Catching up.

Hellos everyone!

Ok catch up time.

you know I should read past blog posts to recall what I said.

Oh well.

Did I mention I had an electrical problem?   Well I did.   I tried changing a can light in my kitchen using a long arm type tool- it worked on the other lights.... anyway I pulled the socket down instead of the light.   It wasn't up there correctly.    The next day I had a handyman over to discuss fixing some stuff.... while he was there I had him change the bulb and put the socket back... but when I flipped the light on it went Buzzzt  buzzzt   zap - off.

I went EEK.  and tryed again.... this time I heard crackling in the wall.   So - off to contact the electrician. (Handyman guy knows basic wiring but is not an electrician.   Now I use a single guy type of service (although there are two now)  so I was trying to avoid calling a big name person - but I admit it was a little annoying to get "oh R can come out Wed."  " oh no wait he can't I'll email you tomorrow about Fri or Sat"  and so on.

I ended up taping the switch because I accidentally flipped it and it sparked scaring me.   I didn't want to flip it again.

So about 2 weeks later (on Monday actually)  the guy was finally able to come out.  Both the socket and the switch was bad - but the wiring in between tested fine.  So he put in new switches (there are 4 on the wall and it was best to replace all 4 and I don't think they charged me much for the parts) and he replaced the socket and the metal piece that's supposed to hold the socket in place - it was the wrong type.  
took him an hour and I was charged 110.  Which I understand isn't that bad.  :)

I also got my fence fixed... though the handyman guy was supposed to finish Wed and finished Thurs instead.    I told him I wouldn't be home until late Thurs and he said that was ok - he could get together with me some other time. --- I haven't paid him yet- he doesn't have paypal.  He doesn't seem concerned though.  He's told me that people have taken 3 months to pay him before.  

I know he does commercial landscaping so I'm sure he's getting plenty of revenue from other sources.

I'm still coughing - have phlegm issues.  I think my cold ran into allergies... we are having a higher then normal tree pollen count lately.   Everything is budding out... I think it's about a month too early!  It's going to be really really warm this weekend... temps more suited for May or June then March.  I think we are going to get close to 80.    So I'm going to try working on my garden a bit.  

My parents' 50th anniversary is tomorrow and so we are all going out to eat at this place called the bonefish grill.   I'll let you know how I like it.  (or not) .  I know there are at least three appetizers I'd love to try.  

Until next time....