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March 18, 2008

Broken and forgotten...

Seems I had an entry written in draft form before now...oh well. Re-reading it now reaffirms the fact it should have stayed in draft form anyway. Nothing too exciting....well except for how I discovered our mailbox had been a victim of assault and battery.
The poor thing was broken right off at the knees...well, maybe ankle is more appropriate since it only had the one leg. At any rate the post which is/was a 3x3 was separated right at the frost line; our mailbox was in the road spewing guts( mail) onto the road and Jessica's was on the sidewalk. I called the city public works dept and left a message about the problem since I suspected my mailbox met with a snowplow of either the street or sidewalk variety. I had no proof that was the case but a crew was out there the next morning at 7:50 affixing a brace to the post. I hope it lasts until a good thaw when it can be replaced. It's not overly attractive judging by the cat calls of the neighbors (nice fix on that mailbox Fran...you pay for that?) but it's upright and able to receive mail which is all I can hope for right now.

So then I was cleaning my cook top - I should know better - nothing really good comes from cleaning. I not only popped the fan knob off the surface, I broke the stem that controls the fan - on, off, speed. Forty-Two dollars later, the manual and some nerves, my hero popped a new fan module in place. It seems to have only one speed though - tough, I hate the fan anyway.

I was cleaning Roomba's brushes - per his persistent requests (" Please remove and clean Roomba's brushes") Somewhere along the way I must have thrown out one of the end cap/bearings or whatever it's called on the end of one of the brushes. Cat hair get tightly wound under it. Of course you can't just buy a package of these things for like a pack of five for a buck. Nope, complete maintenance kit plus two brushes for the new Old model Roomba makes up a free shipping order to get one.

The UPS man likes us......he was surprised and pleased to actually see me the other day since I had to sign for my package from Expedia. I rarely book through any travel site but this last time it made a huge difference in price for the booking but a pain in the rear to change them. So no, the package wasn't airline tickets - we still could get e-tickets. Nope, they have to give us voucher coupons for our $60 refund on our last batch of ticket changes. Makes a little difference not traveling on Good Friday. Vultures.

This morning I knocked the cat into the toilet - it was cause for much glee on my part because I like "accidents" like that. I was washing my hands at the sink...I should have realized at least one cat was close by because, well, there is always at lest one cat close by. Anyway, Knoel took a flying leap up onto the counter just as I swiftly turned to grab a towel to dry my hands...we met mid leap resulting in his being knocked into the toilet. Snort.... Poor Knoel. (What do you mean civilized people shut the lid?)

Let's see...what other fascinating things have been going on..... Hmmmm, my birthday couches will arrive on Friday. At least that is according to a phone call that came in this morning. I suppose I ought to think about placement of said couches and old ones...and things in the way of people delivering the couches. Ice, Snow on the porch comes to mind as well as snowy wet boots on the carpet. Whew, sounds like work...maybe later.

I bought a Wii one day at Costco recently because it was a good deal and I thought someone would want it. No one did. So I thought gee, I'll put it on Craig's list and maybe even make a whole $25 profit for my "trouble" Hey, I'm not greedy, people do this all the time. Well, I got a couple of responses but no follow-ups so I returned it to Costco and got my credit. No big deal, I was going there anyway. Checking my junk email before deleting it, I see a note from someone asking about the Wii ..oppps. Upon opening it...it was a scathing denouncement of me as probably jobless welfare fraud mom with 4 kids and addicted to crack. It is people like me who are the cause for the oil shortage and war Iraq because of my greed. If I got a job and got out more, I'd know Wiis can be bought any Sun morning at Toys R Us and Circuit City etc. So I guess he told me. Teach me to try to make a buck or two. Geesh, the nerve.

Today is my Big Brother's 68th Birthday - somehow or another he doesn't sound as old as he used to. Wait until he hits 70 though.. eeewww. Happy Birthday, Lon.

Moving right along....I guess I should....have a fine day all.

Posted by frani at March 18, 2008 01:25 PM

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Happy Easter!

Posted by: bunnybeth at March 18, 2008 10:17 PM

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