Day 187

It was another day of naps and early bed. It’s been more than three weeks since this illness started. Only made it to the third inning of the Giants game and I don’t know how it ended. After nearly 10 hours of sleep, I need activity but it may be watering the orchids and taking a walk. I did enjoy the market and brought home fruit. Love the peaches and plums. Almost time for pears and apples. I’ll start with exercises.

POH

I had been living alone in the house on El Monte and decided it was time to find a home for myself. I sold it in April, 1976. and moved into a funny little house in Hiouchi. It was a travel trailer surrounded on three sides by rooms and I loved living in it. I started looking at properties and it was in August that I found this house.  It was stuffed full of furniture and the yard was overgrown and uncared for but I saw it as a livable and convenient location. I wanted to be able to walk to town and later walked to CE and JH to work. The house was for sale for $23,000 and I said it was too much and offered $19,000 cash. The offer was accepted. Since then I have made a lot of changes beginning with the yard. The north side was covered with huge fuchsia bushes and I had them cut to the ground. Not good to have cover on the north side of a building. Chuck and Hollie moved in in 1980. I had new plumbing and wiring when I changed the kitchen into what was the laundry. Added the back porch in 1982 and the sun porch in 1989. The little house was converted from a stable to a house in 1983 when Megan was born and I wanted a place of my own. The dirt driveway was paved in 1993. The foundation was poured in 1994 and new windows put in the front porch. It has been my home for half my life.