Meet Emmy

We got our new dog today.

She is 9 months old and a natural guard dog with a quick bark for strangers. She was also rescued and has been abused in her earlier life.

We wanted a Panamanian dog.

Why?

Because US dogs don't last too long down here. They tend to eat the poisonous frogs, don't look both ways before crossing the street and get all kinds of other maladies. With a Panama mutt, much of this can be avoided...we hope.

It will be interesting to see how she integrates with the local dog population.

Yella has taken on training the dog...a big project although her previous owner has done well with her. Yella has been sitting out on the porch with the dog all day and will continue for a few days.

Hhhmmm??? Who is training who?

This is an outside dog. I am allergic to dogs so she can't come in. Come to think of it, I'm allergic to a few people too and I won't let them in either.

I went to David to get a new hot water heater. I am biting the bullet and putting in a new one.

At 4:45 pm I started the project, a dangerous time to start any home improvement stuff.

I got the old one off the wall...a real bitch because the mounting screws were stripped so I had to drill them out. But the old one came off the wall with a little hammer help.

I got the new one mounted. Then I tried to put the batteries in and I thought they were the wrong size.

Damn! Back to town.

But, before I left, I tried again and they worked. Phew! A wasted trip averted.

Then I tried to fire it up and NO LUCK. Gggrrrr!!

I had the same problem with the first one. So I started to fiddle with it. Try this, try that, then try this again and so forth.

And, it fired up!

Preliminary indications are that this one will be better. I got the SMALLEST heater I could find. This is counter intuitive but them everything here is that way.

Feels good to get another of the big repairs done successfully.

Maybe I should wait for a few weeks until it proves itself before I celebrate!