It rained all morning as promised by the weather prognosticators. I didn’t sleep well last night so I slept in until past 7 AM. We got up and had a leisurely breakfast read the newspaper, watched Sunday Morning and worked on paperwork.
We had a nice steady rain and although my work outside isn’t finished all the shingles are back in place. This was a good test to show that the roof was now shedding water properly and it was. I still have some wood, flashing and the gutters to put up and then some painting to cover the new wood that went up.
A good portion of the afternoon was spent looking at the pilot light safety valve for our gas fireplace. It stopped working yesterday so I looked at it to see if I could tell what was wrong. It either needs a new thermostat or to be replaced. I found replacement parts on-line so tomorrow I will probably first get a thermostat and see if it fixes the thing. If not then I’ll order a replacement.
Penny and I screened all our pictures from 2008 last night. It would have been nice to have the fireplace working for that. We are considering making a 2008 picture book since Winkflash again has their picture book special going. We are looking at a combination of family pictures and scenery apart from the pictures we used for our Las Vegas, Montana and Vermont trips. We’ve picked about 60 pictures so far but haven’t actually started putting the book together yet. We’ve got until the 23rd.
The only time I spent outside today was getting the paper and going back and forth to the shed to get tools to use with the gas valve. It feels strange staying in all day when I’m not sick.
Tomorrow the weather will be better so I’ll try to finish up the roof work. Then it will be on to whatever demands attention next. One would think that in 3 years of retirement all those pesky maintenance jobs would be done. They aren’t though. In a way that’s OK because it means we’ve been doing a lot. But it also reflects some poor time management on my part. That’s the way it works. Regardless of whether you use time wisely or waste it, it still disappears at the same rate never to be had again.
I got a flyer in the mail yesterday about running events in Jacksonville. The Gate River Run is on March 14th. It’s time to begin training if you haven’t yet. I think my foot will be ok but I haven’t tested it yet. I’m planning to start walking again tomorrow (you know, mana'na) . If my foot gets sore I’m not going to make the River Run.
Kitty Update—Marmalade spent the whole rainy day sleeping in the cage ouside the sliding door. At feeding time all 4 cats showed up as they have been now for the past 4 nights. That usually means it is time for us to go out of town again but, surprise, we have no plans to do so.
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