2015 - Day 127/238 - Thursday...

We had our monthly office meeting at the newly opened Shake Shack on South Lamar this morning. Obviously, we did not get a lot of business done, but we had a really good burger. We stood in line for about 20 minutes, ordered, then waited for our food (nine orders) for about another 15 or twenty minutes. It was not a terrible wait though, we were all backing and gossiping, so it was okay. I have to tell you that the burger I had was DEE-licious, and I will go back again. Kind of Elevation Burger-ish and that is good because the most convenient Elevation Burger to us has been shuttered. Crazy. Anyway, this is a photo of the menu they offer for four-footed types. Interesting. I hear it is a nationwide deal, but I was totally unaware of it until about two weeks ago, and thought they had already opened. Nope, they just opened on Tuesday. Give it a try, and invite me to go along with you!

I am nervous as a cat. I am trying to do everything on a MacBook Air that I bought about six weeks ago and it has been riding around in the back of the car ever since. I am convinced I will like it and it will make my life easier (that's what everyone tells me, but no one of an advanced age such as myself), but so far so good. I am kind of getting things figured out, and it is supposed to be really intuitive. One thing for sure, it is lighter and easier to carry than the HP I have been using as a portable unit.

I took the girl dog in to the beauty parlor this morning, she was just fine on the ride in and happy to go, but she was not excited about going into the place, and less interested in making any new friends. We think she has had plenty of instances to mingle with strangers in the last month or so when she was in the shelter. We have had her two weeks today, and everyone is happy with the decision. I'll post a photo tomorrow.

Deeds, Actions, Changes, SHAKE SHACK, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2015 - Day 126/239 - Wednesday...

This is a photo of the girl dog last night getting ready for a snooze with her head on her daddy's knee. It is interesting how much this little girl dog is already getting away with. Snoozes on the couch, snoozes in the chair, jumps up in our laps, gets UNDER the covers with Jody. Cray-Cray!  She has an appointment at the dog beauty parlor tomorrow. I have not had a dog groomed since the late '80s when I had a blond cocker spaniel named Abbie. It is a totally new journey with this girl dog. She is a barker too. Jody just says she is a good watch dog; I just say she is loud.

Today was a day FULL of meeting. Just one, but a full day of it. I was up last night until almost 9 o'clock making calls, started the morning out making calls, calls made during breaks, during lunch and followed up with e-mails and texts. It was a busy day.

Tomorrow will be a bit more calm.

Deeds, Actions, Changes, GIRLIES, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2015 - Day 125/240 - Tuesday...

I don't know exactly where the Vera Chicken was when I was outside looking for a journal photo op, but she is okay, because I just saw her screaming across the open lawn headed towards the bamboo preserve. When we moved to this property about six years ago, there was a nice stand of bamboo between the house and the road. When we got the chickens, it worked out well because the girls could get into the bamboo and be protected from prey of all sorts. During the EXTREME drought years, the bamboo died out, and a couple years ago I supplemented the bamboo with more and was very careful to water it. There was help from the better rains, and this year the bamboo has gone CRAY-CRAY. I know all the terrible stuff about bamboo, and I will work to control it (maybe next year or the year after), but for now, it is a good, safe place for the girls.

Today was a day of office work, and it is incredible to me that I got a good number of things marked off my 'to done' list. Things I have been putting off and stressing over are now complete, so I have a whole new list of things to stress over.

Tomorrow will be a full day of meetings, then on Thursday we are going to try out a new eatery and have our office meeting. Shake Shack, here we come. It just opened today, so we will give them one more day to get their shakes together, and we will be there!

Another day of '
it looks like rain', but still none.

Deeds, Actions, Changes, BAMBOO, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2015 - Day 124/241 - Monday...

I think this qualifies (at the very least) as breezy conditions. It may even qualify as windy, I am not sure. One thing I am certain of is, it is not considered rainy. Even though there was only a 10 percent chance of precipitation today, it was cloudy for a good part of the morning and still seems to be somewhat NOT sunny. And the rain chances for the rest of the week seem to be experiencing a rapid decline. Having said that, I expect storms and several inches of rain by the end of the week.

I was in the office most of the day, and I was able to get a considerable amount of work done before my mid-afternoon meeting. There was also a good bit of work accomplished, and some really good ideas were presented. It was, overall, a really rewarding afternoon.

Tomorrow is another day in the office until I go to get my haircut in the afternoon, and Wednesday will be an all day meeting.

I am the luckiest man in the world.

Deeds, Actions, Changes, BREEZES, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2015 - Day 123/242 - Sunday...

The year was one-third over two days ago, and I did not even make note of it. I did make note that the year will be over in about five minutes, and indeed it will be. It has been a really pretty day on the edge of nowhere today, and clouds are rolling back in from the south. There is a very small chance of rain tomorrow, but the chances increase on Tuesday and Wednesday, and taper off towards the end of the week, but there is a chance of rain every day in the next seven days.

I did manage to get a lot of stuff done around here today, and Miguel came out and helped and made the progress even better. I did get all the grass cut in the front of the house, and even did some of the tighter spots with the self-propelled mower. Forget everything I said last night about chickens being really good conversationalists. They do not (obviously) understand the shouted command of "GET OUT OF THE WAY". We were once again playing the game of bug, chicken, lawn tractor, and the juiciest of all bugs just happened to be right where I had aimed the lawn tractor. So far there have been no chicken fatalities, but I have to admit there have been some close calls.

This should be a relatively quiet week, but the following week will be a busy one.

Deeds, Actions, Changes, BUGS, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!

2015 - Day 122/243 - Saturday...

This is Society Garlic, and there are plants all around the property. There are lots of other garlics all around the property, but the Society Garlics are just about to burst forth with blooms. Very pretty. If you need some garlic, let me know.

Even though the girl dog decided we were being attacked by space invaders this morning about 4:15, I managed to ignore it as best I could, and feigned sleep while Jody got up to see what was the matter. Turns out, nothing. We did leave the garage door open overnight, and we surmise that she heard the newspaper being delivered. I then slept on until about 6:15 and got up because I had things to do before I left for the office at about 8:30.

I did manage to get a few things done before I left; read the paper, took the girl dog outside, made a pile of eggs for me and Jody, vacuumed the car and a couple other things. I got back home about 1:30 and took to the blue chair for about 30 minutes before Jody and I headed into Georgetown for lunch. When we got home, I took BACK to the blue chair for a while until the interesting parts (that means hardly any) of the news was over, and I went outside and did a couple more things, like gathering eggs and talking to chickens. Chickens are some of the smartest people I know.

Tomorrow will be a work around the property day, and there is PLENTY to do. It is supposed to be a nice day, continuing into Monday, then chances of rain Tuesday through the rest of the week.

I have almost got the one-space-after-the-period thing conquered.

Deeds, Actions, Changes, GARLIC, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN !

2015 - Day 121/244 - Friday...

Welcome to May, this year will be over in five minutes, and we will all wonder where in the hell it went. I cannot remember from one minute to the next what I have done or am doing. I checked my camera phone today to see if I had taken a photo for this entry and found out that I had not. I scrolled through the previous photos and discovered this in one in one of the photos I had taken of the Chrysler 300. It is kind of my own version of Google Street View. In front of the Four Seasons Residences.  I think it is pretty funny!

I had a relatively busy day today; started with a presentation to newly licensed agents at the Board, then got my car inspected, picked up a couple cinnamon rolls and bran muffins at Upper Crust, then headed into the office. Left the office about three o'clock, stopped at Lowe's on the way home, then stopped at the Tax Assessor's office in Georgetown and got my new car registration. So, I am done with that chore for another year.

Showing property tomorrow and hopefully will get a chance to take Jody into Georgetown for lunch.  Have I mentioned lately that I am the luckiest man in the world?

Deeds, Actions, Changes, BEND OVER, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!