Joys Of DIY

It was a rainy, busy day.
And odd.
Spouse was given the day off by his nice boss to install a new water heater. Our old one must've been the original and that means it was over 25 years old. We were practically rationing hot water, so the install was a necessity. Small problem though. Spouse is not a plumber, so until he went to a second Home Depot and talked to the Manager of Plumbing, we were waterless. :/ Ooh, how dependent we are, on our utilities.
Fortunately, we still have all those giant bottles of H2O around that the Dept. of Homeland Security told us to keep in case of of terrorist attack (hey, at least we didn't stock up on duct tape).
Then I realized the hose and sprayer for spouse's gardens were just outside and they had lots of water, so all was good. Spouse finally got the heater properly installed after about 7-8 hours of working on it. Oh, the joys of DIY!

While all the fun was going on, I printed out some of the pics from the 7/4 parade to give to people from the place I volunteer who were in the parade. When cruised over to the charity store, the mentally disabled man who was the Grand Marshall just happend to be next door at corporate and the CEO happened to stop in whilst folks were gathered 'round checking out the pics, so he took the
8X11 glossy over to give him and I'm told he was quite happy about it.
The other pic (the rest I had burned to disc) was of a co-worker of my son's in the parade with a client, and they framed and hung it in the front of the store. So lots of good vibes there.

TTFN,

--Cyn

Comments

[Cyn]

*You stocked up on supplies after 9/11? What, you were expecting Schaumburg to be next on The List after NYC?*

Actually, I was recycling the containers that my bottled water (our tap H2O = yucky-tasting) comes in. That was it. And at the time, the only plausible scenerio for trouble was maybe the drinking water---soooo I figure no harm, no foul and filled up a dozen empty jugs.

*It's odd, the reactions to 9/11 from the places you'd least suspect there to be reactions from.*

I agree. We had the horror of the disasters being replayed on the teevee and our govt issuing multi-coloured alerts. It wasn't too big a stretch to wonder if one was in in mortal danger--some folks just got more scared than others. Fear was responsible for all kinds of what was in retrospect, irrational or at least over-reactive, behaviour.

[Anne]

It's odd, the reactions to 9/11 from the places you'd least suspect there to be reactions from. I live 2 hours from NYC and I have family and lots of friends who live and work there, and I lost a few that day, yet I didn't stock up on anything in the days after. We feel (relatively) safe now, that "lightning doesn't strike twice" mentality, but the fear is always there. I've had people from Arkansas tell me they built shelters and stocked up on stuff and my first reaction is "why the heck??" but then I get it. They are living in fear as we are. They see no difference between here and there, and honestly, there really isn't any difference...

[Her Brother]

You stocked up on supplies after 9/11? What, you were expecting Schaumburg to be next on The List after NYC?