It was pretty hot here this week. The temperature got up to 35.8°C / 96.4°F yesterday, which was probably a record. And to make it even worse, it was extremely humid. There were no thunderstorms, though, which was a bit surprising, as this kind of weather would usually be perfect for them. Now the temperature is back to normal.
As part of my plans to improve the yard this year, I worked outside this week. One of my projects was to install a new cover for the electrical outlet in the back wall of the house. It didn’t go quite as smoothly as I had planned, since the builders just crammed an outlet in a hole in the siding and then covered it up. I wanted to install a cover that allows you to keep some cords plugged in, while shielding them from rain, but it wouldn’t fit. Not without cutting up the wall and putting a new outlet box in the wall, which I could have done, but it wasn’t worth it. An electrical outlet costs about a dollar, so it’s not such a big deal to replace it occasionally. So, in the end, I installed a new cover that is similar to the old one after I replaced the old rusted outlet. And then my father finished it with a lot of caulking around it to keep moisture out. He hates doing that, so it was fun… 