. . . tick tock . . .

. . . see that clock? . . .

. . . it hangs in

the hall bathroom . . .

. . . the kids' bathroom . . .

{only there're no kids here any more}

. . . that clock always tells me

it's 9:25 . . .

. . . twice a day

it's exactly right . . .

. . . we've been using

this bathroom lately . . .

. . . since ours is

still a construction zone . . .

. . . and i like to know

what time it is

when i'm drying my hair . . .

. . . here's a closeup

of the problem . . .

. . . i'm sure it's from

all the long showers drew

~ the clean freak ~

took in here back in the day . . .

. . . but the clock face

{it's just paper}

succombed to all that steam

and started to curl . . .

. . . see it? . . .

. . . the teensy little motor

is way too weak

to turn the hands of the clock

past the high spots on the face . . .

. . . so i decided to go all

tim the toolman taylor . . .

. . . what did i have to lose? . . .

. . . i loosened

those microscopic nuts . . .

. . . took off the back

and the glass . . .

. . . and used my trusty

purple elmer's glue stick

to adhere

around the circumference

of the face . . .

. . . i reset the time . . .

. . . popped in a new battery . . .

. . . hung it back up . . .

. . . and hold on . . .

. . . be right back . . .

. . . had to run and make sure . . .

. . . but

~ at 1:14 ~

so far so good . . .

. . . it takes a lickin'

and keeps on tickin' . . .