This plan to work on the house on weekends to push back the blues seems to gradually be working. I woke this morning to the feeling that I'd accomplished something this weekend. I didn't realize how much it bugged me that it was hard to park the car in the garage without having to always do the dog ride bit. I avoided parking inside, but this is the time of year when it is desirable (to say nothing of avoiding theft or vandalism).

The ant population seems to be subsiding. I swept up a few thousands of bodies that decided to die on the bathroom floor and the bait seems to have taken care of a lot of them in the wall. I spritzed diatomaceous earth along the baseboards in the closets last night and that repels them very well. I need to figure out how to get rid of the source of the rest of them, so I'll keep my eyes open for more opportunities to put down the bait. It took a week of keeping the bait on surfaces in both bathrooms but that seems to have turned the tide.

Now to take apart the kitchen sink faucet and stop by the plumbing supply place to see if they have that cartridge. That will be a HUGE deal if I can finally fix this faucet (without calling a plumber!) I'll even get out the Limeaway and clean it up so it looks like new. :)

Susie and I didn't do a lot, but we made contact this weekend. I picked up the kits for her so she can do her dogs' shots, and I took up an appliance light bulb that I pulled out of my old oven before the stove was hauled off. I put it in her fridge so I figure she'll think of me every time she opens the fridge now that she can see what is in there!

SRS