What a week this has been!
Monday: I spent hours comparing makes and models online … much of the previous week negotiating on the
phone and in person with various dealers … and now that it has arrived and is
sitting there in our garage where the old one sat, I know I made the right
decision.
Our new hot water heater is a 50-gallon Rheem. It’s grey.
There is a 10-year warranty on the tank itself and the plumber threw in a
one-year service contract. The plumber, who had (and, I would have to imagine,
still has) red hair, set the thermostat to 125 degrees, which he says is the
standard setting. He said our old one was set to 125 but was probably only
heating the water to 110. He took the old tank away. I don’t know what he will
do with it. It’s not like it’s repairable. It was rusted out at the bottom.
Tuesday: I went
to Publix to buy watermelon balls in a plastic container. I like to eat them
while watching TV at night. (The watermelon balls, not the plastic containers.)
Publix was running a “Buy One, Get One Free” special on watermelon balls, which
enabled me to pick up two containers for $3.24. That was the price of the most
expensive container. The other container was $3.21, but the cashier explained
customers are required to pay the higher price when produce items that don’t
weigh the same amount are offered as BOGOs.
Wednesday: None
of the three contestants, including the six-time champion who had amassed over
$130,000 in winnings, got it right but I knew the Final Jeopardy question -- What is the Tour de France? Alex Trebeck
pronounced it “Frawnz” like “prawns” but with a “z” at the end. He is Canadian,
you know.
Thursday: At 9
a.m. sharp I took my seat next to the president of the Board of Directors of
the community association that governs the Florida development where we live.
Every neighborhood within the development has one representative on the board. Members
are seated in alphabetical order, depending on the first letter of the neighborhood
they live in. My neighborhood, Addison, comes first alphabetically so I got to
sit by the big guy himself. It was my first and probably last board meeting. I’m
not Addison’s regular rep; I was asked to fill in for a neighbor who is on
vacation. The president reported the road-repaving project is on time
and on budget. I proudly raised my hand
to vote for the purchase of five new treadmills for the fitness center and four
sailboats for the marina. I took advantage of the free sailing lessons the
marina offers earlier this summer but dropped out before I could become
certified because I fell off the boat and cut my foot on an oyster bed. Both motions
passed unanimously. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at
9:14.
En route home, I detoured by the new Danish bakery that has opened
in a strip mall outside the front gate. The bakery sells Danish but that’s not
why it’s called a Danish bakery. The reason it’s called a Danish bakery is that
the owners are from Denmark. Actually, they are from Wisconsin but they are
descended from Danish immigrants. I bought two doughnuts that were still warm
and ate one in the parking lot. I ate the one I had bought for my wife on the
drive home. I did not tell her I had eaten her doughnut and she was none the
wiser because I hadn’t told her I was going to buy her one in the first place.
Friday: I logged
onto eBay and was thrilled to learn I had received positive feedback from a guy
in Germany who bought two vintage travel posters from me. I have more than 300
and am selling some of them because I’m running out of storage space. He raved
(and I quote), “Excellent seller ***
Great communications *** Would buy again!”
With such an active week behind me, I am looking forward to
a relaxing weekend.
Hope you are, too.
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