Day 2172

 We woke up about 8, but didn't get up until after 9.  Then it was pet stuff and breakfast.

After breakfast I got out the two new address signs that came yesterday.  I carefully put the nubers on them.  I think it came out pretty good.  Then I took them outside and placed them on top of the car where they soaked up the sun for the rest of the day.

It was sunny and things are starting to dry out.  However, I wanted to tie up lose ends instead of mowing.  I started by replacing a warped board on the guest house stairs.  Then I replaced part of the deck railing  It was totally rotten and falling off in pieces.  I finished up work on the deck by putting up 2 pink flamingos and a blue heron that we'd brought back with us.

While I was doing that Ellen went out to the trailer and finished cleaning it up.  I think we are sbout ready to button it up for the winter.

After that it was a little surfing and  lunch.  I also wrote an email response to Diane.  Then I got out the three wall hanging things we'd bought.  One went up in the entryway, one above the bedroom door, and the last in the guest bathroom.

By then it was after 3.  I planned on doing a little mowing just to get a start on it.  Unfortunately the battery was dead.  I'd charged it two day ago.  We went to Walmart for another, but that store doesn't carry them.  We went to Home Depot and got one.  It took a long time because no one could tell me where they were.  When we found one no one knew how to do a battery core return.

It was 5 by the time that fiasco was over.  We went to Doc's back yard.  It was great.  They had Guinness.  I also got a chance to go next door and get a key lime cookie.  After dinner we stopped at the post office and went home.

I put the new battery on the charger and had half a cookie.  It was great.  Then I spent some time ordering parts for a light I'm planning to make to light up the heron sculpture we can't remember buying.  

The rest of the evening was videos.  Ellen spent all evening watching chick flicks.