I fixed a lock
Our lock on our front door has been very stiff and hard to unlock since we moved in. Basically, it catches about 1/4 inch from unlocked, and it's really hard to get it that last 1/4 inch. It's a bit easier on the inside though, because you have more leverage. Shortly after we moved in, Josh put some WD40 on the shaft and in the keyhole, and that helped, but it was still difficult. Last Friday night, we ended up going in through the garage it was so stiff. I decided we should just replace the lock, but I didn't know how hard that would be. So I grabbed a screw driver and started taking the lock apart to see. Turns out, there's not much to disassembling a lock, but once we had it open and started fiddling with it, we could see where it was catching! We lathered it up good with the WD40 and put it back together. Now the lock works like a dream! Last night, coming home with my hands full, I was able to unlock and open the door with one hand!!!!! Ah, life's little pleasures...
Yesterday was pretty productive. After sleeping in (a little) and listening to Weekend Edition, we had a nice brunch, then I worked for an hour or so on my desk, which is coming along nicely. Then I came upstairs to do some work that I needed to get done, only to realize it was 12:30 and we needed to get to the banks before they closed at 1pm. So we dashed out (in the car, sadly), to Anchor Bank to close our account because Anchor Bank is in a really bad location for us to walk to (something we weren't thinking about in early March when we opened that account), and then dropped off the money at Park Bank where we opened an account last week. Park Bank has a branch right in downtown Verona, one block from the grocery store and in the same parking lot as the hardware store.
Following the banking, I worked (with some breaks) until 5pm. During that time, Josh was productive around the apartment, getting the spices put up (yay!!!), and getting the hall light taken apart so we could figure out what was wrong with it. I ended up finding the problem, which was that the tongue thing that connects with the butt of the light bulb isn't very springy anymore. I pulled it out a bit, put the bulb in, and it worked great. Then I took the bulb out, and went back upstairs to do more work while Josh reassembled the light fixture. When he put the bulb back in, it was gave off the same intermittent light that it did before, so he had to pull the tongue out again. Really, that part needs to be replaced at some point, but for now it's fine. Yay working hall light. (Though, of course, the times I most wanted a hall light were when I was digging through the card board box of spices sitting in the hall.)
At 5:15pm, Josh remembered that there was a potluck of work friends at William's house, and threw together some hummus so we could go. Turned out there was a really small showing... the notice for this potluck had been kind of short and apparently a lot of people couldn't make it. There is supposed to be a better showing for the event Wednesday night when Laura's fiance will be visiting from Germany (actually, he's already here in the States this weekend, but at Laura's brother's wedding with Laura). But we have D&D on Wednesday night. We had fun. Also found out that there is some sort of casual volleyball league starting up in September that Josh will probably be joining, and I may as well.
Yesterday was pretty productive. After sleeping in (a little) and listening to Weekend Edition, we had a nice brunch, then I worked for an hour or so on my desk, which is coming along nicely. Then I came upstairs to do some work that I needed to get done, only to realize it was 12:30 and we needed to get to the banks before they closed at 1pm. So we dashed out (in the car, sadly), to Anchor Bank to close our account because Anchor Bank is in a really bad location for us to walk to (something we weren't thinking about in early March when we opened that account), and then dropped off the money at Park Bank where we opened an account last week. Park Bank has a branch right in downtown Verona, one block from the grocery store and in the same parking lot as the hardware store.
Following the banking, I worked (with some breaks) until 5pm. During that time, Josh was productive around the apartment, getting the spices put up (yay!!!), and getting the hall light taken apart so we could figure out what was wrong with it. I ended up finding the problem, which was that the tongue thing that connects with the butt of the light bulb isn't very springy anymore. I pulled it out a bit, put the bulb in, and it worked great. Then I took the bulb out, and went back upstairs to do more work while Josh reassembled the light fixture. When he put the bulb back in, it was gave off the same intermittent light that it did before, so he had to pull the tongue out again. Really, that part needs to be replaced at some point, but for now it's fine. Yay working hall light. (Though, of course, the times I most wanted a hall light were when I was digging through the card board box of spices sitting in the hall.)
At 5:15pm, Josh remembered that there was a potluck of work friends at William's house, and threw together some hummus so we could go. Turned out there was a really small showing... the notice for this potluck had been kind of short and apparently a lot of people couldn't make it. There is supposed to be a better showing for the event Wednesday night when Laura's fiance will be visiting from Germany (actually, he's already here in the States this weekend, but at Laura's brother's wedding with Laura). But we have D&D on Wednesday night. We had fun. Also found out that there is some sort of casual volleyball league starting up in September that Josh will probably be joining, and I may as well.