Day 2679

 I woke up a little before 8 and got up to do pet stuff and breakfast.  It was low 50's when I got up, so I just surfed for a while.  When it warmed up a little bit I went outside to put the Beretta clock back together.

I had a productive day today and did several things.  I'm just going to list them.  First I fixed the Beretta clock.  Putting the movement in was pretty easy.  Sealing the the glass with duct tape went really easy.  Unfortunately screwing the case back together didn't go as well as it could have.  Two of the plastic mounts broke as soon as I inserted the screws.  There were enough other screws to hold things together.  The clock works great.

The next job was adjusting the new apartment light.  Unfortunately I forgot to test them in the evening, so I don't know if the new settings are what I want.

Next up was putting the rope lights I bought weeks ago up.  I'd planned on putting them on the entrance gate, but decided they were too gaudy.  I put them on the deck railing instead.  They look really cool.

The final job was fixing the apartment stairs.  I found enough wood in the spare pile to repair three boards.  I cut the boards and then removed the old ones.  That too some effort because some of the screws were rusted and broke when I tried to remove them.  With the board out I could see where the vertical pieces needed repair.  I did that with scrap wood.  Finally I screwed down the new boards.  The result is a vast improvement.

All that work was interspersed with time inside.  Most of that was either surfing or playing with the dog.  She demands complete attention when she's awake and not in her bin.  There was one cool thing.  I switched from using stuffed squirrels for fetching to using a bumper.  She retrieved the bumpers as well as she had done the squirrels.

One other thing.  I really like those Crocs I bought when I'm not wearing socks.  They make running around with the dog in the back yard a lot better.