The other stuff I meant to post about
Apr. 24th, 2008 07:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousmeOkay, I'm still too angry to post about OSBPGate, but other stuff happened today which I wanted to post about.
For one, I managed to get my new worms. They are now happily ensconced in the old bin (which I emptied out into the garden and hosed off beforehand), along with a bunch of earth and newspaper. This time around, I am keeping them the hell away from the cats. They are going to chill for a week to adapt to their new home, and then I will start feeding them delicious veggie scraps.
I also went to Home Depot about my floors -the one on the border of Westmount on Courcelles St. What a difference! Not only were the staff polite, friendly and informative, they went out of their way to help me. I had no fewer than five(!) employees ask me if they could help. Two of them referred me to their colleagues, who were better-placed to answer my questions, but both accompanied me to the aforementioned colleagues and made sure that I wasn't made to wait. In fact, one of them apologized for the wait, when I hadn't been standing there for more than four minutes. I got clear explanations, helpful suggestions, and a run-down of all my options, including what they thought would be best for my situation and budget. They gave me price ranges, troubleshooting tips, and were all-around awesome.
I am going back during my week off to rent a floor sander. I am going to try sanding and re-varataning the floor, rather than replacing it entirely. The staff at Home Depot encouraged me to try this first (and a few other people on my flist suggested this as well). I am cautiously optimistic.
The rest of the day was spent sleeping. Between the bright!happy!sunshine and the heat, sleeping during the day has become something of a challenge. Still, I appear to be doing okay so far. *knocks on wood*
For one, I managed to get my new worms. They are now happily ensconced in the old bin (which I emptied out into the garden and hosed off beforehand), along with a bunch of earth and newspaper. This time around, I am keeping them the hell away from the cats. They are going to chill for a week to adapt to their new home, and then I will start feeding them delicious veggie scraps.
I also went to Home Depot about my floors -the one on the border of Westmount on Courcelles St. What a difference! Not only were the staff polite, friendly and informative, they went out of their way to help me. I had no fewer than five(!) employees ask me if they could help. Two of them referred me to their colleagues, who were better-placed to answer my questions, but both accompanied me to the aforementioned colleagues and made sure that I wasn't made to wait. In fact, one of them apologized for the wait, when I hadn't been standing there for more than four minutes. I got clear explanations, helpful suggestions, and a run-down of all my options, including what they thought would be best for my situation and budget. They gave me price ranges, troubleshooting tips, and were all-around awesome.
I am going back during my week off to rent a floor sander. I am going to try sanding and re-varataning the floor, rather than replacing it entirely. The staff at Home Depot encouraged me to try this first (and a few other people on my flist suggested this as well). I am cautiously optimistic.
The rest of the day was spent sleeping. Between the bright!happy!sunshine and the heat, sleeping during the day has become something of a challenge. Still, I appear to be doing okay so far. *knocks on wood*
