When I left for work this morning, I found a puddle on my porch. My sewage ejector pump had stopped working.
So I tried resetting my breakers and jiggling the pipe to get the float to work. It finally came on and started working again. Whew!
So I leave for work…when I get home, I go to the fridge to get something to drink and the light is off on the fridge. As I listen further, it appears the refrigerator is off! So I go back and look and the breaker for the fridge (and all the plugs on that wall) is off and I can’t reset it! The breaker itself is loose and won’t snap on.
I proceed to unplug the fridge and everything on that breaker, and try again. Nothing.
So now my refrigerator is plugged in on an extension cord and I need to call an electrician to look at the panel. And he really can’t come tomorrow as I have an appointment downtown at 11 and a haircut which I can’t postpone at 4:30.
Fantastic read at Daily Kos: (click link for full article)
Even if you are not an Obama supporter, the world thinks much better of us now, based on the reaction the writer is hearing:
Upon seeing my button, everyone, without exception, smiles. I have received preferential treatment all day long. They didn’t make me pay extra for a heavy bag, they treated me in short, like royalty. The stewardess told the pilot, who stood up in the cock pit to give me a thumbs up. Even the immigration official barely looked at my passport. He was much more interested in knowing an Obama supporter and what I thought would happen today.
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The man behind the counter is Malaysian. He asks if I voted and when I confirm I have he laughs really loud and says something to the other official sitting next to him. This man laughs too. They both look at me intently. The one, fighting to find the right english begins, “This is (something in Malay). I smile saying I don’t understand. He looks at his colleague and rattles something in Malay…The man says just a minute. He gets out a book. It is an english translation book. He says something to the man and hands him the book…pointing to a line on the page. The 1st man turns back to me and says…”this is fan/tas/a/tic…fan-tas-aahhh-tic…how do you say?” I tell him, yes, he is right “Fantastic”. They laugh again at their attempts. I laugh too.
“About quarter till 12 on election night, it’s gonna be Bill O’Reilly sitting there with Sean Hannity,” he said, drawing another cascade of jeers from the crowd at the mention of another popular conservative Fox host.
“No, no wait a sec, this is gonna be too much fun. You’re not gonna be booing ‘cause you know what’s coming next. So Hannity – they’re going through all these numbers and Barack’s won California, New York and Illinois and Michigan and Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and all these others. And, you know McCain wins Utah or something,” Brown said, drawing appreciative laughs and claps from the energized crowd.
“Then Hannity’s sitting there next to O’Reilly, and they’re looking at each other, and O’Reilly says, ‘You gonna do it?’ And Hannity says, ‘No.’ So O’Reilly – sweat’s coming, tears are coming down his cheeks – you can see ‘em on your flat screen. And O’Reilly says, ‘Well, Ohio went for Barack Obama. He’s gonna be president of the United States!”
Spent the weekend in Memphis with my softball team….and we came in FIRST PLACE! Basketball star John Ameche gave us our gold medals.
See more pictures from the tournament in my gallery!
And this is the 3rd tournaments in a row I have been involved him that has resulted in a medal or trophy. (Chicago tennis, Indianapolis tennis and now Memphis softball) I guess it’s all about me.
So I leave for work…when I get home, I go to the fridge to get something to drink and the light is off on the fridge. As I listen further, it appears the refrigerator is off! So I go back and look and the breaker for the fridge (and all the plugs on that wall) is off and I can’t reset it! The breaker itself is loose and won’t snap on.
I was lucky enough to attend the Barack Obama rally at Grant Park on November 4th. It was lots of fun. I uploaded my pictures to my 
