1/15/2017

Weekly Update 1/15/2017

Well, the bloom is off the Elantra rose. Coming back from BC on Saturday morning, a light began to flash on my dashboard. I pulled over, and read the manual. I thought it said that my brake fluid was low. But when some walker knocked on my window at the stop light and told me I had a flat tire, I guess I was looking in the wrong section of the manual. Being not far from the condo, I drove there, and the AAA man came and fixed it. But how can that be? The car is 5 weeks old! It's got 400 miles on it! I bought it partly because I didn't want to have think about something happening to the car when I was driving. Well, that didn't take long, and now I don't know if I should trust this new car. I called the dealer, but they are short staffed on the weekend, and suggested that I bring it in some day next week. How about Monday?

a temp tire on the car

I started this week with a little physical activity and some mental stimulation. I met Jane at Daffin Park for a walk. I haven't done that since before the holidays, and although it was brisk (temps in the 40s), it was good weather for walking. The “meeting” of the library book club was a little strange. The librarian who generally leads the discussion was unavailable, so who volunteered to lead? That's right- me. How do I let myself get talked into these things? I think I did ok, but it was not exceptional. The book to read was anything by James Patterson, who will be a keynote speaker at next month's Savannah Book Fest. I had read an Alex Cross mystery long ago, but did not read another book for this meeting. There was a new member of the group, and she recently moved to MP. I met her again at the mailboxes one afternoon.

I've been in denial about my vision. But it's becoming more difficult for me to do crossword puzzles and tell which is 53 across or 55 across. So, I went to the Dollar Store to see if magnifying glasses might help. They do, a little.  

reading in my chair with my "new" glasses

Wednesday was TLC continuing series about 19^th architects in Savannah. We had a site visit to the Ships of the Sea Museum, which was designed as a private home the wealthy Scarborough family by William Jay in 1818. It's not another house museum, like so many in Savannah are, but a museum that showcases models, paintings, and memorabilia of ships that were related in some way to Savannah. But you can still see the architectural details of when this was a home.

  

Remember last month when I baked a lot of holiday cookies and complained about not having many tools for baking? Well, Jimmy liked my cookies a lot, and I think he's hoping that I'll do more baking to share. He bought me measuring spoons and measuring cups to help! Wasn't that sweet? At least it wasn't a Kitchenaid mixer, or then I'd really feel obligated!

Sarah sent me a whole photo album of when she was in Disney to run in the Marathon. She and her mom completed the entire 26.2 mile course. I think this was Sarah's first marathon, and she did it! You Go, Girl! In a related story, Sarah's birthday was Friday. How can it be that I have a granddaughter who's 20 years old?