–Went shopping at Target for Teddy Nourse card/gift, toiletries, etc.
–Stefan Keller handle came in, as did Lido grinder knob (installed successfully) and Horn and Hardart Automat coffee mug.
–Made bacon and eggs for dinner.
Month: February 2020
–Took Grace to dentist for crown.
–Shopping at Safeway.
–Drove back to LSB.
–Konosuke Fujiyama came in. Not too thrilling.
–Put in new hearing aid batteries around 9 AM.
–Failed to get garage photocell to work (re-wiring tripped circuit breaker). Gave up. Bought 3 bulbs at Home Depot with built-in photocells.
–Single garage door showed same thunk/stick problem as did double door. I fixed it the same way, though it took a little longer (had to turn adjustment screw a lot). All good now.
–Dinner at Jack’s.
–Really windy, messing up the pool.
–Inspector came and (1) said we pass; (2) noticed a gas-powered leaf blower on the trellis; (3) said we might want to paint the Comcast box for the next inspector. I did.
–Had a meat-eaters pizza at Blaze (pepperoni, meatball, onion). Not all that great.
–Left hearing quit around 6 PM.
–Drove to Sac with packed Beemer.
–While cutting the wires off the sensor (which turned out to be for the garage lights, not the (removed) alarm system light) I noticed a huge spark and learned I had tripped the circuit breaker–which controls the entire garage. I looked and looked and couldn’t find the breaker, until the third time I looked in the main panel and noticed one breaker not fully “on.” I switched all of them off and on, and we’re good. That could have been a disaster.
–Got chips and peanut butter cookies at Bel Air.
–Spent the morning switching from Chrome to Firefox. Chrome had serious issues with eBay/PayPal. All good now.
–Did a little packing for trip to Sac tomorrow.
–Made appointments with garage painter and Aztec Solar. Learned that house paint (touchup needed for roof inspection) is Kelly-Moore low-sheen Tawny.
–This is the second day I’ve been unable to complete a purchase at eBay; it hangs up trying to log into PayPal. Called eBay tech support, was told others are having this problem and it’s being investigated. I’m skeptical.
–Drove back from Sac. Stopped at Lunardi’s for a sandwich, Danish and cheese.
–Heard from Miner’s Village architectural inspector: need to remove dangling alarm light sensor and paint Comcast cable to pass. Will do.
–Re-filled garden toter with stuff pruned yesterday.
–Egg BLT at Jasper’s; salad at Jack’s.
–Martin came by for final walkthrough and payment. Done.
–Went to Callen Pool, talked to Martha (owner), got some muriatic acid.
–More pruning around pool, cleaned up a couple of small “pools” under the (turned off) waterfall.
–Lunch at Five Guys; dinner at Blaze Pizza.
–Drove to Sac with fully-packed Beemer.
–Lunch at Starbuck’s (ordered bacon sandwich, got sausage).
–Martin (?) coming tomorrow for final walkthrough and payment.
–Packed the Beemer for Sac tomorrow.
–Took a shower.
–Got a gargantuan egg salad sandwich for lunch at El Patio.
–Went shopping at Food Maxx.
–Put Rolex 1680 back together.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 5 PM.
–County inspector came and signed off on roof, after I found a battery for a non-working smoke alarm.
–Marie for dinner.
–Mowed the lawn, 3 times. Took me a while to figure out how high to raise the wheels and how to unblock the collection bag. Battery is good for (at least) two successive mowings.
–Went to Subway for lunch, then Woodcraft (a little disappointing), then Mac Knife, where I bought a nice bread knife.
–Marie for dinner.
–Roof done. Gave $100 tips to the two Oscars.
–Grace found and turned off a sprinkler timer in the garage that seemed to control the lawn sprinklers. I’ve looked at it several times; god knows why I didn’t turn it off.
–Pool filter pump seems to be working now.
–Drove to Sac with Grace and a loaded Beemer.
–After weeks of ozone, garage still smells. Also, garage door is acting up again. Crap.
–Packed the Beemer for Sac.
–Took apart the Rolex red 1680 to update the crystal. I thought originals had small chamfer, later had larger chamfer. Turns out (perhaps) originals had NO chamfer, later had small chamfer, service crystals have larger chamfer. No-chamfer crystals are big bucks on eBay. We’ll give it a shot.
–Made pizza for dinner.
–Got bagels at The Bagelry.
–Took a walk to the (foggy) beach.
–Did a little packing.
–Made caramelized cream eggs again for dinner.
–Replaced hearing aid batteries around 9 AM.
–Bought a couple of rocking beach chairs with shock igsorbers for Sac (also at REI; Grace found ’em). Comfy.
–Roasted caf beans.
–Roasted some decaf beans.
–Left hearing aid went out around 7 PM. Seems early, perhaps because I didn’t “unplug” them one night.
–Nike VaporFly shoes came in. Bouncy. Also watch strap for 1947 Bulova, and pre-Lish Carver book of short stories.
–Got book for Amelia Cantelon at Kelly’s, bagels and cinnamon rolls at Top Donuts, and Cream cheese at Nob Hill.
–Super Bowl LIV, with decent guacamole and so-so queso dip. Niners lose: poor coaching decisions, weak defense and Mahomes >> Garoppolo.
–Rolex Oysterquartz seems to be running about +1s/week.
–Did some raking/blowing in front.
–Went to Carmel Cutlery, bought a Laconico EXL (out of Monterey Bay Knives); put in “order” for compound grind thumbstud.
–Went shopping at Safeway.