Spectacular

 April 15

steps 3500

We were riding along in a paid ride to pick up a rental car when I caught sight of a huge truck on fire! It was spectacular. The whole underside or about 30 feet was in flame, plus more looked to be flames blowing back. 

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Okay, that was not the truck I saw. 

We hired a ride and rode 30 miles south to get a Rogue. It is great for my back.   

I talked on the phone with guy I saw in Lowe's. He came by for a 'free' estimate. Well, $100 to mow and use weed eater is too expensive. Tommy said okay. When I asked the time on Monday he could come, he said it would be Tuesday but he could not commit to a time. My story of sleeping late led him to believe that about 10 am would be good for me. I laughed. So, I asked for 2 pm. He said he could not commit to a time. "We don't deal with time." He would be there when he finished with last job. Tommy guffawed at this. I told him we could not work with that. He relented and said he would be here between 2 and 2:30. I doubted he would be here by 2:30.

He fooled me, got here early and told me he was here at 1:45 as we were bringing home rental car. He asked it they could start. We arrived at 2:30.

He was stacking all the limbs from big tree at back fence. I saw red! Then, it appeared he was stacking tiny limbs on the crosspiece for the clothesline. ??? He was so surprised I did not want limbs across the back fence. He said he was putting the metal line on the clothesline crosspiece and became defensive, saying it would ruin his mower. I said he could wrap it around to keep it up. He refused rather defensively like I was asking for extra work. So, if it blows down, his problem if it ruins his mower. 

Tommy checked for weeds and had him finish. After he had his $100 bill, I looked out and told him to put the garbage can back. He was right near it. Then, I got up, went to door and yelled to get the black plastic bag from against the fence. Tommy said he got the two plastic bags there, too. I think this is too much trouble. We will find someone else. How did a mower and a weed eater manage to miss three bags at the fence?

This was an ambitious sounding young man with a 'crew.'  He wants us to check the yard every time. I prefer not to do that every time. His lawn mower is tiny. I appreciate working his way up. But, he needs to work for other people. Oh, the gas he uses is $32/gal Husqvarna. He used that to justify his price. It is for the weed eater. Expensive gas won't do a better job. It sure did not pick up three plastic bags against the fence. 

Our car is with the right person. This car is rented for five days. There is no problem with getting to doc who did surgery. Tommy is going to wash my hair tonight.

When I came into the living room, Tommy was up and on the phone. He cannot get what he needs using a ten-year-old ATT phone book. So, I got on laptop and gave him numbers of car rental places. 

Okay, Tommy helped wash my hair, did not do whole job

God's in Her Heaven, and all's right with our world.

Recipe Found, Free Cone etc

Okay, I found the recipe. A blogger I read stepped forward for me. Cheapchick had posted the recipe and a picture. Thank you. I cannot wait to try this.

If you fill a Christmas Child shoebox, the DQ in my town will give you a free ice cream cone. I have no idea if this is available in all their locations. Their cones are expensive--$2. Of course, I prefer the free sandwich that Chic-fil-A gives for a filled box.

Frost is expected in some areas tonight. It has been pitch dark for an hour, but I need to go take care of the potato plant and cover it. The plant is about four inches tall but still has tiny leaves. The leaves are growing larger, but they still are not full size like the should be and will be.

Today, I got my hair back. My hair had not left, but it was surely a mess. The last thing J did was to trim my hair, just the bottom. I cut my bangs and finally put color on it. I had messed up the last two colorings, so this time I did it right. Once, I washed the color off after only ten minutes. The time before, I missed places. now, I feel decent for the holidays. Of course, the color and bang trimming will have to be done twice before the end of the year. My bangs grow faster than the rest of my hair. My stylist said so. I feel ready now.

Since I cannot bend too much and not for very long, today, I did some more cleaning of the refrigerator shelves. Well, I dragged out things to toss or to put where I can see it. The wiping of the shelves will be another occasion. I cannot do it all at once anymore. I spent two minutes today.

I did one more thing in the yard today. It is so minor but is shaping things up. I had two of the little nursery three packs that had dirt in them sitting on a table. They were dumped into another larger pot of dirt. All this will go into the trench from the water line installation that still is a dip in the yard. I only have one more large pot to empty and repair. Then, all my pots are ready for next year.

If I had the energy. I would wash the little three cells to use for starting seeds in the spring. But, they will have to go in the trash.

My neighbor dragged the hose back from the trash. I think I can salvage it for another year. I had him drag one of the trash cans back into the chicken yard so I can get the paper plates and such picked up. I need to get ready for chicks.

Things happen slowly around here. And, this is my Friday night. How about yours?

Your turn
Are you going to fill Christmas Child boxes this year? If you color your hair, do you ever miss places, leave color on for the wrong length of time, or wait too long to apply color. Have you gotten your pots and garden stuff ready for the winter? Have you ever been ready to toss something but snatched it back at the last moment to rescue it and give it one more year, one more chance? Have you found that with injury and/or age you move more slowly and accomplish less?