 it is Sunday morning just before 11 o'clock and as usual lately I spent the first part of this morning not only getting myself ready and putting a hair mask on my hair but closing last week's vlog because I forgot again because you know um anyway the birds and squirrels have been having breakfast in our backyard and uh yeah we're just sort of enjoying a quiet morning I do have to go to the bank probably today I need to deposit a check from a client I need to check the peel box I'm sure there's other stuff we need to do so we'll see if we actually do it today or not I don't know anyway I'm gonna sit down and have some more water and watch some more YouTube and then we'll take it from there I gotta let my hair dry before I do anything all right I'll be back and I have no idea it is Friday evening uh Friday evening holy cow Monday Monday evening July 4th independence day yeah we spent the day with the kids there's a few clips you probably saw before this um we barbecued did a few fireworks oh I should probably leave that off everybody had to leave to come home early because they've got pets to take care of our neighbors behind us are setting off fireworks oh not that one this one so let me see if I can see anything let me turn you around they're still out there you can see them right there in the street of course now I've got the camera on I don't see anything but you know give it a second come on you were active a minute ago it's been a really good day uh Bob and I are getting ready to go out of town for a couple of days tomorrow we're already mostly packed like probably 80 percent 90 percent packed and uh we'll make sure before we go to bed that the house is clean and then we'll finish packing in the morning and we will head north and of course we'll take you with us I'll be back yes we're in the car again happy Tuesday morning July 5th we are headed to Leavenworth Washington for three days two nights and yep it ought to be a great trip I think just get away just to get away for no particular reason just like when we went to seaside just for no particular reason uh Leavenworth Washington for those that don't know is a cute little Bavarian inspired town uh in the Pacific Northwest I will try to link appropriate town visitor websites or something down below anyway we're gonna of course see what we can see take some video take some pictures you know the usual so I'll be back if we're in Leavenworth or so of course we made up potty stop because you know anyway they had an old school map like didn't know that they made those anymore anyway we are going to get back on the road and at some point try to find something place to stop for lunch and we'll get there eventually we're not in any hurry so we're gonna see what we can see I'll spend tons of time filming filming video clips this afternoon right now at least because my phone only has 50% or less of battery power because I've just been filming all day and not charging it properly anyway we're in Leavenworth Washington a cute little Bavarian inspired town and we're gonna walk around hopefully find one coffee shop that's still open and get some ice coffee and see what we can see I'll bring you with us as long as my phone lasts I'll be back back from walking around and having dinner and that's right we're gonna play miniature golf I don't think this is going to go any better than bowling did for me but we'll see I'll be back here's Jean at the first hole straight shot yeah I'll so she's gonna hit it one more time one more time straight ahead dear there you go into the sand oh look at that it's out of the sand okay we'll give her a four I'll give you a four dear I'll give you a four we'll call it that tell you he's gonna just take pity on me and give me a four we're gonna see how how he does he does oh he used to golf I am so I bet you he does better than me but we'll find yep oh seriously dude what I tell you 53 82 far the far is 43 so I'm 10 over you're but you beat me you're 39 over that's not good this way not tonight technically no no okay didn't think it was good morning everybody it is 10 10 a.m. Wednesday July 7th don't get excited I looked already anyway we are out walking around obviously in the park area of Leavenworth and there's this little island that's kind of in the middle of the river and we're there and I'm doing some sketching and yeah it's a good way to start the day I think I'll be back we walked around so much this morning we came back to the hotel room and about lunchtime and had a few crackers and some popcorn and just kind of collapsed it's about 4 30 right now we're gonna head back out and do a little more walking and we are going to go have an early dinner I think we've had over two my dad's in he's near Centralia Washington so we're going to go he's about three hours I think from here so we're gonna take a head to his house tomorrow morning after we check out after breakfast and visit with him for a little bit before we head home there we go yes there's a busy street down there but I mean do we even care because that's a view I don't think we care it's good morning it is 9 54 a.m. Thursday July 7th did I get that right I think so I got that right oh my god anyway we are headed out of Leavenworth and towards my dad's he lives near Olympia we're gonna stop in and visit with him drop off a few things and uh yeah before we head home it's about three hours to his house and then about two hours from there to our house so anyway more time in the car that's okay good thing we like each other all right we'll be back I would say good morning Friday where oh my god July 8th it is 12 21 p.m. we've just had a lazy morning after all the driving we did over the last three days we had a lot of fun but yeah we were exhausted the driving the walking all the activities like it was anyway I need to catch up on my sketchbook um my goal is by Monday um and um I just spent some time on the computer I said Bob checking on emails and all that jazz um the pest people are supposed to be by for an annual spray at some point today they were supposed to be by this morning but they never showed so I don't know what's going on but um and we came home to a massive amount of the many pine cones on the driveway and in the gutters our gardener was by last night and he took care of the driveway but there's a huge pile in the gutters and Bob's gonna go clean it out I'm gonna make sure he doesn't fall off a ladder and hopefully don't get hit in the head with pine cones but we'll see I'm also working on laundry so you know it's a thing all right I'll be back as we still are gonna hose out the gutters but yep that's a five gallon hardware store bucket yeah that's what happens when you live next to all these big giant trees I think I guess so anyway fun times it is kind of icky out and hot but we're gonna go for a walk anyways get a few steps in probably not too far my knees are kind of sore from all the walking we did in Leavenworth but we'll see what happens I think it's morning I guess I should look it is Saturday July 9th yeah July 9th it's 11.15 am it's still morning hey um I spent the morning checking on social media and just relaxing to be honest we need to go to the grocery store not a chore I enjoyed doing but one that's needed and we need to go to Target and pick up medication like all of that stuff so anyway we'll get that done we might go out to dinner tonight we've got some gift cards from the kids and to an Italian place near here that's actually really good so we might go do that tonight um anyway it's gonna be another warm day 81 I think but yeah um it's a good thing I have an appointment at the end of the month because the bottom rim of my glasses down here started splitting lengthwise and we were able to eat six cows in it back together last night I do have spare over the counter readers which do work but they're not as strong as these anyway I'll take these in with us when we go to the eye doctor I don't know if there's anything they can do about it but yeah anyway it's been a whole bundle of fun um anyway I'm going to go do something with my hair now that it's sort of dry and um get the list together and then I guess we'll get it done because it's not going to do itself I do want to sit this afternoon and do some more sketching in my book and um catch up on the print they print prints the pictures that I've printed for that and then I also have some ideas for what the next canvas that's on my easel is going to be um and so I need to work on that my canvas I sold has made it safely to its new home and I have a picture that I will insert here um of said canvas and um um you want to kind of start a collection so that that'll be interesting um I guess I need to get some more stuff done all right that's it for the minute I'll be back I got some overnight oats made I got some eggs boiled we got a few other like random chores done Bob's started cleaning his office it's got a little cluttered for me I might tomorrow work on my bathroom cabinet drawers because I've just been shoving shit in them and one of them's overflowing so anyway but right now we're going out to dinner because the kids got us some gift cards to a Italian place over here at our one of our malls and so we're gonna go have a good time okay so dinner is done it was delicious I purposefully only ate half and I'm bringing the other half home so we are trying not to gain on the way back but I've lost anyway we're gonna head to the kids house Jenny and Brian they live in Dundee and see about picking up a couple of scrap pieces of wood from them that they may have lying around to aid Bob in repairing our little pond fountain thing in the backyard tomorrow we're painting the asphalt yeah but that's for next week's vlog anyway it's been a fun week it's been a really fun week I can't wait to go back to Leavenworth well and seaside because I like that too we have more trips coming up I'm not 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