Day 293

When the alarm went off this morning I reached up, turned it off, and went back to sleep.  I'm not sure how long I slept, maybe half an hour.  When I woke up I turned on Minions (of course) and saw that there was an update.  I did the update, but nothing new appears.  In fact, the only change that I can see is that the store now shows how many useless items you've accumulated.  At least it doesn't count them.

After I got up and did the pet things in breakfast I decided it was time to finish installing the safe.  I installed a bumper so that the door wouldn't hit the wall.  Then I located the studs to anchor it.  Unfortunately there wasn't a stud available on one wall.  I had to get some lag screws, so off we went.

We stopped at the post office.  Then we stopped at the jewelry store to get Ellen's chain fixed.  It needs a new clasp.  The clasp will cost as much as the chain.  Then I drove to McCoy's and bought the bolts.  The last stop was the snow cone place on 290.

Bolting in the safe was one of those tasks that just seemed to be harder than it should have been.  The temperature in the garage was 105.  That made the time I spent getting parts and preparing things miserable.  Of course I had to make several trips out there.  Because I could only bolt into one wall, the safe tipped.  I ended up putting pieces of 2x4 between the safe and the two walls to keep it from moving.  The end result is successful.  The safe feels like it's securely bolted to the floor, even though it isn't.

When I finished I was dripping with sweat from the time I spent in the garage.  I took the dog to the mailbox.  After that I intended to take a shower, but Ellen announced that she had lost her phone.  Because she had only got out of the car at the jewelry store, and waited outside at McCoys, I figured that she lost it at the snow cone place.  It was after 5:30, but luckily they are open until 7.  We drove back there and they had they phone.

I had told her before that the phone was going to fall out of the small purse she's been using.  Tonight she moved back into her large purse.

Dinner was some fish that we bought the other day.  Ellen actually cooked!!!  The evening was surfing for me, and TV for Ellen.