Only The Good Friday #11–It’s ALL Good

My husband went into the attic to get a box for wrapping a gift, and came down with the most stricken look on his face. He was so upset he could barely speak. When at last he could articulate his concern, he told me:

When we had our air conditioning coil replaced last summer, the repairman had to remove the pipe that vented our furnace. This pipe goes from the heater closet into the attic, then connects with a pipe that vents it out the roof.

We have been running our furnace for a couple of months now, and ALL of the exhaust fumes have been venting into the attic! This could have been VERY bad — we could have been overcome by carbon monoxide.

But, we weren’t. It’s all good. A repairman came that very day and put us back together.

Now any OTHER day, that might have turned into a rant. Any day but Friday, I might have raved about the freaking idiot skilled repairman, who could have killed us made a simple mistake. On another day, I’d have gotten out my flying monkeys (I have them, and I’m not afraid to use them!).

However, on Fridays I look at my world from a different perspective. On Friday, I try to see Only The Good (and I’ve done that long before I started Only The Good Friday–see?). So, I’ll just tell you (in a gentle tone of voice) that if you have any repairs done, you should thoroughly inspect the work and ask questions!

Today, I have tons of other things I want to list, because overall it has been a decent week.

• We have some of our “chicks” back at the nest. Eric’s young’un is home from college for a few days and my son came in from San Francisco (I haven’t gotten to see his handsome face for a year and a half–so that is very good, indeed!). It’s delightful to have them near.
• Santa Claus brought lots of goodies on his sleigh, not the least of which were chocolate oranges! OMG!
• I got some jewelry, and scarves, and Sedaris, and some great “cheap sunglasses!”

• Christmas was peaceful and lovely at our house (and I hope at yours as well).
• I’m finally getting some feeling back in my hands! For the last six weeks, I’ve had a very strange reaction to some old hand lotion I used. Nothing was working to alleviate it! I finally broke down and took the Prednisone the doctor wanted me to take (I didn’t really want to take “PMS in a bottle) and there seems to be some improvement I don’t want to jinx it by talking about it!
• My family is coming to visit on Saturday, and the house is clean (sort of). We steamed the carpet to save folks from the cat dander, and the cat has only barfed once!

So, see! Sometimes things can be pretty good! Now, tell me what is going on with you that is good. And, if you want to write a post, tell me so people can find it!

I’m wishing you all a day filled with Only Good!

Other posts you might enjoy:

1. Timing Is Everything
2. Only The Good Friday #5
3. Friday Feast #137
4. Only The Good Friday #7
5. Give What You Grow. Only The Good Friday

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