What to do?

07:50 hrs.
24 Nov 15

     Christmas is getting closer and I have no idea what to do. Rather, I have no idea what to get my loved ones. I'm sure it will come to me. In the mean time there are other things afoot here in the Valley.

     With the former Bonds-Fish and Grease shop now long since demolished the new lawyers office of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe is well into construction. Two floors. Pitched roof. Parking in the rear. Should be some nice digs for a legal team. What do you call a fifty passenger bus full of lawyers going over a cliff with an empty seat? A crying shame. A cruise ship sinks in the South Pacific and everyone gets eaten by the sharks except for the lawyers. Why? Professional courtesy. Actually, if I hadn't joined the military I should have gone into law. Any of you know me you would agree that it would have been a wise decision. But, looking back I would not have traded my service to Canada.

     The weather has certainly turned here in the Valley.  Cold and clear. And windy. Of course, if there is no precip there is a lack of snow on the mountains. But it will happen. If there is one thing we never lack on the Left Coast is precip in the winter. We just need it to be colder than 7°C in the Valley for it to be snowing on the mountain.

15:40 hrs.

     I have finished reading "A Walk in the Woods" (Bill Bryson). An excellent book for anyone who is unafraid to laugh out loud. I highly recommend it, especially if you have done any hiking at all. My Lobster wants to give it a read but she is currently engaged with a different tome so I have passed it on to a friend who is suffering from a serious medical issue and is in the need of a good chuckle. I have started a new read. "Mother Nature is trying to Kill You" (Dan Riskin, PH. D.) It is yet another pragmatically funny book. It won't take me long to plow through it so if you have any suggestions for me please pass them along.

     As far as books go, my new book is slogging along. I haven't really hit my stride with it yet but if I keep plugging away I hope to have it done by next summer. I wonder if my Better Half 's Travelling Cuz'n will be up to the challenge of editing it for me? I know it will cost me but in the long run what's a few home cooked meals and a couple bottles of wine while visiting the Wayward Inn? At this point I don't know how many pages it will be as I don't even have a rough draft done. I'm thinking about 400 pages or so. But, it will be costlier if I am to include colour photos. I do plan on utilizing the same company in the Valley to upload it to Createspace (Amazon).

22:25 hrs.

     My Better Half and I had to shuttle the Loin Fruits about this evening and in transit across the City I spotted that the Wendy's burger place had been gutted out. The place was an empty shell. I think it is going to be relocating at the old Pizza Slop location at the corner of 17th and Cliffe. If this is true, the burger joint will do better because their original location had to be the shittiest site in the world. Zero parking because of the strip mall and a drive thru built by (and for) VW sized cars did not make things easy in attracting customers. The Couch Monkey in the back seat spotted a Pet Value outlet had moved into the deserted Taco Del Mar restaurant by the Bulk Barn. Things are certainly a ' changing here in the Valley.