Friday, June 17, 2016

Strange but True

Things around here have been kind of strange this week, and here are some of the reasons why.

  • If anyone would like to drink beer in the parking lot of an old gas station that is now an EPA and NJDEP hazardous waste site, here is your chance!
  • Our wedding anniversary is June 13th and my birthday is June 15th. I had a discussion with a family member who adamantly insisted I was wrong about the dates and had them reversed. After 10 minutes, I was both amused and frustrated when it became clear that I was not going to convince this person. Maybe we'll be celebrating on different days next year. 
  • We came home from our walk on Tuesday to see guys with long ladders up on our roof. When we yelled up to ask what they were doing, they replied they were cleaning our gutters. This is something John does while I nervously hold the ladder, ready to call 911 if needed. It turns out that they had been contracted by our neighbor and had just cleaned the gutters on the wrong house. 
  • In more "You've got the wrong place, buddy" news, yesterday morning I noticed a guy with a clipboard measuring my house. When I asked him why, he said he was doing the appraisal for the bank. This was news to me, and after another 10 minute discussion, I did manage to convince him that he had the wrong house; he wanted the house next door ... the one with the house number that matched the one on his form and a FOR SALE sign in the front yard. He kept saying that his boss had told him to appraise my house, as if that bit of information would make me say, "Sure, come on in and appraise the wrong house!"
I hope your weekend includes lots of relaxation, fun, and maybe even some of the unusual, but very little of the strangeness that's been going on here!


9 comments:

  1. Those are definitely some bizarre things. But, hooray for free clean gutters!

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  2. Laughing out loud at this post! Yay for free gutter cleaning! Apparently reading is not a skill everyone has learned, comprehensive reading even less so! Happy Friday Bonny!

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  3. I hear a Grateful Dead song playing as the sound track of your life. What a long, strange trip it's been! At least all seems to be working in your favor! (Are you sure you have your birthdate right?) :)

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  4. Thinking of nicknaming Boone Milk-Bone! Is that 6/13/87 by chance? If so you've got me by 2 weeks! Have a wonderful weekend Bonny! And really...people just don't think do they?

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  5. Oh, so much hilarity -- and clean gutters to boot!! Have a great weekend!

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  7. There is definitely some bizarre things going on in your neck of the woods! I hope your weekend is a little more "normal". Enjoy it!

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  8. yikes! that's a lot of twilight zone for normal living. (the one about your birthday is especially disturbing...what if that family member is right and you've been celebrating the wrong day for 59 years??!! ;-)

    wishing you a VERY NORMAL weekend with much fun and relaxation!

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  9. I wonder what the chances are that someone will mistakenly clean my gutters! Have a good weekend!

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