FINALLY

I know that those of you who have been

following along with this SAGA

will be happy to hear that

after nearly 4 months of

continuous searching

for tires that were both

within 100 miles of Winnona’s current location

 and

made within the past 6 months,

SUCCESS!!!

Winnona has NEW SHOES!!

For SURE I have never had

this much trouble

spending

 this much money.

Here’s the problem.  

Tires made in 33/03

Notice cracks

That makes them going on 8 years old.

More Side wall cracks

and cracks in the tread

NO THANKS!

now you can see why I was

INSISTANT 

on tires.

Here’s where we finally found the tires

3 MONTHS after we’d initially checked with them .

David called originally, I called this time.

 

Clearly they like me better!!!!!!!!!

First tire off

 

First tire  back on

 

Putting these tires on

looks like a backbreaking job to me

Checking out the spare which showed,

of course,

NO wear at all

since it has been in the dark for 7+ years

And never been mounted.

 

Thanks to Steve and J.R. who got them

All mounted and balanced

And got our girl on her way.
This is a class operation and
this review gives them 10 stars!

 

So that’s the end of this SAGA 
It took three months to find them
and less than 3 hours to install them

On to the awning and slide toppers.

AIN’T WE GOT FUN???

Stop the MADNESS

Woke up at 6:00 this morning and it was

DARK OUTSIDE.

For a lot of people, me included, getting up in

the dark is a difficult thing. 

Just Yesterday

it was light at this same time

and I was cheerfully up and getting

about my day,

following the Earth’s NATURAL

and gradual rhythms.

But TODAY

All I wanted to do

was

roll over and

go back to sleep.

IT’S DARK OUTSIDE FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE.

I had been following the sun’s lead

and rising just a tad earlier each day.

NICE and EASY

And now

KABOOM

Back into the

Morning DARK.

TWICE a year

THIS

 makes my blood

boil. 

WHY

Do we play this clock

switching game

 which takes most people at least

a week or two to adjust to.

Light is such a powerful cue to our brains

and the body's internal circadian rhythms,

which affect sleep, eating and even hormones

So far

I haven’t been able to find anyone who can give me

one

good CURRENT reason

for why we continue to do this.

Among the reasons I have heard

is that it saves energy

BUT

Indiana just recently

Switched from non observance

To observance in the spring of 2006.

UC Santa Barbara Professors did

a study to test energy savings

Before and after.

The Result

It COSTS Indiana households

And additional $8.6 M in electricity bills

To move off of standard time.

  

In addition,

it cost$$

businesses, governments, schools et al

to change all their

electronic everythings.  

They have to pay the workers time and a half

to come in during the

wee hours of the morning

on a week-end

to either do it

or check to see that

everything it has been done to

is working correctly.

Even my senators and congressman

were unable to answer the question.

Of WHY do we keep this up.

Of course that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

So if you actually know one

Good reason,

shout it out.

Why ARE we all just accepting this nonsense

and not insisting on its end?

Doesn’t it irritate anyone but me?

How do you like “falling” back and then “springing” forward?

Dizzy yet???

How many clocks or pieces of equipment do you have to change?

Yes I’m grumbling. 

I don’t care which one we stick with. 

I just want this  jumping around twice every year

to

STOP.

Third week is a BUST

Well here it is Thursday again and no Canasta.

This is 3 missed weeks in a row and I’m going into withdrawal.

On Thursdays I play canasta with Lynda

We’ve been friends for 30 years

(yes from diapers on)  :-)

And get together for dinner

and cards every Thursday night

Well every Thursday night until 3 weeks ago

She was sick and then last week,

well you Know what I was doing

And today she emailed to say that she

thought she was coming down with the

head cold that is going around her office

And she was kind enough to let me know

So I could bow out if I wanted to.

Well I didn’t want to but knowing that this

is a pretty powerful respiratory thing

going all around and

having just been sick,

I thought “better safe than sorry”

SO I guess I’ll cross my fingers for next week

Although it’s at her house and there

seems to be a home court advantage.

She wins at her house

And I win at mine

This is how much fun we have

Sometimes my face is actually sore from

Laughing.

Now you can see why I’m not smiling on this Thursday night.

Hope you feel better Lynda.