Month: October 2022 (Page 1 of 4)

–Went to Home Depot for Moen shower faucets. Discovered the cartridges are attached to Y-shaped copper tubing; would have to remove tiles to install them. Took it back. Crap.

–Stopped at Bel Air for dessert and Boboli pizza crusts. Had pizza for dinner.

–Went to the post office to pick up a Tilley hat. There wasn’t the slightest hint of why I had to pick it up–no postage due, for example. While I was in line, Grace called, having fallen into the pool for the third(?) time. Her phone still seems to work (her last dip killed an iPhone) , and the Seiko quartz I gave her still seems to work, though I had to dry out some condensation on the inside of the crystal.

–Took drill press and art press to 1956 DVL.

–Took some Grace bins over; emptied six of mine and brought them back. Took some heavy stuff over (vise, belt grinder, buffer). No problems parking. Found a new shower head (and an old one) in the garage. Installed it. It’ll be fine for a while. Found a drawer full of old paint cans in the garage. Will dispose of, gradually. Took the big ladder and checked out the sky-high smoke alarm in the living room. It’s wired in. Duh. Took one of our small garage door remotes over and instantly paired it with the opener. Should have much better range than the clunky remotes that came with the house, but not very useful until (if) I can program a button for the front gate.

–Took another load to 1956 DVL. Adjusted springballs on all appropriate door tops. Walked back to Tunnel Hill, drove the Mustang over to DVL, and parked both cars in the garage. Seems like it will work: fair amount of room in front and to right of Mustang (on right), maybe only two moves to get each car in. Good news.

–Made Boboli pizzas for dinner.

–Still no word on what buyers want after inspection, and no word from Bret Sullivan re trellis removal.

–Took a load over. I fixed stuff; Grace cut shelf liner. Washer and dryer arrived (unannounced) around 4:00, went in fine, and the washer top opens all the way! Yay!

–Grace noticed that the hot water faucet in her bathroom hums when on; seems to be a handle issue rather than a pipe issue. Will replace faucets (anyway); might not be easy because of the stopper connection underneath.

–Went to Jack’s Urban Eats for dinner. Good stuff.

–Took another load to 1956 DVL. Almost cleaned out upstairs. The pool keys, which were sitting on th kitchen counter for a while, have completely disappeared. I’m a little concerned I did something “official” with them and forgot all about it.

–Got a large pizza for dinner at Papa Murphy’s.

–Cleaned up (again) and then spent the day at 1956 DVL while appraiser and inspectors looked over 11474 THW. Lunch at Togo’s (no go), toilet seat at Home Depot.

–Made Boboli pepperoni pizzas for dinner.

–Smoke alarm started beeping. Went to Target and bought a boatload of batteries, replaced all that were suspect.

–Took a couple of trips with bins to 1956 DVL. Played a lot with knives. That’s about it.

–Took some bins over to 1956 DVL.

–Made pizza for dinner with Bel Air refrigerated dough. Okay, not great.