Month: June 2019 (Page 2 of 3)

–Roasted caf and decaf.

–Received notice from California Tax Board that I owed $849 use tax for a purchase from September 2018. Paid it. Very weird “purchase”: showed 3 DHL listings for around $5,000, $2,500 and $2,500 on same day from Portugal. Why were the amounts split up? I could investigate, but it would probably just serve to document my horrible memory.

–Not much going on. Watched Thor–Ragnarok; pretty decent.

–Aldo’s bearclaws from El Patio for dessert.

–Went to Ortega Nursery in Watsonville. Mind-boggling array of plants, more than half succulents. Most I’ve ever seen in one place. Bought a couple.

–Paid State Farm bills for auto (Civic) and home insurance.

–Took Grace to endodontist Dr. Le on 41st. Good news: no root canal needed.

–Lunch at Burger King; shopping at New Leaf (again, not impressed).

–Played with SCUBA stuff. Finally (re)got the Scubapro balanced/adjustable breathing nice by installing the lightest of 4 diaphragms. Ditto with brass-bodied Tekna. Discovered the Scubapro first stage wouldn’t take a “standard” HP hose connection, so swapped parts around a bit and built a nice one.

–Replaced hearing aid battery around 8 PM.

–Filled in hole from front sprinkler repair. Finished weeding/flagging sprinklers in back.

–Mowed lawns.

–Decided to fix broken sprinkler line myself after messaging Michael Casserd to get a recommendation and hearing nothing back. Got a coupler at Ace (and a pizza at Showtime nearby). Installed it with great feat of strength; all good.

–Took Boris T. Beemer to Lunardi’s in Los Gatos for apples and such. Had so-so lunch at Los Gatos Cafe.

–3rd Konosuke Fujiyama came in. Nice! Might keep it…

–Killed iPhone SE while replacing battery. Second one I’ve killed. Wow.

–Tried to find and flag some sprinkler heads in front. Used the short hoe to uncover a sprinkler that gophers had buried. Chopped a large hole in the sprinkler line in the process. CRAP!

–Looked at sprinklers. Sort of. Need to do much more cleanup of vegetation so we can actually see them.

–Replaced hearing aid battery around 6 PM.