Well, we still don't have a garage door. It's been warm, dreary, rainy, moist, with early mountain fog that has been keeping the concrete floor wet. The truck and the car are back to being parked outside in their original spots in hopes that the air might move a little more freely and begin to dry the floor. They're probably wondering what they did wrong to be banished back to the elements. The door is a standard door and has been ordered and paid for over a month. Friday while Cliff was at Lowe's speaking with the manager, a message was left on our phone that the door would be delivered on the 17th and the installer would be calling to set up a time. By the time he arrived home after telling the manager that this was the last time we would be making any more large purchases from Lowe, an updated phone message said the door was now in at Lowe's. Hmmmmm.............how did that happen?! But.........the door is the wrong size. We ordered an 8' x 16' single door with four windows (as stated on our paperwork). The door that Lowe's has for us is 7' x 16' with no windows. Our contractor has never seen such a screw up. He's also done with Lowe's. We think we have things straightened out and the installer should be here Tuesday to put in the door. As soon as we can begin to dry out the concrete floor, the vehicles will return to their new home. We'll both be here for the delivery and installation.
Some days are full of doing tasks and chores that Cliff did for me. The floor wasn't that dirty but he enjoyed saying. "Guess I need to pull out the vacuum. I'm tripping over debris." I thanked him. Whenever I was in the kitchen trying out new recipes, making cookies or the double batch tapioca pudding for him, he was there beside (getting in my way sometimes) washing the utensils, pots/pans, cutting boards, drying them and putting everything back in their proper places only to have me take some things back out and reuse again. "I just washed that" he would state. He learned to ask if I were through with things before he cleaned up after me. I thanked him. He emptied the dishwasher when it was finished in such an orderly manner (getting in my way sometimes because I was also in the kitchen working but he wanted to be there with me). I thanked him. Every morning he made my bed reminding me of the order that the pillows needed to be placed. John&
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