Monthly Archives: November 2010
Work, work, work . . .
Today was just work, work, work.
Jan and I tried to walk our mile and a half this morning but it turns out my ankle just wasn’t up to it. So we ended up doing the 1/4 mile circle and that was it.
Then about 11 I headed out on my errands. My first stop was at my son Chris’ to pick up a Santa Suit from his wife Linda to take to our daughter Brandi’s for Landon to wear for his picture with Santa at the Mall tonight.
Then it was off to a client’s office for a while, then to the bank to deposit a check for the fruits of my labors.
Then off to another client’s at about 1pm. I ended up there for the rest of the afternoon, before getting home a little after 4, just in time for Jan and I to head up to League City to meet our friend Maria at Kelley’s Restaurant for supper.
The I headed home, stopping off at Wal-Mart for gas.
Jan and Maria went down to La Marque to play Bingo. And once Jan won $95 ($100 before taxes), just like last week.
I need to take this girl back to Vegas quick.
I drove down to pick her up about 10 pm, getting us home about 10:30.
Tomorrow we’re heading up to Fischer, TX to visit our friend Gina who lives on a 600 acre cattle ranch. We’ll be there for two days, and then Friday we’ll drive on up to Burnet TX to meet the kids at the lake house for our annual Christmas at the Lake get-together.
More later…
Thought for the Day:
The Massachusetts Gun Control Act of 1998 resulted in an 84% decrease in the number of licensed gun owners since it went into effect – pretty effective disarmament I’d say. Over that period, gun-related homicides have INCREASED 68%
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Monterey’s and Monday . . .
Jan and I left the rig about 12:30 heading for lunch at Monterey’s Little Mexico, but as soon as I cranked up the engine, I noticed I had a “Check Engine” light, or at least my truck’s equivalent, which is the outline of an engine. It wasn’t flashing which meant it wasn’t immediately serious. I checked my oil level and added a quart, though it wasn’t low enough to be a problem.
I then decided to get out my code meter and check what the code that caused the “Check Engine” light in the first place. I keep my meter in the center console so it’s always handy, it was just a few seconds to hook it up and check the code.
And the code was . . . P0442.
Well, that tells me a lot. But a quick look in the accompanying guide told me it was: “Evap leak monitor, Small Leak Detected.” And that jogged my memory. The last time I saw this code it was a gas cap problem.
One time it was a defective gas cap and the other time the cap was just loose. A quick check showed that my cap was loose this time too. I last got gas about 4 days ago so I guess I just didn’t get it tight enough.
While the code reader was still hooked up I went ahead and cancelled the “Check Engine” light. It would eventually go out by itself but it might take 3 or 4 engine starts to do it.
And starting up the engine showed the code was gone, so that was the problem.
Then leaving Monterey’s I discovered another problem. I was missing one of the my credit cards. I had not used it at all today, but I had used it yesterday. I thought I might have left it at Mackey’s where we ate lunch yesterday, but remembered I had used it later at Wal-Mart.
But since I was already close to my client’s office I decided to go ahead and take care of him before heading down to Wal-Mart.
Finishing up with my client and getting down to Wal-Mart, I went straight to Customer Service to see if they had my credit card.
And they did!
I’m still not sure how I lost it. Normally I put in right back in my billfold. The only thing I can figure is that when I was putting up my $40 cash back, either it fell out or I dropped it.
I guess I just lucked out.
Right now as I’m posting this I see it’s –30 degrees in Fairbanks, and the high tomorrow is supposed to be a blistering –19.
Isn’t Global Warming wonderful just wonderful?
That’s about it today.
Thought for the Day:
"Restaurant bathroom doors should be identified with the words, "Men" and "Women." Silhouettes and cartoon drawings of sombreros, bowler hats, puffy skirts and sitting doggies do not provide enough information for drunks."
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