Friday the condo was generally cold.  I decided to go to bed early to get warm and cozy and read a book.  Jer finally came in to tell me that the furnace wasn't coming on because the breaker wasn't working.  He had to reset it several times during the evening.  So the next day we went to Home Depot and bought a new breaker and he installed it.  The furnace came on and we rejoiced!  But in the process the man said he didn't want to do anymore refurbs.  He is tired of getting into strange and uncomfortable positions and trying to adjust things and climb over and around things to do what's needed.  He had to pull out the dryer and take off the vent hose and then put it all back again with a couple tries to get it to fit in the little space again.  So we will NOT be looking at houses that need more than a new coat of paint in a room or two.

He is looking around because I snapped the picture with a flash while his hands were in the electrical wires and inadvertently made him think he was about to be shocked.  Sorry. 

And the next day, today, I put the laundry into the washer and turned the knob and the washer wouldn't come on.  :o(  Poor Jer.  So he climbed onto the dryer and checked behind the appliances to see if the cord was plugged in (yep, it was) and then we tried a light in the top of the plug and it worked.  Yay!  So he just took the washer plug from the lower one and plugged it into the top one and voila!  the washer was fixed.

The house sale seems to be going along okay.  There was the termite inspection that we still haven't heard about but Jer says no news is good news.  The buyers are interested in who cleaned the carpet so it seems they are happy with the results of the inspection.  NO one cleaned the carpet.  I told them it was new and they could talk to the salesman to learn more about it, but so far so good.

Robert sent me a slap bracelet in the mail and Jer a paper with a picture on both sides.  We can change it to fit our mood.  :o)  Here they are.  The post office repackaged the slap bracelet to be sure it got to us.  Very nice of them.  Susan said he sent me the slap bracelet because my favorite color is purple and it has a purple stripe, and also because he cut himself on it.  They taped the sides so it won't cut me.  Also very thoughtful. 

                                                         This is a pineapple man.

                                                             And this is modern art.

                                                                   Very nice, right?

I have discovered Inspector Lewis on Amazon that I enjoy very much.  And there are several seasons too.  I like when there are more than a couple episodes to see.  The series is based on books by Colin Dexter.  I will see if I can find some in the library.  The comments say the books are more interesting than the TV shows.  I like the humor along with the mystery.