Interesting Day

Have you ever had one of those days where the day should go along just as planned but did not?
Today was one of those days. Donna had a dentist appointment this morning to have a crown put on, Mountain Propane was scheduled to install the gas line for my range and dryer, The Craft Group of about 7 women were coming at 1pm, Donna planned to go to the opening of IHOP with Marge, George and me and then she had to be on the radio at 7pm. This sounded pretty routine for Donna---but then it turned out different than planned.

To begin with Donna called me from the dentist office that I had to come and get her. When she got up from the chair after getting her crown her back went out and she could hardly move. I had to drive to the dentist office to get her. Thanks to my GPS with the address I was able to find it. I think her back went out because she had moved a bunch of boxes this morning to make room for the man from the gas company to be able to work. At that point I should have known this was not going to be a good day. After I picked her up we had to go to Safeway to buy some treats for the ladies that were coming at 1pm. We didn't do any other shopping because I was the one who had to carry the bags up the stairs.

Back to the gas line installation----The service man arrived at 9:30 so Donna was able to tell him just where Laif wanted the line run before she took off for the dentist. Everything seemed to be going smoothly. The service man had arranged for a helper to install the conversion kit. It turned out that they did not have to unstack the washer and dryer and they only had to take the front off to put the conversion kit in. Everything sounds good so far---right?

Like I said the serviceman got here at 9:30 but he did not leave until 4:45. After everything was all hooked up he detected a gas leak. It seemed to be a small leak but he couldn't find it, He checked his fittings on the range and dryer and could find nothing wrong. He checked the fireplace too. Donna said if it was a small leak maybe it would be OK until he came back but he said he could not leave until he found it or he could lose his license. His gas detector went out on him so he had to call someone to come out with a detector which he said was the big gun. He finally found the leak in the attic where the pipe to Donna's fireplace ran. Apparently it should not have gone through there in the first place. The leak is in the pipe itself. Just another thing their builder did not do right. All he could do today was just turn the propane tank off. Tomorrow he will come out and give Donna an estimate on how much it will cost to put the new line in. It will not run through the attic because that would entail tearing out walls. The seviceman said gas was building up in the attic and he said it must have been about 140 degrees in the attic.

So at 1pm, all the ladies came for the Craft meeting. So we are all sitting in the house with a gas leak. We did have doors open. The gas leak must have been going on for sometime. If I hadn't bought the appliances we would not have known about it until maybe something happened. Donna called Laif and I am sure he is probably still groaning. So far I have been a lot of trouble.

Richard skyped me while the meeting was on. He was at Dan's and Heidi's. I was telling him about my day. I got to say hi to Dan and Heidi. I just so love Skype.

Debbie called me on her way home from work and I told her about my day. I said watch the Five o'clock news in case the house blows up. She is leaving for Conneticut tomorrow for work and then on the weekend will meet Kent and Erik so they can have a week's vacation in New York.

We left about 5pm to go to the opening of IHOP. Afterward George and Marge dropped Donna off at her car and then she had to go to the radio station. Tomorrow Randy is coming to work on the plumbing. I have a feeling that the boxes Donna moved this morning will have to be moved again so Randy can work on the plumbing. Pepper should be here so maybe we can get him to move them.

The good news is that today is just about over and tomorrow will be a new page in my book of life. Good or bad, everyday is a new page in our book of life. I do love life. I look forward to seeing what will happen next.