Tonight's picture was taken in Halloween of 2002. That was Mattie's first Halloween. He was only 6 months old and I did not even dress him up. However, we bought a big pumpkin and I put it next to Mattie to commemorate the occasion.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 45,597,371
- Number of people who died from the virus: 738,564
There is no peace on the farm! It is my mantra. I can't get anything done because I feel like I am a full time caregiver to the house. Today's debacle was dealing with the pool company. I am not a swimmer, but I fell in love with the property in part because of the water feature in the backyard. I think it is very therapeutic to look at. In any case, it adds to the complexity of things to maintain. One of the things you need to do on the East coast is winterize your pool. This requires a pool cover installation. The cover for our particular pool is customized to its shape. Guess what? The cover is not on the property, which means someone took it! That is bad enough but when I heard the price for this cover, I lost it.
In addition, the previous owner paid for weekly pool service through September. Now we are into October. I had written to the pool company telling them I wanted to know the transition plan from the previous owner to us. No one ever responded. Until yesterday, when they sent me a large bill electronically. In addition to the poor communication, they have pulled pool service from our property until we pay our two month overdue bill. Hysterical, since we never received a bill until yesterday! So how it can be overdue is fascinating. But it's Fall, and with Fall comes A LOT of leaves. Therefore, I put in writing that their lack of service is unacceptable and that I wanted this resolved.
Needless to say, I spent the afternoon managing this problem and escalating the problem up to the owner of the company. I now have him hopping and pool service resumes tomorrow. That is only one of the problems I am managing. I am still dealing with the mysterious smell coming from the drains of one bathroom. There can be times during the day you don't smell it and then other times where the smell is so pervasive it reaches the first floor. I have the plumber coming back on Friday to re-evaluate and also install a new bathroom sink in a different bathroom. Thanks to my nose and observations, according to the plumber, I have prevented major floods in the house already! Something to add to my resume.
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