The first daily post - Monday, May 15th.

Okay, I can't remember what all i did this day - Double E was home sick so i watched after her a bit. Later in the day when she was feeling better, i decided to do some electrical work. The light at the entrance above the front door was literally just a light bulb and months prior i had purchased a light fixture to replace it. Sunday, knowing that i was going to replace the fixture on Monday, I purchased big, bold, new house numbers ... these replaced the old ones that i took down when i painted the trim around the door a few days earlier.

witness for yourself the crapiness of the old "fixture" ...

lovely, eh?














that's a nest on the underside. those things are everywhere (someone didn't do much preventative maintenance against them ... so now i have to) ... also, notice the lack of a ground wire ... not so safe.








the hardware on this light was tiny and i kept dropping it. i would say half the time i spent installing this light was spent looking for screws in the mulch beds ... the other half was spent cussing like a sailor.

then, the finished product ...

at first, i didnt think the light worked because it seemed dark enough to trigger it (it's a motion sensor) and it wasn't lighting up, but i guess it wasn't ... about 10 minutes later it started to work.

the old numbers were to the right of the door and a little on the smallish side. I got huge numbers and put them above the door to be illuminated by the light. i am always looking out for my directionally challenged friends and family ... you may thank me later.










later that night i decided to finish stripping the border paper in the kitchen. actually, it was already off, but some of the residue and glue remained ...

see what i mean ... squirted the walls with a spray bottle filled with soapy water and wiped the excess with a sponge before it dripped on the cabinets. got the remaining goop off with a scraper ... went to bed with dreams of border paper dancing in my head.