Hi girls!
It's a nice, sunny day out; Mark was supposed to come and do some work today but changed it until tomorrow. He almost always does that, which is annoying, but he does good work and is cheap, so I can't complain too much. I'll just move tomorrow's planned trip to Sam's to today. He has to work on the pool, repair the roof and a fence, and a few little things. I took the dishwasher apart to clean out the gunk the other day; it's not easy to do on that machine, and I can't get it back together the way it was, so he'll have to figure it out.
I had a stressful day. Problems with the mortgage company; I decided I don't want to deal with them - I'll go elsewhere as I don't like being given a runaround. I had to go out and do some errands in the early evening, and went to Dollar Tree where I got a few things. When I went to pay for the items the machine rejected my debit card. I thought maybe I had entered my PIN wrong, so ran it as a credit - rejected again. I check my balance daily and knew I had way more than enough for my purchase, so I was pretty much freaking out - I thought someone had hacked into my account and cleaned it out. Very embarassing - and I couldn't wait to get home to see what was going on at the bank's website. As it turned out, everything was fine - there must have been some kind of problem with Dollar Tree's terminal, but that didn't make it any less scary and embarrassing.
When I got to the car where the dogs were waiting for me, I noticed Autumn was gone. Scared the heck out of me; people are always saying how cute she is, and although I didn't think someone stole her (not with the other two there), I couldn't imagine what happened... Well, I called her and she came running; stupid dog jumped out the window (first time she ever did that); I don't know what the heck came over her.
Got home, and tackled a pot I had reheated Sloppy Joes in the day before; it had stuff caked on the bottom, so I put some baking soda in the bottom, added water, and put it on the stove - the heat activates the baking soda, making it bubble up, and after you let it sit a little while, the mess comes right. Then I went to take care of the dogs for the night...and Whisper - who is strictly a house cat - somehow got out. More stress...he's very precious, and has had health problems, which is why I don't let him out. (He's a gorgeous Himalayan; he just turned up one day years ago, emaciated, covered in poop, and his tail so thickly matted where some #*$% must have put duct tape or something around it that I couldn't even cut through it.) He led me on a merry chase, and I finally caught him and brought him back in - obviously, he's forgotten what life on the streets is like! I needed to relax a bit, so I sat on my bed with a coloring book for a while when "something" told me to go to the kitchen. I opened the door that separated the two sides of the house only to find that the smoke was so thick it was like fog. Yep...I had forgotten to turn off the gas under the pot, which was obviously now ruined (and it was a Cuisinart!); the inside was all crackly as the water had boiled out, and the handle had melted. Thank the Lord I came out when I did, or it likely would have caught fire. I had to run two ceiling fans, and even so it took hours for the smoke to clear...not to mention the smell.
Does it end there? Of course not...I had put Whisper in the bedroom and closed the door so he couldn't run out while I put food out for the outside cats. Went back into the bedroom to relax...and found that stupid cat had peed on the bed... So, I had to strip the whole thing, do laundry, and re-make the bed. Thank goodness I got that waterproof mattress pad! I have it over a regular, thick mattress pad, and that's over a memory foam topper, so my mattress is never in peril.
Anyway, that's been my exciting life... I did create a new cupcake which I call "Cupcakes in Paradise." They're mango, banana, and coconut; I took some - along with some blueberry pie pops - to my dentist, and they were a huge hit.
So, in a little while I'm off to return a rented textbook to Amazon; I didn't realize that an ebook came with the website access I had to pay for, and $31 is $31...they were very nice about letting me return it and refunding the rental fee. I need to get a few things in Sam's, as my membership expires at the beginning of next month, then it's down to homework.
Jean, the schools here let out this week; I can't get used to that - I always think of July and August as summer vacation, especially since August is the hottest month.
I don't think I'll ever fly again, unless the Lord makes a way for me to get my pilot's certification updated. I hate the crowds, and the TSA is nothing but a way for Big Brother to harass and bully people; they've never caught a single terrorist or criminal of any kind. I was reading earlier that so far this year they've caused 70,000 people to miss flights on American Airlines alone.
Marijane, I'm also looking forward to floating in my pool. Hopefully Mark can get the saltwater pump on the big pool working again (There's probably an ant's nest in it, which has happened before); if he can't then I have the 16' Easy Set pool I got last year. It's not deep enough for "real" swimming - just a backstroke - but it's nice to float in with a book.
Sorry you had a bad night again, LindaL - I always pray for you.
Twinny, just kep reminding yourself, "This too shall pass." Before you know it, it'll all be behind you.
Nothing else going on; I decided to return the sandals I got to Ross; I wore them for a short time, as I always do, and they're not very comfortable. I guess I'll do that early next week - there's too much else to do today, and hopefully Mark will be here tomorrow.
Hi to everyone - have a blessed day!
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