A Frustrating Thursday

I woke up at 5:45 on Thursday morning. I posted the Blog entry and tried to decide if I should go back to bed. I elected to stay up and put a pot of coffee on.

I ate a light breakfast and checked out snow conditions out back. Hmmm... Maybe another inch of snow overnight.

I got a cup of coffee and then went in to watch the news and the Today show. When that ended at 10:00 AM, I decided to wash the bedding, blanket and top spread included (two loads).

I did have something to do today, but it got canceled. So, in the afternoon, I decided to try and fix the dripping kitchen faucet (I bought a new valve stem yesterday at Lowe's).

I got out my tools, shut off the water in the hot water line and took out the old valve stem. Then I reinstalled the new one. I put everything back together and turned the water back on. Damn! Now instead of dripping it's running!

So, I tightened it a bit more. No help. I shut off the water and took it out. Naturally, it fell apart. I reassembled it (the dumb thing is plastic and very fragile) and put it back in.

This time I tightened it a bit more. No help. So, another 1/4 turn and the slight flow of water was now a full-on effect! So, I turned off the hot water in the line again and took out the valve stem. I had over-tightened it and broke it. Since you can't use the cold water even with the hot water turned off, my sink is out of commission until the weekend.

I HATE washing thing in the laundry tub! You have to bend over so far, it always screws up my back.

I put the tools away and went in to watch the afternoon Olympics.

When I walked out front to get the mail, I saw that my neighbor had plowed my driveway again sometime this morning. That pecan pie really paid off!

Rather than make a lot of pots and pans I'd have to rinse or wash later, I warmed up a can of Hormel chili and ate it out of the saucepan. I came to regret that as the night deepened.

I watched the Olympics again (what else), but don't get upset. They end this Sunday and we can go back to regular programming.

They didn't show the game here, just the highlights, but the Canadians beat the Americans in woman's Hockey (I always knew that Canadian women were rough, lol!)

American Jeret Petersen won silver in the men's free style aerial skiing, redeeming himself after the last Olympics.

And finally, the big event of the night, in woman's figure skating (yes, I did watch them), Korea and Japan won gold and bronze, respectively and predictably. But, Canadian Joannie Roushette won the bronze. It was the first time in these games I rooted for the Canadians instead of the Americans.

I didn't stay up for the medal ceremony (it was already midnight here), but just shut everything down and went to bed.