Day 2696

 I woke up about 8 and played games for a while.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that it was off for errands.  

We had to go to the lawyer to pick up the wills before 11, so that was the first stop.  Then we went to the pert store to get some cat food and dog treats.  After that it was Costco followed by Walgreen's.  The final stops were the Italian place for lunch and Tomlinson's for dog treats.  It was quite a trip.

I'd planned on either cleaning the interior of the Audi or mowing the lawn when we got home.  I did neither because it was raining.  Instead I decided to modify my new shoes.  The shoes have a tongue that retreats into the shoe when I tried to slip them on.  I decided to fix the problem by sewing the tongue to the sides of the shoe.

When I tried to find an appropriate spool of thread and I needle I ran into the mess in the sewing door.  Tools, thread spools, and needles were just piled in the drawer.  It was impossible to find anything.  Part of the problem was that the partitions in the drawer had come loose.  That was because they were too long for the drawer.

I ended up emptying out the drawer and taking the partitions out to the garage so I could cut the to length.  I installed the partitions and rearranged everything.  It's great now, but I expect Ellen to have it a disorganized mess again shortly.

I spent quite a while sewing the shoes.  I had to use a pair of pliers to force the needle through the sides of the shoe and the tongue.  The result looks like it will work.  We'll see.

I've left out the several time outs during the day when I took the dog out, played with her, or chastized her for doing something untoward. 

Ellen fixed steak for dinner.  After dinner I watched videos with the cats.  They were really feeling left out.

Lee texted me.  He wants to meet tomorrow at 11 so we can give Reagan her present.