"The Jam", Larry Graham and Graham Central Station. The granddaddy of funk. The bass is the star. I got sidetracked by the nurse. I think I'll do the porch first. After the winter broke, Brian tells me there is a hole in the porch. I clearly didn't understand the concept of "hole in the porch" until I saw it. It was just big enough for a foot to go through, get stuck and break an ankle. I called it the 1-800-CALLSAM hole. Not good as we have people moving furniture and boxes out of the house. I found a contractor. For the "low" price of "it costs that much to replace a porch????!!!", I signed a contract. Besides, I couldn't have potential buyers seeing that big ass hole before they even entered the house. *sigh*.
The O'Jays, "Darlin', Darlin' Baby (Sweet Tender Love). They sound really good. There were some considerations we had to deal with. First was the awning. That was a no, so the awning frame had to be removed. Next was the railing. If the height of the porch was 3 feet, the railing was mandatory. The height came in at 27 inches (whew). The giant shrubs flanking the porch may be a problem. They weren't. And the biggest issue was getting a permit (City bureaucracy). It took longer getting the permit than it took to tear down and rebuild the porch...but you knew that, didn't you? Oh and finally, when the City inspector comes out to inspect, we have to have smoke detectors and CO monitor. Lol. What the heck does that have to do with a front porch? Whatever, we complied.
The Stylistics, "People Make the World Go Round". The Stylistics are right there with Dramatics. So now I have a fabulous porch. The contractor even fixed the step to the front door. Oh. And the awning frame? With it gone, it throws visitors off. The green spears was a distinctive trait of the house. Now they're gone and it has confused people. With them gone, the house does look different. :)
Heatwave, "Grooveline". Heatwave the group back in day. Saturday morning, we went grocery shopping at the Meijers on 8 mile. We pulled up and had our pick of parking spaces!!! On a Saturday morning? Score!!! Found everything on our list. Except fresh bay leaves. That was ok. We even found the elusive salmon cream cheese! Score!!! Checkout lines we open. We finished. Got out and what do you know? The parking lot was now full!!
We then headed to 7-11 for Slurpees. I'm really liking the Vernors. Yum. As we left, the are road closed signs on 9 Mile and Hilton. But I could see a big ole some thing near Woodward. So we drove to Woodward. Parked and walked back to 9 Mile. It was a band shell I'd seen. People were setting up booths on 9 Mile. It was a street fair! They were still setting up, but we were getting our stroll on. Very quickly it was obvious this was a gay pride event. Rainbows and bright colors and flags and signs. The further down the block, we noticed people covered in dye?
It was a rainbow run. Apparently when the runners passed a station, someone tossed some powdered colored stuff on them. When runners finished they looked like "rainbows". Lol. We were able to watch the dye toss at the last station. I have a few photos. It was a pleasant surprise and a great walk. I think we walked almost a mile. Neither one of us had on walking shoes, but it was a great walk. My stamina keeps on getting better and better. Yay!!!
Dr. Dre, "Let Me Ride". Huh, billionaire Dre. Lol. Let me make something clear. I can function well on my off dialysis days. The days I have dialysis are so unpredictable. I can't determine what makes normal dialysis days better than others. Of course on days with issues the feeling bad is predictable. And I constantly fight feeling sad. I think most of the patients feel this way. We're trying normalize our lives as much as we can.
Signing off with Dionne Warwick, "Walk on By". Word of caution. Don't add an "e" at the end of your last name. ... Enjoy your Monday!!
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