Catching Up .....

I got an e-mail from a blog subscriber this morning asking if Sheila and I were OK.  It was the lady who sometimes rents us her cabin down by Octavia.  I hadn't posted to this blog in about a month and she was concerned for us.  That was very thoughtful of her but I should have expected as much.  Hill country Okies are good people.

Well gee, what's going on in our life?  The contractor has been here for two weekends replacing a rotted out bathroom floor and then re-tiling it.  As usual, he did a great job.  But, he was always a good kid even when I was his Sunday school teacher way back when.  Sure, he's kind of a charming rascal, but he's good at what he does and keeps his word.

My beloved Sonata is back in the body shop.  We reluctantly decided to change insurance companies.  Traveler's has been wonderful to us and I can't say enough kind things about their support staff.  But, their rates for Oklahoma took a big jump after last years storms and the recent brush fires.  I had some hail damage that I didn't even notice when it occurred.  But, several months later, when I let the car get dirty one day, I noticed I had numerous tiny hail dimples.  So, I thought it would be wise to get the claim in while I was still insured by the company that was insuring me when the damage occurred.

This week, I am driving a vanilla, 2012 Impala.  I used to like Impalas.  In the late fifties and early sixties they were fast and sexy.  Later, they turned into boats.  This one is a barge.  Don't get me wrong, everything works and works pretty well I guess. But, the car feels like it was designed by a committee and built by one. Everything about it from control locations to styling just screams "government motors."  It has all of the  style and personality of a bureaucrat.

How in the world U.S. automakers let the Koreans of all people steal so much of the market I will never know but they darn well did.  My two year old Sonata is still sexier, faster, more stylish and ever so much more comfortable than this Government Motors monstrosity that is supposed to compete with it.  Dang, if Hyundai doesn't try to make a fortune on me, I may keep my current lease car and if they do I may lease another.  I have to say, the Sonata is without a doubt the best car I have ever owned.

My pickup is still in the body shop and while that normally would not be much of a problem, without it I have not been able to go the farm and set up my turkey blind and feeder.  The season starts Nov. 3 and I should been throwing corn for the past month or so.

Well, that is a little part of what is going on in our world.  More when something happens.