There are no pics this week. It was an easy week.

Our neighborhood is doing some repairs on our houses. They found that a board outside and above the sliding doors to the deck is not weathering well. They tend to collect water and rot. They had a work crew go around and cover these with metal. Ours was covered today. The workmen did a wonderful job.

You will remember we re-did our deck. The rest of the neighborhood decided the problems with our decks can’t be ignored any longer. Their repair is not nearly as nice as what we did. And I have no idea what it will look like in several years. But it should solve the problem. *My* problem is to make sure the workmen don’t accidently “fix” our deck. I have signs up in English and Spanish reminding them not to fix or paint our deck. It looks like they will be done this week. Then I’ll be able to remove the signs and clean the back porch.

We had some terrific weather last week. I rode every day through Thursday. We had our normal dinner out Thursday evening. Friday was cloudy and threatening rain. Danita stayed home to get some medical tests done. We took advantage of a lazy day and had breakfast out.

Saturday was the Columbia “Bike About”. They lay out a 20 mile route, mostly on paved trails. They have stops at points of interest. Tons of volunteers direct traffic, lay out the route, and in general make sure everything goes smoothly. The weather cleared enough to make rain unlikely. The ride was a lot of fun.

Today, after our normal Church and breakfast, we went to a BSO concert. After the concert, we took a second dinner out. Life is hard!

I mentioned earlier that my laptop was broken. The case had come apart. The top and bottom units were separated. I was able to prop the display up and use the laptop while we were in Alaska. When we got back, I contacted HP. They agreed to fix the laptop for free. I’ve had several problems with this computer over the last 16 months. I decided to get a new Dell Latitude and E-bay the HP. The new Dell is great. I don’t know what I’ll get for the HP. Apparently I’m not the only one who has had problems with this HP model. But there’s already been two bids. So it will definitely be sold at 2:00 Saturday afternoon.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.