Last Legs!

 Last Legs!

 

The other day the washer repairman from Hamilton Repair told me that my washer is on its last legs. It no longer leaks, but it plays tunes the entire time it is plugged in. That is from the “user interface” on the back of the washer (a $300 part). The service call of $80 was about what could be expected, but a deep sigh is about all to do about that. This morning the dryer bit the dust, so a gas dryer was on the agenda almost immediately. Patty let me take my wet laundry to her house to be dried, and now the best prices in town have been adjusted and reinforced so that my new washer and dryer will be delivered from Hamilton Bryan Saturday afternoon. Sterling is arranging for a mutual friend to come pick up the old ones tomorrow afternoon. So, do we think that getting older is just for tough guys and gals or do some of the wimps like me still manage to get things done?

 

Made some banana nut muffins earlier and took some to Patty. Offered the new neighbors some, but they are on one of those no carb diets. Oh well. They are about to start doing more TV work or something, so maybe he wants to look as cute as his lovely wife. She is so spritely that it would be hard to compete, in my estimation.

 

So disappointed in this weather. Now to whom should this complaint be directed? Surely the weather man/woman/person knows that no one up north really needed all those tons of snow for North Dakota or even California. Arizona will see theirs melt off into a couple of gulley washers. It’s a shame they can’t put that water someplace safe to be used when needed. But we have not yet figured out how to do that in Texas either. We get the gulley washers and flat out floods, but the water just heads south or east to a river or bigger lake. Lake Arrowhead is still lake bonehead in my estimation. So much water in Clay County that could have been arranged for a better location. Oh well.

 

Patty asked me about the local election on the bond issue for the schools. As if that is the sort of thing the old woman considers acceptable news! Seems more votes were cast for the new schools than there were voters. Surprise, surprise, surprise. NOT! The ballot BARELY passed, but it had to have been crooked or the thing would never have passed in the first place. Folks have absolutely no interest in wasting money on schools that do not need to be replaced by expensive buildings on sites that were owned by those who might have been influenced by tax money. Whatever it means, we (the normal non-influential public) will get the rear end of the deal no matter what happens. How many times did the new center downtown come up for a vote before the city council finally figured out a way to get it built? No one in their right mind thought this was necessary. And guess what venue is used when someone comes to town as a comedy or other type of event to be seen by the general public? The municipal auditorium—EVERY time! Sometimes this type of crud is pretty disgusting because it is just repeated over so many times with only a slight change of characters and levels of greed and graft.

 

Guess the old woman should go check the bank balances and credit card stuff so that everything will get paid on time. Hard to believe that March is almost here!

 

Will remind you that my friend Beth needs your prayers as well as her youngest son (despite the fact that he is an adult). Please pray that Beth can have peace of mind and that her son will not have to continue to deal with his ex-wife. While we are praying for children—the adult kind—please pray for Sharon’s son David that he will get the job he needs to take care of his own affairs. Peace of mind also is part of being able to work within our capabilities.

 

Let us pray that God’s will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Let us pray for those who need extra protection from wars and natural disasters as well.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.