Sunday, April 19, 2009

Meeting the neighbors

So we moved into this fabulous building on April 2nd. The landlord had misplaced the mailbox key and the garage door opener and he assured us that he would have replacements to us in 48 hours. It is now WAY past 48 hours. We took matters into our own hands. We FINALLY found a mailbox lock the right size and installed it ourselves. Yesterday I went with my new buddy Sara to Lowes in search of a garage door opener. After the assistance from the resident door/window helper we were on our way. When we got home I tried to program it myself, but you need to push a button on the back of the motor and that is easily 12 feet up, and as I am no giant, I gave up and left it for Nathan.

He woke me up this morning (er, LATE morning...like 11:56...don't judge) and told me he did something bad. I am thinking something along the lines of eating all the leftover Easter candy, killing the dog, etc. No, not that he tells me. He then tells me that as he was programming our garage door opener he erased the code from the motor and therby made everyone else's openers NOT work. But hey, he says, ours works now! (That's my eternal optimist)

So as I relay this moment of hilarity that so fits the our lives, he is going door to door in the building, explaining the situation and fixing each and every opener. At least he'll get to meet all the neighbors!

6 comments:

Sheila said...

That's hilarious! Well, what a fun way to meet the neighbors! :)

onedayatatime said...

Yes, I was thinking the same thing ... great way to meet the others around you! How are things with your house going (in Logan)? Any bites yet?

Amy - said...

Haha! I can just picture Nate going door to door telling the same story! Poor guy! Sounds like things in Chicago are looking up. I really enjoy reading your blog, I think you are a great writer!

Grandma Bailey said...

That's my Nathan. I am so glad you are settling in but I wish it was Newport - especially since we are losing David and Sheila. It is going to be hard to now have a 'Ward Family' in the ward.

ChristinaS said...

Oh My gosh, that is halarious! It could be worse though, he would have to explain to the neighbors what he did and shyly then tell them that he has no clue how to fix it and would have to live with it until a workman could come. So there is a benifit to it all.

Abby said...

Oh my goodness that is funny. But what a good, honest fellow for owning up to what he did AND offering to fix the problem as well!