purple room vents: NO. 24,25 & 26

I am now an official Kiwanian. I went to the meeting on Tuesday with Kathy and joined up. They meet each Tuesday at lunch in an old folks home downtown. The old residents run a little coffee shop/restaurant and there are two large meeting rooms. The meeting was fast and efficient and kind of fun. Lots of interesting stuff coming up.

Well the leaves are turning. Last night I opened the front door to let Molly out and I swear I smelled snow in the air. It goes down to 3 degrees up here at night.

One thing I noticed....as the leaves are falling off the tree, I can see into my neighbours' yards more clearly. Right below me and just a wee bit to the right is a hot tub in a yard. They use the hot tub all the time...pretty much every evening. And the old dude that uses it comes out of the house naked and goes back in naked. I don't stand there and wait for it, but its kind of hard to miss if you just happen to be there!

I found my wedgewood! There was a blue rubber maid packed with what I thought was the final stuff from Bill's mother's place that he brought home years and years ago. The top layer is a whole bunch of little figurines all wrapped up in old old newspaper. But underneath I found most of my wedgewood dishes! The teapot and coffee pot and covered serving dish are missing but all the plates are there. The container is really heavy and I think I will get Monte to bring it upstairs for me. I shall unpack it up here.

The solarium guy came. I took an instant dislike to him. I am not sure why but he pissed me off before he even set foot in the house.

I showed him what I wanted but the whole time I was talking to him he just stood there shaking his head 'no'. I finally petered off and asked "what?" 'On no', he says, 'we don't do that. We don't cut walls like that'. Well what the hell? ' 'Do you transport yourself molecularly through the wall to get into the room?', I asked. 'Where the hell do you build your solariums then? Out on the lawn?'

He couldn't answer that. He mumbled something about an already existing door blah blah blah. Then he stepped out on the deck and says, 'And there isn't enough room on the deck for adding insulation. And the same with the roof/ceiling.' At which point, walking to the front door, I said, 'Well then I simply do NOT see what it is you do. Where do you build these solariums? Seriously! I don't get it. I have been in lots of solariums built just the way I am describing. I guess I need to be on the lower mainland where there is more than one show in town. A little competition would help here in this town.' At this point he walked out the door and I slammed it. Sigh. I was rude, no doubt about it. But he annoyed the hell out of me. I could tell before he got in the door he didn't want to be there. Dumbass.

So no solarium. That company is the only one in town. I have decided I am going to bring my table upstairs along with the buffet with the twelve leaves. If I need to pull the table out further than the room, I shall go through the large doorway in front of the front door. It will look goofy but what can I say? I tried.

Well three things are going into the boxes today. Monte has still not taken the stuff down to Sally Anne. Its piling up in the garage. We don't use Value Village. They are a for profit company and I read somewhere that some of them are owned by a certain bike gang, money laundering. Don't know if thats actually true, but I am not going to participate just in case. There are lots of thrift places that are not for profit. That is if they will even take the stuff. Its pretty humiliating when a thrift store rejects your stuff.

Monte is off to Vancouver again today. He has been working a huge amount and its astonishing how much money he makes in tips. He loves his job. Except last night he got another flat tire. This is the third one now. And I don't like these constant trips to Van. He needs his van for work and every time he goes, there is a greater chance something shitty will happen. Soon the snow will be flying and that will stop it all.

Speaking of which, I am heading down myself for a few days. Its hair time and I need to meet with insurance people and accountants etc... I think before I go I will pick out more items and get their pics for while I am gone! TTYL