High points.

Wow been a long time. Any way here are the high points.

• Worked OT - didn't get home till 2:30-3am
• Got warning for no headlight - Trooper needed a reason to pull me over the see if I was drunk. It was like 2:30 am after all. Note, I admit that if he hadn't I would not have noticed until inspection time. I was a little cocky when he first came to the car. I got to get better at not being so confrontational.
• "Fixed" headlight only to find both High Beams not working. - Had spare in garage, was supposed to be good. Why would I keep a bad bulb?
• Fretted over what it meant that both high beams were non functional. Was it a relay, wiring, wrong bulb, what.
• Bought 2 new bulbs - success. Seems that the old bulb I had and the other bulb both blew the high beam at the same time.
• Took Children to skating rink. They had a blast. So did I. Rink is for sale. I actually considered checking into purchasing it. I see real potential in the rink. I could be doing real well in this area.
• Worked from home today. Most roads from Genesee washed out or flooded.
• Genesee/Bingham Twp Area – ODonnel Road near PA/NY line
• Route 244 from Main Street to Ridge Road
• Route 244/449 Commercial Street by Reeds
• Route 449 two miles South of Genesee – water across eastbound lane
• Jackson Road – T1011/T1012 closed

• Getting ready for taxes.

It's Friday.

Wow, this week kinda went by fast.

My classes started again. I'm taking statistics now. So far so good. Had a little problem understanding how to total columns on a Row % tabulated table. That sounds like a mouth full but it really was not that bad. I think I will like this class. The textbook seems to be well written and the training system is nice to navigate.

Yea!!! It is Friday, success, I made it to work yet again. We got plenty of snow at home but the roads finally have just a small coating. I think it is going to be warm today. I might actually be able to go home and not get the car nasty.

Speaking of the car, I washed it yesterday. Looked really clean. Today it looks like I have been rally racing but it will clean up again.

Wow, what a difference the winter fuel makes on MPG. Before winter I got 2-5 MPG more. Maybe I have 500-600 pounds of ice on the car. UNLIKELY. Check up my MPG on Fuelly.

Some people say I have a heavy foot. I still get better MPG than the EPA estimates. My foot can't be that heavy.

How does this ST look? Now all I need is a Focus ST.

Till next post!

Wow, I'm so glad the weekend is here. This week has been quite stressful.

I'll be glad when I get some of these bills and debts taken care of. I finally got the bill for the Well. The well and the propane will eat a Glover Cleveland Bill.

Why don't we have the larger denomination bills in America anymore? I think someone like Dave Ramsey should have a campaign to bring back larger denomination bills. Think about it. You got a $10 bill in your pocket, you see a 5 dollar magazine, you don't think twice about breaking the $10. You got a $100 bill in your pocket, you see a 5 dollar magazine, now that is a different story. Imagine, you save 1000 dollars for emergencies in 1 bill. Your not gonna use it for a dinner. However, you have 10 100 dollar bills, you might pull one out to go to dinner and thinking, I can easily replace this next payday. Just a thought.

You know what pisses me off more than anything else. Lies to fit an agenda. It happens with every president, not just the current one. Now don't get me wrong, I didn't vote for and I don't like our current presidents ideas on several items. But honestly, I haven't like every idea of any of the presidents I have voted for or not voted for. But I am so tired of seeing the out right lies that are passed about the different people. What is worse is that some of the lies are recycled from past presidents, only the years and names are changed. How sad is that. Most all emails you get can be verified with Snopes.com. Even I have been mistaken, but my most recent one was just out and never reported before, 1 day later it was proven wrong. But I did search before I passed it on. Some people don't even bother. Take the last email I read titled "President Obama just completed an ANTI-AMERICAN TRIFECTA:" A quick trip to Snope would have shown all three Anti things as true, but Obama was not the first. My favorite of the 3 Anti American things it said he did. "1st president in 110 years to miss the annual Army-Navy Football Game." What a joke. Several Presidents not only mist 1 but never went to a single Army-Navy game. I think Bush 1 is included in that list. From Grand Valley State University, "1996:President William J. Clinton became the first president to attend the game in 22 years. Army won 28-24." So if Clinton was the first in 22 years to attend the game. Obama can not be the 1st in 110 years to miss a game. If you don't like Obama, list your reasons, I'm sure there are many legitimate ones, but don't make shit up. If you don't like the Republicans or the Democrats, list real reasons, don't make up lies hoping to appeal to the hearts of trusting or less educated people. That is just wrong.

OK, I guess I'm done with that rant. The wife is out shopping for the groceries, me and the crew are working on the cleaning the house.

Work, Focus, stuff.

Work today was painful. I try really hard to make sure the customers experience is the best I can make it. That get's ruined by others who don't follow through. Customers are needed, but they don't always know what they need to do, to get what they want to do. Sales people for any service or product have to be more persistent and follow up. They can't say great, the customer signed, goodbye and expect the factory to fill in the blanks.

The Focus is doing great now. I drove on some pretty nasty roads today and the car kept going.

I bought some carrots today, cut them up for snacks while at work. I hope this helps my sweet tooth.

Not much else going on.

Buffalo trip

Saturday we took the children to Buffalo so they could spend their Christmas money. All day it was COLD. Real cold. Leaving Genesee, it was 8 degrees. Arriving in Buffalo it was 12 degrees. The girls had a good time though. They got to go to Build-a-Bear, and Borders, they had fun running around the mall. They all tried Sushi again. They did not like the Sushi as much this time. Diana loved hers. I did not try the Sushi. We all went to La Gourmet Chef and looked at all the neat tools. We finally got home around 9pm. It was 8 degrees and fell to 3.9 overnight.

I got to visit the Hydroponics store and started developing a "wish list". I didn't like this store as much as others I have visited. The people were friendly but not overly helpful. Some of the prices were way too much over what I would pay online. Normally I can justify paying more in person if I get helpful people. When the people are not helpful I could careless if I spend any money in the store.

Diana and I have been interested in Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) events for a long time. I know it will be a while before we can really enjoy the events but I have been getting more and more interested. Recently I started looking into making chainmail. Both protective clothing and jewelry. Wow so much stuff to learn and do.