The Wickenburg Best Western Motel has this interesting traffic sign at their entrance . . .
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Speedy Construction Project
I responded to a comment left by a reader regarding the progress on our construction to date. It got me thinking about just how much time the project has been underway, so I went to the archives and took a look at the groundbreaking photos and then to the latest ones taken last Saturday.
The composite image below shows the groundbreaking on August 16, 2010 and the state of the project when we left Wickenburg last Saturday, October 9, 2010. That’s just a little under two months and the concrete, framing, drywall, rough electrical and plumbing, windows, doors and insulation are all done. That’s not too shabby.
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Nap Time
This is me in my new bed. I curl up in it once in a while to take a nap. Most of the time, though, I am playing with my chew toys and squeakey toys and running around the house. Click on my picture to make me big.
Weekday BBQ
Verna and I generally make our special meals on weekends. Now, since we’ve been on the road dealing with the new house, we have been traveling on the weekends.
We almost never eat in restaurants, so while out of town, we shop at a local supermarket and fix meals at the hotel or in the park down the street on our portable grill.
I missed cooking on my big grill, so today, I pulled a couple of small tenderloins out of the freezer and grilled ’em to medium rare. At DrJim’s recommendation, we had roasted yam spears seasoned with sodium-free “bayou blast” (made from an Emeril Lagasse concoction but without the salt). We opened a can of butter beans for some extra roughage. It was a very tasty meal.
Pink Plumeria
We got back from Arizona today. When I went out to check on my patio garden, I found these three pink plumerias in bloom. Pretty! Click on the image to enlarge.
Parting Shot
I took this picture of our newly installed front door and my husband just as we were getting ready to head back to California. The project is going very well and we need to take care of some business at the Torrance house but we’ll be back in Arizona soon. Click on the image to enlarge.
