I've included a couple of pics of the horrible rain storm we had this week. I was thinking that it was terrible, until I thought..... "What if it were snow?" Straightened out my thought process right quick, Pardner!
Since last we spoke, "Curly, Larry and Moe-lita" trimmed the tree (complete with the Star - not Fluffy the Angel, boo-hoo), and Moe-lita quasi-decorated the house. I guess I'd better finish the job, as Miss Laura is going to be our Dinner guest for Christmas Day. Hope she likes either over-done Prime Rib, or Burned Bird! With company coming, that's surely what will happen!
I also worked furiously on my Santa..... picture will appear post-Christmas, as it's a present. I'm so tired of seeing Gentle Arts Sampler "cranberry" thread! I've used 6 skeins of it! That's a lotta' thread!
The Victoria Sampler Cottage Garden Sampler is framed, and ready to go. Look for that pic just before Christmas..... yep.... also a present. It turned out really well...... that's a "tease."
On a more personal note.... I want to wish Bill a "Happy Birthday" on this Saturday. Rumor has it he's turning "60-something", but he sure doesn't look it. He's going to Danzer's for a Rueben, and promises to eat the whooooolllllleeeee thing! I'm not taking bets on that one. Uh, huh..... no way! It's a "given" that there won't be a shard of cabbage, or a teaspoon of Russian Dressing on the plate!
For a bit of Family humor (Yeah, everybody who has a Family has one or two stories to tell.), try this one on..... Our Daughter and Son in Law are having Texas Company this weekend for Colin's baptismal. It figures that the sink would plug (thank you, Peyton for the toy in the trap), the toilet would overflow (oh, sure, why not?), and Peyton would toss water all over the bathroom floor (a nice soggy mess - and "What's that mildew smell?). Well, as long as you're doing it, might as well do the whole thing, right? So Shawn rips out the old shower doors, and the vanity, buys copper, fittings, new fixtures, a new vanity, shower doors, and starts to "re-model." The floor would have to wait - clorox will take care of that smell, right?). The first thing that happens is that the piping under the now wide open sink is so corroded, that it has to be changed out. Then, the pipes behind the shower leak, necessitating finding the "cut-out" for the plumbing behind the bathtub..... located "conveniently" behind the refrigerator. Not, too bad..... UNTIL the new copper leaked..... and leaked.... and leaked, because Shawn couldn't get it "plumb." All bets are on the fact that at some point, the shower had leaked before they bought the house, and the dingbat had probably done the plumbing repair herself! Okay.... tear out all the copper, and replace it with PVC because it's more flexible.... problem solved! It only took 4 days, and Heather can shower at the gym or climb into the kitchen sink if she needs to, right? Next item on the agenda is to buy the new vanity. Saw a great one at Home Depot for a terrific price - including the sink! Buy it, have it delivered, and THEN discover that just because there's a sink IN the vanity AT the store, doesn't mean that it COMES WITH the vanity. New lesson is learned..... To add insult to injury, the vanity is damaged when it arrived. Now.... it's Monday, and Company arrives on Thursday...... Go back to Home Depot, straighten it all out, order another vanity. New vanity is supposed to arrive on Tuesday evening. 8 o'clock PM arrives, and no vanity in sight. Somebody neglected to schedule it for delivery. The end of the story should arrive this evening..... we'll see. The whole "tale" sounds just like Everybody's last nightmare, right? I tell you this tale to make all of the rest of us feel better..... These things DON'T just happen to US! Sorry Heather.... but it sure makes US feel better!
Have a good day, and look for me tomorrow!
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