Wednesday

At Coachman park this morning around 10:00 a.m. It was 77 degrees.

Yoga view

Stopped by Weaver park for strength training

Tuesday

 

I set up the baseboards for painting early this morning while there was still shade.

I needed to paint one board an off-white for the bathroom baseboards. We learned when we painted the laundry room that the bright white made the cabinets look pink. So we painted those baseboards and the bathroom baseboards to match the cabinets. We did the same for the doors in the laundry room, same for the bathroom doors. They will look pretty much white. The color is called Snowbound.

Drying and storage rack

Afternoon jog around the community center and Highlander park with Toby and John

Mid-afternoon, I took a quick bike ride out to Honeymoon Island while John watched Toby.

It was about 83 degrees with a rain shower predicted around 4 p.m.

Nearly all blue skies on the way out.

But on the way home, I could see the rain falling in the distance over the mainland.

I was in a race to get home before the rain. I made it to the end of Watrous before it started raining. It was a gentle rain. It came about 20 minutes before the predicted time. It reminded me of a summer shower. The sun was out 30 minutes later. We haven't had any rain for a long time.

Spaghetti Florentine for dinner

Toby managing his cone and his dinner. He's had a good day. 

Monday

 

A bunny outside the office window in the backyard

Last night a yacht going very fast plowed into the Clearwater Ferry and then left the scene. One person was killed, two others airlifted with serious injuries. It happened near the causeway bridge about 8:45 p.m. I took the picture above from Coachman Park this morning after my yoga.

I did some strength training at Weaver Park on the way home.

Toby's latest collar arrived just after lunch.

We hope it will work better than the others, which worked for a while but were ultimately defeated. Poor guy. He must be miserable.

The double donut in the background worked for a while, but he managed to get around it this morning. We ordered the new cone he's wearing at 6:00 a.m. It arrived about 6 hours later. This is the fifth contraption we've tried.

Our baseboards arrived after lunch also. I think I'll wait and get a fresh start tomorrow morning when it's cool and shaded and we can be assured that Toby is protected.

I did take time to do a light sanding. The tile guy came by to collect payment for tiling the two bedrooms and to find out when we might be ready for the shower. I told him what I understood about the sequence, but there are many moving parts. I do think that the electrical outlet above the vanity needs to be moved up several inches. Then the plumbing and electrical inspection can happen. Then the sheetrock and Durarock. Then the tile. 

The baseboards can go in whenever I finish painting them and the workers find the time to install. Once that's done, we can move everything back where it belongs, which will be a huge accomplishment.

For dinner: Greek chickpeas over rice, steamed broccoli, roasted zucchini, carrots, and potatoes.

Sunday

 

We walked around the community center pond after lunch.

It's just a short golf cart ride away and it's shaded.

My afternoon project was to get rid of as much of this clutter as I could. The previous owner had 2 or 3 cable outlets in each bedroom, a couple in the living room and one in the kitchen.  We removed and patched the wall for the living room and kitchen during the first phase of our remodel. We only need one cable line for the internet to the modem. Everything else is wi-fi.

So I cut down all the exterior lines that were not in use.

They were strung up everywhere.

What a mess. Perhaps when we replace our roof, we'll get a replacement for this damaged soffit piece.

Now it's simplified to a single line going to the cable box and then into the attic.

Cleaned up.

Nice and tidy. Maybe when we replace the roof, we can get an even cleaner look.

The cables at the other end go to the outlets in the bedrooms. Our renovation contract includes removing the outlet boxes, stuffing the coaxial cable and phone lines into the hollow space and repairing the wallboard. As always, we'll do the painting.

They will even remove this dummy cover and fix the wall.

Another phone line outlet will also be removed and the wall repaired.

More coaxial cable outlets. As you might imagine, we have miles of coaxial cable all over the attic. Maybe when we replace the duct work and the insulation in the future, we can have the cables and multiple antennas and discs removed from the attic. I was able to give away the exterior pole and TV antenna last year to a neighbor. Slowly, we are getting this house cleaned up and updated.

When I removed the baseboards months ago, some of the nails remained. Removing them will speed along the replacement baseboards for the workers.

I removed about 3 dozen.

For dinner

spinach, beets, pickles with green goddess dressing

Ravioli stuffed with spinach and creamy cashews topped with marina and spinach sauce

Roasted veggies on the side

The stuffed ravioli came from TJ's, imported from Italy. They came refrigerated. We cooked them in boiling water 2-3 minutes.

Easy, delicious meal.

Saturday

 

Saturday morning I rode my bike north on the Pinellas Trail.

I was going to stop at the Conservation Park but it was closed for repairs.

So I turned back and stopped at Wall Springs Park. 

I took the coastal trail to the water.

The sound with barrier island in the distance

It was a beautiful morning with temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. The round trip was over 16 miles.

We took a golf cart ride to the community center after lunch for a walk.

Toby got a new soft cone from Amazon.

He wasn't thrilled with it, but it is definitely effective.

We walked Toby at Stirling Park and crossed the street to pick up a Bambino's pizza for dinner.