My Summer Vacation: Last Book Boxes Moved

I moved the last 10 boxes of books in to the sewing room. According to the Moving Organizer Pro moving app that I am using, I brought 65 boxes of books with me. But that's not all the book boxes I have, a bunch came from Mom's Hawaiiana & cookbook collection that are not listed in any moving app.

Empty boxes on top shelf to discourage cats from leaping to shelf.

Once I moved the last book boxes out of the living room, I vacuumed & mopped that area just like I did the book wall yesterday. I then started moving boxes out of the guest bedroom into that location. I am having guests during the 1st week of April so I need to get that guest room back in shape!

Beautiful!

Guest room "before", looking in from doorway.

Guest room "after".

This is where printer & shredder used to be.

I moved the printer & shredder out of the guest bedroom & in to the sewing room. I now have all my office-related tech adjacent to each other & not in another room like before. It will make things so much easier.

Printer (foreground) & shredder (background).

I also worked on the old blue rocking chair & Uncle Ken's old footlocker. I put felt slidder pads on both of them & removed the cardboard that Chris had placed them on so they wouldn't scratch the floor. Then I sent the Roomba in to clean up the floor.

Speaking of the Roomba, it still hasn't learned that I took down the cat gate. May be it will be different tomorrow; I had to unplug the Roomba & I also moved it about 3 feet further west when I cleaned up the floor where it was originally located.

I had a rude awakening this morning. I was in bed doing my Duolingo lessons when I heard a thud followed by yelping. I got to the living room in time to see a medium-sized brown dog running up the hill & a silver pick-up truck with a horse trailer slowing down in front of Jeremiah's place. Another man was running up the hill calling the dog's name. It sounded like he finally got the dog to stop running just past Jessie's house; the dog probably realized it had no where to run because of the fences. All its legs appeared to be working but that could have been adrenaline, it probably has some internal injuries. Moʻo was very nervous when I went to let her out soon after that; she was shaking. I think she was wondering if something happened that she needed to be worried about. It all happened so fast I was unable to get any photos.

Breakfast from Motek Bakery was Uncle Yosef. I am now eating it like I overheard David telling a customer, "pick it up like a slice of pizza". It is faster & just as tasty.

I spread condiments in little container over it before I start eating.

I had a good view of Maui this morning. Now I need to get rid of that pesky puakenikeni seedling that is growing at the top of the hapuʻu stalk for a great view.

The fitting that Junior & Bill helped me put together a week ago & that I went to have Bill tighten down even more yesterday was still leaking. So I took it back in this morning. Bill took it apart, put on more pipe tape & added pipe threading compound. He said if that didn't work he had no other solutions. It didn't work. I think my only solution now is to order the part & have it shipped to Kai for $7; then have him mail it to me for $10 instead of the $100 that Cat Genie wants to send it to me.

Bill working on fitting.

Attached new, improved fitting, turned on water ...

... & it's still leaking. Auē! (Bottle directs drips in to Cat Genie.)

My tool bin.

Henrietta still has 2 chicks & they're getting bigger. I saw them three times today; all times with Roger & Dolly as well. Maybe she is getting more comfortable having them wandering around more.

Around 11:15 this morning, looking for bugs under old ʻulu leaves.

About 11:45 searching along the fence line.

About 3:45 in the afternoon checking the back yard with the flock.

I worked on adding call numbers to 10 more books. Tonight there was only 1 book that I was unable to find a Dewey decimal number for. I discovered that the Hawaii State Public Library system uses the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) for their call numbers. I can search their catalog online; if they have it, I can find the call number. Hūlō! So I went back to look for the 2 books I could not find last night which were Hawaiian books. Auē! Apparently for newer books (which all 3 are) they use a different system & not the DDC. 😦

Auē, no DDC.

Last night, when I let Moʻo out in the evening to lua, there was a coquí frog in her water dish. I swatted it but it jumped away & under the car where I could not reach it. Today I checked & found a dried up frog; I think it was the one I swatted at last night. I really don't want this invasive species to become established here on the property.