Blue sky, fallen siding.
Up from the roof, there came such a clatter.
Wait! Santa long sleeping
What could be the matter?
Falling ice, perhaps.
When that comes down, you scatter.
Alas, with a sky so blue
I look overhead to find
Vinyl siding, broken, at least it did not shatter.
It will stay that way until spring, I think, when I will call our handyman to climb his big ladder.
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There’s a pattern forming here and now is the time to redirect. What you need is a new fortune. Maybe try some chinese food today, grab a fortune cookie and a fresh start. Here’s some humor in the meantime: http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/41-freakin-funny-fortune-cookie-fortunes
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Thank you for the hilarious and filling click, Sandra.
My favorite of all of those fortunes is the one: “Help. I am being held captive at a fortune cookie factory.” What does that say about me? I’ll have to eat Chinese for lunch at open my fortune cookie to find out, I suppose.
Thanks for spotting my pattern and presenting my way out of it!
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That one made me laugh too! Such a clever idea. I wish I had thought of it. I hope your luck takes a turn for the better soon!
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Oh gosh, is the weather to blame???
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I didn’t think it was THAT windy, Aussa, but I hope it was that. If my siding continues to fall off piece by piece, I’m in deep doo-doo here.
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Does it help to know that I wore orange for you???? (And does it matter that that happened to be coincidence? If it matters, then it was SO totally on purpose!)
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I am so happy that you wore orange on purpose to support Syracuse against Duke, Colleen. Now that’s a friend.
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😀 Just how I wanted you to feel!
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Do you have a ladder or you’d rather just have the handyman do it? That’s a shame it fell. I saw pink buds on trees today! Rest assured spring is coming!
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I do have an extension ladder but Karen does not wish for me to go up there next to where the electricity enters our house at the peak, Kerbey.
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Understood.
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Ooops!! This winter is a home owners night mare. I rent but I’m in a house that I help take care of. The gutters were frozen now they’re leaking. Hope there aren’t more repairs in store. Sigh.
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Sigh, indeed, Kim. Ice is a big pain for the roof and gutters.
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This is too bad, I think this is just not fair! Teams losing and the roof/sky is truly falling around you! So glad it wasn’t worse, though! ice is causing multiple damages. Take it easy, Mark! Robin
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I have the piece of fallen siding. Now the task is get it back up on the house.
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the sky is falling, the sky is falling!!! oh, so sorry it really did. twice for you in one day, mark. and like you, the orange will have to wait a bit, repair their siding, and move on to a better day.
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And, to add to my Orange-colored woes, Beth, Syracuse must try to keep from losing three in a row tomorrow night … with a game at Maryland. My Terp blood, my Orange shirt …
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ouch. best of luck, that will be tough for you, mark.
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Could the loss of Syracuse be the cause of the matter as Duke made you the mad hatter!
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I was quite angry, Greg, as the sky fell on my little house for the second time in one day.
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