Prepare to Repair

[billroper]

I called Sam today and we agreed that some weekend soon he will come over and help me repair our cedar fence, which is going to require sinking at least two new posts and rebuilding a couple of sections. This is a lot easier with Sam's help and with his excellent powered miter saw.

Gretchen had suggested earlier in the day that I should go to Home Depot and see if I could find leveling feet for the small table on the patio that has lost one. This was a complete failure, but I *was* able to measure the screw and order way too many feet when I got home. And while I was at Home Depot, I picked up more brackets for the fence repair, because they are much, much better than toenailing the way that the fence had originally been assembled.

After I placed the Amazon order something was nagging at me. Something *else* that I had forgotten to order. Oh, yes! Our hanging shower door is becoming increasingly balky, so I had made plans to disassemble it and put it back together, but it struck me that replacing the 25-year-old wheels that it was rolling on would probably be a good idea. I looked for replacement wheels at Home Depot, but found none. (Looks on-line. Apparently, they had them. I just couldn't find them. After having an employee of the store spend 10 minutes looking for chair feet, I didn't really want to send anyone else on a wild goose chase.) Anyway, I have ordered new wheels from Amazon that should be here on Monday.

I have too many things to fix, I think...

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[netmouse]

I know the feeling! The lights don't work above our stove, and replacing the bulb doesn't help--the new bulb burns out in short order. I think perhaps there's a short. I need to take the whole thing apart.
One of the feet broke off on the old drop leaf extendible table we use in the dining room, and the whole thing cants to one side. To fix it we have to a) clear off the table, b) flip over the table and c) sit someplace else for a few days. Maybe this week. It's been broken for months.

I hope our keyless entry system on the garage isn't broken, but the battery died and when B replaced it the password no longer worked. I think it may need to be resynced with the main unit, but that requires getting up on a stepstool with Brian's car out of the garage, and usually when that is true Brian isn't here and ever since I fell and took the skin off my knee I'm afraid of falling again when I'm all alone. Just have to plan to do it.

The door also fell off of one of our cabinets--one side of Al old buffet. It's the side that holds tea and gets more use than any other part, especially now that the kiddo has taken an interest in tea. The screws pulled right out of the soft wood, that held the things on. B bought some replacement screws but we need to rebuild the wood, perhaps with wood putty? I'm not sure that'll hold.

Anyway, you get the idea.

Good luck with your projects!