Or how we went from the high of 79 to 91 F. overnight. Apparently, we have had 11 Saturdays of rain. Needless to say, everything is growing like mad. I was able to harvest my lettuce starters after about 3 days!
Today was better than yesterday when I had a guy come to clean out my dryer hose and vent. He "inspected" it and said, "That will be $249." It had been represented to me as $179, which I was prepared to pay. He said I needed the "deep brush" cleaning. I asked him to leave. I'm going to use Butch, the handyman that Ann is sharing with me.
Today I started off with an oil change and they said I don't need a brake job. Honda of the Desert had sent me an email saying it was time to check the brakes. I'm trying to avoid the Honda dealerships on either coast since their goal always seems to be to sell me more services. Naturally, I want to keep the car in as best shape as possible, but I don't want to do something before it's remotely needed.
From there I went a bit further into Hadley to the Esselon restaurant to have a lovely brunch on their patio. Meanwhile, it was warming up but not too hot outside. I had a fabulous breakfast egg and sausage sandwich on ciabata bread, with a mashed potato patty, and fresh green salad with lots of carrot shavings. Unfortunately, the darn mosquitoes decided to make me their brunch. As far as I know, I only got one bite.
Then it was reverse direction (toward home) and on to Whole Foods. Yep, their artistic food displays won me over and I got some watermelon hunks, green olives with lemon slices, and other stuff. My fave was "sushi" which was veggies wrapped in lettuce and a thin rice wrap. Oh, yes, I splurged on a pre-
