Thursday, September 6, 2018: Window shade, ice maker, peppadew, okra seeds

Nick (Marvin windows) came out to inspect the shade that failed almost two weeks ago. Yesterday he had called to say Marvin would require him to look at the shade before they would accept a reorder. He arrived, looked at the shade and said "yep, we will have to replace it". I made him very aware that I was very displeased that Mike had told me 10 days prior to this that he would get the reorder in so that the shade would be here before I left town in a couple of weeks. Nick started to explain that Marvin would not accept the reorder without an inspection, but I told Nick I was upset with the fact that I was under the impression that the order had already been placed. Mike was well aware that I wanted to get this repaired or replaced before I left town. He told me he would place the order. He lied...again. I told Nick I wanted to talk with someone about the many lies Mike has told me over the past year. He suggested talking with Jim, the company owner.

The guy from the Doyle Patton company came out to look at the ice maker. He concluded that there was a bad circuit card which he would have to order. He said it might take a week or so to get it. He did not say how much it would cost, but it sounds cheaper than replacing the compressor.

I noticed today that the two largest peppadew plants are so laden with peppers that they are falling over. I put some posts in and tied them to them.

Weather forecast is for three to six inches of rain this evening as the remnants of tropical storm Gordon pass through the area. Today, I went ahead and cut off the two okra pods I had not picked so that harvest the seeds for next year's crop. The two pods were well dried out and cracked. I easily collected the seeds. I will let them air dry for a couple of days and then put them in a sealed jar in the refrigerator. I've read the seeds may be "good" for up to four years, but with fresh seeds available, I will discard the seeds I have remaining from last year.