Not a lot going on
This week has been pretty quiet. We got some much needed rain over the weekend, though I don't think that getting two inches in an hour is the best way to make up for a long dry spell. The wind (50+mph, trees downed) and rain was very impressive. The kind of impressive that makes you really glad you have a well built structure. Tossing all that aside, however, I went outside to stand in the fury and quickly changed my mind. Instead, I just stood hunkered down in the corner of the porch that wasn't getting pounded. The air funneling between my and my neighbor's house produced some impressive velocities and the rain was basically horizontal through there. On other people's houses it was coming off so fast that it was over shooting their gutters. Lucy poked her head out, but had more sense than I did.
That storm signaled the start of cooler weather here and this week as been all mid to upper 70's, which is far nicer than the high 80's and mid 90's that we'd had for the previous two weeks. Looks like next week is going to be all 90's though.
I changed my sprinklers to run twice per day (but for half as long each time) in an effort to keep some water in the ground and the grass alive. The grass is looking better, though I have to adjust a couple of sprinkler heads and trim some low tree branches. I think that the morning and night watering might be the key to keeping the grass alive (either that, or the massive storm).
I changed the oil in the Miata over the weekend. Since I hadn't changed it in probably two years, I decided to unbolt the oil cooler and drain it as well. How did I ever get that thing up in there in the first place? It must have taken me 20 minutes to get it out. This is all in preparation for getting the Miata out and tuned with the wide band O2 sensor -- something that I've been meaning to do for the last couple of years now. Maybe I'll get it done before winter. I wouldn't bet on it though.
I got a coupon for 10% off an unlimited amount of Home Depot purchases, this weekend only. I have been wanting to work on the basement, but plunking down $5k or more for lights, drywall, sub-flooring, flooring, and other miscellaneous bits isn't really what I want to do at this point. It's definitely temping, but I don't really want to tap into my investments at this point, and my checking account really can't handle that kind of expenditure at this point. They usually send out these kind of coupons a couple of times a year (though usually they're 10% off up to $200), so perhaps I'll just get some drywall and lights this weekend and save the really big purchases for later in the year when I've had more time to save.
Tonight I'm hoping to have some fun with the kickball team at a member's birthday party which is being held in a bowling alley/restaurant. That should be fun.
No plans for the weekend, but maybe I'll do some demolition of the existing bedroom in the basement because it doesn't really fit into my plan of a home theater/pool table/work-out space.
That storm signaled the start of cooler weather here and this week as been all mid to upper 70's, which is far nicer than the high 80's and mid 90's that we'd had for the previous two weeks. Looks like next week is going to be all 90's though.
I changed my sprinklers to run twice per day (but for half as long each time) in an effort to keep some water in the ground and the grass alive. The grass is looking better, though I have to adjust a couple of sprinkler heads and trim some low tree branches. I think that the morning and night watering might be the key to keeping the grass alive (either that, or the massive storm).
I changed the oil in the Miata over the weekend. Since I hadn't changed it in probably two years, I decided to unbolt the oil cooler and drain it as well. How did I ever get that thing up in there in the first place? It must have taken me 20 minutes to get it out. This is all in preparation for getting the Miata out and tuned with the wide band O2 sensor -- something that I've been meaning to do for the last couple of years now. Maybe I'll get it done before winter. I wouldn't bet on it though.
I got a coupon for 10% off an unlimited amount of Home Depot purchases, this weekend only. I have been wanting to work on the basement, but plunking down $5k or more for lights, drywall, sub-flooring, flooring, and other miscellaneous bits isn't really what I want to do at this point. It's definitely temping, but I don't really want to tap into my investments at this point, and my checking account really can't handle that kind of expenditure at this point. They usually send out these kind of coupons a couple of times a year (though usually they're 10% off up to $200), so perhaps I'll just get some drywall and lights this weekend and save the really big purchases for later in the year when I've had more time to save.
Tonight I'm hoping to have some fun with the kickball team at a member's birthday party which is being held in a bowling alley/restaurant. That should be fun.
No plans for the weekend, but maybe I'll do some demolition of the existing bedroom in the basement because it doesn't really fit into my plan of a home theater/pool table/work-out space.
posted by Mark at 8:47 AM
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