I replaced our front door’s lock last week. The old one failed and started to have a disturbing tendency to jam the door… bad because we don’t have any other way into the house if the front door is inaccessible. I only replaced the door knob and not the deadbolt as the new deadbolt will require modifying the door and frame a bit. The new lock is much nicer the the cheaper mechanism that came with the house. I will eventually install the deadbolt. I also should install something that will let us open the garage door from the outside (something other than the door opener we have in the car) to give us another way inside.
I got our car back from the shop. The left side looks freakin brand new. Unfortunately, there is still a strong paint smell inside. It was pretty painless getting everything fixed thankfully.
We went to Geraldine’s Counter on Saturday for brunch. It was nice.
We had one of our typical small plate style dinner later… mushrooms, spicy green beans, almonds, olives, bread, cheese, roasted potatoes, and wine. I opened up one of our good wines that are currently stashed in a closet in the garage, and it was great. It has been a long time since I had something other than $3 wines, although I would not say the $3 wines are bad for their price normally. We had a bottle from Madonna Estate; it was one of the last bottles we had from a wine “subscription” Susan had given us a few years ago.
Monday morning Ann came over for a visit/playdate with Connor. Mike stayed home to catch up on sleep.
We took a walk in the Arboretum that afternoon since it was sunny although a bit cold. The walk was nice.
After a Lonan Kai nap, we took him out in the stroller and went to Mount Baker park to look at Lake Washington and do a bit of swinging. We have been going out on evening walks again as the days have been getting longer. We also use the stroller more because we gets twitchy in the carrier (and he’s a lot heavier now).
We might go down south to get some toys and/or books for LK at Goodwill later today.