Monday December 8 2008

The New Welcome Sign is Hung Up Now

Craig did it a couple of days ago.

Maybe of interest is that the siding is

some kind of cement, ..... or was it steel?

Anyway something more durable than

aluminum.

Across the Street Yesterday Evening

Craig Hanging the Guest Coat Rack.
Tayler took riding lessons for some years
and this was one of her trophies.
She gave it to me for the new house.

Had not mentioned that James and Kathy sent us a box of Georgia apples - four varieties. They arrived day before yesterday. Oh, the smell of them is just like being in the orchard. THANK YOU SO MUCH KATHY AND JAMES. This is a wonderful gift, but I will share some of them because it is almost too many for the two of us alone to use before they would spoil.

It's not very cold but we got a snowstorm today, more or less changing from heavy or flurries most of the day. It ended up being about 2 inches or so. The wind didn't really blow.

Today I had every intention of getting the studio room all organized. Not!

One of the first things I did was decide to wash my sheets and whatever else we had in the laundry and that could run while I was working on the room. As I was eating my cereal the washer started shrieking and howling and put water all over the floor. It was coming from underneath, not from any of the hose connections. I sure hope it doesn't harm the flooring. I was able to get it to spin and although it hadn't rinsed out the soap, I figured it got the clothes clean, so shoved them in the dryer. Then called Home Depot. To make a long story short, the young woman I spoke with said the warranty said they would not replace - only repair and gave me a name of a repairman here in Pinedale to call. I was practically in tears after talking to her but resigned at that point.

Then Lois called and said she would come and pick up her portable table that she left here after we had the art group here last week. I asked her and Bud to come to lunch and they said yes, so I hurried and made that turkey noodle casserole with some asparagus while they went to the clinic and then came on up. Joe and Bud had a pretty good visit, and Lois helped me get the lunch on. Bud said he could talk to Joe good, that most of the people any more weren't old enough to talk to. She brought us some of her extra hot house tomatoes because they will be going south in a week for the winter so we added that to the menu. We did have a nice lunch and get together. Sent some casserole home with Lois and Bud. Got that cleaned up and made the bed, and took a short rest. Then Joe cut his toe trying to cut his toenail and we were trying to get that to stop bleeding. I think I have talked him into going to the Senior Center pedicure person. I'm going to make us both an appointment because it's getting difficult for me to get mine cut too.

Soon it was time for Cheyenne to come by after getting off work and fix the laptop and get the email program going again and make sure the Norton Symantec virus control was doing what it should. It didn't take him long and he has it all fixed again. I sent some apples home for his family and to share with Bonnie and Craig. He offered to sweep off the walks. But I thanked him and said there wasn't that much snow out there. What a wonderful young man he is. AND THANK YOU FOR FIXING THE COMPUTER, CHEYENNE - I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

I called the washer repairman who is here in Pinedale. He gave me some good information, mainly that the symptoms I described were quite serious. So I called Home Depot back with my loud, angry voice demanded that they bring me a new washer and take this one back. I had a tirade for a while and the manager I insisted on talking to this time said he didn't have one in the store but would order one today and when it gets there they will bring the new one up and take this one back. So that's where that is for now. Have I said "Why Meeee??" before?? Acting like an agressive assertive b_ _ _ _ seems to work better than whining, at least for this time.

So, I made us a bacon and tomato sandwich for dinner. And after we finished eating the doorbell rang. It was Chris from across the street bringing Charm's package. I invited him in to meet Joe and he said that his roommate was cleaning off our driveway!! He has a 4 wheeler with a plow on it and did a great job of getting the snow off the whole drive. We got a little bit acquainted and I gratefully thanked he and his friend for being so thoughtful.

It turned out to be a day of difficulty and blessings. And the blessings outweighed the difficulties. I've been doing a whole lot of being thankful for all our blessings lately.

I'm going to bed and watch some old movies.

I very quietly confided to my best friend that I was having an affair. She turned to me and asked, 'Are you having it catered'?
And that, my friend, is the sad definition of OLD.