Holidays Are For ... Housework!
Memorial Day weekend has been pretty good so far. One of our big accomplishments was getting an outside light fixture and power outlet installed. Several weeks ago I had an electrician run a wire through my roof to the outside, and I finally got around to this project. Matt helped put together the fixture (standard, two spotlight job) and I attached it under the gable.
My plan was to drop a conduit down behind the deck railing for the electrical outlet (outdoor version, of course). first problem was that the 90° joint gave me a really bad angle. Off to Home Depot! All we could find there at first was a box of 50' worth of flexible conduit. The sales associate said they could not cut me a 10" piece, but pointed out a box with only 25' of conduit. It was $12, and I really didn't want to drive all over town looking for something smaller. So, I was looking for the proper end pieces when I ran across a 10" flexible conduit joint in that area ... missed it the first time around. So, we saved $9 and only got what we needed :-). After buying plants (this evening's project) and several miscellaneous items, we went back home.
The next problem was that the wire piece I bought for the conduit was shorter than I wanted. Oh well, measure twice cut once, right? The result is that the box is above the railing instead of below it. I finally got it all together, and I strung some of the soft-glow lights around the deck that I had bought three years ago for just this purpose. Later that night, I pulled out the tiki torches, Matt made pina coladas, and we had a really nice time on the deck.
In the afternoon we had gone to the mall to pick out a gift, sign up for digital cable, and buy a couple of small things. Today we went to the flea market in Raleigh and had a nice time there too. Ahhhh.... lemonade!
Looking forward to a week off work. Hope everyone else is having a great Memorial Day weekend too!