Song: A Fight For Our Motherland
(From The Film: Musa)
Although the sofa had arrived yesterday evening...
I decided to wait until today to set it up.
OMG!
I thought it would have weighed about 50 lbs...tops.
Oh no...
the packages must have weighed over 220 lbs combined (100 Kilos).
The sofa came in a strongly vacuum sealed plastic...
which had super compressed the sofa and pillows
(It will take three days to fully expand after opening).
As the packages were so bulky and heavy...
instead of lifting them up...
I had to stand them on end and tip them over...
time and again...
as I made my way from the front of the garage to the inside of the guest room
(they are filled with a very high density foam).
As it will take several days to expand to its natural height...
and to fully fill out...
I won't be using it until then.
The top cushion and pillows were in the second box...
and will just rest beside the sofa until they also expand to their full dimensions.
I will be so comfy in it as I watch my shows and movies...
in a few days.
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Last night...
my wife had made beef and bean chili...
sausage penne...
and avocado salad for supper.
This early afternoon...
my wife made sautéed butter and garlic baked peppers, shishito, onions and tomatoes...
along with a couple of crab cakes for an appetizer for me
(she ate most of the veggies...so they were just another appetizer for me).
In the meantime...
she had air fried chunks of salmon to include them with penne.
This was my main dish...
Memmi Salmon Penne.
I also had a couple of slices of baked sweet potatoes.
And for dessert...
I had four different mochi cakes:
Tiramisu...
Mocha...
Milk...
and Purple Taro.
After Bandi had eaten...
she again just relaxed on her bed.
Bandi was just yawning here.
Bandi is just so cute.
She loves just being around us...
and as we are empty nesters...
she is like our child...
and...
yes...
we spoil her
(Princess Bandi :)
My wife is still rearranging the kitchen to her liking.
She made the left side of the sink into the dish drying area.
As the sky looked a couple of hours ago.
So...
I took Bandi on a mountain top run just before sunset.
We had just started up the road from home.
We always leave about one half an hour before sunset...
so we may arrive in time...
without having to wait around too long at the top.
The height of Autumn colors usually arrive here around the first of Oct...
but they start in mid Sept.
Upon our arrival at the top...
there was an eerie mist about the cloud formations directly to the West.
Bandi resting as I photographed the unfolding sunset to the left of us in this pic...
but you can see a light mist in the sky.
The mist turned orange as the sun began to set.
It was a nice sunset...
but just as we were headed down the mountain...
a cool, but brisk wind kicked up...
and I had to zip up my jacket some...
as although it wasn't that cold...
the wind must have reached 20 MPH or so...
but after a while...
the wind died down.
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Bandi is in much better shape now.
Where I used to have to keep the speed down to 6 MPH or so during her run...
and give her many breaks along the way...
she now wants to keep running at 8 MPH uphill...
and 10 MPH downhill...
with only a couple of very short breaks along the way.
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I am now going to do some stretching...
and then take a nice hot shower before relaxing in bed.
I will have to get to bed earlier than normal as we are
starting to do things during the daytime...
so I must wean myself from my nocturnal habit.
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Tomorrow...
we will do some shopping at Walmart in Woodland Park...
as well as eat at a Mediterranean restaurant.
On Monday...
we plan to drive to...
and through...
the Million Dollar Highway to see the Autumn colors...
as well as some magnificent mountain views.
I will be taking many photos to share here.
