53F, very moist with fog @ 10:30, was only calling for a high of 51F for the day ... so we've bested that. Dense fog advisory has been extended.
Woman lost her next older brother a week ago this past Monday after a long decline. Pulmonary fibrosis got him, just like her oldest brother. Runs in the family apparently, both good men. Woman is the only one left now out of her immediate family.
Missy Cat - Mister's sister - is on her last legs, continues to whither away to a bag of bones ... but keeps holding on. Not much in the way of complaining other than an very occasional loud moan. She's been on the decline for probably about a year. She's around 18 or so and has had a pretty good run of it.
Completed another trip around the Sun a couple weeks ago. Thankful for every day I'm above ground and drawing a breath.
Ran into an issue with the washer repair, ultimately it might be resolvable - but not in any kind of time-frame that we can live with for our immediate needs.
Was looking at just going ahead and getting a (cheaper) new Whirlpool and then talked to a couple of friends that had recently replaced their washers with newer ones (agitator-less) and both commented that they weren't happy. Finally, I read the reviews the reviews on the specific one we were looking at getting and (most importantly) got The Woman to read them. No sale.
Ultimately was able to convince The Woman that going with an old-style Speed Queen TC5 was the way to go.
She really did not want to go this route due to the cost and was looking to go cheap(er) with something that would "just get us by for a few years" ... since we are both "getting old" ...
I think it will be a good move - should be reliable for as long as we are still washing clothes.
So we headed down yesterday to the local appliance place and paid for it and had them set one aside for us.
And looked at new dishwashers and refrigerators while we were there !
The refrigerator is probably 25+ years old ... so it's not a matter of "if" but "when" at this point ... with the "when" likely being more sooner than later. Gotta figure a newer unit will probably be a good bit more energy-efficient as well.
Once we run over to the BMV here in a bit and renew the tag for the van, I'll put the sticker on and run on down and pick the washer up and get it brought inside and installed before the rains move in later this afternoon.
Presciptions are ready so need to run by and pick those up ... but it's in the other direction ... so might not happen until tomorrow or Monday.
Hope everyone is having a decent Thursday !
