Amanda’s dad came into town today. Since our kitchen is all messed up, we all had dinner at El Sombero. It was good; we had not been there in a long long time. When Amanda was a primigravida, I think we had been going there three times a week (during the third trimester at least).
I like our new clothes washer. Getting so excited about home appliances has clearly marked me as a boring old man.
We got a new dishwasher and a new clothes washer today. The disherwasher is still sitting in the middle of the kitchen as installation was not included with delivery. Apparently that is normal as dishwashers always require electrical work and possibly plumbing as well. I had no idea. Ours will not require any special plumbing, although I might need to get some parts — definitely some electrical stuff. The old one was directly wired in and did not use a plug. I had thought that odd, but the delivery guy (who also delivered our new fridge a couple of weeks ago), said that was normal.
The old clothes washer was a pain to get all of its hoses detached. The two water values were also completely frozen open and it was difficult to cut the water off. However, I got everything disconnected. Although, the delivery guy thought we did have installation on the washer, so he went ahead and hooked everything up.
I am testing it out now. It’s got a lot more buttons than our old one.
So some nefarious souls broke into BK’s townhouse yesterday evening while she was at work. They simply booted the door open. The dead bolt was not in, but that probably wouldn’t have mattered. And, since that part of the door frame is vaguely in one piece, the door can still be closed.
It looks like they just tossed everything in the place looking for cash and small valuables; some things were taken, but stuff like the computer was still there. They did make a mess by dumping everything everywhere.
It also seemed like they may have been looking for ID stuff to engage in identity theft, but perhaps that is my overly paranoid brain working.
Life in the big city. Things definitely could have been worse.
