Got the Forester to the dealer, oil change, checkover…

by | Jun 20, 2013 | Journal

Clean bill. I thought it was 120,000 miles. Actually it’s 130,000. I also checked out the head gasket problem…a nice spendy item that was an issue in models prior to 2004, and we are a 2004. Yay!. The 2004’s and ‘5’s have a catalytic...

Two pounds down…

by | Jun 20, 2013 | Journal

There’s a tiny bit of onion in the Atkins recipes, and that causes water retention, especially for us. We’ve been struggling with attitude and ‘where’s the pony’ thoughts regarding slow progress, and also getting a shade weary of the same...

Raining cats and dogs…which is a good thing…

by | Jun 19, 2013 | Journal

We’ve been dry for a while, and we’re headed into July and August when we have more heat and less water. Jane set my fig bush out yesterday: it’s liking the weather: so are all our new and transplanted trees, except the Harry Lauder’s...

Got the car inspected…

by | Jun 18, 2013 | Journal

In Oklahoma most any gas station can do it. In Washington, in Spokane, there are 2 state-run inspection operations, and the addy listed on the internet is wrong…it lists it as 930 N Hamilton, but that’s Gonzaga U. It’s actually hidden by the...

I think I was dehydrated…not senile…

by | Jun 18, 2013 | Journal

I have a bad habit of not drinking water. Yesterday, within a matter of hours I… …decided to make coffee, removed and dumped the grounds basket, left the holder in place above the tank (it’s a lever-pour tank system: Cuisinart)— …poured...