Back at it on a Sunday night. We had a nice mild weekend and we'll get enough heat this Summer. We enjoyed low eighties all weekend with a light wind and it was heavenly. I was able to get in a game of golf, we went to the River Cats game with friends and stayed for the fireworks, enjoyed church today followed by a nice breakfast out and then worked around the pool and even spent an hour floating on the pool.
I mentioned to Darla today that I was proud of myself for not sitting on the pool tanning so far this year. It turned into a "Who's on First" routine. She said, but we haven't been out on the pool at all this year so you don't get credit. I said, "Yeah we haven't been out on the pool and that's the point." She said, "Well, if we haven't been on the pool you don't get credit." I said, "But if we had been on the pool then I couldn't get credit." It went on like that for awhile. The point is that it is June 10th and I have a nice farmer's tan and look like I'm wearing low cut athletic socks when I'm not wearing any socks at all.
I was having some issues the past couple of weeks with my car AC not blowing cold. I just had the car in the shop and they put in a new cooling fan motor. The AC has been kind of cool (not cold) at best. I called the mechanic and he wanted $155 to recharge the AC, but couldn't get to it until next week. I researched the issue and could do the work myself with a can of AC Pro recharge and a pressure gauge that is made to fit the low side coolant tube. I don't do a lot of work myself as I want it done right, but this seemed simple. I bought the can and gauge at the local auto parts and hooked it up as shown on the internet for my car. I ran the AC at full blast and tested the pressure. The Freon level was low and I added about 3/4 of the can before the refrigerant level hit the green. I recapped the tube and the system is blowing ice cubes now. Kind of proud of myself for saving $120 and the time to take the car in.
I played golf with the guys at Cherry Island on Saturday. We played at noon and I was able to get some yard work and the car serviced before I left. I had an okay round posting an 89. Paul shot 82, Jessie 83 and Hector 87. We had fun and I had to blast home to get ready for the baseball game that night.
We went to the game with Darla's Opulenza sister, Cheryl, and her fiancée Joey. Darla and I went early and had fish and chips and she had chicken strip and chips for dinner. You can see the pictures above with our selfie, the group selfie, the sunset shot of the field (for the baseball nuts number 21 at first base is Eric Thames, the All Star for the Milwaukee Brewers who is rehabbing in the minors after an injury and he hit a three run homer in the third inning), and the picture of fireworks after the game. Our season tickets include access to the Solon Club bar and we moved up there after the fifth for drinks and watched the fireworks after the game.
I also got a picture of Samson and his Summer haircut. He looks like he lost about 20 pounds. He is doing much better, but still gets into socks, shoes, glasses, remote controls, basically anything that isn't tied down. Today, he grabbed a pair of my glasses and was chomping on them when Darla came into the room. I was watching the golf and was oblivious. He had pulled one of the lenses out of the frameless ....well, frame. I was able to get it put back together and fished back into the wire holder, although the lens had some bite marks in it, it is on the side and not where I see. I have three pairs of glasses, one pair for work that stay in my briefcase, a pair by my spot on the family room and a pair next to the bed in our room. I thought this pair was a goner when Darla handed it to me, but so far, so good.
Samson wants to get on the float with Darla and I and likely remembers being on the pool when he was a puppy. He is much too big and heavy to share a chaise lounge with us now, but he stands on the side and tries to get on when we are floating.
The final pictures are of the 3 bedroom house that I have rented in Venice Beach, CA in July. The house is about six blocks from the beach and is three bedrooms and 2 baths. The houses in LA through VRBO range from about $250 a night to over $5000 depending on what you are looking for. The beach houses go for about $600 a night. This one is just over $300 a night and is very convenient to Mother's Beach, Venice Beach (Muscle Beach as it is called) and the performance art boardwalk on the beach where the skaters roam. The town is named after Venice, Italy and was founded by Abbott Kinney a tobacco millionaire, who put in the seaside resort and miles of canals that rivaled the real city of Venice. He hired gondoliers and the canals were a big part of the allure of the city. Most of the canals have been paved over for roads, but there are still a mile long section that you can walk and see the million dollar homes built on the waterways and the crisscrossing bridges.
Venice was also home to the Doors and they were formed there while Jim Morrison was at UCLA. Venice was known for it's poetry and poet communes in the 60's and Rod McKuen was a resident and a big influence of Jim Morrison. Jennifer is a huge Doors fan and will enjoy the history I'm sure. The house looks really nice. We will spend a long weekend there on July 13th when we meet Jennifer and McKenny to return Sam from her Summer vacation with us.
Well, I need to fire up the barbecue and get some shish-ke-bobs going, so will call a halt to this drivel. I hope you all have a great week. I work a half day tomorrow and will be helping out at our golf club's annual youth tournament tomorrow afternoon. Neil and I will be working the scoring tent together. Ciao.
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