Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Clocking, Cleaning, Clenching


Antique clock from Big Daddy's family

This one is going to a professional, I would never attempt to clean the brass and not muck up the workings. In fact I will not even try to get it running as the Grandfather Clock has quit on me. I have tried and tried and the fucker just will not run and keep time.

I am still missing one earring from the great crash. It was a favorite, a gold ball.

I am finding some odd cleaning products left by the kids and don't know what to make of them. I do not have patience for new-fangled things. Plus I have to learn how to work the steam cleaners. I hope the floors survive.

The weather is getting nice again so I may try the cheap hairspray on the silk flower arrangements. Or I may throw them out. The cheap vodka worked on the tulips, so that is plan B if the cheap hairspray does not work.

I am in serious teeth clenching mode as BD is supposed to get an offer on Friday. The offer is contingent on a face to face interview; the company will fly Bd home and to another state. Another company may come through with an offer around the same time. I really put forth effort to not succumb to superstitions but every time in the past I have thought about or investigated changes, shit happened. So I sit and pretend that everything is great and cleaning is my worth in life. Clenching is horrible as it causes that stupid TMJ pain and that is just another condition I refuse to acknowledge. I do wear my bite plate.

I have to finish this cleaning and get to the yardwork as I need a dog, and it seems they all want to come to my house for tea and inspect me and my abode. I also do not have a teapot.

6 comments:

  1. Yes! A doggie!

    I did find out that the warmer on my new coffee pot doesn't turn off automaGically like the last couple coffee makers I have had. This is odd because I paid 5 to 6 times as much for the Bunn versus the Mr Coffee, strange.

    Hope BD gets the job!

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  2. My hated Bunn turns off automatically, it just does not pour well and water spatters when I load it up. Yes, it was expensive for a not fancy coffee maker. I am so wanting a doggie and just keeping a stiff upper lip right now. I am almost a certified tight ass Brit.

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  3. Good luck to BD. You will never get a dog without a teapot.

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  4. I checked on line for teapots and they were all from China, and I am sure phony shit. WTF, more investigation is needed.

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  5. Go to Williams Sonoma and buy a medium-sized Brown Betty tea pot. They pour best, keep tea the warmest and only get better with age. If they don't see Brown Bettys, I think they sell white ones.

    Someone once gave me such a tea pot that could provide enough hot tea for my entire neighborhood. I am not that gregarious, so it is stuffed back in some kitchen cabinet.

    I am crossing my fingers for BD. Enough of this round the world to get screwed stuf.

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  6. I saw something that was named Brown Betty, glad to know it is a real thing.

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