Re-hanging the wall cabinets, preparing to sell the Miata on Ebay

(posted from home)

(This post covers 18 – 30 June, 2012)

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Saturday, 30 June -

Today promised to be another very hot and humid one. I needed to walk so thought I'd get an early start. I first had to check my Ebay listing and reply to a question from a prospective buyer. This guy wrote that he would be in the area on vacation but would have to be back at work before the auction ends and wanted to know if the car is advertised locally. He have me a phone number to text to.
Hmmm. It took a few minutes to figure out what was going on. The phone number is a York number so I was suspicious right away. I think the game was merely to get me to text him so he could have my phone number in order to talk me into selling it outside of Ebay and eliminating his competition. Also, the user name is a fairly unique girl's name with a number tacked on the end. Gee, that same girl is registered on a walleye fishing site, a do-it-yourself home repair site, and an antique radio site about vacuum-tube radios. Interesting young lady there, eh? Sorry, pal.
Figuring out what that guy was about took me a bit so I didn't get on the road until about 0900. I rode the GS down to Starbucks and then on to Rocky Ridge for my walk. I finished up in 1:42 today.
I then decided I'd ride on over to Park City Mall in Lancaster and pick up some Doubleshot Lights. While there I stopped in the Apple Store and had a nice long chat with 'Ron' about the new iPad and MacBookPro.
I didn't get home until 1500 or so and with the exercise and the riding in the heat of the day I was ready to just chill awhile.
That evening we watched 'Waltz With Bashir' and interesting “animated documentary” about the experiences of a 19-year-old Israeli soldier in Lebanon in the early Eighties. Well done, Ari and Yoni!

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Friday, 29 June -

Early this morning (0400-ish) I was awakened by thunder and lightning and then couldn't get back to sleep. I finally dozed off around 0700 and woke at 0800.
Today's a very hot and sticky one with warnings up everywhere. When I walked out at 0900 this morning the humid air took my breath away.
After checking how things are going on Ebay and seeing what the Colorado fires look like today (Colorado Springs has had 300 homes burn down in the last two days and we have friends who live fairly close to the fire in Boulder), I rode the GS into town to the urologist's office. I needed to pick up contrast solution for my annual CT scan next week.
I then hit the nearby Tollgate Starbucks for a bit and hit the Wendy's near home on the way back.
I spent the afternoon cooling down and catching up the blog.
That evening we watched 'Intelligence' 2.3.2 and 2.3.3. One more disc to go....

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Thursday, 28 June -

I worked all day today on the Ebay ad and posted it by supper time. It took so long because I'm listing all the many performance and appearance mods, their manufacturers and the costs. It seems like I've been through the receipts a dozen times.
Good old Ebay gave me some problems too. I had uploaded the 14 photos and just finished put them into display order when the Chrome screen just went out. When I got back into Ebay I found the basics of my ad but the uploaded photos were missing. I had to do them again.
I posted the ad around 1730 or so and within minutes the view count was up to a dozen and I had my first bid. An hour later, that first bid was taken down with the reason “bid incorrect amount”. I had put the car up for $3250 and he had bid $3552. That's the last I've seen of that guy, though.
That evening we watched 'Intelligence' 2.2.3 and 2.3.1. GOOD show, folks.

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Wednesday, 27 June -

Aha! I finally remembered where I stored the Miata paperwork. It was in one of the drawer-storage stacks at our storage unit. That will make a big difference for the ad since it provides me receipts, installation manuals, etc to remind me of all the items and their costs as well as when they were installed. I drove over to the unit and brought them back to the house, then went to our barn and looked through the stack of 'takeoffs', i.e., stock gear replaced by the aftermarket gear a previous owner had installed. This includes things like the radio, headlight assemblies, camshafts, air induction, etc.
I also took more photos and edited them.
Labashi continues her work in the yard. She's absolutely amazing to me. She doesn't mind the hot weather and spends hours and hours out there. She even goes back out after supper and works a few more hours.
She has all the pruning and subsequent cleanup done and is re-doing the flower beds.
That afternoon I rode the GS down to York for my coffee-and-walk ride. The weather today was much less humid than last week and my walk felt great. 1:42 today.
That evening we watched 'Intelligence' 2.2.1 and 2.2.2.

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Tuesday, 26 June -

I began selecting and editing the Miata pictures I'll use for the ad. I've decided to go with Ebay rather than Craigslist, mostly because it has a long list of aftermarket performance mods. I'll need exposure to a wider audience for that specialized gear. I'm just using the Preview editing tools on the MacBookPro but they're doing a pretty good job of color correction and cropping.
That evening we drove over to Mom and Dad's apartment for supper, took care of moving a few items for Dad and then took Mom and Dad out into the complex's very large parking lot to watch the International Space Station flyover.

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Monday, 25 June -

Today I started the process to decide whether to put the Miata up on Craigslist or Ebay. I used SearchTempest to view Craigslist ads for Miatas within 400 miles of home. Prices and conditions varied so much that it wasn't really very helpful. I also logged on to Ebay and reviewed the selling process. I've not sold anything on Ebay for years but Labashi sold a few things on there last year.
I was also contacted via email today by the guy who bought my KLR 650 motorcycle two summers ago. He wanted to know whether I still had the tank bag and saddlebags. I don't but gave him a longish email identifying the bags, making some recommendations about them, and providing prices and sources. In the email I hoped the KLR is treating him well and he responded that its only needs have been regular maintenance items. This would have been an opportunity to regret having sold it but I've never looked back on that one. It was reliable enough but was too tall in the saddle and had a frustrating tendency to fade in color. The red color did not like the sun at all. I could get it looking very good using Mother's “Back to Black” but a month later it would need another treatment.

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Sunday, 24 June -

Today Labashi spent the day cleaning up the branches in the yard. I washed and photographed the Miata for its upcoming ad.
In the afternoon I oiled the F650GS's chain and then rode down to Starbucks the back way.
That evening I caught up the blog and then we watched an episode of 'Zen' on Masterpiece Theater. Meh.
We also took a few minutes out to go out to see the International Space Station flyby. Our neighbor across the street joined us and that was his first time seeing it so that made it extra fun. This pass was bright but an odd pattern across the sky. It came up out of the WNW and hooked left, never rising above 45 degrees elevation. Still, it flew over the moon (from our viewpoint). Cool.

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Saturday, 23 June -

Today I helped Labashi with her landscaping a bit this morning. I dug out our old 16” electric chainsaw, replaced the chain and used it to cut up the larger branches Labashi had downed yesterday. She had told me she was going out to clean up branches she had downed the day before. Yet when I looked out sometime later I saw even more branches littering the yard and she was busy on others. So today the cleanup started.
I also spent an hour or so upgrading my five-year-old Tracfone to a newer model. The old one still worked but the new one has double-minutes for life so financially it makes more sense to upgrade than to keep using the old phone.
That afternoon I rode down to York for my coffee-and-walk routine. The heat had broken so it was a pleasant walk today.
That evening we watched the movie 'Seraphine', a French movie about the painter Seraphine Louis. After the movie we went outside and saw the International Space Station. It has been on the news lately that the ISS is particularly bright now so we looked up the passage times and set the alarm. I took along the iPad with the GoSatWatch app. It perfectly predicted the passage time and location and even showed the ISS dim as it descended, just like the real one. Impressive!

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Friday, 22 June -

I'm supposed to be working on my ad to sell the Miata but keep putting it off. Today I wanted to get a lot of little things out of the way. I had some household-finance chores to take care of and I replaced two broken springs on my favorite chair. I ran the sweeper, changed the AC filter and scheduled my annual kidney scan. I also did some price research for selling the Miata.
That evening we watched 'Saving Grace', 2.1.4

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Thursday, 21 June -

This morning I replaced a burned-out headlight bulb in the F650GS. Even such a simple thing needs an inordinate amount of research. I soon learned there's a trade off on these bulbs. If you pay twice the cost, you get half the bulb life. And what's the benefit of paying twice the cost? Promises. Promises that the light will penetrate further or cast a wider beam of 'better' color, a more revealing light. In the end, I was able to resist the siren call of the promises by realizing that I don't ride much at night and when I do it's not for long.
The actual installation only took a minute and is done without tools. Twist off a cover, pull off a connector, swing open a wire bail and the bulb falls free. Reverse to install. Well done, BMW.
Since I had the bike in a shady spot I went ahead and took the time to fix a problem. The F650GS is known for having rusty fasteners on the front disk brake. I removed the fasteners one by one, cleaned them up, painted them with high-temperature paint and re-installed them (carefully!).
With our cabinets up in the mud-room it was time to set up the workbench. In this case we're using an old door on saw-horses. Since we don't do any heavy-duty work here, the door-on-saw-horses setup is a great solution for us. The entire 'workbench' can be moved out of the way or relocated by one person in less than a minute.
With the changes to the mud-room layout we had to downsize the workbench and that meant we needed shorter-length saw-horses. We had a set available but I needed to cut off the saw-horses and then stack on 2x4 sections and screw them together to get the table to the correct height.
That afternoon I helped Labashi with some tree-trimming. We have a small (8”) pole-mounted chainsaw and it's a pain. I had installed a new chain prior to putting it away last time so I checked adjustment and oiled it. But after only a few cuts it needed adjustment again. And again. And again. I must have re-adjusted it at least a dozen times for a remarkably small amount of work.
Late in the day I zipped over to the pharmacy to pick up my prescription so I can get started on restoring my taste buds to normal.
That evening we watched 'Saving Grace', 2.1.1-2.1.3.

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Wednesday, 20 June -

This morning I had a doctor's appointment to determine why my taste buds seem to have changed. This appears to have been a result of the courses of antibiotics I took this Spring. After a general checkover, the doctor swabbed my tongue and disappeared for a few minutes to the microscope. He returned to report I had indications of fungal cells and gave me a prescription.
That afternoon I rode the GS to York for a coffee-and-walk. The afternoon was very hot--- in the mid-nineties with a feels-like index of 105 --- but I was fine in the shade of the trail. I have one long treeless section and I could feel the heat building up to oppressive levels in my body. But that section ends at the power line where there's always a breeze (and a nice view!) so I was fine.
That evening we had the first disc of season Two of 'Intelligence', the excellent Canadian TV series.

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Tuesday, 19 June –


Today we installed the three remaining wall-hung cabinets in the mud room. These turned out to be much easier to install than the last two because the floor under them was clear and we could use one of the floor-standing cabinets and two pieces of plywood to put them into place ready for drilling and lag-bolting.
Mid-afternoon I rode the bike in to Starbucks/Lowe's on an errand-and-coffee run.
That evening we watched the first two episodes of 'Intelligence', Season Two.

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Monday, 18 June -

Today we re-installed two of the hanging cabinets we had taken down for construction of the new bathroom. We had removed five of these 30Wx24Hx15D white melamine cabinets and stacked them in the guest room.
The construction opened up a new place for cabinets and I needed to do a bit of prep work. I installed four 12” metal straps, one on each of the four joists which had been cut out for a 2” drain pipe.
We then ran into the problem of how to elevate the two cabinets into place given the narrow space below them. We finally moved one of the standing storage cabinets as close as we could, then used some 2x12 pieces about 30 inches long to bridge to 6-foot boards standing along the wall. This rickety arrangement threatened to fall at any moment but it did last long enough to get the lag-screw holes drilled and lag-bolts installed.
That afternoon I handled a Comcast billing issue for Dad. The bill had two unexpected charges and it took a few hours to work through the history and get them resolved.
That evening we watched 'Catfish', an odd but entertaining little 'documentary' (there's some question about whether it's truly a documentary) about an 8-year-old artist who turns out not to be an artist after all. Actually, it's not about the 8-year-old at all. But I can't explain it any more without ruining it for you. Recommended!


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More mud-room work ; weekend on the Eastern Shore ; ATV ride ; looking for the next camper-van platform

(posted from home)
(This post covers 1 – 17 June, 2011)

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Sunday, 17 June -

I caught up the blog a bit and then went down to the mud-room to start planning how to re-mount the wall-mounted storage cabinets we had taken down for construction of the new bathroom.
We took down five cabinets but they now must be relocated. We didn't get far before realizing we have some problems to overcome. I need to move an overhead light and install the metal strapping on the notched joists before making that area inaccessible with a cabinet.
I zipped in to Lowe's for some hardware for the job when we get around to it. That was my excuse for a motorcycle ride on this very-pretty day, anyway.
That afternoon we went over to Mom and Dad's apartment for a Father's Day celebration. Later, we ordered ribs-to-go from the Texas Roadhouse and they were perfectly done, as always.
We also took care of a few little pesky items. The phone wasn't working so they had missed calls from the other family members. That turned out to be batteries in the portable phone. Apparently the handset had been dropped and a battery had come out of its carrier.
Dad also mentioned the cable bill seemed to have new charges. I found that the cable company had added a monthly charge for a rental modem--- and he didn't have one. I had bought the modem from Amazon myself so I knew it was an incorrect charge. I called the cable company and had the charge removed and a credit given for the spurious charges. I also found a recurring charge for wireless networking tech support but they wouldn't remove that one on a weekend. I'll have to call tomorrow.
That evening we had things to do and didn't watch TV. Labashi spent the time trying to identify a disease on a few of her plants (via the Web) and I caught up the blog for a long-overdue post.

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Saturday, 16 June -

Today I took the Miata in to town for a trip to Lowe's and Home Depot. I need to repair a water-rotted sill and an upright on a door frame. I intended to buy a spiral saw or trim-router for this. But the more I looked at the tools I realized they're too bulky for this job. I talked it over with a tool guy at Home Depot and he pointed out I could get a spiral-saw bit for my Dremel tool. That should do it since I don't need to precisely control depth for these repairs.
I also bought some foot-long metal straps to finally address a problem with joist cutouts. When the house was built the plumber notched three joists almost three inches in for a drain pipe to pass. That would be a code violation today but apparently at the time it was common practice. Though I see no evidence of the joists cracking or sagging, I'd just feel better to strengthen them.
I spent the afternoon mowing on this hot day, taking several breaks when I'd overheat.
That evening we watched the last three episodes of 'Intelligence', Season One.

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Friday, 15 June -

Today Labashi and I took Mocha Joe over to Lititz to pick up the F650GS from its 6000-mile maintenance appointment at Trans-Am Cycles.
However, we first went on to Four Way Auto Sales in New Holland to look at the NV2500 and Sprinter vans on their lot. We took Mocha Joe there so we'd have it available to take detailed measurements and compare them to to the cargo space of the NV2500 and Sprinters.
It turns out the NV2500 is slightly narrower than Mocha Joe and there's some question whether our futon mattress would fit across it. The difference is only a half-inch but it's already a tight fit in the Ford.
The other disappointing news is the cargo area is shorter in the NV2500 than our van. The spec sheet says cargo room is ten feet in length but usable space is actually only a few inches over nine feet. That would mean a loss of about eight or nine inches of space behind just behind the driver's seat. That's an important place for us as it's prime space for hanging clothes (high) and storing the laptop (low).
We decided the 144-inch wheelbase Sprinter would be the way to go. But the one there was a 3500-series van with dual rear wheels. The 170-inch-wheelbase model was very roomy inside but had far too much overhang for driving gravel roads and two-track. Still, both of them had a 21-inch step-up for the side door. Our Ford's is 19 inches as was the NV2500. If we were to do the Sprinter we'd probably need to start taking along a portable step (a permanent step would affect ground clearance).
The Nissan was significantly cheaper and I'm still attracted to it but this particular one didn't have power windows or door locks not to mention opening cargo-area windows. I know how I use the van and those features would be sorely missed so that was that.
Back home, we watched French film 'The Chorus' that evening.

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Thursday, 14 June –

Today I ran the ATV out of its trailer and loaded up the GS. I took it over to the BMW dealer in Lititz for its appointment for a 6000-mile maintenance tomorrow.
After dropping off the bike I hit the nearby Starbucks, then tried the next-door Philly Pretzel Factory. While the 3-pretzels-for-$2 deal was great and the pretzels massive, I think I'll stick with Auntie Anne's pretzels in the future.
After lunch I used the iPad to give me directions to Four Way Auto Sales in New Holland. There I took a look at a Nissan NV2500 van, the first one I've seen being sold used. This one had been an Enterprise rental and it's in very good shape. I was surprised to also find two Sprinters there. That gave me an opportunity to compare. Now I need Labashi to see these.
That evening we watched 'Three Colors: Red' with Irene Jacob. Loved it!

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Wednesday, 13 June -

Labashi woke feeling much better today. The symptoms had disappeared and she had her energy back.
We both had appointments in Mechanicsburg today. I had a routine dental appointment and she took her car to the dealer to have the tail-light assembly replaced. This is the same assembly I had had replaced last winter before leaving for Florida. The service guy at the dealership made light of that and even gave her a frequent-replacer discount.
Late that afternoon I rode the GS down to Rocky Ridge for my five-miler.
We watched 'Three Colors: Blue' with Juliet Binoche that evening. We had seen this movie in the early Nineties but remembered almost nothing about it. And the great thing about seeing it now was getting the discussions of the movie by the actors and by film critics. Without that info, it's so easy to miss the symbolism and repeating themes of the movie.

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Tuesday, 12 June -

Labashi was sick today. The constriction problem in her throat subsided but she felt very slow and achy and had a sore throat. These symptoms sounded much like my Florida problem this Spring so I was concerned she had somehow been infected by sleeping in the van.
Since we were having a rainy day I took her car for a quick trip into town to pick up the chlorine test strips at Grainger's and then hit the Starbucks on the way home.


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Monday, 11 June -

Today we returned home from our Chesapeake weekend. We took the long way home, first heading up the ocean highway through Ocean City to Rehobeth, then west across Delaware to US50 at Wye, MD, then north up 213 to Chestertown and Elkton before turning northwest toward Lancaster, PA and home. Late in the day we stopped at Park City Mall and had a Haagen-Dazs milk shake.
That evening we came to regret the milk shakes. We're not sure whether we had had too much heat, too much food, or what but we both had to take Alka-Seltzers to try to get our digestive systems feeling better and Labashi had a breathing problem. She said she felt like someone had their hands around her neck and were restricting her breathing. She ended up calling the Blue Cross nurse and talking it through as we contemplated going to the emergency room. I even retrieved an emergency oxygen kit I've had since our SCUBA diving days and had it handy if things got worse or we needed it for the trip to the emergency room.
As it turned out the Alka-Seltzer did it's job and the breathing problem also subsided so we didn't have to do the emergency-room trip.

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Sunday, 10 June -

With another hot day on tap we discussed going home but I saw from the weather report that the overnight temperature was supposed to be a few degrees cooler. Also, we hoped to camp at Assateague Island tonight and I knew that campsite would be along the ocean and we should have a breeze. We decided we'd give it a shot and if things got bad we could drive on home or find a motel.
We spent the morning in Pocomoke City. We initially intended to just walk a block or so along the river dock but discovered it leads to a nice boardwalk trail through the swamp. We had no insect problems there and it was nice and cool on the shaded boardwalk. We walked through to a golf course at the far end of the trail and returned. Nice!
By that time the Delmarva Discovery Center was open for the day. This turned out to be a very nice little museum about Chesapeake-area history.
We then continued on to the Pocomoke State Park where we slowly drove through. We had camped here a dozen or so years ago and had one of our first successful owl-calls. We had called in the cutest little screech owl and took its picture. I later submitted that to the Maryland DNR and it was used on their web site for a few years.
We drove on to Berlin, MD and had an ice cream and coffee at the coffee shop before taking a slow drive through of the main streets.
Continuing on to Assateague Island State Park, we arrived mid-afternoon and found one of the few remaining campsites. Labashi took a short walk on the beach while I avoided the sun and read. We then had a long chat with a neighbor who loved his Sprinter van. He gave us excellent advice and recommendations for web resources to further research on Sprinters.
With the steady breeze we were fine to have a completely-exposed campsite. After the sun dropped in the sky a bit we rode the bicycles from end to end of the state park, then chilled in the shade of the van as the sun began to set.
We slept wonderfully that night.

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Saturday, 9 June -

This morning Labashi and I arose early, packed up Mocha Joe, and headed for the Chesapeake. We drove down past Baltimore to the Bay Bridge where we stopped for a quick lunch in the parking lot of Hemingway's. Our next break was at Cambridge and it's visitor center and then we drove slowly through town looking around. We then continued on to Crisfield and the nearby Jane's Island State Park. We've been there five or six times but this time we had a new challenge-- greenhead flies. These very aggressive biting flies are incredibly fast and are apparently attracted to movement. When we first arrived at our campsite we had a few flies but they seemed to lose interest. We could sit out with only minor annoyances.
I set up the folding bikes and we rode the roads of the park and only had a few problems with the flies.
Late in the day we toured little Crisfield and then ate at Capt. Tyler's. We had magnificent jumbo-lump crabcakes but they were expensive ($20 for one, $24 for two) and the drinks were a straight rip-off (imho). Labashi's margarita tasted like straight mixer so we ordered a sidecar of Cuervo to add to it and even that didn't help. I had two weakish soco-and-cokes and they showed up on the bill as $10 each.
We had a very hot day but we had had a nice breeze for most of it. But after dark the wind suddenly dropped entirely and we couldn't get the van cooled off enough for sleeping comfort. We both had a sweaty, largely-sleepless night but did manage to catch a few hours of shut-eye toward morning.

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Friday, 8 June -

Labashi went to tea today with her 'tea-buddies' and I went ATV riding. I used Mocha Joe to take the ATV trailer over to the Michaux State Forest ATV trailhead above the family campground.
I spent three hours riding, pushing pretty hard. I'm surprised to find how rocky much of the 'easy' trail is. I rode from the east parking lot to the west lot and back with two diversions off the main trail. One of them almost got me in trouble.
I went up an intermediate trail which narrowed down with a high bank both sides and a steep uphill at the end of the bank. I tried to keep my weight forward but as I accelerated up the hill the front end came up and started falling sideways. That caused me to slow and put a foot out to keep the ATV from rolling. The ATV stopped and started rolling backwards and nearly trapped my foot. That could have gotten ugly. It wouldn't have taken much to have found myself trapped by the quad and unable to reach my SPOT emergency messenger. I'll need to save the more adventurous riding to times when I'm with someone else.
After my ride I loaded up and drove over to the west parking lot, hoping to reach Maypo at work by cell phone to invite him over to ride. But I didn't have enough signal. I had two signal bars but the call wouldn't go through. I finally gave up and headed home.
When I arrived home Labashi had a long face. She had backed her car into an obstruction and had broken the tail-light. Fortunately it didn't damage the body so it's really quite minor.

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Thursday, 7 June -

I rode the GS into town today for some small items and then finished up the mud-room cleanup.
I also mowed the lawn yet again. The lawn is growing crazy-fast this year.

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Wednesday, 6 June -

Today we installed drywall in the corner of the 'mud-room' in our exposed basement. We had chosen not to bother with this corner when we had done the rest of the room because it was behind the water heater and had several problems. But with the rest of the room now done and access opened up by the plumbing changes, it's time.
The project took us all day but actually went well. I had a bit of shimming-out to do and had to take the Sawzall and a hatchet to a badly-installed header board (so the drywall would lay flat) but these were minor issues.

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Tuesday, 5 June -

Today I ordered the chlorine-strip test kit for testing our water. Around mid-day we drove into town and, after lunch at Fuddrucker's, picked up three sheets of drywall and drywall screws at Lowe's.
Back home, we removed the old dryer vent and plugged the hole in the wall and replaced the insulation, then I mounted a nice blanking plate on the siding.
That evening we started watching 'The Beaches of Agnes', a film by Agnes Vardas, but we didn't finish it. We felt like the film required some familiarity with her life and previous work to make sense and we didn't have that.

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Monday, 4 June -

I researched the disinfection process for our water pipes. We had the ultraviolet light installed last month but haven't yet disinfected the pipes downstream of the light. I've done this process in two of the houses we re-habbed but this time I wanted to be a little more scientific about it. After researching, I rode the GS into town to look for chlorine test strips. I found test strips at both Lowe's and Home Depot but they had a very limited test range. I'll have to order online.
Upon my return from town I set up for Mom and Dad's visit this afternoon. I set up chairs on both our front and rear patios so we can choose to either be in the sun or shade.
Labashi picked up her parents at their apartment and brought them over mid-afternoon. We chatted for a few hours on this absolutely-perfect day, then went to supper at Hillside Cafe before running them back home.

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Sunday, 3 June -

Weather has cooled off and we had a visitor today. Shilla, Labashi's high-school buddy, dropped by today. She lives in Boulder and was in the Burg visiting family this week. We only had a few hours with her this afternoon but that was very pleasant.

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Saturday, 2 June -

This morning I caught up the online blog to the end of the May. I installed the rubber fitting for the dehumidifier drain hose and then took the Concours out for my regular coffee-and-walk ride.
Labashi spent the morning mounting bathroom accessories in the new bathroom using drywall anchors.
Late in the day I mowed half the lawn, then we watched 'Paris, Texas', a 1984 Wim Wenders movie with Harry Dean Stanton. I'm normally a fan of Mr. Stanton's work but in this one he seemed to be acting for effect. I'm not expressing that thought well but I guess the point is I felt like I was watching an actor at work and not the character he was portraying.

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Friday, 1 June -

Today Labashi and I loaded up her van and went to Chambersburg. We loaded up the air conditioners and an older dehumidifier which are now left-overs after our project. Maypo says he can use those. I also had a few items belonging to Maypo from our Florida trip.
We arrived in Chambersburg just as a soaking rain started so it wasn't much fun unloading. We then chatted with Mrs. Maypo a bit before getting back on the road.
We stopped at Restaurant Sidney in East Berlin on the way home and had a fancy meal. I was intending only to have one of their excellent bar-be-que sandwiches but made the mistake of taking a seat in the dining room rather than the pub. Once we saw the dinner menu we had cocktails, then split a goat-cheese salad, tomato consomme, a fresh-halibut entree, almond tarte, and a glass of port. We definitely overdid.
That evening we finished up disk 2 of 'Saving Grace' Season One. I love the theme song by Everlast... also called 'Saving Grace'.

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