Saturday, October 6, 2012

What a day!

My plans for today included going to a 2hr art demo being held at Artisan here in Santa Fe. I took the dogs out this morning, we had a nice long walk. About 12:45, I decided to leave. It seems like anywhere you need to go, I should plan for 1/2 hr to get there. I'm almost ready to leave, went to get my purse, and out the door to the car.
Oops, I realize I don't have my keys. Not in my purse, go back to the house and see them laying on the desk, which is right by the front door. The front door's locked. Usually I'll leave just the security door in the back closed/locked and the inside back door open. Not today.... It was locked too. Darn it all, what to do?
I tried the windows, no luck. I was able to get the screen off one window, but it wouldn't open. I tried seeing if I could jiggle the handle or pry my way in. No Luck.
So, over to my neighbors, we try to see if togeter we can slide the window. Still no budging.
I call AAA, since I have a premier membership, I have home lockout service. Thank God for that! So, I call AAA and they say someone will be out. My neighbor and I wait, she gets me water and something to read while I wait. She leaves then to meet her friend. I say that I'll be fine.
I wait 1/2 hr, call again. Told the locksmith will be here in 1/2 hr. It goes by, and I wait a little longer and call again. This time they say it'll be 10 mins. Yeah....right. I try all the doors/windows again, just in case. By this time, I'm ready to break a window. Fortunately the locksmith showed up before I broke the window.
She tries for 1/2 hr to get the door open, no luck. She finally decides she doesn't have any other choice but to drill the lock out. So, after another good 20 minutes, the lock is out!
By then, I'm light headed cause I didn't have any lunch. It's 4:00.
A few lessons I learned, don't fool around any more. Hide a key somewhere outside. Also a bottle of water, maybe a granola bar, a long extension cord cause the only outlet is at the main house. Be prepared...isn't that the girl or boy scout motto?
Since's its gotten very windy and chilly , I decide I'm gonna try building a fire in the woodstove. Here's the stove, and the cords for the wireless. See how nicely I taped them to the wall with my gorilla tape. For a first time fire builder, I think I did pretty well. No smoke inside and a nice glowing fire that felt really good. 

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1 comment:

  1. haha oh ria....and thats too bad about leaving your keys.

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