Thursday

It had rained overnight when I woke up on Thursday. The prediction is for possible occasional showers ending before noon then getting colder and windier.

I went to work and in the afternoon, Michelle from Facilities brought over some very old, very beat up chairs for me to try (she couldn’t find “exactly” the chair I had described to her). They looked like death traps to me (one didn’t even have the back secured), but I did appreciate the effort. I took a picture to show you (and for any possible lawsuits if I actually try them, lol).

You may have noticed that my Brother Carl commented that he sent me pictures of the rocking chair seat, but I never got them. So I emailed him that on Wednesday and he resent. Well, he called Thursday night to see if I ever got them (no). So, we didn’t know whose computer was screwing up. He sent them to Facebook and I saw them and he sent a link from something called Snapfish, and I saw them. He was getting my emails, but I wasn’t getting any from his email address.

Finally, I checked and one of the spam emails I had blocked (you can’t do it in Modzilla Thunderbird, but you can do it by going to Roadrunner online) had @comcast.net at the end. So, after several trial and errors of him sending emails (I had to laugh as the message in one simply said “This is getting tedious!”) and phone calls back and forth, I put his address in the “Allow” box and his mail finally was coming through again.

I can only hope the authorities never find out that I blocked a handicapped brother. There’s probably some ADA law against that!

While all this was going on, I was slaking my thirst with buttermilk and doing the work clothes wash. I noticed the expiration date on the bottle was today and that got me wondering: How would you know if buttermilk went bad?

The wind really had picked up and, when I glanced out back, I saw a large limb had come down from the cottonwood in next door lot and was now lying in my yard back by the compost heap. When the weather’s better, I’ll walk out and see if I can deal with it or if have to ask the neighbor to move it for me.

I got the clothes hug up or folded and put away.

I wasn’t all that hungry, so I just made a peanut butter and blackberry jam sandwich for dinner. I watched a fascinating show called “The Somme,” the World War One battle which resulted in the largest defeat ever in British history. It was told from first hand accounts from ordinary soldiers in both the British and German armies. But, I guess it wasn’t riveting enough because I fell asleep before it ended at 10:00 PM. I taped it as well, so no problem.