FHE Games - Poor Pussy

Poor Pussy is a classic Family Home Evening game at our house.  

The game is played with everyone sitting in a circle.  One person is a pussy cat.  They have to go up to individual people and try to get them to smile or laugh.  The person on the other hand has to pat the pussy on the head 3 times and say, "Poor pussy, poor pussy, poor pussy."  If they can do it without cracking a smile, the pussy has to move on to someone else.  If they crack, they are the new pussy.

We used to play this game when I was growing up.  

My dad was the king.  

He could get anyone to laugh, especially my mom.  He would get down on his hands and knees. drag one leg behind him and meow pitifully and he hobbled up to you for a pat on the head.  

We played it one afternoon at FAT, when my youngest brother brought his girlfriend to meet us all for the first time.  

She smiled and had to be the pussy.  She crawled over to my sister and licked her leg.  

We new then that she fit perfectly into the family.  (They were married soon after.)

Accurate Service Appliance Repair

I am the daughter of an appliance repairman.  I grew up watching my dad fix things and I sometimes got to go to work with him, driving around in his appliance repair truck and going to people's houses.  He was the strongest man I knew, but that is another story.  When I was little I wanted to be an appliance repair woman.  My brothers all have worked with my dad and learned a thing or two about appliance repair, so I always let them take care of things.  But now, they all live out of state.

Our hot water heater went out yesterday.  I tried fixing it my self.  When things go wrong now, I look at it and see if I can figure out anything obvious.  I tried relighting the pilot light, it wouldn't stay on.  So, I called Whirlpool and the person on the phone walked me through some troubleshooting and narrowed it down to what he thought it was.  I needed a new thermocouple.  The part was still under warranty, so I was able to pick it up at Lowes for no cost.  I had some instructions on what to do, so I went down to fix the water heater.  I couldn't budge any of the nuts.  I was supposed to disconnect a certain wire, but it didn't have an obvious way to disconnect it and I didn't want to break it.  I decided I needed someone who knew what they were doing to replace it for me.

I called Nick at Accurate Service Appliance Repair at 425-885-6001.  He used to work with my dad.    My dad has passed away, but Nick is still repairing appliances.  He repairs all major appliances and is very reasonably priced.  He was able to come over within a few hours and replace the part for me.  Now we have hot water, my dad couldn't have done it better himself.

Thanks for your expertise, Nick!