What’s Happening
Going Up
It’s Friday the thirteenth. The moon is full. The sun is giving off huge solar flares. Mercury is retrograde.
Maybe this explains our week. Our refrigerator icemaker quit for the second time. The oven went black and the door is locked from a cleaning cycle for the second time. Parts for the oven are on order. A driver forced Carol into the curb in the alley by the bank and a trim strip got torn off the side of her car.
I went to work at Four Mile this morning and the group that was scheduled to come with 110 kids went to History Colorado instead due to some mix-up. One of the horses is lame.
I went to buy electrical conduit for our garage project, bought the wrong stuff, went back, and they didn’t have everything in stock so I had to go to another place. I thought the electrician was going to install the conduit, but he is busy and then I forgot about it until the day before the City Inspector was due to come. The conduit is in and inspected. No more deep trench across the back yard.
The old garage door opener we saved won’t work, so we have to have a new one. The muffler fell off the lawn mower. It is LOUD. In the process of setting the forms for the concrete, the sprinkling system piping got cut in two places. I had to go to two places for parts for that.
On the positive side, the garage walls are up and the rafters are being built. We will have lots of storage space above our cars-no space robbing trusses. Ed, the contractor on the garage is a joy to work with. His business is Colorado Craftsmen.
Carol’s neck and shoulder hurt. My wrist hurts. I am not sleeping as well as usual. The last installment of Cosmos has come and gone (if you haven’t seen it, do so).
I am waiting on a letter from the VA about my disability since I won the appeal. The DAV told me they usually take around 60 days. It has now been 70 days. Well, actually, I applied in March 2009, so it has been more than 70 days.
Enough complaining. All things considered, life is good. We are going to have a secure garage for our cars, we will have a nice patio, and lovely brick walks. The garden is doing well,
Such projects! Any updates on it in the future?
Coming soon.
I bet it looks great now that the garage is finished and the roof is up. We would love to see more pics.
Hope you hear about your disability soon!