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shannon_aTai Chi Flashbacks. Got up this morning and my first thought was to let Guest Cat out of my office. Then when I was giving the cats their morning treat (required by Cobweb's medicine), I had the feeling that one of them was missing.
Tai Chi is missing, of course, because Melody & Jared came him up last night. They pulled in around 11pm, we visited for a while, but it was late and Melody was practically hallucinating, so they headed out with cat in tow by 11.30 or so. Jared was driving, thankfully.
Kimberly and I were both sorry to see Tai Chi go. It's good that he really feels like a member of the family by the time he's been here a week.
Well, to everyone but grumpy "Aunt" Cobweb. Or maybe she's just the grumpy Aunt that hisses whenever any of her nieces or nephews come by. The most humorous interaction is always been "cousins" Lucy and Tai Chi, who had many running chases and Godzilla battles this time around. Lucy seemed to think they were all in good fun, while I got the impression that Tai Chi was a bit afraid of our crazy baby.
Ohlone Travels. Yesterday was overall a busy evening, because right after I got off work, Kimberly and I rode to the end of the Ohlone Greenway. It was a nice trip on the way to Richmond and absolutely beautiful on the way back, when the temperature dropped to a balmy 75 degrees or so, yet the late summer sun was still out. I was able to ride there and back in one of my Hawaiian shirts & shorts.
Our destination was the Home Depot which is pretty much at path's end.
Our main goal was to get a replacement light bar for our bathroom. No joy there. There wasn't a single bar with a pull-chain, which is a requirement for our bathroom. I did pick up some supplies for doing electrical work, and on returning I looked more carefully at the light and came to the conclusion that I might be able to just swap out the broken switch. Hopefully Kimberly was able to discover a switch of the appropriate type while out running errands this morning.
Our secondary goal was to get anchors so that we could mount Kimberly's heavy Monet print on a drywall. I've got some anchors now installed, but mounting the picture is still proving challenging. Hoping to have more luck this evening. (Kimberly was dead to the world for the rest of the evening yesterday after we returned from Home Depot, so I was trying to do it myself, and it's a big picture, possibly a bit larger than the original.)
Our tertiary goal was to get something to better mount a few crappy ceiling lights we have in upstairs rooms. We learned that our mounts are very ancient (also, ad hoc). I picked up some electrician screws hoping they can help hold things together, and though they may work, we should really get an electrician to redo those mounts, because they suck upon close examination.
Our last goal was to see if there was anything else that jumped out at us. Kimberly liked some door knobs, wanting to change the ones on her closet door. We got them, but unfortunately her closet door has freaky antique knobs (as do most of the doors in our house). Ah well. I installed one of the knobs on our Junk Room closet door, though it still needs the strike plate installed, which is a challenge given the way the door was previously setup.
Heat, Heat, Heat. There are three types of hot days for me in Berkeley: the throw the cats out of my office, close the door, and open all the windows days, which are in the 70s; the move my computer downstairs to the dining room days, which are in the 80s; and the move my computer downstairs to the dining room and it's still hot days, which are in the 90s. Yesterday and today have been the last.
But we've had such a gray, crappy summer that this is nonetheless bliss. (Also, the first days all year where I've moved my computer downstairs.)
And working in the dining room always reminds me of how much my cats love me, because they cluster down there instead of in my office. Lucy is particularly happy to have a chair a foot from my own, so I can just reach out and pet her.
Tai Chi is missing, of course, because Melody & Jared came him up last night. They pulled in around 11pm, we visited for a while, but it was late and Melody was practically hallucinating, so they headed out with cat in tow by 11.30 or so. Jared was driving, thankfully.
Kimberly and I were both sorry to see Tai Chi go. It's good that he really feels like a member of the family by the time he's been here a week.
Well, to everyone but grumpy "Aunt" Cobweb. Or maybe she's just the grumpy Aunt that hisses whenever any of her nieces or nephews come by. The most humorous interaction is always been "cousins" Lucy and Tai Chi, who had many running chases and Godzilla battles this time around. Lucy seemed to think they were all in good fun, while I got the impression that Tai Chi was a bit afraid of our crazy baby.
Ohlone Travels. Yesterday was overall a busy evening, because right after I got off work, Kimberly and I rode to the end of the Ohlone Greenway. It was a nice trip on the way to Richmond and absolutely beautiful on the way back, when the temperature dropped to a balmy 75 degrees or so, yet the late summer sun was still out. I was able to ride there and back in one of my Hawaiian shirts & shorts.
Our destination was the Home Depot which is pretty much at path's end.
Our main goal was to get a replacement light bar for our bathroom. No joy there. There wasn't a single bar with a pull-chain, which is a requirement for our bathroom. I did pick up some supplies for doing electrical work, and on returning I looked more carefully at the light and came to the conclusion that I might be able to just swap out the broken switch. Hopefully Kimberly was able to discover a switch of the appropriate type while out running errands this morning.
Our secondary goal was to get anchors so that we could mount Kimberly's heavy Monet print on a drywall. I've got some anchors now installed, but mounting the picture is still proving challenging. Hoping to have more luck this evening. (Kimberly was dead to the world for the rest of the evening yesterday after we returned from Home Depot, so I was trying to do it myself, and it's a big picture, possibly a bit larger than the original.)
Our tertiary goal was to get something to better mount a few crappy ceiling lights we have in upstairs rooms. We learned that our mounts are very ancient (also, ad hoc). I picked up some electrician screws hoping they can help hold things together, and though they may work, we should really get an electrician to redo those mounts, because they suck upon close examination.
Our last goal was to see if there was anything else that jumped out at us. Kimberly liked some door knobs, wanting to change the ones on her closet door. We got them, but unfortunately her closet door has freaky antique knobs (as do most of the doors in our house). Ah well. I installed one of the knobs on our Junk Room closet door, though it still needs the strike plate installed, which is a challenge given the way the door was previously setup.
Heat, Heat, Heat. There are three types of hot days for me in Berkeley: the throw the cats out of my office, close the door, and open all the windows days, which are in the 70s; the move my computer downstairs to the dining room days, which are in the 80s; and the move my computer downstairs to the dining room and it's still hot days, which are in the 90s. Yesterday and today have been the last.
But we've had such a gray, crappy summer that this is nonetheless bliss. (Also, the first days all year where I've moved my computer downstairs.)
And working in the dining room always reminds me of how much my cats love me, because they cluster down there instead of in my office. Lucy is particularly happy to have a chair a foot from my own, so I can just reach out and pet her.