It's the weekend, finally! I can sink into the wonderful comfort of my jeans, sneaks, and a basic tee - I get to hang out with my pals and my honey. The time is MINE. I dare you to try and take it away from me.
Today my honey and I went to the local Ace Hardware in search of GFCI plugs for the kitchen. Our house had them in the bathrooms, but not the kitchen. Are they legally required? I'm not sure. But our home inspector noted that they should be switched over - and since we're planning on selling our house some day, we might as well do it now. Right after he learns how to do wiring online with some how-to video. Thank god we live near the hospital!
Ace is one of those places that we can't get out of without spending way more than we wanted. Three GFCI switches, a welding gun thingy, a cover plate, and a Coke in a glass bottle, we were on our way home. Where we found we really needed four GFCI switches, but decided we could live with three. (Three are near the sink, one is on the opposite wall.) We're re-using some of the non-GFCI plugs to replace the ones in the house that look nasty. We thought they'd sparked and burned themselves up, but the home inspector said they were fine and safe to use.
Which brings me to my new issue. WHY oh WHY do you put brown colored wall sockets in a house and then paint the walls WHITE. The contractor who flipped our house (oh yes, we're on to you...) used a glossy white on the walls and then put in BEIGE wall sockets. I can understand if he was just using the existing sockets. But he did add new ones in the bathrooms, and those are beige too. Garr....
Ok. Done with that. I guess we will just slowly switch them out for white. I think they will look much nicer with the walls. He didn't do a good job patching, so we will need to re-patch, fill, and paint at some point anyway.
Coke in a glass bottle is awesome. Almost as good as ice-cold-Coke-in-a-can, which for some reason, is really hard to find around here. But Ace has it, so I usually enjoy one on the way home.
It's beautiful weather outside, too. My attempts to lure my husband outside to have fun (i.e. take a long walk) have been futile. So I think I may end up on a long walk by myself.
Bye for now!
