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We were up fairly early and did our necessary chores, like filling pill boxes and moving veggies from yesterday’s trip to H&H Nursery to the garden.
My kids ganged up on me and FORCED me to commit to a new Router system and get a new iMac, as mine is six years old and getting elderly. It is a NETGEAR Orbi 970 Series Quad-Band WiFi 7 Mesh Network System (RBE973S), Router + 2 Satellite Extenders, Security Features, Up to 27Gbps, Covers Up to 10,000 sq. ft., 200 Devices, 10 Gig Internet Port.
While I was at it, I upgraded the digital service to 1GB from the original 400 MB. With the service change, the new router, and the new iMac, the system ought to scream!!!!!
My first car did not cost this much.
Colleen and I strolled into the garden, dropped off the new veggies, and set out to find anything remotely interesting. I found the purple tomatoes — a brand-new variety we apparently acquired thanks to AI, which is either progress or the beginning of the vegetable apocalypse.
It took a long time to breed these guys to be purple.
Collen and I continued our little walk, and I explained to her about the new zucchini we are growing.
We crossed a zucchini with an orange to see what would happen!
Colleen galloped out the door at 10:30 am for Lilly’s practice game in La Habra—probably aiming to arrive before halftime and the halftime snacks. Mary and I played domestic ninjas: stealth-cleaning, laundry-lassoing, and generally convincing the house we were in charge. After a ceremonial lap around the garden (inspecting every suspiciously cheerful blossom), we tidied enough to earn a field trip to the senior center to reclaim Mary’s paintings—because art, like socks, must be rescued from mysterious public institutions.
I offered to go so Mary could take more time to get ready, and, to my surprise, the center was CLOSED. Poof!!
Robin showed up around 4:40 pm, and the four of us made our way to Huntington Beach for dinner at Vitorio’s — because apparently our idea of adventure is eating dinner in a different zip code.
We are gathered together!
We are ready to dine; the wine, however, is running low!
Paul gets all the girls!
Beware, VickyCam is in action!
Vicky pulls out the new camera!
Will and Mary are in serious discussions about the world.
Mary laughed so hard she hit the wall and made a large crack in it.
Another camera-person to watch out for!
“Everybody smile!!”
Bill looks a little worried since I am playing “spin the bottle” and it almost pointed to Bill!!
“Excuse me, I am changing chairs!”
Always a lady and fun to be with!!
I am a very lucky man!!
What are these two up to? One can never be too careful!
Beautiful smiles!
I am attempting to be serious because if I laugh, my head hurts!
Be serious, Paul!!
Since the scalp surgery to remove the cancer, every time Paul laughs the head really hurts.
Then someone cracked a joke, and I began to laugh and then…..
STOP! No more jokes!
Oh oh! Mary is attempting NOT to be funny; she is protecting my poor little head!
Now we get serious!
Our chauffeur drove home, and we stopped at the OC Mining Company to make reservations for tomorrow night’s farewell dinner, as the kids are heading home on the 2nd of June.
Both Mary and I love family and friends. Without them, life would be a lot quieter, a lot less fun, and we’d have nobody to blame for eating the last cookie.
you guys are so funny