Libbie painted the 2 downstairs windows next to the porch this morning. I did some web updates but not much yard work. Spent more time than I thought I would replacing both front door handles and the deadbolt lock. The great news is I had the deadbolt keyed to match the other doors in the house. This is a big plus. I spent $300 on 2 door handles plus the deadbolt which I thought was a lot of money just to get a new door handle but that's life. Dinner tonight was hamburger on the grill with the rest of the corn. We had a bottle of Barefoot Merlot wine to complement the meal.

Did a little Nashville app work then got into my paint clothes and started painting outside. Finished the garage door and the porch ceiling. This was pretty tiring. The pond pump quit so we went to Home Depot to get a new one . I want about 600 GPM, they were out. We bought another gallon of paint then went to Lowes and found one. Bought a 560 GPM for $69 which may have been a little high but it works well. I also replaced the UV light to filter the algae in the pond. Hooked it all up before dinner. On the way back from Lowes we went over to Kroger to get wine for dinner. Sampled something called Midnight Passion by Manage a Trois winery in St Helena. It was OK but the barefoot was on sale for 2 for $10 and the Midnight Passion was $10.50. Dinner was hamburger with onion and tomato and corn on the cob. We accompanied dinner with Barefoot Merlot. After dinner we enjoyed sipping wine on the back porch and listening to Readers Digest Waltz compendium via the Traviata server and our stereo system.

I worked on the Nashville app, fixing a number of issues and moving menus around. Went to the Farmers market around lunch time where we picked up peaches, corn, tomatoes, lettuce and a small plant from Longwood, In the evening the hurricane was off the coast but we only got 1/4 inch of rain which was disappointing. Dinner tonight was farmers market corn with hamburger and Vidallia onion. We also had a bottle of Merlot.

I'm a little groggy today trying to get back onto EST. Sorted pictures out from our cameras today and backed things up. Managed to backup Libbie's cell phone to a free MS OneDrive account and download a zip file of the pictures. I also got out the slide projector and tried scanning a roll of Disney World pictures of Nov 1979. The pictures are of poor quality but the scans are relatively decent. It was disappointing in that while we were gone a deer got into the lower fence in the West garden and ate the vines, peppers and tomatoes. The eggplant looks great! Dinner was leftover chicken with the rest of the potato salad and some cole slaw. Good stuff.

We got up at 4:50 am Pacific time and got ready to go. checked out of the hotel and hit the road by 5:15 AM. Topped off the tank at Seal Beach for $4.25. Pricey but we only needed 5 gallons. The freeway was crowded as usual. We were glad it was between 5 and 6 in the morning. Rental car return and check in went smoothly. They rejected my printed boarding passes, claiming they were too big. We had to reprint them at the airport which was no big deal. Ii was TSA Pre but Libbie had to go through the full security search. I waited for her then we found breakfast at Woodies Wood Fired pizza. They had English muffins with egg and bacon for $9 each. Bottom line was $25 for 2 sandwiches with drinks. Ouch. They were OK however. The flight started out 15 minutes late but we landed 10 minutes early. We had no luggage so we went right out to the Park N Ride shuttle which was waiting for us. How convenient. We were home by 5. For dinner we had a Kroger rotisserie chicken with potato salad. Pretty good. Now we have to get used to EST.

We had a fun day today. Had a very nice hotel breakfast after getting up somewhat later then went over to Joe's. Hung around there for a while then after a lunch of Joe's leftover pizza, we went over to Laguna at the Montage. The flowers were not as spectacular this time, they replaced a lot of the annuals with succulents because of the drought. found a guy to take a picture of the four of us with Paige, then my cell phone alawrm went off at 3:30. We had an appointment with Hans at his assisted living in Dana Point. We had a very nice visit with him. He's amazing. Then we left at 5 to go back to Joes in heavy traffic which was manageable. Went out to dinner with the 5 of us to La Capilla. Paige was good for the first half of the meal, then Joe used his magic on her when she started fussing towards the end. I had the taco and enchilada combo with a blue moon. Very nice. We stopped briefly at Joe's to say our goodbys then went back to the hotel and fell right asleep. Up tomorrow at 5 to catch an 8:15 flight at LAX. fun.

After breakfast, Joe met us at the pier. We walked with Paige out to Ruby's and back. It was chilly and overcast. We went back to Joes for a while before I went out to Fry's for a memory card and Bluetooth dongle. Helped an Asian couple fix a flat. We did babysitting before taking a walk to the over 55 community Pam lives in. It's pretty nice over there. Joe fixed some delicious pizza he said was pretty hot. I didn't think so. Back to the hotel at 8:30, after dinner.

After breakfast we walked down to the CVS and got a bday card for mike and gas card. We went to the party for Mike at 2 with the car seat in the back of our rental car. Nice party, we had hamburgers with potato salad, baked beans and all the trimmings. I liked the banana pudding desert. We drove straight to the hotel from the party.

Up at 6:30 then Best Western breakfast of cereal and bagel. Enjoyed sitting on the deck having coffee waiting for Libbie. Over to Joe's to visit with Paige and all. Paige is high maintenance!!! Called Andrea about Hans. She had some suggesdt I ns. At Joes we did babysitting while they went out to lunch for a Margarita and all at a very nice resdtasurasnt. Joe GH iced a nice dinner of T none steak and baked potato. Nice. We finished a bottle of Merlot.

Busy morning since we're going to Calif this afternoon. Wrote Cynthia a thank you note for the flowers, paid a few bills for the convention and filled out a Medicaid form for Sheenans then took it all to the Post Office after getting the medicaid form notarized at the Credit Union. Tried to close Aunt Helens account at the bank but they wanted a death certificate. May go back next week to complete this.
Packed our suitcases, made ham & turkey sandwiches and left at 2:45 for our 5 pm flight. The flight was full, all went smoothly. We were TSA pre which meant we sailed through security with shoes on, no undoing our baggage. The flight was smooth but I had an obese guy next to me who spilled over his seat. We got a 2014 Corolla which is very nice. Traffic on the 405 was stop and go in spots. We stopped at Joe & Christa's for a while to see Paige before checking into the Best Western. They have a parking garage under the hotel. I finished the last of the walk by Evans in the hotel. It was quite good.

I released Version 10 of the Nashville app then went outside to paint. finished the garage door frame, the pillars and the porch support beam, all faces of it. Next will be the ceiling but it will be done when we get back from Calif. Went to dance at 3:30. The AC is working again. Robert reviewed our underarm turns and the correct steps for the chasse'. We also did a little bit of work on the Cuban walk. It's a cross body followed by step side together and walk, walk,walk. Draw her in and resume. For dinner we went out to La Cocina and had the normal Quesadilla La Cocina with a Yuengling draft. It was Mariachi night. We enjoyed the Mexican band singing various songs including Ray Charles "I can't stop loving you". I'm reading the last book in the Richard Paul Evans walk series, "Walking on Water".
Took the Corolla in for a 1:30 PM appointment for oil, tire rotate and DMV inspection. Rode my bicycle home from the auto dealer, Hendricks Toyota of Apex on 64 and Laura duncan. The car has 40,900 miles and was well due for oil.

Worked on the inventory aspect of the Nashville app and got it working reasonably well. Went over to Kroger for Tuesday groceries but we didn't need much since we're going to Calif on Thursday. Robert called off group dance for tonight because the AC is broken again. Did not paint today but cleaned up the yard of sticks and stuff. Dinner was BBQ chicken on buns.

I finally recreated the Nashville database and got it to display correctly in the app. I'm not sure what happened but it was a one day setback for me. Now I can move forward with inventory and wishlist items. This morning at 8 AM, Michael O'Rourke of the Knights of Columbus came over to fill out the paperwork for our claim for Aunt Helens life insurance. I also heard from Sheenans. They have a form for me to fill out from Medicaid about her Life Insurance and Bank Account. I hope they don't notice the withdrawal the day after she died. In the late morning I dragged the ladders out and painted the gable facing the driveway as well as the soffits and fascia over the porch. This was a long day of painting. Dinner was curry chicken over angel hair whole grain spaghetti. I felt really beat up by the end of this day.

Woke up this morning and learned we got one inch of rain at midnight. Yippee. We needed it. Kroger gas station has pallets of pine bark for sale at 3 for $9. I bought 4 bags of mulch at Kroger which Libbie and I spread around the flower garden. The ground is wet so this will help retain moisture.
I wrestled with trying to display accented characters in the database. I didn't have much luck. For dinner Libbie made her pizza from scratch. Late at night I fired up the desktop computer so I could scan forms for the KofC guy tomorrow. I wanted Aunt Helens application for Life insurance preserved and I was afraid I would have to surrender the policy to the KofC for the claim.

i pressure washed the front of the house today. This was a mssy job. I got totally soaked. Took the afternoon off and worked on accented characters in the database. We got cleaned up around 5:30 in prep for the Shriners dance tonight. On the way over we got a gully washer of rain. Streets were flooded and we couldn't see at times but we got there OK. We sat with Nancy & Steve, Harry & Terry, Anne & Mike, and Gary and janet. Charlie and Terry had to sit at another table. The AC broke tonight and it got pretty hot in there. We did not stay until the end, leaving about 9:30. I was tired anyway. We had pot roast with potatoes and carrots, a bun, banana pudding and a bottle of Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon, my favorite. It was a nice night. When we got home it had not rained at all. Disappointing.

I worked some more on the Nashville app getting the species straightened out. They were totally messed up. We had a small dinner of chicken fingers and salad then went out to 7'oclock rock in downtown Cary. It was moved indoors because of the rain. The place was pretty crowded and also hot. The AC couldn't keep up with that many people inside the building. The band was a 7 piece swing band with a volcalist. It was big band style, lots of horns and would have been pretty nice if it was outside. We had a nice time then went over to the pub where we had a plate of wings and a couple of Yuenglings. We sat in a booth with Terry and Jeff who is Nancy's ex.

This was another great day. I had an interesting time getting the description to scroll and finally achieved it. Now longer text descriptions are able to be scrolled to read the remainder of the text. It took a little bit of doing and some recipes from the B4A forum but eventually there was success. Now to tackle the inventory enhancements! Dinner was ribs and corn with Merlot followed by watemelon for desert. Nice.

I spent the day working on the Android program. I made quite a bit of progress with displaying titles correctly and changing the screen during device rotation. Next step is to make the descriptions scrollable. At 3:30 we went to our lesson with Robert. It was great because he worked on the chasse' with us as well as under arm turns. I think we have it quite qell. Libbie went back for Ladies styling but also stayed for the Bolero lesson. I was jealous. I stayed up late scanning some of Aunt Helen's photo albums. These are a real treasure. Sent some interesting photos to Cynthia and Jack.
Dinner was on our own so I dad cucumber with salad and thai pepper. Yummy. Didn't get to bed until 11:30 since I spent a lot of time looking at pictures.

Up at 5:30 this morning then had an early cereal breakfast at Arlenes. Left around 7:30 AM. We had an easy time getting onto the TPK and really enjoyed the MD Eastern Shore. Stopped at McDonalds for biscuits and coffee in Middletown. At the beltline we saw a message that 3 lanes were blocked ahead. Libbie used the phone app to navigate us around it. 95 South of DC was terrible but it kept moving along slowly. We stopped at the VA visitor center for rest area and bought drinks for the sandwiches we had in the car left over from the funeral. We got home at 4:30 without any further incidents. We had a light dinner of squash for Libbie and cucumber and thai pepper for me. Several cukes have ripened in our absence. We went to waltz amalgamations tonight. Libbie was being stubborn but I learned a few things. We added a chasse' and an underarm turn to our routine then back and forth zigzags. Not sure what they're called. Because it was Tuesday we did the Kroger groceries this evening after dance. We didn't need much, picked up cereal, some fruit and bacon.

We had an early breakfast then left at 7:45 for the 8 AM wake at Sheenans. We met the whole Cybulski family as well as all of Arlene and Vicki's kids. Aunt Helen looked nice in a pink dress. With makeup she looked good lying there. A picture of she and Fred at the 25th Anniversary was on the table. At 9:45 we left for the church for the 10 AM funeral. My car was first behind the hearse with Arlene, Rich and Libbie as passengers. We slowly went to Our Lady of Fatima and parked in the turn around. Mass was very very long but I guess this is what my sisters wanted. There were many songs which were nice. Then we processed out. I stopped to speak with Doris after the funeral but she wasn't staying. Spoke with David who is an incredible bore with all his medical conditions. We had a nice graveside service at which Rich gave a very nice touching talk about Aunt Helen and how she lived life to the fullest. I was brought to tears by the touching remembrance. We placed a flower on the coffin and it was over. Went to Arlenes for a reception afterwards. Ellie and David bought the Deli food from the corner Deli. It was very good. We returned there in the evening for dinner. I had chicken Parmesan which was quite good and a long time since I had this. I had it with a Lemon Shandy beer which was not the greatest. This is a nice little bar and restaurant on the corner - name is Ellie's Deli. They have a pizza oven and serve pizza and pasta. The salad was quite good as well with Olive oil and balsamic vinegar. We walked back home which helped walk off some of the food and beer. It was a nice day even though it was a funeral. Heard from Bev later in the day about the jewelry she made for Christa's birthday. She got the check that I was worried was not mailed.

We had breakfast, packed the car and were out the door by 7 AM to Aunt Helen's funeral. The first part of the ride was easy until we reached the Annapolis bridge. We lost 20 minutes merging after the toll. Hwy 301 up the Eastern shore was a real treat. It was all agricultural. We stopped in Middletown DE for McDonalds then continued. Wilmington was totally jammed up. Once we got beyong that we had good sailing up 295 until we decided to take the TPK at Bordentown. We got in stop and go traffic on the TPK which was awful. We finally got in around 5 PM which was a 10 hour trip. We each had a beer at Arlene's. Vicki came over with Bob around 7 PM when Arlene was having dinner. We had hamburgers and cole slaw and potato slaad with another beer. We fell asleep easily tonight although it was a little warm.

Today was odds and ends day. I updated the Bluebird website with Lib's new database. This was a major accomplishment. I washed the two newly painted windows on the side of the house and put the screens back, then put the ladders away. Lots of AVSA activity with Barbara, Joe Bruns and Marjorie. Barbara needed a guide to updating and cloning Panels. Joe was concerned about screen resolutions. Marjorie sent me the design photos. In the meantime, dinner was ribs with sweet potato, Ravenswood "Zinfindel, and peas. Yummy.

Went outside and started painting the siding with the new ladder stabilizer mounted to the ladder. This went well. As I got the last of the paint on the siding it started raining. The rain was light. After an hour the sun came out again. I was able to lay down on the roof and get the painting completed. Yay!!! We left for dance at 8 and stayed till the end. We then went to Brewsters Pub afterwards for snacks and beer. We had a great time and stayed until midnight. Wow. We ordered Sweet Josie beer and a plate of grilled wings with medium heat. Delicious. Before dance we had chicken finger sandwiches. Mine had a Vidalia and Thai pepper slices.

Found out Aunt Helen died last night. Talked to Arlene at 7 then called Vicki at the bank. Went into gear and withdrew the balance in Helen's checkbook which was $781. We're scrapping together money for a funeral. Vicki and Arlene have a 2:30 appointment with Sheenan Funeral Home. I canceled the AARP health insurance and started talking with the Knights of Columbus about filing a life insurance claim. I pressure washed the house today in anticipation for painting either tomorrow or next week after the funeral. Dinner was tuna over salad greens.

This morning I went outside and finished painting the side gable and side door. I managed to knock the wasp nest off the front gable with the 20 foot extension pole. It wasn't much of a problem.
I found the species plants all have an alt name which I am not displaying anywhere in Nashville. I need to make room for the alt, possibly on the same line as the plant name. Interesting problem. We went to our normal dance lesson with Robert. We fine tuned the concept of right and left turns a well as big steps, little steps. Arlene called to say Aunt Helen is in a coma at the nursing home. Death is imminent. dinner tonight was spaghetti. I found a huge cucumber to have with my salad accompanying the pasta. After dinner I ran out to a stabilizer for the ladder to hold it away from the house. They didn't have the adjustable one I wanted but they had one with a fixed 10 inch offset which I bought. I like the quality, apparent when I put it together in the family room.