Fun With The Jackhammer

Wednesday: (04/05) While eating my granola for breakfast I got a call from a friend requesting a ride to Redwood City. Lou and I gave the ride then took a walk nearby before heading home. I got to work with the Jackhammer breaking out the rest of the old fence base and removed one of the four post bases. I finished my day working on removing the tree stump next to the fence. I didn’t make much headway bending my maul and breaking my ax handle. This may take a while. Lou made a chicken sandwich for lunch and I got a super nacho from El Grullense for dinner.

Thursday: (04/06) A rainy day. Harbor freight visit for ax and splitter. I tried to use my battery powered sawsall on the roots but it kept stalling. So I headed back to Harbor Freight and bought a new corded sawsall. I recently threw away my old one away because it had a bad blade jaw and was generally obsolete. Since rain was threatening more, I headed down to San Jose to deliver the two new yard chairs that were banging around in the back of the car. While there I picked up Dawn’s old desktop computer and returned it to Palo Alto. Also brought my air compressor home. On the way home I picked up 8 more bags of concrete mix at Home Depot. The little car carries the load well. It was raining really hard when I got home so I just left everything in the car.Granola for breakfast. I picked up some Chinese food when out on my first run for lunch. My dinner was leftover Chinese and some of Dawn’s Mac and cheese.

Friday: (04/07) Granola for breakfast. I drove Dawn to an appointment in the morning. We had some extra time so we walked the Valley Fair Mall. It’s really torn up for remodeling but it looks like it we are getting about 50% bigger. We stopped at Sprouts for a couple of things on our way home. Lou and I went out to get Dawn some Hot and Sour soup. She has a sore throat. On the way, we stopped at Walmart for some more groceries and I found a couple of nice shorts as well. When we got home we realized we forgot the soup. I returned and found that the place we usually get it has new hours and is closed from 1430 to 1630.I’d have had to wait an hour so I headed over to their other location and got some. Mission accomplished. After dinner of Lou’s roast beef baked potatoes and corn on the cob, I finally got to work. It still wasn’t raining, just the occasional sprinkle. I was able to remove several roots and chip away about half of the stump I need to remove. A good workout to a bit muddy work.

Saturday: (04/08) A potentially rainy day. Some sprinkles and a heavy shower or two but also some sun. Breakfast sandwiches to start the day. Lou and I made a shopping run to Walmart and sprouts in the morning. Lou and I visited Walgreens midday. Lou and I made another shopping run to CVS, Sprouts and Grocery outlet in the afternoon. I was busy working on our taxes all day and evening. Leftover Chinese food and roast beef for dinner.

Sunday: (04/09) I worked on collecting info for doing the taxes all day. All collected not minus a couple tiny items. Lou and I drove up to Redwood City to take a walk in a Kmart. Lou and Dawn were busy with the laundry. They also visited the Farmers Market. Granola and banana for breakfast A roast beast and cheese sandwich for lunch. Roast beast pasta casserole for dinner.

Fall Creek Hike

Tuesday: (04/04) Breakfast at L&L Hawaiian. They were out of English muffins so I had a croissant sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich. I headed on to Felton for a hike at Fall Creek unit of Henry Cowell State Park. Bob led a hike up to the Barrel mill. Lost of water in the creeks. One of the trails is closed due to a washout so we had to do an out and back route. It was a 9.4-mile hike. I Stopped at Home Depot on the way home and picked up some rebar and the fence post base anchors. Then I stopped by at Dim Sum King for a snack. Lou made hamburgers for dinner.

A little Fencing

Friday: (03/31) Granola and banana for breakfast. We had a bunch of errands this morning. I stopped by Best Buy to get a new protective screen for my new phone. While I get the phone free under warranty I have to pay for a new protective screen each time. Now I know how they make their money. I also dropped off the old phone for the return to Verizon. We also visited Orchard Hardware, Cost Plus World Market for coffee, Trader Joe’s for flowers, Safeway for a chicken and Bed Bath and Beyond for some small plastic bottles. I decided to carry some vitamin I (Ibupropin) in each car. A nice chicken and cheese sandwich for lunch. I worked in the yard in the afternoon. I cleaned up and arranged they yard in preparation for rebuilding the fence. I also did some demolition removing eyelets, hinges, conduits and water lines attached to the fence. Leftover spaghetti for dinner.

Saturday: (04/01) I worked on my computer downloading music files. In my searching, I found a really good new group called MonaLisa Twins. They do 60’s tunes, the famous ones we old folks knew and new tunes they write in the same style. I also adding titles and artists IDs for my music files.We took a walk over to the nearby Goodwill store and, of course, Lou and Dawn found some things they needed. I walked back home and brought the car back to brings us and our goods home. Dawn continued her walk on the library. Later in the afternoon, we drove over to the Gamble house for a walk in the gardens there. I also did a little more cleanup in the yard. Granola and banana for breakfast. Hot dog and chips for lunch. Wieners and baked beans for dinner.

Sunday: (04/02) We made a run to Redwood City’s Target store for some groceries. Picked up lunch at USA Chinese across the street. At home, I started work on the fence. I removed the paving bricks next to the fence and replaced some bricks next to the garden that was broken. I also added some drip emitters to some new plants. Dawn was busy planting her garden. Breakfast sandwiches to start. Chinese fast food for lunch. Lou’s chicken pot pie for dinner.

Monday: (04/03) Lou and I made a shopping run early this morning. I needed some fittings from Orchard Hardware to complete the green hose hoses. I also picked up some strawberry plants. I reworked our strawberries in the wheelbarrow planter. I also started removing the fence that needs replacement. I relocated much of it to make a temporary fence. Ernie helped as I got the jackhammer busy on removing the concrete base. Not a simple task. We removed about half of the base. Granola and banana for breakfast. Chicken pot pie for lunch. Hamburgers for dinner.

Coyote Ridge OSP Flowers and Butterflies

Thursday: (03/30) Breakfast at L&L Hawaiian, the usual egg sausage and cheese English muffin and a maple bar. I drove down to the Coyote Hills OSP for a docent ld hike to see wildflowers and butterflies. It was too windy so we only saw one butterfly but the flowers were all over and the wind blowing over the grasses looked like waves. A nice clear day. Lunch at Super Taqueria on the way home. I planted the tomato plant I bought yesterday. And then I spent some

Phone Dead Again

Wednesday” (03/29) Leftover corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast. I worked with my dead phone some. I tried numerous times to reset it reboot it all to no avail. It stops on the splash screen and goes no further. We did our grocery shopping in the morning. I cleaned the cooler and prepared it for the coming summer days. I also planted the fourth begonia flower plant. I visited Best Buy to have them look at the phone. I couldn’t remember some of the needed passwords and pins so I just picked up a receipt copy and went home. At home I called Verizon and they dispatched a replacement phone. Chicken and cheese sandwich for lunch. Chicken pot pie for dinner.

Parker Ranch Trail Hike

Tuesday: (03/28) Up really early. Breakfast sandwich from Jack In The Box on the way to the trailhead in Saratoga. I ended up being there at 0550, rather early for the 0630 hike. Seven fellow San Jose Midweek Hikers hiked up into Fremont Older Open Space preserve via the Parker Ranch Trail. Only a 7-mile hike but the birds were out, the sun rising along the way and there were flowers. Nice hike. We were finished around 0915. I stopped for another breakfast of Swedish pancakes and bacon at the Country Inn In Cupertino on the way home. For lunch, we visited our local Corner Bakery restaurant for some chopped salad. I napped and worked in the yard in the afternoon. We drove over to the Stanford Shopping Center for an afternoon walk. Leftovers for dinner. I had a chicken sandwich.

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