Working a bit,

. . . getting electronics and other info into Evernote. Finally.

Manfred's almost-new iPhone gradually stopped working.
He's getting used to his new teeth. Learning to stop biting cheek.

Here's a photo M took in our yard.
The birds are one of those
"They told us we could be anything, so we became..." photo jokes.

Back in P.O., facing austerity & weight loss

We have been back in Port Orchard for a couple of days, now. Mercutio, our cat, came running from the woods to greet us when we arrived around 8 pm. He has been über-affectionate ever since. Our flights were not delayed, in fact, they were early.

We have to go into austerity mode now, to pay for all that extra activity.
No buying nothin', not nohow. Sequester kicking in. : (

Manfred is making another attempt at losing weight. Me, too, I am getting fat and lazy. We have been eating mostly soup, and some yogurt, for the last 2 days.

M's fav cook on Food network, Alton Brown, had some good rules:
Daily - eat fruits, whole grain, leafy greens, nuts, carrots, green tea
3x/wk - eat oily fish, yogurt, broccoli, sweet potato, avocado
1x/wk - eat red meat, pasta, desserts, alcohol
0x/wk - never eat fast food, soda, processed meals, canned soups, "diet" anything.

I don't agree totally with those 1x restrictions, but I'll try it anyway.

 Alton Brown

Today is the day . .

The day that Manfred gets his new teeth. We need to leave Chuck & Diane's house at 11 a.m., to get to the dentist appointment at 4.

?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!?

Well, it was pretty horrendous, but we made it. The dentist took too long, and we had to take a taxi which drove really fast and got us to the train station in time to just catch the last train to Encinitas. It cost us $60. Luckily we had round trip tickets.

There was a lovely lasagna dinner waiting for us.
Tomorrow is our flight home.

In Encinitas near San Diego

We are having such a good time with Charles and Diane. We're doing fun things with computers and iPads.

Manfred got his dental prep done and is waiting for the lower permanent denture, which will be installed Monday. Tuesday we leave.

TJ again

Logan left yesterday and we spent today getting to Tijuana. We are in the hotel now. Tomorrow the dentist, then to San Diego to visit Chuck and Diane.

Logan visit

Logan came on May 5, and it's been so nice. We went to Seattle to see Jurassic Park 3D at the IMAX theatre. It cost a lot, but it was worth it as it was Logan's first ferry ride, and first IMAX.

Then Bill invited us all to come to his place. We drove to Port Angeles and took the ferry on foot. After the usual hold up at the border, Bill picked us up and drove to Port Renfrew. That was yesterday. Today we saw Maurice Tremblay, and Betty, and Ted and Loretta.  And the big spruce. We didn't see Bruce and Angie, but we saw them last week.

Tomorrow, we go back to Port Orchard. It makes for a long trip.

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Between visitors.

Bill left yesterday. We took him to the ferry, met with friends, did not attend SMUG meeting. Today we prepare for Logan's visit. He'll be here 10 days, April 5 -15. Can't wait to meet him. We haven't seen him since he was a few month old, now he's 21, I think.