Wednesday, July 8

Happy Birthday to our favorite granddaughter!!

Kiersten Gray is fifteen today. She is our first grandchild and we are very proud of her. She is probably thinking about a car in her future. Kiersten is a great student, a kind and caring person and a talented singer. We miss you and will see you soon.

Surprise! Another gray day.

This one set records as being the coldest for this date in recorded history in Portland. I don’t believe it got above fifty degrees.

So, once again, we busied ourselves inside. Brenda started working on the front bedroom. Of course that meant that I had to cut and install molding. I did that and she caulked and scraped all the old paint off the closet door. Next time we get an inside day I’m sure she will paint it.

After fitting the molding I mounted another chart on plywood and then framed it out. I will hang it in the living room next time I get a chance. Then I worked on the map of the USA in the museum. I am remounting and framing that also.

We are supposed to go ashore tomorrow as long as the waves and current cooperate. Weather is predicted to improve throughout the night and the sun should shine tomorrow afternoon.

Oh yeah, I had to go to the old oil house this afternoon and guess what I saw there?

Lawrence deEsuom

I said “What are you doing here”. To which he replied “You told me not to sit on that throne thing in the bathroom, so I came down here”. He also said “You should be more sensitive”. I told Lawrence that the bathroom is off limits, that there are certain boundaries to respect especially when there is a woman in the house. He surprised me when he said “Woman? What woman? last time I saw a woman in that house her husband chopped her up. Ain’t seen a woman since!”

I said “Lawrence, what are you talking about? My wife is in the house with me. She has been here the entire time, and you’re telling me you haven’t seen her?” He replied “First of all, call me Larry, I don’t like Lawrence” I said “OK, Larry”. He then went on to explain that he has not seen a woman for a “terrible long time”. He said “I use to see ‘em but some guy a while back got mad about some music, he got crazy and chased his woman all around the house, and then they went outside and I never saw the woman no more, the man came back and then left. Since then I ain’t seen no more woman”.

I told Larry that he had a serious problem. Most likely a mental block that resulted from a traumatic experience. I said to him “Go see a shrink”. Larry said “What’s that?” I said “Never mind”. Larry said “I wanna see a woman; I miss ‘em, they look nice and I thought they was all gone. I need help, I wanna see a woman”.

Then he disappeared again. I don’t know what that was all about, but I guess he needs to see a woman.

Oh well…..

My woman is now sitting here with me. The dinner dishes are done and the mess cleaned up. We are watching “America’s Got Talent”. Boy have they got some weirdo’s on this show.