Awake: 6:38am Temp 35 sleep 6+54 rain...snow flurries overnight @ Nicktown.
When I returned from the KK meeting, Jamie, the Culligam man, left a message to call him. When I did, he asked me if 12:30pm today would be ok to test your well water. "That will be fine" I told him.
Meanwhile, I ate breakfast & then tried to post a journal day on my blog. After several attempts to log on to our family web site & getting nowhere, I figured Nick was updating, testing or whatever, so I turned my computer off & found something else to do. Jamie, the Culligan man, arrived right on his schedule. I greeted him & then set up the well water with hose so he could easily use his traveling laboratory. After several samples, he wanted to see inside the house where the water would be going. In the geothermal room, I showed Jamie our (78) gallon hot water heater & the area where the filtration will likely take place. He took some measurements & a lot of notes. He has been doing this line of work for many yrs & knows his business. We spent over an hr on the water works & then I told him I would be in touch sometime later. By the way, snow flurries were flying throughout our outside testing time; it was so nice to be in the 70 degree house for awhile.
Next, I motored to Spangler & visited Lloyd, the transmission man. He showed me the finished transmission but they are waiting for a part being made in Pittsburgh that Lloyd is cautiously replacing. En route to the M.H., I stopped @ the post office to check our mail. When starting the engine, a good size plume of smoke was emitted from the exhaust pipe & the engine acted strange.
After I parked next to our M.H., I opened the hood & what do I see looking straight @ me...all dirty, singed, nervous & eager to get out of this heat? A mouse! He scooted into an area of the engine I couldn't get near. I kept the hood open & pondered my next move.
After running the engine again & seeing no escaping critters, I decided to move the Suzuki close to the well water & let the engine cool off a bit. During the cooling time, I moved (1) of the mouse traps with peanut butter from our basement & sat it close to where the mouse disappeared. Look closely to see the loaded mouse trap....middle of engine.
About (40) min later, I started the engine again & using the well water hose, I flushed that water all over the engine, nooks & crannies etc. ...Still no mouse.
Ok, so I parked the car back near our entry M.H. door, put the mouse trap on the engine where the hood would not set it off when I closed it & proceeded to do more productive things.
In the meantime, our family web site was alive & well when I logged on; Nick had to make a trip downtown & rebooted his Isilon storage unit. He had no idea why that shutdown happened.
Dinner: leftover beef stew, mixed salad & red grapes.
Melissa called mid evening; she updated their trip to & from Chicago. She enjoyed the Bridal Shower & the people etc, but when you have (4) ambitious boys to watch closely, it's kind of tough to be real social. They were delighted with their hotel also; it was close to an airport, the tram or maybe the "L" system & the highway. That corner of the building had like (4) windows & very sound-proofed, so that kept the boys busy watching airplanes, the train, or "L", & the highway below.
Traveling in the Toyota van had its plusses & minuses. Melissa enjoyed being closer to her boys as she could reach them easier & not have to talk so loud when story-telling. The down side....it was crowded. I also updated Melissa on the transmission progress which I explained earlier. I had a good chat with Melissa & certainly enjoyed hearing about their trip.
Lights out: 11:54pm.
When I returned from the KK meeting, Jamie, the Culligam man, left a message to call him. When I did, he asked me if 12:30pm today would be ok to test your well water. "That will be fine" I told him.
Meanwhile, I ate breakfast & then tried to post a journal day on my blog. After several attempts to log on to our family web site & getting nowhere, I figured Nick was updating, testing or whatever, so I turned my computer off & found something else to do. Jamie, the Culligan man, arrived right on his schedule. I greeted him & then set up the well water with hose so he could easily use his traveling laboratory. After several samples, he wanted to see inside the house where the water would be going. In the geothermal room, I showed Jamie our (78) gallon hot water heater & the area where the filtration will likely take place. He took some measurements & a lot of notes. He has been doing this line of work for many yrs & knows his business. We spent over an hr on the water works & then I told him I would be in touch sometime later. By the way, snow flurries were flying throughout our outside testing time; it was so nice to be in the 70 degree house for awhile.
Next, I motored to Spangler & visited Lloyd, the transmission man. He showed me the finished transmission but they are waiting for a part being made in Pittsburgh that Lloyd is cautiously replacing. En route to the M.H., I stopped @ the post office to check our mail. When starting the engine, a good size plume of smoke was emitted from the exhaust pipe & the engine acted strange.
After I parked next to our M.H., I opened the hood & what do I see looking straight @ me...all dirty, singed, nervous & eager to get out of this heat? A mouse! He scooted into an area of the engine I couldn't get near. I kept the hood open & pondered my next move.
After running the engine again & seeing no escaping critters, I decided to move the Suzuki close to the well water & let the engine cool off a bit. During the cooling time, I moved (1) of the mouse traps with peanut butter from our basement & sat it close to where the mouse disappeared. Look closely to see the loaded mouse trap....middle of engine.
About (40) min later, I started the engine again & using the well water hose, I flushed that water all over the engine, nooks & crannies etc. ...Still no mouse.
Ok, so I parked the car back near our entry M.H. door, put the mouse trap on the engine where the hood would not set it off when I closed it & proceeded to do more productive things.
In the meantime, our family web site was alive & well when I logged on; Nick had to make a trip downtown & rebooted his Isilon storage unit. He had no idea why that shutdown happened.
Dinner: leftover beef stew, mixed salad & red grapes.
Melissa called mid evening; she updated their trip to & from Chicago. She enjoyed the Bridal Shower & the people etc, but when you have (4) ambitious boys to watch closely, it's kind of tough to be real social. They were delighted with their hotel also; it was close to an airport, the tram or maybe the "L" system & the highway. That corner of the building had like (4) windows & very sound-proofed, so that kept the boys busy watching airplanes, the train, or "L", & the highway below.
Traveling in the Toyota van had its plusses & minuses. Melissa enjoyed being closer to her boys as she could reach them easier & not have to talk so loud when story-telling. The down side....it was crowded. I also updated Melissa on the transmission progress which I explained earlier. I had a good chat with Melissa & certainly enjoyed hearing about their trip.
Lights out: 11:54pm.
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