shopped out

Spent the day with Mom on errands. She and I don't shop together that often (I still have nightmares about clothing shopping when I was young... leave me in a bookstore any ol' day!), but today was a Costco and commissary day, with a side trip to a flooring store to pick up extra bottom molding for Mr. Lee, the floor guy.

In other news: the LG microwave oven's door was replaced today; there was a defect in the previous door involving the keyboard: you'd press the keys and there'd be no response, but if you tried again by pressing the space to the right of the key, you'd get results. Obviously not good, hence the replacement.

Dad, meanwhile, has nearly finished the deck planking. Until we use our spacers (i.e., nails placed between boards to give them a bit of breathing room and space them out evenly) to make sure the planks are down correctly, we won't know whether we'll need to slap down two final planks. It may be that enough planks are already down. When properly spaced out, they may cover the entire deck surface. If not, we might need to lay down two final planks (one north-south, another east-west) to fill whatever space is left over. Nightmare scenario: we'll end up needing to "rip" a plank-- that is to say, cut the plank along its long axis-- to fill in the remaining gaps. Ripping isn't easy with a handheld circular saw, and we no longer have a proper sawhorse and clamps with which to bolt a plank down.

Tonight, we might start moving furniture back into some of the upstairs bedrooms, beginning with the computer room. The object of the game will be to use "gliders" (soft feet for furniture) to slide heavy stuff home without damaging the spanking new floor. Wish us luck.


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