The Villages and running an electrical raceway

Mary and I were awake by 5 am, so we did our language lessons on Babbel until we heard Mark and Cindy moving downstairs. We had Wheat Chex for breakfast with yogurt and banana. The morning was warm but a little foggy when we walked the dogs around the neighborhood. We wanted to take the longer walk early before the rain that was forecast for later in the day.

Electrical raceway

Mary and Cindy left for The Villages at 9 am. They planned to take Mark’s sister, Jodie, to the beauty shop then shopping at Costco and out to lunch together. Mark and I went to the Crystal River Home Depot to get supplies for adding a receptacle for the television in Cindy’s office. We ran metal surface conduit from an existing receptacle to a new outlet behind the wall mounted television. Since the television had built-in Roku, we didn’t need to get a USB receptacle. The project went well until we tried the television as we were finishing. A light came on in the rear of the television, but we were unable to get it to turn on. No matter what we did the television didn’t come on. Mark suggested that we check to see if the batteries in the remote were dead. When he popped up the battery cover, we were surprised to find that there were no batteries in the remote control. After swapping the batteries with the remote in our room, the television worked as it should. Mark texted Cindy to pick up AAA batteries from Costco.

After finishing the installation, we had cheese and Canadian bacon quesadillas with tortilla chips and salsa. I called our friend, Joann Potter, to confirm their visit to Homosassa on Monday and Tuesday. We took an afternoon break until Mary and Cindy returned. Mark watched ESPN and napped while I caught up on this trip journal and napped. The weather stayed warm, but there was a very light rain. We took the dogs for a short walk before the rain picked up.

Mark has been wanting to get into making sourdough. I brought a jar of starter from my sourdough to Florida with us. Mark some of the starter in a bowl with water, flour, salt and a little oil. The sourdough sat in a warm place to be kneaded and eventually baked tomorrow.

Mary and Cindy arrived back at the house around 5 pm with Cindy’s new haircut and items from Costco. We warmed up the Schmitt’s meatloaf, cooked some sweet potatoes and broccoli for an excellent meal.

Whittington’s friends, Kenny and Jodie, came over at 7 pm to play cards and visit. I went upstairs to do a few lessons on Babbel, read a little, then watched an episode of Landman on Paramount. After the card game was over, we turned in for the night. We were considering going to Homosassa’s mullet festival tomorrow which is always fun.