Fine Gray Dust in Oro Valley
July 16, 2010
Have you noticed your feet turn gray when you walk around the house barefoot?
Do you see a fine gray dust in the furnace filter?
Vacuum filters really pick it up well. It is everywhere. I’ve lived in three different homes in Oro Valley and every one of them has had this dust.
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In-N-Out Burger Now Open In Oro Valley Marketplace
June 13, 2010
Yeah! It is finally open
The official date was June 11, 2010. The first time we could get there to eat was today, June 13, 2010. It was worth the wait.
We drove by this morning at 6:30 am to get a shot of the new building while the sun was still on the front.
There was a crew there cleaning the outdoor tables even then; they were getting ready for the day and what a beautiful day it has been.
It was about 12:30 this afternoon when like kids on Christmas morning we couldn’t wait any longer.
It was a double double with grilled onions and well done fries for me. Barbara had a single (protein style), that’s no bun and wrapped in lettuce leaves. We ate outside on the covered patio. It was warm but not as warm as it has been the past couple of weeks. There was a cool breeze (any breeze under 100 degrees is cool) and the patio was filled with families and small kids enjoying their burgers and fries.
It is nice to have an In-N-Out Burger close and right here in Oro Valley. We are big fans of In-N-Out Burger. From their food to their service and community involvement, we love In-N-Out.
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Old Electronics Pickup – Naranja City Site
January 8, 2010
Tucson Clean and Beautiful is putting on the Recycle Event tomorrow, January 9, 2010at the Naranja City site.
Time To Go
Bring your Old TV sets and Monitors to be recycled. It isn’t free, well some stuff is free, but it is convenient. The cost is $10 per TV (except for Sony, they are exempt) and $5 per computer monitor. It doesn’t matter if it is working. There is not fee for printer cartridges. I’m not sure about printers, I couldn’t find any reference to printers themselves. If you have one take it. The most it can cost you is $10. Better than having them in the landfill.
The times are from 8 am. to 1 pm. I would guess the earlier the better.
Clean out the garage or office and get rid of those old electronics.
Need another reason
It was just two weeks ago an article stated that more and more infants are being killed by old TV sets. With newer flat screen sets the old one are being moved to the “kids room”. But many of those old sets are very heavy. Most furniture in a childs room isn’t sturdy enough to hold those old sets. The end result, they are being tipped over and onto very small children.
If you have a situation like this in your home. Save yourself a lot of potential grief. Get rid of that old 100 pound set and put something smaller and safer in your child’s room. Books come to mind 
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Not Quite a Park
September 9, 2009
The Oro Valley Mini Park
I’ve put off writing this post because I don’t quite know what to say about this project. I support involving high school students in summer projects. I also support Oro Valley Public Art and making our community attractive.
But I have to question spending $75,000 on this project and the end result for the amount of money spent.
This doesn’t look like $75,000 worth of improvements at this corner of the community. But it was grant money? From who . . . ? US?
From the Front
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Oro Valley Farmers’ Market Corn Festival Aug 15, 2009
August 14, 2009
Corn Festival August 15, 2009
It was the middle of July when we had the Anti Vampire Festival, I mean the Tomato, Basil and Garlic Festival. It turned out to be a Saturday when i couldn’t get to the Market.
I try and drop in each week for a few minutes at least if I’m in town. I have a Twitter friend from Burnt Orange Foods that is there each week as well as Adventure Coffee.
I will admit when it is over 100 degrees I’m not one to buy a cup of coffee and stand outside and chat while sipping on coffee.
I distinctly remember not being able to come to last years corn festival. I remember that because when I got home there were a few ears of corn waiting for me that Barbara had picked up in my absence.
The reason this memory lingers is the fact there were two ears of corn waiting for me.
I’m from Ohio and spent a great many years living and working in Des Moines, Iowa, specifically in Cumming, Iowa. We had a lot of corn grown around those parts of the country and it was nothing for me to eat half a dozen large ears of corn for a meal.
Barbara has a 2 ear limit. I attribute this to her petite size. That should score some points. : )
By the time I had finished off my second ear it was 2 pm. well past the close of the corn festival at Noon.
NOTE TO SELF:
Next year (that’s tomorrow) make sure you are around in the morning for the Oro Valley Farmers’ Market Corn Festival.
I’ve been in Irvine, CA for the past week attending my daughter Suzi’s “White Coat” ceremony as she begins her PHD program in Med School there. While it was 109 here in Oro Valley it was a breezy 75 there. Tempted to stay a few days longer I was reminded of the Corn Festival.
You are thinking “He can be bribed by sweet corn”? Yes. I can.
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