Good Morning!!!! 72F @ 4:15AM. Sunny. High 99F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
The smoke cleared enough to venture outside yesterday afternoon. Still hazy, still enough to sting eyes and throat, though, but a lot better than it has been. Hoping for more of the same today.
I've been up since about 1:30AM listening to a mouse in the wood stove flue try to chew its way out. I thought about taking the baffles out of the stove to get to it for about a half second, and just lit a fire in it instead. That seemed to have quieted things down for an hour or so, but now the noise is back louder than ever and the A/C is on full blast trying to get rid of the heat. What next in this crazy place?
I gave up on Quicken several years ago when it would no longer run on the latest version of MacOS. Intuit has always treated the Macintosh like a red headed step child, and enough was enough. Now I just quickly scan the monthly statements when they come in, and put tax related stuff in a folder as it accumulates. The few times I had to chase down a paper receipt still took a lot less time than entering data and balancing bank accounts every month.
Speaking of Chase, I'm still waiting for the replacement VISA card to show up that was promised for last Friday.
Looks like you surprised that doe, Ron.
Did you ever make that batch of spaghetti sauce with your fresh tomatoes, Drew? How was it?
Getting the core drill started on the stucco wall was a bit of a challenge yesterday, but eventually it quit dancing around and got the job done. Got the LB installed and the wire pulled through it, but lost steam when it came to hooking any of them up. Just too hot by that time. Fiddled and cleaned a little more in the garage, but still lots more to do. Job security.
Found a pretty good deal on a
Lincoln pneumatic grease gun if anybody's looking for one. Been pretty happy with mine. But be warned: That site has enough interesting tools to potentially make your visit an expensive one.
Hope everyone's week gets off to an easy start.
