Yesterday was one of those days when everyone in South City realises that they really don't mind their crap weather. It was hot, very hot and everyone was struggling. While most houses in So City are well set up for cold weather in terms of heating, it is not the same for hot days as usually there are not very many. Noni and Gramp's house faces west so they really collect heat in the afternoon and by the evening the house on that side is pretty warm. But the rooms on the east side, kitchen and den, are not too bad and they can open the kitchen door to pick the evening cool of course the basement is very cool. Noni left the front door wide open too for the little bit of breeze that was coming in. This morning it is already feeling warm at 7.30 in the morning! definitely not the norm for South City.
Today I am hoping to get some photos of the pumpkin displays that are out now. This year they have had some problems with their pumpkin crop as it was either too wet or not hot enough for the pumpkins and they are not as big and many pumpkin growers lost most of their crop. The same weather conditions have caused problems for tomatoes and walnuts. Noni has been compalining about these last two things, especially as she counts on getting those from various people for her cookies. Fran and Dan Weber told non that their walnuts are still on the trees and the some of the outer shells have not even cracked yet. I have not heard anyone talking climate change for all of these weather-related anomalies, but they certainly are noticing the weather changes.
Yesterday we bought Noni a new phone and I have given her a crash course in using it and will show gramps too. The one we had our eyes on was ony available through a contract and gramps was not going to do that. The young man who was helping us was a bit impatient at first but once Non and Gramps were back in the shop he seemed to take a different approach and was very helpful in transferring the Sim Card, setting dates and even put a label on the back of the phone with Noni's number on it. So all up the new phone cost $32 and hopefully it will not take her too long to get used to it.
We did the suitcase check last night and it is right down to the wire with the two big bags. I have to work some magic today as I have not bought the sees candy yet. oh oh. Also there is no room for any of noni's pots. It is weight that is the issue for me, not space.
There are so many things I need to print out today and as the Martinellis do not have a printer, I need to visit Kingkos or some such place to do all of that today. I need to make a copy of the photos i have taken for them and print out somethings I have typed up for Noni. Then also today I hope to buy the pork to make the carnitas for them tonight.
Last night as Noni and I were looking at Gardian Service cookware websites we got a skype call from Noni and Eleanor and Sara's face popped up on the screen. Noni said "hey, there's Sara!". We had another visit with Eleanor too. That is all for now.
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