More time in Dillsburg!!

Wednesday 14 April thru Sunday the 18th April 2021

   Time has flown by this week.  We are retired, with no house to look after and we still don't seem get much accomplished.   We had lunch with Mel and Pere at 11:30 over on the pike.  Diane and I and Pere were there at 11:30.  We talked and talked and talked until Mel rolled in at a little after 12 noon.  Work she says!  We ordered, talked some (with Mel), the food was really good.  They are  heading to Florida and wanted some insight on camping sites.  We gave them are top four or five stops only to find out they are driving it in two days.  It takes us two days to get through Virginia.  We came home, walked Rudy and just had salad for diner.

Thursday 15 April 2021

     Up this morning and out the door right after breakfast.  First stop the bank, then Mels to get her car, next the storage unit, then Insurance lady.   Back to the storage unit where we worked still moving from two units into one.  We quit around 4 back home walked Rudy  I cooked chicken on the grill with wine. It was good.

Friday 16 April 2021

      We slowed down a bit today after breakfast we went to an auction preview in New Oxford stopping for lunch for course.  We ate the the Cross Roads Diner it was OK.  Over to the preview we spent about two hours looking at stuff for tomorrows auction.  We drove right home didn't stop at any of 10+ antique store we passed.  Diane made a whole rack of ribs with a new dry rub recipe she found. They were good.  The wind finally died down so we had a fire and enjoyed a glass(or two) of wine.

Saturday 17 April 2021

    Once again temp down around 42 when I got up.  Diane headed to the  auction by 8am (yes that's right 8am)  I stayed with Rudy until 10:30 then headed over to meet her.  By the time I arrived she had already bought a few items we absolutely needed for in the camper and one item that was just "so cute" she had to get it for her sister.  We watched and waited and waited for the coins to come up for sale and when they did I sat on the edge of my seat paying close attention as not to miss anything.  It didn't take very long to realize this wasn't going to be a fruitful day for me.  The coins sold way over what I thought they should and certainly out of my price range.  We decided to call it a day and head back to the Moho with Diane stopping for take out wings on the ride back. We did notice lots and lots of antique stores on the way home.   It finally warmed up a little we sat by the fire with a glass of wine discussing the day's events and how would we ever get to all the antique stores with just a few days left.

Sunday 18 April 2021

    Here we are down to the last few days in East Berlin and so much to do yet.  Sunny this morning so we had breakfast on the grill and talked to the neighbors while we cooked.  Diane picked up sister Karen and went over to visit her Aunt Lida who turned 96 today.  She was gone most of the day and was exhausted by time she returned. We got a glass of wine sat by the fire discussing the good and bad of aging and enjoying life while you can.  Burgers for diner and called it a day.

Monday 19 April 2021

     Back to the rat race(retirement rat race).  I was out the door by 7:30 headed to the Ford dealer with the truck.  I arrived at 8:10 for my 8:30 appointment checked in with the service rep. He says it shouldn't be to long until they can get the truck in to look at it.  Apparently appointment times are just a guideline for them.  You can already see where this is going.  Three plus hours and two hundred dollars later the service rep calls with the news "they don't know" but they would like to keep the truck  order three or four parts which should fix it, maybe, perhaps. I ask to talk to the mechanic who was really nice but almost word for word told me what I told the service rep at 8 this morning. No thanks just give me the truck back.  So much for thinking a Ford dealer could fix a Ford truck.  Diane and I meet for brunch in Camp Hill and tried to salvage the afternoon.  I went home to save Rudy and she was doing all of todays running grocery store, tax guy, post office, wine store, and a stop for firewood.  All that before we went to the Shirk's for dinner with them, and Shane and Morgan. We all had a great visit and the food was from Bone Fish.  Yum!