Slowed down on Sunday...

Woke up, as I said, sitting on the love seat at 5:30 AM. When I could function, I heated up and ate the half of Carla's patty melt for breakfast.

I had vowed before doing anything else I would clean Newt's tank. I have been very busy with the trailer, etc., and let it go too long. In fact, Carla' upon seeing it all covered with algae, threatened to call the Newt Protective Services and turn me in. I took her seriously, as she's a social worker and knows just who to call. So, I've got work to do...

I like warm weather as you can do these kinds of things outside. I put the infected gravel in the chiminea. Then I scrubbed the aquarium out with salt and baking soda and rinsed it with the hose. Put in the new gravel and then used the baking soda and salt mix to wash off every bit of the fake plants, the climbing stick and the filter. Put in a new "bio-bag" filter and added water. I let the system run for about an hour before putting Newt back in. He seemed very happy and I don't have to worry about some call from an agency, now. Take that, Carla!

Next I checked on the bolt Jake said he stripped. It's a problem, but I'm not sure it's a big one. Ate somebody's left over chili dog for lunch. Cut up the scrap from the demo and started a fire in the chiminea (I'll use my magnet to pull out the nails, later.)

Watered all the container gardens (they needed it). I started to empty the kitchen (got all the chairs out) and was ready to disassemble the table when I decided taking a nap would be a better idea (I needed it). Laid down and started watching the movie Jeremiah Johnson (I love that movie) and it was so engrossing I never slept at all. Got back up and took the weedwacker and trimmed the front and around my patio, so if the lady does cut my grass tomorrow, it will look nice. It took a long time and I had to add more line once.

I grilled a steak for dinner (on the two-burner grill pan). Since I was messing it up anyway, I also grilled some brats and some Italian sausage for dinners during the week. I baked (in the microwave) a sweet potato to go with the steak and ate it watching my Sunday night shows. I went to sleep at 10:00 PM.