Day 2909

 I woke up at 8 and played games until 9.  Then it was up for breakfast and pet stuff.  It was almost 70 by then and sunny.

I decided to do a bunch of little things today.  I started by removing the front door stop. That made the new shoe box fit better.  Then I took the old one out to the garage.  I cut off its legs and installed two shelf brackets that I had laying around.  Then I installed it in place of the metal shelf I put up a couple of weeks ago.  I took that shelf and installed it farther up the wall.  This gave a good bit of much needed shelf space.

I took the "Double Dare" RC truck out to the garage and put it on the metal shelf.  It's more or less a display piece anyway.  Then I took out some garbage.  The gate keypad failed, so I replaced its batteries.  

All of that took until after 1.  I went back inside and had lunch.  After that I didn't feel like working outside because it was getting hot.  I decided to work on the BBX instead.  I routed all of the wires for the lights.  The ones for the top lights required punching a hole in the roof.  I also disassembled the insides a little to attach the power cable that I made to the receiver. All that's left is cutting the wires to length and soldering.  I really didn't feel like soldering, so I messed a little with the light I bought for the Chevy truck.  Unfortunately I put two pieces together that aren't made to come apart.  I'll have to use a Dremel to get them apart with minimal damage.

After that I decided to surf for a while.When Ellen went to the club I gathered up some tools and started to fix the dog digging problem at the bottom of the deck stairs.  I got the old hole filled in and the chicken wire unwrapped.  I also got two mosquito bites.  I went back inside.  The rest can wait until tomorrow.

The rest of the afternoon and evening was surfing and videos.

A note on Cooper's behavior:  He's back to trying to get outside.  A few days ago he got out when I was letting the dog in.  It was raining, so he didn't leave the deck.  Tonight he got out when I threw away a empty bottle.  I had to chase him over to the big gate.  Fortunately he didn't know he could just walk through.  He hasn't tried to get out in a long time and I'm not used to watching for him.  Obviously that will have to change.