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I’ve been around Loveland pretty much now, and I find it is fairly easy to do so. A couple of one-way streets had me driving around a larger area around the DMV and driver’s license place but I did finally manager to become a bone-fide citizen of CO. Somebody is coming up with a bill to make people not smile on the driver’s license. What a pile or —- that is; smiling is good, for heaven’s sake. Wonder who thought that one up and why. Maybe I’ll send a letter to the editor; will be my second already since I’ve been here. The first was about singers and the National Anthem. I suggested it would be nice if the singers would sign it the way it was written with no added notes, and sung fast enough so folks would know it’s not a funeral or a love song. Singers should also quit with the emoting, such as bending over or screwing up their faces or other such methods to show how much they are ‘feeling the song.’ It got published. The second one I wrote was a method of getting rid of houseplant bugs when bringing an indoor plant back inside for the winter. That involved buying cedar pencils, not the painted one, breaking or cutting them into about 4 inch pieces, splitting them lengthwise, removing the lead and then sticking the wood pieces into the dirt – 4 to a 4 inch pot, etc. It really work. The bugs don’t like the cedar.
Boy, do I digress.
I’ve found a doctor’s office (Suzanne’s dr actually), a therapist for my stiff shoulder, an opthamologist, a great super grocery store (King Sooper), some nice restaurants, and a pharmacy. I’m not doing meds by mail anymore!
I did tell y’all about the storage units. I have the boxes that were packed with my Mother’s stuff: china, crystal, glassware, etc. Suzanne is currently in Los Angeles getting training for her job. She’ll be back around the 25th and once she gets herself put together and has a schedule of some sort, we will go thru the boxes, take pictures of the stuff, and then put the pictures on a website for all the kids to sort through and ask for specific things. When we get that set up, I’ll send all the kids an email to look for the website and state their preferences.
There are several boxes in her garage. Fortunately Paul’s truck is too big for the garage. 
I look pretty decent on my driver’s license, and my license plate number (one front and back; PA was only the back) is way easy – 079 TRY. Can’t get much simpler than that.
It is so nice to have a a washer and dryer available in the apartment and not have to run to a laundry room elsewhere in the building or in town somewhere. All I have to do is get them folded when they’re done.
Except for the lack of storage in the apartment, it is really a decent size. The balcony is nice and there’s enough rain that I haven’t had to water much. I do have an African daisy (aka Gerbera daisy) that son/DIL in MD gave me for Mother’s Day. The pot is really too small and I have room in planter boxes which Suzanne carried from the car to the cart and then to the balcony. Did I tell you mgmt has several of the wire grocery carts you see people carry folded up or open? They also have this thing (!) on a wheeled-base and then a piece of plywood nailed on. It’s used for bulky stuff like planter boxes, soil, filing cabinets, etc. I still don’t have a cabinet up over the desk shelf for the computer stuff, books and paper etc. That comes next month.
The top of the bathroom vanity comes to JUST under my boobs! No kidding – it is 36 inches top to the floor. And no shelves of any sort in it! Ridiculous. I will get some wire shelves which Target has and is perfect for adding additional space in kitchen cupboards. The height of the kitchen cupboards is the same and it is too high to do some things. They are taller than the one I’m used to. Only the bathroom one seems awkward for some reason.
I guess I’ve about worn out this subject – but if anything exciting happens, I’ll let you know.
Take care all; stay warm or cool as required, and stay healthy.
Jo