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Go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you can see farther!
It’s hard to describe how lonely one can get when your other half is away, even though she is only two short miles! I can’t seem to sleep, so I toss and turn all night long and pray for the first crack of dawn so that I can get up.
I was off to the hospital around 9:00 am, where I fed her breakfast. She polished off two eggs and some toast. Things are looking up! I returned home and worked in the office, transferring old files into the closet and setting up new folders for this year’s bills and documents. I think I have this down to a science since I took things over in 2017.
Zachary showed me a new “toy,” so I ran out and got it. It’s a laser leveling device. Features Bosch’s Visimax technology to deliver maximum line laser visibility up to 50 feet in standard working conditions. It includes a Smart Pendulum System that allows the laser tool to self-level while also indicating out-of-level conditions to help ensure accurate measuring. I used it for the first time today, hanging two pictures on our dining room wall. The laser was set up on the kitchen counter and lased across the dining room onto the wall. Made the hanging effort easy!
It works like a champ! Thank you, Zack!
The Silver Ghost and I made a “Coldstone Creamery Run,,” meaningwe went over to the Los Alamitos Race Courst. After getting Sue’s favorite ice cream, we returned to the hospital, and she downed a “Like-It” in a “Love It” cup. She was still quite tired, so I returned home and did some additional chores.
I found two old pictures, we are talking 50 years old, which were quite faded. I ran them through my new Epson V600 Photo Scanner using its enhanced color mode. They came out well for their age. The faded picture was restored through the magic of digital enhancements!
The first picture, below, was taken in the den (which was a one-car garage) at Aunt Opal’s home in Paramount, California. Our family used to love getting together to talk. Mom is wearing the green dress (which she made). Aunt Alma was in the rocker, so she had a super view of everyone. I was wearing a brown sweater and light brown pants with black socks. I was not, still am not, someone who pays attention to colors. Thank goodness, Sue does!
Mom. Aunt Alm and I around 1970 in Aunt Opal’s den
The second picture is of Cousin Kat, my Dad, and my Aunt Edith. When I knew Mom and Dad were going to be in Paramount, I would find a way to go over and visit with them, since my ex-wife would not join me, and she never liked the get-togethers. Fortunately, I worked only two miles from Aunt Opal’s house, so I visited quite often, especially for lunch!
Sue is like me and loved those special moments together, and beginning in 1987, we spent many, many hours visiting my family in this little room. Dad passed about six months after this picture was taken. I do miss him after half a century!
Dad is carrying on a conversation with his sister.
When Aunt Opal moved to California from Arkansas in 1929, they bought a little house (500 square feet) in Paramount on a rather large lot. By 1950, they decided to build a larger home, because their grown-up daughter, Cousin Kat, was living with them. I have a slip of paper showing that Dad loaned them the money to buy a kit house. It was large, probably 1000 square feet,, and contained a built-in one-car garage. That was quickly converted into a den. Dad loaned Aunt Opal $ 3,000, and that was enough to build the house. Wow! BTW, the house is still standi,ng as is the older housfromrm the 1930s.
Street View of 8060 Alhambra taken recently (The one on the left was Aunt Opal’s home, and the one on the right was Aunt Edith’s home!
Did You Know Kit houses, also known as mill-cut houses, pre-cut houses, ready-cut houses, mail-order homes, or catalog homes, were a popular type of housing in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere in the first half of the 20th century. Kit house manufacturers sold houses in many different plans and styles, from simple bungalows to imposing Colonials, and supplied at a fixed price all materials needed forthe construction of a particular home, but typically excluding brick, concrete, or masonry (such as would be necessary for laying a foundation, which the customer would have to arrange to have done locally).
Robin called about 4:00 pm as she was working late and wanted to visit Sue. I suggestedthat she and I go to CPK and bring Sue some soup and mac-n-cheese into the Silver Ghost and away, carrying the CPK goodies.
The traffic was as usual, but thank goodness we live only two miles from the hospital!
We got to the hospital5:15 pm 5:15 PM, just as the sun was setting. Sue downed that soup like there was no tomorrow! We visite6:00 pm 6:00 PM, then departed as Sue was falling in and out o sleep. The meds made her prett groggy. Leaving the hospital, it was dark.
Today’s temperature his 82 degrees!
I returned home for a half-ho,nd then decided to go to the GG Elkbecauseas I was missing “the gang.” I received this lovely message last night. Bob is my brother from another mother. I did call him this morning and gave him and Donna the particulars.
I felt quite special after receiving this note.
I planned to dance with Irene, but alas, my back was giving me fits. I got three Advils from Irene and beganfeelingg a little better as I departed for hom9:15 pm 9:15 PM.
At home, I turned on the boob-tube and watched part of a goofy science-fiction movie before cras11:00 pm11:00 PM. I can’t even remember what it was bout, but it was indeed goofy!
