Sunday, May 17, 2026
Emptied the dishwasher while breakfast was heating. Breakfast: leftover giant pancake with butter and leftover Patrick's blueberry sauce, hot water, hot TJ's spiced chai with local honey. Patrick this morning emptied the folding bookcase in the living room so that we could move it to the north bedroom aka office. I vacuumed dust from the bookcase then dusted the dining room chandelier. Vacuumed the upper level indoors. Deep-vacuumed the balcony including removing spider webs and former birthing homes from the sliding glass door tracks above and below and from the pergola and the balcony railing. I previously had simply swept the entire balcony with only a broom, but vacuuming is so much faster because we have mostly very small plant debris that is much more difficult to remove with a broom. We don't have an outdoor vacuum, but the 12-year-old Miele S2121 canister vacuum we have does a pretty good job. Scrubbed the balcony railing with dish soap solution and a scrub brush. Attempted to remove green and black streaks from the exterior west wall looking down from the balcony with both dish soap solution then vinegar solution—both failed. On the east end of the balcony, I trimmed bushes that were growing onto our property. Unhooked the earthquake tipover protection for the folding bookcase in the living room, then spackled the holes. Mended a blue Bombas sock by hand before a hole was able to form. Lunch: leftover spinach and asparagus in TJ's rosemary marinara over egg noodles, hot water, hot TJ's spiced chai with local honey. Patrick and I prepped the west wall in the north bedroom aka office for touch-up painting. The baseboard also needed minor wood putty repairs. We painted the wall while awaiting the wood putty to dry. Dinner: delivery from Papalote via DoorDash: Patrick had a pollo asado super burrito with pinto beans, spanish rice, and flour tortilla. I had an al pastor super burrito with black beans, spanish rice, and spinach tortilla. Tortilla chips and salsa to share. Afterwards We watched Starfleet Academy s1:e5 on Paramount+ then a few YouTube videos. I sanded the wood putty baseboard work at a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed. I processed dirty dishes and cleaned the kitchen. Google Meet chat with Dex and Lani. Made a change to T's website to remove the contact section at her request.