2017 Trip – Blog #23 – More Vegas!

Sorry this is late.  I'm doing two posts today to get caught up

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017…..  Randy and Maryanne will drive back home later this evening.  Jeff & Krista fly out Friday.  Pat leaves back to Indiana Thursday. We all 4 fly out today.  We checked out of the rooms and took Penny to the airport.  Rick and Janie were staying until Thursday but they decided to go home a day early since it was so hot plus they had their dogs boarded. Lydia, Frances and I had some time.  Lydia texted both of the kids but they didn’t answer (turns out they were all at the pool). So we took a drive out to Hoover Dam.  Nice desert drive.  Glad we have good ac in the car.  Later, we drove to Cracker Barrel and had dinner.  We had some time before Frances’ flight so we went across the parking lot to the Bass Pro Shop and walked around. I took Frances to her airline and after we left we discovered she left her phone on the charger.  We drove back and missed the loop and drove back again.  By this time I just dropped off Lydia to find Frances and I drove to the car rental lot and got the shuttle back and we checked in and went through security and waited.  Our flight was delayed in San Francisco and our connection to Eugene would be tight.  We did make it but the brisk walk all the way across the terminal to our new gate was fun! We got back to Eugene at 12:30am and after waiting for our bag got back home about 1:40am.  We drove past our three pods that were dropped off while we were gone (Yaay!) and parked and went straight to bed.  Long day!   

Thursday, July 13th, 2017….. This morning Lydia slept in and I got up, showered, and started in on the pods.  Only lost one item to breakage (that we can see).  It will take several days to systematically unload each one.  Boxes are marked but there are several hundred to remove! I left for a few minutes to go to Xfinity/Comcast to get my internet ordered and set up for install. Later in the morning the washer and dryer were delivered.

The guys set up everything but they don’t hook up the gas lines.  Lydia had purchased water lines and a dryer kit w/gas lines so I pulled out the dryer and found that it was good to go but found that they didn’t provide the water line used for the steam feature on the dryer.  We will go back to Lowe’s for that later. But back to the pod for now. I managed to get all of the smaller, lighter items out of pod # 1.  With the backs off all of the lazy boy living room pieces, I could move all of those items in by myself. Lydia helped me with the coach and loveseat bottoms so we were able to get that room set up. Still needs a rug but we’ll go shopping later next week. The rest of the pod had all of the HEAVY bedroom furniture. I’m going to need serious help with that!

After resting a bit, we drove to Lowe’s to pick up the water line and returned and I got that done. That's enough for today, I have jet lag, didn't sleep long enough last night plus I'm pooped from today!   

2017 Trip – Blog #22 – Prepping the House and Heading to Vegas!

Sunday, July 9th, 2017…..  The weather here has been really nice.  The mornings start out kind of chilly, even though some days are overcast while some start out sunny.  The clouds break anywhere from 10:00am to noon and then it warms up.  Mornings get down to 52° and days get up to 85°.  I decided to start on prep on the wainscoting and crown moulding in the dining room. There is so much oak in this house and too much in the dining room for our tastes so I need to sand it down to prep for paint. But first we went to breakfast.  I wanted to try the little place we had spotted in downtown area before called Doc’s Place, but it was closed.  Another place to try was Korner Kitchen, which is just outside of the downtown area.  I liked it although the gravy was just ok. After breakfast we stopped at Walmart and found masks to wear when I do the sanding.  We also checked for inflatable beds.  We found the queen size one we were looking for but they also had a twin on sale so we bought that as well.  We can keep one for my room plus another for the craft room.  That way we can sleep just about as many folks as needed. We had a meeting at 1:00pm with a newer landscaper Aimee gave us so we had time to run into Albany to check out queen beds at Costco.  I stopped at the member desk and changed our address and then found the beds.  I had seen them before but Lydia wanted to look.  That done we headed back to Rife’s (a chain store up here very similar to Ashley’s) and bought the bed set.  We got a queen bed frame with headboard and footboard, dresser w/mirror, and one nightstand, all in white.  They had the same model mattress (Serta) as Costco and it was on sale cheaper there so we bundled and bought it all.  Plus it’s only one delivery!

That done, we scooted back home in time to meet with Kirk.  We all walked the property and told him what we need.  We decided to have someone come in and weed and plant/replant and re-mulch the flower beds.  There’s so much and Walt really neglected it over the last two years after losing his wife. Now it’s too overwhelming for us so it’s the right move for us to get it put back into shape.  Then we can maintain it from there.  We should get his bid while we are in Vegas.

Once that was done, we decided it was too hot to work on the room. We went back to the rig and watched races.  We hung around not thinking about dinner until it was too late to get something out.  We had heard about Ixtapa, supposedly the best of the Mexican food in Lebanon so we tried it out.  Town is only 5 minutes away. It was really good and we will be back!  I did go back and mask off some more of the woodwork.  The room has light yellow paint, and has oak glass doors and oak moulding around the doors and windows plus oak crown moulding. It’s really nice work and gorgeous and we will leave that alone (at least for now) but the oak wainscoting was more than we wanted in that room! The plan is to paint the wainscoting white and the walls gray.  The ceiling is white and is in good shape so that will stay. I only worked for a short time and got everything taped and then stopped there.

Next up was to gather up all of the things we need to pack for the Vegas trip. We got most of that done and then relaxed for the night.   

Monday, July 10th, 2017….. We got up early and stopped at Aimee’s office and dropped off her gift. We also stopped at the campground and picked up mail there.  We parked in the short term lot ($10. w/handicap tap/plate) and checked in.  Flights were ok and we got into Vegas at 5:10pm, picked up the rental car (they upgraded me to a full size so we began ahead!) and headed to the Monte Carlo.  Lydia’s sister, Frances, had gotten us rooms with her Mlife gaming points. Rick and Janie came in (via their rv) and we all went down to Johnny Rockets for a quick meal.  We then went over to Treasure Island to meet up with Jeff, Krista, and her mother, Pat.  We went up to their room and visited for a while before going home to end the day.    

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017….. Frances’ points got us three breakfasts in the buffet and Rick and Janie joined us.  I then left for the airport to pick up my sister and then we all visited and relaxed for a while.  Rick and Janie met us later in the chapel.  We had champagne and waited for everyone to show up.  Randy and Maryanne and Jeff’s buds Wes and Eric met us there as well.  The wedding went extremely well.  

Krista is a lovely bride!  They are both so happy.  After pictures and more champagne we went down to the casino bar for more drinks and partying!  

After a while everyone got hungry so we hit the TI Buffet and had dinner.  They wanted 18% gratuity for one table of 13 so we split up!  Hah hah! Later, we said our goodbyes to everyone and we all (Frances, Penny, and us) went back to our rooms and we ended the day tired and full but happy. 

2017 Trip – Blog #21 – Haircuts, Hula, a First Meal and First Lawn Work!

Friday, July 7th, 2017…..  Although we had a chance to sleep in today, I woke up

at 6:00am and couldn’t go back to sleep. I went in and took a shower in the house (nice!) and came back out and Lydia was still sleeping.  She eventually woke up and took her shower.  We ate breakfast and watched a few minutes of the Tour de France and talked about our plans for the day.  We both wanted to get haircuts and then she had a nail appointment @ 1:00.  Earlier I got a text and then a call from my sister saying that her offer had been accepted!  She’s still in a situation of being both excited and nervous.  It’s a lifestyle change. We were ready for it but everyone is different.  Plus she’s by herself which makes it harder. But at least she’ll be close by so that helps.

Later, we went to Walmart and got our hair cut and then went shopping and picked up a few cleaning supplies. We then went back home and after we unloaded the car I started up the string trimmer and knocked down some of the weeds closest to the motorhome. 

Lydia started on the kitchen. I finished 90% of my work and then rested a bit and Lydia came out to rest and to check on me.  We watched more of the race then set out to clean the refrigerator and scrub the kitchen floor.  Both were ok but we needed to get them cleaned just to feel better.  That done, we came back to the rig. Lydia took off a bit later to get her nails done and I watched the rest of today’s Tour. I did go out and finish up the cutting.  My across the street neighbor, Rick, saw me working and drove his lawn mower over and asked me if I wanted to use it.  Nice offer but I declined telling him I was just playing around a bit and that my tractor was coming next week. He also told me they have their field mowed ($100) by a guy 2-3 of times a season.  He uses his riding mower to do his own lawn which is about the same size as ours.  I’m calling his guy to get more info and maybe a bid.  Rick also volunteered to help me with weed control after the season. Meanwhile, Aimee’s landscaper friend we had called, called back and we set a time on Sunday for him to take a look at my flowerbeds and give us an estimate.  It’s certainly worth the money. We have so much work at the start just to get them presentable again. If he weeds, removes dead plants, and re-mulches we can take it from there with maintenance. Later in the afternoon we decided to fix dinner. We had bought stuff for tacos which was the first meal fixed in the house.  We don’t have any furniture yet so we took it back to the motorhome to sit and eat.  Then back in to wash dishes and then back to the rig for the rest of the night.  We find it extremely quiet here – almost too quiet to sleep.  But I’m sure we’ll learn to get used to that in no time at all!  J

  

Saturday, July 8th, 2017…..  Last week Aimee made the mistake of telling us she was performing (hula dancing) with her group at the Corvallis Farmer’s Market today.  So we decided to go surprise her.  We rolled up to the downtown market street and parked and walked around and checked out everything.  It was a small area but there were a lot of booths.  And boy, what a selection of vegetables! Huge tomatoes, huge sweet onions, super colorful rhubarb, etc. etc. 

We leave on Monday so we didn’t buy too much, just a couple of tomatoes. We found the hula ladies.  

Problem was we didn’t spot Aimee!  Turns out she had a rough night sleeping last night and begged out for today. Oh well, maybe next time.  We drove back through town and stopped at Sherwin Williams paint store to get some color swatches.  Jeff has an account with them so we can get his discount when we buy the paint.  That done we drove up to Albany and stopped at Loafer’s, a place Aimee told us she and her hubby like to go for dinner.  We picked up a $100. gift card which we will attach to a big dark chocolate candy bar (her favorite), along with a thank you card, to give to her later. We ran the Honda through a car wash and then later stopped at Lowe’s and picked up paint supplies.  We stopped at Fred Meyer to get a couple of thank you cards (the other for Mary, our agent in Eugene). We also hit a few furniture/mattress stores on the way back home.  Once back, we unloaded the car and each of us made our own lunches and then we rested and watched the Tour de France. I spent some time laying out floor protection for the dining room, which is the first room I will tackle once we get back from Vegas.

I guess we must have had a late lunch (didn’t notice the time) and neither of us felt hungry so we skipped dinner and snacked later and settled in to watch tv.     

2017 Trip – Blog #20 – Escrow Papers and Then Move In Day!

Wednesday, July 5th, 2017…..  Today we go sign escrow papers and get the wire transfer done. I woke up early – again another anxious day! – and did my walk while the girls got ready.  We drove up to Lebanon and went to Apple Tree for breakfast and then went to our 10:00am meeting/signing at the escrow office. That only took a few minutes.  Aimee met us there and told Penny no response yet on her offer.  We had an 11:30am appointment at our bank in Corvallis to get the wire transfer done.  We were early and had to wait for him to come in but we still got in and out in a few minutes.  We had the rest of the afternoon free until we had to take Penny to the airport.  We stopped at a few furniture sales stores just to look around.  One was mostly imported stuff but we did stop at one place where everything was made right there in the factory from Oregon sourced wood.  Very nice but very pricey! We continued on home and threw chicken pies in the convection oven for an easy meal before we headed off to the airport.  She is stressed out about the offer but excited about it too.  Fingers crossed. We came back home and rested for the evening and caught up on the Tour de France. Aimee called us later in the evening to let us know escrow funded and we could get our keys tomorrow at the house!  Yaaay!   Later, I took sis to the airport and on the way Aimee called with the seller’s counteroffer.  Still a bit off on the deal so I dropped her off with a bunch of numbers swimming around in her head.  She will do her financial planning, crunch the numbers and come up with an answer she’s comfortable with.  Again, we’ll see.  I stopped at Costco on the way home to check on their beds.  We still need to buy one for the guest room, along with furniture for that room.  Just checking at this time.  I got home and Lydia was ready for ice cream so we headed to Coburg and got some waffle cones and celebrated a bit!     

Thursday, July 6th, 2017…..  Even though we wanted to get there asap, we slept in a bit and then got the rig prepped for travel.  We left around 9:00am and decided to not tow since it was only a short drive.  At about 9:40 we turned down our new street and into our new driveway and parked at our new home! 

Aimee put the keys in her lock box and yesterday gave us the code. I got the key to the workshop and figured out where to park the rig so I could plug in.  We found out that Walt will be coming back with a rented trailer to haul his jeep away so I parked to give him room to get it out. Problem was I wanted to park right where the jeep was parked.  So I just pushed it out enough so that Walt could get to it easily and I could slide in next to the workshop. The workshop does not currently have 30 or 50 amp service so we are limited to usage on the 20 amp service. Our plan is to use the rig to sleep in and to watch tv in and we’ll shower and cook in the house. I need to call in an electrician to get that wiring updated and it’s on our list. We leave on 7/10 to fly to Vegas for Jeff’s wedding.  Our three pods get here on 7/11 but we are not required to be here so we gave instructions on where to place each of them in the driveway. We get back late on 7/12 so we’ll be able to start unloading on 7/13. Aimee came by to pick up her lockbox that had the keys in it so we spent some time with her before she had to leave.  First time she’s seen our coach so now she wants a motorhome!  We spent the rest of the day moving clean/dirty clothes, towels, toiletries, food, and paperwork into the house. Then we started looking at where we wanted to start our work.  I need to familiarize myself with the systems both in the house and in the garage and workshop.  We have a crawlspace under the house as well as attic access.  Walt left a small ladder (and I’ll use it tomorrow for the attic) but I did take a peek under the house.  Everything looks ok from the entrance but I’ll leave exploration for another day. I had checked out the irrigation system the other day on the walk thru so I now need to look at each of the timer boxes (one in the garage and one in the workshop) so I know which zones work where and that was pretty straight forward.  The drip system probably has a mile of lines so that will take a while! As you can see from the picture Walt did not mow before he sold the mower! 

 

Later in the afternoon, Walt's finance's grandson came by with a trailer to pick up the jeep.It took us an hour or more to winch it up and get it tied down for the trip back to Redmond. Hope he makes it!

The grass area and fields are really high. My mower doesn’t get delivered until 7/17. I couldn’t stand the weeds around the motorhome so when we went for lunch we kept going to Coast Farm/Ranch Supply and I bought a Stihl gas powered string trimmer and gas cans and earmuffs, etc. They pre-ran it for me and showed me a little about it.  Tomorrow I will chop down some of the weeds around the workshop so at least we will have a path to the rv!  I did manage to get a Directv box hooked up in the house.  We did some calculating about rooms we needed tvs in and decided we needed at least one more – maybe two! I have a small 15” I use when in the motorhome to hook up to local cable so we can get local info wherever we are. That tv is moveable so I used that one just to test.  We will be calling Direct soon but we want all of our tvs here so we can get them all done at the same time. Side note – we have yet to see a Directv truck here.  We’re told that they contract through Centurylink for this area.   Centurylink is one of the internet providers here and we’re told they use dsl which is not very fast.  We want Directv but we want Comcast internet if possible.  Tomorrow I will make some calls to see what I can do.

As I said, we went into town and ate and it was kinda late so we considered that our linner. Even though the house is air conditioned and was really nice we went out to the motorhome to watch the larger tvs (and our taped programs), before going to bed.  Busy day (but super fun!)        

2017 Trip – Blog #19 – Happy Birthday, Happy 4th and Another Offer!

Monday, July 3rd, 2017…..  HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL! We called him to wish him a happy day and talked with them for 25-30 min.  Then we set out back up to Lebanon. We had a 10:00am meeting at Penny’s first house to tour.  But we first drove by Oak Creek Way. Walt has scheduled the sprinkler repair for today but we didn’t see any truck on the property. Maybe later.  We stopped at Mickey D’s for a quick meal and then hooked up with Aimee. 

After looking at the houses in Lebanon yesterday that were on her list, Penny found several that she wants to see today.  We had previously showed her some we had found earlier and she really liked the one on Moss St. The realtor websites showed it as available but unfortunately Aimee shows it on her MLS as pending sale. The houses we saw on Saturday all needed a little fixer upper help which could run up her up-front costs making it less of a bargain. But it did help Penny make a choice to up her dollar figure to maybe get more choices and maybe save on reno costs. So she made arrangements with Aimee to see those that were available today. In between visits to these places I called the water and power companies to check status and get the Oak Creek bills in our names.  It was easy with the gas company. It was semi easy with the electric company.  They gave me the option to provide prior payment history (prompt payments with SCE) in order to waive the $140. start-up deposit. So the problem arose when I contacted Edison to request that this letter be created and then faxed.  “We don’t fax. We can send you an email”. Fine. Nothing showed up. I called back. “It takes 24 hours to be received”.  Huuh? Ok fine. “We always send out the letter via us mail”.  Fine. I have 10 days to provide to them.  Bottom line, the power to the house is not going to be shut off – it’s all paperwork. Finally got that done. Wheew!  All this while we were seeing homes. But then after a few, we went to THE house! This one ticked off all the boxes and she found everything she was looking for.  We did see two more to add to the confusion but after talking a bit with Aimee about the seller’s motivation and what he would be willing to do to prep the house (it currently has renters) for sale, and after talking more later at dinner and thinking about it on the way home she called Aimee and said she will probably be making an offer tomorrow.   

As for us, tomorrow we have an appointment to do the final walk through.  Yaay! We get to see just what he’s left us and what we need to do.  He has told both agents he was on schedule to be out on Sunday. We did see him on Sunday but not yesterday so he may have all of his stuff out and has left.  Later, on the way home, we drove by and we did see the sprinkler repair vehicle there. We’re guessing he didn’t need to be there for the repair because we didn’t see his truck. The main thing is the repair gets done.  Looks like we’re on track!

Tuesday, July 4th, 2017…..  HAPPY 4^TH OF JULY!!!  I couldn’t sleep last night!  We are getting so close to getting our house! We got cleaned up, made breakfast, and left, and met Aimee at the house. The walk through went well. 

Turns out about the only thing he left behind was an old Jeep CJ sitting out next to the workshop.  Problem is he we won’t know until we get possession if it stays or not.  And if it does stay we need to know if he will leave me the pink slip.  If not I will have to probably sell it for scrap.

After that we went back to Penny’s #1 house choice (2.7 miles away) so she could check out a few things.  After walking it again and taking pictures she’s decided to make an offer! So they went back to Aimee’s office to write it up.  There are other folks set to see the house today so it’s up in the air what will happen. Meanwhile, we went to Lowe’s and Home Depot to look at their washers & dryers.  After comparing their 4^th of July sale prices and some online at other places, she chose a pair from Lowe’s. I dropped her off to get them ordered then went to get Penny as they were finishing up and then we picked up Lydia and headed back towards home.  We decided to stick around the campground tonight so we stopped at the store for potatoes to go with steaks we had prepped earlier. We added salad and the meal was delicious!  We rested and talked about the day’s events and what each of our next steps are going to be. Then we sat out to see if anyone was doing fireworks and then watched tv.  

2017 Trip – Blog #18 – Looking at More Houses!

                                      

Saturday, July 1st, 2017…..  My sister, Penny, flew up today.  She is interested in relocating to Oregon and buying around us so she wanted to come see what’s in the area.  She’s here till the 5^th so today we picked her up at the Eugene airport and headed north to Albany to meet with Aimee. She had set up the first of a couple of places she has found in Albany.  Penny’s price range is going to allow for mostly smaller homes or larger fixer uppers and we’ve heard both are going pretty quickly right now. In the next few days we’ll see what she likes, if anything, and what she wants to do.  One possibility is to find a short term rental so she can be close by if/when something lists. Or she can stay with us just to be close by. We’ll see. We did see four homes plus one that we peeked in that was not yet on the market.  That done, we went back home but stopped first at Coburg Pizza and had dinner.  She was pooped and went to sleep pretty early.    

Sunday, July 2nd, 2017…..  Today the plan was to go to Lebanon.  We gave her a quick tour of the town and drove out to our place so she could orient herself.  Then we did drive-bys on homes she had info for.  She was interested in several of them.  Aimee volunteered to meet us at 3:00pm but we decided to ask for viewings tomorrow to give her the Sunday off. We drove back to Eugene and then headed up to Leaburg.  We wanted to show her the other house we had interest in. After seeing both (although she only saw Leaburg from the outside), she said she liked our choice better.  Since we were coming back via Springfield we decided to stop back at Plank Town Brewery for dinner.  Penny tried the pulled pork/sliced apple, Lydia and I had chicken sandwiches which were both good.  I sampled a flight of 4 beers, liked 3 of them. Just enough to taste! We drove home and had cookies for dessert and I watched a tape of the Tour de France.     

2017 Trip – Blog #17 – Sticker Shock and Cough Medicine!

  

Thursday, June 29th, 2017…..  After sleeping on it, we decided to go get the $1519. mower from Sears.  But we did have to make a trip to BofA to get info on what would be involved in getting our wire transfer done.  Escrow sent us instructions which I emailed to our bank guy so he could be prepared. That done we went to KFC for a light lunch.  We stopped at the Sears store in Corvallis to check their returns but it was just a satellite store so they didn’t have anything. We drove to Lebanon and went down Hwy 20 and I noticed a lawnmower sitting out in front of a used tool store.  We stopped and here’s where it gets interesting!  It was Walt’s mower!  Turns out he sold most of his stuff to that store, probably in bulk like I wanted to do with him.  I found the table saw, his lathe, drill press, etc, etc.  All were ridiculously priced (they wanted $2999 for the lawnmower!) so we drove on, knowing where his stuff went and that we could expect the place to be bare when we get in (which is what we expected). We headed back down to Eugene via back roads and stopped in Brownsville at another quilt store.  Then we went to Sears. We got a younger salesperson who was ready to write us up.  He was just explaining that the returned mower came with a 30 return policy but that the 30 days starts when we buy the mower, not when we take possession.  I was upset.  Then Tom, the older fellow we spoke to yesterday took over and immediately said we didn’t want the returned mower.  Turns out that even though it was the previous model, it was returned for whatever reason a year ago and is still unsold.  Tom had previously checked the serial number but didn’t get much info and said he couldn’t even guarantee that it would even run.  That and the 30 day policy convinced me!  We looked at the other models and long story short – we opted for the new model plus upgraded to the Pro series. Walt's old mower had a 52" blade.  This model has a 54" blade and is the largest they make (short of those commercial models you see mowing the parks). The next step up is a brush hog that you pull behind a big tractor. 

Here's what I have to mow:

And I got the 3 year extended warranty. Plus they will deliver as I don’t have my truck up here yet. So I’m now is sticker shock for real! But at least we know that we have the best they sell and that it will do what we want it to do. We headed home and rested.  Lydia was napping on the drive.  She has had a nagging cough for a few days now.  She thinks it sinus drainage as it only bothers her when she first gets up and then lessens as she gets hot liquids in her. She’s taking an antihistamine which is making her sleepy. We’ll get a non drowsy version when we get back to the store.  But she called Scan anyway just to double check if there are any restrictions about finding an urgent care should we need to go.  We’re good plus I’ll be keeping a close eye on her. 

Later, I was out talking with our neighbor, Lee, when Lydia texted asking if I was hungry.  She’s feeling fine so we decided to go out for a light meal.  We chose Elmer’s and she had a cobb salad and I had French dip both of which were very tasty.  I think she’s decided that she’s come down with a cold that she thinks she got by laying in bed with the air conditioning blowing directly on her.  We looked up CVS stores in the area in case she calls in to her doctor for a z-pak or something else. Turns out the Target close by us has a CVS pharmacy inside their store. After that, we went home to find a line of rigs waiting to check in.  Interesting note – the office here closes at 5:00pm sharp.  We see rigs coming in for the day as late as 9:00pm. Remember, it doesn’t get dark here until 9:30! These guys have to either find their reservations on the board or self register and find an available space. Maybe I should volunteer to man the office for them!  NOT!  

Friday, June 30th, 2017…..   We’re still getting used to the weather here.  Nights and are cool (in the 50s) and this morning, even though the skies were crystal clear with no clouds, it was still pretty chilly. I go out for my walks each morning and I’ve found the round trip to the Dari Mart is about 1 mile.  Better than nothing! By the time I get back I have to take off my long sleeve shirt.  It got up to 85° yesterday so we usually run the air for a while especially if we’ve been gone for any length of time, to cool off the rig if there’s no breeze. Lydia’s cough is no better and she called in earlier to her doctor so we hung around the rig for a while.  We needed to go the grocery store for a few things so we did that.  The doctor sent a prescription to CVS so I headed there to pick it up.  Hopefully it will help. We fixed dinner and then drove into town for ice cream and then came back and watched tv.