Happy Hallowe'en

Wow...November tomorrow..can you believe it? Not much is happening...the fish are still here and still dying..no smell yet though...A guy was taking photos of them this morning..

I continue to love my new digs....and so does Fritz! and my family! - they don't have to ring me up to let them into the building. That sliding glass door makes it seem more like I am living in a small house and not a big old building.

My current "panic" is that my TV remote control went out on me yesterday...The TV works fine..I was able to play a Netflix movie....just can't get the darn thing to move off of channel 22! Jocelyn is coming over today and will look at it....I just might need to call my son-in-law Jeff back in New Hampshire...he's the one who fixed it so well when he was here over a year ago...What I really want is a new flat Screen.....that will have to wait a while however - unless this one conks out on me....We brought this one up from Seaside....so it is probably 8-10 years old...amazing it is still going, huh?! Oh yes...I DID replace the batteries...so it is not that! And it turns the thing on....

Today, we are going to the grand opening of a Grocery Outlet store, here in Renton. Should be able to score some bargains there!!

I am really enjoying the audio books Jocelyn put on my computer...She did two of them....Labor Day and Room....I am in to Labor Day right now...Room was fantastic!!

I am trying to sew these days...have patterns for several tote bags and - wouldn't you know -I picked the most difficult one to start out on !! At first I was going to make all of these bags to sell at the building's annual bazaar....well...that happens next week...so much for that idea!

Think I will get to sewing now.....perhaps the remote knows I have all of this to do and that's why it went out????? highly doubt it! Talk to you next month~!

Still Here!

The fish, I mean....they are still here and dying like crazy...watching them is mesmerizing....I suspect we will smell 'em this year...There are two very fat seagulls feasting out there..

So...what else is going on here? not much, actually. Went to the doctor last week for my 3 month check-up...all is well there, fortunately...Susie went home on the 10Th..sure didn't seem like she was here long enough....the days flew by!!

On Monday, we went to the casino on the bus the casino sent....I had a good time, although the machines were not as nice to me as the black-jack table was.....and even that wasn't much...came home $30 lighter than when I started.l...so I guess that wasn't as bad as it could have been . I had fun....so $30 isn't that much for entertainment...huh?!

That night, I woke up at 1:30 am with my feet burning and paining...Had to get up and take some pills and then wait for them to kick in so watched some TIVO and got back to bed at 3...didn[t wake up until 11! This was a problem, once I realized it was Tuesday and I had to be volunteering at noon-30!! So I called in "late" and got up to walk Fritz, eat breakfast and get dressed...not necessarily in that order;. Finally made it there at 1:30...only an hour late. I have come to the conclusion that my feet rarely do this to me unless I have spent the day mostly on my feet...It happened when I went to the mall with the girls a couple of weeks ago too. so....watch it not happen next time I am on my feet for a day...I HATE my feet!! On the other hand I NEED my feet so guess I better be more aware of what causes this dreadful neuropathy..

Nothing exciting scheduled for this week coming up.....I have decided to venture into the sewing mode....I am making a tote bag and, of course I had to pick a complicated one to start with. I will be really cool when - and if - it is done.....talk to you later.

The fish are back!!

Yep...,they're back....it seems like there are more of them than last year...I learned that the salmon head up to the fish ladder at the dam - deposit their eggs, and head back downstream to eventually die...what a way to live!!! The fisheries folks say they have collected more eggs than ever this year..wonder why?!

Steve, Marcia and I made the trip down to Seaside for our friend Tracey's funeral...It actually was an Elks service and held in the lodge hall. It was packed!!! I saw a lot of friends..which is nice...but we only stayed for a while since we had to head back the same day..Took Fritz along with us and he did well...as usual. He is used to riding on long trips - he went with us on our now famous road trip around the country. Anyhow, it was great to spend some time with those two kids.

A couple of Fridays ago, we had a fire alarms testing throughout the morning. For some reason I could not get to sleep that night, so I got up and watched a couple of TV shows on the tivo...and finally got back to bed around3:30...then...at5:30, the alarm went on,...and , since there are not supposed to be any fire drills, we have been told that when that happens we need to leave the building...so I donned my pink robe, hooked up Fritz and out we went...to mingle with other old folks in various night clothes....Finally a fire truck came...and the firemen sauntered into the building...and back out again a few moments later...and the noise stopped. Come to find out, there was a glitch in the alarms they were testing during the morning.,,,.in any case, I decided to stay up...turned on the TV (which I rarely do in the morning) and got started on a marathon of (I still don't believe it!) America's Next top Model....I was so rummy I watched the whole darn thing....with breaks to take Fritz out, of course....Boy o boy!! Did sleep well the next night, however......that was really something.

Next Tuesday, Susie arrives....I am so excited to see her..She hasn't seen my new apartment. She will love it...she hasn't met Grayson yet, and she will love him as well.She is only here until Sunday morning.....not nearly long enough!!

We are having our annual apartment inspections this month...first floor is next Thursday,...so I must get this place whipped into shape...talk to you later.