The Week That Was

Last Thursday my sisters took me out to lunch at the Jantz Cafe in Atwater for my birthday. I always enjoy going there. We had a 'sliver' of pie even thought it was not free pie day. (grin) It was a very nice celebration for my birthday. I wore the scarf that Sandy knitted for me, but the picture didn't turn out too good.
In the afternoon I had the front brakes worked on and they rotated my tires. On the way home the front passenger tire blew. Big surprise! The tires are less than one year old. I haven't been careful with the tire pressure, so maybe that was the problem. When I went around a curve, I heard a noise, but it didn't feel like I ran over anything. When I stopped I saw that tire was really FLAT. I should have called AAA right then, but I was about a mile from home and decided to drive home and then call. I assumed the tire was wreaked already anyway, but that was probably not the case.
The next day I went to lunch with 3 friends at Carrows. We always have a long lunch and a good visit. After that I went to Costco to buy a new tire. (The other tires were not purchased there.) When I got home, I notice a back wheel was missing the hub cap. Good Grief!!!! (It wasn't the one with the new tire from Costco.) That car has had a total of 10 hub caps. They used to stay on just fine until about a little over a year ago. Two replacement hub caps came from the Dodge Garage, but they are so expensive now (one hundred dollars each) that I bought a set from Kragans that looked pretty good and only $40.00 for the set.
Now I have just one extra hub cab in the garage to replace the one I lost. Not too long ago, I was tired of losing hub cabs, so I hammered them on. That worked until I had the tires rotated. Guess I'll have to hammer them on again.
I'm through buying hub caps. Next time I'm going to splurge and buy new wheels that don't have covers.
So, what else is new?
Maggie's cat tree should be delivered tomorrow morning! I can't wait. Maybe it will keep her out of trouble for a little while. She tries to get into everything. Last week she jumped from the back of the recliner to the 7 foot bookcase, but didn't quite make it. She was scratching with her back legs, trying to pull herself up, but she's too heavy. She finally had to give up and fall to the floor.
The other day she tried to squeeze into a small space by a bookcase in the office. Well, a large heavy book fell over and got her head caught and she couldn't pull herself back out. It scared her and she panicked. Maybe the cat tree will hold her interest for a while.
Oh, here's a picture of my friends and I at Carrows. I'm wearing the scarf again that Sandy knitted for me, this time with a pink top. The lace scarf is really neat, it goes with anything because whatever you are wearing shows through the lace. It's made of New Zealand wool and is very light weight and soft. Thanks Sandy!!