White Crowned Sparrow Outside the Studio
Rainclouds on the butte
Rainclouds in the CanyonThis morning when I woke up it was raining, and perhaps had rained off and on all night. The dogs wanted out at midnight and it had rained but wasn't at that moment. Maybe 3 a.m. or so they wanted out again and had to dry them off. It was a nice rain, no deluge but will be helpful. Some puddles in the lane and am grateful we don't have mud here like Pinedale. Haven't accomplished much yet this morning. Stayed in bed until after 10 and did get a good rest. So didn't go to church and am missing it. The book I'm reading is my friend Helena's Winter In The Bunkhouse. Enjoying it for the second time.
Yesterday made the decision to take most of the day off, and that's not saying nothing was done, just not floor cleaning. After Joe got the faucet fixed, the double kitchen sinks needed cleaning and at that point realization descended that the drains were about 99% stopped up. "FOREVER MORE -Is there nothing that won't just work the way it's supposed to!!" So got the plunger out and it took several times but it seems it's running fine now. Several teakettles of boiling water down the drain help when that happens.
Four Dish Network tech calls yesterday afternoon about the TV. You know how long you sit with those calls. I can't figure out why I just can't say "Turn the programing back on just the way we had it 6 months ago." No not possible apparently. And no brochure here to check for pricing and content. Yesterday was told this receiver also needs a new smartcard, which won't be here for two weeks, and in the meantime I know from past experience that there will be error messages on the screen every few hours. Joe doesn't deal with that well when he can't see good enough to know what to do about it. Also I hooked up all the cords to the TV set. Well there are still two of them left I don't know what to do with. One of the tech support said not to worry if we didn't have the second TV we don't need them - Not sure about that. So made two more calls today and made sure we have the programing we want so Joe can watch his sports and favorite channels in HD. None of the local stations were on and should be. RATS!
So .. . Looked up DISH TV programing on the Internet this morning and printed out some of the packaging lists. A call to Dish programming got that part straightened out, and another call to tech support and found the smartcard will be here in a day or two and then the programming can be all turned on. It is being sent UPS. There went over an hour of the day. That's a total of six calls now Yes..... I Know!!. When the smartcard comes she asked me to call them again. In the meantime we got a good part of the stations turned on so Joe is watching the French Open. Perhaps his eyes are shut at the moment. He's hoping for a basketball game, but don't see it on the guide. Maybe its on tonight.
Also have to get under the desk to hook up the external hard drive for my computer files and not looking forward to that either. If Joe didn't want some information printed that I have on there I would just procrastinate that one. Other than all that, this is a good day. The sun is starting to shine. Dandilions are beautiful and little birds are flitting in the yard.
