Day 3683

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was 60 degrees out, but I decided to work on the Mecrob Spider.

I was going to finish the spider, but I only got 7 of the remaining 29 steps completed.  The steps I did involved a lot of small parts and some confusing instructions.  I ended up fumbling a lot of things and also having to correct assembly errors.  It wasn't fun, so I quit.

The carpet tape came yesterday, so it was time to install it.  We tried to position the carpet with the table on it.  That didn't work out at all.  We finally moved it off the carpet.  It took a long time to align the carpet with the tile.  Later I found that was because Ellen had put some of the useless carpet tape in the middle of the carpet.  That caused the carpet not to slip smoothly as we tried to move it.

Eventually we got the carpet positioned.  The new tape was double  sided and much stronger than the old tape.  We carefully put tape all around the edges and two pieces where the chairs are.  Then we pulled up the top protector and attached the carpet a little at a time.  We were pretty successful with the result.  The carpet is really secure and has held up under the rest of today's use. 

By the time that was done it was time for lunch.  After lunch it was time to run the dog.  I didn't feel like driving, so I walked around the property.  I walked a little farther than normal because it was such a nice day.  Abby ended up very tired.

I got out the Opel kit from the garage and brought it into the house.  I'm going to need something to do on the weekend.  Saturday,, Sunday, and Monday are supposed to have highs in the low 40's or high 30's and lows around 20.  I have to set up the heaters in the pump house, well house, trailer, and apartment on Friday.  I'll also fill up the two empty 5 gal jugs we have with water.

Ellen shortened a couple of sweat pants for me.  One is fleece.  I'll probably need it this weekend. 

 I sat down to watch videos after my walk.  That turned into a nap.  When I woke up I watched a couple of videos on custom RC car builds.  I may try one.  It won't be cheap though.  I spent the rest of the evening on Aliexpress pricing things out.