Ho Hum

Another beautiful day in the neighborhood closing out an extremely boring week. Nothing interesting has happened nor anything humorous that I could share with you. Ricardo the gardener came over to "TRIM" the tree that was ripped to shreds by hurricane Ike. "The Madge" really likes the tree and it even has it's very own spotlight, letting the neighbors know we have a 50 ft tree in a brand new barren neighborhood. This tree is a Chinese Tallow Tree which is described as an invasive tree (a nice way of saying weed) and when it's leaves fall off and begin to decay, they are toxic to other plants.
We saved it, but now it looks like one of those trees you see on the african veldt, you know, barren on the bottom then about 25 feet up there is a branch or two. The Madge is happy.
I was so bored this week I fired the pool cleaning service and hired another one. Because it was the policy of the old cleaners NOT to clean the pool when it is raining, storming, or assuming your house does not have electricity after hurricanes but rather skip the week, bill you and try and make it over the following week. This doesn't work in my book. The following is a little test of logic;
The pool water is short approx 4 gallons of acid, the normal absorption of acid is about 3/4 gallon per week and the pool service will only put 1/2 gallon a week in the pool. Question: When will the water have the right amount of acid??? Answer: NEVER.
After asking the old pool service company the same question, which by the way they did not know the answer, I managed to get them to give me extra acid that I can put in the pool. Huh? Why have them??? Well I don't any more.
Oh yeah "Cooper" went to the Vet this week and weighed in at a whopping 120 pounds, they did blood work ($350) and discovered his Thyroid level is low? I am sure it's the Thyroid and not the amount of food and treats he gets on a daily basis. "The Madge" is even giving him more love and more dog cookies then normal, maybe that is my problem too.