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Sunday Has Arrived; We Are Ready!

Fact: All of the water on Earth would form a ball that’s 860 miles wide. About 71 percent of the surface of the Earth is covered with water. However, it’s hard to fully grasp just how much water that actually is. Thankfully, NASA put it in perspective. They explain that if we were somehow able to take all of the water on the planet and bring it together, it would form a massive 860-mile wide ball. For comparison, the Earth itself is 7,917.5 miles in diameter.

We were lazy today which is understandable since we danced for hours last night! I did get up at 6:00 AM and watered Scout (i.e. took him outside to water the grass).

We again worked in the office and finally, I got all of my 150+ aloha shirts organized and cleaned off my desk! Success, finally! We watched our TV evangelist and he had good messages for us.

I got my OLD camera out and decided to see if it would work. It is a Canon 30D, about 15 years old. It takes pretty good pictures but no bells and whistles.  I am going to carry it with me for a while before giving it away.

It works just like it did when I first got it!

We had a small brunch and then headed for the garden to do some work. The yard is 120×40 and that does NOT count the pool. Mary trimmed the roses, picked onions for today’s soup, and straightened things up. I went to the He-Shed and found twelve hand shovels and sorted the contents of a box into my He-Shed toolbox.  The shed is looking pretty good and we can find things easily now. 
I was NOT kidding!

We went from plant to plant checking on each one making sure they had water and were not infested with weeds. The new dripline controller is working just great,  I was able to turn on the sprinklers form my phone as I was standing by the plants.

We have loads of work to keep us busy!

We measured for the new garden and I plan to call our bricklayer this week and get an estimate for the damages.

After working in the garden, Mary decided it was time for soup! I found a recipe called “Stuffed Pepper Soup” so off we go slicing and dicing and cooking up a storm. It was actually fantastic!

Before we added the liquids!

We finished making the soup and could NOT wait to try it. Damn, it was terrific! I love the way Mary eyeballs the recipe and them modifies it to fit her taste=. The English shelling peas that I picked up at TJ’s were a wonderful addition.

The doorbell rang and I went to see what was going on. The nice UPS man delivered my surprise for Mary. She liked the “Pink Ladies” jackets that some of the gals were wearing so I did my thing!

Great fun with friends.

We enjoyed an excellent meal and I watched my calories, only 660 this evening. We looked at the menu and the Peking Duck was 3,000 calories, OMG!

Just us!

Off to Studio-M and two and a half hours of dancing. We had a large table with the Brander’s, Ash’s, Zaitz, and Capps.  We danced until 9:30 PM and then my feet gave out. We hit the road.

Now Mary is a “Pink Lady”

At 4:00 PM we got cleaned up for our 5:00 PM departure to Chino and dancing. We met up with Bob and Donna at PF Chang’s and enjoyed a delightful hour of conversation before going to Studio-M!

We have arranged the trip to Catalina for the Avalon Ball.

Great fun with friends.

We enjoyed an excellent meal and I watched my calories, only 660 this evening. We looked at the menu and the Peking Duck was 3,000 calories, OMG!

Just us!

Off to Studio-M and two and a half hours of dancing. We had a large table with the Brander’s, Ash’s, Zaitz, and Capps.  We danced until 9:30 PM and then my feet gave out. We hit the road.

About Paul

Just an old retired guy trying to finish out my last years on this planet. I lost my best friend and wife in early 2020. I was blessed again by reconnecting with Dr. Mary Côté, a long-time friend. Mary and I got married July 28th, 2021, and are enjoying life together and plan to spend the rest of our lives being a blessing to our friends and family.
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