Hey, how is it going? It appears as though last weeks "Trashy Tuesday" blog was an outstanding success. I have received so much positive feedback that my head is swimming. I wish I could follow it up with something equally as stunning but alas it isn't to be. I have heard from some of you who missed that issue of my blog. I have to admit you missed it with good cause - in reality there wasn't one. I am ashamed to admit that I, the multi-tasker, missed a week of blogging. I know, I know it is hard to believe. If you remember though, I have mentioned a number of times how my mouth gets me into trouble or volunteers me for stuff. Last week all of these commitments came crashing in on me. I was meeting with the tech team, inventorying electronic stuff at church, meeting with the media team and setting priorities, I was authoring the PowerPoint video support for our church service, I also rebuilt Debby, the younger elders, back steps. Whew!
Okay, now down to business. This is a pre-Trashy Tuesday edition only because I am sitting in front of the laptop in a pool of my own sweat. No Becka this is NOT Hades, it is IOWA. Yes, hot steamy Iowa. The temperature today will be about 95 - 97 degrees. Heat index will be in the 110 - 115 range. Just to be clear, I am not sitting on the patio, I am writing this from my computer room. The temp in here is 85 degrees. It is 85 because my air conditioner STOPPED working last night. Why is that? Did it get scared of the impending week long heat wave? Dunno, but it is hot in here. Reminds me of when I was a kid on the farm when we didn't even know what air conditioning was. I remember trying to sleep out on the porch drench in sweat all night.
I called my "good friend" Leonid. Leonid goes to my church and he becomes a "very, very" good friend when my HVAC system gets into trouble. All other times he is just a very good friend if you know what I am saying. Leonid bailed out Debby last week when her A/C went down. He went way over and above to help her out. Didn't realize that I would be soliciting his services so soon. Now Leonid is in retirement of sorts. He sold his business a while back with the idea of working part time for a while. Guess what - I think he works 5 days a week still. Go figure. Anyway, I called the company who bought him. I was put into a cue. I was caller number 7 in line. This was at 7:30 this morning. I figured they would get out to help me sometime around Labor Day but NO, they are on their way now at 9:30 am. How about that for service?
Did you know that French Roast coffee doesn't taste nearly as good when sweat is trickling down your cheeks as when it is nice and cool? Me neither. I slugged down my requisite 2 cups this morning and was immediately in a foul mood.
Sometime ago, I mentioned my good Florida friend. She sent me some pretty cool sayings and even a word of the week contribution. Below I have added her sayings and wanted to give her a shout out for offering these to the blog.
1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.
3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening,' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.
12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, 'In case of emergency, notify:' I put 'DOCTOR.'
13. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.
15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
17. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
18. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
19. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
20. There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
21. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.
22. You're never too old to learn something stupid.
23. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
24. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
My A/C guy was just here and left. He was here approximately 40 minutes. The fix was easy, some sort of capacitor. I think it was gold plated since they charged $127.00 for it. With labor it ran a little over $200.00. I got a bonus prize when he fixed my noisy gas fireplace fan for free. Kind of a BOGO deal. (Buy One Get One).
I had better wrap this issue up, Tuesday is just around the corner and we all know what Tuesday brings - Trashy Tuesday. Our inside temperature has dropped from 85 degrees to 82 so far. That is a good sign I think. We had been scheduled for a full house here at the Grandpa Bailey Fitness Center and Spa but I canceled everything with the A/C problem. I think I will try to salvage part of the day and see if I can get the puppies over here this afternoon. I was hoping to begin teaching some DOGA today. We shall see. Until next time, I remain your humble advocate for ethical, sensible and reasonable treatment of our solid waste.
TA!
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