I’m exhausted - it’s funny how having a 2 month-old in the house can do that to you. But I’m really happy to have accomplished a few things over the weekend. Last weekend we managed to move two desks and related computer gadgetry into the master bedroom so that the office could officially become Milo’s room. The reshuffle in our bedroom worked out well, but rearranging Milo’s room had to wait until this weekend.

We also rearranged Josh’s room this weekend, making it much more appropriate for a boy of his age. All of the toys that had previously lived in the living room have been relocated to appropriate places in his bedroom, and there is a large open space on his floor for him to play. This morning when he woke up, he ran to the living room, and promptly said, “Mommy, where are the toys?” Before she could respond, he said “Oh, Joshua’s bedroom!” and ran back to his room. I think we’re going to like having our living room back, at least until Milo’s stuff overruns it.

I did my first electrical installation in a long time yesterday - I installed a new (to us) dryer to replace the faltering one we’ve been using for the past 2 years. The old dryer just doesn’t want to tumble, and it’s so old that it’s probably not worth repairing. We acquired a much newer model for free from freecycle.org, so I went about installing it over the weekend. Our breaker panel isn’t labeled, so I had to make an educated guess as to the right one - I got it on the second try. It also turned out that we did not have a 220V socket, but instead a cable coming out of the wall that is wired directly into the dryer.

I had some fun getting the very tightly-fitting ducting apart without damaging it, then unhooking and re-hooking up the very stiff wires in the 220V cable. 20 minutes and a couple nicks and scratches later, it was all hooked up and working properly. I’m such a handyman… :-)

Anyhow, we received an unfriendly notice this morning that we must pay $900 in outstanding taxes today, or risk it going to collections. That’ll put a damper on your week! Oh well, when Revenue Canada calls, it can always be worse, right?