Before we left for Fallon, I had put a load of laundry on. After we got the swamp cooler running, I went to take the laundry upstairs. (We typically hang our laundry out to dry on a rack upstairs unless we need it dryer sooner. In our low-humidity climate, it works well.) Except that I discovered that the laundry had not run, and the lights were ( Read more... )

Once we got home from Fallon and the unexpected out-of-gas experience, Lisa set to work on replacing the pump on the swamp cooler.

( Out with the old, in with the new )

Yesterday, we ordered some of the parts for the ignition system in the Rolling Stone. They arrived in Fernley this morning, and this afternoon we went to collect them.

( What We Got )

Yesterday, Lisa started working on the Rolling Stone. She used "Liquid Wrench" to get the nearly-frozen screws to loosen up, and she had access to her full set of tools, which allowed her to get the fasteners loose. This meant that she could get the bracket that holds the air intake filter off, and get closer to the ignition system. She also took ( Read more... )

I had to call the dealership to get the mileage from the Astro because I got the renewal notice for the DMV, and Nevada requires that you report the mileage at renewal. It appears that I should have called them sooner, and that rather than them calling me to get approval for the repairs, I was supposed to call them ( Read more... )

This past weekend, Lisa replaced the toilet seat in the master bathroom. The darn thing developed a case of black mold, and nothing we did to clean it (bleach, vinegar, various household cleansers, spraying with Lysol) got rid of it. Indeed, eventually we ended up scraping some of the finish off the old seat. So we bought a new one at Lowe's. At ( Read more... )

It got just barely cold enough last night for the rain to turn into a little bit of snow.

( Still )

We've lived in this house since 2011. One of the issues with the house ever since we bought it (and factored in when we did so) was the master bathroom door had a couple of holes in it. Shortly after we moved it, during the first year when I was still living full time in the Bay Area, Lisa bought an replacement door. When she tried to install it, ( Read more... )

As I mentioned shortly after we got the Astro back from the dealership, the air conditioning made cold air for a few minutes, then stopped working, as all of the coolant leaked out. Today after work, Lisa and I convoyed down to Yerrington once again and turned the vehicle back over to Wild West Chevrolet. I hope they can fix it. Everything else ( Read more... )

The original roofing job was quoted at around 5-6 hours. In retrospect, each of the three parts of the project probably took that much time.

( Replacing the Gutters )