It’s Fall now here in Mesquite, which means that it’s getting cooler. Daytime temperatures are in the 60’s and 70’s now, while the overnight low ranges from the mid- to low-40’s. It’s a beautiful time of the year out here in southern Nevada.
I’m getting up at around 6 a.m. now because the dogs get antsy as soon as the sun comes out. Charlie likes to sleep in to around 7 a.m., so I take the dogs out to the backyard to do their business and then I make them breakfast. Then I get Charlie’s breakfast in order (coffee and Special K) and make myself an English muffin or a waffle to go along with my Diet Coke (got to watch my weight!).
We then watch a couple of home remodeling shows on TV while the dogs play with their toys and with one another.
After that, I clean up the living room, the kitchen, our bedroom, and pick up all of the dog poop in the backyard.
After all that’s done, I can attend to whatever else is on my agenda.
Today, I had to drive up to St. George, Utah (50 minutes) to pick up a folding patio chair at Camping World. The chair was a replacement (at no cost!), since I had an insurance policy on the four chairs that I bought a couple of years ago. Still, it cost me about $25 to make the round-trip, so I don’t know how good a deal that insurance policy was for me.
On the way back, I stopped at Big Shots, the computerized golf driving range up in St. George just off of I-15. It is an interesting place where one (or a group) can play a simulated round of golf for around $30 per hour (up to six players). It looks like fun; I think I’ll invite my buddy Lloyd to try it out with me.
On the way home, I stopped by the Catholic charities thrift store in Mesquite to drop off some stuff which failed to sell at the community yard sale on Saturday. Charlie and I did pretty well, unloading a bunch of crap for $232. We celebrated on Sunday by treating ourselves to a nice Mexican dinner at Los Lupes.
When I got back to Mesquite, the dogs gave me THAT LOOK, which meant that I hadn’t spent enough time with them today, so I took each one of the kids (separately) on a walk, probably 3/4 of a mile each so that they could smell all the other dogs’ pee and take a crap in just the right spot. They live for their walks!
After that, I finished up painting the six-foot tall ladder that I take with us on RV trips. I didn’t take the ladder this year because Charlie said that it looked ugly (it’s green) hanging off of the back of the motorhome. Instead, I used a dinky stepstool, which didn’t work at all when I needed to wash windows and such. I love that gal but, dammit, we need to take a ladder that is up to the task. Anyway, I painted the six-foot ladder in a brown metallic hue to somewhat match our RV colors. It took three cans of paint, so we ended up with a fairly expensive ladder.
Once I finished with my chores, Charlie and I poured some adult beverages and proceeded to play some card games. We typically play “Continental Rum” and “Spite and Malice”. Occasionally, we will play “Spinner”, which is a dominoes game with wild tiles. This usually take us a couple of hours, and the three dogs like to play fetch and keep-away while we are sitting there.
Afterwards, its “feeding time” for the puppies and we begin to settle down for some TV time and dinner. The dogs, who are pretty well exhausted by then, settle in on the couch with us and try to sleep while we watch anything that looks interesting. Typically, it’s some crime dramas mixed in with home remodeling shows, movies, veterinary shows, and maybe an episode of “Pimple Popper”, “F.B.I.”, “America’s Funniest Videos”,or “My Lottery Dream Home”.
I like action movies and Charlie likes Hallmark-type love stories, so we alternate programming to a certain degree. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, we watched the news a lot. However, we got burned out on all the drama (recall that Trump was President, there were the Covid press conferences and the drama of everyone dying, and there were also all of the BLM protests and such going on) and rarely watch the news anymore. It doesn’t matter to me, as I read the news on my cell phone every day, probably a dozen news sites or more. So, I am aware of current events and will alert Charlie if something extraordinary is going down.
We voted this past week by mail. There were a slew of people running for office, but we only voted for the one lady who we know (a neighbor who is a candidate for City Council) and a few Statewide candidates who are not beholden to ex-Prez Donald Trump. I think the Democrats are going to get their asses kicked in this election, because the economy is heading toward a recession. Charlie and I have been through a few of these before, a the “in” party always takes it in the neck, even though the “out” party has no answers, either.
The City Council candidate, Pattie Gallo, is the same lady who alerted me to the availability of “Vinnie”, who was being fostered by a family associated with We Care For Animals here in Mesquite. What a coup that was, rescuing a very nice dog and making our Boston Terrier pack even more cool. Anyway, politics aside, we think Pattie Gallo is a great neighbor and might make a great City Councilwoman.
If she loses the election, and claims that it was rigged/fraudulent, I will probably have a different opinion about my neighbor.
Time to make dinner for Charlie. I think we will do some deep-fried Chicken Wings tonight. What the Hell, a few extra calories can’t hurt that much, right?