Tell Us About Your Day

I am noticing a few things here and there around the house. I still have a final payment to the contractor, I will definitely not pay him the entire amount. We need to hire professional plumber, electrician, handyman... to fix his errors.

That's frustrating. Would you recommend him to others?

In all my years, I've never had that problem before. Of course, I've had only three refrigerators. The avocado green one came with the house built in 1975. I got my parents' refrigerator they bought in 1988 when they replaced it with a smaller one. My dad took my old one to serve as a break room fridge at his work. It was still running when he retired in 2005. My parents' old one finally crapped out in 2006, and I replaced it with the one I have now. All had ice makers and were auto defrost.  I never had that issue with any of them until now.

I think we overloaded it late last year. We ordered a bunch of stuff with our Thanksgiving turkey breast, and my dad sent us an unexpected package of Omaha steaks.  I think I remember seeing something in the manual about not blocking a certain area of the freezer.  I need to revisit that.

Nice! I've seen that type of thing on only modern minivans and SUVs.

Ive agreed to go on a trip..

I wasnt planning it and its not for me but Ive agreed now.
My friend is 76 and in bad health but her brother in law is turning 90 next month and they are organising a big family party. The grandchildren will be flying home from Indonesia and the US to be there. The family really wanted my friend to be there but of course she no longer drives and public transport is impossible for her.
So they approached me. They have a hotel booked and have said they will pay all the expenses such as petrol ect.

I know if she doesnt go now there is no chance of her seeing her brother in law again and as the party is very near the place she was born,  she was very excited to even be invited.

Ater speaking with the niece last night I phoned her and told her well Ive spoken to OH and to your niece and it looks like you and I are going on a trip.. You should have heard her voice, she could hardly get the words out.

Its a four hour drive from here in Germany ( Sauerland) and of course we will take it easy but now its just a case of working out the details.

That's kind of you.

up since 1 A.M so far

heating on as it's cold and wet

A bit of shopping, a bit of dog walking, a bit of cleaning, a bit of lunch....

That's the end of today's lifestyle for those of you who live vicariously through me.

Easing into the first school day after Spring Break. The oldest shouldn't have announced it was a school day, since that just caused the middle guy to start complaining. I said that we're learning all the time, so if it bothers you, just forget about school. As it is, we mainly use Mondays for reading and discussing the latest science news. We just got two science magazines on Friday as well, so we can talk about those. I think the main issue is dry books meant to teach kids various subjects (so the writing needs to see a ton of improvement) and things like worksheets. I do my best to find the most interesting videos and books instead, and I'll keep getting creative for our "work samples" that need to be uploaded - documenting some of our discussions, writing down their thoughts, and getting them to come up with cool little projects related to the topics they learn.

Anyway, it's been a good day so far and we still have a potential library visit coming!

It's back to work for me today.

My oldest was sick overnight. I thought strep throat, so we ended up in the emergency department for a couple of hours waiting for a swab. We'll find out the results on Friday. (I'm hoping for sooner!)

I totally didn't mind an excuse to cancel appointments for this week and just spend time at home so we're not spreading sickness around. Call me a hermit, the label just might fit this time!

I have to take my stepdaughter to hospital. She had an routine eye check and they want a second look.

I totally agree.

It seems she may have Drusens syndrome. They are going to monitor it. She is back in 6 weeks, then annually after that.