What I Wanted To Do This Week
• Write.
What I Did This Week
• Helped zaiah through the death of her horse.
• Mixed and poured slightly over half a ton of concrete by hand.
• Broke into a house and kidnapped a timber wolf to protect her from someone who was abusing her, resulting in wolf-paw prints in freshly-poured concrete.
• Dealt with a broken washing machine. So. Much. Water.
• Replaced wiring in the bedroom walls.
• Got sawdust all over the clothes in the closet during the rewiring job. Good thing we have a washing machine…oh, wait.
• Installed a new washing machine, carefully lifting it over fresh, still-curing concrete.
• Painted new hardware for the windows.
• Dealt with police officers and K-9 dogs tramping through our back yard searching for a suspect.
• Re-painted window hardware that a police officer stepped on while the paint was still wet.
• Had a difficult conversation with a good friend who did something hurtful to me.
• Learned I now need reading glasses.
A do-over on this week would be nice.
fortunately, the wolf’s owner asked us to do the break-in. She’d been having a crap weekend herself and ended up in the ER, leaving the wolf alone with an abusive roommate (who they’re trying to evict) who was mistreating her. We broke in to take the wolf away until her owner was released from the hospital.
fortunately, the wolf’s owner asked us to do the break-in. She’d been having a crap weekend herself and ended up in the ER, leaving the wolf alone with an abusive roommate (who they’re trying to evict) who was mistreating her. We broke in to take the wolf away until her owner was released from the hospital.
Glad to hear you weren’t the suspect!
Still, that’s … a week. Wow. Condolences on the horse and best wishes to the rest of you.
(My next washing machine will have one of these: http://www.cashacme.com/prod_general_plumb_wm.php )
Gosh, that’s a wonderful gizmo! I wonder if they make something similar for a whole house’s water supply…. (I have been shown various shut-off points for things & I know so little about how anything works, the info just doesn’t stick in my memory as it should. 😛 )
Shut-off valves are wonderful things. Ones that work — as many don’t, after decades in a single position — are even better. Maybe you could make a map? Good thing to know in an emergency.
(My house has a cutoff under the bathroom, which I need to replace, and one in the meter box out front, which works just fine, once you get to it, and then the city has a cutoff out by the street, which had to be used when the city replaced all our meters and mine broke. Lots of water everywhere, especially as the city workers wouldn’t believe me when I said the break was in their line, but waited until the plumber called to chew them out.)
The washing machine cutoff is intended to shut off the water when the washer’s not in use, preventing floods and extending the life of the washer and its hoses. Having seen a flooded house, I am all in favour. 🙂
Glad to hear you weren’t the suspect!
Still, that’s … a week. Wow. Condolences on the horse and best wishes to the rest of you.
(My next washing machine will have one of these: http://www.cashacme.com/prod_general_plumb_wm.php )
Oh, that’s a much better situation — not that needing to evict the terrible roommate is a good thing, or your friend being in the ER, but at least the wolf has a home to go back to, when everything is said and done.
Hope *her* situation improves, too. Geesh. 🙁
<3!
Oh, that’s a much better situation — not that needing to evict the terrible roommate is a good thing, or your friend being in the ER, but at least the wolf has a home to go back to, when everything is said and done.
Hope *her* situation improves, too. Geesh. 🙁
<3!
As they say, Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans…
As they say, Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans…
But… Wolf prints in concrete–how cool is that? Also, reading glasses are sexy. 🙂
But… Wolf prints in concrete–how cool is that? Also, reading glasses are sexy. 🙂
I’d call this an accomplished weekend, even if it wasn’t the one you had planned.
That’s what I’d say, too.
I’d call this an accomplished weekend, even if it wasn’t the one you had planned.
That’s what I’d say, too.
Gosh, that’s a wonderful gizmo! I wonder if they make something similar for a whole house’s water supply…. (I have been shown various shut-off points for things & I know so little about how anything works, the info just doesn’t stick in my memory as it should. 😛 )
Shut-off valves are wonderful things. Ones that work — as many don’t, after decades in a single position — are even better. Maybe you could make a map? Good thing to know in an emergency.
(My house has a cutoff under the bathroom, which I need to replace, and one in the meter box out front, which works just fine, once you get to it, and then the city has a cutoff out by the street, which had to be used when the city replaced all our meters and mine broke. Lots of water everywhere, especially as the city workers wouldn’t believe me when I said the break was in their line, but waited until the plumber called to chew them out.)
The washing machine cutoff is intended to shut off the water when the washer’s not in use, preventing floods and extending the life of the washer and its hoses. Having seen a flooded house, I am all in favour. 🙂
Oh, and yes Reading glasses are sexy. You may want a do over, but you did do some great things. Even if they weren’t planned, they were good things.
Oh, and yes Reading glasses are sexy. You may want a do over, but you did do some great things. Even if they weren’t planned, they were good things.