I've been staying in the trailer at Ives Run and driving over to the Aerie daily. The weather has yet to permit the cutting of grass but that may change this afternoon. We've not had rain since early last night and I'm just waiting for some of the moisture to evaporate from the grass/weed blades before attempting to put the mower to it.
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Speaking of waiting...A man from Sears will be here shortly to take a look at the fridge. It's trying--futile, I must add--to kick on. Every few minutes you can hear the compressor attempt to cool the fridge portion but failing to make it over the last hump. The temperature in the freezer compartment is at 38 degrees (what the fridge should be) while the fridge is at room temp.
[UPDATE: The Sears man came at 1:30 PM. Diagnosed the problem as a bad motherboard. (Refrigerators have brains?!) He then had to call tech central to have them go through some test with him, the results of which showed that the fridge needed a new motherboard! Well, gooollly! No kidding! The field man explained that a lot of the newer guys on the job tended to put in a new motherboard first without diagnosing the problem. Mother boards are expensive. Ergo, Sears instituted a procedure whereby the field man had to get "permission" from the desk techie before a new motherboard could be installed. Luckily, the field man had a motherboard on his truck so the fridge is humming along producing colder and colder temperatures deep in the cavernous confines of the freezer.
BTW The field guy says that he--with some 10 years experience--sometimes resents the desk guy telling him that he can't insert the motherboard since he must follow orders and do what the desk guy says. Even when it is the wrong repair. Bureaucracy exists even in the appliance repair field.]
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Terry had to rush out to get her hair cut this morning. Don't know why she didn't take me up on the offer to do the job. Could have saved her some bucks and would have been done in no time with the hair clippers I employ. Just ZIP! ZIP! ZIP! and I'd be through. But, I have to say the beautician did a nicer job than I could have done.
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Speaking of getting clipped...The cats' claws were needle sharp and scimitar length after going 75 days without a clipping. When they reached up to touch you you really knew it. Therefore, today we rounded them up one by one and clipped their 18 toenails (each--that's 54 all together). And I only got scratched and bit once--by Julie, the smallest and oldest of the lot. I had to put a choke hold on her to pacify her and let Terry do the clipping. But we got 'em done!
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Renewed the registration on the Aveo, trailer and Tundra on line with PennDOT yesterday. Also renewed my driver's license the same way. You get to print out temporary documents good for two weeks from the date of the transaction and they promise to get you the real thing within 10 days. I'll still have to go get my picture taken for the driver's license once that arrives but that's not a real big deal.
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Arranged to get the trailer inspected this Friday when I have to move it from the site in which it is parked to another site a few slots down anyway. Might as well take advantage of having the dang thing hooked up for the move.
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Now I've got to schedule a tune up for the Tundra. It's done yeoman's duty to this point and needs some TLC after the 12K miles it's put on since June 9th.
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