Month: February 2020 (Page 2 of 3)

–Martin came by for final walkthrough and payment. Done.

–Went to Callen Pool, talked to Martha (owner), got some muriatic acid.

–More pruning around pool, cleaned up a couple of small “pools” under the (turned off) waterfall.

–Lunch at Five Guys; dinner at Blaze Pizza.

–Drove to Sac with fully-packed Beemer.

–Lunch at Starbuck’s (ordered bacon sandwich, got sausage).

–Martin (?) coming tomorrow for final walkthrough and payment.

–Packed the Beemer for Sac tomorrow.

–Took a shower.

–Got a gargantuan egg salad sandwich for lunch at El Patio.

–Went shopping at Food Maxx.

–Put Rolex 1680 back together.

–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 5 PM.

–County inspector came and signed off on roof, after I found a battery for a non-working smoke alarm.

–Marie for dinner.

–Mowed the lawn, 3 times. Took me a while to figure out how high to raise the wheels and how to unblock the collection bag. Battery is good for (at least) two successive mowings.

–Went to Subway for lunch, then Woodcraft (a little disappointing), then Mac Knife, where I bought a nice bread knife.

–Marie for dinner.

–Roof done. Gave $100 tips to the two Oscars.

–Grace found and turned off a sprinkler timer in the garage that seemed to control the lawn sprinklers. I’ve looked at it several times; god knows why I didn’t turn it off.

–Pool filter pump seems to be working now.

–Drove to Sac with Grace and a loaded Beemer.

–After weeks of ozone, garage still smells. Also, garage door is acting up again. Crap.