This and That

It has been difficult to come up with anything remotely interesting this week. My heater is still in disrepair therefore I have awakened to a cold house every morning. I have gas logs but am afraid to leave them on over night. This chilly weather, although I love the cold, has not been conducive to exploration. There is a new house going up on the corner of Lake and Pine Grove and the newly landscaped yard on the corner of Lake and Woodlawn has won yard of the month. I’ve often wondered how that works. Who rides around looking for lovely yards and in what areas they ride? Is it subjective to the person that is in charge or are there criteria that must be met? If there is criteria just what is it? A year ago they picked a yard on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Martintown Road that caused quite a stir. The next door neighbors were very upset about the choice and I must say I agreed with the neighbors but otherwise the choices have been right on.
The drug dealer across the street backed a U-haul in the other day and removed his belongings. I’m still amazed that he is walking the streets considering the charges but maybe he is getting his house in order, so-to-speak, just in case he is convicted.
It turns out the altercation that I mentioned last week, the kicking of the door, was a case of almost domestic violence. I have no information on what caused it or the outcome with the police but was amazed to see that young woman welcome her would be abuser back with open arms this week because he brought her flowers. It only gets worse and could easily escalate.
8:45 PM Thursday October 26, the heater is fixed. $305.00 and almost two weeks in the making I have heat.
The Spooky to be Hungry campaign has been all over the news. Here again I wonder who chooses the neighborhoods. Not one person visited our neighborhood to leave a flyer with request for food nor did they come by over the weekend. Maybe it has to be a well-to-do neighborhood before they will make the trip and that too is subjective. It is a good cause. My friend Lynn is very involved in this campaign with the Augusta Red Cross and I do not think they discriminate where neighborhoods are concerned. Her youth group is active in this campaign as well as others and have won numerous awards for their selfless work. Maybe next year the Aiken Chapter will consider every neighborhood just as the post office does with its food drive. Even though the post office sometimes forgets to pick up the offerings they do not slight anyone.