Mom and I were gone almost all day - it was so nice having my car back and I took full advantage of it! We started out at FedEx, returning the old calipers so that we can get our core charge back. Mom had two doctor appointments - one late morning and one in the afternoon. So in between we did pickups and grocery store errands.
Jim pulled the chipper into the auto bay now that my car is out. He got the oil changed and continued to work on the belt.
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| High 41.6/Low 25.3 |
Not too many pictures today, but an important one. Jim got my car all done and buttoned up and took it out for a test drive!
We had some divine intervention this morning - about 10:00, our doorbell alert went off and we saw the gas truck pull up! He was able to fill it up completely and we now have 900 gallons of propane. Thanks to Jim's driveway work yesterday, the driver said he had no issues getting up. It was perfect timing - we got probably another inch of snow this afternoon along with really cold temperatures, so the condition of the driveway was only going to get worse. So relieved to have this task done!
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| High 30.9/Low 24.9 |
We woke up to a couple inches of snow this morning. It really wasn't forecast and, of course, Jim had put in a gas delivery order over the weekend. We had an early package delivery and it wasn't our usual mail person so they tried to come up the driveway and couldn't. They ended up making some big ruts in the driveway. Jim had to go out in the afternoon and try to fix it. It had warmed up a bit and the snow compacted, so once it gets cold over the next couple days, it could be messy. We have plenty of gas, so there's no panic to get it. Hopefully they'll come on a good day.
The morning package delivery did bring the car parts Jim was waiting for, so this afternoon he was able to get both the inner and outer hoses on the back passenger side.
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| High 40.3/Low 31.7 |
Jim spent his day in the auto bay today - first, working on the chipper...
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| High 39.9/Low 25.3 |
Jim got everything arranged in the auto bay - amazing that we can get 4 cars in here plus the treadmill and everything else! He still has to hook up the trickle charger, get it covered, and move the tarp back for protection.
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| High 36.4/Low 18.7 |
Jim was in repair mode today - he first finished packing up the old calipers to be returned.
The treadmill was really squeaking so Jim did some investigation. He found one screw in the shock absorber on the deck that had been screwed into the rubber instead of the right hole, and he's hoping that will stop the squeaking. He'll see when he runs this evening.
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| High 40/Low 26.9 |
Hope everyone had the most wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! We started the day with cinnamon rolls and Winter Solstice playing - a family tradition.
Jim went down to work on the car some - here he's measuring bolts to get right threads and sizes to order new ones...
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| High 42/Low 32.7 |
We had our first measurable snowfall beginning last night through this morning. Here's a picture from the security camera last night...
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| High 36/Low 32 - 5" of snow! |
We are forecast to get our first measurable snow of the season tonight through tomorrow. So Jim took the MINI for its final outing of the year this morning. He got it filled up with gas and he'll be putting it up on dollies soon and rearranging the auto bay.
Then it was back to work on the car. Check out all the parts for the calipers - yikes! It took Jim awhile to be able to get the brake pads in with all those clips, but he finally figured out a less frustrating way to do it.
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| High 32.2/Low 18.1 |
Jim continued working on the chipper today...
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| High 35.5/Low 24.9 |
