The freshly mowed grass certainly looks nice. Tom came on Friday morning and mowed the yard. When I got home from work, I went out on the back deck just to admire the yard, nicely cut, without me having to do anything. I’m quite content. Thanks, Tom, and the yard really does look nice.
Today was a pleasant Saturday. It never really got warmer than the mid 70’s with a light breeze. The hot tub heater had stopped working on Thursday, the grandkids had been in it all week long, and the water was starting to look a little green. The problem with the heater had to do with a plugged filter. I learned that one of the two filters in the tub is for the constantly circulating water. The other one is used when the jets are turned on. The filter on the left is the one constantly circulating and was pretty plugged up. I replaced that filter and drained and refilled the tub. The other filter soaked overnight in a cleaning fluid and went back into the tub this morning. Everything is working correctly once again and the tub is up to temperature. Nina and I will be visiting the hot tub in an hour or so. The afternoon and evening thunderstorms seem to have moved out of the area and the wind has died down. It will be nice to relax for a while!
We’ve started a new tradition. We’ve decided that on the Saturday night before Fast Sunday we’ll go out to dinner somewhere. That way there’s no dishes or left overs hanging around on Sunday. Tonight we went to Applebee’s for dinner. Of all the restaurants, and there aren’t many here in Pocatello, Applebee’s is right at the top of the heap. That says something about our choices for eating out in this town! We should easily make it through all the restaurants we want to eat in in a few months and then we’ll have to start recycling. We had a nice dinner. We got there a little after 5 p.m., found a parking spot right in front, and were immediately seated. By the time we left at about 6 the restaurant was full and people were waiting to be seated. We were there at just the right time. I’m liking this tradition already — except I think we have to do it more than once for it to start feeling like tradition!