Kept comin' up with love, but it's so slashed and torn

Wednesday. Dim and chilly. The weatherbeans say it will be MUCH COOLER (caps original) than yesterday, with rain.

Went to bed late-ish last night, and slept in this morning.

Breakfast was oatmeal, semi-sweet bits, and almond butter. Drinking my second cup of tea. Lunch will ... depend on details surrounding the arrival of the dishwasher, the window of delivery being between noon and 2.

After I finish this letter to the internets, I expect I'll be doing dishes, putting them away and clearing the counter over the dishwasher. I will be very interested to see how they're gonna get the dishwasher installed. It is a very tiny kitchen. OTOH, there's a dishwasher right there, so the concept is proven. One of the things I always look forward to in these scenarios is the opportunity to learn new words.

Last night after I came home from needlework, I colored for a bit, and listened to Sea Wrack and Changewind, by Sharon Lee, narrated by Alex Picard. Good stories. Good narration. Five stars and a chocolate brownie to author and narrator.

In addition to clearing the work area, I need to call -- Agren, I guess -- to see if they can send a guy to look at the fridge, which persists in not making ice. Also, I need to explore setting up a Zelle? account.

Well. That's looking like a busy day right there.

What's your day looking like?

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The problem with buying stuff on sale is that by the time you realize these are the best jeans on the planet, they're sold out. 

With! bonus cat census.

Today's blog post title brought to you by Queen and David Bowie, "Under Pressure"

Closing for the day

Below is a transcript of the rest of my morning.

Thanks to everyone who mentioned that I might look on ebay for another pair of The Best Jeans on the Planet. I went back to Land's End to find out what they are Actually Called, and! Between yesterday and today, something changed. There was "low stock" on 14 Talls of Women's Lightweight Denim High Rise Relaxed Straight Pull On Pocket Jeans in DARK WASH. Done! Two pairs on order (the sale's still on, BTW; it goes over today). This is Very Good, since I'm getting tired of pleating my on-hand jeans with a belt. Also? At least one pair of these jeans is so going to have flowers embroidered on them.
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Josh from Dave's Appliance has just called to let me know that he plans to be in the driveway in half an hour.

I have locked the cats in Steve's Wing, for Josh's protection.
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Pffft! And the new dishwasher is here, and so is the old dishwasher, because the delivery guys can only take the old dishwasher away after it's been disconnected. They cannot themselves disconnect the existing machine.

So! Tomorrow, Houle's will come and uninstall, then install, then Josh will come back to pick up the old machine.

In the meantime, I have a dishwasher sitting in my office.
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For my next trick, I called GE and talked to a tech about the ice maker not functioning. We left it that I would take the icemaker out and let it defrost on the kitchen counter for a day. I was offerered a youtube video to show me how to do this. So I got the screw out, but the ice maker is still attached by a piece of plastic pipe and at this point I don't know whether to be chuffed that I managed to unscrew the damned screw or furious that I can't just call a repair guy and have him come fix it.

Jeebus, I hate this timeline.
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OK. Youtube it is. I got the icemaker out. I lost the little spacer for the screw, because of course I did, but, hey! I took an icemaker out of a refrigerator, working live, because nobody told me to unplug the thing, which I couldn't've done anyway, and I now have a disassembled icemaker in my sink and a dishwasher in my office.

Are we having fun yet?

EDITED TO ADD: I found the spacer, and yanno what? I? am done, so very, very done, for the day.

Everybody stay safe; we'll try again tomorrow.