Home Sweet Home
Today was a road trip day to Mankato. We drove in fog but not to the severity that the early morning hours must have been like. The frost on the trees is always something to behold . . . a dream land.
The shopping list was short. Our main objective was Home Depot for LED fixtures. I have had two fluorescent and two LED four foot long fixtures. The fluorescent lighting had a yellow cast and they hummed. The basement lighting for sewing and stitching needed to be homogeneous. Dennis stayed in the car and I got to query the salesperson. Success. Three new fixtures, four feet long and able to plug into an outlet.
We stopped at Dennis’ granddaughters for a few minutes. She is working from home and the two little girls were in preschool. All is well with Sadie and Grandpa Dennis was satisfied. Being a newly single mother does cause my ole cowboy concern. Lots of changes for such a small family.
When we got home, we settled down to the task of unloading our lighting fixtures to see what we could handle. We handled things beautifully. No older adult was harmed in this process. What had been a multi-type lite sewing studio with four fixtures is now a harmonious five fixture sewing studio. We couldn’t believe the difference the total LED fixtures made. When we were all finished, we were wore out. It is late in the day, but I am going to have my one cup of coffee for the day shortly after I hit “publish” this afternoon.
Working together with Dennis is not difficult. His level of mobility pretty much matches mine. Taking it slow is what the secret is. One fixture may have to be heightened in time to come. Either Kevin or Brett may be bonked on the head walking under it. We didn’t clip off any of the chain, so that shouldn’t be a big challenge.
Our running around for the week is over. I have a new book to begin reading. I have stitching to do. I have put the 1,000 puzzle pieces back into the box with a little ring around the area on the cover photo as to where the missing piece should have been.
This week went fast but I sure do have a great feeling for what I accomplished this week. Right from the get-go on Sunday, right through the newly added light fixtures today. Local effort is alive and well.