2017-02-20 - Monday - Stuff

On Sunday evening the front burner on our cooktop arced out while I was cooking. After 18 years it finally gave up.

On Monday I checked with GE and found out the replacement element costs $97.00 and the shorted switch costs $85.00. Since we bought the whole cooktop for $165.00 we figured it was time for a new one.

We went to Lowe's and ended up ordering a new glass cooktop which will arrive on March 15.

Yes, I said March 15! I didn't know they were building it specifically for us.

While we were there (during the Presidents Day Sale) Karen found a French-door refrigerator that she really likes. Seeing as our refrigerator is about 27 years old, the new one looked even better.

Since we were out shopping for appliances and our cooktop was down we stopped by one of our favorite local spots for some Chinese food.

Since my laptop died a few weeks ago, I ordered a new one on Amazon. It's running Windows 10 and during the setup I had to answer these questions about privacy. Needless to say, I turned them all off and you should too.

What worries me is that for each question I am asked I figure there are about ten others I don't get any options on. Remember privacy? You know, when every company in the world didn't need to track every bit of information about you 24/7? I do, and the current state of things is depressing.

Remember: Just say, "No."

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2016-09-11 - Sunday - Range hood

On Sunday we went to Lowe's and Home Depot to find a new range hood. Everybody is a apparently going to 30" hoods and ours was a 36" hood. Lowe's only had 30's and I was beginning to think Home Depot was in the same boat, but a sales associate showed us the closeout section and there was one 36" model.

It was a fairly easy installation and only required a second set of hands for a moment to get it on the mounting screws. Stephanie's boyfriend Brett was gracious enough to wait a few minutes before leaving to give me a much needed hand.

I think it looks pretty good.

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2016-04-11 - Monday - Heuchera

Sunday I went by Lowe's to pick up some landscape fabric and found these heuchera on sale. They are called "Sweet Tea Foamy Bells". I planted one on either side of the narrow part of the patio on the way to the grill.

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2009-09-01 Tuesday - Sunset

I was walking out of Lowe's on Tuesday night and noticed the strangest sunset I've ever seen. I only had my cell phone with me so I quickly got a couple of shots with it. That line of demarcation between the blue on the left and the lighter blue on the right is something I have never witnessed.

I stood there for a good 3 or 4 minutes just absorbing it and I only saw one other person who noticed it. I called over and said, "Pretty strange, eh?", and he said, "It's like someone is holding up a big hand in front of the sun."

I couldn't have said it any better. We stood there and enjoyed it for a another minute and then we got into our respective cars and drove away.

It slipped my (more and more slippery) mind until today, but here it is.


You really have to look around, stay in the moment, and enjoy each one. Every day.