Wednesday 2-26 Visiting Louise

Doing Projects

While we were in Tucson Louise mentioned that her microwave was making a loud noise when it was cooking food. She wanted to replace it before it stopped. Larry found one online at Lowe's here in Temple that was perfect. We picked it up yesterday. This morning we went to Round Rock to install it. Before leaving home Larry loaded up some tools that he thought he might need. Before installing the new microwave we ran the old one, it was no longer making the noise but Louise decided she wanted the new microwave installed. Larry and I took the old one out and put it outside. Then Larry removed the old bracket and installed the new one. The old bracket was a U shape bracket and the new bracket is only one strip. This is the fourth microwave Larry has installed for Louise and each time he has to make new holes because the old ones never match the new brackets. Today Larry could use a couple of holes that were already there for toggle bolts but he also had to drill a hole in the middle of the bracket to put a lag bolt into a wall stud. Once he installed the bracket he went to the top cabinet and using a hole saw he enlarged a previous hole for the power cord. After Larry made the hole we finished installing the microwave. We tested the microwave to make sure it worked. Louise was one happy woman. We moved the old microwave and its parts to the street and Louise wrote a note that said it was free and it worked.

Old microwave

Holes for multiple microwaves

Wall bracket for microwave

After installng the microwave we had lunch. Louise had bought a Papa Murphy pizza and potato chips. The pizza was delicious.  

The next project Larry worked on was on her toilet, he noticed that it was running all the time. He checked it out and found out it was the flapper ball. He also discovered it was not flushing correctly, he figured out the sewer line going toward the street was not working correctly. Larry and I went to Lowe's to get a flapper ball and Louise called the City of Round Rock to come out to unplug the sewer drain. When we got back Larry installed the new flapper. Later in the afternoon a gentleman from the city came by and unplugged the drain. He also took her old microwave. She was very happy to get rid of it.  

We had a good visit with Louise. While there we played with her dog Alice.

When we got home I did my daily challenges and The Event: Mini Road Tour of 8 games. I also worked on a jigsaw puzzle I started in October. We watched an episode of GizWiz, they were celebrating their 15th year anniversary so Chad was wearing a three piece suit and Dick was wearing a tux, they looked great. Then we watched our YouTube videos.

Still a long way to be finished

In the evening we started watching an Amazon series called The Hunters. We watched one episode, it was very slow moving. Then we watched a couple episodes of Bramwell. I watched a few episodes of Bones.