Halloween & Car Problems

Last weekend was quiet at home and some more bathroom work, which some took a turn for the worse and more work to be fixed. Then last Sunday morning my car problems started thus cancelling my mountain bike ride and most of the week. I tackled on installing a new starter to in the end have battery problems as well and a new battery and a trip to the mechanic to find this out. Needless to say some of my savings were used up.

Natalia was with me just an overnight this weekend but as usual we have fun and we were both very happy to see each other. She received a few more surprises from her grandparents for Halloween and we spent most of our time at their house, Played some games where as again she beat her grandmother and me in Blokus. I wished her a great time out "trick or treating". I will see her again in a few days back to our normal routine.

Went on another 10km run during the week and Sunday morning met up with the AARP group for a nice mountain bike ride under nice weather. Finally got to see Anthony Johnson (aka 4%) after about 15 years. As always we all have a great time and manage to find things along the way to entertain ourselves with. As you can see Linda found the Iron Giant laying in front of  a house while we tried to lift him up.

Finished reading The Gods Themselves which is praised as a great sci-fi book and I didn't find it that great. It does have some new concepts and a bit of hard sci-fi. Overall I found this book entertaining. Received the book Hugo Cabret and read it this week and found it a nice children's story and unique with its many images as part of the story. Started to read the Other Log of Phileas Fogg and see how that story goes. Already have another stack of books I want to read. No movies this week and waiting for Terminator Genysis to release soon.

"He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster"

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Learned Pandemic and looking forward to playing this with others soon. However, played a few games of Pandemic Saturday and no wins. This game is brutal. Planning on learning Legendary Encounters: Aliens this week.

Weather this coming week expected to change and we may see sub freezing temperatures during the nights all week with a possibility of some light snow. A change from the warmer windier temperatures of this past week.

Who knew Vin Diesel was a "geek" inside.