Well, here I am again
without a prepared post. I did work on WATER RIGHTS today, but just don’t feel
comfortable enough with what I’m doing and where I’m going…or rather my
characters. With SHE, she burst, or at least seemed to, fully developed into my
mind and; as I’ve said before, some days I was able to pound out more than one
chapter. I’m hoping as I move forward with Luke and Hannah, they will leap into
my mind and practically write themselves for me as SHE did.
Meanwhile, I’ve put all of
SHE into one document with the exception of the last three chapters. Once I add
those, then I’ll continue putting SHE into an acceptable format for sending off
to an agent or publisher of erotica. I’ve already looked them up, but haven’t
picked one to whom I’ll send the material once it’s ready.
I also don’t think I
bragged about myself yesterday and my ability to take the furnace filter apart,
clean it and replace it. AJ showed me a year or so ago, but I wasn’t sure I’d remember.
The new thermostat AJ installed is one of those smart ones and told me I needed
to clean the filter. Well, once I realized the blinking red light was to
indicate I had a message and got the message, I put off my attempt for probably
a week. What do I know about furnaces…NOTHING!!!
In any case, I got the
first step correct and was able to pull off the filter cover. Then, I removed
the two huge electronic sections and put them into the dishwasher. Next, I
removed the two smaller silver mesh screens and added them to the dishwasher. A
little soap and on it went, to give me clean filters when finished. And, Kathy
B., thank you for the dishwasher suggestion.
To say those filters were
dirty is to say the sky is blue when it is. I could not believe the filth on
those filters. It even included some dead bugs that had apparently gotten into
the air returns (AJ told me that, but weren’t you initially impressed I’d know
that???) and ended up plastered to the filters. Considering all the dust I get
up with the vacuum and dust cloths, I’m surprised there’s anything to go in the
air intakes at all. Maybe I should add cleaning the furnace filter to my list
of things to do each time the time changes in the fall and spring.
I did call AJ today though
because it seemed as though the furnace was making more noise, but apparently,
it’s just the sound it makes when the air is able to smoothly flow through
without being impeded by dead bugs and lots of dust.
Today (Tuesday) I also got
rid of the ancient electric stove (photo above) John had been saving for decades. The boys
thought it might make a good piece of yard art, and that’s its future come next spring. I posted pictures and offered it on Buy Nothing and a very nice
woman responded and wanted to have it for that purpose. She, her husband and
brother-in-law came, loaded it up and it’s gone. Now, if I could just find
someone who’d like a sailboard, my driveway would be almost totally empty. I do
live in hope.