Reading update and Saturday chores

I started reading the recommended Alex Cross series by James Patterson. I read the first, but the second wasn't available yet and then the 3rd one became available, so I read it. Now, I'm about to start the 2nd one, as it popped into my queue last night.

They are ok, but I'm not totally hooked on them. I think that there just isn't enough info about the supporting characters, that are a big part of the main character's life (and of course in every book). Other series books I've read the authors kind of make you feel like you also get to know the supporting characters a little bit better, too. I don't know, I just can't quite put my finger on what it is that I'm not loving this series/character as much as other series books I've read, in similar genres.

We had a spot of heavy wind yesterday afternoon. We didn't realize until last night one of our new patio lounge chairs blew away! DH realized it about 10pm when he took the dogs out the patio door. He went and got a flashlight and found it . It has some mud on the frame and I'll have to check out the rest and see if it got damaged any. I hope not.

I had my best ever day with MTurks yesterday - $38! A $112 week, plus whatever I can eek out of it today to end my "work week". I've been sitting at my desk for more than a half hour this morning and nothin'.

I need to do a bit of house cleaning today. Time to clean bathrooms and dust, at a minimum. And remember to taking something out of the freezer to thaw for dinner......I'm thinking hamburgers tonight. I bought buns, so need to use them before they go bad. I should clean my desk - it's a mess of papers piling up. Not a relaxing feeling at all!

DH has gotten back to making his little video's of the house build, so that's giving him something relaxed to do the past couple of days. He finally got one done of the mason stone work. Then he did a video of the topsoil screening project and then one of putting up the flag pole. His next one will be the sprinkler system, but I think he's waiting to work on that one when then sod gets put in, in about 10 more days. He just likes to do them for himself to watch and have a memory of, and shares with friends and family on his Facebook page.

Our thermostat is connected to the wi-fi and I have an app on my phone where I can adjust the temp in the 3 zones of the house. Only it doesn't seem to work half the time. I'll turn it all down a few degrees when I go to bed, as we like to sleep with it a bit cooler. It will show on my phone that I changed it, but sometimes it doesn't end up changing it at the main thermostat. So, we'll wake up in the middle of the night breathing in warm air and realizing the heat never went down. I need to figure out how to set it on a schedule and have it automatically turn down around 10pm.

I also need to figure out how to get our garage door openers connected to wi-fi and our phones. I tried once, when we were in the shop, but I couldn't figure it out. It can't be that hard to figure out.