Day 1101

I got up at 7:22 today (really 8:22, but daylight saving time ended).  I was raring to start mowing the lawn - until I saw that it had rained .15 inches last night.  So I did the pet stuff and had breakfast.

I messed around with a couple of small things.  I put away the clothes from the trailer.  In the process I threw away some shirts.  Ellen got into the act also.  Between us we filled three garbage bags.  I also put Mom's pictures in the frames I bought yesterday.  They worked well.

After that i went outside to find something to do.  I poured a little salt in the softener.  Isaac had apparently poured some salt into the cart where I had a shovel and a rake.  They were horribly rusted, as were the bolts on the cart bed.  Oh well.

I decided to haul away the remains of the wooden bench in the front yard with the cart.  The bench had totally collapsed during the summer.  The tires on the cart were flat.  One of them woudn't hold air even though I filled it with slime.  So it was off to Harbor Freight.

We made it into an errand trip.  We left off the stuff and Goodwill.  Then we stopped at the HOME store to return a container we'd bought yesterday that wouldn't fit.  Then it was Harbor Freight for the wheels.  They were on sale so I bought 2.  Theres a whole Food wannabe store next door.  We went in to look but didn't buy anything.  Then we stopped at In-n-Out for lunch.

After lunch we stopped at Sprouts to look.  It has fish burgers and mangos, so we'll be back.  We also stopped at Tuesday Morning, but it didn't have anything.  We drove back to Brodie to another home products store.  It didn't have anything.  Then we stopped at Michael's.  They had the storage boxes I was looking for.  The final stop was Bed, Bath, and Beyond.  They didn't have a bread box.

When we got home I went to work.  I was a little pissed at myself when I discovered that I already had two extra cart wheels.  I put one on the cart.  Then I used it to haul away the remains of the bench.  I also spread three loads of gravel on the road near the gate.  I'd spread it too thin when I first applied it and the rain had washed it away.  I put the tools and cart away and then opened up the trailer.

I filled one of the new storage boxes with stuff from a cabinet.  I replaced the broken wire connector box with one from Michaels.  I tried to use the hose coiling accessory I ordered, but it won't work on 3/4 inch hose, only 5/8.  I broke it trying.  Finally I replaced the handle on the 30 Amp plug.

It was after 4 by then, so I went in and surfed.  I'm still really pissed at Dave for raising the rent.  I've got to get myself to quit thinking about it.  Ellen fixed sausage and eggs for dinner.

After dinner was surfing and football.