Month: December 2022 (Page 2 of 4)

–Went to post office to pick up Philips Arcitec shaver–postage due, but PO will bill the seller. Sheaver is not mint; will return. Meanwhile, I bought three or so Arcitecs on eBay, one NOS so hopefully it runs quiet.

–Turns out Shirogorov won’t sell me a pivot screw for the Touch. I have to send it to Recon1, who will send it to Russia, blah blah blah. Totally sucks.

–Went to Noah’s for the first time in a while, got 13 sesame bagels for $9. Can’t beat it.

–Made brownies for dessert.

–Epoxy seemed to be working for Grace’s shower escutcheons. I caulked them and attached the handles. Good to go.

–Took a shower and (electric) shave. Felt good.

–Tasted a banana at lunch and much of dinner. Senses are returning.

–Heath from HD Lawn Care made quick work of replacing the Hunter sprinkler valve–$185. The other two valves look okay to me, which is good, since I’m not up for all the cutting and gluing he did. I spent another couple hours cleaning up the drip lines back there: cut some out, capped a couple, etc. I don’t think anything will currently get watered back there if we turn the valve on; easy enough to add drippers back in if needed.

–Finally got Sac County Utilities squared away. Added the 1956 DVL account, set up auto-pay for 1/27/23.

–Turns out Grace’s faucet installation by Ross Broadley was kind of rushed. He had the escutcheons on backwards (mine too) and hadn’t tightened one of the fixtures sufficiently, so it rotated. I fixed it all up. Sure hope those valve seats (which he didn’t replace on the shower) weren’t needed.

–Took Grace for big shopping ($200) at Bel Air.

–Went to re-pot a new sage/rosemary/thyme plant from Bel Air and noticed that the sprinkler valve was dripping, around once/second. Spent a while trying to figure it out–got one of the caps off-but gave up. Too old/unfamiliar/painted over. Called a guy I got from nextdoor.com and he’ll be over tomorrow to replace the valve for $185. Expensive, but super-quick, and I should be able to learn all I need to know for the other two valves.

–Yesterday may have been peak COVID–much coughing. Almost none today.

–Ross Broadley came to finish plumbing.

–Saw a dead finch on the front patio. I don’t think he hit the window; just died.

–Went to Bel Air for apples, oranges, dinner, dessert, cream (no cream, half-and-half).

–COVID might be migrating a bit to my chest. Great.

–Spent four hours at Pacific Skincare getting my basal cell carcinoma removed by Dr. An Yen. This small blemish now has a 2″ scar. What’s up with that?

–Another lunch at Burger King. Good people, good stuff.

–About 80% wrt the cold.

–Had a nightmare trip to the DMV to update address on my Real ID. After a new photo and $31, it’ll be here in two weeks.

–Feeling better. Cleaned up the back patio considerably.

–Marie for dinner.