Day #1,063 - Not Average

Being at the jobsite at 7:30 a.m. is tough!

Yesterday, new neighbor Bobby from down the street came over to see what the inside of the Penny Palace was like. Today her husband Ed, came over to see what she was so excited about!

It was sure a very full day with 5 crews on site.

• The tile crew placed the last of the bathroom floor tiles.

• The painters focused on the Grand Room; the fireplace wall is painted with a Sandstone finish; the North and South walls are painted with a Granite texture. The painters were mumbling somewhat that these ‘specialty paints' were taking far more work than a regular paint. Sorry. I can’t just have ‘average’ stuff in the Penny Palace.

• The finish carpenters switched all the door hinges back to the nice ones. They installed the ‘barn doors’ in the guest room, installed the 3 transom windows, and applied a mirror to one door.

• The stone guys returned today to apply more stone sealer on the house and retaining wall.

• The solar installation crew put down support tracks for the panels above the Master Bedroom.

• There was a reply from the hardware company where I placed my order for cabinet knobs. The ones I ordered (which have copper center circles the size of Pennies) are no longer available. Bummer.

On the way home I stopped at the paint store (color samples for the Aussie room) and then at Lowe’s (more Granite paint). No coins in either place, so I walked over to the Del Taco where I found two dirt pennies while waiting for the car at the drive up window to move. Once it did, I claimed two dimes. (Coins #1-4)

It’s a good thing my husband does not expect a meal on the kitchen counter when he arrives home. Tonight I have my cordless Makita driver charging there. Not very tasty.

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Doc had a pretty busy day as well with lectures, meetings, grading, furniture moving, etc. But he still managed to have a lunch date with our friend Lita. Evidently they both left at the same time agreeing to meet at the restaurant in San Dimas. (There are two which they enjoy). Somehow signals were crossed and they went two different places! Not a good start to their date.

Doc arrived home after 9:30 p.m. with his coin finds. At school he put $1.25 in one coffee vending machine, but no cup was dispensed, thus he watched helplessly as his money went down the drain. So he bought his coffee from a second machine. During his break between classes, he went for another cup of coffee. Machine #2 was flashing for coins only (which he did not have). Thus he went to Machine #1 - this time with his previous cup in hand.

Doc claimed one bright shiny penny from the coin return - which is strange, since the machine does not accept pennies. He found a second penny near the machines, then a dime and a penny later on the ground near the vending machines.

Total: 7 Coins P (4), N (0), D (3), Q (0) = $0.34