A New Day

Just after my surgery, I played an event for my Chiropractor to celebrate the Grand Opening of his new office. (I am a Disc Jockey, in case you were wondering)
I had lots of help because I wasn't allowed to lift anything, and I was still on my pureed foods diet. My friend Charles helped carry my stuff in and set it up. He also stayed with me and took over when I needed to rest. It's tougher to DJ than many people think. I sat for most of it, and ate and drank as I needed.
We drew a very nice sized crowd. All of the businesses in the center donated door prizes, and I announced the winners as the day went on.
Anyway, I kept announcing prizes that I had no idea what they were. So, I finally pulled one of the office staff aside and asked them. She pointed me in the direction of the shop down the row. I had time, so I walked into the shop and spoke with the owner to find out what I was giving away.
Bruce, turned out to be a really nice guy. His shop was impressive, with lots of soft colorful clothing. I told him I couldn't buy any of it because of my dropping weight. But, I told him I would be back when I reached my goal.
I went into his shop this morning and bought one shirt. I know that's not much to you, but to me.... This is the first piece of nice clothing I have bought since my surgery. It's just a shirt, but I will post a picture of it on my Face book (look at my profile pictures) and will speak of it here. If I can figure out how to post here, I will.
The title of this post is a link to his online store. Free shipping and no minimum at this time, so feel free to do a little shopping and spread the word.
This is one of those small businesses that will fall through the cracks if the socialists stay in power too much longer.

New Found traveler!

Click the title of this post to go to the site I found.
I found this site by accident. I forget what I was doing, oh yeah, I was googling my blog to see if anything came up.
This site came up, so I started reading. I am still reading, and have been a bit distracted recently, so if you want to take a look for me, or just to get an idea of someone else on the same trail, feel free.
I am writing run on sentences today. I think it's just a phase I will pass through.
To answer the previous post comment, I have thought of buying a trailer, actually, more than one trailer.
I need something that I can haul things with, like my scooters, or lawn mowers, etc.
I also have been toying with the idea of selling my chili at fairs and flea markets and such, and the idea of a food trailer appeals to me because it allows me to be outside, since I hate being inside. I have always hated being inside for too long. To travel and be outside is a dream of mine, along with kayaking, and designing and building my own amusement park.
I probably would be happy doing lawn work too, if I could make a living at it, and have warm weather year round.
And, A hot tub. I would be in heaven if I had my own hot tub. I'd fill it with hot chocolate!

Saturday Work

I bought a new/old John Deere RX 63 riding mower on Friday.
My Honda Helix was having trouble.
So, I went over to the Uhaul dealer after putting my Honda Metro outside with it's for sale sign, and rented a trailer for transporting my new/old mower from Mountville to "The Pete".
I started taking my Helix apart after returning from the Uhaul place because my mower would not be ready until later in the afternoon.
In order to change the headlight bulb on the Helix, I had to take the whole front end apart. Honda is known for it's reliability, but they sure didn't think things out when it came to design.
The scooter looks like it was designed by 30 different engineers who weren't talking to each other.
There are millions (or so it seems) of screws to remove, in a specific order. The problem comes when I tried to place them so I wouldn't forget where they go when I re-assembled everything. No luck there. I just started piling them up here and there and hoped my memory would allow a reasonable semblance of the past.
I had already replaced the battery, which wasn't holding a charge, and everything worked, except the headlight, so I figured it was a good idea to get that fixed.
Well, the headlight bulb was fine, but I replaced it anyway since I had just done all that work.
Then, I started tracing the electrical lines to see if anything was amiss.
I made it to the fuse box, and took the old fuses out to see if they were burned out. They seemed fine, so I just replaced them anyway, just in case. I pushed the headlight fuse in and it stuck a bit, so I cleaned the socket out, and lo and behold, the headlight worked!
So, then, I spent the next hour or so finding out that my memory wasn't so good anymore. But, most of the screws made it back to one hole or another, and I didn't have any left in the end.
Then, I took the trailer and rode over to pick up the mower. I loaded it without problem, tied it down and transported it. I unloaded it, stored it, and returned the trailer.
When I got home, I took my Helix for a 30 mile ride, hitting speeds of 74mph at times. Mostly cruising around 45 the rest of the time. The top speed was only for short bursts on open highway.
I watched a movie last night and hit the sack around 10:30 for a good night's rest.
Sound boring to you? Well, a year ago, I would never have lived through this boring day. I would have been dead .
Thank God for bariatric surgery.