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Taken In Quartzsite Arizona Dec 7th 2015
Showing posts with label computer stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computer stuff. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Car fixed, SNOW !, computer part came in, and a fun Happy hour with friends.

Where are we today ? 
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         Cool overnight but not freezing and about 7:30 this morning I headed into Benson to get the front sway bar on the car replaced at Super Lube Plus.  As I have mentioned before have been dealing with these guys since 2006. Love their great service, decent prices and friendly smiles. Got there just after 8 am and they set to work on  the car, They were all done by 9:30  and the cost we thought was very reasonable $219.00 for the sway bar and only $40.00 labor!  The old sway bar has the ends crimped inside a steel tube and was letting go, The replacement bar has the ends welded in place so should be good for another 300 miles ya think. Now to clarify the milage, the car has been driven 155,000 miles and flat towed 145,000 miles. So everything gets worn for all those 300K miles except the engine .
this be the place
old sway bar coming apart
this is the whole part
a bit of snow on Cochise stronghold east of here
         Back home shortly about 10:15 after picking up a few groceries in Benson while there. Had a nice light lunch and then at noon the skies from the west were getting real dark. 15 minutes later we had more snow not a lot but snow none the less. And it was 50F outside so was soon gone in about 1/2 and hour then the sun was shining again.
        A bit later Scott and Brownie dropped by to chat, they had fun day trip to Bisbee yesterday and he did a wonderful screen fix on his I-phone. They are heading out on Saturday all 9 of them,
our patio
just a bit of snow, no worries
lawn by the office
         Just before noon I looked and saw a Fedex truck pull into the office so checked it out right away. Suzie's package has arrived the new LED, lcd cable for her laptop monitor. Now that was excellent delivery. was ordered this past Sunday from Pennsylvania and arrived here in small town Arizona Wednesday morning. How can you beat that? Called Best Buy in Sierra Vista and will take it in tomorrow morning and should be fixed in a day.
        In the meantime I was checking our slide out switch that has been working intermittently so went around the corner to RV City to see if they had one. Checking the shelves not looking good, I need one with 6 pins they only had 5 pin switches. So he called a mechanic in to talk to me and they checked bins in the parts room. They have one with 6 pins only in Black not white. Don't care as long as it works. How much? The guy said try try it out and let me know, he does not know me from Adam.. Wow more great service have I said we love small uptown service? Nothing like small towns to get things done. Not going replace it until tomorrow. Because we are staying longer we have to move sites. This one is reserved  for the weekend, people coming in tomorrow. And we just happen to know our good friends Bill and Patsy are leaving in the morning so we can move to their site and stay until Monday if we wish, Still $12.00 a night including electricity.
        That all taken care of is now time for Happy Hour at 3 o'clock in the front clubhouse, with Bill, Patsy, Sandy and Randy, just too cold outside to enjoy. We had a fun time chatting catching up and getting to know each other more, even a few snacks, I brought some Kale chips and Sandy some roasted brussel sprouts done the same way and quite tasty and of course healthy. Just before 4:30 we dispersed and headed back to our homes.
kale and brussel sprouts for snacks
Sandy took this pic
Thanks Sandy
LR Suzie, Patsy, Bill, Randy and Sandy
          Back home a couple of hundred feet nice sunny skies but still kinda chilly. We have to move in the morning so we have stowed our Weber Q , tables and chairs , hoses etc so just unplug and move our dish, not a problem . Don;t want to deal with the hoses in the cold morning air tomorrow.
after the clouds and snow cleared up nicely 
       Supper tonight nice and easy, Suzie's choice was Fetucinni Alfredo with garlic shrimp and a salad. So toasty warm inside I threw it together. Thawed and cleaned the shrimp and then the fetuccinni cooked the way we like it. Because of the very hard water here our pasta some Canada takes at least twice as long, Instead of 10-12 minutes almost 25 minutes to be tender. We are used to that so no problem .
tasty and of course a salad hit the spot
after supper we managed another  decent sunset , the best we can do
from where we are.
       Weird weather today but we got some things done and even had some sunshine. A nice Happy hour with friends and wishing Bill and Patsy safe travels on their journey back to Ontario , I am sure we will hook up again and along the way and see Sandy and Randy again before we leave here. And of course Scott and the kids as well.
       Thanks for joining us today , we got things done and hope you had a productive, or relaxing day as well.

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Where have we been this winter ?

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Nice fall day, helped our friend with his Rv and he helped me with my Mac, a win, win situation.

Where are we today ?
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       Today just more fall weather that we can enjoy. Up nice and early about 5 am (don't want to miss any of the day!) Suzie shortly after. Got some breaky done and a few mugs of coffee consumed, computing done and walkabouts as the sun was rising. Love this time of the day.
       After fooling with my Mac for a while, Suzie and I went to visit with Gerry. Helping him set up his itinerary for the winter and some spreadsheets etc. (Suzie is a spreadsheet wizard). And he gave me some advice for deleting photos and stuff (he is a computer guy). Hey worked wonderful I now have 1/2  of my 500gb hard drive back so should be good for a while again.
       Then home to putter around a bit. Suzie would like some carrot cakes. So I had bought a mix (not homemade)sorry!  But is a very good one and these small cakes will last us a couple months in the freezer.
8 small carrot cakes so yummy
this what I used, carrots and raisins included
            Melinda dropped by thus afternoon for a short visit and Tucker came in for a Suzie fix. Works for the 2 of them. Not sure who likes it more Suzie or Tucker ?
Doggie fix anyway
            We did get some nice reading time done in the afternoon sunshine, quite comfortable and relaxing. Temps got to 70f and felt great in the sun.
         Then as usual gonna whip up supper. I had thawed a couple boneless, skinless chicken breasts out. And pounded them flat with my meat mallet (tenderizer) and they ended up very large. So the plan was to spice them up and grill on our Grill Mat and split one for supper on an English muffin and of course our salad on the side. The other breast to add to our lunches. for a couple days.
share one for supper and the other for lunches
        Our healthy salad with fresh strawberries, grapes and Cantaloupe sure did the trick tonight.
That is 1/2 of a chicken breast
and our salad
            Just another wonderful fall day, putting in time until we can cross  the border and head south, Where to? The southwest. What route will we take? remains to be seen, depends on the weather as we travel. No plans like usual just kinda wing it the way we like to travel.
             We still outside and getting close to 9 pm  and colder, soon time to head inside for the night. These days  are getting shorter everyday.
            Thanks for stopping in and really hope you had a wonderful day, wherever you are.
When we head south
Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this summer

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Rainy, cool but we did get some computer fun done.

Where are we today ?
Rock Glen Resort Arkona Ontario
        Would like to thank everyone for Suzie's Birthday wishes yesterday, we had a great day doing exactly what she wanted to do. And a supper that she wanted as well . It was an awesome day.
        Today kinda yukky weather, cool , overcast and rainy most of the day. But no problem we have a plan for these days too. 
        Morning walkabouts with my rain hat then over to visit Gerry and Melinda's do some computing stuff. We shared info a few programs and really actually made a lot pf progress as well. Bonus too was we spent some time chatting and having fun with them on a rainy day. Suzie and Gerry mostly did Windows stuff and I downloaded the new free new operating system for my Mac now have OSX Yosemite installed and working great, so far.
         But while trying to download my pics today in a hurry and I-photos was not ready think I lost  todays pics. No a big deal nothing real important. If I can retrieve them will post some tomorrow.
         Hey I found my pics.
Suzie and Tucker with his Rabbit toy
Gerry and me
Gerry and Suzie, Melinda in the back
      We found a lot of fruit flies around, so set out a small dish of cider vinegar and in less than an hour look what we caught.
       Time for supper so a couple Onion and Parsley Turkey burgers on the Q and a salad did the trick.
         That was another busy day we had not going too far but getting things done.
         Glad that you stopped in to say hi.
Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this Spring and Summer.

Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Hey busy doing too much stuff here, but enjoying the weather too!.

Where are we today ?
        This morning a kinda foggy day and rain showers, So at 7:30 took the car to the garage, chat with the guys then off to New Hamburg, Hemmerich hearing aides and Cheri got me fixed up in no time flat. Both working now, love my Worker's Compensation they pay for it all. Not fun being deaf but at least WSIB pays the shot.
       Then at 8:30 into Waterloo pick up a new fridge for Ma. With a shoe horn got it on the car, off loaded and into her room. Exactly what she wanted = she happy. The maintenance guy (Lee) showed up at the right time, helped me set it up, took the old one away and the boxes too. Bonus !
old fridge keeps icing up
new fridge has separate door for the freezer
nice, now she happy
       Back home for lunch relax for a bit and then Suzie had me run her computer into Waterloo, drop off at a computer guy we know there. He does setups for many commercial businesses and did her office many years ago.We still keep in touch and we can trust him (like Rick Doyle), thats a big plus. Will need some parts and Rick can't do that remotely.
        Finally back home by 2:30 a dip in the pool to cool off and enjoy some reading time in the shade.
Yep its nice here and the view amazing
           About 5 o'clock time to make supper. Whip up a salad and grill a couple turkey garlic sausage and zucchini slices on our Weber Q 100.
sure hit the spot
         Now we had planned to leave tomorrow but gonna hang about and see what Jeremy can do with her laptop. So another hurry up and wait deal.
         Another day here and enjoying this amazing hot weather got that hitch itch real bad but, will need to get things done first.
          Glad you stopped by for a peek.
Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this Spring and Summer.