I made brownies on Thursday evening, and I made sure to double the batch. Because otherwise, they would not be safe from Willie! I frosted them this time, which I don't always do. But I made them for J and his mom, to thank them for watching over Otter until we were able to get to her the night she had car trouble.
Otter saw a sign for a craft show and it was the same one I was going to yesterday, so we decided to go together. Bill had the car loaded up with pachinko machines to take to the new booth and he dropped me off at her apartment and she was my chauffer. For a while, anyway. We went to the craft show and had a good time although we didn't buy much. Then we went to Target in search of a new shower curtain for Otter. Well, that was the plan anyway! When we were pulling into the parking lot, the car light "low coolant level" came on. So we called Bill, then we headed back to our house (I was driving the car then at Otter's request) and we watched the engine heat the entire way home. It never really got very warm, it stayed in the normal range so we weren't worried about overheating. Bill checked the car, it really didn't seem to need much anti-freeze but he added a little anyway and that's when he realized that the overflow tank was slightly bubbly. There was apparently still a little air in the radiator and it was basically exhaling into the overflow tank. He watched it for a while and let it run, he checked a few things and it seemed to be fine. Otter and I went back to Target, Bill said it would be a good idea to drive her car and let it work any remaining air out of the radiator so we took it. She wanted me to drive it, so I did. She really doesn't have to drive very far to work, and our trip was the most distance the car had been driven and for the longest time since it was seen at the repair shop.
She found a shower curtain she liked, it's got bright colored stripes and it's very pretty. She also found a matching bath mat but Target didn't have anything else that she liked so we went down the street to Walmart and she found a trash can that was not even made by the same company but it almost matched so we got it. We also got her a can opener since she didn't have one, other than a hand-operated metal one that she said is almost impossible to operate. When Roomie moved out,she left the shower curtain and bath set there which her mother bought when they moved into the first apartment. It was never Otter's favorite, it's a nice blue but let's face it: it's not exactly what 20-year old girls would have picked out for themselves! :)
Otter was going out to the not-quite-next-door small town that J lives in, she was still a little apprehensive about more car trouble so she asked me to take her. I did, and drove her car. It is probably all burped now, but she wants Bill to drive it this week and make sure. I'll go back out there and get her in a few days. Sometime between now and then, I'm going to go put her new bathroom stuff in place in her apartment and she also wants me to water her plants. Otter is still moving in a couple of weeks, but she really does not want that blue shower curtain anymore - it's about the last thing that was Roomie's that is left in the apartment. She's going to donate it to Goodwill or Salvation Army, but I'm going to wash the curtain and bath mat first. The apartment office changed the locks for her and Roomie did give us her keys when she moved out, but we didn't know for sure if she had given a key to her parents so I checked things a couple of times when Otter was gone last week/end. Even though the lock isn't the same, Otter still wants me to go over there and check it a couple of times.
We went to the booth yesterday afternoon and took a couple of machines. Bill realized that one of the walls was not strong enough for the weight of the pachinko machines and cabinets, so he talked to the owner and her husband stabilized/strengthened the wall last night. We went back there this morning and Bill was satisfied, so he re-hung the machines on the wall. We also put a fabric covered bulletin board on one of the side walls and it has a series of photographs, before restoration to after restoration of a pachinko machine. The one Bill used is the Kanji-print fabric board that Otter made, she gave it to him when she moved into her apartment. He also has a shelf which will hold pachinko balls, business cars and flyers. The shop is opening for business on Friday, so we'll be back over there Thursday evening with the pachinko balls and also some how-to restoration dvd's. We looked around the store a little bit, it's got a really good layout with good sized aisles and we hope that it succeeds. Not just for us, she's a really nice person and she has a lot riding on this store.
Mags is very happy lately, I think she likes the cooler weather. She's been pretty bouncy lately and is very playful. As I type this, she is on her back and is attempting to catch her tail. I guess it's easier to catch it that way? :)
No comments:
Post a Comment