Hello all, the temps dropped Sunday night to the point of my house getting down to 74 degrees. It felt cold inside to me however I resisted the urge to kick the furnace on because I knew it was gonna be a scorcher today.
I had a busy and kind of crazy day yesterday. I found a way to clean the second story gutter on the front of the house without having to get on the extension ladders. I used a telescoping pool skimmer pool, gutter scoop, plastic scraper and nuts and bolts. Sounds crazy but it worked and I got the whirly birds from the maple tree out of the gutter. I only had to go up a ladder two steps. I'm sore today, but it's okay. I cut the front grass (left the back it was too damp).
I noticed a scrawny looking dog trotting down the street so like an idiot, I left the lawn mower in my front yard, grabbed a can of dog food and a paper plate, grabbed my purse and jumped in the car. The dog didn't respond to my calls to it and I didn't know if it was deaf. Yea, I live with birds but I keep a couple of cans of cat food and dog food in the house because you never know.
I was filthy from the gutter cleaning because the gutter contents were falling all over me as I worked them out of the gutter. Got the dog to eat a couple of times and followed the dog back to it's house. The lady who owns the dog said the dog looks rough because it has a stomach tumor. Some of the story seemed fishy and it's not easy for me to keep a poker face. I tried to smile alot so any kind of judgement wouldn't flash across my face.
It's funny, not really, that I remembered to run in the house to grab my purse so I'd have my driver license and registration on me yet I didn't remember to take my phone off the trunk lid. Here's the kicker - the phone stayed on the trunk lid until I got home and hit my driveway. Grateful that the mower was still there I finished cutting the grass. Then I discovered phone was missing. Saw phone in the middle of the street and said, hurrah! Then I saw two cars run over it.
Never have I damaged a phone. I pay for square trade and placed a call and was advised to file a claim online. Okay, so Allstate (owns Square Trade) gives me 4 options to describe damage. In the text box I explain phone was crushed by 2 cars. Their response, pay to have it fixed and we'll reimburse you. I reached out to Consumer Cellular and ordered a new phone. The Moto G7 Power model I bought last year has been replaced with a 2021 version. I didn't add Square Trade for the new phone.
I can receive and make a call or receive and send a text ... providing the screen responds to my touch. It's iffy at best. I've already ordered a phone case for it. I could be a spokesperson for the Poetic brand of phone cases that are sold on Amazon. Two cars ran over my phone and the glass screen didn't crack. If you saw my phone you would not think anything is wrong with it. It's like the damage is under the screen. The upper right corner of the display is black with technicolor stripes and the middle of the phone display is charcoal gray with white stripes. The insides are damaged but the Poetic phone case kept the exterior pristine.
There are many elements: wind, fire, water
But none quite like the element of surprise
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