Odds & Ends

MORRIS: He has settled in so good! But, all he does is eat, look out the window and sleep. This is the "Morris Throne" and where he spends his time. He has certainly become a lazy cat but then there isn't the stimulation that he had in Tucson with the golfers, animals, etc.

EUROPEAN WASHER/DRYER: The concept is great but it takes forever to do the laundry. To start with, you can only get about 1/2 the clothes in it that we usually can put into a washer. Yes, it's great that they go from wash to dry in the same machine. But then you can't put any Bounce or any thing in the dryer cycle. What people do is do the wash, set it for abut 40 minutes dry and then put it into a European Dryer with a Bounce, etc. It takes 1.5 hours to get through the wash and initial dry plus another hour in the regular dryer. It takes forever! I can't imagine someone with a family using these machines.

STAINLESS STEEL SINKS: People who have them and live in Tucson know that it is a constant battle with water spots on the sinks. After about 3 days here with one, I realized there are no water spots on it. What a difference the water makes!

OFFICE: We miss having an "office" with a printer, etc. The laptop has worked out better than I expected since I don't like doing much typing on a laptop keyboard. But having it on a corner of the counter isn't the most efficient. I do have a small printer but haven't figured out where to set it up. But oh well......

RESIDENT VS TOURIST: We have a list of things we want to do and keep forgetting that we are going to be here for more than a week so don't have to get them all done in a few days. Today we kicked back and played dominos for the afternoon.

It's Friday night so we're going back to the Peabody Hotel to listen to the duo who will be playing in the Lobby Bar again. 8-)