Fog City

7:00

7:26

Up at 7:00 and can hardly see the lake, let along Long Point, as the fog is so heavy.  It's 37º out at the moment but the weather gods on the radio expect a couple of inches of snow tonight,  Yippee.  Not a whiff of wind, just the bones of our tree visible out our window.

Yesterday I was off at 9:15, leaving the house to Evie and Barb, to begin painting the upstairs.  I had to pick up my buddy Stan at a mechanics house on Potter Road, and we then drove to Lakewood to another good yoga class.  The two of us are becoming master yogis!  Stan is starting to fit in, not feel silly.  Afterwards, it was off to Sherwin Williams, again, to pick up another two hundred dollars worth of paint (but I save 90 bucks with 30% off), came home, dropped off the paint, then took Stan back to pick up his car.  I finally came home for good around 12:30.

The house was a mess, but our downstairs TV room was finished, so we could begin to move the furniture back in position.  I was able to watch Sports Center, while eating my lunch, leftover eggplant and pasta from Rocco's.  Because we had to move the TV, with all its cords, one of them was loose so Evie just plugged it in what she thought was the proper device.  Well, it wasn't and we were unable to get WiFi.  When we tried to remove the plug, it would not release.  No matter what we did, it was stuck.  So, I jumped in my car, drove to Fluvanna, to the Computer Den, and the specialist was able to release it without ruining my modem.  On the way home, I stopped in at Shultz Suburu, just to sit in a Forrester and Outback.  They only had a Forrester, which seemed comfortable, but no Outbacks in the Show Room.  I continue to think about getting a new car but now that the weather is changing, I may wait until next fall, just before the snow flies, when the 2016 cars are out.

When I got home, Evie was much relieved to find that the router was not ruined, and I plugged it in the modem and viola, we had WiFi again.  While I was gone, both Evie and Barb were busy painting, Evie doing the downstairs doors, some trim, Barb the ceiling in our bedroom and prepping for today's painting.  Things are beginning to shape up and by the end of Friday, our downstairs and bedroom will be finished.  We will get to the other bedrooms at the end of April when Barb is free again.

7:30 PM

7:59 PM

We relaxed around 6:00, with a couple of glasses of wine, and treated ourselves to another one of our favorite cheeses, St. Andre.  It was amazing, having sat out for at least four hours; what a difference in cheese flavor when it's allowed to come to room temperature.  It was another interesting dusk on the lake, all blacks and grays, Long Point barely visible, and lots of picture taking. For dinner, we had our final batch of pigs in a blanket, or cabbage rolls, which we froze a couple of months ago.  They were just as good as the day we made them, and I was a happy camper, because we had them with mashed potatoes.  Why are mashed potatoes so good?  We watched some junk TV, nothing interesting on a Wednesday evening, then went to bed in a room with no shades, drop cloths on all the furniture. Strange.

8:00

It's now 9:30 and I have just returned from breakfast with the guys in Bemus Point and finished off my blog.  Time to head to Lakewood for yoga.