Sunny days

I just love that I can take the dogs for a walk up in the woods so close to home.  There is nothing like a nice walk out in the woods to get the cobwebs out.  I always try to hike to the top of one of the highest points out there but they just aren’t high enough for me.  There are some much higher hills around the valley so I’ll have to vary my routine I guess.  Maybe I should walk up to the cell towers and maybe I can get some decent cell service there.  Probably not since it’s AT&T, no bars in more places, cell service.

I’m sure winter will return before long so I have been trying to get out every day after getting some of my project work done.  I’m working on a remodel of our office.  The office was a bedroom but we wanted to use it for our office.  The problem we had was that the heat from the wood stove didn’t get in there and it was always cold.  It was an easy fix really, I took out a 5 foot section of wall and made an opening between the office and the living room.  Now it’s nice and toasty in here like it is in the other rooms.  I had to move some electrical fixtures and I’m closing off the old doorway and making a linen closet there.  It’s so very nice having your own house so you can make changes like this.  Sure love that!

Surprise at Costco

So I’m down in Chico doing some shopping yesterday. Karen has to work 6 days a week during the peak tax season so I had to go by myself and I just did what we usually do and went straight to Costco first. I was pushing my cart back in the meat department and I hear someone tell me to get a new shirt. When I looked to see why this guy was giving me shit about my old crew shirt, I see this kinda fat faced fellow who I immediately recognize as Scott Grendahl. Wow, the luck of running into someone you know in a big city like Chico.

We blocked the aisle for about ½ hour chatting and catching up a little. He lives in Chester and works in Susanville for Cal Fire as a Crew Captain and does just like we do and comes down to Chico with a big cooler and stocks up on groceries. Anyway what a surprise to run into anyone I know in Chico.

Now what does this have to do with this picture you might ask, well actually nothing. I took this picture today when I took the boys for a walk out on Forgay Point. You can see what a nice day it was, that’s Mt Jura and Taylorsville is just at the foot of it on the right side. The watercourse is Indian Creek. Do you see any snow in the foreground? I thought not. It’s up on the mountains where it belongs and down here it’s been pretty nice indeed. I’m loving this mild weather and even though staying dry is not good for the water situation, I’m happy to enjoy it while I can.