We have an arched window in our bedroom and every morning the sun shining in the window wakes us up - usually a lot earlier than we want to get up. So on one of our many trips to Home Depot we saw some decorative window film and found a design that we really liked.
Yesterday we made patterns of the window panes and cut the window film and applied to our bedroom window. It doesn't totally block out the sun in the early morning, but it does reduce the brightness and it gives the window a stained-glass appearance.
We met our friends Christine and Carol at JP Matty's for breakfast yesterday morning. We had a great breakfast and enjoyed catching up on each other's news.
A few years ago I bought a Nook Color reader and have enjoyed reading
Last Saturday we went to Ay! Jalisco in Sebastian for dinner. Mike had the Asada Burrito
and I ordered the Jalisco Burrito. They both came with rice and beans and we ordered a couple of Negra Modelo beers and for dessert we split a fried ice cream.
I thought I would include a couple of photos that we've taken this week. The first one is our new hot water heater ($604)
and the new water faucet and lavatory that Mike installed this week in the master bathroom.
We've been using my Droid Bionic phone's Hotspot for our internet service and it has worked great for us until now. The 3G signal isn't strong enough
This last week has been pretty ordinary until yesterday. When we had taken out home owners insurance on the house, the insurance company had sent out a safety inspector to look the house over. One of the things he noted was the age of the hot water heater. He either wanted us to replace the hot water heater or have a plumber certify that the hot water heater was good for 3 more years.
Yesterday afternoon we called the manufacturer of the hot water heater A.O. Smith and gave them the model and serial number. We found out that our hot water heater was built in 1990 and the girl at the manufacturer couldn't believe it was still working.
After talking with the manufacturer, Mike wanted to check the anode rods in the hot water heater and turned off the water supply. He was unable to unscrew the anode rod because of the corrosion and when he tried to
Tuesday I transferred the photos from our camera's SD card to the computer. When I ejected the SD card from the computer, the little tab that locks the card broke off. Fortunately I had already transferred the photos because the card is now locked.
So Tuesday we ordered another SD card from BestBuy. We also called American Home Base to have them send us our mail they have been holding. We are slowly getting our address updated, but we still have some mail going to Pensacola.
We ordered a 3-step pet stair from Walmart for Tinker to use so he can
Mike installed our new water pump today. He had ordered it from Alpha Hardware here in Sebastian on Saturday and it came in to the store yesterday afternoon.
Mike disconnected the old water pump this morning and we took the fittings with us to Home Depot. While we were at the plumbing section looking for the pvc fittings we needed, a customer came over, looked at the fittings that Mike was holding and started pulling the pieces that we needed from the bins. It turns out that he was a plumber and in no time we had everything we needed thanks to him - how helpful was that! He did give Mike his business card in case we needed any help.
After we got home from Home Depot Mike installed the new water pump.
He took a photo of our old water pump before he disconnected it
and here is a photo of the new water pump after Mike installed it.
