Tonight's picture was taken on July 15, 2007. How do I know? Because we had two wine goblets out. Those wine goblets belonged to my paternal grandparents, as they too were married on July 15th! We shared a wedding anniversary date. Each year, we would take out those glasses out and make a toast. That day, Peter and Mattie were in the kiddie pool on our deck, and then we had lunch together to celebrate our anniversary. Patches, the cat was included too!
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 33,971,523
- Number of people who died from the virus: 608,345
Today marks our 26th wedding anniversary. Typically we celebrate it and go out for a special lunch or dinner. This year, we are lucky we have our heads above water with this house. We left DC this morning to get to the house (aka "the farm") by 8am. When we got there, the grout and tile company was waiting by our front door to get in! The lead technician's name is Ed. Lovely and professional person! When you get one of these types of people, you feel like you won the lottery. The tiles on the first floor hallway and kitchen were filthy, as the grout which used to be ivory, was now black and no amount of scrubbing was going to correct this. But fortunately now there is a process where they can clean, recolor the grout and seal the floors, which will make it easier for them to be cleaned and the grout won't turn black again! In the process of dealing with the grout and tile folks, we were managing the painters, and an electrician. Not to mention that we waited the WHOLE day for the plumber to show up, and never did. We had to reschedule him for tomorrow.
It is juggling all these contractors that I find stressful, especially when the only place I can wait with Sunny is outside on the porch. Mind you it is hot and humid out! So a full day in that heat, and I wanted to throttle someone. In addition to this juggling act, Peter was working and I was attending two webinars. Forget it, poor Peter had to take a call in the car because of the level of CHAOS around us. But literally while I was attending the second webinar, a neighbor came over and literally sat down to talk with me on the porch. This would never happen in my DC townhouse. I have a great deal of privacy in DC and in DC, people know to keep their distance. Which has its pluses and minuses! But I was very frustrated today and literally the neighbor who came over is what I deem the town crier. Though NOT a good listener, and does MOST of the talking! Therefore, he learned little to nothing about us. Fine by me.
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