Friday, October 31, 2008
Month Past 10/01-10/31/08(Gas Price,Anniv,Max)
Sun 10/05 W is back from Arkansas. That's where she went straight from our Arizona vacation.Picked her up from the airport. Then took her back to the airport on Tue 10/07 for her flight to Manila.
Gas price is going down. Fri 10/10 it was at $2.75 . It's the only good news from this dismal economy. Wed 10/15 it was at $2.57 (imagine at $3.70 to almost $4.00 about a month ago). After a week 10/22 it was at $2.36. By the 29th it was at $2.07. You save on gas but your investments are going down the drain.
Thu 10/16 I noticed that one of the large trees in our backyard fell right in the path walk blocking it. We've been experiencing strong winds these past few days. I was not mistaken that I heard a loud thud one early evening. I thought some heavy object fell in one of the rooms but I can't place it. I also mowed the lawn and started tying red ribbons to mark the maple tree saplings in our backyard so we won't cut it next year's spring when we do our "clearing". Took some pics of what's left of the fall colors.
Sun 10/19 I noticed that one of the apple tree bore its first fruit. A small one. Perhaps pre mature as shown in the pic below.
Tue 10/21 we celebrated our 22nd (phenomenal) anniversary by dining out at Red Lobster restaurant in Burnsville. We made sure that we get there before six or else we have to wait at least 15 minutes to be seated. We tried their on going promo of eat all you can shrimp. They had about five different ways of cooking it and tried all of them. Burp...there goes the weighing scale.
Sat 10/25 the fall leaves has accumulated. Tired of raking it I decided to mow the lawn for the last time this year in preparation for the winter and bag the cuttings. Took the 4:30 anticipated mass in Farmington so we would be able to visit our friend Eileen and her husband Max who suffered a stroke sometime Sep 28 while we were in AZ.
The Dr said he was lucky (another term for a miracle) that the memory side of his brain was not affected. We've been trying to get in touch with them since we arrived from Arizona after Eileen got hold of W informing us of what happened. Their answering machine is always full. Finally this Sat we got lucky and Eileen picked up the phone. Max was kind enough to allow us to visit him. Eileen said he's been refusing visitors lately.
On our way home from the visit we dropped by Movie Gallery near our former home where I used to buy pre-viewed DVD's. I told W I'll check it out if they have any good sale. There's also a pizza place beside it called Ted's Pizza. Sadly, we noticed that it closed down. Another victim of a troubled economy. Their pizza was good. It had a flavor of it's own. Across is a small bar and restaurant called the Ugly Mug. Good for the owner they are still thriving.
Sun 10/26 we got winter's appetizer. It was windy, cold and flurries. Good thing that we attended mass and visited Max day before. It's not a nice day going out. So I bled our outdoor faucets to prepare it for winters' freezing temps. Brrrrrr...five months and counting...
Gas price is going down. Fri 10/10 it was at $2.75 . It's the only good news from this dismal economy. Wed 10/15 it was at $2.57 (imagine at $3.70 to almost $4.00 about a month ago). After a week 10/22 it was at $2.36. By the 29th it was at $2.07. You save on gas but your investments are going down the drain.
Thu 10/16 I noticed that one of the large trees in our backyard fell right in the path walk blocking it. We've been experiencing strong winds these past few days. I was not mistaken that I heard a loud thud one early evening. I thought some heavy object fell in one of the rooms but I can't place it. I also mowed the lawn and started tying red ribbons to mark the maple tree saplings in our backyard so we won't cut it next year's spring when we do our "clearing". Took some pics of what's left of the fall colors.
Sun 10/19 I noticed that one of the apple tree bore its first fruit. A small one. Perhaps pre mature as shown in the pic below.
Tue 10/21 we celebrated our 22nd (phenomenal) anniversary by dining out at
Sat 10/25 the fall leaves has accumulated. Tired of raking it I decided to mow the lawn for the last time this year in preparation for the winter and bag the cuttings. Took the 4:30 anticipated mass in Farmington so we would be able to visit our friend Eileen and her husband Max who suffered a stroke sometime Sep 28 while we were in AZ.
The Dr said he was lucky (another term for a miracle) that the memory side of his brain was not affected. We've been trying to get in touch with them since we arrived from Arizona after Eileen got hold of W informing us of what happened. Their answering machine is always full. Finally this Sat we got lucky and Eileen picked up the phone. Max was kind enough to allow us to visit him. Eileen said he's been refusing visitors lately.
On our way home from the visit we dropped by Movie Gallery near our former home where I used to buy pre-viewed DVD's. I told W I'll check it out if they have any good sale. There's also a pizza place beside it called Ted's Pizza. Sadly, we noticed that it closed down. Another victim of a troubled economy. Their pizza was good. It had a flavor of it's own. Across is a small bar and restaurant called the Ugly Mug. Good for the owner they are still thriving.
Sun 10/26 we got winter's appetizer. It was windy, cold and flurries. Good thing that we attended mass and visited Max day before. It's not a nice day going out. So I bled our outdoor faucets to prepare it for winters' freezing temps. Brrrrrr...five months and counting...
