Celebrating Kit Kat's Birthday

Kit Kat wanted to go to an all you can eat buffet for her birthday. On her actual birthday, she went to a concert. So we went this weekend instead. There was some question about who was going to drive there. Needed 2 cars because the whole family went. Little Kat said if he had to drive, he would not go. What a punk. Me and my bro ended up driving.

We tried to each pay our own way (with Momoko covering Kit Kat's bill). Got a round table so we could all see each other. Initially I could not find the pot stickers. I did discover a big container of white rice. The Chinese food seemed cold. However the sesame balls were awesome. I thought the egg rolls were pretty good for a buffet.

A bus pulled up and dropped off a mob for the buffet. I hurried up and got my last plate. The fried shrimp here was just okay. Tried some buffalo wings. Also just okay. They did have Chinese donuts covered in sugar. Lots of delicious sautéed mushrooms too. We really don't go here that much due to the high price.

Back Home

Momoko and I returned home from our spring break trip. My brother picked us up at the airport. We took a secret exit from the gate to get to luggage pickup. My brother parked in a weird section of the garage. We had to walk a long way to get there. Back at home, a lot of the weeds had grown due to the rain.

I cut the grass with the lawn mower. Used up all the gas. Since it was only weeds rampantly growing, it all fit into one lawn clippings bag. By dusk, the county had not come to pick up my bag. As I was putting away my tools, some car was honking his horn from the street. I presumed he had a package to deliver. I motioned for him to get the heck out of his car and deliver the package. Slacker thought I would come to him. Do your job already.

The top piece of plywood on my outdoor work bench had rotted through. I had a good sized piece of plywood from my dad's house that I planned to use to repair the bench. After I pulled off the top piece of thin plywood, I found the sheet underneath it was rotted as well. I had to spray all the ants. Then I removed the middle beam in the bench. Cut the new piece of plywood as good as I could (the bench is crooked). Moved the bench out a bit. Added a backsplash to prevent wood from falling behind the bench.

Next outdoor project is to build up a platform outside the sliding glass doors to hold all the trash cans and yard clippings bags during the week. I have two sets of platforms from my dad's that I plan to use for this. Just need to level out the ground on the hill.

On the Road Again

Kit Kat and I dropped off Momoko's car at the collision center. Some fool crashed into the back of Momoko's new car and smashed the bumper. Kit Kat and Little Kat took a road trip in my new Chevy Spark to see their dad. The Apple car play app in my car allowed them to use their phones to display navigation on the big car screen.


Momoko and I flew out to see her dad. The plane was 100% full. Luckily a little kid sat between Momoko and I. Momoko was able to drive the car I bought to leave at her dad's house. Sometimes I took the wheel when Momoko was tired. I could not locate the registration slip anywhere. So we visited the tag agency and purchased another copy so we could drive legitimately.


We were going to see a Japanese anime at the theater. But severe storms were anticipated. We tried another day, but Momoko's neice was too tired from work. We visited Arby's a couple times to eat. The second time I got two roast beef gyros for $6, complete with fixings and cucumber sauce on the side.

Erecting a Birdhouse

I had previously bought a bird feeder pole to mount the birdhouse I gave Momoko. It seemed too difficult. So today I borrowed my brother's truck and went to Lowe's. Momoko accompanied me. The parking lot there was very full. Momoko thought we should turn around and go home. I charged on.

There were no flat bed carts available. Instead I got a lumber cart. First I picked up some drainage gravel. Then I got some quick dry cement. They had no Quick-Crete. Had to settle for Sak-Crete. Finally I picked up a 10 foot treated 4x4 piece of lumber.

I dug a deep hole on our hill. Filled the bottom with draining rock. I mounted the birdhouse on a ledge. Then I nailed the ledge to the 4x4. Stood the 4x4 up in the hole. Poured in water one-third of the way down. Then dumped in concrete.

We can now view the birdhouse from our bay window. I hope some birds come to live there. Before throwing it out, I read the directions for the birdhouse. It said not to create a ledge. Oops. Other birds like ledges. But bluebirds don't need them.

Easy Returns

I had bought some slippers from Amazon. One of the selling points was free returns. The slippers hurt my feet. So today I decided to return them. Amazon had many options for doing the return. I decided to drop my slippers off at the UPS Store.

Here is the new deal. You print out a code from Amazon. Bring your merchandise to the UPS Store. No need to put it in a box or even have an address label. UPS does all the work. They provide the box and label. You just hand over the stuff.

With this new found freedom, I felt confident to order again. This time I am trying a sandal. No way my toes should hurt in an open toed sandal. Good luck to me. I chose the most expensive sandal from the best Amazon offered.