Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2007. That summer we bought a bigger kiddie pool for our deck. Mattie loved it. It took up practically half of our space, but we made it work! Typically the pool did not look this empty! Mattie loved to throw all his toys in the pool and he used them in his elaborate play schemes! It is amazing all the activity our deck saw at one time.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 34,157,936
- Number of people who died from the virus: 609,437
Another early morning here! It was a full day with the painters, electrician, and the replacement of an air conditioning unit. I wish I could say we were done, but the electrician will be with us at least two days next week and into the following week as well. In fact, next week our electricity gets shut off for the entire house for a day, as electrical work needs to be done. The electrical panel that is currently in the house is not up to code, and this translates down to many electrical connections in the house. Thankfully we have solid support with HVAC, heating, electrical, and plumbing. Everything else seems to be much harder to manage.
The painting project manager doesn't like me at all. He was walking through our home today with the painters, he waved, but wouldn't talk to me. Very mature! It is all the little things that add up to one big headache. Meanwhile in the midst of all of this, I am trying to apply for a funding opportunity for Mattie Miracle. I was outside on the porch minding my own business and working on the application, when the neighbor I deem the "town crier" came by. Because I did not answer my front doorbell, he came around back and tried to help himself into the backyard! However, we installed locks on ALL of our gates. So no one is legally getting back there without me knowing it! Needless to say, he saw me on the porch, and I let him in and of course he wanted to sit down and chat. I don't mind two way conversations, but that typically doesn't happen with the town crier type.
This is another thing I will miss about our townhouse in DC. The privacy! You aren't getting to my front door without going through our front desk. This will be a big adjustment for me with owning a house! So putting up boundaries will need to happen, otherwise I can see a problem developing.
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