Safely home...

Grampa and Gramma made it home safely from Bridgewater, NJ. The workshop was very good. We gained a new perspective on Moses and excuses. The staff is in our hands!

And so it is...

We've "suffered" with our cable TV. The HD box was booting, rebooting, and then rebooting again. Grampa disconnected the box and switched to direct feed on the TV. And then..it was getting very hard to remember which one of the four remote controls did what. And then...we actually had to get up, go over to the TV, and switch it...arrrgh. Now comes the "real" story. The breaker in the garage gave up it's power...it quit...dead. With hindsight, that was the problem all along. Grampa plugged in the "entertainment center" into another wall socket....voile...it all works fine. Now we have to get the electrician out here again because we have another orange cord powering the family room. Good thing we have plenty of orange cords in THIS house.

Bible study singers...

Singing from the heart....

It's a bargain...

Gramma selling jewelry... at 50 cents a pack ... $104 sales.

Anniversary gift...

Grampa gave Gramma what she always wanted..an attic fan that works. The old one squealed so badly, the whole neighborhood could hear it...that was over a year ago. The only way to quiet the thing was to throw the breaker in the garage. Of course, that is the breaker that powers EVERYTHING in the bedroom including the lamps and TV...so, Grampa using his great electrical wisdom, stretched an orange outdoor extension cord from the hallway to power the bedroom. Now Gramma has mellowed over the years, but this was enough to push her WAY OVER the edge. But all is well now. We can use the plugins in the bedroom again. Thank you, thank you!

And so it is...

Grampa's truck broke down on the Expressway. Bummer. Grampa phoned the mechanic and they decided when to work on it...at least to diagnose the problem. So after much discussion with Gramma about "who would lose time from work," Gramma said,"why don't you (Grampa) take a day off?" Sounded good at the time. Grampa's phone hasn't stopped ringing and Grampa's "boss" was sending someone to pick Grampa up...they just NEED him. But the mechanic called, and they thought they would be done with the truck sooner rather than later. That's a good thing...Grampa needs his truck!!!! no matter how much it costs!