Thursday, February 08, 2007

Day 37: Laptop shopping and debugging TheHowserHouse

ANOTHER FANTASTIC DAY!!!!!! A beautiful sunrise......a great cup of French Roast coffee......and the dry, clear atmosphere out here in the desert made the start of today just perfect!!! By the middle of the afternoon the temps had reached 86 degrees here.....and WOW.....what more could you ask for on Feb 8th????

This morning, Mac and I discussed laptops......places to buy one....costs....things that he wants to do on a laptop....etc, etc.,etc. Soooooo, we decided to head to town around noon. The 1st Lady had fixed a great breakfast this morning: hot biscuits, bacon and eggs, and of course, to start off with: fresh grapefruit which we hand-picked in Texas.

For the past few days we have noticed what looks like very fine saw dust under and around our dining room table. Well.....upon further inspection, I discovered that the table top base on one side had many, many tiny holes in it!!!! Looking further we discovered a couple of tiny, tiny dark long bugs.....and began to think that they must be the wood eaters. NOT termites, but not certain what they are/were!!!!!! So before we headed into town, we removed all the food items, all the pots and pans, all the dishes and other eating utensils and eating items.......and then closed up TheHowserHouse, turned off the batteries, unhooked the electrical umbilical cord, and turned off the propane.....and then we set off a "bug bomb". We had to be out of the place for a minimum of two hours which worked out fine for our trip to town.

In Casa Grande we went first to Office Max.........and after much discussion, questions and answers, etc., the 1st Lady and I purchased a new scanner/fax/printer........one that we can make pictures from negatives AND SLIDES. Well......I have thousands of slides from the past 40 years, so this will be fun to make some of the into pics.

Mac and Gail found a laptop that has the specs on it that they like and want......and so may run back into town tomorrow to purchase it. It is a 17" screen with a built-in camera for sending out live broadcasts to those that have a pc that is capable of getting the live picture.

We made a quick stop at the Supermart......and then headed for the RV Park. When we returned.....the aroma in TheHowserHouse was pretty bad, so I turned on the Fantastic Fan....the A/C....and opened the windows. Before long most of the odor was gone, BUT.....then there was the tasks of cleaning the kitchen, we decided to go ahead and be safe, and we washed all of the dishes, etc., etc......and then returned the canned goods and boxed goods to their proper shelves and cabinets. There WERE many of those tiny little wood eaters lying in repose on the carpet under the table........and I hope that we debugged the entire HowerHouse completely. Time will tell........

We went to Mac and Gail's for wine and cheese, and other goodies for supper......just a really light little repast. I opened the bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon....St. Genevieve.....that we purchased in Ft. Stockton, TX. The advertising states that it is the LARGEST winery in Texas. Well, it might be the LARGEST.......but it is not the #1 wine I'm certain. Very little depth in the flavor.......the color was toooo light......and the bouquet was just not what a quality wine should have!!!!! Glad it didn't cost me an arm and a leg.......in fact, it was less than $5.....purchased at the local market in Ft. Stockton, where it is made.

Soooooo, another great day.......(minus the wine quality).........and the plans are being finalized for the next couple of days. Saturday we are going to join friends from the Cedar Creek RV Owners Club who are spending the winter just east of Phoenix in an RV Park there........and we are going to meet for lunch and some good conversation. I'm really looking forward to the time we will have together!!!!

Guess what??????? With another great day.......how could it be anything BUT.....

Life IS GREAT......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!

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