Of bunnies and punnies and dead bulbs

[celticdragonfly]

Today's update:

I have read _Runaway Bunny_ WAYYYYYYYYY too many times today. She has an ear infection, I'll humor her. Plus, of course, the general wish to encourage a child about reading.

ulfrikr comes up with really bad puns. And in an attempt to better communicate, today I installed. Trillian. I like it.

Oh, and I want a ladder. Almost a year in this house, and we've never been able to see what the foyer light looks like, because you can't replace the bulbs without a supertall ladder, way taller than our standard ladder. And it's REALLY starting to get on my nerves. Here we are going into another dark winter season without that light. Grrrr. I don't really want to OWN a great big supertall ladder, I don't know where we'd put it, I'd just like to have one long enough to replace the bulbs. Preferably with something that'd last a looooooong time.

Poor selenite has to work late. And work early tomorrow. Poor darling.

Comments

[chaosdancer.livejournal.com]

You know Rick? Wow...you really are the coolest of the cool!!

I highly recommend the Mr. Putter & Tabby books by Cynthia Rylant...they're the sort of books you can read over and over again without getting the screaming heebie-jeebies and running out of the house gibbering. :) I have loads of patience, everyone I know says so, but Goodnight Moon just about killed me.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Actually, having met Rick is how I met you. 'Cause looking at a man's LJ tells you something about him, but looking at his flist sometimes tells you more. ;-) He'd given me his IM username, so I went poking about, curious cat that I am.

Really tall ladders

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

Three options, neither delightful, come to mind:

(1) Purchase said ladder and some extra-long lasting bulbs (the expense is worth it and goes a little way towards mitigating what I'm recommending next) on a day when you have time to burn. Get the light-fixture fixed, and return the ladder for a refund.

(2) Find a friend with both a pick-up truck and said ladder and beg for help

(3) Advertise for the "friend" in part (2) or look up potential "friends" under "handymen" in your yellow pages.

Like I said, weak. Really weak.

Re: Really tall ladders

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Day when I have time to burn. Yeah. Right.

I'd been hoping for 2, but it hasn't seemed likely. I found out the local places won't rent them, either. I had someone recommend a year ago that I just go walk up to the people putting up Xmas lights high on 2story houses in the neighborhood and ask to borrow theirs, but I was too shy. (And awfully pregnant for ladder stuff anyway.)

#3 is probably what I should do.

Re: Really tall ladders

[technomom]

Surely someone in your congregation has one? Ask. Put a notice in the newsletter. Buying a ladder you won't use again is too consumerist :-)

Re: Really tall ladders

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought of that. Still you never know, pigs might fly

[woobiewoobster.livejournal.com]

We too have tall ceilings and desperately need a tall ladder. I wonder which would be cheaper or faster: calling a handyman out to change a light bulb or buying the ladder then doing it myself....probably the latter which is still on the list.