Posts by Julia Schmeelk
Inspections
We were lucky enough to get on a list for a furnace inspection. This is to make sure our system is properly maintained, in good working order, and to recommend any work that might need to be done. Being in a new house this is particularly important and it was not very expensive when compared…
Read MoreLocked 🔒 Out
Six times yesterday I tried to get on the website and do a post and I finally gave up last night. Today I was calling Bryon and like magic it worked and here I am, writing away. I think my tech curse is alive and well. While being locked out, I thought of six or…
Read MoreShoveling Ice
Ice managed to cover everything, more than an inch thick and making walking, driving, and stopping somewhat difficult. Cleaning the sidewalk, steps and the area around the vehicle seemed like a good place to start. We have a handy dandy tool. It is a tile scraper, used to scrape up tile floors. It lifts up…
Read MorePrequel: Humans
It took weeks of backbreaking work and countless aching muscles and injuries for the humans to situate themselves well enough to plan the first feast. Certain couples were not included in the festivities because others felt they had not contributed enough. Those farmers had been selfish in staking out their land and planting their seeds.…
Read MoreFreezing Rain Survival
When this latest freezing rain fell, it came down in small chunks that melted and froze in place amid other small chunks, creating a frozen maze to walk and drive on. When Jethro, our mighty elderly mutt, decided to go out, we took him on a leash out through the garage avoiding the slicked out…
Read MoreTelephone People
Some poor fool called while I was in the middle of emailing my editor because I STILL HAD NOTHING IN MY IN BOX from her. Needless to say I was feeling less than kind, but I rushed to answer the phone, swallowing all the ire I had brought up to write the email. It was…
Read MoreAnother Delay!
Again I am running behind. Jo, my editor, is delayed on the second half of the first pass. Not because of a flaw in the story, she says, but because of her own scheduling conflicts. Instead of giving another date and failing to meet that date as well, I am leaving it open, saying I…
Read MoreThe Fan
When you move into a new house and a couple of switches are taped either up or down, it takes awhile to make the time and put forth the effort to take things apart and figure it out. The fan in the bathroom and it’s light was one of those switches, so we have been…
Read MorePrequel: The Report
After the dragon flew away, the settlers were convinced that they had been so nervous they had missed. They convinced themselves that somehow that creature, that dragon had flown away uninjured, not because of her skill or strength; but because all of them had made an error. They were so convinced of their species superiority…
Read MoreWonders
Today was one of those days when you look around and all you can think is, Wow! One of the many things that illicited that response was the icicles dripping from everything. We had one that went from the roof of our vehicle, down the side door, and pooled on the ground. Another big wow…
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