TGIF

 I'm sitting here on Thursday evening writing this post. The windows are open and the smell of fresh cut grass is filling the room. It's a little bit like heaven.

So hooray for Friday. I've got quite a lot of work to do today but it will be over before you know it and I'll be heading into my day off. Amanda and I are planning on going to a Christmas in July craft sale tomorrow. 

I've had this picture of Gibbs sitting in a folder waiting for me to post it. It was a guided edit in photoshop elements. Nothing special but kind of fun. 

Hope everyone has a great day.

Misc. thoughts.

 Yesterday at work I was giving the cashier his break. A customer walked in and motioned for me to come over and said he wanted to show me something. He walked out the door and pointed down by the other door.

Tuesday I did get a hold of a plumber. He stopped that night to take a look. He said he was going to see if he could get a cartridge? for it. He said he should be able to because what I had was a delta. (I'm totally lost on what he's talking about but that's ok) The bad news is that if he can't, there is no access to the plumbing. They would have to take the tub and attached surround out to access the plumbing for the tub. Keep fingers crossed.

I was a bit surprised at how much anxiety I was feeling over trying to decide who to call about the plumbing problem. It's times like that, I really hate living alone and having to take care of any and everything that happens around here.

I totally forgot about calling and making an appointment for my yearly vehicle inspection. It has to be done by the end of the month and I also need an oil change. I also have to call the dentist before the end of the week to let them know how I'm doing. I'm thinking I should be good to go for a while now. Everything seems to be going fine.

My weekly routine for garbage day is to get home from work on Tuesday and drag the garbage can to the curb for it to be picked up Wednesday morning. Yesterday I got home from work, got the garbage can out to the curb and realized it was actually Wednesday and garbage had already been picked up. Since I was off on Tuesday I guess it felt like Monday and it never occurred to me that I needed to take the garbage out. It's a good thing I have very little garbage every week.

That can't be right.

 I get an email from OneDrive with memories from "this day" on a regular basis. The one I got on July 3 had me a bit confused.

Then again, it may be OneDrive that is confused. I know darn well that those snow pictures were not from July 3 in any year. The Christmas pictures aren't from July either. You will never see Christmas decorations up in July in my house.

That's the way the cookie crumbles.

 After being very frugal for a while until I paid off my mortgage, this apparently is going to be the year that all that saved money is going to fly right back out of my bank account.

It all started with me spending the extra money to make the front of my house look a little nicer. Since then I've had minor expenses to take care of. Then of course there were the doctor appointments for my eye issue and finally the great big dental expense. I do have dental insurance but it doesn't pay for much and my dentist is out of network. Needless to say I had to pay for it all up front and the insurance company will repay me a very small fraction.

The latest expense is going to be looking for a plumber. I knew that the tub faucet was dripping but I didn't think it was that bad. I had a big surprise when I opened my water bill to discover that it was $30 more than it usually is. 

Today's to do list consists of making an appointment for car inspection and then finding a plumber. Oh and when I recover from both of those, Gibbs needs to get in to the vet to get caught up on shots. 

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