Catchup

(lGolly, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged.  Not a lot to report.

We’ve been relaxing and enjoying the million dollar weather!  Highs from 75-85ish and lows in the mid 50’s so we can sleep with the windows open at night – the best!

Went to the semi-annual 4th Ave Street Fest – about 400 vendors from jewelry to pottery to art (all quality stuff.)  Met our AK friends, Bob and Mary Anne there and enjoyed wandering the booths. Bought important “stuff” a tye-die hat for Sean for is 1st birthday (tomorrow) and caramel corn and fudge for us…Had beer at our favorite place, the Sky Bar and pizza from The Brooklyn Pizza Co. (lunch), then ate at Magpie’s Gourmet Pizza for supper (shared a salad and a calzone with Jerry) and a beer.  (Bad diet but yummy).  Home about 9:30 (wayyyy past my usual crash time.)  LOL

Determined the generator fuel pump wasn’t operating correctly.  The gen would start ok, then quit after about 15 minutes.  After speaking with Simonton, the local Onan expert, and after doing a few “tests of disconnecting this and running the gen, and then changing that and running, it, we decided it was the fuel pump.  So a new one on order. 

Jerry finally got around to taking the truck to an alignment place since it pulled to the left and the steering center bar wasn’t level when it should have been.  They said the pitman arm, idler arm and ball joints needed replacing…Egads.  So he took it to Motor Mike (real business A-1 Total Recon) a neighbor down the street who does this.  We bought the parts at NAPA with a discount and he is taking the truck apart this am and determining for sure if the replacements are needed and then  will align it.  (Good news would be they were scamming us at the repair shop and not all parts are needed….???  Will know soon.  Then an oil change and it should be good to go on the road again.

Still awaiting Jerry’s new glasses…ordered4rom the VA on 3/14 and they said 3-4 weeks and we should see them in the mail!  Right now he is operating with only once lens in the glasses…looks kind of strange but he is seeing well – the best news.

Treated ourselves to a massage at the Asis Massage School last night.  The class will graduate next week, so they were very good.  Decadent pleasure…then a beer and pizza at nearby Sky Bar and Brooklyn Pizza.

Have been enjoying my free time with adding to my genealogical families.  This week have made contact with a new “cousin…many times removed” who is descended from Eliza Jones who married James Vinall, a brother of our Henry Vinall who came to the USA in 1849, my 2 Great Grandfather.  She lives in the Scottish but is originally from New Zealand.  She has been sending me some Briitish census records from 1841-1871 which places James and his family in Portsea, Hampshire, England and working at the HMS Dockyards there.  (Interestingly Eiza’s father was a police officer for the dockyard.

Found out from the Sisson Family website (part of my Lord to Soule Mayflower line, that they will be having an 11th Biennial Gathering in June, 2014  in Providence, RI…so that’s on my calendar! 

Well, that’s enough blather for one day.  Let us hear what you’ve been doing. Hugs to all.  Love you…bye!