Pointing Arrows

We had saved the garage sale signs that our real estate agent had lent us a few weeks ago.  Barb decided to have a second garage sale even though she had been so mad after the first one.

At first she wondered why so few people showed up.  Later in the morning, more people came but it was not as busy as the first garage sale.

When she went to pick up the garage sale signs after it was over, she found that she had signs pointing in the wrong direction.  She didn’t know they had arrows on them.

Coffee in New Hamburg

Barb decided she wanted a coffee in New Hamburg on Sunday morning.  Fortunately, we have a McDonalds and a Tim Hortons nearby.

First she went to McDonalds.  The place was packed.  She stood in line for a long time.  When she got to the front of the line, the lady behind the counter told her she couldn’t give her a coffee because the line was only for refills.

So Barb went over to Tim Hortons.  It was crazy there too.  The line was right out the door and around the corner of the store.

She decided she didn’t need a coffee that badly.

Open Windows

Barb was working hard all day painting the house in New Hamburg.  The house was very hot during the day.  So Barb opened the windows.  When she went to bed, she found it was freezing in the house.  She had no warm sheets and the air mattress was very cold.

She will know better the next time we come.

Wrong Colour

Barb bought paint in a big 5 gallon can.  Ali had painted the whole bedroom before Barb realized that it was the wrong colour.  Instead of being white, it was a light green colour.

That wouldn’t do at all but it was too late to start again.  It would have to wait until we come back in September.

Erie

Sarah and Ali came over to our new house for the whole long weekend and helped Barb paint and take down wallpaper. 

Meanwhile, I drove to Erie Pennsylvania to watch a ball tournament.  On the way home on Sunday night, I was driving up the QEW from Niagara Falls and was watching lightning flashing in the sky on the Northern horizon.  I realized that I was heading into a major thunder storm.

I got up Highway 6 to the 401 before I got hit by the thunder storm.  It rained so hard I could barely see the road ahead on me.  Many cars pulled over.  The ones that were driving were driving very slowly with their flashers on.  I didn’t even know where the button for the flashers was in my car.  I punched a number of button and finally the flashers came on.  The rain stopped just about where I was to exit the 401 to get to Kitchener. 

I got back on Sunday night of a long weekend, but even though we had a holiday, Barb was sick of painting and we just drove home on Monday.

Breaker

When we finally got the keys for our new place and drove there, we found that the place was very hot inside and the air conditioner didn’t work.  We were not happy.

Then Barb thought to check the breakers.  She found that the breaker for the air conditioner had been flipped off.  When she flipped the breaker back on the air conditioner began working and the house started to cool down.

Key Problems

Barb had arranged to play pickleball in the afternoon of the closing day while we were waiting to get the keys for our new place.

We drove to the Kitchener Badminton Club and met her friend Paul who had arrived early to play.  He had an electronic key to get in but it didn’t work.  He tried and tried and said that sometimes it takes a while to work.  He couldn’t get it to work.  So Barb tried.

Paul called Patricia who was also coming to play with them.  She had a key too.  She said she would be there in a few minutes.  While Paul was on the phone, Barb got the key to work.