Happy birthday to Olivia and Cordelia! Those cute babies are 3 years old today!
In rat years, they are old, as in geriatric old. They are still super sweet and are getting around really well even with their hind-leg degeneration and mammary tumors and glaucoma. I was getting soooooo many kisses from them when I was snuggling them yesterday. So many <3 I am going to have to give them extra treats today. Haha, as if they don't get spoiled enough as it is.
I had another successful to-do list day. Everything I needed to do was accomplished. Go me, go me!
It is all baby steps-- one of the things I got to cross off was emailing my SIL. Washing the dishes. But it helps. I have my list ready to go for today too.
Gary took apart the dishwasher door and sautered soutered- nope -- soldered (what a strange word/spelling) some parts of the control panel back together. Hopefully, that will keep it working for a little longer. He looked online for the part to replace it himself and it is discontinued. I had no idea that the dishwasher was 15 years old. I thought it was much newer- like 6-7 yo old. He can order a used part for $200+ but we can get a cheap new one for $300. If we wanted to get a better/energy efficient it would be over $700, but the catch for that-- everything is out of stock due to manufacturing/shipping delays with expected time to be back in stock---- in December. [faints]
Please let the soldering hold, pllllleeeeeaaase!!!
Scott and Leah made it to the festival safe and sound. They set up a group chat for us and texted when they were halfway and then when they were on-site. They will stay there until it is over on Sunday. They are stocked up with hand sanitizer, N95 maks/filters, Lysol wipes, anti-bac hand wipes, baby wipes, everything possible to keep them safe. Everything is outdoors and they will wear masks for the music portions. Everything else they will be able to social distance.
*tries to not worry too much*
Yeah- I hear you all groaning at me... as if I can not worry LOL!
Apparently, the storm that woke me up was really bad- a microburst hit the park where we take W to swim, 1/4 mile from my house. Trees all along the park were knocked over, roots ripped out of the ground. It makes sense that it was a microburst as opposed to just rain because the sound of the wind roaring is what woke me up, it had that growling sound, if you KWIM? Also, it makes sense seeing that the rain came about 18" inside my house which does happen with the window being underneath an overhang. The wind must have made the rain almost horizontal.
I am going to be working on the gnomes today, I want to get as much done with them as possible. Then I am going to tighten up the menu for next week so the next time someone asks what to bring I can give them an answer. My sister-in-law is bringing wine -- so I asked her to bring extra-long straws so we can hide somewhere and drink the wine straight from the bottle.
HAGD!!!!!
In rat years, they are old, as in geriatric old. They are still super sweet and are getting around really well even with their hind-leg degeneration and mammary tumors and glaucoma. I was getting soooooo many kisses from them when I was snuggling them yesterday. So many <3 I am going to have to give them extra treats today. Haha, as if they don't get spoiled enough as it is.
I had another successful to-do list day. Everything I needed to do was accomplished. Go me, go me!
It is all baby steps-- one of the things I got to cross off was emailing my SIL. Washing the dishes. But it helps. I have my list ready to go for today too.
Gary took apart the dishwasher door and sautered soutered- nope -- soldered (what a strange word/spelling) some parts of the control panel back together. Hopefully, that will keep it working for a little longer. He looked online for the part to replace it himself and it is discontinued. I had no idea that the dishwasher was 15 years old. I thought it was much newer- like 6-7 yo old. He can order a used part for $200+ but we can get a cheap new one for $300. If we wanted to get a better/energy efficient it would be over $700, but the catch for that-- everything is out of stock due to manufacturing/shipping delays with expected time to be back in stock---- in December. [faints]
Please let the soldering hold, pllllleeeeeaaase!!!
Scott and Leah made it to the festival safe and sound. They set up a group chat for us and texted when they were halfway and then when they were on-site. They will stay there until it is over on Sunday. They are stocked up with hand sanitizer, N95 maks/filters, Lysol wipes, anti-bac hand wipes, baby wipes, everything possible to keep them safe. Everything is outdoors and they will wear masks for the music portions. Everything else they will be able to social distance.
*tries to not worry too much*
Yeah- I hear you all groaning at me... as if I can not worry LOL!
Apparently, the storm that woke me up was really bad- a microburst hit the park where we take W to swim, 1/4 mile from my house. Trees all along the park were knocked over, roots ripped out of the ground. It makes sense that it was a microburst as opposed to just rain because the sound of the wind roaring is what woke me up, it had that growling sound, if you KWIM? Also, it makes sense seeing that the rain came about 18" inside my house which does happen with the window being underneath an overhang. The wind must have made the rain almost horizontal.
I am going to be working on the gnomes today, I want to get as much done with them as possible. Then I am going to tighten up the menu for next week so the next time someone asks what to bring I can give them an answer. My sister-in-law is bringing wine -- so I asked her to bring extra-long straws so we can hide somewhere and drink the wine straight from the bottle.
HAGD!!!!!
