Sometimes it amazes me that I put something off because of fear.  The amazement isn’t that I completed the task or faced the fear…  It’s the fact that I wasted so much time being afraid of something I will eventually have to face and conquer.  Because I always do.  I’m surprised I don’t remember that part.  The fear is not of the task … it’s the ( Read more... )

1. Fix the  A/C
2. Finish the Guest Closet
3. Fix the Roof Leak
4. Septic Tank Pumped
5. Fix the Garage Doors

Here is the list:

1. Fix the  A/C
2. Finish the Guest Closet
3. Fix the Roof Leak
4. Septic Tank Pumped
5. Fix the Garage Doors

Here is the list:

1. Fix the  A/C
2. Finish the Guest Closet
3. Fix the Roof Leak
4. Septic Tank Pumped
5. Fix the Garage Doors

Here is the list:

1. Fix the  A/C
2. Finish the Guest Closet
3. Fix the Roof Leak
4. Septic Tank Pumped
5. Fix the Garage Doors

Here is the list:

1. Fix the  A/C
2. Finish the Guest Closet
3. Fix the Roof Leak
4. Septic Tank Pumped
5. Fix the Garage Doors

I got up early to meet with the Cedar Plank guy!  He is due around 8am.  I was up at 6 raring to go.  I Started my laundry, cooked breakfast, fed Lilah, collected all the Trash and piled it up in the garage.  Then I dealt with the Cedar Planks Guy for about an hour... He was awesome and helped me identify some engine parts that were piled up in the ( Read more... )

How does the saying go... "It's not my first time at the Rodeo Boys!"  I was hopeful it would be done.  He was all put back together.  But it was nearly 5:00pm  and they hadn't gotten Otie started. So I went to Enterprise and got one more day on the Rental Car.  I want them to put some miles on it before I take him home.  The problem has been the ( Read more... )

Well I got pictures texted to me by I think ... Randy.
Text:
Found these in the bottom of the oil pan.  Looks like you quit driving it in the nic of time. That's the #2 piston Skirt.  #2 piston broke inside the bore.

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I went by the shop last night to pick up my security Fobs for work and I saw Otie's engine & transmission splayed out on the shop floor.  It was a little disturbing.  I spoke to James the Mechanic assigned to my car and he reassured me that when he puts it back together it will be Just like new.  He even offered to paint the engine or engine bay ( Read more... )