Sunday, March 31, 2019
Breakfast: one sliced pear. Repaired a small, portable fan which had been making funny noises as the fan blades spun. The hardest part was figuring out how to remove the fan blade from the rest of the assembly. A small, plastic o-ring needed to be removed, but it was not obvious even with YouTube repair tutorials. I encountered difficulty because the location of the o-ring was recessed and because my glasses prescription is out of date. Eventually I was able to remove the o-ring with a pair of small, fine-pointed scissors; a small flat-head screwdriver; a small phillips-head screwdriver; and a pair of tweezers. Washed and dried the dirty parts. A few drops of oil, then some paper towels to absorb the excess. Reassemble, test, and done. No more funny noises. Continued troubleshooting "communication error. check if the computer is connected." when attempting to scan to computer from an Epson XP-7100. Gave up and next I will try setting up the scan to cloud feature as a workaround. Attempted to repair a candle with a broken wick by digging out some of the wax with a small flat-head screwdriver. We'll find out if it was successful when we later burn it. Began organizing Mardi Gras party supplies for storage, spent some time in the garage throwing away of unneeded things and organizing and preparing other things for recycle or donation. Walked to lunch at King of Thai Noodle: crispy chicken over fried rice and thai iced tea. I also ordered the same to take home to Patrick after I was done. $36.46 before a $6 tip. Dinner at home with Chris, Nate, and Patrick: Chris and Nate brought sea salt caramel Ghirardelli chocolates and a bottle of Imagery Estate Winery Mourvèdre Lake County. We started with a St. Germain spritz, fire-roasted red bell peppers in olive oil, red beets in balsamic vinegar, two cheeses: camembert di bufala sa casera and another cheese which we forgot the name, rosemary crostini, warm ciabatta, grande salad mista with lemon in olive oil dressing, baked rigatoni with italian sausage and yellow bell peppers, Marcella Hazan's chicken fricasee with lemon, two gelati: balsamic caramel and tony spumoni, almond biscotti, Limoncello.