Month: June 2020 (Page 2 of 3)

–Got water, Coke, etc. at Costco. Also a hot dog without onions (pandemic safety precaution; Costco employee poured my diet Pepsi).

–Got cheap gas at Costco ($2.68 vs. $2.85 at local Arco).

–Set up bike rack with a couple of interim bolts from Home Depot (replacements coming from 1UP). That rack is so much better than the Kuat it’s shameful.

–Casio EX-ZR1100 came in (quickly). Has a tilt screen (boo), but it is new (and does RAW, of course).

–Took a swim. Nice.

–Got strawberries from Nai. Perry’s not open yet.

–Cremina came. Not as unused as advertised (scrubby scratches on front and top). Doesn’t heat, nor does lamp come on. Could be a tricky fix–especially the heating indicator lamp, as it’s different from newer ones.

–Made some pasta sauce: tomatoes, butter, onion (discarded at the end). Good, but not mind-boggling.

–Added lotsa water and chlorine to the pool. Looks super clear, but Grace reports it still pumped some air.

–Took an 8-mile “training ride”: hard out, easy back. Hard is relative, of course.

–Re-covered main drip line on station 3 with bark. Found a control valve for the five plant clusters at one end of the pool. It was (part of) station 4. Removed a lot of excess emitter hose and gave each cluster one emitter. Slowly coming together.

–Took a swim, despite algae in the pool. Felt great at 86. Pool was still blowing air today despite adding water yesterday. Tomorrow will fill pool really full and clobber it with chlorine. Gotta get a handle on this.

–Rode with Tom Elken around his neighborhood. Still getting winded too easily.

–Pool pump was pumping air (Grace heard it; I wouldn’t have). Added water and all is okay. That pool needs a LOT of water and chlorine to be right.

–Made pizza for dinner.

–Got bagels at Big Apple Bagels, El Dorado Hills.

–Tried to do wire transfer to pay off Tunnel Hill loan at Heritage Community CU. They noticed discrepancies here and there, so I forwarded them the payoff email. We’ll see.

–Finished repairing/updating sprinkler station 3. What a buttload of work. Totally spent.

–Played with sprinklers.

–Got barbecue makings at Bel Air; made barbecue.

–Did more sprinkler work. Completely exposed station 3, end to end.

–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 6 PM.

–Got a flat of strawberries on El Centro and made a bunch of freezer jam (no-cook, instant clear jel). Seemed a little sweet to me, but Grace liked it.

–Barbecued pork chops and corn for dinner.

–Played with sprinklers. Found a coupler that works at Home Depot; used 3 of 4 I bought on one two-foot section of hose. Much to be done.

–Took a bike ride. Too hot. Saw a squirrel carrying a baby bird away, presumably to eat it.