Friday, November 14, 2025

Victory and Virtue

 



You wouldn’t think there was anything behind that black panel at the top of my microwave, would you? In fact, the panel doesn’t even look as though it would come off, but it does. I needed to change the filter, but couldn’t remember for the life of me how to get at it.

         


So I took out my trusty notebook that has every manual for every item in this house and
there it was. With of course the wrong directions. Last year I’d actually had to drive to the appliance store and have the salesman show how to remove the panel and then came home and corrected the useless directions to my own.

Stool, screwdriver, one screw, take out the old, put in the new. TaDa!!

 


Another victory was finally getting into my LLBean credit card account. This one was my fault, since after a long session a month ago with some patient agents, I’d forgotten to write down my new user name. My bad. All sorted there now.

 

And all this virtue was rewarded yesterday when I went to our town library and was presented with this stunning view outside. These Japanese maples are even redder in person. I hope they don’t rake these leaves anytime soon.



8 comments:

  1. Those are worthy victories to celebrate! And yes, aren't Japanese maples just the BEST!

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    1. Agreed - these can even outshine a red sugar maple

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  2. I did not know microwaves had filters. I don't think all of them do, mine certainly doesn't appear to have one. It doesn't have a panel above the cooking area and thinking back, none of my previous ones did either. Maybe because it's a different country?

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    1. No, my old microwave never had a filter. I think this was the result of now having a newer model.

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  3. LOL -- I was going to say the same thing as River: "I didn't know microwaves have filters!" I hope ours doesn't because I've never touched it.

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    1. Trust me. It will let you know, whether you want to or not.

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  4. My sister had a binder like that. Me? It all just gets tossed.

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    1. I'm afraid, as a card-carrying Virgo, I can't help but organize, organize.

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