Friday, January
06, 2017 @ 9:54 am
Good morning. It is us again. We’re back – several days in a row … not sure
when our average signing on time is, just that we usually write more in the
morning than the afternoon. We have a
visitor well, more worker person. The
Chief drywall hanger left his son – who he is training to work on the
walls. It is slow going … he’s still on
the first panel and it is a 1 ½ hours later.
We’ll say something if we should, but home that the father will realize
himself he must step up the game. We must
hold the job to a higher standard. This
isn’t a teaching college. I know – rough,
aren’t I? Did the same thing for Dr.’s
in training – no I didn’t want a student – though the student could come in the
room.
Be nice you! Ok, we’ll let him go for a while. It seems that Adele is frequently coming in
under our “soft pop” station. That’s ok,
it works for me. She’s not loud. Just a nice lazy day. Rich left at 8:30 am. He had several stops and the bank. He said, then he would go to his mother’s and
he might be home 2-3 pm. I’m thinking
not that early if he’s making those long drives, but we can be hopeful. It does mean that I’m going to need getting
the sewing materials ready to move. He
wants to load early. We talked to Linda
and both agreed, it probably wouldn’t hurt the machines to be in the car, but
best left in the house overnight. We’ll
talk to Rich about that too.
Hmm, 10 am and we’ve
finished a bottle of water and two cups of coffee. Ok, that’s not earth shaking … give us some
time for that … it has been 14 years of nothing earth shattering, we’re not
about ready to start now, hmm? I hear
the worker guy shuffling around that heavy board. I wish it were easier for him, but to learn
he must go through the paces. Ok, wish
his father was giving him tips.
Just went out for
a Mountain Dew. It’s in the fridge in
the sunroom – frozen. I guess we’ll be
drinking slowly. We should admit, I was
looking for it this way. Love frozen
Mountain Dew. This might be the last of
it though. We need to wait for younger
guests before Rich gets it again.
I think yesterday
was written about. We are still looking
at this picture of the house.
Remember? Yesterday, we were talking about those four
white posts being painted dark gray like the shutters. Yup, that is how far this has gone. Day #2 with this thought. We’re still handling it. How many days until spring when it’s warm
enough to paint? The kid (26-28) is
focusing now … most of the first board is up, but he’s sniffling too … Need to
get to him message of Kleenex on table and bathroom available at any time. We’ll wait til his head comes up for
air. Hehehe.
Too much Christmas
music on this channel, might have to change, but need a different one. Hmm, maybe we’ll look for that. Yes, this what a lady of leisure does! Hmm, we’ll see how this goes … I think we’re
listening to easy Pop which is what we want, but without Christmas – now we’re
hearing another Adele. I’m getting a
little tired of her. Let’s see what
comes next.
Hmm, we just turned
her, I think, to top pop, but it is Adele again. There squeaked in our helpful hints – he apologized
for getting a little louder – no problem … the bathroom is …. We’re like that. He didn’t understand at first our talking to
Alexa, but then he caught on and remembered a news article about echo’s
memorizing something in your home – as brought on during a murder trial. We explained that its only capable of
memorizing like 8 seconds at a time.
That’s true to at least what we heard.
People want to make more of it than it is worth.
Big news story of
yesterday other than politics, which we did listen to as a preamble to what we’re
going to here next week as to Russia messing with the election, but other than
that 4 Chicago “kids (18-21 years), were caught from a facebook live feed
torturing a male of same age with mental stability problems. Not sure how disabled. But enough to be VERY concerned – he got
covered on National News. They were
handling it as a hate crime because the kids were all black and the victim was
white and they said guttural things about him as well as making him drink
toilet water, tying him up and scalping him.
It was just a very TERRIBLE-TERRIBLE thing! Most people agreed though Don Lemon from our
CNN station was heard to say it wasn’t as bad as just bad parenting. Nope-nope Don, it was cruel and unusual. Most people say the same thing throw the book
at them. Not only are they getting their
kicks from it laughing etc., they are taping it live on Facebook. Didn’t they think they’d get caught? I guess stupid from the start!
10:39 am
Back – just a
short break – Jeff the general contractor for our kitchen got here about ten
minutes ago, and he was taking out the trim to the laundry room and suddenly it
came pouring rain down on him. Well, the
people before had hit the freezer water for the ice cubes. I was watching it and just stared. Fortunately, the other drywall guy came over
with electric tape and they stopped it behind the water heater. Then we went into the bathroom and got out a
stack of old towels. Now Jeff just left
to get the piece he needs to tie off the water line … Apparently, the bad guy
contractors, but a nail through it when they tacked something up. Jeff said that along the line it would have
given and we’d have all that water behind the wall. Everything is an added expense. Think we’d like to cry just a little!
Hmm, almost time
for our medicine. That would help to
explain. Just feel bad for Jeff being
rained on – his instinct was to hold the line and stop it rather than just
stepping away. We’ll have to ask about
that. He’s a trained fireman. That was surely something that frustrated him
though. Said right away to get it
documented. I just plugged in my phone,
but will do that in a small while.
Maybe, I’ll go get the medicine first.
There medicine and bathroom all done – it’s 11 am now. Lot of jittery stuff happening. It’s ok, it’s ok.
Music is good …. It
will be ok. Back to looking at picture
of front of house. Rich paused in front
of it this morning and noticed how obvious that big red bag looked and then we
reminded him to see the big ORANGE pumpkin next to that. We suggested that both those got picked up on
Sunday when he did the other objects. He
shuffled it off … not sure if they will be moved. Be nice – really sticks out as odd, you know?
11:48 am
We’re back again –
we were working through some stuff with Jeff who just left. The drywall guy is still here. Shoot forgot his name again. He’s doing a little better – coming along. They will be around probably about 2 more
weeks from the sound of it. He should be
getting most of the drywall up today, but then there is the patching process
that takes time – you put it on, then it dries and there is sanding and
thinning – don’t know what you call it, but it takes time, and then there is
the part of priming it and painting and getting all the cabinets back again. Lots of little stuff, hopefully it is worth
it … biggest thing is to get things safe again and I feel with the electrical
working as it should be that it will be all good again.
Not sure what to
do about lunch yet, figure it’s on its way – oh there was some other stuff
too. We went to Amazon and ordered a few
things. First, we got an address plaque
for our front door – it should be here in a couple of weeks. And then we got the lights for the cabinets –
we had Jeff approve of them as doable.
He’s the one that suggested the “puck” lights. We got three sets. There are three lights in each set, so there
will be some extra, but wanted to cover the three cabinets and we figured we
could put one under the second shelf so everything is lit up. It comes with plugs in so we’re not worried
about batteries. And, then, we ordered
the doorbells for our four outdoor doors – Whoops, just added one more. Jeff said we could have up to five bells – 36
sounds on the receiver which works for all.
This way, we have one for the front, one for the front back breezeway,
one for the back breezeway, one for the laundry room door and one for Dakota’s
door on the sunroom. We’ll be
covered. They weren’t very expensive … I
hope the system works.
Sometimes, you
just should move past Rich. He’s like we’ll
get it, but he’s MUCH too slow. I want
these available for the contractors to put up and together – lights for indoor
guys and bells for siding guys. Rich is
an afterthought, but we know he’s not very good at getting to things.
Well things are
getting underway. Ok, it’s noon now …
not sure what this kid – Oh, I remember his name is Chase and he and his wife
are expecting in July! Wow that’s good
news. He is very conscientious. Just don’t know what he wants to do for
lunch. Most guys here are like eating
in. Don’t want him sitting in the corner
though like the electrician. All these
people are older than they seem. They
are just so flexible. Just nice
people.
I could go to the refrigerator,
just should know what’s in there? I
think chicken and roast/rice are for tonight – says Rich!
Hmm, we’re getting
through the day and we’re up to five pages!
Woohoo – came equal with yesterday’s record. I seem to remember this part, where things
happening are what fills the pages of the blogging. Oh, yes, we were figuring out lunch. Ahh the belt is coming off, maybe he’s
thinking about lunch too. Maybe he’s on
his phone? Seems like it would be easier
if the gloves came off? Maybe he’s going
to meet his Dad for lunch. We’ll have to
see.
Could mean I could
just stare at the refrigerator trying to figure out what to eat? I think we’re out of sandwich meat. And, yesterday we were eating chips and
cheese with Rich – 8 pm snack. Don’t
know if there is any more sausage left, or if there is cheese left. Those are two good reasons for Chase to leave
so I could investigate the cupboards. We’re
just on hold here listening to the clickity-click of the keyboard. He’s waiting for someone on the phone. We’re at a stand-off.
1:10 pm
We are back! It’s now later in the day. Chase left and we had lunch – the salami and
cheese WERE in the fridge! AND, we
finished the candy box J. We were watching news and we took a small
nap. There’s another shooting … they are
saying 5 deaths and there are more injuries.
It’s happened at a Florida airport – maybe Fort Lauderdale. It’s getting us a bit uptight. Don’t know why – maybe something to do with
too much candy. Yes, let’s bet on
that. Looks like our Internet is down
again. I’m not able to pull up
anything. CNN is saying 5 dead and 8
injured. They are still trying to figure
out sociopath or terrorist. I think they
caught the person, I think he’s alive.
We’re back again …
we were getting too jittery, so we went back to the sewing room to get things
ready for tomorrow. I think all our
sewing things are in order, but we need water, and we got the medicine ready,
except the shots. Today after Chase
leaves, we will rewet and then finish things in the dryer including the clothes
Rich and us are probably wearing in the morning. Shouldn’t be too bad, though we left clothes
in the machine overnight. *sigh. * I made sure to pack enough bags so that we’re
able to do an overnight if we had too. I
don’t think we’ll need it, but it’s ready.
They are saying
that the guy had a military ID. They are
interviewing a senator. They weren’t
sure if the ID belonged to him. They do
have him in custody. People are panicked
because of fear of others being out there.
They need to shelter in place. At
least they are not in bad weather, like here.
Now, they are talking to the Mayor of the area. They must sweep the area, because someone
thought they heard shots in the garage, but they are not sure, they are
sweeping the area. They
aren’t opening the airport yet – at least not for several hours. Just stay calm and be patient. I would want to be put up in a hotel. They
talk about wanting to investigate the whole place like a crime scene. So, focus on airport, more than people –
well, that’s as far as we are concerned.
Yup-yup, they are
being criticized now. People are worried
about the Tarmac people. All they’ve
been told is that they’ll be there indefinitely (people coming in on
airplane). Bad scene to me. I’d be like ok, just tell me where we can sit
– and how would we have made it out to the tarmac. I couldn’t have done the walk. There’s a good reason we don’t fly
often! Ok, the garage has been swept and
they are still evacuating to the other side of the airport. There was a family lying on the ground. Yup-yup that is where we would be. This has now been going on for 2 hours. They are officially calling it a mess! Yup-yup!
I think people are worried about the stray people outside. There is a lot of stranded people confused as
to what is going on – except through the ones that have news through their
phones.
Wish we could get
past this … just watching things unfold.
Did you know that Chase didn't leave until about 6:15 pm because he wanted to finish the job? He's VERY conscientious! Good for him!
Did you know that Chase didn't leave until about 6:15 pm because he wanted to finish the job? He's VERY conscientious! Good for him!
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