I spent quite a bit of time on Mom’s computer this week. Her new ISP, Atlantic Broadband, installed her new router and TV box. They connected her computer and printer to the new WiFi. But they didn’t install the printer on the computer. I wasn’t surprised they didn’t install the printer. I ran the HP driver/software package. It found and “installed” the printer, but Mom couldn’t print anything from her computer. The document would just spool out to the bit bucket. I tried a couple of different things, but no dice. Geek Squad will be at her house Thursday. They might install the printer through a USB connection. Whatever Geek Squad decides to do, I decided I should remove all traces of my work, Removing the printer and software is easy. Removing all printer drivers is more difficult. Mom’s computer doesn’t have the printer management console (maybe because it’s Windows home edition). Windows 10 has changed a lot, so things posted on the Internet don’t always work. I’m confident I backed everything out, but it took a few hours.

The back porch needs to be painted this year. Before it is painted, it needs to be cleaned. It’s especially dirty because the plumber did the pre-installation work for the hot water heater on the back porch. (The temperature was very nice, but there was a light rain. The plumber really appreciated being able to work outside where there is plenty of room with a roof over his head.) Plus some bird had decided it would be really cool to practice low altitude bombing on the center of the porch. Before the porch is cleaned, the deck above it should be cleaned. There are some areas of the deck I haven’t been cleaning, and I noticed they are kind of gross. So it’s become quite a project. So far, everything is clean down to the porch floor. The porch floor has been pre-cleaned, but needs a good brushing down. I have the better part of a gallon of paint from 4 years ago. I went to Sherwin Williams to get a gallon of that paint, only to find they don’t carry that product any more. I had to buy 2 gallons of their new, improved product. Plus they don’t accept old paint so I have to figure out when the dump will be open for unneeded paint. I’ve put in two hard days of work so far (hard for me, anyway). I figure I have two more days to go.

While I was cleaning the porch, a borer bee came by looking for a nifty place to build a nest. It was lousy timing for the bee. I was holding a pressure washer nozzle. But I figure they’ll be back. Borer bee chemicals available over the counter aren’t all that effective. It costs a small fortune to have a pro come out. Plus one visit is never enough. What a pain.

My counting team was scheduled to count the collection at Church this week. We got extra help, but it still took longer than usual to finish counting. Danita left to pick up Bud. I’m home alone for the moment. When Danita shows up, we’ll go up to Ed’s for Easter dinner.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.