Manly, Yes, ---
It's manly, yes, but I do it, too. Today I spent time chipping ice from the front porch steps. I think it's a man's job, but it was a little warmer this afternoon and I knew if I spent some time getting the ice off today, it would be better for tomorrow. And, I replaced the battery in the smoke alarm, --another first for me. That's something Marlin always took care of.
The smoke alarm is at the top of the cellar stairs, way up high under the former back stairs that went from the dining room to a back room upstairs. It's impossible for me to reach it and I've wondered how I would do it when it would be time to change the battery. It started beeping yesterday. I was away a lot yesterday so it didn't bother me too much. This morning I knew I was going to have to deal with problem, either by finding a way that I could do it myself or decide who I should inconvenience with a request for help. I couldn't let it beep from now until one of my boys got home again.
I kept thinking step ladder but I didn't know how to position it so that it would be safe, considering it's there at the top of the cellar stairs. And then when I was remembering that I'd used the green stamp books to get the metal step stool, I suddenly realized that it was the perfect solution to the problem. I was able to place it at the very top of the stairs, climb up the two steps of the stool and stand on the seat, lean into the opening of the stairwell while grasping the side of the doorway firmly and get the smoke alarm down. After that, it was easy. And now I know how to do it.
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Sally
at 2/14/2006 10:29:00 PM- Nancy, please be careful climbing when you're there without the boys or a friend. I know it sounds trite, but accidents so easily happen.
Funny you should mention the smoke alarm; one of mine went off three times yesterday and scared both Katie and I. I had no idea, at first, that the batteries would be ready for change since I just moved in two months ago. But, then I remembered, the house had been built SIX months ago. I changed the one, and need to purchase more for the rest of them. The wierdest thing however, was that each time the alarm went off, the living room ceiling fan light came ON. So, I'm wondering if there's a short somewhere. Well, as my granddaughter says "It's always something". :)
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nj
at 2/15/2006 7:55:23 AM- Thanks, Sally, for your advice and expression of concern. I appreciate that you care. I waited a day and a half before I figured out the way to do it very safely. I've been staying active and doing things right along so it wasn't like I got up out of a sick bed or a wheel chair and tried to do it. I take it slow and easy and make sure that I am comfortable about doing it. And your granddaughter is right. It always is something!
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I hope you had a Happy Valentine's Day, NJ !! :)