Flat File Moved!

Yay! The flat file has been successfully moved to the back bedroom! Thank goodness for Physics! And the 15 Puzzle! For much of the moving of objects around the house that I do, I spend a lot more time thinking rather than actually moving. I play a version of the 15 Puzzle in my mind using the stuff I need to move & the rooms of the house. I try to figure out how to move stuff with the least amount of moves. But unlike an unsolvable 15 Puzzle, I can always temporarily put things out on the porch or in the garage for a few hours. (But I haven't had to do that yet.) Knowing the proper way to deadlift also helped.

Everything cleaned off the top.

Also had to move everything in front of it; last drawer to be moved sits on top.

It's all moved!

Panorama at the end of the day.

In case you're wondering, I checked out the bracing on the desk to see if it could handle the weight of the flat file & all the paperwork I have in it. I think it will do fine, especially since this is not a permanent situation.

There's a lot more crosspieces than most desks you find now days.

Here's what the back bedroom looked like at the end of the day. The open boxes get temporarily moved to my bedroom while I am moving things in to the back bedroom. Once the upcoming Leeward Planning Commission meeting for the month is over, I will be sorting & purging things from the open boxes which are things that were in the house when I moved my stuff in. Mom would not let me throw anything out when I was packing things in to the sewing room so Chris could repair the rest of the house.

Panorama at the end of the day.

While cleaning out the sewing room I found a box of Christmas decorations! There was a box of lights on the top. It also had tinsel & ornament hangers but I didn't find any ornaments.

 

I also found the box containing the jo & bokken. But a little troubling is I did not find my jo bag.

Top to bottom: tanto, 2 bokken, 2 jo.

Once the flat file was moved out, I could get closer to the window. There should be a nice view of Maui from the renovated room; the new double hung windows will provide a better view . There will also be a nice view of the anthurium garden with the new windows. I also opened the windows. With them open, the difference in temperature between the south side of the house (back bedroom where I am moving a lot of things to) & the north side (sewing room) was very pronounced. I think Kai might end up sleeping in the cat room instead of either of the guest bedrooms!

In the morning before I could get near the window.

Using telephoto function on phone to get a better shot of Maui.

In the afternoon after I opened the window.

Telephoto function; too bad the clouds are blocking the view.

I called the Whirlpool Customer eXperience Center (yes, that's how they spell it) this morning before I started on the sewing room; their hours are 8 am to 6 pm Eastern time, which is 3 am to 1 pm Hawaiʻi time. The phone tree did give me the option for a call back but I did not want them calling me at 3 am. Fortunately I was only holding for about 10 minutes; I spoke with Laurie, she set up an appointment for the 24th between noon & 4 pm. When I asked where the repair person was coming from, she spelled out "k-i-h-e-i". Which is on Maui! I told her that. She said perhaps that is their main office & they have another office on Hawaiʻi Island; she said to call & check with them. I think their system gives you the closest repair place according to zip code. Since I live at the very north end of the island, when I have done that for other things, I have to filter out the ones for places on Maui that are closer to me than Kona (55 miles) or Hilo (75 miles). The closest point to Maui is about 35 miles, to Kihei is about 50 miles as the ʻAlalā flies. Auē! So I called the repair place in Kihei. And they do have a technician on Hawai'i Island! Hūlō!

Shortly after my call to Whirlpool, the wok decided it did not like where I had hung it on the kitchen wall a couple years ago. I had used a Command hook. Now I'm wondering whether I should use a Command hook that holds more weight. Or just find a flat surface to store it on. 

The aftermath.

They were on a hook above the oven mitts.

The Roomba had a little trouble getting in to several rooms today. The table was blocking the front bedroom & I had a bunch of boxes blocking my doorway.

It did the living room only this morning.

Can't see the table blocking the doorway here.

It couldn't get in to my bedroom either.

As I mentioned before, I had bought another ʻohiʻa from Elemental Plants earlier in the year. Here are side-by-side photos of the 2 plants I bought from Michael. The one on the left is Makaiʻi Ahu that was bought in April; the one on the right is the Cherry Nani that I got a couple days ago. The Makaiʻi Ahu has grown about 18" in 8 months since I bought it; the flower is a mix of red & yellow stamens so it looks orangey-red in color. It was about the same size as the  Cherry Nani when I bought it. The Cherry Naniʻs stamens are bright red. I am hoping for both of them to grow in to trees & will be working to encourage that growth form. I am planting Makaiʻi Ahu so I can see it from my bedroom window. Cherry Nani will be planted along the fence in front of the garage. 

Makaiʻi Ahu (L) & Cherry Nani.

Makaiʻi Ahu; I really like that they include a color photo of the flower.

Cherry Nani.

Kai helped me set up the large monitor in the living room for reading documents for the Leeward Planning Commission meetings. He also made me move things off the table it is on that were blocking the screen. The larger monitor makes it easier to see some of the details on some plans. Last month I missed an important detail so asked a question that really didn't need to be asked. My bad! Kai also suggested I might want to look in to a wireless projector; it would be larger & clearer & I won't have to worry about cats chewing on wires.

That's my laptop screen at the lower left.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Adnan!