SpaceX Starship full stack with the moon overhead. The first launch edges ever closer. In the chat the “survey says” WDR (wet dress rehearsal) and 33 engine static fire likely sometime this month. We may have drive over and see it sometime this month.
Bought a new drill from Amazon, but when it arrived there was something odd about the box.
The front of the box had been subjected to the same “disfigurement.”
Before opening the box I checked the security tape placed over both flaps and they were intact indicating the box had never been opened. Also, all the contents were in perfect condition. The only thing I could figure out was that someone had bought a the same drill some time ago and thrown away the packaging. Then later there was a rebate offer that required that several areas of the box the drill had come in to sent in to receive the rebate. So someone just ordered the same drill from Amazon, cut out the sections of the box labels they needed, then returned the unopened box to Amazon, maybe saying they ordered the wrong item. In a small way it is a symptom of what has happened to America these past few years.
As for the drill, I absolutely love it as it is perfect for what I do as a handyman around the house at my age.
Since we won’t be leaving our RV lot to begin our summer travels for a number of months we are making improvements to our backyard. With Covid fatigue being something we are both dealing with, it will be in little bits and pieces. Today we rearranged the concrete edging blocks around one of the water spigots.
The shape is centered on the pergola pillar, not on the water spigot. In hindsight I should have centered the spigot on the pillar when I installed it, oh well, such is life. The edging blocks are partially buried which should hold them in-place while the upside down terracotta flower pot covers a drip irrigation manifold. It doesn’t look very good right now but there are several more changes coming to this area.
One can tell what celebration day is coming up when you walk through the doors on our local supermarket. We were shopping several days ago and this was what we saw immediately after entering the store, stacks and stacks of Rosca de Reyes.
Lots of chances of finding something in your piece as it says, “Includes 3 plastic dolls, Includes 1 crown. It may also mean more tamales on Día de la Candelaria. Surprisingly enough with all the travel we do, we had never been aware of this tradition which is such an important part of the local culture, but then again we are hardly ever at our RV lot at this time of the year. Seeing something different in the store, then searching for it on the internet and now I know something new. It proves the saying, “You’re never too old to learn something new.”
Ever since we returned to the USA after being infected with Covid while in Tunisia, I have fixed my wife’s breakfast. They say practice makes perfect and it would appear I have reached that point, at least as far as she is concerned. A near perfect baby spinach, portabella mushroom and Oaxaca cheese omelet with a sweet red pepper and a rice cake with peanut butter have her off to a great start everyday. Fifty-six years ago tonight I met her for the first time on a blind date and I cannot imagine my Life without her.
