Day 1142

I woke up about 8 this morning and was out of bed by 8:30.  After pet stuff and breakfast it was time to continue the battle of the bookcase.

I went out to the back shed and got a couple of boxes.  I assembled one and put all of the books that we decided to give away yesterday into it.  That gave us enough room to move.  Then we went through the rest of the bookcase.  We gave away some more books, and identified some that we'll give to other people.  Finally I taped up the last box and put everything in the car.  The last box was big and very heavy.  I probably shouldn't have tried to lift it.  My back felt bad for the rest of the day.

After that I went out to the garage.  I turned on the heat in the apartment.  The water heater was already on, Isaac hadn't turned it off.  Then I brought the ladder back to the house.  I set it up and removed the old lamp shade, light fixture, and light fixture mount.  I got off the ladder and tried to fit the new light fixture on the fixture mount.  It was supposed to fit, but it didn't.  The fixture mount required a flush fit, and the switch on the new light fixture stuck up above its edge.

That meant another Dremel project.  I went out to the garage and cut a hole in the fixture mount to allow the new one to fit.  I used a cutoff wheel and a rasp.  The screws supplied with the new fixture were too short, so I replaced them with longer ones.  Then I screwed the whole thing together and went back to the house.  I attached the whole thing to the fan.  I was really glad that it all worked.

Ellen and I both hate the CFL bulbs that came with the new fixture.  So after lunch (leftover sloppy joes) we went out.  We stopped at Goodwill to get rid of the books, the post office, and then Home Depot.  Traffic around Brodie was insane.  We bought warm LED bulbs for the fixture.  Then we stopped at HEB for food for John and Melissa.  It was packed.  Then it was home.

When we got home I took water over to the apartment.  I put some of the water in the refrigerator and turned it on.  Then I took the dog to the mailbox.

John and Melissa showed up about 6:30.  Ellen had dinner (chicken and mashed potatoes) ready for them.  We had a good dinner and talked until about 9.  Then they went to bed.  We surfed for awhile and went to bed ourselves.