Monday, May 12, 2025
Breakfast at home: I prepared for myself a one-egg sandwich on english muffin with black beans, cilantro-lime sauce, sour cream, mild salsa; half banana, hot water. Home maintenance in the secondary bathroom: removed dried paint from the shower glass and tub exteriors due to sloppy painting we inherited with the new home, prepped and applied silicone sealant to adhere the dog shower hose holder to the shower wall and to attach three escutcheons that were left unapplied when we bought the home. Restored our old 32-inch Roku TV to factory settings and prepared it for sale. Removed the french cleat from the TV and prepared it for sale. Vacuumed. Troubleshot problems sending and receiving emails to Patrick. Lunch: leftover jambalaya, hot water. Trash management. Used JB Weld SteelStik to attempt repairs of two Oxo chip clips whose hinge kept falling apart apparently due to a poor design. It's not clear why they didn't rivetize both ends of the hinge. I also used SteelStik to attempt to repair an Oxo bottle brush whose brush repeatedly fell out and Elmer's glue failed to hold it together. After an hour, the chip clip fixes held but the bottle brush fix did not. I pulled it apart and it came apart easily. However, the fix left a hood on one end, and this enabled me to apply a new fix of gaff tape which seems like it will hold. Dinner at home with Patrick: fried tilapia with mashed potatoes and buttered peas, hot water. Cocktails: variation on Tom Collins. Afterwards we prepared a formal new home announcement and printed a dozen copies and ordered envelopes. At first I tried Adobe Express, but I could not figure out how to make it do what I wanted, which was create a 4x6-inch canvas. I switched to Canva and it was possible and much faster to get what I wanted.