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Yes, I know it has been forever. I didn't have much to say and I've been busy. But today? I am back, baby!
I noticed the other day that there was water on the floor behind the toilet in the small bath. At first I was thinking someone might have splashed water there as the 'rents had just left after staying with me for a few days. So I cleaned it up and went on my merry way. Then it came back but I thought maybe it was condensation from the tank as I tend to take long steamy showers on cold mornings. Cleaned it up again. Fast forward to Friday night and there is more water. Not much but enough for me to decide that maybe something is wrong here. I put down a towel and then took baths in the other bathroom for the weekend. Today? Towel was wet and there is definitely a leak meaning it is plumber time. Luckily I'm working from home today and they were able to fit me in this afternoon. The toilet is now leak free (for the moment) and I'm a little poorer but at least I didn't have to figure out how to fix it myself.
I have a bit of a pet peeve. About Twitter. And people who post their tweets to their blogs. Instead of actually blogging! Now I know that a lot of people use Twitter and think it is just the bee's knees. Personally I don't really see the point but that is because I'm an old lady of 40 and just don't get all this newfangled social networking stuff. (Actually I'm just too antisocial to want to be that in touch with people even if it is only through cyberspace). I figure if you really want to spend your day tweeting with friends and strangers, well, that is your business. But I have found an increasing number of people with blogs that are not really blogging at all but just posting their days tweets via some app (loud twitter I think). Sometimes this is OK, like when the tweet is 140 characters of "what I'm doing now". The part that irks me though is the conversations. People talk back and forth on Twitter like they do in text messages except when posted to the blog I'm only seeing one side of the conversation! So there is a bunch of random stuff that means pretty much nothing to anyone reading it unless they are also a follower on Twitter and take the time to go find the whole conversation thread. This to me just seems like way too much work and I have to wonder why people bother? Plus I go to people's blogs to get content and honestly tweets are not content. Not even close. Like I said, its a peeve.
The reason I'm working from home today? I had two trees removed from my backyard. Mulberry trees to be precise. Now I know Mulberry trees are kind of trash trees - the weeds of the tree world - but I liked them and didn't want to see them go. But they were leaning big time and I like the back corner of my house more so they had to come out. There is a power line that runs right along the fence line dividing my property from the people behind me. Years of power company line clearing left the poor trees with all the growth on one side. And the previous owner of my house did her usual thing, which was nothing, so the trees never received any TLC to help them grow as straight and tall as possible. Instead they were leaning something fierce and a good wind or ice storm and those puppies were coming down.
So I did the adult thing and got estimates, hired a company and scheduled the removal. I missed the part where the guys climbed the trees because, you know, I'm working! But I did get to see some of the action and it was kind of neat. And LOUD! It went much faster than I thought it would though and I am well pleased with the job. My wallet is lighter of course - tree removal and plumbing repairs in the same day will do that. I have before and after pictures but they are on a film camera so I need to get them developed before I can post them. Yes, I don't have a digital camera yet. I'm not a huge taker of pictures so I've never felt the need to own one. Although now that I take trips every year or so with my travel buddy (aka Dad) I'm seriously thinking about getting one.
And now I need to get back to work. Until next time....
I noticed the other day that there was water on the floor behind the toilet in the small bath. At first I was thinking someone might have splashed water there as the 'rents had just left after staying with me for a few days. So I cleaned it up and went on my merry way. Then it came back but I thought maybe it was condensation from the tank as I tend to take long steamy showers on cold mornings. Cleaned it up again. Fast forward to Friday night and there is more water. Not much but enough for me to decide that maybe something is wrong here. I put down a towel and then took baths in the other bathroom for the weekend. Today? Towel was wet and there is definitely a leak meaning it is plumber time. Luckily I'm working from home today and they were able to fit me in this afternoon. The toilet is now leak free (for the moment) and I'm a little poorer but at least I didn't have to figure out how to fix it myself.
I have a bit of a pet peeve. About Twitter. And people who post their tweets to their blogs. Instead of actually blogging! Now I know that a lot of people use Twitter and think it is just the bee's knees. Personally I don't really see the point but that is because I'm an old lady of 40 and just don't get all this newfangled social networking stuff. (Actually I'm just too antisocial to want to be that in touch with people even if it is only through cyberspace). I figure if you really want to spend your day tweeting with friends and strangers, well, that is your business. But I have found an increasing number of people with blogs that are not really blogging at all but just posting their days tweets via some app (loud twitter I think). Sometimes this is OK, like when the tweet is 140 characters of "what I'm doing now". The part that irks me though is the conversations. People talk back and forth on Twitter like they do in text messages except when posted to the blog I'm only seeing one side of the conversation! So there is a bunch of random stuff that means pretty much nothing to anyone reading it unless they are also a follower on Twitter and take the time to go find the whole conversation thread. This to me just seems like way too much work and I have to wonder why people bother? Plus I go to people's blogs to get content and honestly tweets are not content. Not even close. Like I said, its a peeve.
The reason I'm working from home today? I had two trees removed from my backyard. Mulberry trees to be precise. Now I know Mulberry trees are kind of trash trees - the weeds of the tree world - but I liked them and didn't want to see them go. But they were leaning big time and I like the back corner of my house more so they had to come out. There is a power line that runs right along the fence line dividing my property from the people behind me. Years of power company line clearing left the poor trees with all the growth on one side. And the previous owner of my house did her usual thing, which was nothing, so the trees never received any TLC to help them grow as straight and tall as possible. Instead they were leaning something fierce and a good wind or ice storm and those puppies were coming down.
So I did the adult thing and got estimates, hired a company and scheduled the removal. I missed the part where the guys climbed the trees because, you know, I'm working! But I did get to see some of the action and it was kind of neat. And LOUD! It went much faster than I thought it would though and I am well pleased with the job. My wallet is lighter of course - tree removal and plumbing repairs in the same day will do that. I have before and after pictures but they are on a film camera so I need to get them developed before I can post them. Yes, I don't have a digital camera yet. I'm not a huge taker of pictures so I've never felt the need to own one. Although now that I take trips every year or so with my travel buddy (aka Dad) I'm seriously thinking about getting one.
And now I need to get back to work. Until next time....
