KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

We have a solid wood door with windows on the front of our house. It's been here over 60 years. When we tried to replace it years ago we found out they do not make doors that size. So we could either get one custom made, at an exorbitant price or buy a door as is and do major construction to the front of the place, also expensive. I opted back then to refinish the one that was there. I painted the outside and left the inside alone. It was quite a project because I textured the finish, then covered the windows. Nowadays you can buy that kind of paint but when I did it you couldn't. You had to layer and use assorted tools to achieve the textured look. Unfortunately, time has deteriorated the door and it now has big cracks in it. My husband's solution to this is to put a strip of duck-tape over it. Not an attractive alternative, to be sure. So I've been threatening to do something about it. I began looking at doors. If I could find one not too cost prohibitive, then we can afford to make the construction changes needed to replace the old one, at this time, because my hubby got a job. After looking at countless doors I  hit pay dirt. I found one that is not only cost effective but looks nice and already comes painted. Now all we have to do is find the right handyman to fit it in position and rebuild that part of the house.

CURRENT FRONT DOOR

UGLY RIGHT?
FATIGUE GREEN

I'M FATIGUED DEALING WITH IT

HUBBY'S SOLUTION TO REPAIR CRACK

DUCK TAPE IT TO COVER PROBLEM

MY DREAM DOOR IS NOT HAPPENING

BUT I LIKE THIS ONE TOO

BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING MORE AFFORDABLE

AND WE CAN PICK THE COLOR...
WITHOUT HAVING TO PAINT IT OURSELVES

PERFECT!

 

FORGET BOB EVANS

 

The hubby and I decided to eat breakfast out of town today. We stopped at a Bob Evans along the way. What a BIG disappointment it was. I'm not one to complain, but you know that old saying, "You don't get a second chance to make a first impression." It applied here. The problem was the tables were crammed together so tight, we felt we were sardines in a can. Every time the person behind me moved, it seemed they were deliberately pushing me. Then the waitresses we saw were sloppy, wearing filthy dirty aprons and stained shirts. The table was lacking a filled jelly tray, which never got refilled. There was only a packet or two of sugar substitute available. And when you're like me and drink unsweetened tea, you need more. The service was excruciatingly slow. We had to repeat what we wanted and ended up asking someone other than our waitress to bring us what we needed. But the worst part was the food itself.  I ordered the Garden Harvest Omelet.  It was supposed to be stuffed with spinach, tomatoes and onions and topped with hollandaise sauce.  It wasn't. There was hardly a thimble full of the hollandaise on it and only two small leaves of spinach, inside. So effectively what I had was a tomato omelet. NOT what I ordered. As a result, I felt gypped out of the down home cooking they advertise. So we won't be going back anytime soon.

A LITTLE BATTY, I SUPPOSE

 

I am cleaning out an attic bedroom that looks like a hoarders convention had a party in it. As I was taking bubble wrapped items out of a large box, to put them into bags to donate... I saw something brown and furry in there. I poked at it with a book and it got a creepy crawl. I instantly thought BAT. And hightailed it outta of there, slamming the door closed. But over the course of the evening my curiosity got the better of me. So I donned a bulky leather winter coat, boots and gloves and went back up there to see what was what? I carefully removed everything from the box half expecting to see the little fur ball again, dead or alive. But when I reached the bottom of the box where I saw this thing crawl, it was empty except for a giant dust ball. Now I'm wondering if I imagined the whole thing because the lighting in the room is poor? I was tired. My husband wasn't home. And the dust ball kind of looks like a bat??? Or is the creature still up there waiting to be found again??? And rear it's ugly head???

 

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

 

DO BUTTERFLIES REALLY LIVE IN THESE HOUSES?

I BOUGHT THIS YEARS AGO
AND RECENTLY REDISCOVERED IT
TUCKED AWAY IN A CLOSET.

SO WE JUST GOT AROUND TO SETTING IT UP.
IT'LL BE EXCITING IF THE
BUTTERFLIES ACTUALLY CONGREGATE HERE.

 

 

MEANWHILE I'VE BEEN WAITING TO GET
MY CONTAINERS PLANTED THIS SPRING.

 

BUT THE WEATHER HAS BEEN UNPREDICTABLE

 

 

SO FINALLY...
I PUT A FEW THINGS OUT ON MY PORCH.

AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT...
FROST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.

JUST WHAT WE ALL NEED, COLD TEMPS.

These flowers may not LOOK

like much but they set me back

twenty-five dollars.

 I'M NOT INVESTING ANOTHER DIME IN
SPRING UNTIL SUMMER ARRIVES.

 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

 

IT'S YOUR DAY LADIES
DO WHAT YOU LOVE...

ENJOY. BE HAPPY.

SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

I am the first to concede that I am not a mechanically inclined person. But I have been known to put a thing or two together in my time. Recently we bought a floor lamp. It was the kind you had to build. It sat untouched in the box for a couple weeks. I expected my husband would do it, but one thing after another got in the way. So I decided I would do it myself. This was not necessarily a good idea. But I dived  right in and did it without reading the directions. I did this because directions often confuse me more than not. But in this case it complicated things. I ended up putting the lamp together backwards. In other words I started from the bottom up. Therefore the lamp was wobbly and would not stand up straight and the top piece with the socket would not fit in. Frustrated, I told my husband what a cheap piece of  garbage it was. He came over to check out the problem and started laughing at my feeble attempt. He took one brief look at the paper diagram and informed me I should have started from the top down and followed instructions. He had the lamp taken apart and put back together properly in a matter of minutes. Then a light went on. What would I do without him?

 

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS LAMP?
IT WON'T GO TOGETHER.

 

 

 

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.

NOW WHAT?

 

 

HUBBY HAD TO
TAKE WHAT I DID

COMPLETELY APART
AND START OVER

 

 

AND IN MINUTES
THE LAMP WAS ASSEMBLED
AND PUT IN PLACE

 

 

 

AN EASY CHEAP FIX

 

The thermometer went up to almost eighty degrees the other day. It was nice and toasty out there. A sign spring has finally sprung.  The only problem was when I got in my car it was stifling hot. I could hardly breathe. My air conditioner didn't work. So I complained to the hubby. He knew just what to do without taking it into the car dealership. At the Chrysler place they would have charged a fortune to tweak and boost my coolant. But for $20 my hubby bought a can of  synthetic air conditioner booster at a local auto parts store. He attached some hoses, turned a nozzle and the air conditioning was back on. I was able to drive again in comfort. I must admit though, if I had a convertible, the top would be down, and I would be just as happy, though hot as you know what. THANK GOODNESS for AIR CONDITIONING.

 

 

 MAGIC IN A CAN

 

 

TUBING CONNECTED

 

 

NOZZLE TURNED

 

 

DOES IT WORK?

 

 

IT'S SO COLD...

NOW YOU NEED A COAT.