Remember as an innocent child when you just knew that adults knew everything and had all the answers to all the questions? Ah youth! Those were the days. Now in the last half of my 70's, it seems to me that aging and the "adulting" that comes along with that are definitely not all they are cracked up to be. Actually I think I have known that for a long time -- maybe since the late teenage years. I find, and have found, however, that it is sort of amusing to watch myself work through the process.
I have been the chief cook and bottle washer of my home for many years. Hope to be able to continue in that role for a long time to come. It takes effort -- seems more now than when I had the energy and stamina of youth and... two wonderful kids still at home to help out. We were a good team. Sometimes I now have to hire out the occasional exterior chore that I do not want to do (or cannot do), but the interior is still basically my domain except for the big heavy chores and repairs that are beyond my skill set which is basically almost everything except using a semi colon properly which rarely comes in handy. Case in point is installing a new capacitor in an AC unit a few days ago. That requires expertise way beyond me. Fortunately for me -- I know people who know how to do that. Then again there is the situation of ... I know someone who knows someone. That is how I found the guy to wash the exterior of my house, clean out all the gutters and the scrub the outside of all my windows. Perfect. That was a good day. The smell of cleanliness came through the walls. Amazing... and I didn't even break a sweat. I love a project like that. You may have noticed that neither of those jobs requires punctuation.
So anyway ... another perk available in our times to those of us who don't know how to do stuff ... YouTube videos. They often prove to be a huge help if I remember to search for them. Thankful for people who take the time to make and post videos. I think, actually, that I may have written about this before. Anyway ... videos are not as fun or as interesting as real people are, but they can be helpful and sometimes amusing as well. A couple of weeks ago I was able to learn how to remove toggle bolts (those thingamajigs with the sort of inside out or backward wings on them). I wanted to take two of them out and not ruin dry wall in the process. I was impressed with myself in trying -- even though I was a total failure when attempting the first method I discovered on YouTube which entailed using an old wine opener. (Oh how I would have loved to tell people that I successfully used an old fashioned wine opener to remove toggle bolts from dry wall.) I also used "the" YouTube to help me with instructions for preparation and use of spackling and then sanded, and touched up the spots with 25 year old paint. The bolts were removed, the dry wall survived beautifully, and a new framed counted cross-stitch project was hung. Ta Da! You can teach an old dog new tricks. I am living proof. Turns out the whole process was a "piece of cake".
Piece of cake. Strange expression ... right? Thankful that American English is my native language. It is so weird. Bet you all know what I mean in that. I would have a hard time learning all its idiosyncrasies if it were my second language. Seems like I was "on a roll" today -... language wise ... Piece of Cake. Adulting. Cracked up to be. Chief cook and bottle washer. Break a sweat. Thingamajig. Old dog/new tricks. Communication is sometimes very interesting. Happy Thursday!
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