this weekend, I have:

fixed the handle on the closet under the stairs so that it locks

removed the old coat pegs (with a crowbar and hammer), patched and painted the wall, painted and hung new backing board for new hooks.  except I forgot to bring the hooks, so right now, you can’t hang anything in the entry hall.

cleaned out the fridge and cupboards, including tossing the half bottle of cheap bloody mary mix and the margarita mix.

unpacked the ski clothes and gear and figured out what’s missing.  because something is always missing

hung the ski racks that I bought last March and sat next to the crashing pile of skis for the ret of the year.

finished installing the dishwasher, which really you would think, would have been done years ago.  it’s not a new appliance.  but whoever installed it just wedged the brackets under the front lip of the countertop.  so this summer, it chipped away the particle board under the lino and everytime you pulled out one of the racks, the entire dishwasher lurched forward and clunked against the counter.

made two trips to Ace Mt Hardware- extra keys, vent covers for basement, spackle for entryway obtained.  new chuck key for drill not obtained.  who knew they come in 6 sizes and I should have taken the drill with me?

discovered that if you drive out of Northstar at 2:45pm during the shoulder season, you find yourself in a parade of contractor and gardener trucks.  and every road in truckee is being worked on.

did not manage to convince apple tv and qumi projector to talk to each other (I think it’s actually just that the remotes need new batteries) so watched several hours of football on my computer.

found a plumber who didn’t think it was too small a job to be worth his time, and was not on vacation, to come fix the downstairs tub filler so that it no longer drips a gallon an hour. and impressed him by knowing where to find the main water shutoff.

and, perhaps most importantly, met the handyman who is fixing up the house next door who is going to bid refurbishing our decks and replacing the damaged siding outside the kitchen.

 

which is not such an impressive list, but took care of several small things that bugged me last season, so feels good to cross them off the list.

and it was so remarkably quiet here.