Things I Have Done Today
aka the "To-Done List"
1. Made coffee for the first time in my new house;
drank and added a 200-calorie donut. Yum.
2. Watched a new, dark green, waste receptacle
delivered
3. Rolled receptacle to rear of house, put it
next to bright blue receptacle.
4. Called Republic Services for a how-come-why
re: 2 (above)
5. While listening to the Republic phone rep
researching the surprising addition of a second trash bin, I attempted to open
my email. I have been experiencing a
connectivity problem that seems to be with my router. The Elf Geek Squad did not fix the problem
last night, so I re-diagnose the problem and begin to reboot modem and router.
6. Rolled my bright blue receptacle to curb. No answer available for 4 (above), so I was
allowed to choose which to return. I
kept the green in deference to my neighbors as it is camouflaged in the dark
green back yard. The blue? Not so much.
7. During the last (very noisy) rolling, I
decided to start this list so, at the end of the day, I’ll know how another day
slipped through my fingers.
8. Plugged modem in. Waited for all the lights to start. I will
now plug router in.
9. Hung a few things on my peg board.
10. Found laundry essentials brought from KY that
I have not been able to locate. Needing to do laundry, I replaced the
essentials last night. Say it together, “Of
course you did!”
11. Dealt with email. Was sidetracked by email
from the Met, watched their video, downloaded an app about altering
photographs. HEY! It’s my job; I’m a visual artist!
12. Spent 5 minutes with the app, which is cool
and free. It’s called “Faking It” and I
recommend it for fascinating reading (after you take the quiz which, of course,
is the hook), it’s the other photos and the how and why they were retouched is
the most interesting part. I had to stop
myself of I would have read about each of them and frittered away more of the
day.
13. Opened snail mail. YIKES!!!!! There is a letter from my
insurance agent the Travelers has inspected (I haven’t seen any inspectors) my
house and re-appraised the replacement value from $233,000 to $403,000, which
will be an annual increase of about $700.
Let me say this again, YIKES!!!!! I called the agency and reminded them that I paid $75,000
for the house and it is not logical for
my insurance premium to be higher than my
mortgage. My representative was
out, but she had already questioned the inspection. I spoke with the head dudette and she agrees
that $403,000 is too high. She will
request a copy of the inspection and get back to me. I may canvass the neighborhood for comps. Someone must have told Travelers' that my house now looks like this:
I
give! It’s 10:00 am and I’m worn out
from keeping this log. Can we just
concede that I am busy but not doing what I had intended to do. This is why I am not unpacked. Phew! I’m glad
I can show this to all the guys that have been working on the house and rolling
their eyes every darn day at the unpacked boxes. Oh! Here comes the FedEx man with another
box! Woo-diddly-hoo. I’m back.
I asked if FedEx had gotten the Amazon contract and Mr FedEx said they
had. I am glad I solved that
mystery. Now, on to the mysterious MIA
geek elves…AHA! Another mystery solved!
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