Friday 28 December 2007

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Awake: 6:23am Sleep 6+24 partly sunny overnight @ Indiana, PA.

After our usual motel breakfast, we drive to Carroltown (42 min) where Kathy has an appointment with Dr. Brian for a check on her medicine regarding her thyroid.

Yesterday’s blood results had already arrived for the Dr to check what he needed to find out; no changes for Kathy’s medicine so her visit was reasonably short.

Now we drive the Ford van to Al’s Tire shop in Barnesboro. It took about (20) min to finish the work on another vehicle before getting the Ford van onto that same lift. After talking with the mechanic & feeling comfortable with his skills, K & I walk just around the corner & have a cod fish sandwich & clam chowder soup…..much better than we expected.

After a tour of the thrift shop next door to this Italian Pizza shop, we buy some wine @ the State Liquor Store on Philadelphia Ave (it’s Zack’s turn to pay), then return to Al’s shop just in time to see the Ford van coming out & ready to go. I pay the bill (most reasonable), make sure the old steering box unit is in the van & then we continue on our way back to Indiana. What a nice difference this new steering box has made; Kevin will be pleased.

I had to pay a $100.00 core charge (normal fee) when purchasing the Steering Box unit so en route to the Foote Castle, we stop @ Napa, bring in the old core & get my $100.00 refund on my credit card. Next stop Toyota, where Lon comes out to the van, crawls underneath, checks for the rebuilt steering box, goes back inside the service department, makes out the new Safety Inspection sticker, then applies it appropriately to the van’s windshield. Then, we drive down the road to the nearest Sheetz fuel station & fill both tanks with diesel fuel before returning to the Foote Castle.

The Foote house is usually a busy place with daily or nearly everyday casual activities such as: Eriko, knitting a scarf since day one here in Indiana. She won’t say who it might be for….I’ve hinted that it would look good on me, but she only smiles.

Andrew & Jerry: sit on the piano bench & play a duet together, actually turning the pages as they tap out the notes. Matthew & whoever might be persuaded: build another train track of a challenging nature on the 3rd floor game room.

Nick, Zack, Katrina & occasionally Kevin: sitting, standing or lying on the floor: tapping the keys on their computer; using Google, e-mailing, watching a movie, programming whatever, etc. Melissa: carrying Nathan in a sling, whispering softly to her boys (she lost her voice), baking/cooking in the kitchen, etc. Kevin: preparing dinner meals, talking computer jargon with Nick & Zack, taking out the garbage, helping Melissa with the boys, etc.

Zack & Katie: spending a lot of time on their cell phones, mostly, but not only, making arrangements to have her dog and (2) cats flown to Seattle. All the adults took their turns washing dishes (we made a lot of dirty ones) and cleaning up the kitchen. Of course, Eriko & Nick were also busy caring for Jerry.

Honestly, I don’t remember what we had for sure for Friday’s dinner. It might have been grilled hamburgers with potatoes, corn, & salad. Melissa, if you read this, maybe you can set my meal memory straight.

Zack & Katie did join us this evening in playing one round of “Loaded Questions.”

@ the motel, I stay up a little later than Kathy for getting some extra computer time.

Lights out: 1:37am

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