Coincidence or conspiracy?

Yesterday afternoon Tom called me to say that one of our tenants had reported that they had no heat. I was not amused, because this is something that requires a service call from our friendly Hunt the Plumber, and we have seen him much too frequently already this fall. I recall that I made a few comments about this situation, mostly to the effect that we never seem to have such problems with our own furnace.

Wrong thing to say! Hunt the Plumber is now on his way to our house- because we woke up this morning to no heat, and an unresponsive furnace. Thank heavens we have our little gas stove to heat the downstairs and electric heat in the office, as I am working from home today!

No excitement here

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone- and we had a wonderful dinner hosted as usual by Susan, Rob & Ian. Erika and Mike were home with their dogs which put lots of sparkle in our lives, but of course we didn't take any pictures.

Other than that, our lives have been fairly stable (and dull). Nothing to blog about here!

We are looking forward to our trip to Prague - hopefully we will have lots to blog about when we return.

Landlord's nightmare

This is what happens if a tenant asks if they can paint- and the landlord doesn't qualify the "yes" answer!

Unfortunately, shortly after these tenants did such an admirable job painting, they decided they could no longer afford the rent and we had to find new tenants for this apartment. (It's the upstairs at 88 Homer Ave.)

Tom repainted this living room - traditional landlord white.


This is the bedroom - And yes, those walls are black!

It's hard to see in this photo, but they really did a wonderfully creative job with the paint- the paddles on the ceiling fan are painted to match, and even the electrical outlets got the pink & black treatment. Luckily, the new tenants decided they liked it- so this room stays!

Halloween!

What a perfect day yesterday for Halloween festivities.

It was warm and sunny, and the village of Groton was decked out in full for this fun event. The village sponsored a scarecrow contest, and Tom & I strolled down Main Street where the scarecrows are displayed.

Waiting for the bus

A new pet for Cyndy?



This guy actually showed up at our door after dark!

Our favorite!

And this is OUR pumpkin

I was well prepared this year with several bags of candy, and although we had many trick-or-treaters, WE HAVE LEFTOVERS! This is not good- we are already trying to come down from the sugar we consumed last night- you know, when you pass out candy to a group you have to eat one (or maybe three) yourself! We are definitely going to have to donate our leftovers to Tom's office colleagues.