May 19, 2005

• Being misslill is never easy, .....but often fun! Two very misslill situations happened today, so the universe is unfolding as it should.

  
  

  Number One: misslill is going to mow her lawn. Independent woman that she is, she needs no help from mere men to do this task. Out comes the mower, she primes the beast, pulls the cord and.......nothing. The cord is tricky and hard to pull so she tries again. Pull, YANK....nothing.   Tries a few choice words along with the pull-yank method....nothing. Tries some really really choice words she learned from her patients at work.....nothing.   Takes a peek in the gas tank.......empty!!  After filling up the tank I did manage to get the damn thing started - it is hard to do - pull-yank sputter sputter and the lawn is now mowed!! This is extremely good exercise and could probably help me to lose ten pounds except that after I finish mowing I'm so hungry I eat enough to gain twenty!!

  
  

  Number Two: misslill gets the card in the mail to phone in her water meter reading. This is a first for her, but riding the peak of confidence from mowing the lawn she is convinced that this task will be a piece of cake. She heads down to the bowels of the basement. She locates the water meter so nicely labeled by the home inspector so many months ago. She notes the numbers on the card........but wait. There is a problem. It is supposed to have five digits and she is reading eight. Undaunted she calls it in anyway, but feeling a little unsettled decided to call the customer service number provided just to be sure. After a brief embarassing interlude of searching for the one piece of paper with her phone number on it (not yet memorized) the kind lady on the other end of the line is ready, willing and able to help. misslill explains her dilemma. Kind lady reads a number to misslill and asks if this was the water meter reading she received. Astounded by her apparent psychic powers misslill says "why, yes it was". Kind lady asks misslill to go downstairs and approach the water meter. She does this, with some trepidation, not knowing what to expect. Kind lady asks misslill to lift up the lid of the water meter and read the numbers underneath!! misslill had taken a reading of the serial number conveniently located on top of the meter!! Oh well!!  Being the kind lady that she was, the kind lady said misslill was neither the first nor probably the last to do this. She took the reading and all was well.

  
  

  

  
  

  At least both tales had a happy ending!! Believe it or not they actually let me be in charge of a nursing unit!!

  
  

      The patio lights went together without incident and I have taken great care to place them properly. Tushybaby informs me that when her mother installed them their backyard looked like something akin to an airport landing strip! I have myself aimed for a more casual, freestyle ambiance with my solar powered malibu lights and therefore don't expect any lear jets to be dropping in anytime soon.

  
  

  My backyard patio set is now in place all ready for the long weekend. The old hound and I conquered yet another "assembly required" task and got the table put together on Monday. I shopped around and found a nice tan coloured cast iron umbrella base and put it up today. That makes the wine cabinet, the BBQ, the lawnmower and the table that we have assembled together. Not bad for an old hound mewzisshun and a nurse!

  
  

   I am about ready to dip into the primer and start painting. That is exciting! Choosing colours for the walls has been a more daunting and difficult task than I would have thought. All my original choices have flown out the window, but I think I am on the right track now. Some colours are nice, but to sit in a whole room of it would be overwhelming or jarring to the senses.

  
  

   Dandelions are running rampant all over my lawn both front and back, but I am working on it!! The apple tree is in blossom and pear tree number one isn't far behind.Lots of mystery plants are popping out of the ground. I can now decide what to put in the front garden as it is all cleared and ready for planting.

  
  

  As I complete one task there is always another one waiting in the wings for me. It is an ongoing process that never ends, but a labour of love that I do willingly. The end result will make it all worthwhile and I am enjoying the journey along the way.

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