Gotta spend some time, on the labor of love....

"How was your Labor Day Holiday Weekend, Polt?"

Gee, thanks for asking.  It started with me working Saturday (as I do every week), but it all balanced out cause I had off today (since Monday was both my regular day off and Labor Day) as I took the holiday today.

Saturday night, I had a gentleman caller for a few hours (almost two gentlemen callers, but that just couldn't get worked out) of bedtimesexxyfun.  Sunday, I don't believe I did much of anything other than just lay around (not that that surprises any of you, I'm sure).  Monday, I went to mom's for a 'holiday picnic": hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill, baked beans, deviled eggs, chips, cheese...you know the usual.  Then we hit Wal-Mart and I did a few things around the house (more on that later) including laundry.  Today, I got up early, cause the guy was coming with my new dishwasher at 830.  It took him an hour and a half to take the old one out, put the new one in and get it up and running.  Then mom and I went to do some grocery shopping, and I picked up a 5 lb bag of still warm roasted peanuts at Greencastle Coffee Roasters (man I just LOVE the way that place smells).  Then, after dropping mom off I came home and putzed around until it was time for dental cleaning.  That was over in a half hour and went amazingly well.  And I made an appointment to finally (after two years) get a crown on that one tooth.  The dentist says it 90% filling and a crown will make it more stable and help preserve the remaining 10% tooth.  So yeah, gonna get that done the end of the month. Later in the evening, I finally got to run the dishwasher, cause mom wanted me to wait until she was there to see it run.  ???  Yeah, I don't get it either, it's a dishwasher, not a trained lion juggling explosive steak knives...its not like there's much to see.  But whatever, I waited.  And when she got here, I loaded it up (with like a quarter load, cause that's all the dirty dishes I had) and turned it on.  And we stood there looking at it for like two minutes before going to the living room to talk for a bit. And now I'm typing this up and getting ready for bed.

So here's a few pics:

Got this poster down at the Destination Arts downtown a few weeks ago.  It's of a distinctive door in the Waynesboro area.  I framed it and put it on the wall in the vestibule.  Hung this up on Monday, as well as.... 

I had wanted a mirror in my Kitchen right next to the back door so I can quickly check how I look when I leave when I want to.  I mentioned this to mom and she gave this mirror she had at her house.  My dad's mother had it in her kitchen, over the sink.  Before they had a bathroom inside the house, dad used to shave there using this mirror.  And it IS old, you can tell by the frame and all.   And now I have a family antique to use in my kitchen.

Old dishwasher....

...the space inbetween the dishwashers....

....and the final product: the new dishwasher in place and ready to roll!

POLT