog soon but I have spent so much time sitting in front of this computer I could scream...or go get another glass of wine!
Thanks for dropping by.
CherVart.com
Chering My Art!
I promise to update blog soon but I have spent so much time sitting in front of this computer I could scream...or go get another glass of wine!
Thanks for dropping by.
CherVart.com
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Happy 4th of July!!
I awoke this morning to this pinging sound and simply could not figure out what was the source. Low and behold its raining! Anywhere else I have lived I would be so sad to see rain today but in the desert its so rare, its a pure delight. I also know it wont last and... well its still 80 degrees outside!
I hope you all have great celebratory plans for this fun holiday. Ours will be a bit low key and I guess that is fine. We are grilling kielbasa and having our neighbors (two!) over...then walking towards Old Town for the fireworks. My very favorite 4th of July was in 1976 and it was definitely one I put in my treasure pocket to keep close to my heart. I had just transferred to San Diego from New York in June and I held someone's vacation schedule. I flew that morning from SAN to IAD (Dulles) and we arrived around 400 downtown. My crew all knew each other and had all brought food items to share. We headed down to the Washington Monument and laid out blankets for a major picnic. It was the bicentennial year and the fireworks were spectacular. I thought my life had become perfect that night and nothing could improve after that.
We had an interesting visit to SLO and actually fell a bit in love with the town and its people. Last May we had made our first stop on our amazing road trip here. I thought it was wonderful and we should definitely consider it for a place to live. Jk not so much...he liked it but it didn't feel like it was home so we continued on and ended up waiting for our LQ house.
SLO has been named the happiest town in America which sounds so corny but I really think its true. If you google the town you will want to visit after the kind words you read about it. Everywhere we went the people were so friendly and it has this tree lined downtown that feels like you have gone back in time. Its vibrant and full of positive energy...everyone is strolling all day and into the evening simply enjoying what is happening. We found our way to SLO Brew and had the best time! Jk had great conversations with the brewmasters and we ended up returning the second night to have the staff happy to see us. In fact the hostess hugged me when we left..where does this happen?!
A great variety of beers and good food and just a really cool place to hang out. I would want to work here if I was 30 yrs younger, it has such a fun staff.
Seriously how can you not love a town when you see more of these cars than mercedes and bmws?!?!
You just know you have to take life slow and easy when you drive an old VW.
I loved this flier...who sells bees, records and tools all at one garage sale!?! I really wanted to hit this one up but we ran out of time.
I guess to wrap this up I have to share our Westy story...we went to SLO to have the AC fixed and after 2 days of trying to find the right parts still no luck. Friday at closing they found the hose they needed and the owner said he would come in the next day (Sat) to install it and add free on. We drove back to the hotel and checked in again. The next morning when they added the free on it caught on fire again and so no AC. We were not sure what to do at this point and really felt it was time to go home, so we punted. Rented a car to drive home and left the Westy there so he could finish the job. He feels at this point the compressor needs to be replaced. Do you see what we are going thru?! We enjoy having the westy and being in the cool kid club, but old cars just constantly need to have things replaced or repaired. We simply dont have endless funds to continue on and need to sell the poor guy. It kind of reminds me of JK and my bodies...it just seems like every time we turn around another 'part' has broken down. Getting old is quite the challenge and its no easier for houses or cars. We all have the same issues and just have to smile our way thru them.
Well go out and have a great day! Fly your flags and be proud to be an American. Just watch the news and you will know we are truly blessed. xo
I hope you all have great celebratory plans for this fun holiday. Ours will be a bit low key and I guess that is fine. We are grilling kielbasa and having our neighbors (two!) over...then walking towards Old Town for the fireworks. My very favorite 4th of July was in 1976 and it was definitely one I put in my treasure pocket to keep close to my heart. I had just transferred to San Diego from New York in June and I held someone's vacation schedule. I flew that morning from SAN to IAD (Dulles) and we arrived around 400 downtown. My crew all knew each other and had all brought food items to share. We headed down to the Washington Monument and laid out blankets for a major picnic. It was the bicentennial year and the fireworks were spectacular. I thought my life had become perfect that night and nothing could improve after that.
We had an interesting visit to SLO and actually fell a bit in love with the town and its people. Last May we had made our first stop on our amazing road trip here. I thought it was wonderful and we should definitely consider it for a place to live. Jk not so much...he liked it but it didn't feel like it was home so we continued on and ended up waiting for our LQ house.
SLO has been named the happiest town in America which sounds so corny but I really think its true. If you google the town you will want to visit after the kind words you read about it. Everywhere we went the people were so friendly and it has this tree lined downtown that feels like you have gone back in time. Its vibrant and full of positive energy...everyone is strolling all day and into the evening simply enjoying what is happening. We found our way to SLO Brew and had the best time! Jk had great conversations with the brewmasters and we ended up returning the second night to have the staff happy to see us. In fact the hostess hugged me when we left..where does this happen?!
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| "Boy you should taste the beer my son makes! Are you hiring because he could come work here if you are..." |
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| This was my beer order and the brewman came and told me about them and had me mix a couple! Delish! |
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| Isn' t this adorable?! |
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| Thursday night farmers market and everyone was easy going and smiling. |
You just know you have to take life slow and easy when you drive an old VW.
I guess to wrap this up I have to share our Westy story...we went to SLO to have the AC fixed and after 2 days of trying to find the right parts still no luck. Friday at closing they found the hose they needed and the owner said he would come in the next day (Sat) to install it and add free on. We drove back to the hotel and checked in again. The next morning when they added the free on it caught on fire again and so no AC. We were not sure what to do at this point and really felt it was time to go home, so we punted. Rented a car to drive home and left the Westy there so he could finish the job. He feels at this point the compressor needs to be replaced. Do you see what we are going thru?! We enjoy having the westy and being in the cool kid club, but old cars just constantly need to have things replaced or repaired. We simply dont have endless funds to continue on and need to sell the poor guy. It kind of reminds me of JK and my bodies...it just seems like every time we turn around another 'part' has broken down. Getting old is quite the challenge and its no easier for houses or cars. We all have the same issues and just have to smile our way thru them.
Well go out and have a great day! Fly your flags and be proud to be an American. Just watch the news and you will know we are truly blessed. xo
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