BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

I'm not coming to you from the frozen patio this morning, but the desk near my front windows where I can see the frost on the pumpkin.  It's another 32 degree morning.  Even though I had solar put in, I'm still chintzy when it comes to electricity.  The heaters are on, but only set to 67 degrees.  I look like a mummy sitting here with three layers of clothing on.  Somehow spending more time in Arizona has changed up my temperature gauge ... or maybe it's just old age.

I was SO excited yesterday to be heading straight to the Sound Encounters store.  If you pull up beside someone and you hear that obnoxious BOOM BOOM BOOM, you know where it came from.  These guys have been doing this for almost 30 years.

As I have mentioned before, the CD player in my truck died while eating one of my CD's, may it rest in peace.  Driving as much as I do, most times the only stations I can come up with are in a language I really don't speak.  Last year I got an estimate that made my eyes roll into the back of my head, not to mention the fact that they were back ordered for about 8 months.  No thank you ... I'll practice my language skills and try to figure out what words are being sung.

Just for kicks, I stopped in again last week, to find the delivery to be THREE days.  Let's DO IT!!  And here she is ... a gorgeous new NAVIGATION program ... like in a NEW truck ... but it cost me less than $80,000 for a new one.  

Not only that, but the CD player WORKS!!!  I've now got BOOM BOOM with the best of them.  It took me an hour to figure out the equalizer and the fade though.  

Guess what I'm doing here!!  Yup ... playing my Chris Stapleton CD and rocking to the musica.  Of course everything has a learning curve, and this is a big one.  What else does it do?

I've got a microphone on the steering wheel now ... a bluetooth connection to my phone, so no more yelling COP and putting the phone down.  I can call up Siri any time, tell it where I want to go and it navigates there.  

Even better ... I can actually connect it to my phone and call anyone on my list, I can view text messages ... photos, emails ... AND I can play any music that I have downloaded to my phone.  Whatever my phone does, this does.  This thing is crazy!!  

One more thing, I can plug in my iPod and play THAT music!!  I can't believe I waited so long to do this.  Need a traffic camera?  You can add that.  Need a backup camera?  You can add that too.  

So as you can imagine, I spent most of yesterday just sitting in my truck jamming to my favorite country music.  Another plus, it's wired to my steering wheel controls and On Star.  Nancy is a REALLY happy camper, in spite of that terrible turkey dinner.

Speaking of the dinner, I discovered yesterday that it's the dark meat that tastes so bad.  I've been able to eat the turkey breast.  Even the gravy tastes a little better, so it didn't all go into the trash.  

Honestly if I told you what they feed those turkeys, you probably wouldn't eat ANY of them except Butterball because they feed corn and oats.  How do I know that?  I dated a Supervisor at Foster Farms chicken and turkey processing plant for awhile.  I learned more than I ever wanted to know.  Even your dry dog food is involved, but that's disgusting, so we won't talk about THAT!

I did pry myself away from my truck long enough to finish the squares for this quilt.  I didn't dare go outside to check on the painters, because every time I do I end up in a long conversation that wastes WAY too much time that I'm paying for.

The painting is coming along nicely, but SLOWLY.  It seems there is always something MORE that needs repair.  I suppose that's a good thing, since I will never have to do this again, and it ups the value.  It's only money, right?

I'll be in my truck ....... rocking out!!