Sunday, April 12, 2026
Physical therapy exercises to treat a minor back issue. Installed iOS 26.4.1 on my iPhone 16 Pro. Breakfast at home with Patrick: 2 each cinnamon rolls from a tube to which Patrick added chopped pecans to the top of one each, coffee with milk. I cleaned in the kitchen and processed dishes. Scrubbed kitchen floor mats with dish soap solution. Washed the laundry room rug in the washing machine. Repaired the iron hanger aka iron holder which had been coming loose from the wall in the laundry room perhaps due to poor anchor adhesion. I used bigger anchors and the same screws. Took apart the mantel clock which had recently stopped working even after I changed the battery. A modern clock mechanism is inside, and it now seems to work reliably only if the clock is upside down. After taking it apart and dusting the inside it now seems to work right side up, but I don't think anything I did fixed it. I put it back together. There was trouble with one screw—the threads on the clock bottom seem to be malformed, but somehow it still holds together firmly despite this. It's back in working order for now. We'll see how long it lasts. I am not confident that it will be long. Successfully installed a Lutron XactSense Humidity Sensor Switch MS-HS3 for the fan in the north bathroom and another for the fan in the laundry room. It took much longer than it should have partly because in the laundry room I removed the wrong switch and then realized the error and then had to redo all my work and because the mounting box had a lot of wiggle and I had to make adjustments for that. In both rooms I also used the neutral wire. Showered. Cleaned the tub in the north bathroom. Cleaned the sink in the south bathroom. Late lunch: vegetable soup from a can, pita chips and taralli, water. Patrick and I walked to Cliff's Variety for greeting cards. He continued to another errand. I walked home. Prepared to make repairs to the brackets supporting the left curtain rod in the living room. Patrick returned home then later napped. Dinner at home with Patrick: matzo ball soup, pretzel stick with seasoned butter, hot water. Dessert: TJ's sweet bites. We watched YouTube including SNL s51:e17 then a short film called The Singers and I Changed My Mind with Dan Souza: I Changed My Mind with Dan Souza: Padma Lakshmi on Netflix then a few movie trailers on Apple TV. Patrick went to bed. I cleaned in the kitchen and started the dishwasher. Late snack: toasted sharp cheddar on 9-grain sourdough.