I have only one photo from this past week so I guess it will be a short post. It was a quiet week with the most drama coming from my phone calls to Total Home Warranty almost every day to get an update on our air conditioner claim. A repairman came on Monday and proclaimed that our twenty-five year old unit, that was leaking coolant into the atmosphere, needed to be replaced. Ya think?!?!? We received a bid for a new AC on Tuesday and it has been round and round with the warranty company ever since. I truly believe they wear customers down with their incredibly long phone holds while having to listen to a recording blather on and on about how great their company is. Then, once you get to talk to a real person, they continue to wear you down making you wait while their "slow" computer downloads all the information they need. I will continue my battle with Total Home Warranty tomorrow and until I get satisfaction.....
Steve and I braved downtown Saint Louis Tuesday afternoon and obtained a senior citizen Metrolink pass that will allow us to travel at half price. I don't ever see us using the bus system but we definitely will take advantage of the light rail to go downtown to do tourist-y things. And, downtown was surprisingly easy - streets were quite empty, parking was easy to find and figure out.
We entertained two sets of dinner guests last Sunday and Monday evening: Gerry and Julie Van Dielen from the ward on Sunday and John, Sherrie, and Shawn Downs on Monday. The Downs are in town for Shawn's cancer treatments. I served the same meal for both parties: cold sliced ham, a corn/tomato salad, marinated carrots, and potato salad. It was the perfect summer meal. And, after Monday night, I told Steve that I was not going to invite anyone over for dinner for at least a couple of weeks as we have had quite a string of dinner guests lately. Although, we always have Beckie come to dinner once a week and I don't consider her a "guest". She came Tuesday night and after we eat we sometimes play a game, or watch something. This week, we took the dogs on a little walk. I am happy to report that Sally has returned to her usual perky self again after her fireworks trauma. Yay!
I was in Ballwin on Wednesday for grandchildren music lessons. Then we went to the fabric store for them to select their material for our next Grandparent Day Camp project - sewing pillow cases.
Thursday evening we attended a town hall meeting with our state and local representatives. It was outdoors and the temperatures were mild but it was very muggy with rain threatening. After we left, the sky opened up and we got almost an inch throughout the rest of the night. It has been overcast ever since which has made temperatures lower than average. A tender mercy for our struggling air conditioner.
Friday morning was grocery shopping, in the afternoon we went to the temple. I am so grateful we are able to attend once a week.
Saturday morning, Steve and I helped clean the church. There were eight adults to do the job so it went quite quickly. The pottery studio was closed the first part of July for vacation but reopened last week and I threw a few things yesterday afternoon. It was fun, as usual.
We finished season 4 of the Great Pottery Throwdown this past week. I watched the final show of Loki. We watched "Radioactive" on Prime and, while it was interesting to learn about Marie Curie, we both thought the storytelling format was kind of dumb. Last night, we watched "Heaven Is For Real". It is a DVD we own - I think it was a gift - and we had watched it before but had forgotten the plot. With this second viewing, I was frustrated all over again at the main character who is a preacher who has a hard time believing his son saw heaven? Really? Weird.
I am back to wearing a mask with Covid cases on the rise. I have learned that two families in the ward have come down with the virus this past week! Of course, I want to ask if they were vaccinated but I won't. And, I find it incredible that they might not be vaccinated. I just don't get it....
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