As I was doing the breakfast dishes yesterday, a glass slipped out of my hands and fell right onto the coffee mug. More accurately, it fell directly onto the handle of the coffee mug. The result you can see in this photo. But that wasn’t the end of my troubles on this Friday the double … Continue reading Another Emergency!
Home Improvements
She Can Bake a Cherry Pie
Quote of the day: Things never come when they are expected.—Agatha Christie The Tasker came early, went to work right away, and finished quickly. I had the boxes downstairs in the living room and asked him if he could help me carry the completed bookcases upstairs when he finished assembling them. He thought it would … Continue reading She Can Bake a Cherry Pie
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Quote of the day: Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.—Friedrich Nietzsche When I moved from my house in the Wissahickon neighborhood of Philadelphia back to an apartment in Center City, I had to get rid of the majority of my books, as well as most of my bookcases. Then I moved yet again … Continue reading Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
The New Range
I’ve known that I needed a new gas range for sometime. Last year when I bought the new washer/dryer and the refrigerator, I fully intended to get a new range as well, but then I got the new back door and there was the squirrel infestation and one expense on top of another, so I … Continue reading The New Range
Fixing a Hole
A while back I had a clogged drain and after it was fixed, I had a slow leak under the kitchen sink. After the plumber repaired it he said the whole drain under the sink really needed to be replaced as it hadn’t been installed correctly to begin with. So I arranged for him to … Continue reading Fixing a Hole
Emergency!
I had a different post planned for today, but then fate intervened. I try to keep some fresh parsley in a jar of water on my counter so it’ll be readily available, and this morning I noticed that the parsley had turned quite yellow and could no longer be regarded as fresh. So I chucked … Continue reading Emergency!
My AC Problems
You may recall that early in the summer I posted about my AC units. Alas, shortly after that, they’ve been giving me nothing but trouble. They were working, but not as efficiently as they should be. In particular, when I had the upstairs units running, the downstairs unit often refused to keep the living room … Continue reading My AC Problems
Seven
The pain in my shoulders has returned, and I realized it was from relocating those pesky squirrels. They aren’t very heavy, but carrying them in that cage as they jump around wreaks a bit of havoc on the old shoulders. So when I trapped the seventh squirrel, I initially thought about just releasing it and … Continue reading Seven
Five
I have now caught and relocated a total of five squirrels. This fifth one didn’t seem to be as angry as the others.
Playing Possum
I had successfully relocated four squirrels, but I knew there was another one that had moved into the neighborhood, so I kept the trap baited. Then when I got up one morning I looked out the back door and saw that the trap had sprung. Number five! Or so I thought. When I went out … Continue reading Playing Possum