Switches and Pruning and Blinds, Oh My!

There are no longer curtains held up by painter's tape in my office. Instead there are blinds, which would lend a suitably professional touch were my equipment, papers, and reference materials out of their boxes and properly arranged. Since there's still no phone line in the office, however, and given that some of the carpet is still not tacked down after the flood, it continues to look rather like a junk room with a desk. And a very nice office chair.

My dad came over today to help put up the blinds. (Only he puts up the blinds, and I measure things, hold things, and hand over tools when prompted.) He also put in a new vanity light for the bathroom and rewired a light switch that was making suspicious noises. (Turns out someone installed a dimmer switch to control something that doesn't dim. It didn't look at all like a dimmer switch.) Then we went to work on the yard.

There is still a rather large flock of dandelions, but the aloe vera plant is no longer being strangled by the surrounding shrubbery, the weeds along the east fence have been cut back, and the mounds of dry leaves (a.k.a. perfect tinder) have been raked up and gathered for disposal. Hooray for free yard waste recycling.

Yesterday, I spent a chunk of time cleaning in anticipation of a visit from some friends. The result is looking very home-like. This is progress.