The lady from Made in the Shade Blinds came this morning to measure and help me pick out roller shades for the windows. She was easy to work with and knew her stuff. She sent me a quote this afternoon. It was a bit less than I expected it might be. I will sit with it for a day or two and then decide what to do.
The guy from Davis Drain called me last night to let me know he had gone to the rental house to unclog the sewer drain. He had good news and bad news. He got the drain temporarily unplugged but when he put his camera down the pipe he discovered the pipe stopped. I have a completely broken sewer pipe.
When I asked him what do I do next, he said I needed to call a plumber and then someone with a backhoe as the pipe will need to be dug out. When I asked him who he recommended, he told me and then volunteered to call them first thing this morning for me.
Had he been with me, I would have hugged and kissed him. What a relief that he said he would talk to them and tell them what needed to be done. When I call those guys, they always ask questions that I have no idea how to answer.
He called me this morning to let me know he had gotten hold of the local plumber and backhoe guys and they were on the job. They got the utility people notified and the gas and other lines are marked for them already. They are to work on it this afternoon. I will drive in after I finish blogging and see what action is going on.
We have had trouble with this line before. They ran a camera down it before and told me it wasn’t connected to the city’s line correctly but they recommended not doing anything to it then. Guess it finally decided to stop working all together. I’m afraid we are going to have to cut into the street to fix the connection to the city line. Wonder what this little project will cost? Dang it anyways. I can’t seem to catch a break with house repairs lately.
I went to the post office in Strong City today and got a box to put Gene’s Christmas goodies in. I got it fixed up this afternoon and will drop it off at the post office in the morning. I need to go to Emporia tomorrow and will take Chad and Keith’s stuff to town with me and drop it off at McDonald’s. It will be good to get those three things out of the house and then I can officially say Christmas 2023 is over.
What a beautiful day on the prairie today. Bright blue skies with little to no wind all day. Can’t ask for a more perfect winter day. It got up to the mid 50’s today. Wish the whole winter would be like today.
Nicole let me know she dropped off the Amazon return package I needed taken to a UPS store. Grateful she was willing to do that for me. I trust Amazon will do the right thing and credit me for both items that I didn’t receive. It is hard to return something via UPS when you don’t have a close by UPS store.
Tomorrow the furnace guy is coming to replace some sort of motor connected with the furnace. I only know it is going to cost around $800. Guess that will be my Christmas present to myself this year. Yikes! I could think of several things I would rather have gotten myself.
Wednesday I am meeting a friend for lunch in Council Grove. She lives in Manhattan and that is a good half way spot to meet at. It will be good to spend a long lunch with a friend. Thursday I am going to lunch with another friend. Must be friend week for me. It is a special treat to get to spend time with my dear friends and I will enjoy both days.
My Colonguard kit came in today so will need to get that taken care of sometime this week and get it returned. Sure is easier doing that than getting a colonoscopy. My doctor had ordered the kit way back in August but insurance wouldn’t pay for it until December.
In August, my doctor had prescribed a $800 a month new drug to help me lower my cholesterol. When I found out the price I told the doctor I was not going to take it. I got notice from the insurance company that they will cover it for one month. I just found that out today. It took them five months to decide that. I told them thanks but no thanks. Don’t think one month of it will do any permanent good so why take it. Good thing it wasn’t an urgent prescription that I needed. I swear, modern medicine is not for the sick these days!
Got my kitchen cleaned up and now need to work on cleaning the rest of the house. There are little bits of insulation that blew in when the windows were taken out. I will get started on that clean up job this evening and hopefully will have the whole main level of the house cleaned by the weekend. I don’t have any guests coming over but it has reached the point it is giving me anxiety to see the little bits on the floor and furniture. Time to make it all go away.
Sitting in a good place this afternoon. Even with the news of the broken sewer pipe I was able to stay above the neutral level. I can’t always do that so taking that as a sign of personal growth.
Grateful to be able to meet with some dear friends this week, grateful for this absolutely beautiful day on the prairie, and grateful Nicole returned my package for me.