Ohh, the joys of homeownership. Here in doldrums of michigan, we’ve recently gone through a cycle of rain, snow, sleet, snow, rain. Yesterday we had a big warm up. Well regrettably I hadn’t shovelled the back of my driveway for sometime and the melt found its way into my basement. Two hours and $30 dollars later (flat shovel), I had all the snow/ice and about 5 gallons of water moved away from the house. We’ll just have to wait and see if my work was worth it. All of this was due to an ineffective drainspout, which i have now fitted with one of my garden drains which extend about 4 feet and is flexible.
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Coffee shop observations - religious talk, and other
jason law
Sitting in my local Caribou Coffee shop, drinking a large caramel hi-rise I get the chance to listen into some of the interesting conversations that are occuring around me. The small group of older than middle-aged men (golden years?) are talking about what makes someone a good Christian. Now they are a small group of 5 people but do they need to be observant of what they are talking about around others in a public place? Now I was raised catholic and have nothing against being religious, but I’m not too keen on the idea of preaching in public. Now yes, they are in a private conversation, but they are in the middle of the coffee shop, center of attention and it has been heated at times.It is an interesting conversation though, from what I can see highly philosophical.
Ooh and by the way it snowed outside, about a foot. So there are also the random snowball fights occuring by all ages happening. The occasional snow plow drives by, but the huge pile up of snow in the median of the street says otherwise that they are doing more than an adequate job. What I havent seen though in years are kids helping out neighbors shovel snow. I can remember when I was younger that my mom would make me go outside and shovel my older neighbors driveway. Yea it was a pain, but she said I would feel better later in life when I understand just how hard it is to labor like that when you are older. I mean i’m only 26 years old now but I can tell i’m going to be so sore tomorrow.