There’s a place in Saratoga Village called Shivaga and we see their sign for Thai massage every time we’re down there. Every time Mark has seen it, he has longingly said he’d like to get a massage. He used to get a massage once a month a long time ago, and he has back pain from the military that flares up every now and then, so he’s Continue reading
Happy Labor Day to everyone! We labored on Labor Day, but we got to mix pleasure with business. There was a barbecue to which all the employees were invited. This would have been a day off for us, but Mark and Adam traded off sitting in the tower all day making sure everyone stayed safe on the ranges. Mark invited me to sit in the tower with him and see what he does. It was interesting. Continue reading
In 2007 when I was living and volunteering in Mexico, my boss took me to see “The Pursuit of Happyness” with Will Smith. The story was taken from the real life story of Chris Gardner, a man down on his luck and living on the streets of San Francisco with his young son while he trained to be a stock broker. Later that year, when I was Continue reading
There were a couple people from the Mennonite church I attended last Sunday who e-mailed me this week and told me about a camp-out happening just up the road from us. There are a handful of people from 1st Mennonite that live south of San Francisco, and they periodically get together outside of church to fellowship together. Continue reading
We woke up this morning to fog. Up until now, the clouds have generally been in the valley below. It was cool and the air was crisp. I stepped outside to tend to some laundry I was working on, and Adam saw me with my hooded shawl on. He laughed and said, “You’re from Oregon. This should feel good to you!” Continue reading
I’ve been talking about Banana Scrabble a few times now. If you look for it in the stores, it’s actually called Bananagrams. However, I looked for it in every store I went to and could never find it, so I finally ordered it from Amazon. At the same time, I ordered the Official Scrabble Dictionary, and it arrived today. We’re in business! Continue reading
We had a whole day off, and how did we spend it? Well, Mark has been trying to fix our heating and cooling, and this weekend (as in Monday and Tuesday) he has it all torn apart. Club Workamper, to which we belong, now has an online parts store, so we looked up how much it would cost to just replace the unit that is having problems. It’s Continue reading
Mark had to get up extra early for work this morning, so I got up with him. At the last minute I decided to change the order of the churches I still want to visit, and it’s a good thing I did. This morning I drove nearly 50 miles to attend a Mennonite church in San Francisco. As it turns out, if I’d waited till next week, I would have gotten to that address and they wouldn’t have been there! They’re meeting in a park next week. Continue reading
Today I had a check I needed to cash. Mark and I both belong to credit unions, and apparently there are no credit unions in Saratoga, but when I checked online I found one in Los Gatos. I couldn’t find either of our GPS’s, so I came up with what seemed like a pretty good idea. We needed a few groceries down below and there is one Continue reading