Those of you who live in Southern California and have been concerned about further rainfall can breathe easier. I've just arranged to have a new roof put on my leaky garage. Once I get it on there, which will be some time next week, there will be very little chance of more precipitation…not unless I do something dumb and get the car washed.
I'm also getting a new door for the garage. It's a two-car garage and I have this metal door on there now, with a wooden frame all the way around it. A rod from the Genie automatic garage door opener is connected to the top of the wooden frame and when you push the button, that rod is pushed or pulled by the motor to open or close the door. The other night when I pushed the button, the rod pulled on the frame and instead of opening the door, it split the frame in two, causing the whole door to buckle and flap out of shape. This is not a good thing.
Applying the strength of ten men, which I have, I managed to get the door all the way open and to move my main driving-around car to the street. Then, applying the strength of ten more men (which I also have), I managed to get the door closed, which is how it will stay until the garage door people come by to install its replacement. This all costs money, so I'll soon be inaugurating the Garage Sale feature on this site. I decided to start it a few months ago, but I didn't figure I'd be using that income to pay for my garage.
Thanks to all of you who've sent Happy Birthday wishes. I'm spending most of today on a script so posting here should be light for a while, but I do appreciate the e-mails. If someone wants to send me a new garage, that would be nice, too.