Truck Repairs

For a while, I had been ignoring the problems that my truck had. But I want the truck to stick around. The kids will need to use it to learn to drive manual transmission. So I finally got my mechanic to fix all the little things wrong with it.

Here is what was repaired: Headlight was secured to not shake. Rear view mirror reattached. Camper back window shocks replaced to hold the window up. Freon added to the air conditioner. Wipers and oild changed.

There was a problem with the cloth falling down from the interior ceiling area. My mechanic farmed that job out to an interior guy. I could smell the chemicals used to correct that.

Now it feels like I have a new truck. I am going to drive it more often.

Fighting the Bushes

We have 4 or 5 bushes out in front of the house. It has been years since I trimmed them. They are now more like one big bush. So I went to work on them today. First I spread out newspaper to catch all the clippings. Then I got some big shears and cut away. It was very hot today, so this took a lot out of me.

Speaking of the heat, our house is messed up. The basement is totally freezing. And the upstairs is hotter than you know what. At first I thought an HVAC guy could help. Now I am leaning toward installing window A/C units on all the bedrooms upstairs. We got to do something about this crazy heat. I am spending a lot of $$$ on the electric bill. All that is doing is keeping the basement frozen.