The title line has never been more correct than, “What the heck”! Can you have both good and not so good things happen in the same day? Well, we have.
let’s see, where should I begin? The contractor stopped by and they removed the forms from the cement, that was expected and that seemed to be good news (I may have a photo or two later). Then, unexpectedly more contractors arrived, and they installed the posts on the porch, they look nice, and that is also good news.
I went to the micro wave to warm something, and it had stopped working! No, I don’t know what happened, I went to put something in it and it was dead! We will now be forced to either do without, or see if we can find enough aluminum cans to pay for a new micro wave. That is bad news.
We ran a one-minute check on each of the lawn sprinkler areas, after the contractor finished working on them, and they all seemed to work as expected, that is good news. I left the sprinkler control in manual position after running the test, and the system ran this morning. That is bad news, because now the grass and leaves are wet and I wanted to get the leaves out of the yard today.
Alex and I went and looked at mountain bikes yesterday. Alex wants a mountain bike for Christmas, and one store had 40% off. We purchased a mountain bike for Alex’s Christmas, that is good news.
Last night Molly wanted a drink as she often does, so we closed the drain in the sink and turned the water on. The water was left on a little too long and we had water on the floor. That is bad news, we had to wipe it up. In the olden days, sinks had a secondary drain, if the water got too deep it would just drain out. Our somewhat new sinks, do not have the secondary drain.
I have learned that I will be allowed to paint the new posts on the porch, and do any touch up painting as needed, today. I guess that is good, and bad, news, depending on whose perspective it is seen through.
My favorite wife wants to get started with the outside Christmas decorations. That isn’t news, that is an order!
Photos to follow.
Some of the flower beds will need to be adjusted, and that is both good and bad news. Good because it will look better after all the work, bad because this ole senior person has to do the work!
Good or Bad, you decide!
Ole senior retired men should not be required to work this hard, Don the Ford
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