…And Another Week Begins!

Special thanks to Captain Mary A Côté, USA

We got a Frameo from Jacquie (our grand-daughter) with a picture of a varmint she found in her backyard,

We have proof Fall is here; our great-grandson Chunk is playing in the leaves!

FYI: This website was established Tuesday 26th of December 1995 and is 28 years, 10 months and 16 days old today!

We were moving at 6:50 am and raced to see who got to the coffee machine first.  Guess who won?  It was Scout, but he had an ulterior motive. He passed it right by, leaving it cold, and headed to the back door, doing just under 85 miles per hour.  The last we saw of him was his tail wagging in the air and him sailing through the grass toward the vegetable garden.

Mary will go on as usual.

Today, I plan to limit myself to floor and drinking exercises because of the report I got last week about the old ticker.

I will watch all the activities going on!

After mentioning my “condition” to my trainer,  we worked on mobility instead of cardio, so I was OK.  After the workout, we went next door to the Subway shop and got vegetarian sandwiches.

The Veggie Delite is one of Subway’s Fresh Fit subs. It is made on 9-grain wheat bread and includes several vegetables from their fresh vegetable container. It has only 200 calories!

Some say the Veggie Patty is one of Subway’s healthiest items because it contains mushrooms, onions, carrots, black olives, and bell peppers.

After returning home, we got ready for our bi-weekly massage which really felt pretty good after the gym, ha ha.  Then Mary wanted to work in the yard trimming some flowers and planting others.  I pulled out some fruits that were gone bye bye and watered the last of the berries that have new fruits on them.

Mid-afternoon we called Pete to wish him Happy Vetran’s Day and we also called Colleen to say the same to Mark!

In Iraq for the third time (His HumVee had bullet holes in the back!)

Since it was Veterans Day, we decided to go to the American Legion on Balboa Island and participate in their BBQ celebration.  We were a day late and a dollar short; the BBQ was over when we got there although we could have had some leftover rubber chicken.  We had a glass of vino and then got to work deciding what to do for dinner and how to celebrate for Dr. Captain Mary!

I called Bill Capps to see if he would like to go to dinner but he said, “This was the first night he was alone and he wanted to savor the moment!”  We understood but we did make plans to go the Elks Tuesday and celebrate with him.

The an idea popped into my head; let’s go to Patty’s Place, our favorite.  It was 4:30 pm and although it was a holiday, the freeways would be a disaster.

We got married there and celebrate anniversaries there every year.

We took PCH from Balboa to Seal Beach and we made it in less than 30 minutes.  GPS said 17.1 miles and 29 minutes.  GPS was right on!

…and we got to see the sunset!!

We arrived at Patty’s at 4:59 pm which was perfect because on the way, we called Sydney and asked her and her dad, also a Veteran, to join us at Patty’s.  We planned to meet them at 5:00 pm.

We listened to the news and saw “the map” while driving northwest along the coast.  A sea of red from sea to shining sea!

Maybe it’s the sea water and high elevations that make the liberals crazy!

Our favorite bartender was serving tonight so we got to visit with Jake and several other employees we knew.  Patty’s had their famous swordfish this evening so I was delighted.  Mary did the rack of lamb.  The meal was, as expected, fantastic.

The girls have a good visit.

The rack of lamb was especially good this evening; a lot of it made it’s way home for tomorrows brunch!

An average lamb rack weighs about 2 pounds. Lamb rib chops are cut from a rack of lamb. There are 8 chops per rack, with 1 rib bone per chop.

Hal was in excellent spirits this evening as he just turned 95 last week!

The four of us kibitzed all evening long!

Hal heard the word “flash” and started to demonstrate his procedure.  We got him stopped before and permanent damage was done to his reputation!

Hal, it is winter time outside!

We headed home to Orange which was due East 22.1 miles taking us a mere 26 minutes!

The Silver Fox flew home on automatic.

We stopped at Jeff’s because we brought him dessert from Patty’s place.  We said hello to Scout and the promptly hit the sack.  I thought it would be good to watch some Laurel and Hardy in bed before going to sleep.  Well, I lasted less than three scenes before I was sawing logs.

We had a good day!