Day 1902 lots to do

28th October 2022

The atmosphere in the house was fraught, there was going to be a lot of activity in the morning with two pieces being collected.

Kelli was on the phone to a pest control company, because where there is one mouse there will be more, and the thought of other sleepless nights was not a desirable one.

The terminator was due in the afternoon.

We had to collect a free dresser at midday, it was another bloody heavy piece that we struggled to fit in the truck. We had taken all the drawers out so they were balanced in any available space, sliding around as we drove back.

We took it straight to our storage facility, now there is quite a lot of stock in there.

Kelli started work on another piece, a dresser with two side doors.

A neighbour stopped round and asked if I could refinish a small side table, I told him to drop it round sometime.

Kyle was the name of the pest control man, a tall bushy bearded guy with a big voice and broad smile. He explained the procedure and set about placing bait boxes in various locations, this will be repeated when he returns on Monday.

In between all this activity I finished the reassembly of the kitchen cabinet. It looked like a television unit, because the client wanted to fit a microwave oven in it, now we have to wait for it to be delivered.

I then drove down to Elaine’s to finally fit the roof panel.

She had upholstered it with a painting of the universe, so when you laid in bed you could see the moon and stars.

The installation was a challenge even though the pilot hole were done, I had forgotten the magnetic screwdriver, and trying to fit the screws without it was bloody hard.

I tried using masking tape to stick the screw to the screwdriver, that sort of worked, but until Elaine found her magnetic screw driver it all went smoothly, and the universe is now above the bed.

I picked up another task, by my own making.

At the front of the RV, just behind the driver’s seat is a structure that hides a lot of wiring. This goes up one side across the roof and down the other.

I convinced Elaine that it would be easier to make it in three sections, so I took her patterns and a piece of plywood home to experiment with.

When I got back home Kelli informed me that a neighbour, Scott, had seen a side table by the side of the road, and as I wasn’t home, he volunteered to go back and pick it up.

He turned up a few minutes after I got back with this battered piece of furniture.

It needs a lot of love but we can bring it back to life.