. ...at least that's what FICO says. My score is 851, just 50 points away from being perfect. 
At Whole Foods this morning, I again encountered someone staffing the self-checkout who didn't know how to deduce the tare weight of the nice cotton mesh bags I have been using for my produce (instead of those plastic throwaway ones at the stores). So I waited in line at the one regular checkout line open, and the polite gal there initially seemed to be saying that yes, she was deducting the tare weight but after a few minutes I realized her Engish was not great and she was just agreeing with whatever I said!
So then I went to customer service, and she thanked me for bringing this to her attention, etc., and even waived the cost of my bok choy and pears, so that was super nice of her. Hopefully it will be easier to do this moving forward as these bags are fairly heavy as bags go, and every dollar counts!
I have for now abandoned my plan to replace the back kitchen doors. Home Depot was here to measure ($40) but the installer, a 3rd party vendor, agreed that they needed to return to fix some trim issues with the front door, which they did last year, plus the door doesn't close properly. He told me it would likely happen this past week, and naturally, it didn't.
Now I have to chase down Home Depot again and I can barely stand the thought as they have horrible customer service, never answer the phone, etc etc.
Eventually, I'll look for a local carpenter who can do it, but for now I decided I should switch to my refrigerator/stove replacement. However, to replace the fridge, I need a carpenter here to hopefully shave off 3" of trim on the cabinet trim above the refrigerator to free up space, because all the new fridges I looked at online are 69 or 70" high and I only have about 67". What a difference an inch or two makes. The bottom of the cabinet is 5" to the top of the fridge, but there is an overhang of unneeded trim on the cabinet that extends below and is taking up the needed space.
My current fridge is 20 years old! It periodically malfunctions by suddenly turning too cold and ruining fragile produce, especially lettuces or anything left in the lower levels. I can compensate for that somewhat by turning the dial to a less cold level, but then it doesn't really keep things as cold as I think they should be and I've noticed certain things like jarred tomato sauce develop mold kind of quickly during hot weather days when I am opening the door a lot.
It will be about 92 today and tomorrow and then after a violent storm, temps will plunge back to 60s. Crazy weather.
It's on to the gym today, then to vote in a 2nd referendum after the town budget failed to pass.
May 19th, 2026 at 09:06 pm 1779224803
Congrats on a great FICO score!
You got your money's worth on the fridge. Sorry about the HD hassles. Hopefully you can get them to come out and fix without waiting forever.
May 20th, 2026 at 04:10 am 1779250255
Yeah the weather has been pretty hot recently, but as you say, impending stormy weather is predicted, and between the two, I think I’d rather deal with the storm than deal with the heat.
May 21st, 2026 at 01:03 am 1779325404
May 22nd, 2026 at 10:20 pm 1779488428
We had that same weather, up in the mid-90s for 3 days and then a tremendous thunderstorm on Wednesday with a big threatening-looking shelf cloud and a lightening hit on a transformer up the block that blew our power for several hours and also set fire to the pole that the transformer was on and a nearby tree. Foretunately a neighbor called it in right away and the firestation is just a few blocks away so there was no real lasting damage.
I replaced my refrigerator in 2024, I think, and it was a 1998 model if I remember correctly.
May 23rd, 2026 at 07:48 am 1779522481
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Thanks for sharing this thoughtful reflection!