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I struck out twice today. I called Sears and they no longer have parts for my mower. I may have to buy a new mower because I can't get the cable. It is a perfectly good mower except for the broken cable. Go figure.
I went to activate the gift card my cousin sent me as a thank you and I tried twice online and then called and wasn't able to activate it buy keying in the numbers. I got a person who told me the card had been canceled. He hemmed and hauled around and told me to call the person who gave it to me. She had just gotten an email that said the card was canceled in error. They were the two things that started my day.
I managed to put a shelf up in my closet and stuffed some more steel wool around my cabinet. A mouse had been caught in the trap I put under the drawer. It was one of those traps the mouse crawls in, the door shuts and you don't see it. It must have been a tiny mouse as it was very light weight. I opened the door to make sure one was in there. All I could see was the tail. It went in the trash can outside. Another regular trap in the closet with the water heater had been robbed of its bait but not sprung. I had to set two more traps for the critters. Danny has been barking at the kitchen and the heating vents. Could be stink bugs; he barks at them.
I put a shelf up in the closet and put a bracket up for another shelf. I have to cut the shelf as it is too big. There is one long shelf along the back of the closet so I am putting some on the side. I have to buy some more brackets at the Home Depot.
I remembered to go to choir practice tonight. I didn't like going out in the cold but am glad I went. We practiced the song we will be singing Christmas Eve. It's one I hadn't heard before. We went over it several times. There are some high soprano notes. Joan came late but I was glad she came. She sings soprano and I can sing well when she is next to me. Everyone tries to be next to Joan. When she came in, she stood next to me.
It didn't get above 40 today. I guess that's why the critters are coming in to find a warm place. They're going to have to find some other place. That cabinet is foamed, steel wooled, and has some moldings. I'm going to have to get more wood for moldings. I don't know where the critters are getting in. The water heater closet can get those metal rings that go around the plumbing. That might work but the ones that have the hinge are not cheap. No choice, I'll have to pay the price.
News from the Vorlon Wife.
Posted by tedkarol at December 2, 2010 10:25 PM