The toaster has a problem. It, um, stopped working on my drive home. Like, no power and no going forward. I pushed it for a little bit to get out of the way and there was a little beep coming from the back, then when I tried to start it again it worked. If I say the word ‘solenoid’, is that a thing? A fixable thing?
Archives for May 2019
The Shed
So, since we went to church on Saturday, Sunday could be a lazy day. I woke up and had a Council Fire, then decided to spend ten minutes getting a few things out of the shed. There is a possibility of putting up a different shed this summer, but there was so much junk in there, cleaning it would be a multi-week process. No ‘before’ photo because I wasn’t thinking.
I opened the door, pulled out a few tools, then noticed the poop on the floor. Not little mouse poop, big animal poop. I freaked out a little, but powered through. The more things I moved, the more poop I found. Then I found feathers and some fuzzy weirdness. I went in and told Lloyd to come check. We agreed that there had probably been a cat living there.
I moved everything out of half of the shed and swept/scraped the floor.
That backboard needed to be moved to the other side so I could get to the stuff. Let’s see how gross it is behind there:
Now let’s pretend that a rake has just fallen against that wall, and a GREY CAT ZOOMS OUT FROM BEHIND THAT JUNK!!!!!!! I freaked out, but then felt bad. I was going to mess up this cat’s house. This house it had pooped all over.
Onward. Lloyd came out and helped with the rest of it. We moved everything out, put free stuff by the curb and lots of stuff in the trash. The shed has had missing shingles for such a long time, there is quite a bit of rot and damage.
For some reason, there were a lot of empty peanut jars in there.
Like, a lot a lot.
We think they’re the cat’s.
So, it’s done enough and it didn’t take many weeks. Lloyd replaced the ruined shingles with some house shingles, so it looks super ghetto, but it’s done.
No after photo, because that one apparently won’t load. Just use your imagination and imagine a palace. A tiny, moldy, pee-scented palace.
Saturday Wrap-Up
Lloyd had his technology sale on Saturday. I helped for a little bit, and it went well despite me. I cut out around noon to get a humiliating haircut. I sat down in the chair and told the lady that most of what she saw was self-inflicted. As she put the top half of my hair up and looked at the underside, she said, “Oh….. I see what you’re talking about.”
After the sale and clean-up, we went to Oliver Kollipara’s confirmation service. It was fantastic. They had it on Saturday evening because there is a marathon in Lincoln on Sunday that closes off pretty much everything in its path. The service was fun and joyful, and the kids did a great job.
Today, I am working on moving some stuff out of the shed so we can maybe put a new one up this summer. Lloyd is putting on shoes because I have found some animal remnants in the shed that have frightened me. His shoes are on now. Gotta go.
Quick growin’ bean
New, yet the same
My computer died this weekend. It turned off and only turned on once more when Lloyd plugged it into a different outlet. He thought he was so smart, but it never turned on again. Sorry, little computer. You were a fine way for me to access Brad’s website, but your time had come.
We had gobs of points from our credit card, so Lloyd picked up a new one for me. It’s pretty nice. I liked the all-in-one of my old Mac, so this looks the same. The keyboard is a plug-in instead of a wireless, and the keys are super flat. It’s like typing on an envelope.
You’ll do, new computer. I hope you bring me as much wasted time as the old model.