We got a fairly early start so we had more than enough time in Modesto to accomplish all we set out to do, even if it was hot as blazes down there. It's real easy to forget just how hot Modesto gets. We even had time to go to Starbucks.
The house was in decent shape. The dining room chandelier had been hung, but we need to shorten the chain. The cabbages that we had been nurturing for months had been taken over by moths that were laying tons of eggs all over the plants so we decided to donate the cabbages to ecology.
We had time to go to Save-Mart and get some Barefoot zinfandel for me and some $2 Foxbrook for Jim. - The markets here in Rio Vista don't carry Foxbrook or Barefoot zinfandel, although I suppose they would if we asked them to. After that we went to meet Mandy for lunch. We arrived about 20 minutes early so we thought it would be fun to check out O'Brien's market. Jim is now on my "I'll get you for this" list. O'brien's is upscale, a VERY nice market complete with gorgeous bakery, delicatessen, really fresh fish counter, meat counter, gorgeous produce department - almost a miniature Andronico's right there in Modesto. Apparently Jim knew about this, and neglected to tell me about it because it was a 'little pricey.' I had asked him about O'brien's and was told, "oh, it's a nice little market," like it was nothing special. All the time we lived there, and I trusted him to inform me about things in Modesto, he kept this to himself and I used that crusty old Save-Mart, and when I wanted something special, I went looking for a Raley's. Like I said, I'll get him for that. ;>)
Lunch with Mandy was enjoyable. It's been a long time since we've seen her and she looked great. We had a nice visit and then had a tour of her office. Best of all, I think some of the issues that have been concerning both Mandy and us have been identified, and hopefully, a solution is now put into action. The Mexican restaurant we went to was nice - the Bay shrimp tostado was delicious.
After lunch we went to Costco - not a good plan for a Friday afternoon. In addition to being hot, it was crowded. Fortunately, we didn't need a lot of stuff - most of our time was spent standing in line. After that we headed for home. Seems everyone was going north. We decided the state is just too heavily populated and some people should go somewhere else.
At the end of the day we were both weary , but we were satisfied that we had accomplished what we had set out to do, and are now ready for the weekend. It was good to get back to the cool Delta Breeze.
Love to all,
Corrie and Jim
mzcorrie@frontiernet.net
jmcrhoads@frontiernet.net
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