Here's a tip for you all. If your planning on moving house in 105F temperatures pay someone else to do it and don't be stupid enough to try it yourself! This is a lesson learnt from experience after yesterday as it's hotter than Hades here. However we managed to get all our stuff across to the new house and even got the rental property cleaned too. We couldn't have done it without the enormous help from Grammy.
The new house has loads to keep me busy. I've just fixed the dishwasher, albeit in "Heath Robinson" way with some tape. Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. The handle is broken and also the compartment that holds the switches that tell the machine the door is open/shut is broken. This compartment is built into the front facia panel and a new one is $90. A new handle is $7 so I'll do that then superglue the compartment shut for a more permanent fix.
I had to install a new fan in the master bedroom yesterday afternoon and don't believe what it says on the box when they tell you it's 90% pre-assembled and a 5 minute installation. The 10% that I had to do included installing the mounting plate to the ceiling, changing out the down rod from the 3" supplied one to a 12" one, threading the cables through the down rod, attaching the fan to the ceiling mount, connecting the wires, installing the lighting fixture, installing the lightshades, attaching the fan blades, installing the light bulbs and finally attaching the pull chains. It took me about an hour to do. I had to go up in the attic space twice to locate the fan brace (remember it was 100F outside and probably 120F in the attic. The instructions didn't say which wire was the for fan and which wire was for the lights. I guessed and of course got it the wrong way round. However it was job done and Mrs P is very happy.
