Friday Was a Day of Accomplishment - and One Tiny Little Glitch - LOL

Good morning all and happy Saturday. Yesterday was a day when I got a lot done, but it seemed, at the end of the day, that I had accomplished very little indeed. Again, much of the day was spent in the kitchen where I roasted a lovely organic acorn squash, followed by a cubed organic butternut squash. Two lovely additions to my dinners for a few days, and both made with 100% pure maple syrup - the perfect addition to squash at any time. Yum, yum! 

I was especially pleased with the Maple Roasted Butternut 
Squash recipe I used. It was easy and quick and it has 
great flavor. Interested in the recipe? Here's a link for you 
https://toriavey.com/maple-cinnamon-roasted-butternut-squash/

I had gotten a package from JFN earlier in the week and brought it home, but hadn't actually unpacked it yet. I finally had a chance to do that yesterday. It contained one dark blue turtleneck shirt, and this really cute hoodie dress that I'm wearing today. My fabric is a bit more turquoise than the picture, but I'm totally OK with that. It's a nice, heavyweight fabric, so perfect with winter leggings for the shop. 

I'm quite pleased that I purchased this. I'm 
probably outside the age range for a dress like 
this, but I think it'll be just about perfect for 
me and I'll just flip that hoodie up when my 
bald head gets too cold. They have one like 
this in a longer length too that I might order 
in the future. 

At the end of the day I decided to move ahead with something I'd be planning to do for almost a month - changing the switches on two table lamps so that their bulbs can be turned on and off by the switch instead of unscrewing the bulbs. The lamps are old and their switches were frozen. They're on a 24/7 timer (both lamps plug into the same timer) but the timer turns off at 10:30-11:00 pm and I go to sleep at 9:00 am. I always turn the lights off at night and on again in the morning. I remember my mother wiring several lamps over the years and it never seemed very difficult. The instructions on the back of the new lamp socket seemed quite straightforward, so I gathered my tools and started in. 

Once I actually knew what I was doing, and 
had provided myself with good light, the 
replacement went smoothly and quickly. I'll 
do the second lamp (it's a pair of lamps on 
the end tables to each side of the living room 
couch). At least I'll know what I'm doing 
for that one - LOL. 

I managed the first one, except I didn't. Apparently I had the wires opposite from what they were supposed to be, and they ended up blowing up the timer. *sigh* I couldn't leave the lamp like that, DH would have an absolute fit! So I went to YouTube, found a lovely video which told me exactly what I had done wrong, went back upstairs and started from scratch (with more light from my standing OTT light so that I could see more clearly) and voila! Within 10 minutes I had successfully changed the socket and my lamp was usable once again. Of course the 24-hour timer is toast, but I'll drop by the hardware store on my way to work this morning and pick up a new one. 

We had our old 2-plug mechanical timer for 
more than two decades. It worked great. However, 
I managed to crisp it last night while working on 
the lamp, so I need a new one. I have several 
single-plug timers, but apparently the 2-plug 
timers are relatively rare. Hopefully Menards 
will have one available for me when I drop 
by there first thing this morning on my way to 
the shop. 

So, adventures on my "day off" - LOL. At least I have a refrigerator full of lovely things to eat, and my lamps are functional (I'll change the socket on the other lamp next week). Life may not be ideal in the paradise of the Frozen Northlands right now, but it could be much, much worse (and that may happen with a major snow system due to hit next week on Tuesday/Wednesday). Have a wonderful Saturday and a great weekend. I'll be back on Monday. 

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