Friday's home improvement work

 

Before we get to the home improvement work of the day, I bring you the Ember chronicles.  I have no idea what started her on a zoomies / digging spree, but that's kind of how our day started.  

She did not want to be polite about putting on her harness, so Mommy said "no walkies until you are ready".  And we did a "four paws in" to the crate so we got a better shot at getting her into the harness when she came back out.

That worked, but then we had "discussions" about getting the leash clipped and letting Mommy have her end of it.  Mommy just kept persistently saying that if you don't follow the human rules, you're not ready.

Eventually Ember decided to follow the rules, and we went for a once around the block walk before the electrician arrived.  She was put into her safe space (crate) shortly before Bruce arrived.

Bruce the electrician installed three new fixtures for me, and gave me an assessment of what was going on with the motion sensor light in the back.  Turned out the light fixture had gone bad, so we found something that will combine floodlight and security camera that he can come back and install when it arrives.

The three things?  Exhaust fan in the half bath off the master bedroom.  Ceiling fixture in the laundry room.  And the prize:  over the counter light in the kitchen.

I had Bruce boost it to the brightest setting (it's LED, had several choices) because of the cataract in the left eye not having been taken care of yet.

Bonus:  cleaning behind the microwave and that entire counter.  Doesn't it look marvellously puppy-proof?

Unintended consequences of the assessment of the motion sensor light fixture is that the older bulb in it broke.  So I had to also do some extra cleanup on the deck.

As Bruce was wrapping up, the doorbell rang.  It was Nate, the sprinkler repair specialist.  He was here to fix the cracked valve on the backflow control, and restore the water to the sprinklers.  He brought along a crew of two young men who would be working on the sprinkler heads today.  He checked out the flagging in the back yard, and the paint on the grass back there, and pronounced that even if the flags were removed (by Ember) he would still be safe doing his work.  That work will be split between today and next Monday. 

In the meantime, Ember can have her back yard back for the weekend, meaning she can be unleashed!  We shall see how Mommy implements this.

I finished up the sweeping of the deck before letting Ember out for a leash walk through the back yard, and an introduction to Ben (one of the young men) in the front.  Then we had a very brief biological walk before coming back inside and cooking Mommy some breakfast.

Ember supervises the new phase of work, in this shot.

After a trying day yesterday, today seems to be (knock wood) going much better.  I am hoping that trend continues, as Zoom Room is having their 1st Anniversary in business at this location party at 6 p.m., and I signed Ember up as attending.

Life is good.  Spark on!