Yes, I was disappointed at the outcome of the Presidential election. So disappointed, in fact, that I turned off the telly and climbed in bed around 10pm Tuesday evening. I didn't even turn on the TV the next day. The Romney sign is still in my front yard (think I'll be taking it down today). I was also disappointed that CO voted to legalize marijuana. Just what we need: a hotbed of potheads.
If you remember, I was also having a refrigerator delivered on Tuesday. I was excited when it arrived, especially because I could not find a scratch, A- or otherwise, anywhere on the front of it. It was carefully carried into the house, hooked up (water through the door again... functional ice-maker...) and signed off on. Then I set about the tedious task of pulling off all the packing tape and foam on the inside, wiping it down, and arranging our displaced food items neatly on it's shelves.
Then I peeled the protective plastic film from the doors.
There appeared to be some residue that I chalked up to grimy hand smears (some of the protective film had been torn so there were several large holes in it when it arrived), so I set to the task of wiping it down. The residue didn't come off. Upon further inspection, it looked to me like it was a flaw in the finish - like the film had stuck to some areas while the paint was wet. I had Bill inspect it when he got home, however, in the dark of short winter days, neither he or my girls could really see any BIG problem. I swore to them that it was blatantly obvious in the bright sunlight of midday. The next day Bill confirmed that the flaw was obvious, at least a C or C- (we are professional appliance graders... cough, cough), and we should call the salesman to see what he could do.
The salesman wanted pictures, which I assured him would most likely NOT adequately show the problem, especially since, again, the evening darkness had fallen. He told me take them anyway. The warehouse needed them to determine the extent of the flaw.
Since this is all I could capture on camera (which, btw, looks like some surface buffing had been performed previously),
I did a little photo-editing to show the areas in question.
I've yet to hear back if we will be getting a different slightly-but-much-less flawed refrigerator as a replacement. I'm disappointed that I spent a good 2 hours unpacking the interior of this baby. On the other hand, I'm happy to have a refrigerator that doesn't smell funny because it's contents are only slightly above room temp.
Enough with the disappointments and on to some successes.
Last Saturday, Mar and Shi had a swim meet. Mar's age group competed mid-morning, then Shi competed early-to-mid afternoon. Bill timed for Mar's session, so I needed to attend to make sure she was where she needed to be, when she needed to be there. Bill and Mar headed home afterwards, and I stayed to cheer on Shi. A full day at that same lovely pool mentioned back here.
Mar took 3 seconds off her 50 Free, and stayed within nanoseconds of her 50 Breast time.
Nice job, Mar!
Shilo improved her times in all three events she competed in, placing 8th overall in her 50 Back, and scoring team points in the other two (50 Free and 200 Back). She and I were both impressed at this accomplishment -- I'm not sure if she has ever been in the point-scoring category on the club team before -- especially since also attending the meet were the Colorado Stars (Missy Franklin's team, which has become the elite team around these parts) and DSA (Denver Swim Academy), both of which are known for their FAST times.
(I still can't believe that people want to walk in front of your camera when you are literally next to the edge of a pool OBVIOUSLY filming.)
Way to go, Shi!
And my house was repainted the actual color I chose a year-and-a-half ago (you can read the long story here).
Instead of this color (no wonder I had anxiety about it... refresher here),
Good-bye Snapping Turtle
it is now this color:
Hello, Grass Clippings
It wasn't the best time of day to take a pic, with the sun going down on me, but you can see it, right? The difference? Ahhhhhh.... so much better.
It's so much nicer to focus on the successes than the disappointments.
Way to go, Shi!
And my house was repainted the actual color I chose a year-and-a-half ago (you can read the long story here).
Instead of this color (no wonder I had anxiety about it... refresher here),
it is now this color:
It wasn't the best time of day to take a pic, with the sun going down on me, but you can see it, right? The difference? Ahhhhhh.... so much better.
It's so much nicer to focus on the successes than the disappointments.
Working on staying sunny side up,
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