No Patio But Lots of Wind

Yesterday and today have been cold and windy.  At least for us it’s been cold.  It only got to 56 yesterday but today it made it to the low 60s.  The wind, though, was relentless.  Fire watch warnings both days.  Gusts today were up to about 50mph.  Needless to say, Maggie and I have not had a long walk the last two days.  We go out long enough for her to do her business.  That’s all I can deal with when it comes to the wind and blowing sand.  

Well, the paver people (as I have started calling them) haven’t come back yet after spreading the sand for the base of the patio.  I was told last Friday that they would be all finished by this Friday.  That’s tomorrow.  We shall see.  Maybe they don’t work in this kind of weather?  I think the boss man has got too many jobs going right now and is a bit behind schedule.  We really are hoping that tomorrow will be the magic day.  

Our toaster oven started smoking two days ago.  We thought it was crumbs on the bottom.  I cleaned it out.  Still got smoke.  Then I thought maybe I had left soap residue on the bottom and the glass so I took some vinegar and water and wiped the whole thing down.  It was still smoking last night, but with no apparent cause.   We unplugged it for over night and then we dumped it in the dumpster this morning on our way to buy a new one.  We ended up with just a toaster since the microwave is also a convection oven and we think we can get away with just the toaster features.  The good news is that it freed up space on the counter!  

Mailed Christmas packages and cards yesterday.  Finished shopping for presents today and have one more package to mail tomorrow.  We are done.  I’ll put up decorations and our tiny tree next week sometime.  

The power supply thing and the solar panel arrived from Amazon.  The solar panel is larger than we thought and the power supply thing is smaller.  Rog got some extra lengths of cable and some mounting brackets for the solar panel.  Now he just has to figure out where to put it.  Once he does he’ll put it up and he should be all set for power in his “tiny house.” 

It’s supposed to be sunny and warmer tomorrow with no wind to speak of, which will be nice.  Here’s hoping the paver people show up to make the day!