tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post4065325097013575731..comments2024-03-20T08:32:25.794-04:00Comments on Dept. of Nance: A House Is Made Of Walls And Beams But A Home Is Built With Love And Dreams Screams: Why I Might Be Pureeing Thanksgiving This YearNancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-64390536143582313592011-12-12T16:29:09.097-05:002011-12-12T16:29:09.097-05:00V--Ohio's weather in late November was balmy a...V--Ohio's weather in late November was balmy and in the upper forties and mid-fifties! NO ONE WAS COOPERATING WITH ME! And, the garage door saga continues. It finally gave up yesterday and has retired. Now, just in time for Christmas, we have to buy an entirely new mechanism and have it installed. They come tomorrow. Sigh. I would ask, "What else?!" but I am terrified. As you know, there can always be Something Else.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-66994888654683839342011-12-12T16:17:51.650-05:002011-12-12T16:17:51.650-05:00At least you live in Ohio. You could use your gara...At least you live in Ohio. You could use your garage as a refrigerator *if* you managed to get into it.<br /><br />Our first year in this house, everything broke, including the house itself. We broke too, but then put ourselves back together again.V-Grrrlhttp://www.v-grrrl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-36487132980585524572011-11-28T10:47:23.867-05:002011-11-28T10:47:23.867-05:00Nancy--You should have stopped anyway. The wine fr...Nancy--You should have stopped anyway. The wine fridge is always stocked, and so is the cellar, and we are ALWAYS looking for an excuse to open a bottle or two and share. We have a bottle of mead that needs to go, actually, and I'm not fond of the stuff. Someone needs to come and help Rick drink it.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-48650322288353566342011-11-27T22:50:08.714-05:002011-11-27T22:50:08.714-05:00PHEW!
Am I glad I decided on NOT stopping in to s...PHEW!<br /><br />Am I glad I decided on NOT stopping in to see you on the day after Thanksgiving.<br /><br />There we were, merrily riding along the Ohio Turnpike and I said to my husband, "We should stop in and see Nance and Rick today. They are probably just sitting around drinking wine and replaying their wonderful holiday."<br /><br />Now that I have read this post I have decided that my Guardian Angel was correct when she advised against the visit. She told me not to go near your house for at least a month to let the smoke clear...<br /><br />As my old Irish Granny used to say."Sorry for your troubles,<br />Missus."Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426821858355153898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-31724084972393844412011-11-27T16:19:10.492-05:002011-11-27T16:19:10.492-05:00Lisa--Thanks. Thanksgiving was very nice, and let&...Lisa--Thanks. Thanksgiving was very nice, and let's hope that the avalanche of disasters means that Christmas will be catastrophe-free. (I am knocking on wood right now!)<br /><br />Ortizzle--Oh, the garage situation was definitely rodent-rooted. We have a terrible problem with moles, and they tunneled under our deck and into our pond before. This time, they disrupted AND ate the wiring to the garage door opener, etc. <br />As far as the refrigerator...sigh! We replaced the wire-sprouting part, and it started right up. SAVED! <i><b>WE THOUGHT.</b></i> The day after Thanksgiving, it quit. Period. We had to buy a new refrigerator AND, because now the standard size for fridges is at least 35-36" wide, we also had to practically remodel half the f***ing kitchen. Our previous model was 32" and was crammed into the only available space in our teeny cottagey kitchen. And the salesman said, "The government wants them more energy efficient and the customer wants them bigger, and all that means they don't last as long." WHAT?<br /><br />Mikey G--But I'd still rather be retired.<br /><br />Mary G--I researched it (my mythology knowledge is almost nil) and it sounds like both would have been correct. Either way, you're right. But what did I do to piss them off in the first place, I wonder?<br /><br />The Bug--Apparently, my basement steps are my new stairmaster. I really gave them a workout for several days as I went from one floor to the next for ice, dairy, leftovers, etc. HOW AWFUL FOR ME!Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-67231313874469844992011-11-26T19:37:18.177-05:002011-11-26T19:37:18.177-05:00It's true that things don't ever seem to ...It's true that things don't ever seem to go wrong one at a time. It's always at least 3 or 4. I just got over one of those periods and don't look forward to it happening again. Hopefully you have lots of things suddenly going way better than expected! Belated Happy Thanksgiving! ; )Lisa Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096947438461486505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-68144755368212315942011-11-25T11:45:24.969-05:002011-11-25T11:45:24.969-05:00Given the common denominator of things electrical ...Given the common denominator of things electrical in this Story of the Evil House, I'm thinkin' .... mice! Heh, heh. Kidding, but not entirely. We went through a spate of things malfunctioning a while back: the garbage disposal switch stopped working. The plug outlet that I always used for the iron would fade in and out, causing the iron to lose heat without warning, creating puddles filled with lovely sediment all over the clothes. Our doorbell also went on strike. The fridge, thankfully, was OK (older, no-frills model.) One day, on opening the trash compactor, I got the fright of my life as I stared down on a little mouse, standing on his haunches and looking at me as if to say, "Hey, can't a guy have a bite to eat in peace and quiet?"<br /><br />An electrician who came round subsequent to that assured us that it certainly appeared that rodents had gnawed through a few wires. <br /><br />The property manager of the condos showed me how to set traps with peanut butter. Four of them bit the dust in the next 48 hours and we, thankfully, haven't had any signs of rodent squatters since. <br /><br />Then again... this could just be a Murphy's Law corollary to the original: If half a dozen things are going to break down in your home, they will likely all happen in rapid succession, and if possible, during the holidays when you are expecting company.<br /><br />At this point, you must have survived Thanksgiving one way or another, and I suspect it might provide grist for the blogmill. I just hope that new side-by-side wasn't too ungodly expensive. (Why is it that technology has made everything cheaper, smaller, faster and more efficient... EXCEPT for home appliances, which seem to get bigger, slower, less efficient, cost a king's ransom, and have a considerably shorter life span?)Ortizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709991994425909880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-54928129218807825562011-11-22T12:49:09.724-05:002011-11-22T12:49:09.724-05:00Students are usually easier to deal with.Students are usually easier to deal with.Mikey G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-66811941061986552962011-11-22T11:32:58.878-05:002011-11-22T11:32:58.878-05:00It is the Penates you have to propitiate. I always...It is the Penates you have to propitiate. I always get them confused. Which is why my electricity is flickering this morning, and the toilet is not flushing properly.MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-68147569346457093842011-11-22T11:30:16.572-05:002011-11-22T11:30:16.572-05:00Propitiate the Lares. Quickly!Propitiate the Lares. Quickly!MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15179498.post-7939980103307258382011-11-22T11:03:28.406-05:002011-11-22T11:03:28.406-05:00Oh my word! Well now we know what you're meant...Oh my word! Well now we know what you're meant to do with all your new free time. Sheesh!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com