Ron picked up his van yesterday.  Problem – a bad coil – seems to be solved.

We also had my truck inspected by the Arbella adjuster in Hyannis.

Dental appointments for both of us yesterday.  Ron had an extraction, but mercifully, it went a lot better for him than mine did.  Either that or he’s a lot tougher!

Went to Bridgewater today to pick up the leaf shredder.  It’s the Sears-branded Flowtron.

We also stopped at a junkyard to look for a rear bumper assembly for the truck.

Ron put up his GoFundMe request for help with his dental work.

Ron and I cleared space in the attic for Ed.

Ed didn’t think the ceiling fan that I won years ago in a raffle would do.  Ron and I picked up a different one at Botello, but he didn’t think that would work, either.  So he stopped until we get a flush mount model, which I found and ordered online at Lowe’s in Wareham.

Meanwhile, we’d separated the beds to make room for Ed to work.  We put them back together again, only to have to repeat the process when Ed comes back.  In the meantime, Ron taped the full frame together to make it more stable.

Cleaned up the veg garden and pruned the rose bushes.  Hurt a toe on my right foot.

Daffs have started and looks like we might have a tulip blossom by the end of the week.  Hyacinths are blooming.

Ron’s van died on the way to get pizza at Zoe’s.  Peter rescued him.  The van is being towed to GMC in Hyannis.  The pizza got delivered.  Peter’s Jeep is fixed, we’ll pick it up tomorrow.

Peter backed my truck into a tree this evening and crunched the rear bumper.

Could be a blessing in disguise.  The thing was so rusted it probably should have been replaced anyway.

We had a nice visit with him, though, on his way home from Midas.

I passed on the MRI at Shields yesterday but since we were mid-Cape, Ron picked up a free sleeper sofa from a Yarmouth hotel that was giving them away. Joe and Laura helped him move it into the house.

The blue recliner went to the transfer station today.

Ron put up a new pleated shade from Job Lot in the bedroom. It looks great.

We picked up a patio umbrella at Roche. It was about the same, maybe less, than it would have cost for the canopy alone.

Big load for the transfer station today. Two full barrels from Edgewater, wood and leaves from Edgewater, chair, cardboard, pizza boxes and piles of recycling. We didn’t finish until 4!

We also did three loads of laundry and changed the sheets today. No time for yardwork. I ordered a foam mattress for the sleep sofa. In the meantime, Ron cut a board to fit under the cushions, the covers of which we also washed, and stuffed pillows in the back of the couch. It is fantastic.

I went with Emma to meet a buyer for her track lighting at the Burger King on the south side of 24 at the 495 intersection. We picked up fence pickets at the Lowe’s in West Bridgewater and she treated to an excellent dinner. We talked for 4 hours straight!

Yesterday at her house, Ron and I stacked two truckloads of the oak that he had cut.

Day before yesterday, the brother of the neighbor across the street at Edgewater asked if we wanted the wood from the maple he’d felled, so I put in a Craigslist ad and it was gone by 5:30 yesterday, along with the rest of the oak from our yard.

After supper, Ron and I cleaned up the driveway so Peter could move the White Whale.

We did a little taxi-ing for the family while Peter was at a seminar in Boston. On Monday, I had a fitting for a foot brace in Westwood. Ed the electrician got the new range hood installed.

Ron got some bad news about his teeth. He needs a tremendous amount of work, about the cost of a new car. He’s worried that he won’t be able to eat unless he has the work done.

I closed out my retirement account to get caught up on bills.

Steve fixed the dishwasher door earlier this week. I checked out a leaf shredder in Osterville but it was too small. The one in Bridgewater looks good but it needs a new part, so am waiting for word on that.

Corporations currently exploiting prison labor include
Abbott Laboratories,
AT&T,
AutoZone,
Bank of America,
Bayer,
Berkshire Hathaway,
Cargill,
Caterpillar,
Chevron,
the former Chrysler Group,
Costco Wholesale,
John Deere,
Eddie Bauer,
Eli Lilly,
ExxonMobil,
Fruit of the Loom,
GEICO,
GlaxoSmithKline,
Glaxo Wellcome,
Hoffmann-La Roche,
International Paper,
JanSport,
Johnson & Johnson,
Kmart,
Koch Industries,
Mary Kay,
McDonald’s,
Merck,
Microsoft,
Motorola,
Nintendo,
Pfizer,
Procter & Gamble,
Quaker Oats,
Sarah Lee,
Sears,
Shell,
Sprint,
Starbucks,
State Farm Insurance,
United Airlines,
UPS,
Verizon,
Victoria’s Secret,
Wal-Mart and
Wendy’s.

Ron fell into the dishwasher door yesterday and bent the hinges.

We had some gorgeous beef kebabs for supper.  I made a fruit cobbler, too.

The new stove got delivered and installed at Edgewater.

We had a nice visit with Khamla and Dhara at Montillio’s.

Beautiful display of artificial flowers at the Pottery Barn in the Commons.

Left my keys in the back door of Ron’s van.

We were heading north on Great Neck Road when I heard an off and on banging. Thought at first we’d hit a can or something in the street. Turns out, it was my keys which, incredibly, hadn’t fallen out.

We visited Rep. Keating’s office to share our views about net neutrality, militarization of police and TPP.

Ron took us to lunch at the Green Lotus Cafe, then dessert at Ben & Jerry’s.

Earlier, Steve came over to fix the oven.

Later, I attended a poetry reading, with tea and sweets, at the Cotuit Library.

Cindy came over to talk with Ron about knee replacement. We had a nice visit over supper. Ron cooked, I made brownies.

Touched base with our plumber about the stove install tomorrow. Hood arrived today.

Got my checks, deposited them in time to clear tonight. BofA has had a shady past, but I for one can’t fault their electronic banking.