TGIF, Thank goodness it’s Friday. The rain and the storms are over at least for now. But, — it is going to be a hot and muggy day because the air is still saturated with moisture. I don’t know how many inches of rain we got over the week but it was maybe as much as three or four. The yard os soggy and I have a lot of little limbs down that I need to pick up before I can mow. But — I won’t be mowing today because it is simply too wet.

This morning I’m waiting on a fellow to come evaluate a roof leak problem that has developed. I suddenly have a very slow drip of water coming from the overhead light in my shower which is not where water should be coming from. My roof is less than ten years old and has a thirty year guarantee. I called the general contractor who handled our renovation after our house disaster in 2008 and he is sending his son out this morning to take a look at it. His first inclination is that there might be a leak around some flashing on the roof. Hopefully that is all is amounts to and can be fixed quickly. The problem with water leaks is that they are never where they appear to be. It might be dripping in my shower but the actual leak could be half way across the roof. And —- as I always say: water always wins. If you don’t believe it —- just look at the Grand Canyon.

I have new lights in my basement and I love them. I had ordered them from a friend at church who does electrical design and sells fixtures etc. Once they came in, I called a local top rated electrical construction company and they came out and installed them for me. I was really pleased with them. It was two young fellows, I think one was an apprentice, but they came in, worked quickly with no chit chat, were professional and polite and totally cleaned up after themselves. Any future electrical work I need done will certainly go to that company.

This afternoon Ms. Kate and I each have optometry appointments. The sad part is that I’m sure we are both hoping to need new glasses. That means four pair of glasses because we get colored glasses too. If we get out of there for less than a thousand bucks I will be very happy. I know my right eye vision has changed because I have a hard time reading the TV screen if I close my left eye. It’s just one more thing to bite at my bank account.

I can tell my neighbor is home from vacation. Their black cat was making a beeline for my flowerbed and bird feeders this morning. I haven’t seen that cat since they left for vacation. Unfortunately for it, I spotted it as it was coming in the yard and motivated it to move on.

I think I’ll quit here and go have some breakfast before the repairman comes. There is some strawberry pie still left over and I think it needs to be eaten. I hope you have a blessed day full of sunshine and love. Peace.