Lots of changes here at the Acres last week…
Remember last year when I moved my “office” upstairs and was so happy to have a room of my own? Remember how just as I finished dragging all my books and such up there, I re-injured my piriformis and went through weeks of incapacitating pain, necessitating no stairs? Then Winter came and we hunkered down in front of the fireplace so we moved the “office” stuff back downstairs? So I tired of that and moved everything around again and didn’t like it? Well, I fixed the whole problem with a sweet little desk from the consignment shop. When I first looked at it, I thought it seemed shabby, then realized it would match my decor completely.
In the meantime, I was still struggling with the computer connection.
I bought (and returned) 2 modems before I picked up one from WOW so that if it went wrong they couldn’t blame that for the problem, which I was now convinced was outside on the line. Sure enough, their modem was in and out, also, so within a week, a service dude came out. He replaced an old piece of equipment on the line that they no longer used, fixed something that was cracked, put in a new splitter, and arranged for another guy to come out Tuesday just to check the tippy-top of the poles so make sure no squirrels have been chewing on them. After months -months!- of frustration, thinking it was something I did, I’m so relieved to have the problem diagnosed as not-me, and especially that it is fixed..!
Did you watch the funerals of Aretha and John McCain?
Both were such Great Church…wonderful sermons and liturgies, Fantastic music. I hope that the message underlying the ceremonies, especially of Senator McCain’s, is resonating in the hearts of All. It was such a contrast to the Circus that came to town with the person who was absent from the funerals…
Seriously, thousands of people follow these rallies, setting up their wares out front like the fall festival. Only the lovers are allowed near, and carrying a sign or wearing a tee shirt or hat with a message that disagrees with him or his policies is all it takes for you to be denied access and relegated to a spot a couple of blocks away. If you were carrying my sign, “We are All One” you would have to go to the protester section, even though the message is not Anti- and you Definitely weren’t allowed inside… So the advance people (like the one that did not allow a reporter to take pictures of the police dragging away a peaceful protester), the groupies, and the local (and state) pols are the only ones allowed up close. This is despite the fact that when he visited before as a candidate, there was only one arrest…after this lady was asked to go the protester section and she mooned the cops as she left…
While she doesn’t express my exact sentiments either, I was appalled to see that people right here in my hometown chanted “lock her up” — geez, did you get the memo that she lost? Even worse, national news outlets asked many of the people who were allowed to be around the venue about John McCain and many of them responded that he was no hero !! This is why I am a recluse…
Recently we had a lady from our homeowners insurance come out and do some sort of inspection of our property. On Friday a letter arrived informing us that we have to 1) get a locking ladder for our un-fenced pool; 2) have our fireplace insert inspected.
We were planning on waiting until Spring to put up the rest of the fencing around the pool, but decided to go ahead and finish it now since the locking ladder is dumb and expensive. We made an appointment for the chimney sweep, but Burt and the boys can’t be here for a couple of weeks…
I’m excited about the gate, of course, but we had planned to run off in the trailer next week and now that’s on hold. Probably okay, as the hothot days continue to demand constant attention to my plants…
Tomorrow is my son’s 37th birthday and I’m going to bake some cupcakes tonight for frosting tomorrow when his girls spend the day with us. Shh…it’s a surprise.
Peace
Blather & Balderdash 