Weekend Update

What a Saturday!   It's been a fairly off and on kind of day.

First off, my granddaughter turns 13 today.  Ahh the teen years.  If she's anything like her mother was......  *laugh*    I'm hoping she had a wonderful birthday, full of things she likes to do!

I've also updated a profile on a dating site.  Not my fav thing to do, but ... you know, maybe I'm not meant to be alone.  I know I go through this kind of feeling once or twice a year.  But so far, humans being what they are, the men I've met have so far let me down and I quit altogether.  We shall see, I will keep you updated.   At the moment, I'm just in the email stage with three different men.  So far, nothing seems like it will pan out --- but I am keeping an open mind!

I've been agonizing over updating an old bicycle I have had since 1993 or so.  It was expensive when it was purchased, and I put plenty of miles on it back in the day.  But I moved it from CA to OH to AZ, and it's just been sitting since I arrived in AZ - mainly because it needs tires, tubes and a little bit of a tuneup.  The problem is that because of its age, I didn't know what kind of tires to put on it!  Today I started doing some major cleanup and found the rims to be Japanese ARAYA 700c PX 45 .   And from there, found out which tires to put on it.  Sadly, nothing I can pick up at my local WalMart. lol   Because I was using Google to search out the tires and tubes, I also checked a bicycle site, sort of the Kelly Blue Book for bikes, and found my Univega Via Montega  still holding its value from $300-$500.  Nice!!!  So definitely worth putting a little elbow grease and $$ into some maintenance, especially if I will ride it.  And the trails here are so nice, there's no reason why I shouldn't give it a try!  (this one looks like mine, only I have a rack in the back!)  I remember when this bike was new -- it was considered a crossover from road to mountain bike and I thought the tires were so wide!   lol NOW look at mountain bike tires, much wider than ever!

Some "get ready for the week chores" were completed as well-- laundry, floors vacuumed, Sadie had her bath, fresh sheets on the bed..... ahhhhhh how i love fresh sheets on the bed!  Lucky me, I'm working Sunday, so it will feel like a Monday.  But that means I'll be off on Friday again.  Woo Hoo!

There have been cryptic little messages back and forth between my daughter and her boyfriend.  It makes me sad at times that ... well, I'm not included in a lot of things.  Sometimes we had to let go of the ones we love and let them find their own ways.  I try to do what I can to keep in touch with family issues, a note in the mail, etc.  But the rest is up to her.  For those of you who might have a little shock to the system thinking that email and notes aren't a very good way to communicate, it bears saying that my daughter is hearing impaired, and its very difficult for us to speak on the phone. She needs to see a face, to read lips, in order to understand what is being said.  Written word eliminates a lot of misinformation and repetitive stuff.

It is my plan to be in bed by 7pm - to put my feet up, pour a tall glass of iced green tea, and watch some Law and Order re-runs before falling asleep.  4am gets here too darn early!