Daily Archives: December 8, 2011
Just what I need . . .
another thing to fix.
More kudos to Nick Russell and his Big Lake murder mystery on the Kindle, and now on Smashwords for the Nook and other eReaders.
Right now Big Lake is up to #23 on the Amazon Paid Kindle Books List, ahead of Sue Grafton, Dean Koontz, P.D. James, and Nora Roberts.
And even better, Big Lake is now #76 on the New York Times Top 100 Best Seller List for eBooks.
WOW!
Jan and I headed out about 11:30 for a day of errands, but our first stop was at King Food for lunch. As usual, our Chicken in Hot Garlic Sauce XXXX Spicy with added Jalapenos was delicious, and hot enough to make my head sweat. A really good batch.
After that, I had a series of client visits. First up was a stop at my biggest client to check in and see if he was having any problems.
Finding it all good, I headed over to another client’s office to pick up a check they had left for me. The office was closed today, but luckily this is an office I have a key for, so it was no problem getting my check.
Next I drove over to this same client’s home office to retrieve my Verizon Aircard and Cradlepoint router that I loaned them before they left town. And, since I had never heard back from AT&T Level II Tech Support, I wanted to see if, perhaps, they had fixed the problem remotely.
But getting there, I still did not have an Internet light, so I guess I’ll be back on the phone again tomorrow.
Our next stop was the Wal-Mart near Brandi’s house to pick up some supplies, and then across the street to Sam’s Club for our prescriptions, Kitty Litter, and Joint Juice.
After a stop at a nearby Kroger’s for some lottery tickets, a relaxing Starbuck’s coffee, and a quick pass through Chase Bank to deposit the check I had picked up earlier, we ended up at our daughter Brandi’s for the evening.
We’re babysitting Landon this weekend while Lowell and Brandi have a weekend in Galveston, and Jan wanted to go over Landon’s bath and bed routine.
For supper Brandi fixed a delicious Turkey Enchilada Casserole using ground turkey meat. We want the recipe.
After a long day we got home about 8 pm, and true to form, Jan was asleep on the sofa by 8:30. Of course, she got up about 6am this morning to watch the sunrise, so it was to be expected.
Tomorrow looks to be another busy day, with two client visits and maybe more. We’ll see.
Now as far as my next repair job.
A few days ago our Splendide washer/dryer combo started making a funny noise that occurred only when the dryer fan motor was operating. But due to the trouble it would be to get the washer/dryer out of its cubbyhole, I decided to take a wait-and-see attitude.
Well, all that gained me was a few days respite. After doing a load of clothes this morning Jan said they not only weren’t dry, they weren’t even warm.
Starting up the dryer and listening, I could tell that although the drum was still turning, the fan motor was not running at all.
So after we got home this evening, I was able to find a Splendide repair manual on line, and it looks like it won’t be too difficult . . . I hope.
My first task will be to get the unit out. To aid in that, I’ll use a furniture dolly from our store room, and pull the washer out and on to the dolly, and that way, be able to easily move it out into the living room to get access to it.
According to the manual, removing the top should give me easy access to the fan motor. I also want to check the nearby heater coils to be sure that they were weren’t damaged by the lack of air flow over them. There is a thermal overlimit switch in the circuit, but sometimes these don’t work, especially 12 year old ones like this.
I’ll keep you updated as I work on this, though it’ll probably be this weekend before I have a chance to really tear into it.
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Thought for the Day:
"A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject." – Winston Churchill
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