Day 1951

 I woke up somewhere around 8 and got up to do the pet stuff.  Then i went back to bed and slept some more.  I played games when I woke up the second time before getting up and having breakfast.

I felt guilty about getting a late start, so after breakfast I went to the trailer.  I put the new sliding shelf in the pantry.  It fit perfectly.  When I started to load it up I found that Ellen had a lot of duplicate stuff.  She had 5 different pet cleaners including three bottles of one kind.  She also had duplicate kitchen cleaning bottles.  I took the extras to the house.

The shelf for the pantry door didn't go so well.  When I measured the door it was 18 inches.  I should have measured the door opening.  Because of trim it's 17 inches.  The shelf is 17 1/8 inches wide.  Crap.  I gave up and went back into the house to order a slightly smaller shelf.

After that it was surfing for a little bit while I recovered from my disappointment.  Then I went back to the trailer to fix the compartment door latch.  It hasn't shut without slamming for months.  I got out the Drempt and spent a lot of time modifying the latch.  That didn't help.  I was about to give up when I realized all of the latches were getting a little balky.  So I got out the silicon spray and lubed the latch.  After that it worked perfectly.  I lubed the other latches and they worked a lot better also.

I was feeling much better as I had lunch - a sandwich.  After that was more videos.  One got me thinking about a fan for the trailer refrigerator.  So I went back outside.  It may be possible to install one, but it will be work.  

I wanted to get more accomplished, so i spent the next 2 hours trimming the trees on the driveway.  That involved a ladder, hedge trimmer, and the pole saw.  It was a lot of work.  It's done now, which makes me feel really good.  All in all I got a lot accomplished despite the late start.

Ellen fixed a chicken and bacon sandwich for dinner.  After dinner I watched TV.  I had enough of videos.  Late in the evening there was a crash on the back deck.  A raccoon was trying to open the bird seed containers.   I chased him off.