Day 1946

 I woke up about 8, did the pet stuff and had breakfast.  Then I went out to the garage to work on reinforcing the trailer.

I quickly discovered that I needed a smaller diameter brace.  So I left for Lowe's to get one.  While I was gone the plumber showed up.  She discovered that the pressure tank had taken a shit.  she is looking for one.  Ellen did a little searching also.  We're waiting on the plumber's reply before ordering one ourselves.

When I got back I started to piece together the support.  After some work on the brace I got under the trailer to attach the hangers.  That's when things went south.  What I thought was a metal brace across the back of the frame turned out to be some sort of light wooden piece.  It acted like 1/8 inch wood.  It wouldn't hod a screw at all.  So much for my reinforcement, after about $50 of materials.

I was really disappointed.  I went back to the house and - wait for it - watched videos.  Ellen worked on attaching the new printer.  It took her a lot of work, but she finally got it to work.  Now I can print from my computer, too.

I had lunch and watched more videos.  Eventually I got bored and took the new shower head to the trailer.  It didn't take long to install, but at least it was something.  Ellen went to Hog Heaven.  I wanted to accomplish something else, so I started to walk the fence.  I got about halfway around when I found that a large tree had fallen on the backyard fence.

I got out the sawsall and cut the tree branches that were on the fence.  I'll need to cut the tree trunk tomorrow.  It's big, and cutting it will be a little dangerous.  I want Ellen there in case she has to call 911.

Both lunch and dinner were leftovers.  After dinner was more videos.  I watched several on the decline of malls in the US.  It's too bad that they are going away, but they do seem like they've served their purpose.