In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Quote:Sounds like a good time to take a break. I hope the weather is conducive for relaxing.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I didn't end up going to grams to help either...
I'm trying to be more positive about things that usually would annoy me, so I told myself that I've been presented with a new opportunity today.
Had another issue with my car. This time it's been overheating. Of course, I didn't realize it at first, since all of my trips have been local for the last 4 or 5 weeks. But when I'd pull into the garage I'd smell "burning". I mean, the car leaks oil right on to the tailpipe from the top of the engine, so it's always got a scent to it. The other day I checked all my fluids and saw my coolant was low... I'd just filled that to the top about 2 months ago.
I'm glad I thought about it last night and watched some videos and did some research. I learned a lot about the wiring, the fuses, the relays and what not.
Long story short, I went from one Serious Problem to one (hopefully) inconsequential problem. Instead of both of my radiator fans NEVER coming on, now they're ALWAYS on. Fortunately, I've lucked into a well engineered model car that shuts them off when the car is turned off. Some cars will run the fans until the battery dies. I drive so infrequently and so few miles per year, I'm not worried about them. Most people with average driving will use their fans far more in a year than I do even though they're not on until the temp gets over 234 degrees.
In the process, my car codes were reset. Since a faulty temperature sensor is the likely culpret now, this could impact my next emissions, but that's not for another 1.5 years and I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
My aunt and grandma are going to come here for lunch tomorrow now. It was nearing the end of my aunt's vacation and she was kind of relieved that I wasn't coming to do the help this weekend because she's enjoying relaxing before going back anyhow.
So I took a break from pretty much everything else except for errands after that.
And tomorrow except for some extremely light cleaning before they get here, I don't intend to do anything tomorrow either. First full weekend I've had off it what seems like ages.
I did have a good score at Goodwill today with the sale. Got a new pair of Levis and 4 tee shirts for $21. Although black really isn't my color of choice for jeans, I'm not going to pass up a pair of Levis that fit me this well for $6.50. Especially not when it's so hard to luck into 30" length and I usually have to settle for 32".
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Quote:Ibuprofen might help. I've also found those chemical heating pads work great; they release a slow gentle heat over 9_11 hours. Kind of pricey but worth it if you have a joint or muscle pain you'd like to be rid of.
Originally posted by Brenda:
If my area saw any rain it was over night and not much. Things do look a little damp out.
Just a Sunday and my shoulder right now is driving me nuts. Going to soak it under a hot shower. Maybe that will help.
Any of your exercises aggravating the problem?
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I've had to emergency water my pines, avocados, and veggies nearly every day for the past few days. Took the dog out @1030 and it was already 96. Predicted to get up to 104. I can't wait for the big cool down on Saturday.
Altho I'm sure this is nothing compared to Texas.
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Originally posted by SignyM:Quote:Ibuprofen might help. I've also found those chemical heating pads work great; they release a slow gentle heat over 9_11 hours. Kind of pricey but worth it if you have a joint or muscle pain you'd like to be rid of.
Originally posted by Brenda:
If my area saw any rain it was over night and not much. Things do look a little damp out.
Just a Sunday and my shoulder right now is driving me nuts. Going to soak it under a hot shower. Maybe that will help.
Any of your exercises aggravating the problem?
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
I've got some regular strength tylenol if I really feel the need for a pain killer.
Think I've seen those chemical things up here and they are pricey.
I think they are a bit. One I have to stretch across a table, which I did on Thursday playing mah jong, so that didn't help. And another one where I lay on the bed with a broom handle or umbrella and use it to push my right arm out. Did that one a few days ago and might have over done it. But then I just can't stop doing things that I have to do because of my shoulder. I'm just trying to be careful.
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There is actual rain where I am.
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OH, SIG. Forgot to mention I found a copy of "The Last Detective" at my local library and started watching it. Always liked Peter Davison back to when he was Tristan on "All Creatures Great and Small".
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Had quite a bit of rain today though the sun is out now. Roof tops are all wet around my apartment building.
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Strange dream this morning involving me visiting friends in Alberta and George Takei.
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Quote:I hope you find it as entertaining as we did.
Originally posted by Brenda:
OH, SIG. Forgot to mention I found a copy of "The Last Detective" at my local library and started watching it. Always liked Peter Davison back to when he was Tristan on "All Creatures Great and Small".
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Originally posted by SignyM:
Sounds like a good time to take a break. I hope the weather is conducive for relaxing.
Yeah. It actually has been.
They didn't actually make it over here today though, so that was kind of a bummer. I'm glad my aunt isn't retiring for a few years because I don't think she does very well without something to do. She's had several nights on her time off that she didn't sleep well at all and last night was one of them. I know how easy it is to fall in that trap if I let the projects I need to do go for a while, and I'm assuming that we've got some of that same stray gene in both of us.
Physically, I haven't gotten anything but some minor cleanup done today, but I have spent a lot of time with the digital media re-org and backup. It's just such a daunting task though, and I feel like it's going to take forever for me to chip away at it. I've got to find a way to have background processes running in the background while I do the projects in the house and stop hyper-focusing on one thing at a time.
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