Things I have done since my last post:
1. My mower has been broken for some time now. Because of this, I have had a high school kid mow the grass several times, and I have borrowed my neighbor's mower several times. We noticed gas was coming out near the fuel line. The "gina-of-all-trades" part of me went to Farm and Fleet and bought a new fuel line and installed it. Well, the standard hose in the package was too big, so back to Farm and Fleet I went. I brought the old hose and clamps to see if I could get the right size. They sold me a piece of yellow tubing. I came back home and put that on and turned on the fuel line. That is when I realized that the old fuel line was not the problem, it was leaking at the next spot when it went into the carburetor. I felt this was beyond my knowledge and I would take it to Farm and Fleet for the diagnosis and the cost. They had it for about three weeks and called me with the news. Initially he said it would be about $350 because in addition to the carburetor, it needed a tune-up and the blade needed to be sharpened. I promptly told him that I want to know what it will cost to fix what is broken and that is all. They called me two days later and said $190. I picked up the mower and the quote a few days later. Then I was speaking with a friend that tends to fix his own stuff too and he came over to take a look at the problem. He took off the carburetor and realized the pin/needle was broken and therefore the float was not doing its job in stopping the gas flow. Next, I brought the carburetor to Bradley Mowers to get a price on the needle/float kit and a fuel line. Eddie said it would be about $65. Now THAT I can handle. He was supposed to order it last week and I have yet to hear from him. I am hopeful that the part will be in this week and my friend can come over and get it changed out. I do like my Lawn-Boy Mower. I will be happy to finish the season with my own mower.
2. Last weekend I rearranged my bedroom. That was a big undertaking! I don't know why, but my bedroom is the dustiest room in the house so that meant moving furniture and really cleaning, like wiping the walls off too! There are two places my bed can be and the place it used to be just covered my register. Now it is out into the center of my room from the front window. It is growing on me so I will keep it like this for a while. I will have to do the plastic-over-the-window-to-keep-the-drafty-cold-winter-air-out thing. I was going to change my room around after I painted and got new carpet but I don't know when that will happen. Maybe in the spring.
3. My next big project will be to make a headboard for my bed. I have been without one for many years. I sold it with the dresser and nightstand so as to keep the set together. I have no room for large furniture in my room. Luckily I do have a large closet that takes the full wall so I am good with clothing storage. I did see plain closet doors in the storage attic. The ones on my closet are mirrored. I am considering putting the plain ones up. There are three so maybe I will keep the front one mirrored and change out the back two. We'll see.
4. Also when I rearranged my room I moved my desk and re-ran all of my cords. I used the bread bag closure to label the plug in ends. Then if I need to unplug something I am not having to follow the cord to the right plug.
5. I have a Reebok exercise ball as my desk chair. I like it! It is blue and it matches my walls.
6. Tonight I went to remove the doggie door panel to clean and adjust the doors/windows. I cleaned out the sunroom then took the screws out of the door to remove it and I realized that it is weatherstripped to the jamb side, then weatherstripped to the other side so the slider seals into that stripping. So after that fail I got a cardboard roll from wrapping paper to vacuum the webs and spiders out from that overlapped space that door creates since it is not closed all the way. I taped the cardboard roll to the ShopVac and flattened it enough to slide it in between to suck all that junk out. I am not able to clean the glass in there but at least the bugs and webs are gone.
7. Be sure to check out the new Google search. Enter "Bacon number Gregory Peck" or any famous person (no quotes though) and Google will return the number of connections between Kevin Bacon and the famous person. Fun times.
7. Be sure to check out the new Google search. Enter "Bacon number Gregory Peck" or any famous person (no quotes though) and Google will return the number of connections between Kevin Bacon and the famous person. Fun times.
8. I was home at lunch on Thursday and the water dish was empty so after I filled it, Denim promptly got a drink and Meshach patiently waited in line. Notice Denim is drinking out of the water dish stand I converted from an IKEA chair. (You can see that space were the door overlaps with the fixed panel in #6 above.)
They are in line...adorable! The boys are so good. Here is a cute picture of Fondue and Tucker too.
It is time for ice cream folks! I hope you are enjoying this last weekend of summer even though the evening weather is very fall-like! I wore a hoodie last night...it was awesome!
Oh, one more thing...My son and his wife called tonight. They will be closing on their first house at the end of October. I am very excited for them!
Ciao!
