Three Coins in a Fountain...

When I woke up Monday morning, I found it did rain overnight. So, putting the grill on the front porch was a good idea. I checked the rain gauge before leaving for work and found it had about 1/8 inch of rain in it. I put the grille in the garage and went off to work (as the Seven Dwarf's used to sing: "I owe, I owe, so off to work I go")

After lunch, with threatening skies, I stopped at Lowe's and got a 3/16 inch masonry drill bit (to work on the cement fountain). I picked up some 1 1/4-inch sized cup hooks as well.

The afternoon at work brought several showers. The one at about 4:00 PM had thunder, lighting and 1/4-inch hail! I was concerned because I still remember living at the River Road house when we got 1/2 inch hail that "dimpled" the truck lid, top and the hood of my Buick LaSaber. The Volvo was okay, however, and the storm had barely subsided when it was time to drive home.

Once home, I installed two of the cup hooks for the two new whisks. I hung them next to the fridge, by the immersion blender (see photos). Since I had to pull out the fridge to get access, I washed the floor underneath it, let it dry and then shoved the fridge back.

I checked the rain gauge, but, even though they were dramatic, today's storms were very fast moving, and I only had an additional 1/8 inch of rain since this morning (or 1/4 inch of rain so far overnight and today).

Moving along, I got out the drill motor and my new masonry bit. I went out and tried to determine the best spot for more drain holes. I am gonna take it easy. I'll drill a couple and, if that's not enough, maybe a couple more. I don't want to wreck the effect, you see...

I ended up drilling three holes. I hooked the pump back up and tried it. Much better, but there is still a lot of splashing onto the patio. Hmmm... Maybe its the height the water has to fall? So, I removed the fountain and took one of the two-inch patio blocks out. I put the fountain back together and tried it again. Better. But, its getting late and I'm hungry, so we will play with this another day.

When I came inside, it was 7:10 PM. I warmed up some meatloaf patties, half the leftover potatoes and all of the gravy and ate that for dinner.

Nothing seemed that exciting on TV, so I watched a taped movie, "In the Line of Fire" with Clint Eastwood. When it was done, so was I and I went to sleep.