I TAKE THAT BACK!!

LIZARD COUNTER:  21 

Good morning once again from sunny California.  Our temperatures went through the roof yesterday, and I'm praying that was the end of it.  It hit 109 in the next town over, where unfortunately, I spent most of the day.  When I got up in the morning, it was 80 degrees.  YIKES!!

Now that Blogger is putting up photos once again, this was the first thing that greeted me the last morning.  Sadly, this one didn't make it.  This is why the lizard counter is now up to 21.  

In a flash it was time to head to DMV.  I take back every single good thing I said about this place.  Yes, the reservation system seems to be working better than sitting for two hours, even when you HAVE an appointment.  

They called my number and I handed the gal the paperwork.  I didn't received my stickers.  "That's because you renewed it in person".  No ... No I didn't.  "YES YOU DID".  I'm sorry, but NO I DID NOT.  I paid it online.  "If you have this paper, that means you paid it in person".  I was almost screaming at this point ... I PAID IT ONLINE.  THAT'S WHAT THEY SENT ME AFTER I PAID IT.  Oh she said.  Well if you get a late smog AFTER paying it, you have to come in to the office to get the sticker.

I thought your plan was to get people OUT of the office.  You have moved absolutely everything to on-line to do just that.  And now you tell me you are making it so we have to come IN TO THE OFFICE?

Yessiree ... that is exactly what they have done.  They get the smog via electronic means.  Why don't you just mail out the tags????

So that pretty much ruined my day.  To make it a little better, here is a LIVE lizard who is only about 1-1/4" long and was hiding in my garage.  Hopefully he survives.

From there I rushed off to the quilt store.  These two bags had four quilts in them.  Hopefully they get done by the first of October.  No idea what the price will be because they charge by the inch of quilting.  That's why a queen sized quilt will cost you $225 dollars depending on the pattern you choose.

On the way back, I stopped in for fuel.  Did I miss something?  Last week diesel was $6.79 a gallon.  Now Chevron has it up to $8.59 a gallon?  YIKES!!

I went across the street to my favorite station and STILL paid $7.46 for diesel in the van.  At least I didn't need that much because the tank was already half full.

What about the trustee meeting?  It was the usual fighting and bickering with a complete lack of interest in the money problems.  That's what happens when you have people who have never run a business, nor keep track of their household expenses.  It's frustrating to say the least.  I had a headache in the first two minutes.  Unfortunately for me, it drives me crazy, keeping me awake half the night.  

I thought I might be  headed out to HORROR RANCH.  Oh yes, it's soon to be October and Halloween time.  Come to find out, the last gal I taught to use the infernal machine, owns that place.  Who knew??  She asked if I wanted to help out.  You know me, I'm all about Halloween scary things.  

But on second thought, I backed out when I saw their hours ... working until midnight four days a week.  Midnight and I don't get along any more!!

This boy ... he didn't care one bit about Halloween ........... just throw the ball Mom!!!