The Learning Curve

I'm gettin' it, just have to learn a few lessons the hard way (story of my life)! Last Friday I dutifully got on to blog away. Spent about 30 minutes hammering away at the key board. As a final touch I checked the spelling, and had to make a correction. Oops! pushed the wrong button and my post went postal! Nunca, nada, zip! I was so bummed that I have avoided my blogerly duties for several days. But I'm Baaaack!

A huge storm last night knocked out the power until just a few minutes ago. As I type, the south side of the house is being pressure washed by sideways rain. Wind gusts probably near 50 MPH most of the night. It has slackened now, but still very breezy. I waited until about 9:00 this morning to resort to retrieving the generator from the barn. Got out there, and Kim pointed out that the horses shelter was coming apart in the wind. So, in bathrobe, jacket, rubber boots and tool belt I took on the elements to repair the shelter before the whole thing was destroyed. Took about 20 minutes, but I got 'er dun! Next, I put my tools away, and dragged the generator into the garage, retrieved two extension cords, came in the house to warm my hands and voile........the power was back on!

OK, at least I hadn't unwound the cords, connected the refer, freezer, and fired up the generator. You've got to appreciate the small things. Next I found that my computer had been going on and off all night as the power flickered! So I went to boot it up, but it wouldn't go! I had to do a system restore. So after about ten minutes, it was almost to the point of completing the process when the power went off again.......for about 15 seconds :\ . I can take a hint, I unplugged computer and printer, and will wait until the storm abates, and the power becomes more reliable.

Rotarians at work day last Saturday was another big success. We did landscape maintenance on the public property lining Main Street. Lots of folks asked: "doesn't the City take care of this?" I guess they should, but they don't. Anyway, our efforts made Main Street a much nicer place to be. It is highly visible to the community, so I hope they appreciate it!

Livin' and learnin'