Good Saturday Morn, All (I almost wrote "Blogsterville". Sigh)

I got real ambitious yesterday. I finally, finally, cleaned out my microwave. Jesus, it was a mess, lemme tell ya. I found bits of stuff in there that I couldn't remember when it was that I had it last. And some crap that was so mummified that I couldn't readily identify it. So it got a thorough scrubbing. Hint: The absolute best thing to deal with a dirty microwave is Orange Clean brand cleaner. It works great and smells ok. We used to use it at Big X to disolve industrial strength adheasives. I was on a kitchen cleaning tear. I even (gasp) cleaned out the crumb trap on the toaster! Where do I get all this energy? So this morning, in my freshly cleaned microwave I experamented with cooking bacon. Mama, who is forever unloading household gadgets on me, gave me a microwave bacon tray that I never used so I'd thought I'd give it a try. My smoke detector is located near my kitchen door and sometimes the smoke from frying items sets it off, so I thought I'd attempt bacon in the microwave. I'd not as good as when fried the traditional way. Little too dry. But I ate it anyway. Bacon is expensive.

Well, the furnace guy finally arrived yesterday and my heating system seems to be working normally now, thank goodness. Now I won't have utility bills that force me into bankruptcy. Anymore than they normally do, anyway.

Now, you guys tell me if I'm being paranoid or not. Here's the situation. As many of you know from my previous whinings, my upstair neighbors are inconciderate assholes. I have never had any words, cross or otherwise, with them. I have even told Cletus and Maybelleen that I have no problem with them because I want to be a good sport. So here's what's been happening lately: Every time I turn the water on down here(to shower, wash dishes etc.) they turn their water on up there. Its like clockwork. I like to take my shower in the evening before bed. It helps ease the old aches and pains, especially when I have been out and about that day. Well, a few weeks ago I noticed that whenever I'd get in the shower, they would turn their water on upstairs, thus making my shower cold. This happened a number of times but rather than go up and ask what their friggin' problem was and appear the total psycho, I just started taking my shower in the afternoon. In a few days time, the same thing began again. This really ticked me off but I said nothing and started taking my shower early in the morning (between 5 and 6 am) when I knew they would be sleeping. Sure enough, the last week they have been getting up and showering between 5 and 6 am. In addition, they also run their shower when I am doing dishes, no matter what time of the day or night. Either these are some pathologically clean people or I am being harrassed. I really don't want to say anything to them nor Cletus and Maybelleen because a) it sounds childish and stupid (which it is. I thought we were all adults here) and b) Cletus and Maybelleen are always going on about how great these twits are. So do y'all think this is just a co-inky dink or am I being preyed upon? I swear, I have never done or said anything to these people that might be taken in the slightest way as offensive. Conversely, they have been known to spy on me. One day last summer, Crazy Sis stopped by when I was not at home. She knocked on my door and Mrs. Inconciderate Asshole hollered down out of her window that I had gone out about a half hour earlier. This according to Crazy Sis who, although not wrapped too tight in her own right, would have no reason to make this up. It's just sad when you can't find peace in yer own home. So, I take my showers now at different times and so far I've managed not to be turned into a shampoo encrusted popcycle for a few days now. My one most effective weapon against them is that I am smarter than the both of them put together. And this is definitely a war. Isn't my life just a laugh a minute?

have a good weekend everyone


reguards
yer taking no prisoners pal
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