Sunday evening minutiae

The last time I ever had the flu was in 1994, it was really bad too, high fever and everything. The last time I had a cold was the summer of 1997. I woke up Friday morning feeling like my winning streak was about to end. UGH! It depressed me to think I wasn't immune to it all. I dragged out the soup and juice and prepared for the worse. That turned out to be the worse. By Saturday morning it was evident that my symptoms were just allergies, a sinus problem or a 24 hour something. Woohoo! My streak continues (I count a cold as two weeks of the sniffles, congestion etc), although, now that I've done some bragging, maybe I jinxed myself. I was uber happy all weekend having escaped serious upper respiratory problems.

It was a productive weekend of sorts. Everything I posted on craigslist on Monday was sold by this morning. That is a first. One woman even gave me $10 more than I asked for on one item. When does that happen?

We found out that our house doesn't need to be leveled and we can proceed with our plans. If you own an older home you really understand how completely awesome it is to get this news.

We were given an old mantle clock that chimes. It did not work but so pretty and I have always wanted a chime clock. I spent time today looking up clock repair shops but thought I could maybe fix it? It didn't take long, anything that goes round and round works on the same premise. I've gotten lazy about it as I have gotten older but for some reason today I was in the mood to fix something mechanical and I did. It didn't take long. I have often wondered if I should have had a side business fixing turntables, reel to reels, projectors and maybe clocks?

Heard a cold front is scheduled for Tuesday. Cold? Hmmmmmm cooler maybe.

It's Fall for me, orders have begun to arrive and uh, I'm not exactly ready so I better go.