Yesterday SEB, Anne, Cortney, and Richard had dinner with us.  Les gave Jay a Cordless V-tech phone with an answering system .  It was a very warm day and we went the Deli sandwich and salad route.  Topped it off with spice cake and ice cream. 

The last few days have been exciting.  Things keep breaking.  First the chute door for the ice maker wouldn’t shut.  The air was getting in making ice form on the top of the chute.  This had happened before and about $45. later it was fixed.  This time, seeing it is still making ice I decided to cover the opening to the chute with tin foil.  This worked well in keeping the warm air out but it did present a problem.  We forgot to tell everyone what we had done so they would walk up press the control then tell us there was no ice.  We would then explain they would have to reach in the freezer and get the ice.  So they opened the door and cubes fell out on the floor and Brandy came running to get one . 

Later that day I put some hot dogs in a baggy in the microwave, set the time, push the start, and pop then nothing.  No clock, no power, and obviously cold hot dogs.  Poor old thing just gave up. 

Yesterday it was the window air conditioner.  Les brought it up, put it in the kitchen widow, we plugged it in, and the fan would whine but not spin.  Oh great we were glad that things like this come in threes. 

Now today Jay’s sister Emily called and ask us to meet her for lunch for Jay’s birthday so we thought this was an ideal time to fix a couple of our problems.  Now I can get the ice cubes by hand for a while longer.  I could probably even get along without the air conditioner, but I can’t do without my microwave.  One major reason is I reheat my coffee all day long in that thing so that is a must have.  So after a delicious lunch at a Chinese buffet we went to Best Buy and got both the AC and the microwave.  We blew half of both of our Christmas clubs but hey they are for gifts so we said they would be our gifts. 

This afternoon I spotted a bunny on the deck picking over the end of the bird seed for something to eat.

So I eased out of the other door on the deck and tiptoed around to get a picture.  I got pretty close before he decided that it was time to split.

I got one more shot as he stopped on the path after leaving the deck.  I missed three bunnies romping in the yard yesterday so I really wanted to get these shots. 

Still the birthday celebration continues with a visit from Cindy tomorrow.