Bissell Replacement!

 Bissell Replacement!

 

When was the last time you had a company stand by their product? Dear Hearts, Bissell has promised to replace my battery powered vacuum! Amazing! The vacuum part still works just fine, but the little head down at the bottom of the vacuum no longer spins its beater bars. Think the dog hair did it in! Cleaned the thing out and pulled out enough hair for another dog! Guess that won’t happen again! Will check it often when the new one gets here. But the neat thing about it being battery operated is that the top portion can still be used like a hand vacuum. So, the top part can go out to the truck without any electrical hookup being nearby and just vacuum up whatever needs cleaning. So there! It made me happy to have the company really try to help me figure out what to do with the thing. It was under warranty, but still. Have never had a company just offer to replace the entire thing like that. Would have been happy if they had just offered to replace the bottom part. Buying the part separately was nearly $70!

 

Had a really great day yesterday with Lance and his family. Had the house pretty clean, but it only took a few minutes before the feet and the dog hair made everything quite home-like! Laughed at the kids and reminded each other of things we had done or things that just turned out funny. Tracy told about Landon’s friend Chris who used to work for McCormick in their spice factory. Chris came over and stopped in the doorway instead of coming all the way into the house. The next morning Tracy thought that someone had bled on the door mat. It seems Chris was working on Cheetos blend spices the night before and came in his work boots! They have to wear breathing apparatuses when they work there, but he did not think about his feet. Just imagine! My floor gets feathers and chicken poo occasionally, but at least we don’t have spicey Cheeto dust!

 

It is such a wonderful thing to have grown or semi-grown kids come to visit. The old woman put Barry Levy’s spiced veggies, green olives, and pickled okra on the table and then just convenience plates for the food. We had Chicken Express food and lots of laughs for lunch. When everyone was finished, the silver ware and a few bowls went to the sink and got washed by my granddaughter, the cloth napkins went to the washing machine, the paper plates went to the trash, the leftover food went to the fridge, and the extra chairs went to the office. This old woman was just amazed by the handy folks who did everything! That is the way to have family get togethers.

 

The Feed and Garden Store sells these pecans from Santo, TX that are called Texas Trash pecans. They are spicey, Dear Hearts! Got a package for both families and almost forgot to hand them to one of the kids. Then my daughter-in-law informed me that it is not recommended to have more than five Brazil nuts in a day—two a day being preferable. Seems they contain selenium that affects one’s thyroid. Figures. Used to love these things almost as much as pecans. Oh well. Will have to share with my daughter when she comes along with her package of Texas Trash. Made a cheese cake and forgot the sugar. The dogs appreciated it. Sigh. Oh well. Landon’s pumpkin pie was lovely. He did not use whatever strong spice that usually makes me about half sick, so it was good to eat! Ginger, cinnamon, and something is all he used.

 

Tracy made butter rolls and brought some for me. No, they are not on my diet, but they are SO tasty. But then, so was the chicken pot pie that Lance made. His pie will last more than a few days!

 

Michelle Malay and Joe (her brother-in-law) came early this morning and had breakfast with me—chicken pot pie for breakfast, more or less, with coffee or hot tea. Good to see both of them! Know Michelle is a bit worried about the knee surgery. Reminded Sterling about it when he called and could almost see him taking a short breath and nodding his head. That is not one of those easy things. She is hoping to get to go to rehab at Clay County Memorial. Here’s hoping that Medicare will approve it.

 

It is supposed to freeze Thursday night. That means the old woman will have to go out and take the hose off the back faucet and put the faucet cover on. Did you know that chickens will eat the faucet covers off if they have that Styrofoam in them? Last year they ate the entire insides of the cover before it was noticed! Crazy birds!

 

Found a few blank cards and the envelopes to go with them in my desk drawer in the living room. Actually, took time to send a thank you note to the parents of Rachel’s boyfriend for some cookies they sent. Now need to write another note and send it tomorrow to number one and family. These children are so very precious to me. Can hardly believe the blessings that they are to me and to others. Believe that God provides blessings for generations to the thousandth generation. At least, that is what it seems like. Like Sterling said, we had some of the best grandparents a person could ask for. Granddad Pollard was the kind of grandparent that could teach us all how to love. He was a gift from God. If any kindness that might come from me to others could be as good as his was to us, may that kindness go on to the children of our children and beyond. May my life and Lewis’ life be a blessing because of God’s love. Some day we will continue to share the “Harbor Freight” sheets story with more children. Lewis loved his daughter-in-law. He sent her a Harbor Freight catalog and told her to pick out her birthday present! We had to buy twin-sized sheets for his hospital bed when he was dying here at home. Tracy told Lewis that the ballerina sheets were purchased at Harbor Freight! And we still smile at that story. Because he was loved.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.