April 24, 2006

Beautiful day today. I need to remember to cover my head.

We have a pair of Mallards in the front pond this morning. My bf backed back up the driveway to have me look in that direction in case he scared them off with the rumbly truck. He is always sweet to share things like that with me.

Head covered in a bright bandana the first task was to get the rest of the bedding plants in the front flowerbed and the rest of the dirt in. That took about 30 or so minutes and now we are heading out to put the roof on the greenhouse. He decided to use coroplast due to our high winds. I am grabbing a bite to eat and type this before I go out to help.I thought I would fill you in on the rest before I go out and help my hon on the greenhouse roof again..

I got a new rep to talk to. The 'old' one "N" who I had been working with has actually been sick the last 3 working days which is why she had not called back. I quipped to her over the phone 4-5 days ago I hoped she did not catch my cold when she had commented on how horrible I sounded. Evidently viruses can be sent over the phone.The new gal "G" cannot get into "N's" computer, but she told me what her (G) computer was telling her about my order. The press is made by "S" and sold under "X's" name. "S" is from the States. According to her records the press had arrived at our place and had been set up by the technicians. Three times I told "G" that I have not even seen a cardboard box that it would presumably be coming in.. I have not SEEN the press. She sounded stunned on her end of the phone and said "WHAT?!?!?" Like it had not registered in her brain the first few times I had told her this. She says "You do not have a press there...?" and I like "NO.. no machine.. no people to set it up, no cardboard box if it has one".. she is like.... ."NOooooooooooo Way".

I told her what I had been told.. and that it was supposed to have arrived here on the 7th.. it is now the 19th and I have been on the phone to them every day.She is looking into it as she cannot even get a tracking number yet and if I do not hear from her by noon my time tomorrow about a tracking number or a press or something to call her back again..No one knows where it is at. Can I scream yet???

---On standbyMy bf went to the store to get some peppers for the spaghetti sauce since we ate all of them and ours are not growing yet. In the meanwhile, I put our new roadside house address sign out that I have been painting and finally got finished. While I was down there I drug out all the old poles and fencing and barbwire the previous owners had chucked into the ditch at some time or other. Another small "to-do" thing out of the way.

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