Now I fill the alloted space with books for 24 of Milton Sills' movies. I can add five more from published books, maybe six if I could find "The Furnace" by Leslie Beresford (aka Pan ( Read more... )

The shower was tested today by Marisa. Close but no banana. The showerhead is still spraying from where it is threaded, causing water to go all over inside the enclosure. That, in turn, causes water to leak to the floor, then into the space between floors and through the holes that were opened in the kitchen ceiling ( Read more... )

We need to replace the caulk around our bath tub in an attempt to keep our current tub enclosure and take showers without sending water through the 2nd floor onto the kitchen ceiling ( Read more... )

Yesterday, after I got back from the unproductive attempt to donate blood to the Red Cross, I rinsed dishes and cleaned the fruit bin and under the fruit bin in the refrigerator. To pull out the bin I needed to open the door of the refrigerator wider then usual, so I needed to move the Mexican table and cat food bowls. Then, I saw the mess on the ( Read more... )

Believe that I have done a decent job of adjusting to retirement ( Read more... )

My bag of seed for perennial rye grass arrived yesterday, but we also have colder weather now. It is cold enough now that our home heater started this morning ( Read more... )

Initial plan for the Kitchen Work ( Read more... )

I went through two tubs of soapy water and filled up the dryer rack when hand washing dishes today. I left just some pots and a few other items. So that's something. The kitchen is cleaner ( Read more... )

Next up: Cook macaroni and cheese ( Read more... )

Yesterday I sliced off errant branches of Oregon Grape, Nootka Rose and Red Flowering Currant which blocked part of the entry walkway to our house. Also I wacked grass, clover and Queen Anne's lace in the park strip. Next steps: sweep debris from sidewalk and walkway, dig out stumps of hacked Queen Anne's lace and do another pass for laid down ( Read more... )