En route to the airport to pick up Jim’s folks I stopped at a guitar store to check on what neck adjustment/setup I need. It’ll take three weeks. I told them my teacher will kill me if I don’t practice for three weeks! Then I got gas and made my way to the airport, buying bottled water for the lowlanders who are expected to have some adjustment to the altitude.
We ate out on the deck, as the sun went behind the mountains and these native Texans found their first cool breeze in months. I made great ribeyes, loaded baked potatoes (butter, salt, pepper, sour cream, bacon – applewood smoked, and chives) and sauteed the last of the red and gold cherry tomatoes for color and flavor. It went over well.
Tomorrow they’ll sleep in and I’ll take them downtown when they want to go, then Jim will take them to dinner and hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir rehearse. I still have to get tix for the home tour this weekend.
There was no time to nicely clear my “desk,” aka the dining room table. So tomorrow I’ll go to Wal-Mart and get a card table that I can cover with a nice cloth and we can eat in front of the fireplace. We have chairs, just no flat surface to eat on! Gotta get upstairs for Top Chef soon! Unfortunately I don’t care about them in the least until the field has winnowed a bit. But the challenges are interesting.
Thanks for reading and commenting – keep it up! Cheers, Dee
Cooking with Dee 
Three weeks! I love our luthier; he does adjustments while I wait…
So I could essentially FedEx it to you and would get it back within a week? Actually they’ll charge $39.95 to alter the neck (right in the ballpark according to JF) but for $20 extra they’ll put me at the front of the line and it’ll be a week. Dee
$20 to put you at the front of the line would probably be a lot cheaper than fed-exing it twice! Go for it!
I didn’t actually mean I’d send it out to you, but front of the line is better than nothing. Next time I’m down the mountain I’ll drop it off, as long as it’s in “musician’s hours.” They seem to run late as software guys like Jim do. It’s my best bet to get it right. I’m going off a referral for my new baby… Dee