Wednesday, March 9, 2016

James brought this tree home one year for our Christmas tree.

No one liked it, so he planted it in the corner of our orchard.  This is what it looks like today.

James said he would take me to IHop for breakfast.  While I was getting ready to go he went out to try and pick the lock on the truck.  This is what I saw when I went outside.

We finally went to Home Depot and got something similar to a slim jim and he was able to get it unlocked.  In the meantime, we took Terry's truck to IHop.

I got my most favorite breakfast at IHop.  

Scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, bacon, and a side of buttermilk pancakes.

Something funny happened while we were enjoying our breakfast.  I heard a song on the radio that I haven't heard in over 50 years and frankly a song that I never thought I would hear again because it wasn't even popular 50 years ago.  The song is, "Pineapple Princess" by Annette Funicello.  Annette was not a very good singer but because I liked her I owned all of her records.  I played Pineapple Princess over and over again in my bedroom but I don't ever remember hearing it on the radio even back in the 60's.

 This is the cover of the album that I had.

Talk about a step back in time.  This took me back to my bedroom in Show Low as a teenager when I would play records by the hour.

This afternoon I used Terry's truck again to go to Walmart to pick up my prescription.  We also took James's truck to Cactus Radiator to get his muffler fixed.  We went by Sam's Club on the way home and filled Terry's truck with gas.  It is so very kind of him to let us use it.

When we picked James's truck up from the muffler shop it was as loud as ever.  The guy only replaced the pipe and not the muffler.  I guess we will have to take it back in again tomorrow.  No wonder it only cost $100.  It will cost another $100 to replace the muffler but that is still cheaper than the $320 they quoted us in Show Low.

This evening we went to dinner at BJ's in Mesa with Darrel and his family.  Ruby got an Awesome Achiever award at school and she earned a free dinner.  She kept saying, "Dinner is on me."

Way to go Ruby!

We had to wait a few minutes outside for a table.  Lola was having fun visiting with the other people waiting for tables and playing peek-a-boo with the sign.

Peek-a-boo

Darrel had some important business to attend to on his phone. Rowan and Addy waiting for their food.  Trina was probably taking care of Lola.

It was a fun evening.  For dessert I ordered the three kids, Addy, Rowan, and Ruby a pazookie to share.

We went back to Darrel and Trina's and looked at some of the things Trina built with the two saws she got for Christmas.  She had a coffee table, and several nice wooden frames.  She is getting quite good!

Oh, by the way, Happy Birthday Patrick!