Saturday’s Story

I didn’t sleep well Friday night, so I woke up late and hungry Saturday morning. I had taken out another package of that honey-baked ham to thaw on Friday so, after cutting off the too-sweet rind; I fried up some ham and eggs. Not bad!

We picked up a couple of inches of snow overnight, but still just the light and fluffy stuff.

After shaving and showering, I got dressed in my work clothes. Then, at about 11:30 AM, I went out to replace my breakers.

I turned off the main breaker and unscrewed the cover. I tested the wires with my electrical tester (I’m not that stupid, yet) and they were all dead. I went to pull out the offending breakers and that’s when I realized I’d bought the wrong replacements. Dammit!

So, I screwed the cover back on and turned on the main. Since I already had my coat and hat on, I went outside after adding my boots and refilled the bird feeder.
Then I went in and reset all the damn electric clocks (the one on the microwave, one on the coffee pot, one in the office and the one in my bedroom). Pain in the butt!

I decided to deal with Home Depot tomorrow as I was really ticked!

I putzed around (loading the dishwasher and turning it on, vacuuming, etc.) until I gave it up and retired to my bed and TV. (Hey, it’s the weekend, right?) I watched taped cooking shows until I got hungry. So, I made a simple supper of a toasted cheese sandwich and a cup of Campbell’s tomato soup.

I ate that on the bed, still watching TV. But, I fell asleep. I apparently turned or something and the dinner plate that was on the bed fell on the floor and broke!

It woke me up and ticked me off! Why? For two reasons: I bought these when my favorite store (Bombay) was going out of business. I got eight plates, saucers, cups and bowls for like, $39.00 (US), all of which were thick and old looking. My friend B___ suggested, at that price, I should buy another box and stick them in the attic, in case I ever broke something. I pooh-poohed that idea. But, I hate it when he is right!

The second reason I was pissed was that one of the plates already had a chip knocked out of it. But, that wasn’t the plate that broke!

There wasn’t much on TV, so I ended up watching Hockey night in Canada. It was the Calgary Flames versus the Toronto Maple Leaves. It was a boring game for the first two periods. But, then Calgary scored! Unfortunately, the Maple Leafs scored in like the last 17 seconds, so they went into overtime. Nothing changed, so they moved into the shootout. Calgary won, so I can’t mock my friend Canady Cathy.

Unfortunately, it was after 1:00 AM when the game ended here. I turned everything off and went to bed.