Unremarkable Day

Not much happening around here. It's been raining for days, mostly rather lightly. We've been hoping that we wouldn't have any leaks, but that was not to be. This morning there was a telltale residue behind the sink that looks like the coffeemaker overflowed. Only it hadn't. We have water coming in through the light switches by the door again. So we sent Mark an email, but we saw him before he'd read it and flagged him down. I'm soooo tired of leaks! This one isn't major, and it obviously took several days of rain before it showed up. We'll see what Mark comes up with this time.

Today we were hoping for at least partial sunshine in the afternoon. The sun did break through--for about five minutes!

We went out to do some shopping. Our first destination was Sears, to return some Land's End bedding that turned out to be a color that won't coordinate and that we didn't care for. We've decided to wait until we're in the new rig before doing any more shopping for bedding. That way we'll be more likely to find coordinating colors.

While we were at Sears, Ken went to check out the shirts on sale. He actually found a couple of blue and white knits that he liked. We've been looking for some to replace the ones that wore out. Both of us like blue--partly because it brings out the blue in his eyes.

I checked over the clearance clothing too, but didn't find anything that I liked that fit right.

Ken ordered a Husky air compressor to be delivered to our nearby Home Depot this morning. While we were out, he got an email message that it was available for pickup. Nifty way to shop. This compressor is quite a bit larger than the small one we've been using, which was a gift from our friends Dennis and Cheryl. Ken figures we'll need the larger unit to fill the larger, higher psi tires on our new truck and trailer.


Tonight we watched the second half of the two-hour introductory episode of Downton Abbey, Season Two. It's the kind of ongoing family drama that really draws the audience in. We can't wait to see the next episode.

We also watched a Nova special on separating conjoined twin girls, born joined at the head. It was really amazing to see the operations that led to their finally being successfully separated, especially the work of the neurosurgeon who had the delicate task of separating the two brains.