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Putting Together the Yard Cart

December 17, 2024 On Sunday (December 15), the cart Bruce ordered from Amazon arrived in a large box. This cart is to pull behind the lawnmower. We wanted a light weight plastic cart to give us more towing capacity with the mower. The metal carts are so heavy that we wouldn’t be able to carry […]

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New Moen Kitchen Faucet Installed

December 16, 2024 On November 30, we ordered a Moen Kitchen Faucet from Home Depot for pickup at the store. I was unhappy with the quality of the Delta faucet and I didn’t like the design. With the spray head almost completely clogged up, it wasn’t very usable. With the spray head removed, the water […]

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New Light Fixtures Installed

December 14, 2024 On Thursday, Bruce installed a couple of light fixtures to replace fixtures that hung down at head height for the tall unwary. One of the men who installed the range hood hit his head on the large boxy fixture that was at the end of the living room. The new fixtures match […]

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Testing the Soil

December 13, 2024 Earlier this week, I dug up a little more than a cup of dirt from about 4 inches down. I dug this up where I was considering planting my garden. I have a soil testing kit to determine how acidic my soil is and what the levels for nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus […]

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