Jonnie's band rocks out!

Handicapped Parking Abuse

It Ain't Easy Getting Girls

How many of you are there?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Miss That Plane

I've just hit the "Bigtime" and it's all downhill from here.
I actually thought of the idea for this song about a year ago,
but couldn't think of any words to go with it until July 08
when I had it copyrighted.

Forget Hillary....Lynne Piller for President

A Helping Hand

A Japanese woman was trying to ask me a question but could not speak a word of English. Her car was positioned at an angle to the curb that left the front end of her car sticking out into the middle of the street. I thought she was trying to ask me if she was allowed to park in that spot, so I pointed to the other cars that were behind her and in front of her that were parked there, trying to convince her somehow that it was OK to park there. Finally she made me see that what she really wanted me to do was to help her park her car. She gave me her keys and she got into the passenger seat and I proceeded to parallel park her vehicle. 

After it was over she said, "thank you", so I found out she knew at least two words of English. I did wonder how she got her license in the first place without learning to park a car.

Piller's Cable TV Spot

This is my cousin David's store

which was on Citi Cable 3

 "Around the Town in 15"

Gary's 25th Birthday Party

We all had a great time at Gary's party.
The chicken and side dishes from Juan Pollo
were the best I've ever had. The birthday cake
was the finishing touch...

The Birthday Boys

We all got together Wednesday evening to celebrate Ron and David's Birthdays at the Northwood's Inn. We had a great time telling old stories from working at Piller's. Everyone ordered halibut which was delicious. Excuse these photos, my digital camera's batteries went out and I had to use my cell phone camera.

Our 26th Anniversary

It was our 26th wedding anniversary yesterday but first I had to pick up the faucet parts I ordered from George's Plumbing then finish installing them on my mom's unit.
We both got dressed up for dinner and went to Beckham Grill. Lynne looked beautiful in her new outfit. We had a great meal. I had braised short ribs and Lynne had filet of sole. We ended up with yogurt at 21 Choices then off to Terry's for a short visit before returning home.

Blog Day Afternoon...

Busy busy day...Out the door at 8:15 to take the Rav4 into the shop for a major service plus I had problems with idling on startup. I walked back to Hudson which took about an hour and a half to walk the almost 6 mile distance because I stopped at McDonald's for breakfast. When I got back to Hudson, I checked out the wall furnace in the front house for a reported gas smell which turned out to be false, then noticed that the front door wasn't locking. After fixing the door locking problem, I took the Zuumer and headed for the market to get some fruit and then to the video store for a movie. Craig was supposed to pick me up on Hudson at 12:30 to take me to get the Rav4. About a half hour earlier, Rose from Toyota called to tell me there were other problems they found and that if I wanted to do the timing belt and water pump and a bunch of other things, it would be ready at 4:00 instead of 12:30. I called Craig back and told him that I was going to take the bicycle back to get the Rav4 and that I didn't need him to take me. It took me a half hour to drive the bike there. Then I drove the Rav4 back to Hudson, got the truck, and drove back to Toyota to pick up the bike.
Today was also the first HOA meeting which we had at 7:00 PM at Jeannie's office. Only Mr. Hardiman and Inez showed up. It turned out successful because we passed the painting option. The whole complex will be painted by next spring.

Mike the Fireman

We got a surprise Saturday morning. There was a knock at the door and who was it? Mike, Diane's old boyfriend had juat come over to show us his new "wheels". It was quite a surprise considering we have not seen him at all for about 9 years. He purchased the old South Pasadena fire truck from a national auction for only $2000. It's in great shape and everything on it works. He ran the siren and horn which immediately brought out the neighbors with their kids to come over to see it. I told him if I have a fire, I'll call him first...he laughed.

Landlord's night out...

This is the first time we've ever been invited to dinner at one of our tenants apartments. They are a nice couple from Italy who just recently moved into one of the units on Hudson. He has a doctor's degree in computing and works at JPL. She is a biologist and works at Cal Tech.
We had a great dinner and great time. We told them we have to take them out to Buca di Beppo since they have never been there before. It was kind of strange but nice to be eating dinner in the front house apartment where I used to temporarily live back in the 70's.
I just have to mention how impressed we were at the way the table was set. It looked like the cover of Good Housekeeping Magazine. We started with appetizers: sliced zuchinni mixed with spices, olive oil, and capers. There were bowls with small slices of Italian cheese, olives, and small pieces of bread with tomatoes and spices on top.
The main entree was spinach pasta fettucini with marinara sauce. I had two helpings it was so good. After that came a plate of asperagus and cheese crepes and a romaine lettuce salad with tomatoes, mushrooms, and a wine vinegar and olive oil dressing. For desert there were slices of fresh pineaple topped with small dollups of whipping cream, a gillato vanilla fudge ice cream, and to finish everything off, a fresh home brewed espresso. All in all, one of the best dinners we have ever had. Thank you Giangi and Paola.

The Bludude

Wood came into town to show me his new Mini. It was great. I'm glad he got the "S" version. We went to the Apple store and walked around Old Town for a while.

My 60th

What a day...I started out working on one of the Hudson units because the tenant wanted the slow shower drain fixed, the air conditioner cord to be able to be plugged in without having to leave the door open, and to fix the shower room doors so they could be closed all the way. I had just started these tasks when David called to wish me "Happy Birthday". I put him on speaker phone and finished two of the problems while the conversation continued. I asked him if he wanted to go out with us (Diane, Loni, Terry, Lynne and me) to Beckham Grill for my 60th birthday. He said he would, but we all ended up at Houston's because Beckham Grill didn't have the fish that Lynne wanted. I had the rib eye steak that Loni recommended...it was great. We all had a great time at Houston's. After Diane and Loni left, the rest of us went to 31 Flavors for ice cream.

The 2 Nu Do's

I took Lynne and her mom to Glendale to get their hair done. The hairdresser did a great job.

Fire Fire!!!

A good thriller...

Four Stars**** from me!

Diane's sprinkler installation

These are the "before" photos. Four hose timers later the job is done. I had to take back the first three timers because of their limited watering options. At the time I thought each one was the right one for the job. The claims on the packaging are very misleading.