A Year of Gratitude, Day 31

Teaghan is home from college for the weekend and came to spend the afternoon with us. While we were chatting, she told us that when she is married and has children, she would like to live somewhere near us so we can spend time with our great-grandchildren like we did with her and Marijke. I love this girl ( and my other 4 granddaughters too).

A Year of Gratitude, Day 30

About three  years ago many of the galvanized pipes in our home began to leak. It was necessary to re-plumb the entire house, not an inexpensive home repair. We also chose to have a whole house water filtration system installed in order to remove chemical residues in the water we consume. Shortly after the filtration system was installed we began to notice an unpleasant sulfur smell in the tap water. The plumber contacted the filter manufacturer who suggested they add an additional chemical filtration unit between the large filter tank and the house. That seemed to do the trick and all was well until last week when we began to notice a marked decrease in water pressure. A plumber can and determined that the particulate filter canister was exhausted but they no longer had any cartridges in stock. he removed the cartridge, the water pressure returned to normal , and the technician left after promising to consult with the owner of the company. Later that afternoon, the scheduler called and arranged an appointment to replace the filter. Imagine my surprise when the technician arrived with a brand new filtration system which was installed at no charge to us. It seems the particulate filter comes preinstalled in the new filtration systems so they chose to upgrade our unit under their warranty policy.

Today I am grateful to Milton Frank Plumbing  (http://www.miltonfrankplumbing.com) for outstanding customer service. Plus, I am grateful for water pressure adequate to fill my tub for my nightly steamy, hot Epsom salt soaks.

A Year of Gratitude. Day 29

Absolutely in awe of the talent and dedication shown by the theater students and directors who are involved in the 2015 Klein High School production of Les Miserables .

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Year of Gratitude, Day 28

 

 

Life had a way of intervening with the household chores through the holidays, so I have been spending the last several days catching up on the ironing.

 

Today was a red letter day -

 

 

All the baskets are empty. Unfortunately the laundry hamper is not.

 

 



A Year of Gratitude, Day 27

 

 

Not a bad day considering it is January 27. Sorry New England!

 

A Year of Gratitude, Day 26

I love seeing the wild ducks in the pond at the park. This little guy was very camera shy.

A Year of Gratitude, Day 25

What a fun, messy day Jim and I had  making sausage today.

 

Chopping 10 pounds of pork.

 

 

Grinding the meat, using the same grinder he used when  he was a kid

 

 

 

Filling the casing

 

 

First batch of links, made about 3 dozen

 

 

Pan-fried sausage patty, made 10 of those