Quick Trip

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Went out to see the Grandkids on Thursday after seeing Jenn and Neil on Tuesday Neil’s birthday was the 11th, Janis’s is the 12th. They came out foe 36 hrs to gamble a little and to work the rest of the time. Jenn surprised me with texts

So we met them at the restaurant and unfortunately Neil was in the parking lot walking back from his car as Janis saw him and said I know that guy” ir was still a nice surprise and a great dinner.

Since It was the last day to file an extension for taxes so a real busy few days for Jennifer’s business. They were overwhelmed when they got back home so called the next day to see if we could come ut and help with the kids while they focused on work.

So we’re out there Friday thru today. Tomorrow they are going to Disneyland with their cousins. Disneyland reopened with the Covid pandemic . Hope they get a nice day and stay safe.

Rad Power Bike.

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Jenn and Neil got new E-bikes back a few months ago. We road the bikes when we went out to visit, it was really neat, and when we got our stimulus money I ended up getting one. It is a Rad Runner, same model as Neil has. I started looking on Facebook and web boards, and it’s amazing how popular and fanatical the owners are.

The bike was shipped Fed Ex, and shipping showed it was being delivered today. I was real excited, and kept checking the routing, to see when it was coming.

imagine my surprise when I checked about 5 pm and it was delivered, and signed by me, when I didn’t have it! We started walking down the street seeing if by chance it was left at another house. 5 doors down,

The house owner didn’t even know it was on her porch. We got our 2 wheel dolly and wheeled it home.

Rad Runner

It actually fits in the SUV, so that is nice, as I don’t have a hitch. We drove it out to Jenn’s to ride it out there. I called the company and told them how much I was dismayed that their shipper dropped the bike out 5 doors away. They apologized and gave me a $50 credit on the cost of the bike.

Playing in the Park

Went to a nice park at Stevenson Ranch to play with the kids. They loved flying the kite and playing on the playground set. In our neighborhood in Las Vegas, they don’t have the playgrounds open yet for the kids.

And then it was a race back to the car!

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Disney Adventures

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Went to Disneyland, which is still closed, but walked around the shops and had a good lunch at a Mexican restaurant there. Social distancing was in effect, and everyone was masked, even the grandkids.

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There was a nice water feature by the restaurant, but Sophia wasn’t really cooperating, but still a nice picture. The kids liked the duck that was taking a bath in the fountain.

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My Cousin David Bradley, Red Rocks,

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My cousin David Bradley came to visit. He was in Fresno, and stopped on the way to Mesa Arizona, where he is now going to live. His father died in March and left David his car and house (fully paid off), and David has had 30 years of Chicago winters and that is enough for him.

I haven’t seen him since he was 12, and I was 19. He got hooked on genealogy after I told him about doing my research for 5 years. He is a much better researcher than I am. For the first 1/2 of the day we had the laptop out and were doing Ancestry.com Dueling.

We then went to Red Rocks National Conservatory area. It still requires reservations, which I wasn’t aware of, but as long as you had internet connection, you can do it online.

We then went to Silverton so he could watch Janis and I play Pai Gow, and he could learn the game, and learn that it is hard to win at Pai Gow. We ate dinner at Mi Casa, and Juan our waiter again took great care of us. David loved the food and the chips/salsa, but apparently woke up at 230 am with heartburn. The hot salsa was a little too hot for him.

He left today and it was a short, nice visit, but now that he lives in Mesa, close to Dodgers spring Training camp, I’m sure we’ll see a lot of each other.

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This is a spider sac, hundreds of spiders are in this thing. They come out at night. .

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Dodger Opening Day

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The Dodgers started on the road, which doesn’t happen that often. So many Monday opening days. This one is special as it’s get your World Series ring day!

They raised the banner flag, and had a nice flyover.

Go Dodgers!

Go Dodgers!

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Beach Time!

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Nice day at Point Magu with Burt and Selma, Dana, Kyle and Emi.. It was a celebration of Selma’s, Kyle’s, and Sophia’s birthday which is this Friday the 26th. Burt has a 32’ RV and was going to stay there for a few days it’s a nice RV park, right on the beach just south of Point Magu.

Sophia had a fever ester day and also today, so spent a lot of time on daddy’s shoulder. Her molars are coming in so that was causing her feaver.

Lunch With The Siblings (and Cousins),

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We went over to Nancy‘s, and Pat was brought over from her assisted living place, and we had lunch in the backyard nice time. Ryan and Derek haven’t spent a lot of time with Eli and Ali in fact they’ve never met Holly before and he’s over when years old. We had a good time.

A Good Day in Politics

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The 1.9 trillion covid relief bill passed the Senate on Saturday with no Republican senators voting for it. They bitched and asked for amendments added to the bill. But once added, still didn’t vote for it. The bill it went to the House today, and was passed without any Republican members voting for it.

Merrick Garland was confirmed by the Senate today as Attorney General with a vote of 70/30.

We Got The Vaccine!

The vaccine finally got to the age 65 age group, so after we got back from California Janis logged onto the Walgreens website. She was able to get an appointment. I logged in, as the was only one question, are you older than 65? There was no “underlying conditions”. I called the state’s 800 phone number to see if I could get it with her, but they say it is only for age 65 or older. It’s weird, as when Janis did the survey, one of the questions was do your have any underlying conditions? Stupid that if you have to be age 65 to get it, who gives a shit if you have any issues.

yesterday was Janis’ appointment, and she had to fill out a 2 page form. I printed out the form too, as I figured there might be no shows. Sure enough, our pharmacist, that we are on a first named basis with, called up a half hour before the appointment and said there were extra doses and I could get it too.
It was the Pfizer vaccine, and the next dose will be April 2nd.

Janis started getting a headache after about 6 hours, and she still has it. She gets them for other reasons too, like weather fronts coming in (change in pressure) so we don’t know if it’s due to that or not.

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Time With The Grandkids

Went out to see the grandkids, and drop Phil off in Aguanga. He’s been with us since Nov 1st, and with us going to CA we don’t want to leave him at home.mm

Global Warming?

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My brother Jack lives in Dallas, and has been below freezing since Thursday. He hasn’t left the house since Thursday night. Luckily he works from home on Fridays, and yesterday was President’s day, so he had the day off. The power has been out a couple times, the last time for 15 hours. Not having gas heat, his house dropped down to 55 degrees. One pipe frozen, but global warming isn’t real!

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Texas

deepfreeze

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Jack’s house