So………

Friends it’s been a bit since I have had the time to get on here and do some rambling. I thought after the wedding things would settle down, boy was I wrong.

For those that don’t already know we just bought our first house. We spent the better part of 2 months looking and finally found the perfect house for us. I had no clue the stuff you have to go through just to buy a house. The back and forth between buyer and seller was pretty painless. Getting the loan was the worst part. It started out easy but as we got closer the more they needed. We had to prove where the money came from for down payment, provide pay stubs, tax returns, my report card from first grade, Pap smear results, the Dead Sea scrolls, and a unicorn horn. Ok, some of that is a little exaggerated but it felt like we had to do it LOL.  We made it through and are now the proud owners of a house. We couldn’t be more excited. Now that we have the keys we have already started doing work on it. We have painted some (with more coming); we dog proofed the back yard, and went on a Sear’s shopping spree for power tools and lawn equipment (thanks to Dad and Sally). All this being said brings me to the title of the blog.

Sunday we went to Lowe’s to buy some supplies to dog proof the yard. Although the fence is in good shape the new gates that were installed by the previous owner had some gaps in the bottom. If we had big dogs it wouldn’t be a problem but with two Chihuahuas we were worried they may be able to slide out. While we were looking at Lowe’s for the stuff we needed I started looking for a big wheel we could affix to the gate to make it easier for Leenie to open and close the gate when she needed to. We searched the store and found nothing, we asked people that worked there only to be sent to multiple departments, and then we finally reached the last man on our adventure………

 Please indulge me as I attempt to paint a picture. There we are wandering around the lawn and garden department (which we were sent to by several people) when a guy makes the mistake of asking if we needed help. I heard “sir, can I help you find something?” I turned around to see who the next person would be to steer me down the wrong path.  I turned around to find (no joke) the human version of the cartoon character the Brain from the cartoon Pinky and the Brain. There standing in front of me was the Brain, I was speechless! I finally gathered myself enough to yet again explain to someone else that I was trying to find a wheel for my gate. This being the fifth or sixth time to explain what I needed. I finally got my answer.  Want to know what the answer was? You won’t believe it…… The Brain (remember he is a Lowe’s employee) told me “ I would try a hardware store” What????? All this time I thought I was in a hardware store!

I go through all this to warn you, if you need hardware go to a hardware store and apparently Lowe’s isn’t one. I’m not sure what it is and have never been as confused as that moment in my life.

I have no wheel for my gate (if you have an idea let me know) but have gained this important life lesson.

I’ll make sure I don’t have this big time gap before my next blog as I have between this one and the one previously. It’s good to be back.

Until next time my friends.
Bradley
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