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July 15, 2006

Catching up.....

We do have a new tenant...Jamie is a sweet young thing fresh out of college with her first job and a Daddy who is very handy. I like that in a tenant. Apparently she wasn't anymore attached to the paint Colleen had applied to the walls than I was so Daddy spent 3 days repainting. Works for me...I think...I haven't seen the new colors as yet...wonder how many coats it took to cover those orange walls in the bathroom. HHmmm...and to think the apartment has the same lovely blue toilet/sink/tub we just removed from our bathroom...nice.

It now takes me 2 days to mow my lawn...well it's HOT out there and the yard is uneven and has inclines and and and...and my lawnmower doesn't just go by itself. I think it's time to trade in for a self-propelled model...maybe next year. I am NOT Old...no one would like to push that thing around in the heat and humidity.

So I was quite excited when my future Granddaughter-in-law ran up to me yesterday and wanted to be picked up and hugged...hey she's two...afterall, she really hasn't seen me very much at all. Then she ran up to Greg and wanted hugs from him too...hrumph...guess she's the friendly type. Will have to curb that in the future but in the meantime, I think she and Kieran could set the world aflame someday. ( I purposely chose my words...I really didn't intend to use the phrase "set the world on fire")snort...

So when you oven fills with smoke while you are preheating and you really can't remember anything spilling over in there, you might want to just check it out before just switching to self clean mode. The bright light (might have been flames) emanating through the oven door was a clue there was something amiss. Cancel clean, wait for cool down, aaaahhhh broken fractured bubbled up broiling element. All fixed after a little trip out to my local Amana dealer for a new element.

For the past year and a half..maybe 2 years...my car has been "telling" me to Fill Coolant Fluid on a routine basis. Even I know this is not normal. I received a new water pump the first time I brought it in to be fixed. From then on, things have been tightened, adjusted, not problem found, etc but I was still filling the coolant fluid. people were taking to leaving notes on my car..."hey I noticed all your antifreeze was pouring out of your car!" It was rather embarrassing, never knowing when your car was going to leave the little telltale yellow green dribble in some public area. Do they make Depends for cars? The latest diagnosis was the radiator cap...I am now sporting a new one...we'll see.

Leo/Eldon came by yesterday to pick up more of his stuff out of the garage. I think he took it all. Not to worry, he still has ladders and scaffolding around the yard...he's no more really gone than either of our sons who have "stuff" here. So, rumor has it Leo is off to my Partner in Crime's home next week...now Lizzie, you have to keep him for at least a year and take good care of him. BTW, I showed Leo the redo of the upstairs bathroom after he did his part and he was impressed enough not to give me any crap at all! ;-D

Hhhhmmm...strange...my stream of consciouness chatting/typing has just shifted all around. yeah Ok, I must have done something to cause it but I'm not going to worry about it now or fix it...have a fine weekend all...

Time to forrage for breakfast type foods...

Posted by frani at July 15, 2006 08:37 AM

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uh-oh, my coolant is leaking out! Time to get to the shop with my car:) Congrats on the new tenant (and her handy father)! The heat is supposed to make it to Seattle by this weekend. Blah! Take care and have a good week. And also, thanks for assuring me of my sanity :)

Posted by: bunnybeth at July 17, 2006 02:43 PM

hehehe.... not everyone would agree I was a good judge of someone else's sanity, ya know...snort.

Posted by: Fran at July 17, 2006 02:59 PM

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