6th October 2021
Every morning, and I mean every morning the dogs gather at my feet as I am eating my toast. They look up with those big dark pleading eyes that say “feed me I’m starving”.
It’s like they know my habits, I pour my coffee, get a plate from the shelf, pop the bread into the toaster, and the spread on to the toast. They are around as soon as the toaster pops up.
I usually end up giving them the crusts which they inhale.
I have made it a mission to eat my toast without disturbing the dogs.
I nearly made it this morning. Both dogs were in the sunroom no doubt trying to scrounge some morsels from Kelli.
I almost got to the table, and was just about to take a bite when there they were, looking up pitifully. I think they must be “in tune” with the bread.
I will beat them in the end, and I will do it again tomorrow.
We put the finishing touches to the dresser that we have already sold, I screwed down the top, and Kelli added the knobs.
We have another beauty well on the way to completion if only the stained top will dry.
I managed to complete the second chair two days early, I hope my fingers will hold out for the remaining two.
On a down note, we arranged for an engineer to visit and service the furnace.
She arrived promptly and set about taking the covers off. The first thing she noticed was the motor driving the exhaust was noisy and drawing a high current, meaning it was ready to pack up. There was also a leak on the AC side in the floor space. I knew the AC unit outside was also old and limping along. Both the furnace and the AC were installed when the house was built in 1982 so they’ve been going for thirty nine years.
I heard a lot of banging and clanking, which was either the engineer pretending to work on something, or there was a problem.
She then announced that the exhaust motor had stopped working meaning the furnace would not fire up. Bummer!
I had planned to replace the system in a couple of years, but it looks like it needs to be done much sooner than that.
Another Lifetime to go 