Sunday morning, in the rain...

Woke up at 5:30 AM, as per usual. This time did not try and go back to sleep. Made coffee and breakfast (pork sausage and scrambled eggs). I need fuel for today. Cleaned up the mess and went back to the bathroom sink project...

Oh, no!!! Am I the only living idiot who didn't know that the drain doesn't come with the sink? Well, got the sink leveled on the pedestal (not as easy as the instructions would lead you to believe). Marked where the holes had to be drilled for the retaining screws.

I am not impressed with the way this sucker fastens to the wall, but for $39 bucks, what could I expect. Old sink sat on two big metal hangers, screwed into studs. This one uses "fasteners" that go into the drywall. I would guess the theory is that the weight of the sink is supported by the pedestal. But, none of that really matters, as I need the drain assembly before I can go much farther.

However, gave it a lot of thought, sitting on the porch with my third cup of coffee and watching it rain: No, I am not going to the store today. I have enough of the usual stuff to do (that I've not been attending to because of the laundry project). So, I put the sink back in the box and started on cleaning the house.

Cleaned it from top to bottom! Vacuumed, dusted, swept, washed floors, washed the glass table tops in the living room and my bedroom, etc., etc., etc. Meanwhile, I parboiled some beef short ribs for almost two hours while making up some barbecue sauce. Instead of draining all of the water off, I saved some for vegetable soup later in the week (it was just beef short ribs, two bay leafs and three cloves of garlic, so it should make a good soup base). Kept out two short ribs for meat in the soup as well). Covered the rest of the short ribs with the BBQ sauce for grilling, later.

Worked the most on the upstairs bathroom, using "chemicals," baby! Sprayed, scrubbed and rinsed for soap scum, then mold, then washed everything down with Pine-Sol Orange. Keeping the window open so me and Scruffy don't die from the smell...

Took a break at 1:30 PM. Tried for a nap, but couldn't fall asleep. So, gave up and went back to work (now getting junk out of my bedroom closet, BTW) Around 3:00 PM I started the grille (its just sprinkling now,m so should be okay). Put on the short ribs and made macaroni and cheese as the side dish.

Result: Not impressed with the barbecued beef short ribs. This was the first time I tried them, and maybe it was the sauce, but I like barbecued pork ribs MUCH better.

Now relaxing into the night. Read for a while in the living room, with the electric fireplace on (nice and cozy), then went and watched TV, switching back and forth from shows to the Tigers game. We won, and I went to bed...