Well this morning has been excellent! I got busy right out the gate and did quite a bit for just a few hours.
First I had to put the dogs out and give Toby his meds, flush his ear, and move Hachi's stuff to the side yard. Toby is healing up pretty well and has been a real trooper. Yesterday I had the dogs out with me while doing yard work and he and Hachi played briefly and he showed zero fear of Hachi. Thats something I worried about.
Next I was off to Home Depot, I hate that place unless I need stuff. Even then I can't hang around browsing. Anyways, I needed to pick up a furnace filter and toilet wax gasket kit. Just like it was planned I was in and out of there in less than 5 minutes. BOOOYAAAAAA!!!!
Now task 3 was to pick up Hachi a big bone at petsmart. I opted for the large cow knuckle. It seemed like the one I would want if I were a dog ;)
Task 4 was to head to Vons and pick up some stuff. I ended up getting more than I wanted there but hell it is new years and all so why not........Pear cider, Bud Lite Tall boys and a big slab of beef ribs..........I plan on the ribs for new years day with the dogs and well the beer is for while I cook them. I love Pear cider so thats just for regular enjoyment reasons. (You can cook with it too BTW)
Task 5 was to get gas for the car, I finally filled it up since Vons has 3cents off the fuel price and was already cheaper than my usual Valero station I figured one tank of fuel made from foreign oil wouldn't kill me. I try and buy all my fuel from companies that use domestic oil normally, I think for 2012 I will try and do a majority of items I buy made in the USA. Why not it can only help the economic situation around here.
Next I came home and got started on that leaky toilet. The hold down bolts were steel and totally corroded so basically the toilet was just free standing. since the tile floor is uneven it let the toilet rock and break the seal leaking toilet water on the floor. I was very surprised how simple and easy to replace the hardware and gasket was. Only took about 15-20 minutes to do. I did however take the opportunity to clean the bottom of the toilet and tile not normally accessible and that took about 40 minutes. Talk about nasty stuff. I ended up bleaching the whole deal with straight bleach. You could almost hear the germs screaming in agony....
Having finished the toilet repair I cleaned the bathroom did the dishes took out the trash and picked up a surprise for Lisa.
The day is far from over though. I will be taking Hachi and Casey for our walk down in the silt bed. Yesterdays walk tuckered me and Casey out. We left the house going east on River drive, then south on Pedley, through the alley back to River drive, down river drive to the dropoff at the end, all the way back through the silt bed and sand to the pedley trail for the santana river where we climbed the dirt trail back to the top in stead of the paved walk way. Good times. Took about a hour and it was nice to see the bunnys and birds all over the place. Kinda worried about the new coyote trails I saw in the brush though. Lots of tracks and obviously lots of activity not very far from the houses.
Anyways I will be relaxing and doing a little reading for a bit then heading out for that walk.
Thanks for reading
Dan
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