The truck is in the shop AGAIN!

Sunday was a great day. We did some cleaning (Ted even scrubbed the floor) and laundry and even found some time to sit outside and enjoy a glass of wine while watching the world go by!

Yesterday Ted took the truck to a Poway Ford Dealer for service. We started noticing the turbo not kicking in, sort of feels like it's missing but it shouldn't do that since it's a diesel! After Ted was there the entire day (8 to 5) they gave him a loaner and kept the truck. What's fun is that I have a couple of appointments today and I'm not listed as a driver because I wasn't there, so today I will have a chauffeur! Hopefully they will have it fixed soon.

Looking at the bright side: saving gas with the loaner..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Having too much fun!

It has been a busy week! Today will be a catch up day at home; laundry, cleaning & blogging (first of course)!

Thursday was hair cut day and then dinner plans for the evening with Ted's Friends (and wives) from the Su-Hi Swim Team. We try to get together a few times a year for dinner to catch up on what everyone's doing. We met at Marie Callenders. The guys were all swimming on City teams because there was no swim team at Sweetwater High School. Ted and Steve started a petition at school to get a high school team and were successful. So in their senior year they were all able to swim for the high school. It was fun catching up on what everyone was doing.

Sorry the picture is dark, it was taken with my cell phone and lighting in restaurant wasn't great for picture taking!

Friday I had a doctor's appointment, we had breakfast at Country Comfort, an appointment at the bank and then we met our friend Peggy Price at the Greek Sombrero in Jamul for dinner. The restaurant has a lively bar and does serve Greek and Mexican food! We all chose Mexican and had a great meal and conversation!

Saturday morning we were up and out early for our nephew (by Ted's prior marriage) Trent Gutowski's soccer game. He's the grandson of our friends Jeri & Stach. He's played football, several seasons of baseball which he is also going to play and now decided to try soccer. They only have had 3 practices but their team won! Trent did well for his first match and loved it!




After the game and brunch with Trent's Nana (Jeri), we hurried home, took Max for a walk, got cleaned up and came back to Clairemont to attend "A Night On Broadway" at our friend's Bruce & Kittye Wallies' church with my friend Jeri and her grandaughter Mallorie. Kittye and Bruce's grandaughter Kassandra was one of the singers. And what a beautiful voice she has. It was a really great program of popular muscial songs and was very well done. I really enjoyed the concert. I forgot my camera but I may add some pictures later when Jeri sends them to me!

After the concert Jeri, Mallorie and I met up with Ted and Stach and Mallorie's Mom Gina and Dad Tony and Trent for dinner at Boomerang's in Clairemont. They have great "create your own" hamburgers. I had a turkey burger mixed with bacon, tomatoes and yellow peppers. Ted had a hamburger mixed with bacon, pineapple and roasted garlic. It's a fun restaurant with good food. We had a good time!

A busy week and a stay at home Sunday..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Back down in Pio Pico!

On Tuesday we came back down to Pio Pico (Jamul) from Menifee (Wilderness Lakes). It only takes a couple of hours and then an hour or so to set up the RV. We only partially set up because we knew Wednesday morning we had a 8:00 am appointment to take the RV to the shop!

So Ted, Max and I got up and out at 7:30 on Wednesday to get to the RV Shop in Lakeside. They needed to check out the roof for a leak, put in new rain gutters and fix my pots and pans drawer. So we dropped off the RV, unhooked the truck and then what do we do for the day! First we went to breakfast. Poor Max had to stay in the truck but it was still relatively cool but he did get a bite of bacon. Then we headed to Ideal Plumbing, my former employers. We had gotten some Huckleberry Jam for Melissa Teemsma, one of the owners and our property manager. It was great to visit the friends I used to work with there. We also purchased a new faucet for the RV there.

From there we went to Coldstone for a little desert for lunch and Max enjoyed a bite of ice cream as well! Then we went to Granite Hills High School to find a guy Ted used to know that was a teacher there except he retired last year! We went to the park in Lakeside and went to a little cafe where we sat outside so Max could sit with us and generally kept ourselves out of trouble for the day! 38 tubes of caulking and a lot of bucks later we were back on the road to the campground!

More later on Thursday and today...

Ice cream for lunch..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Labor Day afternoon at Sally's!

We spent Labor Day afternoon at Sally Black's! She had a few friends over for an end of summer barbecue. However, I'm not sure summer will ever end this year! It was only 51 degrees this morning and I loved it, but it will heat up soon. Anyway, we had barbecued chicken and bratwurst, veggies, potato salad, chips & dips, cheese & crackers and more. There was also a little wine, both red and white! Lots of conversation with new friends and lots of stories with and about old friends. A great way to spend Labor Day!

Safe and happy Labor Day..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Old Town Temecula

The campground is very busy over Labor Day Weekend! There are people (especially children) everywhere! So Ted and I took off for Old Town Temecula for lunch and a little walk-a-bout! We had lunch at Texas Lil's. I had barbecued riblets and Ted had the barbecued Tri-tip sandwich. We enjoyed lunch. Texas Lil's is an interesting place!




After lunch we went to Jack's Nuts "The Hottest Nuts in Town"! No comment needed! Obviously it's a nut shop and we bought some roasted almonds for me and corn nuts for Ted.

It was nice, cool and quiet this morning at 6:30 when I walked Max, about 56 degrees! Loved it. But now it's 9:30, 82 degrees and the natives are getting restless on their last day of the holiday weekend. And now it's time for me to get off the computer and get busy!

WISHING EVERYONE A SAFE AND HAPPY LABOR DAY..."AIN'T LIFE GRAND!"

Eating out AGAIN!

You know it's really hard to try and diet when you are eating out every night, but it is also toooo HOT to cook!

Friday night we met friends Pam & Jon Pullen at Island's in Temecula. Ted and Jon worked together at the County of San Diego. Jon is still there. Everything was delicious and service was great! It was fun to get together with Pam and Jon to catch up. Ted and Jon have lunch together every other week when we are in town.

Speaking of catching up, we had dinner last night with Rusty Coole. Rusty and Ted were in the same class in the 3rd & 5th grades and then back together again at Sweetwater High School (Class of '64). So they really had some catching up to do. Rusty is a retired school teacher (Kindergarten and 1st Graders) and is working at Hallmark part time to keep him out of trouble! We went to Filippe's in Escondido and had yummy pizza and antipasto salad (always eating, eating, eating!). Ted and Rusty were able to catch up on families, work histories, reunions and more. While we were eating a couple came up to Rusty and said their daughter had been in Rusty's kindargarten class. Rusty remembered them both and their daughter (who is now in college). They told him he was one of their favorite teachers! I think this happens to Rusty alot!

Reunions with friends..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Short work day!

We are still in Hemet area but driving to San Diego most days. Guess that is because we are making appointments for things like dentists and doctors and trying to get together with friends since we will only be in the area for two months. Like yesterday, a trip to the dentist for both Ted and I and dinner with friends Jeri & Stach! We went over to the Mexican Restaurant by Montgomery Field Airport. They have good food and the guys enjoy the air activity!

Today was a trip to San Diego for my nail appointment. I sure wish I could bring Kim (who does my nails) along with us on the road. She is great and I have terrible luck with my nails on the road!Ted and Max came along and ran errands. They went to the RV shop, the Ford dealer and got fuel for the truck. Max was happy to be included.

Getting things done..."Ain't Life Grand!"