Not that it means anything to me anymore . . . this 7 day a week business shit means every day is the same.

Yesterday, Joe and I went to the hacienda and while he was metal detecting, I was hiking and taking pictures. See below. The last 2 trips in that area with Nina left us unable to find the hacienda so I went hi-tech in my search. I went to Google Earth and found it on there, copied down the coordinates and entered them into my GPS in the Jeep. Found it first try.

Nothing was found by Joe and had he found anything it would have been photographed and replaced for others to find. He told me that there was too much surface trash to find anything below ground.

The hacienda has been fenced off and that’s what caused my problems in my prior attempts to find it. There are gates that allow access, but the fence threw me. I have it in my GPS now, so there’s no problems getting there now.

• November 1st and I’m just not feeling it yet. Fall is speeding by and winter is chugging in and frankly I can’t see me enjoying winter much this year.
• Nina never calls me anymore.
• I stopped by the county manager’s office yesterday to see if he wanted to do lunch, but he couldn’t.
• We spent 40 minutes talking about lodger’s tax problems and my upcoming presentation before the commission.
• As I was leaving I turned and told him we could have gone to lunch in the amount of time we were talking.
• Got a haircut today. I like having a female barber.
• I did fish and chips for lunch at Dick’s. Charlotte, the bar owner, was in a bride of Frankenstein costume.  As I left I quipped “Decided against a costume this year I see.” and her 2 employees flinched. She laughed and wished me a nice day. She’s got a rep as a dragon lady with her help.
• The place is too quiet without Erin.
• I’m not shaving until Nina gets back and then I will not shave for another week.
• Thank God the world series is over. It was nice that Boston took it, but I still hate sports on TV.
• Today Joe and I are heading backcountry with our metal detectors to try and find a group of ruins to see what we can find. I plan on hitting the walls and he’ll do the floors.

Woman is the most deadly of the species. ~ Kipling

• There was snow on the front deck this morning and it’s cold and windy today.
• Off of Facebook today.  I’m getting too angry at the stupid there. 24 hours + or –
• Erin leaves today.
• I printed out a picture for Mom, ML, and us, so I also printed out one for Belle. As piss poor broke as they appear, I can’t imagine she has much access to cameras or computers, so when I get a good pic I print an extra.
• Holy Crap! Anyone see the news that NYC has raised to age to buy cigarettes to 21? I imagine that there’s gonna be a lawsuit about this new law. I know if we weren’t able to sell smokes to the 18-21 crowd all of a sudden, the shit would hit the fan.
• Nina is in Chicago. She rented a car this time. Taxis suck in the area she’s working in, so the car makes sense.
• I hate babysitting Shirley. You’d think with the 2 caregivers we have that I wouldn’t need to sit her, but after 5 p.m. she’s all mine. Debra puts her to bed though.
• Dennis, the former luddite, is now shopping for an iPhone! Holy shit, is the world ending? I’m trying to talk him into a pink 5c.
• Happy Halloween everyone!

And a repeat of one my closing lines because it fits the day:  “Grave digger, when you dig my grave, will you make it shallow so I can feel the rain?”

We just sold a $5000.00 scratcher 10 minutes ago.  I wish we got a cut from the state, but we don’t.

Heading to Chicago tomorrow for a week of quality time with her favorite aunt, Marylou. (and for all my smart assed friends, yes she is her only aunt) She will visit with her and spend time working on her condo again.

Nina talked to the social worker yesterday and was told that ML is talking about coming back here again. She must be missing me muchly. I have that effect on people ya know.

We went for a hike today after I picked her up from the her father’s home. She chose the place with the rocks and decided to wade in the small amount of water flowing throughout the canyon.

Erin spent a longer time with us last week and a shorter time with them this past weekend. Not sure why this happened, other than Will going hunting. In my mind that doesn’t make much sense since Belle would love to spend the time with Erin. Oh well, not in my pay grade.

Rumor Central Here Peoples

The rumor being spread by LaRisa Cafe is that Arrow’s Ridge is CLOSED! LIES, NOT TRUE!  Arrow’s Ridge is still open and doing fine. When pressed about the rumor, I was told that it came from Arrow’s Ridge. Also a lie, I’m sure. I have assured those that were told this scurrilous lie that all is well with Arrow’s Ridge and it’s business as (better than) normal.

Jake, I know you’re probably not reading this but the A.R. crowd are doing fine.

Dennis

I heard from Dennis this morning.  He’s in Chicago at his sister’s house. His trip to date has been everything he hoped for and possibly more. I’m jealous, except for the cold weather travel. Getting too old for that shit.

 We went to Arrow’s Ridge for an intimate brunch today. A smaller crowd than normal, but moving into the holiday season I think it’s more normal. There was a new addition to the brunch, live music following the meal. Mark, a recent transplant to the area, brought his guitar and we spent an hour enjoying his renditions of some of the older songs. Great morning!

The photo of Nina was taken on top of a ceremonial mound located on the way to Arrow’s Ridge, along Route 3. Nina was standing in the middle of 3 un-excavated kivas close to Arrow’s Ridge.

Joe’s road is finally fixed. About time too. HUGE event headed his way.

Catherine and . . .

Catherine is moving east for a period to see if her L.D.R. will actually be worth a permanent move east. L.D.R. = long distance relationship. She and the LDR have been an item now for 4½ years and they need to move to the next step. Best wishes Catherine.

Erin and . . .

Erin is driving me batshit crazy this visit. There is no down time for her this time and she never relents.

Tori and . . .

I haven’t seen much of Tori lately. She’s leaving tomorrow for Denver. Drive safe.

Nina and . . .

Nina is under the weather, but she’s making me take her to dinner anyway. I guess she’s wishing to contaminate others than family. What a giver!

Finally, me.

I’m bored. Maybe I do need a motorcycle. Dennis thinks I need one. Nina says it will make me a better lover. Tori thinks I look thinner when I sit on a bike. Erin says “do it Pake!” Rebecca feels that I need that tan model. (Harley sales chick) Jeannie wonders if I have her in my will. (no) Andy wants to borrow it. (no) Mom just says NO!

I know I shouldn’t be bored, I have a lot on my plate, but it’s so routine nowadays. I spent 3 hours in Vegas yesterday with the lodger’s tax board solving the problems of the county and we moved into solving problems for the forest service to boot. We decided to try and form a joint agency to promote tourism in the county’s forest service lands. The forest service is currently unaware of this plan. This should be fun.

My joint lodger’s tax agenda has moved to new heights. We’ve spent $240,000 dollars already on this and we still have $60,000 available for the remainder of this year. I’m thinking new Jeep Grand Cherokee with the county and city joint tourism logo on the side to justify me driving the Jeep on the government’s dime. Hey, it’s the city’s money, so it should be fine with the county, right?

See . . . routine. I need excitement in my life now. Maybe an affair rather than a motorcycle? If Nina finds out, a motorcycle would be safer. Maybe I just need a vacation. A trip to southern Europe in January sounds great. I could rent a motorcycle and tour Italy and other countries in that area. Africa? Safari? Killing big animals?

Shit.

Republicans and democrats are just different cheeks of the same ass.

Wow, I updated Nina’s and my computers yesterday to the latest operating system (OS) and what a chore. I’m guessing 8+ hours in the process for them combined. If it were just the OS it would have been a cakewalk, but all the apps needed to do their updates to comply to the new OS. Restarted them way too many times to count. Nina’s was the worst, but now I have hers set up to auto update for everything. Set her phone and iPad to that too.

HEY DENNIS

Don’t return today, it’s raining.

Poker

Last night I played poker at Curt’s, without Curt. Mickey hosted the game so I showed and won again. $6! Hey Nina, you can buy that bracelet you wanted now! It was a fun night but Joe left early. Weenie.

I enjoyed picking on Jiminy and Ted. Always fun to rip those two. I even got a shot or two at that old man of the game, Dan. I think he served in the Civil War, but I’m not sure of which side he was on. Out here it could have been either side.

Erin

Cute?  I think so.

Nina

Cute? I think so.