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According to a guy at a local station, wholesale gas went up 27 cents this morning.
Gas went up 7 cents yesterday and I haven't checked today
I got gas yesterday but don't remember the price. I briefly went in to check mail. Package that should have been there hasn't arrived or been sorted yet. UPS came out to drop off the Viasat RMA box. Need to clean up the equipment and box it up. Gravy Jones is climbing on to my leg to get attention. I let the puppies run around outside a lot today. They are loving it, but they want more attention from people. I really hope I can find someone to take them soon. The cats were mad that their room smelled like dog crap (I've cleaned it all up now). One of the puppies climbed inside kitty condo and crapped next to the litterbox. They were also crapping just outside the condo next to the litterbox. Can't be mad at them about it bc they had to go and they chose to go near where other crap was. Namir got out and decided to go into douchewaffle mode. He saw Biscuits sleeping and decided to attack him. Biscuits panicked, flailed, and ran across me- scratching my chin, chest, and arms.
I'm waiting for Boo to come back in so I can give him meds and canned food. He was moving slower today. It was nice and warm though so I let him go soak up some sun and get some fresh air.
I'm waiting for Boo to come back in so I can give him meds and canned food. He was moving slower today. It was nice and warm though so I let him go soak up some sun and get some fresh air.
We are up to $3. 89 this morning went up a dime from the 30 cent the day before.
3.89 to 4.29 overnight here
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$3.39
$3.49 tonight
Re-Stretched a 20 year old ( Gulistan, or Fabrica Cpt. Today ) That type of backing system can really stretch. It was a hallway, office and 9 steps. Original installer did not install tackles along stringers and those side wrinkles look UGLY ! ..... This old man Was tooo tired to snap after shots 
but believe me, it looks great now ! ...... ( got 500.00 for 7 hours, including travel sercharge 
) PS > I started the stair re-stretch from the bottom and now I know how a Salmon feels 
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$4.54 at the Circle K where I fill up nowadays. My wife use Phillips 66 and pays $4.79 a gallon.
$4.56 at Chevron. Four days ago it was $4.09
Measured a log home.
BIG room downstairs. 38 by 28.
They want Cortec. Who knows how flat the floor is under the carpet...... Guessing the home was built in the 90.
BIG room downstairs. 38 by 28.
They want Cortec. Who knows how flat the floor is under the carpet...... Guessing the home was built in the 90.
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Well crap. Looks like Tuesday, we will have to drive to La Crosse Wisconsin and pick up my stepson. And we will need to pull a trailer. About 16 hours round trip.
That’s gonna cost ya. $3.99 for regular at Costco. $4.46 for super. Somebody told me super is goin for over $7/ gallon in LA.
Edit: gas buddy says just under $5 for super in LA.
Says $3.89 up there. Of course,that is today. Who knows by then.
I will have to see what it is next time I fill up. I'm about half a tank right now. Might grab some more Seafoam to put in next time. I was surprised when Mom told me she used to put in Seafoam (or another brand) once a month back when she actually drove. She knows more about cars than I do. Like she busted a mechanic cracking the engine block with cold water & chewed him out. He had to replace the motor at his expense. She was fairly certain he was going to claim it was already cracked but she caught him doing it and told him to stop but he ignored her and told her she didn't know what she was talking about and then she looked at it and said "You just cracked my engine block, you idiot!"
I spent the night and a good part of the day looking for my missing cat, Temjin. Thought she'd gotten outside and been devoured by predators. but it turns out she was hiding in my brother's room under his bed for 36+ hours. Went to pick up groceries, cleaned up dog crap and cat crap. I moved a chair and saw that a cat has apparently repeatedly had diarrhea there and it is caked in to the carpet. My nose is usually stuffed up from allergies so I didn't smell it until I got pretty close. Pulled my back while cleaning up dog crap.
One of the puppies has figured out how to use the opening in the back door to get in. Got him to follow me in to the living room and sit on my lap. He rested his head on my shoulder and hugged me. My mom seems to like him. It's the one my brother calls Peanutbutter. He calls the other one Jelly bc the dog gets super jealous.
Gave baby food to my sick cat, Boo. Swept up the hallway and cleaned up the floor in mom's bathroom (bc her dog crapped in there and I stepped in it).
Took some naproxyn for the back pain and am about to take a nap.
I spent the night and a good part of the day looking for my missing cat, Temjin. Thought she'd gotten outside and been devoured by predators. but it turns out she was hiding in my brother's room under his bed for 36+ hours. Went to pick up groceries, cleaned up dog crap and cat crap. I moved a chair and saw that a cat has apparently repeatedly had diarrhea there and it is caked in to the carpet. My nose is usually stuffed up from allergies so I didn't smell it until I got pretty close. Pulled my back while cleaning up dog crap.
One of the puppies has figured out how to use the opening in the back door to get in. Got him to follow me in to the living room and sit on my lap. He rested his head on my shoulder and hugged me. My mom seems to like him. It's the one my brother calls Peanutbutter. He calls the other one Jelly bc the dog gets super jealous.
Gave baby food to my sick cat, Boo. Swept up the hallway and cleaned up the floor in mom's bathroom (bc her dog crapped in there and I stepped in it).
Took some naproxyn for the back pain and am about to take a nap.
$5.19, $5.39 and $5.59 (cash price) for super at the cheapest gas station around. Costco is backed up 2-3 blocks, with a 1 1/2 hour wait, where you can still get regular gas for $4.78 or premium for $5.08.
$3.99/gallon here but that is before tax. It cost over $70 to fill my tank.
Yesterday I woke up to the power going out immediately followed by a loud crack of thunder. I had to go stand outside in the rain to get cell signal (landline wouldn't work) to call the power company's automated crap to report the outage. Puppies refused to go out and shat all over the floor. Unjammed the float lever. Went and bundled up bc it was cold and napped until power came back on hours later. got up and cleared trash off the kitchen table. It had been sitting there for months & my brother refused to take it out. Found he'd left a bag of Epson salt on the table and it had gotten ripped over and spilled. Some of it came up but I need a scraper bc some of it is stuck on there.
Moved cat food bowls to the table (because both puppies have figured out how to get in through the back door and ate all the cat food). My cats were not happy. Let the puppies out during a lull in the rain. They came right back inside and I found them on the kitchen table eating the cat food and knocking the bowls on the floor. I had to put them back in the front room. They even climbed up and got to Temjin and Namir's food on the top shelf of their kitty condo.
Took Mom to Lowes to see about pricing on custom order windows (wanted one with tempered glass for inside the shower). Employee said it would be $500 and would take months. She suggested getting the window on sale on the website for under $100 and putting security film on it as it would be way cheaper. Very nice lady and very helpful at least. Ended up ordering the windows online as its the last day of the sale. Got one for laundry room and another for the guest bathroom. If I order the 8mil film off Amazon I can put it on inside and outside (don't care if it is pretty) since its double-pane glass with argon. I'll probably add another layer of protection for the window in the bathroom since it will be in a shower. (I saw some film that advertised as 12mil but customer reviews said they had false advertising- it was 4mil and didn't come in the right sizes-- someone paid like $126 for 50' and only got 10' and said it was way thinner than another product that was 8mil). I think I will install the film before installing the windows. I wonder if I can find a competent local handyman that knows how to install replacement windows properly. Gonna need z-flashing on top, pull back vinyl siding a bit, and do some flashing tape. Also going to order some pvc boards for the window sills instead of having wood.
Anyway, after Lowes I took Mom to get her booster shot at samsclub bc I saw they take walkins. She was worried it would take a long time. Longest it took was for her to fill out the paperwork. They had her info and filled out her vaccine card quickly. Took less than 2 min once she handed over the paperwork-- and that includes her going in, getting the shot, and coming out. She said she didn't even feel it. I saw they also do Shingles vaccines so that may be something for her to keep in mind a few weeks from now.
I think I have a temporary solution for my float lever jamming situation (I had to unjam it 3x yesterday). So, I have a board from a broken wooden gate (tree fell on it). Pressure treated lumber. I noticed that I have a few of the old jet pump pressure switches lying around and they have this mounting bracket
I found that the nut on the bottom fits inside the PVC mounting pipe fairly snugly and it stays put. My plan is to remove the bracket from the switch, mount it to the underside of a piece of the board to have a horizontal shelf. Cut some pieces to go vertically on either end of the horizontal board to stabilize it, and then mount the float switch toward one end of the board close enough for the rod to fit in the hole on the lever without having to go at an angle of any sort. At a later point (if need be) I can add a clear plastic box over the switch (since the cover won't fit back on it) and have holes for the wires and one for the rod (but making sure it is high enough up that the nuts on the rod will never get stuck). It would protect things from touching exposed wires and keep water drips off of the switch (I had to patch the roof with flex tape to prevent drips from holes over the current spot).
Yesterday I woke up to the power going out immediately followed by a loud crack of thunder. I had to go stand outside in the rain to get cell signal (landline wouldn't work) to call the power company's automated crap to report the outage. Puppies refused to go out and shat all over the floor. Unjammed the float lever. Went and bundled up bc it was cold and napped until power came back on hours later. got up and cleared trash off the kitchen table. It had been sitting there for months & my brother refused to take it out. Found he'd left a bag of Epson salt on the table and it had gotten ripped over and spilled. Some of it came up but I need a scraper bc some of it is stuck on there.
Moved cat food bowls to the table (because both puppies have figured out how to get in through the back door and ate all the cat food). My cats were not happy. Let the puppies out during a lull in the rain. They came right back inside and I found them on the kitchen table eating the cat food and knocking the bowls on the floor. I had to put them back in the front room. They even climbed up and got to Temjin and Namir's food on the top shelf of their kitty condo.
Took Mom to Lowes to see about pricing on custom order windows (wanted one with tempered glass for inside the shower). Employee said it would be $500 and would take months. She suggested getting the window on sale on the website for under $100 and putting security film on it as it would be way cheaper. Very nice lady and very helpful at least. Ended up ordering the windows online as its the last day of the sale. Got one for laundry room and another for the guest bathroom. If I order the 8mil film off Amazon I can put it on inside and outside (don't care if it is pretty) since its double-pane glass with argon. I'll probably add another layer of protection for the window in the bathroom since it will be in a shower. (I saw some film that advertised as 12mil but customer reviews said they had false advertising- it was 4mil and didn't come in the right sizes-- someone paid like $126 for 50' and only got 10' and said it was way thinner than another product that was 8mil). I think I will install the film before installing the windows. I wonder if I can find a competent local handyman that knows how to install replacement windows properly. Gonna need z-flashing on top, pull back vinyl siding a bit, and do some flashing tape. Also going to order some pvc boards for the window sills instead of having wood.
Anyway, after Lowes I took Mom to get her booster shot at samsclub bc I saw they take walkins. She was worried it would take a long time. Longest it took was for her to fill out the paperwork. They had her info and filled out her vaccine card quickly. Took less than 2 min once she handed over the paperwork-- and that includes her going in, getting the shot, and coming out. She said she didn't even feel it. I saw they also do Shingles vaccines so that may be something for her to keep in mind a few weeks from now.
I think I have a temporary solution for my float lever jamming situation (I had to unjam it 3x yesterday). So, I have a board from a broken wooden gate (tree fell on it). Pressure treated lumber. I noticed that I have a few of the old jet pump pressure switches lying around and they have this mounting bracket
I found that the nut on the bottom fits inside the PVC mounting pipe fairly snugly and it stays put. My plan is to remove the bracket from the switch, mount it to the underside of a piece of the board to have a horizontal shelf. Cut some pieces to go vertically on either end of the horizontal board to stabilize it, and then mount the float switch toward one end of the board close enough for the rod to fit in the hole on the lever without having to go at an angle of any sort. At a later point (if need be) I can add a clear plastic box over the switch (since the cover won't fit back on it) and have holes for the wires and one for the rod (but making sure it is high enough up that the nuts on the rod will never get stuck). It would protect things from touching exposed wires and keep water drips off of the switch (I had to patch the roof with flex tape to prevent drips from holes over the current spot).
A Joplin Mo police officer was killed yesterday. An impromptu candlelight vigil was held for him last night.
