Undoubtedly, you’re
all waiting to hear how wonderful my Northlake Tavern small combination pizza
was…well, wait no longer. As I posted my plan yesterday, I began calling just a
bit before 11:00 am, opening time, and all I ever got whenever I gave it try
was a, “…sorry, we’re busy….” message. I finally gave up.
I also sent my
friend that had waited three hours to get two medium (the only size being made)
pizzas, but haven’t heard back from her either. I’d hoped to get some pointers
about the best way to get my pizza. Their website says they open at noon on
Sunday, so I’m playing with the idea of driving down there and arriving a bit
before noon. If there’s a huge line of folks waiting, I’ll just go visit a
friend instead. If there’s no line, I’ll get my pizza. I’m afraid, however,
that my memories of the Northlake combination pizza will have to suffice.
Not exactly
sure what’s going on with me or if I’ve just realized how close to ninety
seventy-seven is…only 13 years, but I’m using the phrase, “I like that, so why
shouldn’t I have and/or do that?” What that means is that I’m looking at
spending a bit more money on stuff or experiences for myself. That might not
sound like too big a deal unless you know me well.
As an example, I’ve
had the same nighties for I don’t know how long. I’m sure I haven’t bought a
new one in all the time I’ve been retired...well, maybe one. So, this past week, I ordered four brand
new all cotton nighties in styles and colors that I like. True, there’s nothing
really wrong with my old ones except I’ve had them forever and they are looking
a bit well-used. They don’t have any rips or tears and none of them have gotten
so thin you can see through them…like me, they’re just tired. There is a part
of me that will celebrate when I put the clean old nighties in the Goodwill box
and another part of me that will be chagrined at my wasteful ways. So far that’s
my biggest splurge.
The other thing
I’ve been contemplating is getting out and about. There is so many places in
the Northwest I have never been. A friend uses Expedition Tours which is
located in Rochester WA for her trips, but most of those are lengthier trips.
Right now they don’t have any lengthy trips listed, but they do have one-day
trips. Since they’re located in Rochester, I’ve emailed to ask if I could meet
them at the day’s location if it would be easier for me to get there from here
rather than driving to the pick-up location. We’ll see what they say.
I’ve also
looked into another company that does tours that are more local. They appear
to be small tours and go to a wide variety of places. The longest tours are ten
to twelve hours and include Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens and Victoria Canada. I’d definitely like
to do the one to Mt. Rainier since I’ve never been to Paradise. I have been to
Mt. St. Helens twice, but it would be fun to let someone else drive and most
likely share information I don’t know. And John and I took the clipper to Victoria years ago, but it was winter, so not too fun.
For beginners,
I think I’ll go to the Flower and Garden Show at the Convention Center which is
mid-February. It’s too cold and potentially wet to do some of the other tours
that would be available.
The goal is, I
think, to do something at least once each month that gives me a new experience.
Sounds like a fairly simple goal doesn’t it, but we’ll see how I do. It’s too bad I can’t have the January
experience be the Northlake just one more time.