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July 17, 2005
Productive weekend...
Yesterday, B and I hung a new ceiling fan in our den. This fan is way less gross than the one that was in here before, which was wired in a rather, ah, clever way. The fan and the light were both drawing power through the dimmer switch, which was itself mis-wired. Now we've got rid of the goofy dimmer, and we're using a remote control switch mounted in the wall. Unlike the one I helped install at Tommy's, the switch isn't wired into the wall at all. So there's no reason I couldn't, say, mount it in a coffee table. Hmmm....
Today we cut some limbs that were too near our house and our fence. The little cordless electric chainsaw seems to work great. I won't be felling redwoods with it, but for cutting a few branches and breaking down the limbs, it works great. I managed to not die when I climbed up on the roof. Yay!
On another front, our little kitty Maggie seems to be feeling much better. We had some really, uh, exciting vet bills the last two weeks, and it's really nice to see that the care is working. Poor thing was feeling pretty rough, but she's definitely perking up more.
And now I know how to give a sub-cutaneous injection of lactated Ringer's solution. It's really kinda creepy: I put the needle in the scruff of her neck, and fill 'er up. It makes this big bubble of fluid between her shoulders, which then gets absorbed by her body. She doesn't like it very much, but it definitely helps her keep hydrated.
Oooh! AND my copy of Harry Potter book 6 came. Yay!
Posted by Lee at July 17, 2005 03:52 PM