Chit Chat

Here is part of an email I wrote to a dear friend recently.

We have not met any of our neighbors yet but they wave and we wave when we are driving by.  Also same with all the workmen who are putting up more houses on our street and the next street over.  People are very friendly.  I was looking at a cart to put the garden hose on at Lowe's. A man came up behind me and whispered, "You don't want that. It is plastic and will break almost immediately. You want a metal one."  That was so nice since this was a $50 item.  We put it back.  Several other things have happened like that also.

Sitting here in the dining room/office typing, my body and clothes are soaking wet. It was over 100 degrees again today.  We had a little rain around 7:00 PM but it did not do much to cool things off.  My hair is wet to the roots.  I wash my hair and it is wet.  I don't wash my hair and it is wet!

We had some Asian Veggie Burgers on ciabatta buns that I heated in the oven.  Dear One ate his with lettuce and catsup. I had lots of lettuce and several slices of Vidalia onion.  Yummy.  Plus some roasted broccoli and cauliflower that Food Lion was selling on reduced cost since it was not very crisp anymore.  Perfect for roasting. I put on a tiny bit of olive oil then dill, garlic, black pepper, and a pinch of salt.  Really nice.  Roasted at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.

The ward is pretty big.  I bet there are well over 150 people there for Church on Sunday.  Nice people though I have not done very well "meeting" them. I am afraid I am shyer than I should be.  We did go to the newcomers' potluck last Friday but I don't think we will get to the ward temple night on Friday.  Of course, you don't get to talk with people at the temple.  I am gutless about driving home from there in the dark. I want to go during the day.  Currently you have to make an appointment to go.  We had thought we would go during the day on Friday.  They have sessions at 9, 11, 5:30, and 7:30 I think.  It turns out the the guy from Honeywell who is setting up the electronic system for the house was running late today and had to leave before he was done.  He will come back and set up the security system on Friday.  If it sounds like I know what I am talking about, don't be fooled. I have NO IDEA what it is all about, except Dear One now has an app on his phone so he can turn on and shut off lights from the phone.  Probably he can do more things, I just don't know.

I am sitting right beside the front window as I type.  It is dark out. I would love to know if people can see in with the blinds at the angle I have them (so that I can see out a little bit...), but I know there is a big fat gray barn arachnid on a web over the window and I don't want to go out and maybe get tangled up or even touch the horrid thing.  He is eating bugs so I did not kill him last week when i first saw him.  Or her. He or she will probably bite the dust next week because the home pest control people are going to come and take care of bugs in and around the house.  

The "Welcome to Pest Control" man was at the house yesterday.  For a long time.  Nice man.  Very chatty. Lots of information.  He asked if we had any concerns.  Bob said, "Cockroaches."  The man said that here in SC the people are very snooty about them.  They call them "palmetto bugs" instead of German Brown Cockroaches.  One night the first week we were here Dear One went downstairs to get a drink of water and get his iPad and came back to our room and said, "You are not going to like this...but I saw a big one."  He was right, I did not like it.  The very next morning when I went downstairs and picked up the glass I use for lemon water in the morning, there was a black arachnid in the bottom.  I filled the glass with water, dumped it down the garbage disposal and let it run for a good long time.  That was the end of THAT guy!  

Anyway, the bug guys are coming to clean up the bug problem next week.  The welcome bug man noticed something that I had not: there was a cobweb in the corner of the dining room near the floor. Ick!  Dear One took care of it today.  At least, it is not there now.