End of the first week almost living in Maricopa!

The house that I bought this week is really turning into a nice feeling home! The power and water are both on and I am only waiting on the gas to be turned on so that I have hot water to shower with! Today I pulled the weeds in the front yard so as to be in compliance with the H.O.A. rules and I set up the 2 new queen beds and my Arizona drum set! The acoustics in the house are amazing! I had my stereo blaring as I rocked out on the drums for a little break from filling the trash can with errant weeds! Tomorrow I will take the last load from my temporary living quarters out to my new place and come back in time to watch the game between the Seahawks and the Cardinals on TV with the Clausen's! Its a routine at there place!

35677 W. Velazquez Drive. has closed! I'm not homeless!

Today was the day! I signed all the papers and gave them the money and I own the house! I feel like I was in limbo for a very long time, but in reality it was only a short time in escrow terms! So tomorrow I get the key and start the preparation for moving in all my shtuff! The house needs some cleaning and possibly some paint, but vacuuming and scrubbing is on my do now list for sure! So after signing I spent some money so the house will have the necessities, thats right the bear necessities of life! And with any luck I will be ready for my first company at the time when my friend Marshall helps me move my stuff into my most humble abode! Peace!

Jon

Heading north for a visit!

D-Day Thats right its driving day and its today! After I get some sleep that is! Right now its just after midnight! But I can wait no longer to come north for a visit! This is a short post just to let you know my plans! (those of you that it makes a difference to!) Because there are a lot of you that I would like to see when I get there! Give me a call starting Monday if you want a visit and I will be around for a few days! I love you guys! You know who you are! Jon (509)264-3065

Sweet Ground Chocolate!

Anyone that knows me knows that I am a chocoholic and coffee snob! And anyone reading this knows now! I ran out of Guittard's Sweet Ground Chocolate within two weeks of getting to Arizona! So the search was started just before then to find another source of the fine ambrosia for my home made mocha's! I found three places that even dealt with Guittards! And only one place sounded accommodating to my need to buy a supply of the perfect powder for my coffee! That place is Cerreta's Candy company in Glendale AZ! Tony,(pictured above) was and is my connection here in Arizona for the powder I have become addicted to! Chocolate addictions are not illegal in this state as far as I know! I could go on to tell you that this chocolate has to be kept at between 60 and 70 degrees for it to stay good! , and it takes a special truck to ship it from San Francisco to the Phoenix area in the summer, but that would be just too much to read! Oooops! Well a perfect mocha has its price and it is worth the effort to make one! My opinion! And as a bonus, they make wonderful chocolate candy in many of my favorite combinations there at Cerretas! So I bought five pounds of their creations to bring me out of the depression that sometimes plagues me down here! Thank you God for chocolate! And thanks Mom for eating so much chocolate when you were pregnant with me! I have never complained about being a fetal-chocoholic syndrome baby! I consider it a privilege! Bye! Jon

Monsoon season still on!

Arizona monsoon season is altogether spectacular at times! The clouds build all day into magnificent thunderheads that some evenings grow fangs and claws and they move closer to the ground and start flashing brilliant arcs of light through their dark lofty beings! Then the wind seems to pick up sometimes all at once in a massive dust cloud that looks like a moving wall! Then the wind gets moving and the thunder and lightning get closer and the show really begins!

At times the rain just isn't in all the monsoon where you are at, dry monsoon? But most of the time the rain will start in and dump in a torrent like the sky just flushed! Either way it lends for a spectacular show! Tonight it just ended in a beautiful sunset! Such beauty in life! Jon

Toyota T-100

Hello once again! I thought I should put in a pic of the new to me truck that I bought!

So here it is! Not too bad for a 93 T-100! One thing I didn't know was that in Arizona you don't

give up your license plate when you sell your vehicle! So I found this out after I bought this truck! I had to go down to the nearest Library and go online to the MVD of Arizona and pay money for a 3 day pass and print it out and put it on the window for the police to see! So I did!

Then I found out that the truck had a locking gas cap and no key! I called the guy back and asked and he had thrown them away a week earlier not remembering that they went to anything! So I used my leatherman and made short work of the cap and filled the tank! It drove home without a glitch! So it stayed parked there until today when I went to get it changed into my name and plated! That is when I found out it needed to go through emissions! A first for me! So I found out where the place was and got in line. 30 minutes later my truck was being tested! After the test and paying $27.75 they told me it FAILED! So I had to park it and go inside to talk to their personnel ! It was nerve racking but I went she told me it was the carbon filter system and we went out for her to show me! It ended up being a hose unconnected and I

plugged it back in and got back in line! This time after another 30 minute wait it passed! And

I was off to the license place! Got my plate and title and I am legal to drive the truck now! Jon

Hello once again! Maricopa is fast becoming the place that I will call home! The house you see in the pictures is a house that my offer was accepted on, and if its inspection is good then I will most likely be buying it! It is 3 years old and has 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths, 1884 sq/ft and is in great shape! The best part is I offered 4 thousand less than the asking price and they took it! Can you believe $68,000.00! ?

You couldn't even buy the lot that its built on for that price in Wenatchee! Wednesday is the inspection day and I plan to be there to bug the inspector in a non-bugging sort of way! I am paying for the inspection after all!Today I bought a 93 Toyota T-100 in preparation for moving in furniture and the three appliances that I still need to get! And the landscaping will need to be done this winter! If not this house!Peace! Jon