Well howdy there internet peeps
It's Troy again.
Not much to report today. Wife is overloaded with work. She's getting that glazed-over look going. Had a bunch of things all drop into the bin at the same time and she's having to heavily prioritize what won't catch fire while she slams through projects. Add in non-helpful people she needs to rely on for answers as she sets up complicated stuff and she's frazzled.
Tonight is the local vocal group's concert here in the neighborhood. They've got an RV with a portable stage that they purchased during Covid social distancing. Problem is, tonight is country music night. I enjoy that genre of music as much as I enjoy root canals, even with the newer, poppier stuff. She'll have to go by herself. Her mother is too unstable to make it in the heat.
She did move her Zuccini over to a different spot on the patio... then read how her lack of growing fruit on the plant may be down to a lack of pollinators. With our wood siding, the HOA/maintenance folks work hard to keep the wood bees under control. I put out a hummy-bird feeder, but those guys aren't helping much.
So, the wife is going to have to start pollinating her veggies. I should look online and see if I can find a bee costume for her to wear when she's out pollinating.
Now that I know what and when and how the plumbing for the wet bar in the basement is getting done, I bit the bullet and did a large amount of the dirty work last night. I had to get under the stairs (with a landing halfway down - so it's a crawl space, not a stoop or bend space.)
I moved the outlet that was behind the cabinets are going, to above the countertop. Added a GFI, and a 2nd outlet.
the double outlet in the center of the wall is new. The blank plate is something leftover from a previous owner. I'll add an upper cabinet to cover it, eventually. Plan is two tall uppers and a microwave shelf in-between them so I can make popcorn.
The fridge had been plugged into the outlet I moved. So I added a junction box in the under-stairway and split off another outlet to behind the fridge. There was already a split going to the understairs light and outlet (The Cat has a large, electric, rotating pooping palace under the stairs, hence the outlet). Fortunately, neither of those are wet locations, so the GFI could come after them in the circuit.
And, with one trip back under the stairs to reseat a loose ground wire in the box, I got the two happy lights on the circuit tester.
And the GFI even has a little led night light. Bonus! Not that it will do much, but hey. It's a light.