We had no coffee this morning so i went out to Walmart to pick up a can before 8. Later Lib and I went to Walmart for groceries. On the way back we noticed Victoria's car. We stopped over to Bldg 3 and asked her to visit when she's done there taking a listing. She stopped over and we chatted a while about keeping the condo for ourselves next year, and the fees associated with Stoneybrook Golf. The Arbor section of Highhouse Ridge is social only, no golf, but the fee is $2400 instead of $3600 plus the palmer ranch and stonebrook street maintenance fees. We got a call from Joy Wrenn that there were surveyors on the Jessie Dr property. Good news! Closing may happen after all. Later Libbie and I took a walk around the block, something I'm going to do every day. I'm badly out of shape. My beauty for today was the sunset. while there wasn't much of a sunset, just before it a slit in the overcast clouds had a bright sun shining through with the upper and lower clouds glowing pink. We had wine and cheese at sunset then went to Pub night at 6. The place was very crowded but we got parking in front and a table in only 20 minutes. I had the citrus salmon as well as the endless salad and bread. For a drink I treated myself to a gin martini. They made too much and gave me the extra in a glass of ice. Yum. We topped it off with Lemon Meringue Pie which was in a little round shell. Quite good.

We left at 7:12 AM after a quick breakfast. Stopped just before Florence for gas at 1.65 and a bacon-egg-cheese biscuit. The drive was easy but the car was loaded and gas mileage suffered. We stopped in Brunswick for lunch and more gas. I had a big mac and small fries. Went around Baldwin then down 301. We stopped at 2 Orange fruit stands looking for Honeybelles. I picked up the best OJ we ever had at the Orange shop in Citra. Took the route which almost takes us to Ocala before cutting over to I75. The trip was easy until we got to Tampa and got stuck in rush hour traffic with multiple accidents. IT was pretty slow going through there. We had to get gas again in Bradenton since the gas gauge was showing empty and I didn't want the chance of running out. Got into the condo at 7:30 which was a bit longer than normal. It was just over 12 hours. We went out to dinner at the Italian Grill and had a pizza and beer. Their pizza is very good. All in all, this was a pretty good day. I'm going to try to point out some beauty every day. Today it was an old 2 story house visible through some Oak Trees covered with Spanish Moss. We saw it as I drove by on 301 below Waldo but above Ocala. The other beauty is of course the Georgia wetlands with sawgrass.

This is a busy day! First thing this morning I went into the attic after turning the upstairs lighting power off. Wired up the LED light and it's bright and looks great! Yeah. Found out that the new First Class update is available so I went through the process of packaging the update and making it available. This time I documented almost every step. I also heard from Amt that the new website password was "invitation" so I went ahead and did the update. This was different this time since the module had changed in the December update of the website. I located the new line number and documented it when I changed the PW. Next I heard from Mary Corondan that the board directory update was available. There is no break! I went out to the greenhouse to look for survey markers and saw the grass was mowed around the sign. We took the birdhouse down and brought it home and also picked up the mail. Once home I hooked up the bike rack to the car and also pumped up the bike tires and charged the batteries. I may get a Pedego since Libbie's bike is obviously more sturdy, has disk brakes and doesn't have a ginned together battery pack like mine does. After the outdoor activities I came in and fed the spreadsheet into the board directory. It went pretty well. Libbie wants me to scan a quilt pattern book that she borrowed. What a busy amount of stuff to do.
Filled out the Medicare reimbursement forms and put into an envelope with stamps for mailing. It's cold outside tonight! My light coat wasn't enough to stay warm although the temp is 35. Dinner tonight was spaghetti with spicy Marinara and hot Italian Sausage. Need to finish packing tonite.

Had a very successful day working on the IOS program. All major functions except for updates and user database seem to be working. I believe it will make the beta testing this month. This is great news. Lib and I took a walk around the pond in back this afternoon. Need to do this more often. We had the wonderful pizza from scratch today for dinner. The leftover sausage from the NYE party went onto the topping. It was great. Libbie couldn't see in her closet today while looking for material. I donated my LED closet light that I have not installed yet. Got it mounted to the ceiling, now I need to go into the attic and tie it in tomorrow. It's too dark today to do that.

Today I spent a frustrating day trying to get my compiler to work. I deleted the bridge app and tried recreating it with no success. I rebuilt the keys but nothing. Eventually I found out that my certificate had expired on Jan 1. Once I created a new one on Apple I was able to proceed and built the bridge again. This was a whole day wasted. I went to Kroger to get Salmon because this is what Libbie wanted for dinner but they had nice looking shrimp on sale for 4.99. I bought a pound which we had with peas and a bottle of Shiraz. Yogurt for dessert. Libbie had peach cobbler yogurt and I had dark chocolate raspberry brownie yogurt. Went to bed happy that the compiler is working again although I essentially lost the day.

Worked on my computer doing year end file management. At 11 I watched the Rose Parade which is always enjoyable. Watched it on HGTV commercial free which is the best way to watch the parade. As usual, it was amazing and enjoyable. We were going to go to Star Wars but stayed in instead and watched the Martian that I downloaded on a torrent. IT's an excellent suspense filled and funny movie. I loved every minute of it. After the movie we made mustard glazed chicken together. I made the rub and Libbie made the BBQ sauce glaze. She cooked them on the grill while I basted each side with BBQ sauce. Delicious. We had the leftover wine from last night and the night before, a Shiraz and a Cabernet along with steam fresh mixed veggies.

It felt good to be home again. Spent some time reorganizing files then copied the pictures from last week to Traviata. Did another Kroger's run for a baguette and misc household items in addition to picking up my prescription. The day was mostly relaxing and it was great to listen to the Met Opera again. I missed that while at Joes. The house is musty again, I ended up opening the crawl door and letting the fan run all day to alleviate the odor. It seems to be working. I need to chop that hole in the wall and mount the fan I bought a few months ago.
Sliced up the baguette while Libbie browned the sausage. Spread the marinara and sausage on the baguette with mozzarella and put it into the 450 degree oven for 10 minutes. While this was going on I downloaded an old cult movie from 1994, Spanking the Monkey. I wanted to go to Star Wars with Libbie today at 4 PM but she didn't think that was a great idea so we didn't. Arrived early at the party at 8:53. It was a fun evening. I thought my sausage pizza was a 6 on a 0 to 10 scale but Robert gave it a 3. After a while I agreed. We brought a bottle of Mondavi Cabernet to the party and brought back about 1/3 bottle. I only had one glass. Previously we had some Shiraz with Chinese takeout, 3 meat Szechuan dinner with eggrolls.

We got up at 3:30 thanks to the 2 Android Smartphones. Jumped right out of bed and did the bathroom routine. Joe was up at 3:45 and made us coffee to go in styrofoam take out cups with lids. Traffic on the 405 was pretty light at this time of the morning. I got off at Century Blvd and followed the signs to Enterprise Car Rental looking for a gas station. On the turn to the rental place there was a gas station at 2.93 which was lover than most others that seem to be around 3.15. We took on 8.8 gallons of gas which wasn't bad since the round trip to Ventura was 200 miles and we had a round trip to LAX plus local driving. The line at Southwest was long but moved along. TSA wasn't too bad either. Neither of us had TSA Pre. I thought it was going to be bad since our plane was listed as delayed 15 minutes and a Chicago flight was delayed indefinitely because of bad weather in Chicago but we did leave 15 minutes late and got into Phoenix on time. We couldn't find any breakfast in Phoenix. I got 2 bagels at a Mexican Grill which weren't really bagels - they were more like the Thomas's bread bagels for $10 with one coffee. The flight to RDU was pretty smooth and I lucked out with the exit row which was great for a cross country trip. The flight was totally full. I had the aisle and Libbie had the center seat. We had a smooth flight until we got into NC where we got into the storm that was raining on the East Coast. It was bumpy for the last 30 minutes but not severe so overall it was a good flight. We got home about 5:30. We had to take a detour down 54 off I-40 because there was an accident up ahead so we got off at the break lights ahead and wound our way through Cary. For dinner we went to La Cocina at 6 where I had the Quesadilla La Cocina with a Yuengling. After the restaurant we went to Kroger and picked up Nyquil for Libbie and also a can of soup and the initial ingredients for my New years snack tomorrow night which is going to be Spicy French Bread pizzas.

Today is slightly warmer than yesterday but it's still darn cold. Christa is nursing a cold. I seem to be doing a little better, no meds for the cold. At 7 AM Joe and I checked us into Southwest. We had to use 2 computers because we had 2 different reservation numbers. Joe printed out the boarding passes. We did a walk with joe and Paige to the little park next to the playground. There were a bunch of kids there, Paige ending up being "adopted" by a little 4 year old who took her down the slide. She loved it. It was a great experience in the cold. For dinner we decided to stay inside and ordered Thai food from the Gulf Thai place that does delivery. Packed up the suitcases and said our goodbys before going to bed. We have to get up at 3:30 to leave at 4.

My nose is dripping. I have a full blown cold helped by drowsy free Sudafed. It was 37 degrees this morning. Brrrr. We had Christa's enchiladas for lunch. I spent a lot of the day on the computer working on the IOS program. For dinner Libbie and I had the Vietnamese Pho soup and a grilled pork sandwich. Joe and Christa went out to Hurricanes but couldn't get in so they went to the Brewery. Paige was a delight, happy as can be. We fed her dinner and enjoyed her busy life. Joe and Christa came home early, around 8. They had tried calling but our phones were on chargers in the other room.

We got up around 7 this morning in the Crowne Plaza and took a walk 3 blocks to the Busy Bee Diner which is a 50s themed diner that was very nice. Love the little Seeburg 100 juke boxes on each table. Nice 50s music was playing. I had the Blueberry Pancakes and some of Libbie's bacon. Afterwards we walked back and found that the Perry Mason building was next door. Author Earle Stanley Gardner, author of Perry Mason, had his office here. When we got back we had brought an order of eggs and toast for Christa which we thought were for Paige. Next we went to Victoria Pub on Victoria St and had coffee and met the Lapworth-Getty family having breakfast. We stayed to be social and then drove back down Route 1 along the Pacific through Malibu. We stopped on Beach and had an Inn and Out Burger. That place is insane! Highly efficient with many happy people working there and a huge crowd eating lunch. After hanging out at Joe's for a while we went out to Outback. We ordered a Bloomin Onion for the table then I had a 22 ounce beer and a 7 oz sirloin with salad and potato. Much much food which was yummy. We used the gift card from Mike and Granny at Outback. Paige was such a delight on the way home. She was finding her voice and smiling from ear to ear shaking her head, laughing and screaming out loud.

We drove up the Pac Coast to Ventura. Stopped at Vintage Grocery in Malibu for cough drops. It was a wonderful grocery store with lots of different choices and a food bar and sandwich bar. Arrived at Bill and Mary's place and had drinks and sweets before the Taco guy started serving. I had a Voojacha which was a shoe sole pretty thick made out of corn and covered with beans and cheese on the grill. He put Carne Asada meat in and I dressed it with lettuce, onions, sour cream and other Afterwards we went to the Crowne Plaza on the ocean and checked in. It was 43 degrees which was ridiculous for California. Winston sent a nasty eMail about the website being down. I replaced the modules one at a time and found it was the system module screwing everything up. Fixed! Went to bed and fell asleep.

Joe and Christa did a Santa thing with Paige and gave her a shopping basket and a doll. Much later in the morning we had our gift exchange with them. We gave Joe some chisels and both of them a large check and a pizza cutter. At 1 PM the Lapworths came over and then Corey, Darshell and the kids. Christa served her Enchiladas with chicken and beef. They were yummy. This served as Lunch and Dinner.

I got up early and did a backup of the AVSA website before deleting all thhe old modules and replacing them with the latest in Drupal downloads. It didn't work. The Main Menu won't display. Couldn't figure out what the problem was. We had some leftover pieces of pizza for dinner then went to bed. Christa spent the day making cupcakes for her family party.

I did the LSAVC upgrade today. Backed up the entire site then uploaded the new Drupal modules. Went into the site late at night and did the auto user module updates. Surprisingly everything worked well. We were crazy and did a shopping trip to the Westminster Mall. We did the Sees candy shop for Debby, Craig, Mike, Granny and Joe & Christa. We also hit Target for Darshelle's two kids. Libbie also picked up a few items for Paige. For dinner today we went out to La Capilla where I had 2 Floutas and a Margarita. We ate in the bar and had the Happy Hour menu. Paige loved the refried beans, she ate them with a fork using both hands. She's amazing to watch and see figuring out the world or at least trying to figure it out.

Our first day in So Cal. Woke up around 7 even though we went to bed at 2:30. I fell right asleep and passed out I was so tired. Libbie went with Christa to the fertility doctor and found out that Christa is 8 weeks pregnant. Joe told me while we were home and the ladies were at the doctor. Libbie came back with a sonogram. We went to the Vietnamese place for very nice pork sandwiches which I think are yummy. Learned that the LSAVC site was hacked and that Drupal needs to be upgraded. Will deal with that tomorrow. For dinner Joe made his pizza whcih was great. We walked down the wet street looking at some xmas lights on the houses and then stopped in front of Joe's house to admire his synchronized lighting. Cool stuff. He's doing it all with a raspberry pi and relays.

The story of the day of course is this is the day for our trip to Calif. There are some storms West of us, I hope the flight gets it over with quickly and that we settle down into smooth air. It's going to be a long day with arrival around midnight if everything goes OK (which it didn't).
We left home at 3:30 to go to the airport. This was a half hour earlier and I'm glad we did. The checkin line was long, it took almost 15 minutes to get to the counter. SEcurity was also long but I had TSA pre so I walked straight through without any problems but waited quite a while for Libbie. The flight was full, we had a young college student in the middle seat between us. We landed in Vegas a few minutes early but found our next flight was delayed until 11 PM instead of 9:10. The flight was pretty bumpy but smoothed out a couple of times so that I was able to order Tomato Juice and have some cheese crackers. in Vegas everything was closed except for a pub where we ordered a Chicken Quesadilla with a Sam Adams Boston Lager on tap. The bill was $42 for the beer and one Quesadilla that we split. Waitress was Heather, a tall young reddish blonde who was very nice. The second flight came from Sacramento and was only an hour to LAX but we waited between runways for almost a half hour waiting for a gate. Picked up our Enterprise car, a Dodge Dart, and drove in a light rain down the 405 at 1:30 aM. Made it to Joe's at 2:20 AM Pacific time, very tired.

Met the guy who bought the two broken heaters in our driveway. I helped him load them into his trailer then he paid me $200 cash. It was a bargain for him and OK for me since I was going to take them to the scrap yard. I feel bad they weren't working. He brought a friend who told me he was one of the people who picked up clay pots earlier in the month. He said to thank Libbie for the nice pots. In the afternoon I tried checking in to our flights tomorrow at 5:55. My check in went OK but it turned out Libbie had a different reservation number than me which caused a problem. I ended up signing into her account and finding her reservation number. By the time I checked her in they were up to the B boarding group. I got TSA Pre which I guess was because of my prepay status with TSA on Dec 8. It only took 4 days to get a known traveler number. I worked on the IOS program until Libbie made her yummy pizza then took a break for dinner. The inventory section of the program is working out OK with no problems so far.

I continued working on the IOS program. In the late afternoon we got ready to go out. Gary and Janet came to our house at 6:30 PM, then we drove. The bad was the Back Beat Boys, a local Chapel Hill Beatles tribute band. They were really good, I enjoyed the music and even danced on the tiny dance floor. For dinner I ordered the Flounder on Flat bread which was a flounder BLT since it had bacon. I had slaw on the side and we split a bottle of wine with Gary Carlson. Cover charge for the evening was $6 each which Gray paid for us because he said we gave the house warming gifts to his Son Andy. We actually were cleaning the attic. At the Roadhouse I never thought I would enjoy Beatles music so much, it was that good.

I took apart the sweater I built yesterday and started all over again. It came out much better this time. I made some more progress on the IOS program today. It's coming along nicely but there is still much to do. For dinner we had leftover chicken from yesterday along with potato salad. Libbie had the beans, there were only enough for one serving of them. Went to the party at 8. There was quite a crowd, I had fun. The sweater was a hit on the dance floor. We did a lot of dancing. Robert managed to play ballroom Christmas Music which was unusual that he found so many good songs that were traditional. I did a Rumba with Linda Martin. Afterwards we went to Spirits in Cary. We split the shrimp tacos which were outstanding. At the bar were the Rumleys, Cains with Son Edward, and Ken and Lana. I had an Amber Oak beer along with the tacos. Love the way the shrimp was done, fried with some kind of sriracha chile sauce. Yumm.

I made an attempt at the ugly sweater today but failed. I used the dress form and it didn't match my body very well. I spent the day doing a lot of IOS work. This was a great day, we didn't have to go anywhere, I got to stay on work on the program. I need more of this instead of running around everywhere like we have been doing. Dinner tonight was a rotisserie chicken from Kroger along with beans and potato salad. It was cold and rainy all day which lept me indoors all day. this was a good thing.

This was a good day for the IOS program. I added the missing menu items and got the advanced search working correctly. Still have a lot of features to add. Wrote the majority of the Christmas cards for my side of the family. Still missing a few such as John Glembock and maybe others. We had a good waltz lesson today. We concentrated on the back progressive twinkles. I tried making my christmas sweater using the dress form. The hula hoop went on easily this way. Dinner was tuna noddle casserole. Had a guy come over about the heaters and found that neither is in great shape. One has a broken control card and the other has 2 frozen fans. Will probably scrap them both.

Didn't need much in the way of groceries today even though it was grocery day. Rounded up some materials to make my sweater. I want a Christmas Tree. We reviewed a few videos about waltz before tomorrows lesson. I also go tLibbie's PC up to speed with all the missing videos. Dinner tonight was spaghetti with cheese sprinkled on.

I scanned some stuff that accumulated on my desktop, didn't too much other work today. Went to Walmart and bought a sweat shirt to convert into an ugly christmas Sweater. I first bought two and some dye then went back with Libbie and returned the two and the dye and bought a green 2XL that looks like it will accommodate the hula hoop base. In the evening we went out to Mr Wonderful at the Roadhouse. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. We sat with Bill and Joan and Tess of USA dance. We split a bowl of coconut curry, sweet potato, carrot soup. Bill loved it, I thought it was too sweet. I ordered a fried flounder with bacon and a side of slaw. Got to dance a Rumba with Tess. She's pretty elegant. We stayed until around 9:30. It was a fun night. On the way home I saw a meteor, we were supposed to be having the Geminid meteor shower but the East sky was too cloudy for good viewing. The one I saw was a lucky find out the front windshield.

Another do nothing day. Last night we talked with Gary and Janet at our table about their son Andrews' new house. He has a lot of old antiques. We decided we will gift him a power meter lamp and the old milk can. At the end of today I couldn't figure out what I did, it wasn't very productive that is for sure. I watched a video on making a Xmas tree sweater then found out I didn't have a sweater base to use for it. Libbie made her excellent pizza for dinner, it's been a while.