Sunday is sit and read the newspaper day. My old friend Don, he’s retired, once made a comment to me which I think is related. Once he retired, he said he had trouble telling the days apart. Everyday is Saturday he said. Except for the day the big paper arrives. That’s Sunday.
Anyhow, I still get newspaper delivery for Friday Saturday Sunday. So I get a big paper. But for those of you my age, who can still remember their youth, you also know the daily papers have physically shrunk since our youths. Today more people have other sources of news and they skip the in depth full coverage of a newspaper for a tweet or google news post. So newspapers are smaller. Probably why many people today lack in depth understanding of today’s issues. Oh well.
But, back to Sunday. Same thing. Got up too early in order to get everyone coffee. Emily went to yoga. Marika and I sat, drank coffee, I ate breakfast and spent 44 mins reading the paper. I always save the funnies for last. And for some reason, buried in time, I read them right to left, saving the front pages of the comics for last. I don’t when I started that, but it continues.
Nothing earth shattering in the paper. I did save a recipe for blueberry hand pies. They look pretty good. Kind of a PITA recipe but you never know the worth of your time making it till you get the finished product. Might have time later to try.
Have very little planned for today. I need to clean the truck. In and out. I could go to the crappy place I went to yesterday that did such a crap job on Marika’s and my cars. Losers. Shame them into a free wash. That usually works because they know they suck and another wash costs them very little. Will see.
I may work on my car too. I need to install the new shift boot. Red leather. Will look baaaaaad!!! Like where bad is good of course. I’ve had it for a month and a half but I have to take the entire center console out to replace. Big job.
Sundays are always the slow day. As a kid you were always gently reminded to play quietly with quiet toys or read. I know one hundred years ago and farther back there was a religious purpose in that. Nowadays its morphed into shut the hell up and keep away. Mommy and daddy need quiet. Same outcome either way.
I may get nothing done as well. I like a slow day here and there. Today could be here. And there. Will see.
Emily was home quickly and off to school. I guess I will go get my truck cleaned. Marika is off to Sac to have brunch with friends. I will have lunch first, diet ziti marinara. It’s actually ok. Gotta do some laundry first and then car wash.
Laundry was awesome as was my lunch. Took truck to car wash. First order of business, talk to manager about lousy car wash x 2 last night. So she gave me two free washes. I used one on the truck which now looks fabulous. A true chick magnet.
Back home and I decided to install the red leather shift boot on my car. I have had the boot for two months. Never got around to it. It is not so easy an install as you may think. I had to take the entire center console out of the car to install. I got an hour and a half into the job and realized I needed a particular tool. As you may know, our house is two thirds packed in pods and in storage. So the tool I needed was in a storage pod in Sacramento.
By this time, Marika got home. We went to Vacaville together to the hardware store and got said tool. And Marika was hungry so went to In n Out. And stopped at Kinkos for envelopes. Then home. Finally.
Upon return Marika helped me finish the install. It helped to have a second pair of hands especially when stapling. The boot is stapled in. Took another hour and a half to finish. 
But it looks sharp! You can see my car when you log in to the blog. I’ve been trying to dress up the old car since she rolled over 200k miles. A few more things and I may stop. But I keep seeing cool add ons to make her look better. So who knows?
Emily got home about the time Marika and I finished the install. We put the tools away quickly. Marika packed up and headed to Rohnert Park. She had a hot date with her roommates to watch Game of Thrones tonight.
Emily and I went out for Thai food. There is a “new” place in Dixon so we went there. By new I mean only a year old. And we have not been there yet. So it’s new to us. I had crispy basil duck and emily had drunken noodles. The duck was great. 
We are about to leave. It’s amazing how much we pay for meals out in California. This meal was $42. Two plates and an ice coffee. An almost identical meal in Rawlins, WY, was $21. Half. And just as good. Although I do love the California climate. And vibrant economy. But, half?? I don’t know.
We came home and found out someone had stolen three of our copper hose pots and the hoses in them. Not sure when but probably while we were gone to Maine. For those of you unaware, these are large copper buckets, large enough to coil two 100′ hoses in each. The hoses are about $300 total, I buy nice hoses, and the copper buckets were over $100 each. Of course I could call the sheriff but they don’t respond to or investigate property crimes. My insurance won’t work since it’s below the deductible. So we just gotta suck it up.
I am going to bed. Maybe if I sleep on it I will feel better. Goodnight.