Finally

Today we were able to pick up the girls. Apparently pinky just settled in as we drove over. She had spent the last 3 days hiding and periodically barking. I'm glad to get her out of an environment that she finds stressful and back home to the big cage in the air conditioning.

I can not wait to have a 2nd bedroom to chinchilla proof and put a window unit in as a backup. This was scary and I never want to have to worry about it again.

Always listen to your wife

Pat and I had some pineapple as a pre-dinner snack. It was fresh and sweet, just delicious. Because Pat was grilling the final few pieces were left for him.

It would have been the perfect desert if it were not for the tons of Ben and Jerry's in our freezer (it was a very good sale, so naturally i purchased t compulsively). Were were well into our desert of the various ice creams when I realised pat had not eaten the pineapple left for him.

I told Pat that we should just put it into the refrigerator as it would not taste good after the ice cream. Pat gave me the best 'you just want to eat the last few pieces yourself, I'm not letting you get away with it' smug look. And popped one in his mouth. . .

The thing about pineapple is, after eating anything sweet it just tastes bad. It is like orange juice after brushing your teeth only worse. Pat had to find this out the hard way.


Probably because I went in early to the gym we can not pick the girls up today. The A/C is working yet making a noise. both myself and the breeder are early to bed types and we still have to wait for the maintenance people to come fix the problem.
A few moments (it is a very delayed reaction) his face crumples up in disgust. He wastes little time swallowing the remains to get it out of his mouth. Of course I am laughing almost to the point of tears at this point. It was necessary to point out to him that if he had listened to me he would not have gone through that at all.

Fur Coat

They came today to look at the air conditioner. One of the first things they did was change the filter. Pat said it looked like 10 chinchillas had left their fur behind.

The vents were the next to be cleaned and that pat did not see, I can only imagine.

With the whole system cleaned it still did not work. The chins will have to stay another day and we will have to deal with the heat. Last night was not so bad with the fans on, hopefully tonight will be ok too.

Air Conditioner

Last night the air conditioner finally went. It was on it's last legs for a while and we had not called it in yet, as it still worked unless we did anything to stress the system. Last night we regretted that. Lucky for us it was cool over night so we turned the fans on and opened the windows to let the cool air in, by the time we awoke it felt like the A/C was working again.

Unfortunately it was not. I almost called out because it was going to be HOT and the chinchilla's would die if left in that kind of heat. Pat was getting home early and we thought the A/C was working so of to work I went.

Pat got home around 12 and found 2 very hot chinchilla's as the a/c had either stopped working or it had never started working again. Pat grabbed some ice and blew the cold air onto them and they seemed to perk up. Thankfully our neighbor came home shortly after and let us hide them in his bathroom (he has 2 cats) for a short term solution.

It took quite a few calls as the Breeder who normally looks over the chins was out of town to locate 2 people that could take them in. One was closed at 6PM thankfully the other was another local breeder that could take them after I got home from work (Pat's car does not have a/c). We got them all settled in and were checking out some of her babys when one escaped and was chased by her dog. Pinkey was not happy. She hid and spent the next 10 minutes barking. She was having a rough day.

We left hoping she would settle in after a while.

Booked

Our tickets to the big island have been booked! to celebrate we had an Hawaiian themed dinner. Pat had tuna and we had lots of fresh Pineapple for desert. I am in heaven with all of this fresh fruit in season.

I love the summer.

Changing Fortunes

Mom, Dad, myself and the W's went to Dinner and the RPO together.

Dinner was at PF Changs, one of my favorite places. The food did not disappoint! I normally skip the fortune cookies as I do not eat them, today I wanted a fortune. I took one of the cookies and opened it. Apparently i was supposed to run into the person I was meant to be with. Unfortunately that was not the fortune that came true.

Both Mom and Mrs. W got the same fortune, their luck would change. They both said they were having good luck so far and this was not a good fortune. Thus it is the one that came true.

On the way to the concert from dinner we sat in loads of traffic. It took 45 minutes to go 5 miles (or less) to the concert parking lot. Then for the first time ever parking was not free. (on the upside we did have the cash on us). Once parked it was a short walk to the ticket takers. Signs everywhere announced yet another negative change, no outside food or drinks. No longer can you pack a picnic to enjoy the concerts. A past time both families had previously enjoyed. we have no idea if it is just for this concert series or if it is for the venue.

We sat down just in time for the music to start. The music was ok (the first half was not as great) but the second half and the fireworks more then made up for the first half.

The ride home was interesting. Mrs. W took us the back way to pick up the car to avoid traffic. One of the roads was closed taking us well out of our way. For the second night in a row I went to bed LATE.

Despite the change in luck I had a great time and would do it all again.

Day off

Every week i take one day off from the gym and spend some extra time with Pat. With the World Cup going on we have been spending time practicing Pat's favorite (for now) sport, Soccer. Try as I might I can not find a league to get him into but we have fun kicking the ball around just the two of us (and i do NOT want to join a league myself).

We had a great day together!

Conquered the mountain

We have conquered the mountain. I think pat wanted to name our gigantic laundry pile. With Pat starting a few loads yesterday it made today a little more manageable and i did squeeze some leisure sun/reading time in.

I also made Grandma Monette's Potato rolls (whole wheat) so that I could try the soft butter out of my new butter dish. it keeps butter soft and good for up to a month! And it is GREAT for fresh baked bread. I am going to figure out how to keep track of the water that needs changing, but that should not be too hard!

Planning a Trip

Angela has had a goal of doing the Kona Hi Ironman for a few years. At some point I told my husband that the only way I would go back to the Big Island would be when she made it, (it was just a matter of time).

Angela has reached her goal to make it to the Iron man in Kona on October 9th. I read it on her blog this morning and almost jumped out of my seat cheering. This is funny because yesterday was checking her times holding my breath, how much sense does that make? Anyway I immediately went online to find ticket prices. They were twice what we paid last time.

I got home and told Pat Angela's great news and his eyes lit up. He was not going to pass up this opportunity. I will keep checking the price of the tickets and hopefully will find a deal. Hawaii here we come.

Lady Leisure

Today I drove up to Berkeley Heights to Lifetime. It is a long drive that i do not do often on the weekend.

It. Was. Worth. It!!

I got a great workout in then it was time to hit the pool. After a brief soak in the hot tum, I sat and read by the pool until I got hungry then ate the picnic lunch I packed for myself. (Thank you Grandma for turning me onto those AWESOME rolls). Then I sat by the pool and read some more! Of course I did go in the pool on several occasions (I love the water slides).

After all of this relaxing, Shopping was in order. (I did buy 2 bikinis). I didn't get home until 5:30, it was a full but wonderful day!