Diaries

It was 34 degrees, sunny, and windy this morning. I left for Winston about 7:40 for a 9:30 appointment. After I finished up there I ran a couple of errands before meeting my friend Jean and her sister for lunch at Hickory Tavern. Jean and I had met up just before Christmas. Her sister lives in Augusta, GA and was up visiting for the week and wanted to see me. We all met ten or more years ago on one of the Holiday Tours trips to Chicago.

From lunch I headed back up the mountain. When I left Winston it was 53 degrees, sunny, and just a bit breezy. Here at the house when I arrived home around 2 pm it was 38 degrees and sunny with wind gusts over 50 mph.

After I let Colin out and did a couple of things here I had to head into town for a 3:15 staff meeting at the gym. We remain under a high wind warning until tomorrow morning.

Gym this morning. It was 38 degrees, cloudy, and breezy this morning. I went back into town after lunch for the Friends of the Library meeting.

It was cloudy all day and temperatures barely made it to the upper 40’s.

Gym this morning. It was 48 and cloudy when I took Colin out this morning.

Not much on the agenda for today so I decided to do a road trip. I drove over to West Jefferson to make a quick Wal-Mart stop to pick up a few odds and ends. From there I drove on over to Boone. My Subaru front fender has the holes drilled for a front plate but they are too far apart for standard American plates. I noticed some Subaru’s do not have the holes drilled for a plate.

North Carolina does not require a front plate but I had a NC lighthouses plate on my other car that I decided I wanted to put back on my new car. I did some online research and discovered you have to purchase a tag plate holder for a front plate.

Al stopped at the Subaru dealership in Winston, which is not a Modern Subaru but another dealership who I do not care to do business with. However, I was going to have him pick up the plate holder and bring it up. They told Al they would need the car in order to drill the holes and install the plate holder. I thanked Al for his troubles and told him I would call Modern in Boone . I They verified the front plate holder did not come standard, which was one of my questions, but they had them.

I could also use this as a test to see if I liked their service department. I do. They are very polite, did not take too long to install the plate holder and installed my plate, and did not charge and arm and a let to put it on. I will drive the extra 30 minutes when it comes time to do any service I need to have done.

It was 38 degrees and cloudy when I took Colin out this morning. I went to the gym, drugstore, and grocery store. After lunch I took the two rolling desk chairs and bag of assorted stuff to Cares and stopped in at the bookstore so I could talk with Joyce since she works Wednesday afternoons.

It was busy when I got there so I stayed for awhile to help. Joyce, Alice and our treasurer had a meeting scheduled for 2:30. I sat in on that then came back home.

Temperatures made it to the lower 40’s this afternoon. It started raining while I was in town and is supposed to rain all night,