A Quick Trip Down to Victoria

Just before noon yesterday, I drove down to Victoria for a quick appointment. So, afterwards it gave me the chance to pop into a few of my favorite shopping haunts to check out what’s new. My first stop was Future Shop, an electronics store, to see if there were any gadgets or gizmos on sale. There was nothing that caught my eye except for the really small notebook computers. On average, they have 9”-10” screens, weigh about 2.5 lbs. and are small enough to easily carry around with you.
But, I really don't need a notebook computer - if I was still working(thank goodness, I'm retired) and traveled a lot on business though, I'd sure be giving one of these a good look. However, we already have 3 desktop computers at home plus our Dell laptop. Doesn't hurt to look though - these notebooks now go for under $400 - that's really incredible.

My next stop was Costco where I always manage to find something to buy even if its only a hot dog for lunch – still hard to beat with a coke for $1.99!

I checked out their paperbacks and found a new book by one of my favorite authors – John Sandford. He is the author of the “…. Prey” novels and his new book is titled “Phantom Prey”. He has well over a dozen “Prey” novels in publication and, if you like page turning, well written suspense thrillers involving all kinds of mayhem, then I guarantee if you read one of these books you will be hooked – just like me. It's also kind of different because the events in the book take place in Minneapolis/St. Paul which is a nice change from New York or Los Angeles.

After Costco, I stopped in at Starbucks, bought a coffee and 2 lbs. of Kenyan coffee beans. Paulette and I have been hooked on Kenyan Dark Roast coffee for a few years now and it has become a staple of ours both at home and on the road. We bought a small burr-grinder in Palm Springs this year, so now the coffee is tasting better than ever in the morning!

By the time I got back home it was about 2:30pm and time to take Molly for her afternoon walk. It was another sunny, warm day with a temperature of 72F. When we got back from Molly's walk, Paulette told me we had received an email from the dog breeder with a new picture of Rylie taken when she was 3 weeks old - just a few days ago.

We are still on track to pick up Rylie and bring her home around June 20th.

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