And the goings ons...

[susandennis]

My way-too-expensive cat litter chest is actually coming on Thursday! At least that's what the FedEx tracking number says. It comes unassembled. Assembly requires a Phillips or Robertson head screwdriver... Robertson head ???? That's a new one on me. I may hold off on assembly because of my arm. The guy who's coming on Friday to finish taking down the shelves and other stuff, may well get to put this baby together too!

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I need to stop at the library on the way home.

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The IRS still has not come back for their $$. It's been more than a week since the check bounced.

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I'm poped out. Really. When I was a teenager, my family went to Europe and we went to the Vatican and we went to an audience with the pope (and about 100 other people). Not the currently dead one - it was a couple of popes ago. We are not Catholic. It was interesting like when a decade later I attended a Hari Krishna service when I was a reporter. That kind of interesting.

This morning Mom sends me this long email about how we came to get to go to that audience. The funny part is that her note started with "I'm glad you asked." I did not ask. She has no emails from anyone else who asked. Maybe my brother or sister called and asked her but since they rarely, if ever call, I doubt it. I'm thinking maybe her imagination may have asked. Or maybe she's speaking to the dead...

Comments

[proemial.livejournal.com]

Robby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screwdriver) screwdrivers are very common up here. Perhaps because they work so well. Or, maybe, perhaps because they are Canadian.

[susandennis]

Well, that makes sense! The cat chest outfit is in Canada. Wow. And, I'll bet those screws that are in the closet that I don't have a tool for are Robertsons! Interesting. Hm... I think I'd better make a little HomeDepot trip and see if I can get one of those Robby tips for my battery screwdriver.

[canuckgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm interested in following progress of your kitty chest. I was thinking of getting one myself! :)

I know what a Robertson head screwdriver is, but I never knew it was only Canadian! Cool :)

[susandennis]

Ok... well, then I will take good progress picks so you can get the full story!

that's an awful lotta bucks ...

[henare.livejournal.com]

for bits of wood that you have to paint and put together yourself. still, the idea is appealing ...

Re: that's an awful lotta bucks ...

[susandennis]

no painting - it comes painted or stained. I picked white paint. still it is an awful lotta bucks...

[shanynrose.livejournal.com]

In a warped sort of way, I was thankful that the Pope made his exodous this weekend, because that coverage replaced the every-ten-minutes Terri Schiavo coverage.
BUT -
Sure the Pope was dying. But WHY did the traffic station have to preempt its every-ten-minutes-or-more-often freeway coverage with "The Pope is still dying?"
Sure, this Very Important Personage was dying, but that didn't stop me from having to drive 75 miles, and needing to know the BEST combination of freeways to get there in the set amount of driving time I had available. I was SO pissed, because we passed no fewer than four accidents on the freeway, and the traffic station said N.O.T.H.I.N.G. about any of them.
Sure, we weren't late getting back by much, but we were STILL late.

Like I was gonna pull over and say, forget my appointment, I have to say three hours' worth of Hail Marys and then rush hour will be over anyway?

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking maybe her imagination may have asked. Or maybe she's speaking to the dead...

Or maybe she's [cue spooky music]... reading your LJ!

[susandennis]

oh don't even think that!