Sunday Sept. 30, 2006

Today was an interesting day as days go. We picked up a wheel chair for AmityAnn from Jason and Tami, two freecyclers on our local list. They also have Dachshunds, Max and Matty and they had a wheel chair that they didn't need.

Here is a picture of Jason helping AmityAnn into the wheel chair and adjusting the fittings and another of AmityAnn trying it on:

our dog family

Kona, our standard Dachshund

Terra our Dachshund/Terrier mix, the only one not a rescue
This is AmityAnn in one of her better days. She doesn't walk well anymore being blind and crippled but she does get in a few steps each day. AmityAnn passed away on Oct 18, 2006 just a few weeks after posting this picture. She died peacefully in the night. She was a month short of her 18th birthday.

Toby our youngster

Jason and Diana

Here is a picture of Jason and Diana taken at the Safeway pharmacy in Santa Cruz, CA where I sometimes work.

The Prius

This is our Prius and Greg Audino the salesman who sold it to us on June 18 at Toyota of Santa Cruz. We are totally stoked by this car and Greg is the great salesman who helped us buy it. We also bought our previous vehicle a 1997 Ford F150 from Greg several years earlier and it was a good truck too.

Having the Prius allowed us to travel to Manteca three times to buy the Lazy Daze and to be in comfort in the valley heat even when the Lazy Daze broke down on the freeway. It was a lifesaver. We were also able to charge up the Lazy Daze battery from the Prius when the alternator when out in Livermore and we spent the night in a Wendy's parking lot. That was our first sleep over in the Lazy Daze and it was fun in a tired out sort of way.

We finished the trip home the next morning gloriously taking highway 17 with no problem what so ever. Cathy and I kept in contact with our family service radios as she followed me home.

Lazy Daze

We left the Lazy Daze at the shop Tuesday evening after a horrendous time at the DMV where we had to wait and wait again even though we had an appointment. After the DMV we went over to the BofA parking lot at 41st to meet a locksmith who quickly opened our two storage compartments and billed AAA. We got two keys. There are lots of goodies in the compartments.

We noticed some smoke in the exhaust on the trip back to Felton and sure enough this afternoon when I called to check on the progress of the smog certification the mechanic said there was a problem with one of the cylinders and they would need it tomorrow.

glad to be alive

Yesterday I had what must have been food poisoning though I don't have any idea what could have caused it but all of a sudden I was stricken with gas and cramps and was in distress for several hours. A few Tums and some peppermint tea and I went to bed and was comforted by Cathy and our pets who could really tell I was hurting. I'm so glad to be alive and well this morning.

On a brighter note, today is my son Jason's birthday. He is 36-years-old today and I'm mighty proud of him. Happy Birthday Jason!

The bittersweet last moments of rest before the dawn are often the most fertile for dreams and in those moments the lucid memories of past souls who populate our existence manifest themselves the fullest making them all the more relevant in our involvement with life.

Smyress: September 2006

Smyress: September 2006

We took this picture today of Cathy posing with the Lazy Daze. That's the Prius in the car canopy. We wanted to get this picture so we could post it to the blog.
Michelle

Today we picked up a load of used bricks in the Prius. It was the first heavy load we carried and the car handled well. Then at the flea market in Felton at the church I bought a small microwave for five dollars and the fellow carried it to the car for me.

We were so hungry when we got home and there were some ripe tomatoes on the vine so we made up BLT's and were they good. Now I'm sitting here wondering where the finch is. The cat gave me that look when we got home and I'm hoping he didn't eat the last finch.

Next we have to unload the bricks. That should be some good exercise. We're going to use them
to continue bricking in the parking area in front of our house.

first post

My friend Laine Lawless sent me her blog and it looked interesting so I decided to try one also.
I plan on using this blog to keep a record of our adventure with the Lazy Daze motor home that
Cathy & I recently puchased over in Manteca and brought home after quite an adventure.

This is how I looked last year with Sebastian on my lap and the now dead Thinkpad in front of me. My current computer is a Toshiba laptop that works really good. I also have a second monitor

Sebastian, the cat on my lap, reminds me of what is good about winter. You see Sebastian doesn't sleep on my lap in the summer time because it's too hot but in the winter we keep each other warm. Thank you Sebastian
I'll post a more current picture shortly.