Lots of excitement the last couple of days.

 After being cooped up for five months any thing different is exciting. 

Except our weather, it is downright too hot. BUT check out Mon, Tues, and Wed - in the 90's. Hopefully after this weekend the worst of the heat will be gone. 

Friday was a busy day. Bill called his brother about 8:30 in the morning to wish him a happy 92nd birthday. He wasn't home! He was out taking his DAILY FIVE MILE walk. Good for him. We did talk to him later in the day though. 

Then we had an errand at the bank. Have to call and make an appointment to go inside. The doors to the building were opened for us both coming and going. There was one teller and two bank officers and the guy opening the doors. Everyone was masked. So weird, like there was going to be a big robbery by the personnel. 

Then we came home and spent HOURS trying to get this new Mavic Mini drone working. The drone itself was fine it was connecting it to the iphone that drove us nuts. To me, just my opinion, it is a very user unfriendly phone. Any way - here is its maiden flight. Too hot to go outside. 

Up, up, and away. 

Have you ever used any of these - silicone muffin cups. I didn't even know they existed until I was going to make a recipe in the air fryer and it called for silicone muffin cups. So Bill jumped on Amazon and ordered some. They feel really weird. There are also silicone muffin tins, but they were all too big to fit in the fryer.

Boy watched part of the Las Vegas Knights game - the seventh game - it was a nail biter. That Vancouver goalie is something else. 98 straight saves! But the Knights finally won. On to the semi finals. Yeah Knights!

This morning I decided we needed some new potholders as ours were getting kind of icky. And I already had oven proof material for the inside. So why not make them. Now I know why I failed 7th grade sewing class. For some reason I had a terrible time making them. They will do until I find some I want to buy or make some more and spend a little more time planning on how to make them. 

So the silicone muffin cups. I wanted them to make individual quiches for dinner - in the air fryer. They were asparagus, turkey bacon and egg. Bought premade pie crusts but had to roll them out to get enough dough for four cups. Good thing when we had the flood I had to clean out the cupboards cause before that I didn't know we had a rolling pin. They took longer to cook then the recipe said, but turned out pretty good. Next time will add cheese to the mix. Also did the carrots in the air fryer, but ended up having to put them in the microwave to finish cooking them. 

The pest control came on Friday, just sprayed outside, no problems inside at this time. Also got a delivery from WalMart. They substituted antibacterial salve for a bottle of alcohol. Not what I wanted, but can always use it. 

Today watched a NASCAR race, boring until the last five laps. The two lead cars hit the wall and the guy in third ended up winning the race. Also started a new 300 piece puzzle - its of four puppies sitting in a row. All the pieces are shades of brown!

On Friday we found out an RV was stolen from the back RV lot, not the one we park in. So Bill ordered a big old lock to go on the wheel. Have to put it on tomorrow, if it fits...Would hate to go up there and find an empty space. 

At last, we got out of the house for a bit.

 Getting out a lot this week. First to the eye doctor then Bill had an appointment with the cardiologist. Who of course, set up appointments for two tests for Bill. They are scheduled for next week.  Then of course, the appointment to find out what if anything the tests showed. 

The waiting room at the cardiologist is quite small so they were only letting in the patient, any one with patient had to wait outside until patient went in to exam room. Luckily when we got there there were only two other people waiting. So they let me stay in the waiting room. It was 107  - outside - in the shade. Every one was wearing masks. Someone to open the door and hand sanitizer every where. 

This morning we took the car out to get gasoline, on the way home we passed Sam Boyd Stadium, where the college football team plays. In the parking lot is a huge testing site for Covid -19. All the orange posts for directing traffic. No charge. I forget how many tests they can do in a day, but it is a whole lot. You can see the tops of the tent like things where the tests are administered. 

The Army National Guard were manning the entrance and registration area. I hope they have some way to keep cool. We are going to be close to 110 today and over 110 until Monday night. Then we have some really cooler weather coming in. ONLY 95!

Signs on all the streets leading to the testing sight. Telling people where to go. 

Going through some old pictures on computer and ran across this one.  Gil and first wife in upper left, Paul and first wife in upper right. Me and Bill in middle. Dennis and his daughter and stepson in lower left and John, Debbie and their three children in lower right. We all had our pictures taken at an old time photo place here in Vegas. Many, many, many years ago. Paul has a grand daughter, Dennis has three grandchildren and John has five grandchildren. Wish he'd lived to see them. Our fifth son, Randy, didn't get his picture taken. 

I got up early enough this morning to get out for a walk before it heated up too much. Got in about one and one half miles. But need to get out earlier, was pretty warm by the time I got home at twenty to eight.

Going to try another meal in the air fryer tonight. Almond crusted tilapia and roasted sesame vegetables [onion, red pepper, sweet potato and carrots.] Well it turned out pretty good, everything was cooked but not over done.

Modified some of the masks that I made. When I made the first ones I didn't put any thing on the top of them so they could be formed to the nose. So finally got some pipe cleaners and added them. So now we can pinch them closed around our noses. Just finished this puzzle. Lots and lots of pieces of pink that looked the same. To put in the last 10 pieces it took me 12 minutes.

Tomorrow we get a grocery delivery and have an errand to run. 

Been an interesting week

 Didn't realize so much time has gone by.  A smokey sunrise from one day last week. We are still getting smoke, but now it is from northern California. 

Worked on this 750 piece puzzle for most of the week. The colorful parrots were easy. It was all the blue parts that took a long time. After a while they all looked the same. So would stop and go back later find a couple of pieces and leave again. 

We have about four or five hummingbirds that come all the time. Amazing how much they can consume and how quickly the nectar goes down. 

No that is not a rats nest. Bill cut my hair for me, each time there is a little more gray in it, but mostly still dishwater blond still. My mother still had brown hair at 86. 

Finally finished the puzzle at the end of the week. 

Speaking of the end of the week. I had an appointment with the allergy doctor and it was half way across town and I actually drove there.  Bill wasn't feeling good so off I went. Haven't driven that far in a long time. Forgot how much I enjoy driving my Mustang. Made it there and home with no problems.  Interesting visit. Had to go because one of the three pills, Zantac, that I've been taking for years to control my chronic hives is no longer available. It could be replaced with Pepcid which has an antihistamine, but doctor wants to see if the hives can be controlled by upping one of the other pills to two a day. And he wants me to cut back on the third pill from 2 times a day to once. Come to find out as one ages that pill can cause serious problems with reaction time and coordination. So we'll see what happens, go back in five weeks. Or sooner if hives pop out. 

And then on Sunday Bill comes up to me and tells me he is losing his sight in his left eye. WHAT!?  Thing look wavy and like he is looking through a black veil. Oh boy. So Yesterday morning we called the doctor where he ad his cataracts removed and explained what was going on. They had him come in at 3:00 in the afternoon. 

So some pictures from our ride across town. 

Lady Liberty is still wearing her mask. 

Zoomed in to see what it said. 

Well there are actually people walking around from hotel to hotel.

Also saw this new - to me - mural. Didn't get the front of it. This is the side.

This is the back wall. 

So saw the doctor. Turns out it is quite common after cataract surgery to have this happen. The capsule of the new lens moves towards the lens and the distortion and haze are caused by that.  According to him, easy laser fix. So in two weeks he goes to have that done. 

This is new to me also, on the MGM hotel front. Probably advertising something. 

On the way home we stopped at the market too. Everyone was wearing masks in the store, the carts were sanitized before a customer could take one. Sanitized our hands when we got back in the car. 

But it felt so good to get out and about for a while. 

Today we are having a break from the 100 degrees. It is ONLY going to be 98!!! We had 56 days of  over 100 and many of them were over 110. This weekend again it will be over 110 for several days. And we have had no rain for over 130 days. 

So that is it for now. Going to enjoy the cooler day while I can.