Preach!

Native American wisdom. I really needed to read this today.

Wow.

I’m part of “The Session.” It’s a 24 hour marathon of Hypno presentations. I look forward to doing my part!

I see this a LOT. When Penelope packed her bag to spend the night with us last Friday, she had EIGHT t-shirts in her bag along with four stuffed animals.

I’m working with our treasurer to make sure that this is delivered properly. He’s moving in with his daughter.

It’s weird how many nights I think I slept a lot better/worse than what Sleep Cycle says.

OYB!

Español.

Worked on labeling the envelopes.

Edited the donor list.

Went by the UPS store to return two items to Amazon. I had to send two different boxes. They went to two different locations.

I talked to my mechanics today about the PT Cruiser. They said that the timing belt had broken. That meant that the oil seals, water pump and timing belt all had to be replaced. It’s a big job, around nine hours! That would cost around $1,500. THEN, after all that was done, they could tell what else had gotten messed up! The pistons and valves often get ruined with this particular break down. I asked them what they would do, they just shook their heads. “It’s a long shot that it’ll work, Tim.” PLUS, the car has been consistently over heating on a daily basis. “Oh, that will still happen, Tim.” Enough is enough. I decided it was better to invest that $2,000 plus on something that wasn’t old and had nearly 200,000 miles on it. There were many things I didn’t like about that car, but overall it did the job. RIP, PT Cruiser.

Called Geico to cancel the insurance on the PT Cruiser.

The Barrington had given us their Mercury Grand Marquis that is 25 years old a couple of years ago. Jesse has been driving it. It still runs very well. I had my car guys look it over again, then took it home to give it a good cleaning. Jesse keeps the interior looking really good, The outside, not so much. Cars left outside never look great unless they’re washed regularly.

I took all the stuff out of the Cruiser and put it in the Mercury. Looking good!

Blew the roof and gutters. They weren’t too bad. With all the rain coming they needed to be working great.

It’s pretty high up on the north end of the house.

Job well done.

After the roof was blown, I went down to the driveway to clear them all off.

Blew the deck.

Cleaned off the driveway where the Mercury had been parked.

Cleaned the screen and keyboard on my Mac. Best to use a damp rag with no chemicals.

Palabras.

Made some calls about my car conking out. I’m in the asking business.

I decided to add an update to the newsletter with the news about the car. Always best to let our supporters know what’s going on. They often really come through with help! I cut these up and put them in the envelopes.

Of course I always put in the donation envelopes!

Long, hard day. But productive!

It’s amazing how relieved I am to not worry about that Cruiser over heating every day! It’s one thing to have me inconvenienced. It’s totally different when I have the grandgirls with me!