Sunday usually means a trip to the Howell Farmers Market if the weather is nice. The weather was OK but Linda did some major grocery shopping last night and did not need anything from the market so we did not go. We were both tired from yesterday’s refrigerator swap, physically and emotionally, and wanted to take it easy today. I brewed a pot of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe half-caff coffee and we enjoyed that while reading in the living room. We eventually ate breakfast and then got ready for the rest of our day. For me that meant doing three loads of laundry.
I put the first load of laundry in the washer and then drove to The Home Depot to get two more drawer pulls. We also wanted to look at wall paper but they do not stock any. Lowe’s had a very limited selection of wallpapers, but we thought a couple of them might work if we could not find anything else. One, in particular, was scrubable and another was paintable. We also found one that we liked in a book of Allen-Roth samples. This was not something we needed to decide on the spot but it is something we need to get settled sooner rather than later.
When we got home we pulled the new refrigerator out of its alcove and plugged it in. I set the freezer and fresh food compartment controls to the “normal” mark. Linda filled containers with water and placed them in both compartments. I found the remote thermometer for the unit that is still mounted on the wall next to the alcove and set it in the fresh food compartment. The two thermometers are off by a couple of degrees in opposite directions, but close enough for what I needed to do as it will allow me to monitor the temperature without opening the door. The new refrigerator was much quieter than the old one, which was one of the improvements we were looking for in a new unit.
New fridge in alcove. Kitchen drawers removed. Floor being prepped.
When we got home we had a phone message from Jim, N8KUE, regarding motorhomes. Jim plans to retire from the Ford Research Labs in March. He and Pam are seriously considering getting a motorhome and are starting to research the market. We’ve said for a while that we would be glad to meet for coffee and talk motorhomes, bus conversions, and the RV lifestyle. I called Jim back, suggested that we meet them at the Biggby’s Coffee in South Lyon at 4:30 PM, and they agreed.
Linda tried to pull up the Arcadia Bus Rally website to get the registration form but the domain name appeared to be for sale. I e-mailed Brenda Phelan to find out what is going on. She and her husband, Bill, operate the rally. I then worked on the drawings for the built-in sofa cushions.
We had an early dinner at 3:30 PM and left for South Lyon at 4 PM and got to Biggby’s Coffee just after 4:30 PM. Jim, Pam, and their son Adam, were already there. We talked until after 6:30 PM and then drove the short distance to the Witch’s Hat Depot in the South Lyon Historic Village where our South Lyon Area Amateur Radio Club (SLAARC) holds its monthly business meeting and program. One of the members, John (NU8M), a materials science engineer who works for Bosch, gave a very interesting presentation on the various processes that affect electronics as they age and can ultimately cause them to fail. It was a pleasant evening, weather-wise, and some of us lingered in conversation for a while after the meeting before heading home.
We arrived home hungry and had some hummus with sourdough pretzel nibblers and pita chips and a small piece of watermelon. I checked the bus refrigerator and the fresh food compartment was down to 34.4 degrees F indicated. The remote thermometer is off by about 2 degrees F but I don’t recall in which direction. I turned the thermostat to a warmer setting and will check it again tomorrow. We turned in for the night and Linda read while I wrote for a while before turning off the lights.