Week ending 8/24/12

This week, we were pretty much stalled on the bathtub.  Early  in the week was all about the dogs.  Later. we had the electrician come to handle two jobs for us, which is great.

On Monday, I gave Calvin a nice short trim.  It's been really hot, and it stays hot into October so he really needed it.  He's so good, he sits still the entire time and even gave me kisses during the shave.  At about the hour mark, he gets bored and wants to bolt but that's not too bad.

Here I am after he's had a break - I'm cleaning him up with the Furminator.

Unfortunately, we found a hot spot on Danny's cheek necessitating that he wears the collar so he doesn't scratch it.  We also put a boot on his foot to keep him from scratching.  We ended up having to put him in a full cone which sucks.

The electrician came on Tuesday and finished on Friday.

First we had him install 3 track lights.  We actually purchased the lights back in February and it took this long to get them installed.  We've had crappy lighting for the last 6 years we've lived here.  I needed fixtures to pass final inspection and so I went to Ikea and bought $4 fixtures just to get us past inspection.  They have never been very good at lighting a room so they all have to be replaced.  We also have ceiling fans in all the bedrooms, and they aren't as bad for lighting but they are still nowhere near adequate.

The office is so dark that you can't fill out a form at night.  We've had no place to read in the entire house except the bed and who wants to lay in bed in the middle of the day?  I sometimes don't sweep or vacuum at night because it's so dark I can't see well enough to do it.

We had the electrician install one track in the den over the loveseat with a dimmer switch by the door.  The other two tracks went into the office.  We didn't have the proper bulbs, so we can't really see much but we did have one bulb for each room and it's already better!  The office ended up being wired to a switch that was originally for the closet lights which the city made us tear out since they weren't far enough from the top shelf.  Strangely, they didn't make us tear out the switch so it was perfect for the office track lights.

We also had the electrician wire an internet jack near the kitchen table for me to use.  We've been stringing a cable across the entrance to the kitchen and it's dangerous and annoying.  Now that C is working from home, he has the office and I'm working from the kitchen table so it will be really nice to have no wire across the entrance.