I cut an apple.
We ate an apple.
The end.
(This story would have been better but I was locked out of my website after I changed my password and forgot it. Stupid password…….)
by Lauren 2 Comments
I cut an apple.
We ate an apple.
The end.
(This story would have been better but I was locked out of my website after I changed my password and forgot it. Stupid password…….)
I’ve been waking up pretty consistently at 4:30 each morning, and have tried to go back to sleep for another half-hour with limited success. Last night it all caught up to me and I was asleep by 9. (I forgot to write a post.)
Anyway, I’m driving the toaster to work today and leaving a sign in the window telling people my plans. Hopefully a millionaire with some fabricating skills will come along and solve all my problems today. Here’s hoping!
Happy Tuesday, y’all. 🙂
by Lauren 3 Comments
Yep. It snowed on Sunday. I heard about it on Saturday, but I have a healthy share of skepticism in my soul and thought we’d just see flurries. When I went downstairs for breakfast it was raining and when I went upstairs to get ready it was snowing. We drove to church in some flurries and came back out to almost an inch on the car.
It’s hard to tell how much we got because yesterday was so warm, but the streets were slushy and the branches are quite low. I looked out the living room window and was startled by how low one branch was. It looked like we had a new tree growing in the yard.
I took a broom out to shake some of the weight off, but I’m not sure it did much good. I am super-super nervous about the branch hanging over my neighbor’s pool. We have an estimate from a tree guy and I said, “Go for it”, but I wish he would have gone for it earlier.
Several houses in town lost big branches. Back in October of 1997 we had a big, wet snow and all the trees still had their leaves. You could hear branches snapping all over town.
It’s supposed to get down to 35 degrees tonight. It’s also supposed to get up to 62 on Tuesday. Crazy weather.
by Lauren 2 Comments
The banner picture is the only one I took of Rosa’s housewarming party. Rachel, Anna and I drove up to her ‘Welcome to my Casa’ party. She had over a dozen people in that adorable apartment, and a very good time was had by all. I resisted showing my home envy, but not very well.
My morning was spent going to work in my Brave Little Toaster. (BLT for short, but I never will use the short version.) I needed to take some measurements in case I ever get around to outfitting it for food delivery. BTW, Lloyd has it licensed and insured. It is road-legal! Lloyd is the best person in the world! No exaggeration!
I parked in the driveway where the dumpsters are, and when the recycling guys arrived, I moved the toaster and we talked for a fair amount of time about it. Everybody loves a curiosity!
Back home, the weather was nice enough to tinker around a little. The back-up beep (yes, there is a back-up beep) is LOUD!!! So, so loud. However, an internet search said that you could muffle the speaker with a little duck tape. They also said where to find the horn speaker. “It’s about the size of a Carmex jar.”
See that thing with the red and white wires coming out of it? That’s the speaker. I carefully folded up some duct tape and wrapped it carefully in the middle, then secured it all so it wouldn’t fall off. Then I tested it…. and it was LOUD!!!
I’m an idiot. That is the back of the speaker. Here is the front:
A little tape, and the loudness is now bearable. I think the neighbors won’t want to kill me when I back up now.
Luckily, I was supervised during all the tinkering.
by Lauren 3 Comments
What the heck, weather.com? It is mid-October! (They still have the thunderstorm warning for September 20th.)