Pinnacles Health Ctr & Spring in the Village

4/23 Sunday
It was a strange day. I went to a doctor's appointment on a Sunday of all things. It was a nice, clean, quiet, peaceful clinic. The 2 young ladies who worked there were pleasant, the doctor was really a nice person. The x-ray technician (on-call) was knowledgeable & nice to talk to. The parking lot was nearly empty, so no trouble finding a spot--but hard to decide which spot to choose (!)

Then back to the neighborhood where everything was bouncing around like crazy.

Asparagus Diary

I have new friend/neighbor. She gets free produce like artichokes, asparagus, lettuce, etc. and passes some of it on to people like us. Everyone needs a friend like this...

The Doctor's Appointment

Personally, I'd rather not make any doctors appointment.

But-- I fell on March 2 and my left rib cage is still hurting, so I called Pinnacles Health Care this afternoon.

2 Rossi Circle, Salinas, CA ... See Dr. Carter 9-5 Sunday. Sounds as good as I can expect.

If all goes well, Sears will pay for part of it. That's where I fell.

The Dogs of Twin Bridges

Carol's dogs Buddy and Stella were just moved to Oregon. Just when Buddy was old enough to be mellow. Stella was raised right and has always had good manners.

Jody (an unaltered male) was tied to a rope all day when he was a pup. He's a shepherd/malamute sort of mix. He was offered to Matt & we took him. I don't know if he should be called bilingual, since he doesn't talk much; Jody understands Spanish and English. I've learned to understand a lot of dog-speak. I can tell who he's barking at with reasonable accuracy.

Honey Bear is both a victim and care-giver. For 2-3 weeks a month she has to live with not one but two very sick people. She's undisciplined and big (lab mix) and acts more like a pony than a dog. She's also unsupervised most of the time, even when locked in the house with her people. She's also a threat--to Mel who is in danger of getting knocked down if she (Mel) tries to take a walk outdoors.

Spanky is the new pup on the block. Cute little black pug. His best friend is Honey Bear who is many times bigger than him. And at least twice he has come over to our place to spend time barking fiercely at Jody (who barks back fiercely.) Jody is also many times bigger than Spanky.

It's about time for another photo, isn't it?

04/19: I've concluded that this barking--now growling--seems to be teaching Spanky bad habits. Spanky learns things very very fast.

Carol's Easter Open House

Singles and couples filing through. Doesn't take long. Approx 425 sq. ft. Nice view of Salinas River. Periwinkle exterior with orange interior. Must like closets and hallway. And difficult neighbors.

Last night Mike & Karrin fought all night. HB (dog) barked until Matt went outside and yelled at the dog--loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear. That was 12:30 am.

4/21 Friday: For several nights, haven't heard any barking dogs in the middle of the night. Matt said he did see Karrin more than once today.

Annual Meeting

April 9: No quorum. John, Yvette, Mark all missing. We have 8 members; 5 needed for a quorum.

April 15: The Treasurer (yours truly) requests $300 from each member by May 10. Life goes on.

Rain+Rain plus Dirt equals Mud ...

We got to try out our new AAA card today.

Matt drove approximately 100 feet from where he was working to our place. It is completely unpaved--just a few woodchips under the usual parking spot, a little grass, a few weeds, bare dirt areas, & a ditch. Stella, the sweetest of the 5 dogs that live here was suddenly in the path of the truck. Matt went slightly to the right. The front frame of the truck stuck onto the top of the berm. The back left tire sunk deep into sloppy mud.

Matt tried to get it out, but finally gave up & we called AAA. A very nice young man (Mr. Ruiz) & Matt worked for about an hour before finally getting it out by pulling it backward (from a distance) with chains.

Spring Forward

04/02/2006 Busy, Busy... Changing the clocks & such.

04/03/2006 My Volvo now has the right time because I never did get around to changing it in the fall.

04/05/2006 Mel's Oldsmobile really has the wrong time. California laws changed Jan 1, '06 so that the lights have to be on at the same time that the windshield wipers are on... So I ran down her battery last month by forgetting to shut off the lights when I got home. The Oldsmobile is now in January.

04/09/2006 My occasionally-worn wristwatch is still on "old time" !

April Fool's Day 2006

Actually, it was a fairly sane day.

Matt woke up in a lousy mood, but fortunately went back to bed for a couple of hours.

I went to Moss Landing for the mail & there were a lot of salmon boats & trucks-to-pull-them. If I'd remembered what day it was, I wouldn't have gone.

Then to Marina. Ace for Mel's house numbers. Roger's for super lotto. Don't laugh--last week I won $10. Mel won $1. Too bad every week isn't like that.

Karrin & John both gave me money & are current in their payments to the Association. Something's right.

PS (Later the same day) Guess what-- I won another $10 with super lotto !