Fearless, Scout decided to prance around the bed at 5:00 am, announcing he was ready to “go.” Using the latest mountaineering devices, I attached my Black Diamond Venom Adze Ice Axe to the chair and pulled myself out of bed.
I keep it handy for emergencies.
Once sitting on the side of the bed, the cold floor only caused a mild convulsion and a slight scream! Scout got a great kick out of my painful exit from the bed.
I could see Mary’s eyes flash open and shut as she realized that if she were awake, she might have to go to the cold house to let Scout escape!
After Scout did his business, I returned to bed for an hour, waking at 6:00 am to start the day again! Scout followed me in and also crashed for an hour.
“I repeat, DO NOT wake me up!”
At 11:00 am, the weather was pretty good, so we decided to drop by the dry cleaners on the way to the lodge.
Arriving at the Elks, I dropped Mary under the carport entrance to the lodge. As I exited the car out in the parking lot, a cloud burst lasted two minutes, pelting me with water and a few pieces of hail.
Bob joined us within a few minutes, and we caught up on the latest gossip!
BTW, we took out our things to compare them, and sure enough, Bob’s AAA Membership was 60 years, Bill’s was 55 years, and ours was 52 years.
Smile at us.
When Bill arrived, the conversation got even funnier.
Bill gives us the evil eye.
We enjoyed soup and salads. We asked Bob to take a picture because quite often we “are not there” after we get home and look at the photos we took!
Just us!
We enjoy each other’s company and always find something to giggle about. I find life’s most beautiful moments aren’t just with her but because of her.
We were here!
On the way home, we stopped by Macy’s as Mary wanted to look for a Mother of The Bride dress for our Ireland trip. We also found a gift for our Great Grand Nephew. Sadly, we discovered that the enormous Barnes and Noble store was closed and out of business.
What We Found Out A book-signing event at a Barnes & Noble in Orange was cut short on Saturday, April 29, after a fire broke out inside the business, leading to the store’s closure for the foreseeable future.
Author and photographer Maggie St. Thomas was performing a reading of her new book, “Still Life: The Photographs of Maggie St. Thomas,” to a crowd inside the bookstore on the 700 block of South Main Street when the fire broke out sometime around 5 pm, according to Orange Deputy Fire Marshal Robert Prendergast. Customers and staff were evacuated from the store, and no injuries were reported.
The fire quickly grew to a second alarm, with about 45 personnel from Orange County Fire Authority, Anaheim Fire & Rescue, and Orange Police called in to assist with the fire.
The blaze was contained around 9 pm, Prendergast said.
The cause of the fire and an estimate of the damage were under investigation on Sunday.
The bookseller announced on Instagram that the Barnes & Noble store was closed on Sunday and would remain so until further notice.
After visiting the shopping center, we stopped at Michaels to look for goodies for our upcoming trip! Mary thought having an Embroidery Kit might be fun on our two-week cruise through the Panama Canal, but they had nothing!
A quick stop at Michaels
I went online and got two kits to see if that would suffice. We will find out shortly.
When we got home, we visited Jeff, our neighbor. We had a glass of wine, and we brought him cheesecake and a berry cobbler from the Elks Lodge lunch today. We chatted for an hour and then came home.
We hit the sack around 10:30 pm. Mary tried to watch a movie but fell asleep at 9:00 pm. Scout was found in the family room chowing down on his dry food, so we must go outside within an hour. So, I stayed up and worked on the website until I heard him asking to go outside.
You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
“Daddy, I gots to go!”
When I returned to bed, Mary was sawing logs, so I removed her glasses, got her a bottle of water, and headed under the covers. Scout was happy, so everyone was happy.
