Thursday Time Warner will be here to connect us. When Jeff called to disconnect his service they offered him a great deal so we decided to go ahead with it. I had given up cable TV last spring due to the cost and had gotten use to the limited programming offered on-air and streaming but I have to admit that there were certain programs/stations that I missed. By switching, we'll have TV, 2 computers, phone and Wi-Fi for a great, low price and if we split that, it will be about the same as what I'm paying for internet and a landline phone now. So after Thursday the phone number for this Little House in the Little Woods will be 315-866-0129, Jeff's old number.
One of the reasons Jeff finally decided to move in here is the lack of decent apartments in Herkimer. He looked at a few and they were either at the top of long staircases (not too good with his bum leg) or the lack of decent neighbors. The apartment I liked the best was on the 2nd floor of the old library, the Earle Mansion, on Main Street. It was newly renovated and cute. Jeff wasn't thrilled with the stairs or the neighbors. I asked why one of the doors had been kicked in and was told that happened when the police raided the building for drugs. Anyway, we talked about him coming up here and decided we could do it.
First thing we decided was that at our ages...medical conditions and sleeping habits considered, we should have separate bedrooms. Second was that we each needed a private corner with a chair, table and lamp to read or meditate in without the other one bugging us. Because of these reasons Jeff moved into the master bedroom and I moved back into my bedroom. To do this, all the furniture from my room...mom's room...had to be moved into the parlor before my bedroom furniture could be moved back into that room. Jeff's going to use mom's bedroom set...with his queen size bed...so that then had to be moved into the master room. I had one of the living room wing back chairs in the bedroom with me and wanted it the other room but it wouldn't fit thru the doorway into it. Jeff had to take the door off the hinges to get it in! That chair is definitely staying put!! It was easy for me to hang up my photos etc...the holes were still in the paneling! I was lucky...I didn't pack anything but Jeff is still looking for his stuff!!
The main reason Jeff decided to move was this hole in his bathroom floor. His bathtub started to leak into the apartment below him about Jan 1st. All winter he had to pail bail the tub when he took a bath or the people below got a shower. The landlord promised to fix it but.... In late June, the landlord finally jackhammered the floor (the floor is cement) in Jeff's bathroom creating this 3'x4' hole deep enough to lay a bleach bottle in. All summer Jeff had to step over the breach to reach the toilet but the tub drained! July 1st Jeff had enough and went to the Housing Authority who withheld their assistance on the rent. August 1st Jeff went to the Village Codes office and filed a complaint. Then he got a letter from the Housing Authority telling him that if the hole wasn't fixed by Aug 31st he'd have to move. It wasn't and he did. His landlord was shocked when he learned that Jeff was actually going to move. He said he'd fix the leak but all he did was make the hole bigger. Fanny is thrilled with Jeff being here and a little confused at the same time. She growls at him when he gets up in the middle of the night and walks back and forth between the bedrooms when something spooks her. Like when we were serenaded by a pack of coyotes. I've heard them howling in the distance for years but that night, they were outside the house! And with all the windows open.... Jeff got up and tried to see them thru the windows but they were on the dark side of the house...yipping and howling and having a good time. Talk about being spooked! Fanny wasn't the only one! And then, about 5 minutes later, there were shots fired. At the pack? They were not 22's either. Ah, life in the little woods.
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