Day 1113

I'm not sure when we woke up, but we were out of bed a little after 9.  Then it was pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I went out to fix the string mower.  A shipping company called and told me that they'd deliver the Traeger "sometime between 8 and 5 on Tuesday".  They won't even give me an estimate of when.  That means Ellen will probably have to go to the doctor by herself.

The thread on one of the height adjustment bolts was damaged when the wingnut broke apart.  I tried to clean them up by running a nut over them.  No luck, mainly because the cheap plastic Chinese housing wouldn't secure the bolt.  I ended up putting a bunch of washers on the bolt to space out the new nut to good threads.  I must have spent almost an hour screwing with it.

Then I got out the string trimmer.  When I hooked it up it wouldn't work.  The strain relief on it had busted years ago, so I suspected that.  I took it back to the garage.  It turned out one of the power wires had broken, and the other was almost broken.  I reconnected the wires and used a small hose clamp to fix the strain relief.  That was another half hour shot.  Once it was fixed it only took about 20 minutes to finish the trimming.  It feels really good to have the yard done.

The next task was the trailer roof.  I got out the ladder and Ellen held it while I climbed up.  The caulking around the fan was cracked, but I didn't see any real problems.  I redid all of it.  I also had Ellen go inside and raise the cover.  There wasn't anything obvious their either.  Then she said she could see light around the fan.  I had her tell me where, and I tried to seal it.  For some reason she lost the ability to tell left from right, so she had me sealing the wrong side.  I ran out of sealant before I could do the correct side.

I couldn't do any more on the trailer, so I backed the truck out and went to work on the areas of the roof where the paint was cracking.  I spray painted them with touchup paint.

That finishes all of the stuff that needed to be done when we got back.  I met my goal of being done before Thanksgiving even with the weather delays.

We went to a late lunch at Fireman's, chiefly so we could get another pickle bucket.  We also stopped at the pet store next door to get a doggy treat and look for Pooh rat for Devin.

The next stop was HEB.  We bought some stuff we needed immediately and a lot of stuff for Thanksgiving.  We'll finish the shopping tomorrow morning when Ellen figures out the rest of what she needs.

The last stop was Tomlinson's.  They didn't have a Pooh rat.

When we got home I surfed for a little while and then took the dog to the mailbox.  When I got back I went to the trailer and looked at the fan.  You can see light all around it, including the areas I sealed.  I'm really confused.

Dinner was leftover pizza.  After dinner Ellen watched hospital soap operas while I put together the bluetooth Lego batmobile we bought last week.  It's ready for her to connect to and control.  The rest of the evening was watching Gold Dust.