Today;s fun....

A lot of stuff happened today which started by the backup beeper of the Caterpillar end loader being backed from the trailer that contained it at about 6:30 AM.  The men were about to landscape the front yard of the house next to us.....

Of course this diesel machine buzzing around outside our front door and windows precluded any further sleep...  And created an absolute cloud of red dust that permeated the inside of our cars and the front of our house....  We weren't camping happily about then.... But, we can hardly wait for our own landscapers to begin later in the week, on our own lot that is only a few feet outside our doors and windows............

I became intolerant of all this, but decided to just leave while it was going on, so I rode off on the motor scooter.....  Some shopping in Wal Mart for manly goods and then over to Home Depot where I had been summoned by the appliance department to settle up our bill!

The last I knew the bill had been settled, but apparently not....  Upon arriving, I could not find who had required my appearance...  The appliance department knew nothing at all..  But after some discussion I managed to get them to look into it on their computer....

It seems that we had purchased a electric cord for the dryer, and the newer design dryer came with an electric cord...  So they wanted to give me the money back for the one I purchased that didn't get used... Well alrighty then!!!  But we can't do it here, you have to go to customer service....

So back up front to stand in line again... With only one CS rep available for about 6 customers....  I tried to put on that unhappy look as I waited...  A second clerk came but didn't take the customers in the order that they had arrived, which further made some of us more unhappy...

But after another little wait, it was my turn, and I went thru the entire explanation again and they found the documentation in the computer and with my credit card and signature, the money went back on the account....  I had been in the store for over an hour...

Are we having fun yet...?  But that really wasn't the full extent of today's enjoyment, as later in the day Loyce went out to return some purchases and make some replacement buys...

And while she was in Ross store up by Wal Mart, a lady parked next to her backed out and scraped the rear portion of the side of our car with hers....  She left a name and phone number but said after 4PM...

So later tonight we have been dealing with this lady who doesn't want her insurance company notified and will just pay us in cash......  And I assume that will be a two party check that I can't negotiate anywhere....  Which will have a 14 day hold on it since I don't have a bank account out here....

But I had better keep quiet about the happenings on this matter because making it public could have bad ramifications of its own....

But can you see us staying here a lot longer to get the car fixed....??

Retired Rod