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mamajoanDid you know that if you put an egg on to hard-boil, and then forget about it and leave it until all the water has boiled off, then eventually the egg will explode, showering your kitchen with fragments of shell and hard-boiled egg? Oh, you didn't? Yeah, me either.
I'll bet you can imagine just how bad a burnt/exploded egg smells, too.
In other news, not much to report on the whole Andy/heating situation. I called the main office this morning and asked to speak with Andy's supervisor. The woman who answered the phone took my name and number and said she'd have the supervisor call me. She asked what it was about and I said it was about an estimate and she said "was it like that he never gave you the estimate, or...?" and I said yes, that was it. I'm not sure how much to read into the fact that she guessed it like that. It could mean that Andy is notorious for not getting people their estimates, or it could mean that my phrasing "it's about an estimate he was supposed to give me" made it obvious to her. Who knows? Anyway, the supervisor hasn't called yet so whatever.
I called another heating company from the yellow pages and they said they'll send someone tomorrow at noon. Hopefully, he will actually show at noon. Meanwhile, no word from the other company I called last week, where the guy said that someone would call me Monday (today) to schedule a visit. Grump.
I also called the city's heating replacement program director guy just to ask him what would happen if I couldn't get another estimate by the deadline. He was vague and said we'll deal with that if/when it happens. He also said that they have a list of contractors that have participated in the program in the past; he couldn't give me any names over the phone (since he can't appear to be endorsing/recommending anyone), but I can come to the office and look at the book, which apparently also has reviews from the homeowners who used each contractor. So that should be helpful. I might be able to get over there tomorrow or Wednesday.
Ruthie has reached the stage in life where you have to keep your eye on her every minute or she'll find something to chew on that you don't want her chewing on. Particularly if, you know, your floor-level shelves are full of books and papers and so forth. She isn't crawling yet, but she can move around! You put her down over there and the next thing you know she's over here! And she can be surrounded by toys but ignore them all in favor of the shoe, or pen, or whatever, that you thought you had moved out of her reach. All of which is by way of saying, gotta go! ;)
I'll bet you can imagine just how bad a burnt/exploded egg smells, too.
In other news, not much to report on the whole Andy/heating situation. I called the main office this morning and asked to speak with Andy's supervisor. The woman who answered the phone took my name and number and said she'd have the supervisor call me. She asked what it was about and I said it was about an estimate and she said "was it like that he never gave you the estimate, or...?" and I said yes, that was it. I'm not sure how much to read into the fact that she guessed it like that. It could mean that Andy is notorious for not getting people their estimates, or it could mean that my phrasing "it's about an estimate he was supposed to give me" made it obvious to her. Who knows? Anyway, the supervisor hasn't called yet so whatever.
I called another heating company from the yellow pages and they said they'll send someone tomorrow at noon. Hopefully, he will actually show at noon. Meanwhile, no word from the other company I called last week, where the guy said that someone would call me Monday (today) to schedule a visit. Grump.
I also called the city's heating replacement program director guy just to ask him what would happen if I couldn't get another estimate by the deadline. He was vague and said we'll deal with that if/when it happens. He also said that they have a list of contractors that have participated in the program in the past; he couldn't give me any names over the phone (since he can't appear to be endorsing/recommending anyone), but I can come to the office and look at the book, which apparently also has reviews from the homeowners who used each contractor. So that should be helpful. I might be able to get over there tomorrow or Wednesday.
Ruthie has reached the stage in life where you have to keep your eye on her every minute or she'll find something to chew on that you don't want her chewing on. Particularly if, you know, your floor-level shelves are full of books and papers and so forth. She isn't crawling yet, but she can move around! You put her down over there and the next thing you know she's over here! And she can be surrounded by toys but ignore them all in favor of the shoe, or pen, or whatever, that you thought you had moved out of her reach. All of which is by way of saying, gotta go! ;)
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