Day 303 to 305-June 30 to July 2, 2013

     It's hot.  It's nice to be in our air conditioned home!  E'lora  and I cooled off in the pool, but mostly we just hung out at home.  Here is the email report I sent to Cora, "Guess who slept well on the car ride home, and went right to sleep when we got home about 10:30?  She slept until 7:30 without a peep and woke up happy.  First thing we had to find some turkeys, then we picked blackberries.  I had an idea.  The Raj dog biscuit jar could make a nice on the counter compost holder, better than the bucket and towel???  Make a list of tasks for when I come back at birth time, and I'll get to as many as possible.  Also, any tasks I could do when we fetch E'lora back to you guys in a few days....  I miss the country, and I'm content to be home sleeping next to Fred.  Love you guys, and we're having a ball with Precious!  love MuMMM"  Watering was a key job.  I reviewed and consolidated my "to do" lists, working on the list of tardy thank yous I needed to write.  We watched Tangled, cute.  Grampa took her to Reibes and the grocery store Sunday early eve.  While they were gone, I made tuna macaroni salad.  We had Grampa's leftover stir-fry and sausage for dinner.
     Monday it's hot, over a 100.  We didn't even take our normal walk.  It was important to look for turkeys each morning though.  I did bills and the budget to get caught up on life a bit.  We did some more swimming in the pool, no head under the water though.  E'lora loves my macaroni salad.  
     Fred and I thought about taking a little coast trip after taking E'lora back to Santa Rosa, but with the heat and holiday traffic, plus Fred's knee has really been hurting, we decided not to.  I headed out Tuesday morn with the goal of being home before the hottest part of the day.  It was forecast to be 111 in Rough and Ready.  I wanted to leave by 8, but going poop interrupted our departure.  Success on the number two, but we left close to 9, arrived at Corby at 12, home by 4 with a stop at Roseville BMW to fix the seat belt.  E'lora was a perfect traveler.  I wanted to keep her awake so she would nap in the afternoon.  We sang "Secret Agent Man" at the top of our lungs at least three times on Highway 101.  At our fuel stop she walked around a bit and got her lollipops, one in each hand.  I brought tuna macaroni salad for the kids.  I wanted to pick them some blackberries, but I just can't do it all.  I sure am grateful for air conditioning!