In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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So, I went to the ATM. I was going to do a bunch of shopping and start cooking in batches - shakshouka (Tunisian recipe of eggs poached in a sauce made of tomatoes, sweet red peppers, onions, and garlic with herbs and spices) with beef (new recipe); a standard pork and cabbage stew with potato, carrot, celery and onion; and a cream of chicken mushroom soup made with cauliflower and milk instead of cream and roux (new recipe).
But when I was walking back to my car I saw a big puddle underneath and a brisk drip, drip, drip from the bottom of the car. Thinking it might be gasoline, I put the car in neutral and rolled it off the puddle - and sure enough - it was gas. Sigh. Thank goodness for AAA and their free towing under 7 miles. And I'm OK with fixing it. The car is still super reliable after all these years, and the fix is far cheaper than a new(ish) car.
But not having a car for the next couple of days sure is going to put a dent in my plans.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Hey Brenda - good news!
Yup, I think lowering the seizure med may work.
And yes, good news on my eye doc.
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KIKI, sorry to hear about the car. That is a bummer.
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Quote:I hope that lowering your meds might boost your mood a little bit, too. *fingers crossed*
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Hey Brenda - good news!
Yup, I think lowering the seizure med may work.
And yes, good news on my eye doc.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Quote:No rental?
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
So, I went to the ATM. I was going to do a bunch of shopping and start cooking in batches - shakshouka (Tunisian recipe of eggs poached in a sauce made of tomatoes, sweet red peppers, onions, and garlic with herbs and spices) with beef (new recipe); a standard pork and cabbage stew with potato, carrot, celery and onion; and a cream of chicken mushroom soup made with cauliflower and milk instead of cream and roux (new recipe).
But when I was walking back to my car I saw a big puddle underneath and a brisk drip, drip, drip from the bottom of the car. Thinking it might be gasoline, I put the car in neutral and rolled it off the puddle - and sure enough - it was gas. Sigh. Thank goodness for AAA and their free towing under 7 miles. And I'm OK with fixing it. The car is still super reliable after all these years, and the fix is far cheaper than a new(ish) car.
But not having a car for the next couple of days sure is going to put a dent in my plans.
Anyway, get in touch if you think you'll be car-less for more than a couple days.
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I seem to have stalled out a bit. I know I should be making better progress on a couple of important items but I just can't seem to get the get-up-and-go to get it done. And I'd like to do something more with the front yard besides maintenance, but I haven't figured out what, yet, so I'm stuck putting in work w/o seeing progress.
I do have to say that torching and spraying have REALLY cut back on the weeding chores, tho! Been noodling on that frontyard landscape ... visualization is SOOOO not my "thing" when I'm focused on looks, altho I can make perfectly functional landscapes and gardens (yanno, when to use trees for shade, and how to create a flower garden or vegetable garden, where to put walkways and sprinklers etc)
So in lieu of doing anything important and necessary, I bought a bunch of pollinator-friendly seeds for the old veggie garden. I was going to use that for my veggies instead of the groundcover sage area that I wound up ripping out, but the family was so distraught that I might disturb the nasturtiums that had taken over the old veggie garden during the winter. I tried to tell them that those flowers would poop out by June anyway, but they begged and begged for me to leave them alone. So now the flowers are pooped out and it's too late to put summer vegies in there, and way too early for winter veggies, so dd and I picked out a bunch of flower seeds - borage, sunflower, cosmos, marigold, milkweed (for the monarchs), zinnia etc and we're just going to toss them in and water the garden and cross our fingers.
Sigh. Still have to get to the important stuff tho.
Tomorrow is garage fixit day ... we got the rest of the replacement LEDS in, compatible with fluorescent fixtures (bipin 48" tubes) except the ballast which needs to be removed.
I just feel kinda outta steam.
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Oh, re the car - I talked w/ the shop owner and he said gas tank leaks are very common in my kind of car. But he'd take a look in the AM, and that he might have to order a part. It doesn't sound like it should be too complicated or take too long. I'll just shift my focus to stuff in the house.
Quote:I would LOVE to be at your level of stalled out! it would be quite a step up for me.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I seem to have stalled out a bit. I know I should be making better progress on a couple of important items but I just can't seem to get the get-up-and-go to get it done.
Quote:I think we're at the same conundrum. We'd like some kind of drought tolerant tree on either side of the front walkway. Bigger than a shrub, but not so big it's disproportionate to the house. Something attractive, and wildlife and pollinator friendly, maybe even productive and edible ... ... I'm still thinking. I had sort-of settled on some of the larger crape myrtle, but even though the bees love it, in terms how wildlife friendly it is, that's about it. I have plenty of native cherry trees already. Pomegranate is pretty but it has such a distinctive look that doesn't necessarily go with the natives and crapes I already have. Elderberry gets too HUGE. The tall privet I have is a thug, over time. Native willow requires a ton of water. Acacia (prosopis alba) is very pretty, but invasive. There are many native shrubs but they don't take to pruning into a tree-shape. I may settle for crapes, but I think I'll mull a bit longer. But I think I understand your sticking point.
And I'd like to do something more with the front yard besides maintenance, but I haven't figured out what, yet, so I'm stuck putting in work w/o seeing progress.
Quote:That's a terrific thing! One can kill an awful lot of time and energy into that!
I do have to say that torching and spraying have REALLY cut back on the weeding chores, tho!
Quote:I think for me the hardest part is deciding what the 'look' will be and just going for it. But at least I have a theme - trees, hardscape, and mulch; native if possible, wildlife and pollinator friendly, and drought tolerant. All to moderate the amount of heat in the yard while allowing breezes, and to avoid having to do a lot of maintenance on lawns. groundcovers, etc.
Been noodling on that frontyard landscape ... visualization is SOOOO not my "thing" when I'm focused on looks, altho I can make perfectly functional landscapes and gardens (yanno, when to use trees for shade, and how to create a flower garden or vegetable garden, where to put walkways and sprinklers etc)
Quote:I think it'll be QUITE a pretty sight!
So in lieu of doing anything important and necessary, I bought a bunch of pollinator-friendly seeds for the old veggie garden. I was going to use that for my veggies instead of the groundcover sage area that I wound up ripping out, but the family was so distraught that I might disturb the nasturtiums that had taken over the old veggie garden during the winter. I tried to tell them that those flowers would poop out by June anyway, but they begged and begged for me to leave them alone. So now the flowers are pooped out and it's too late to put summer veggies in there, and way too early for winter veggies, so dd and I picked out a bunch of flower seeds - borage, sunflower, cosmos, marigold, milkweed (for the monarchs), zinnia etc and we're just going to toss them in and water the garden and cross our fingers.
Quote:Yeah ... don't remind me about all the stuff I need to get to.
Sigh. Still have to get to the important stuff tho.
Quote:I'm very sorry to hear that.
Tomorrow is garage fixit day ... we got the rest of the replacement LEDS in, compatible with fluorescent fixtures (bipin 48" tubes) except the ballast which needs to be removed.
I just feel kinda outta steam.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I seem to have stalled out a bit. I know I should be making better progress on a couple of important items but I just can't seem to get the get-up-and-go to get it done. And I'd like to do something more with the front yard besides maintenance, but I haven't figured out what, yet, so I'm stuck putting in work w/o seeing progress.
I do have to say that torching and spraying have REALLY cut back on the weeding chores, tho! Been noodling on that frontyard landscape ... visualization is SOOOO not my "thing" when I'm focused on looks, altho I can make perfectly functional landscapes and gardens (yanno, when to use trees for shade, and how to create a flower garden or vegetable garden, where to put walkways and sprinklers etc)
So in lieu of doing anything important and necessary, I bought a bunch of pollinator-friendly seeds for the old veggie garden. I was going to use that for my veggies instead of the groundcover sage area that I wound up ripping out, but the family was so distraught that I might disturb the nasturtiums that had taken over the old veggie garden during the winter. I tried to tell them that those flowers would poop out by June anyway, but they begged and begged for me to leave them alone. So now the flowers are pooped out and it's too late to put summer vegies in there, and way too early for winter veggies, so dd and I picked out a bunch of flower seeds - borage, sunflower, cosmos, marigold, milkweed (for the monarchs), zinnia etc and we're just going to toss them in and water the garden and cross our fingers.
Sigh. Still have to get to the important stuff tho.
Tomorrow is garage fixit day ... we got the rest of the replacement LEDS in, compatible with fluorescent fixtures (bipin 48" tubes) except the ballast which needs to be removed.
I just feel kinda outta steam.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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I feel for you Sigs...
I've kind of stalled out myself here. Stupid car is really throwing a wrench into my plans, when I was on such a roll. By 2:00PM yesterday I wasn't feeling that great after spending all day either under my car or inside driving it in the hot sun with no A/C, so I went inside, turned on the A/C and literally did nothing for the rest of the day.
I was hoping to have an easy time removing an O2 sensor since mine was located conveniently and looked to have two nuts bolting it down that wouldn't require a special O2 removing tool (people on Amazon said to just use a regular wrench if that would do the job instead of buying a somewhat pricey set from China that doesn't hold up very well). But then I figured out these aren't even your standard nuts and bolts holding in the assembly and I don't even know how I'd get them off without doing more research. I'm glad I at least realized that before I snapped something off.
I changed the oil yesterday, did a few re-wraps and used all 4 clamps (1 where it belongs on the end that fits, then 3 of them holding down my temporary patch) and that seemed to do the trick. I will get it fixed professionally if I can save the car because just doing this fix to the exhaust system has done more than I ever would have imagined for the performance of the car. (and makes me even more determined to save it).
I also put some SeaFoam in the oil tank and gas tank. Some people recommend using CataClean when you're at 1/4 tank and burning that off. Other people recommend filling your tank with High Octane. Both of these should do a good job cleaning your Cat if that's a problem. I will probably try both... I still have to burn off about a quarter tank before starting that.
I decided to clear the codes late yesterday as well. I hope that wasn't a bad decision, as now I have 4 incomplete monitors to get to the OK status. But without any real documentation and just a bunch of online posts to go off of, I'm wondering if t
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I'm sure you kow more about this than I do, but clearing the codes just might do the trick. Even a car as old as your has an onboard computer that comes with factory defaults, but the settings adjust to your car performance specifics as you drive.
Just keep the windows open when you run the engine, and don't run it indoors anywhere. Given the way it performs, it MAY be producing a lot of carbon monoxide, and you may be suffering from carbon monoxide (not dioxide, MONoxide) poisoning.
Carbon monoxide ties up the hemoglobin in your bloodstream and prevents oxygen from attaching, so you suffer from bodywide lack of oxygen.
Early symptoms include headache, nausea, fatigue, and body aches ... like a flu, but no fever.
https://www.emedicinehealth.com/carbon_monoxide_poisoning/article_em.h
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One of my chemists actually got carbon monoxide poisoning from analyzying a sample with percent-level CO, and he was only using about 50mL (about a half-cup) at a time.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:I hope that lowering your meds might boost your mood a little bit, too. *fingers crossed*
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Hey Brenda - good news!
Yup, I think lowering the seizure med may work.
And yes, good news on my eye doc.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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I think it will help. Think I may have mentioned that I hate my seizure meds.
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