Day 3662

 I woke up at 7:30, got up, and drove over to the doctor to get a blood test.  I was back at the house by 9 for breakfast.

The first order of business was finding a battery for the Polaris.  I spent a lot of time looking on the Batteries Plus website for a replacement.  They didn't have one.  When I called a Polaris place they had one and it was $25 cheaper than anything at Batteries Plus.

John and Melissa stayed at the apartment for most of the morning.  I did some surfing and then got out the BRZ to install the new steering hardware and servo mounts.  I got part of that done by the time John and Melissa showed up.  We developed a plan for the day and left.  This time Abby came along.

The first stop was the post office.  Then it was off to Bee Cave so John and Melissa could buy wine at Trader Joe's.  Then we went up to Spicewood and got the Polaris Battery.  The next stop was the Oasis for lunch.  The food was better than last time and of course the view was great.  Then we went to Balcone park for more views.  It was sunny and warm.  Finally we went to Red Bud so Abby could run.

We didn't get home until 4:30.  I continued work on the BRZ.  I had dinner while I was working.  I had a lot of trouble setting the steering until I noticed that the servo saver was loose on the servo.  The end result is good, but it's really over powered at 3S.  I finished about 8 and watched videos with John until bed time.

All in all it was a great day.  We got a lot of the things that John and Melissa want to do done. 

 

Day 3661

 I woke up at 7, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing I decided to pay with the new label maker I'd bought.

After you figure out the stupid user interface on the control app the label maker works really well.  I ended up making labels for both transmitters and the 24 RC cars that I currently have completed.  I was putting labels on cars when John and Melissa showed up.

It was much warmer than yesterday so after a little talking John and I went out to take the battery out of the Ranger.  That turned out to be easy.  We also took a branch off a tree that was over hanging the well house.  That was a little bit harder.

It was almost noon when that was done.  We talked for a while and then went to Dripping Springs for lunch at a fish place that had a special on fish and chips.  They were really good.  I'd planned on getting a battery at a Polaris place on the way, but it had turned into a John Deere dealer.  After lunch we went to the olive oil place so Melissa could stock up.  The last stop was HEB for bread and a couple of other things.

 It was after four when we got home.  John and I watched videos while Ellen and Melissa did crafts.  Dinner was every choosing their desired leftovers.  After dinner was more men watching videos and women doing crafts.

Day 3660

 I woke up at 5:30 and went back to sleep until 8.  Then it was up for games, pet stuff and breakfast.  Ellen fixed oatmeal and bacon for John and Melissa.  I had Malt-o-Meal.  The temperature was 40.

When breakfast was over John and Melissa put grout on the new tile.  I stayed out of it because I had no idea of what they were doing.  I would have just slowed down the process.  I cleaned everything up when the work was done. 

After some surfing we decided it was too cold to work on the Ranger.  We decided to go get the stuff we'd need instead.  John and I went to Harbor Freight for a gas pump, the post office, a gas station for ethanol free gas, and Circle C to run the dog.  Abby loved the cold weather, but I did a truncated walk because I it was cold and windy. 

We had a late lunch when we got home John and I surfed while Ellen and Melissa did crafts.  I unwrapped all the things that had come from China.  Then I bought some more.  I still have to get around to programming the BRZ.

Eventually John and I switched to videos.  He liked battle bots videos, so we spent the afternoon and evening watching them.   Dinner was a pizza from Costco.

Day 3659

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing I went out to the garage to build a shield for the tile patch.

I dug a couple of scrap plywood pieces up from outside, trimmed them,  and screwed some blocks to the bottom of them to lift then off the ground.  It was actually harder than that because my initial attempt was a bad plan.  It took some time to realize that.  The last step was to wash all of the dirt off the plywood and put them up to dry.

While I was doing that John and Melissa were removing the old tile ans setting the new.  Apparently the idiots that built the place didn't use enough grout underneath the tile.  They probably ran out and were too lazy or cheap to get more.   Since we had plenty of extras, we replaced the old tiles with new ones.

I took out all of the garbage and that was the end of the work for today.  John and I spent most of the rest of the day watching football.  Ellen and Melissa worked on projects that they got at Christmas.  The meals were all leftovers. 

Day 3658

 I woke up a little after 7, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I surfed for a while and then got started on hanging Ellen's new photo bird house.

The hardest part of the task was finding places on the two dead tree trunks to screw the mounts in.  Eventually I found a good place for the bird house mount and an even better place for the solar panel.  John and Melissa came over while I was working on the bird house.  I tried to get them interested in going some where, but they seemed more interested in doing something around the house.  I suggested the tile coming up in the kitchen.  They thought that was a great idea.

We spent some time planning.  We have the grout we need as well as plenty of tiles and some of the tools.  We decided to go to the Italian place for lunch (we have a $20 coupon) and then buy the stuff we need at ACE.  The lunch was really good, but a little expensive.  ACE didn't have anything that we needed, so we drove to Home Depot.  They had everything as well as the DeWalt grinder on sale that I've wanted for years.  Yeah.

It was 4:30 by the time we got home, so we decided to wait until tomorrow to fix the tile.  We spent part of the evening talking and surfing.  Then ohn and i watched a lot of car racing videos for the rest of the evening. 

 One important thing to note.  The pipes haven't hammered since the plumber fixed the toilet.  If this continues I'll call them them on Monday to as if we can turn the RO back on. 

Day 3657

 I woke up a little after 7, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  Amain was having a big sale and I ended up spending a lot of time looking through 7 pages of bargains.  I couldn't resist, and bought another kit and and some parts for the Mojave Grom.

The plumber guy showed up at 10.  He went into the bathroom and I actually got the pipes to hammer when I opened the sink faucet.  He said it might be the toilet valve.  I told him that I knew it leaked slowly.  He said the best thing to do would be to replace it and I said go ahead.   $300 later we had a new valve.  I think that we'll know by tomorrow morning if that worked.

Ellen, John, and Melissa had gone to run errands.  They called and said that they would eat at the Cajun place.  I said I'd come and bring Abby.  We had a nice lunch outside.  The temperature was 85, but it was comfortable under the pergola.

I took Abby to Circle C on the way home.  She only lasted about 20 minutes in the heat.  When we got home Ellen and Melissa worked on crafts while I surfed.  Eventually John came over and we had birthday cake and opened Melissa's present.  The cake was really good.

After that John and I watched videos.  Melissa wanted to watch Galaxy Quest, so we put that on.  When it was done it was bed time. 

Day 3656

 I woke up a little before 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  John showed up to visit while I was feeding the cats.  When I was done with breakfast he and I went to run the dog while Ellen cooked the turkey.

Abby didn't run yesterday, so she ran particularly hard today.  John was really impressed with how fast and how far she runs.  We did a full loop.  They guy I talked to last time was there with his dog, so I went over to say hello to him.  Then we went back home. 

By then the turkey was on the BBQ.  All of use sat around the table, had some lunch, and talked al lot.  Eventually John and I switched to football.

The turkey got done early, so we had the turkey dinner about two hours after lunch.  I didn't eat very much.  After dinner and some more football we opened presents.  Isaac called and we all had a video call with them.  Then it was back to football.

We all had leftovers for dinner.  After dinner Ellen and I texted with Hooch and his family.

The rest of the evening was football. 

Day 3655

 I really messed up eating yesterday.  I had too much fat, and too much food in general.  I paid for it.  The stomach upset started about 10, moved to diarrhea, and kept me up until1.  After that I had a fitful sleep until 7.  Then it was multiple bouts of diarrhea until 8.  By then I was completely empty.

I got up about 8 for pet stuff.  I didn't have any breakfast.  After that I went to the apartment to turn on the water heater and do a little final cleanup.  I also tried to do some painting, but ran out of paint.  I only need a little more, but I'll have to buy another can.

I went back to the house and started cleaning off the table.  I also put some RC stuff away.  John and Melissa showed up about 10:30.  We talked for a while while we waited for the cake to be ready.   When it was we picked it up.  I also made quick stops at the post office and a gas station.

When we got back we had lunch and did a lot of talking.  Ellen put the turkey in the brine.  Eventually John and Melissa went to buy groceries.  Ellen and I watched videos while they were gone.

When they got back John and I sat down to watch Die Hard.  We stopped it halfway through to have steak and salad for dinner.

When the movie was done all four of us went to bed 

Day 3654

 I woke up at 7 and played games until 7:30.  Then it was up for laundry stuff, pet stuff, and breakfast.  There was time for a little surfing before I went to the doctor's.

The visit was kind of the typical physical exam.  Being on Mounjaro has caused me to lose 15 lbs.  The doctor says that's kind of fast.  He also took me off Metformin.  Yeah.  I screwed up the blood test by not fasting.  I have to have another next week.

John and Melissa were supposed to be her today.  Ellen says they didn't come because of a Amazon package.  Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.  I bet they won't want to travel then.  Hopefully they'll come visit sometime after Christmas.

When I was done with the doctor.  I went home and got Ellen and the dog.  Ellen was tired from cleaning the house.  I promised we wouldn't walk far.  We didn't.  We sat on a rock while Abby ran from one end of squirrel tow to the other over and over again.  Eventually we walked a short loop.  We met a guy with a pit bull mix.  He liked to talk like me.  We started talking about dogs and then covered other stuff.  Abby ran around squirrel town the whole time.

Eventually we left and went to CVS.  The doctor told me that the pneumonia vaccine needed to be updated.  He gave me one, but we had to get one for Ellen.

When we got home we had lunch.  The we went out and did a little painting.  After that it was videos and a nap.

I ate a bacon sandwich and some potato chips for lunch.  Dinner was some spaghetti and a protein pudding of some kind.  It was too much.  My gut is complaining loudly this evening. 

Day 3653

 I woke up about 7, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing we both went out to the apartment to get it ready for John and Melissa.

Ellen checked out the internet and TV operation.   The internet was fine, but the on air TV didn't work well.  Apparently the antenna that fell down a couple of year ago was necessary.  I started working on fixing it while Ellen cleaned the apartment.

Lee had disconnected the antenna when it fell down.  That meant that both sides of the connector were corroded.  I spent quite a while with a Dremel brush and q-tips getting them as clean as I could.  Then I started to mount brackets on the wood base.  It was pretty rotten and cracked when I started screwing in thee brackets.  I through the wood away and used a piece of scrap treated wood instead. 

By then Ellen was finished.  She held the ladder while I screwed the brackets onto the garage wall.  When she tested the TV now it receives all of the broadcast channels.  We both took car bodies back to the house to work on.

I removed most of the masking from the BRZ.  Ellen did the part with the liquid mask.  She also redid some of the masking on the Slash.  After that we both had lunch.

Abby had been pestering us all day to go for a walk.  After lunch we took her to Circle C.  I wasn't feeling all that well, probably because of last night's shot.  I planned on walking just a little bit, but eventually we walked about as much as usual.  Abby had a shot at 3 or 4 squirrels.  She really enjoyed herself.

We stopped at HEB on the way home.  We needed bread.  I also bought a bunch of meat for when John and Melissa come.

When we got home neither of us wanted to do anything.  After some videos I went out and put a coat of paint on the BRZ.  After that the afternoon and evening degenerated into videos, naps, and surfing for both of us. 

Day 3652

 I woke up about 7, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was cold this morning, 51.  After some surfing I got out the BRZ light mounts and the LEDs.

Installing the LEDs in the mounts was time consuming, but not particularly hard.  Ellen's asshole was giving her trouble, so we watched videos until she was better.  One was on Mounjaro - how it works and side effects.  It was really interesting.  It emphasized exercise and ingesting protein.  When it was finished the temp was 60 and it was time to take Abby to Circle C.

Abby had a great time at the park.  She found a dog to play chase with.  Then we did an extended walk.  She was pretty tired by the time we were done.  We stopped at HEB before going home.  I bought some healthy stuff to eat.

Ellen fixed scrambled eggs with ham for lunch, more protein.  After that I watched videos for a while.  Then I got the Dirt Cross body from the garage and put the decals on it.  It came out looking pretty good.

Ellen fixed spring rolls for dinner.  After dinner was a mix of surfing, football, and videos.

If its warm tomorrow, and the grill painting is done, I should be able to finish painting the BRZ. 

Day 3651

 I woke up a little before 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast I put the tires on the BRZ.  That complete building it except for the body.  That sent me down an Aliexpress rabbit hole.  I ended up eventually ordering a few things.

I interrupted my trip down the rabbit hole to take Abby to Circle C.  She wasn't as active as yesterday, but she still had a good run.  We just went back home when we were done.

We had lunch and I finished ordering things on Aliexpress.  Then we went outside for some painting.  The Dirt Cross is done.  I have to put the decals on it and reinforce the broken nose.  We also tried to finally get the black paint correct on the BRZ.  We'll see tomorrow.

We went back inside for a little video watching.  Then I started surfing while Ellen watched chick flicks.  That lasted through dinner.  At 7:30 Ellen went to her phone while I watched football. 

Day 3650

I woke up a little before 8 and was greeted with the sound of the pipes by the toilet hammering.  I played games and then got up to leave a message for the plumber.  Then I had breakfast.  After that I surfed until it was time to go to the eye doctor.

 It took over an hour and a half at the doctor.  I waited over 30 minutes just to get in.  Apparently my eyes are OK, but I'm developing astigmatism in the right eye.  Oh great.  When I was done we took Abby to the park.  She ran like a wild dog almost the whole time we were there.  She didn't seem unhappy to go though.

The plumber called while I was in with the doctor.  He's coming on Monday morning to work on the hammering. 

When we got home we watched some videos and had lunch.  Then we went out to paint.  I finished with my painting of the Dirt Cross.  Ellen still has to do some detail.  Neither one of use can get the BRZ grill painted completely.  I think that we'll have to use a brush. 

We went back inside.  I did some work sorting parts and getting ready to install the BRZ lights.  Ellen watched another Christmas chick flick.  The tire foams came, but I decided to watch videos and have dinner.

Eventually videos got boring and I got out the tire foams.  I put them in the tires and glued the tires to the rims.  Then I surfed until bed time. 

Day 3649

 I woke up about 6, dozed for a while, and then started playing games.  Eventually I got up for pet stuff and breakfast.

The toilet had a couple of very light hammering sessions while I was playing games.  I decided not to call the plumber.  There wasn't any more hammering, at least none we noticed, for the rest of the day. 

After breakfast we took Abby to Circle C.  We wanted to do it early before it got hot.  It rained all day yesterday, so all of the grass was wet and the ground was soft and a little muddy in spots.  When we were done Abby was a dirty dog.  We took her to the pet store and gave her a bath.  Now she's soft and sweet smelling.

I stopped at the doctor's on the way home for a blood test.  My physical is next week. 

When we got home we had lunch.  Then Ellen cut my hair.  It really needed it.  We watched videos for a while and then because it was warm we both did a little painting.

I got out the BRZ and finished building it except for gluing the tires and mounting them.  The parts to do that are supposed to be here tomorrow.

Ellen fixed pork chops for dinner.  I only ate half of one and that was enough.  After dinner I just sat in front of videos.

Day 3648

 I woke up at 6 and couldn't go back to sleep.  The water hammering started almost immediately and was fairly frequent.  I played games for a while and then got up to call the plumber.  They said they'd get back to me.  I did the pet stuff and had breakfast.

The plumber called and said to turn off the reverse osmosis.  I did.  We haven't heard any hammering since.  If it OK tomorrow I'll have to see about getting it fixed.

After I turned off the R. O. we left to go to the Armadillo Christmas.  I didn't feel too guilty about the dog because it rained all day.  We saw a lot of cool stuff at Armadillo.  The only thing we bought was a purse for Ellen.

When we were done at Armadillo we went across the street to Black's.  We ordered brisket, cornbread, ribs, beans and corn.  We only ate a little bit of it.  I had a slice of brisket and a few bites of beans and was full.

On the way home I stopped at Hobby Lobby to buy some foam to make tire foams.  They didn't have any.  We also stopped at the post office to get the Capo motor/esc and HEB to buy much needed groceries.

When we got home I ordered tire foams from Amazon.  Then I sat down for videos and a nap.

Dinner was more shrimp.  After dinner was some more videos, Gutfeld, and some surfing. 

Day 3647

 I woke up about 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff.  The plumber was supposed to come at 1 or later, so the first order of business was to clean the place.

I spent over an hour cleaning the kitchen - floors, counters, oven, and all of the dirty dishes and pans that Ellen had left on the flat spots and the sink.  I emptied the dishwasher and then took out 3 sacks of garbage and some recycle.  I wrapped up cleaning the guest toilet.  Then I had breakfast.

Ellen finally went through all of the credit card slips that were piled 8 inches high on the kitchen table (no exaggeration).  Then she took on the master toilet.  She also handled the clothes washing (like always). 

By then it was almost 11, so we didn't take Abby to the park.  I got out the BRZ and continued work.  I put oil in the shocks.  I also put oil in the Audi shocks.  I attached the shocks to the car and was working on the steering when the plumber arrived.

I described the problem to him.  He looked puzzled.  Apparently these things are usually related to turning the water on.  The hammering here seemed to be spontaneous.  After looking at the pump install and checking some other things in the house he decided to drain the house.  That means turning off the pump and opening all of the valves in the house.  When that was done he refilled the house.  It's been over 7 hours since he was done and no hammering. 

When the plumber was done I finished up the steering and put the BRZ away.  I'd had enough work on it for today.  I switched to surfing and a few videos.

I had something frozen for dinner.  I only ate about 2/3 of it.  I didn't want the rest of it any way.

After dinner I surfed while Ellen watched chick flicks.  What's worse than a chick flick?  A Christmas chick flick.

Eventually Ellen went to bed and I watched videos until time for bed. 

Day 3646

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  Then I surfed while Ellen found a neighbor recommended plumber.  I called and made an appointment for tomorrow.

 After that I went back to work on the BRZ.  Except for the time we spent at the post office and walking the dog I worked on it the whole day.  I completed the front and rear suspension and the entire drive train.  It's really beginning to look like a car.  One issue I see is that there's very little suspension travel.  It's really a smooth surface car.

There was a package at the mailbox, so after lunch I took a break from building.  We went to the mailbox and Circle C to run the dog.  She found a couple of GSP's to run with for a while, but no squirrels.  I walked the normal course while Ellen sat in the car near the toilets.  When we got back we did a little (very little) painting.  It was just warm enough to do it.

That was it for the day.  I quit building about 9 and surfed until bed time.  

I'm really having fun building something instead of just working on bodies. 

Day 3645

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I decided to start work on the BRZ.  It was way too cold to do any painting.

I managed to get the drive train and differentials constructed.  I had to stop at that point because it was time to get ready to go to Capitol City's member appreciation.  I didn't really want to go.  The temperature was 45 and the wind was blowing.  Both of us got out seldom used cold weather gear.

They had a Mexican food thing set up in the clubhouse.  There was beef and chick along with all of the fixings.  I only had the meat.  It was really good.  Abby got some, too.  She was looking really cute with her baby Yoda Christmas sweater. 

We shot the Blue course.  It was the same as the last time we shot.  Abby wouldn't get out of the cart.  I think she thought it was too cold.  We finished the whole course and both of us shot surprisingly well.  We were also very cold when it was done.

We spent 2 hours at the club.  There wasn't much traffic at 5 when we drove home.  I'm glad it was Sunday.

When we got home I watched videos.  Dinner was a ham sandwich and a pear.  After that I watched a few more videos and then switched to surfing.

Day 3644

 I woke up a little after 7 and played games until I had to get up to take a shit (diarrhea).  The dog smelled really bad so I got Ellen out of bed to help me give her a bath.  Abby was soft and good smelling after that.

I didn't even get dressed before I had two more bouts of diarrhea.  That made 3 in less than an hour.  I'm not sure what I ate yesterday, but I'd give it up if I knew what caused this.  The good part of this was that my guts felt great for the rest of the day.

After lunch we both went to the garage to do a little painting.  Ellen worked on the Slash and I put another coat on the Dirt Cross.  Then we took Abby to Circle C.  She ran hard for the whole time we were there.  The next stop was HEB where we got a turkey for Christmas and some more of the bread chips that we both like.  After that it was Tomlinson's for cat food and ACE for a turkey brining kit.

When we got home the first order of business was lunch.  Then we both did a little more painting.  It's time to remove the Dirt Cross masking and put on the second color.  When we went back into the house I completed masking the BRZ.  Then we both went back to the garage.  Ellen put the black on the BRZ and I put the first green coat on the Dirt Cross.  That was it for painting.  It's supposed to get cold until Tuesday, so we won't be painting for a while.

 I sat down and watched a few videos.  Then I took a long nap.  Ellen didn't wake me up, so the pets' dinner was 45 minutes late.

Ellen fixed me a mango smoothy and a BLT for dinner.  After dinner it was some videos and Gutfeld.  I spent most of the rest of the time coming up with a Christmas list for Melissa. 

Day 3643

 I woke up about 7:30, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I decided to do a little RC stuff.

I started by going outside and putting another coat of paint on the Dirt Cross.  I think that it's close to finished.  I also went through a couple of the kits to make sure I had everything I need for them.  When that was done I went through the Slash instructions and annotated all of the places where I have upgrade parts to do.  I'm hoping that Ellen will be done with the body soon.

I did some surfing and had lunch (leftovers).  CVS had sent me a text saying there were drugs waiting.  We went there and then took the dog to Circle C.  It was in the low 70's and sunny.  Abby seemed to be a little lethargic, but she still covered a lot of ground.

I shopped on Aliexpress when we got home.  I ended up ordering a few more things for the BRZ.  It was really $20 spent entertaining myself.  Then I switched to videos and a nap.

Dinner was a HEB salad.  After dinner it was a mixture of surfing and videos.  

For some reason I just wasn't very motivated today. 

Day 3642

 I woke up about 7:30, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing I decided to work on BRZ body.

I washed the body, went over it with steel wool, and put the masks on it.  It still needs masking around the front and back.  Ellen says that she wants to do that with the liquid mask.  When I was done with that  it was time for errands.

The first stop was a custom bakery on William Cannon and 290 where we ordered a birthday cake for Melissa.  Then we took Abby to Circle C.  It was a fairly cool day and she ran at her usual far and wide rate while we went the normal 2 miles.  The last stop was HEB to pick up the makings for BLT's.

When we got home I ended up having shrimp instead of BLT's.  It was an OK substitution.  After lunch I got the Slash rear bumper from the garage and took it to the house to install rear lights  They look pretty good.  After that it was some surfing, followed by videos and a nap.

Ellen fixed cod from HEB for dinner (still no BLT's).  It was really good.  After dinner was some videos, a little football (boring), and two episodes of Gutfeld.  After that it was time to go to bed. 

I'm beginning to feel a little hungry at time.  I wonder if the body develops a tolerance to Mounjaro and that's why they keep raising the dosage. 

 

Day 3643

 I woke up at 4 and couldn't go back to sleep.  I played games until about 7:30 and the got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was still too cold to do anything outside, so I decided to attach the headlights to the Slash bumper.

The lights required some assembly - 16 almost microscopic screws that held on the front bezels.  The good news was that it was easy to use the supplied hardware to attach the lights to the bumper.  I did have to go out to the garage to drill pilot holes for the screws.  The result looks pretty good.

 I did a little surfing and then some errands like taking the garbage out and getting ornaments for our "Christmas tree".  I'd bought a miniature live tree from Costco, put lights on it, and now some ornaments.  I'm just not up to dragging out the tree and its decorations this year.  I kind of like it.

When that was done I still wanted to accomplish stuff.  I got the BRC body out of the garage and cut it out.  It was pretty easy especially because the wheel wells had already been cut out.  It takes two coors to paint though, which means I'll have to do some masking.

I still wanted something to do, so I went out to the garage and drilled the holes for the winch in the mounting plate and the trailer rail.  Everything lined up perfectly.  I also cleaned and painted the mounting plate.  I may give it a second coat tomorrow.

Ellen did some painting when I was working.  She also did a lot of work on the Slash masking.  Unfortunately her airbrush won't spray the gold paint we bought.  It will be next week before Amazon delivers the spray can. 

We didn't take Abby anywhere today.  Instead I had her outside any time I was working in the garage.  I also had her outside for a couple of trips to the garbage.  She was really good at checking in on a regular basis.  She must have gotten in a lot of running because she was sacked out on the couch for the evening.

After I was finished with the winch work I watched videos.  That quickly turned into a nap.  When I woke up it was time for dinner.  I had a frozen thing.  We'll see if it makes me sick.

After dinner I watched part of a movie.  I got bored as usual, but I'll probably go back and finish watching it. 

Day 3642

 I woke up about 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I decided to finish up the Opel body.

I attached the lights, bumpers, and mirrors.  I can't attach the driving lights until I build the body.  I need to know how I'm going to route the wires to the body.  I'll also have to do all of the soldering.

After that I surfed for a while and ate lunch.  I was basically waiting to take Ellen to her doctor's appointment.  While she was at the appointment I ran the dog in the lot behind the doctor's office.  It wasn't really big, but it had a lot of cover.  Abby had a fine time searching for things living in the cover.  After a while I switched to Frisbee.  She's getting really good at that.

When Ellen was done we went to HEB to pick up the bananas that I'd forgotten yesterday.  We stopped at CVS on the way home and picked up my Mounjaro.  It "only" cost $250 this time.  That's better than the $600+ the first time.

When we got home I sat down to watch videos and didn't get up until dinner time.  There might have been a nap somewhere during that time also. 

Dinner was leftover chicken.  After dinner I watched RC videos until it was time to go to bed. 

Day 3641

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing it was time to run errands.  The stops were:

CVS - made sure my Mounjaro refill would be available.

Doctor's - was going to have blood test.  They said come back in a week.

Post office - picked up property tax bill and insurance bill.

Pet store - got more canned pet food.

Costco - water.

Circle C - did a full walk.  Abby had a great time because the temperature was cool. 

HEB - bought a lot of groceries.

When we got home I had lunch and then went out to the garage to finish building the new storage cabinet.  My fix to it seemed to work and the result will work perfectly for what I want.  I also tried to reglue the Dirt Cross body.  We'll see how it works out.

Ellen came out and did some more painting on the Slash.  It's going to look good when it's done.

After that I went back to the house to watch videos.  I ended up watching videos of the Capo.  All the builds used a different motor than the one I had Hooch buy me (it was the one the manufacturer was selling).  I got on Amain.  The one everyone used was on sale for $100 off, so I bought it.  It's definitely an improvement over the one I had Hooch buy.

Ellen fixed chicken on the Traeger.  After dinner I watched football. 

Day 3640

 I woke up about 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was another warm day, so I went out to the garage to put the new storage cabinet together.

As expected the box contained a whole lot of pieces.  I sorted them out and placed the ones I'd need first on the new work table.  It's great to work on.  I started to screwing the 14 drawer guides to the two sides of the cabinet.  I was starting to connect them to a back brace when I screwed up and broke a piece.  I glued it back together and switched to building the 7 drawers.  Each one had 7 pieces plus connectors.  By the time I was finished it was after 1.

Ellen came out while I was working and painted on the Slash.  Unfortunately she dropped the Dirt Cross body on the way to the garage and broke it again.  I'm not sure if I can repair it this time. 

After I finished the drawers I went back inside and had lunch.  After that I watched videos.  Somehow I never got around to going back to the garage to do anything else.

After a while the videos got old and I watched a movie.

Dinner was some toast and a pear.  There's no leftovers left and Ellen isn't cooking.

After dinner I watched football and then switched to surfing. 

Day 3639

 I woke p at 6:30 and couldn't get back to sleep.  I played games and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing we went to Dripping Springs to see the Christmas festival.

The weather was wonderful - sunny and low 70's.  It was great after the ow temperatures, wind, and rain over the last few days.  There were an amazing number of booths at the festival.  There were several main types - advertisement, handmade goods, asking for donations, and of course food.  We bought a couple of minor items and gave money to the Lions and the Boy Scouts.

We'd brought Abby and she was a very good dog.  We put the collar on her.  After a few buzzes (no shocks) she was the perfect dog.  She let lots of kids and pets pet her and ignored all of the dogs except one.  It was a Visla and it wanted to run with Abby as much as she did with it. 

None of the food places served anything I could have.  I did get a snow cone.  I had the give me a pup cup ($1) which Abby greatly appreciated. 

We spent a little over 2 hours there.  Afterwards we went to the pizza place by HEB.  Unfortunately I couldn't have my usual margarita and Italian sandwich.  I had a chicken Caesar instead.  The weather was so nice that we just sat there for a while after we finished.

Eventually we went over to the park.  Neither of us wanted to walk.  Abby ran around for a while and then played frisbee.  At least she got some running in. 

After that we went home.  We watched videos for a while and then I got out the stuff and started putting more stickers on the Opel.  I stopped for dinner and finished up afterwards.  All in all I put over 80 stickers on the body.  There weren't any advertisements, just sticker representing paint and structural elements.  There were even stickers for the door handles and door locks.

I checked Amazon after dinner and there were three packages at the gate.  One was the storage cabinet I'd ordered.  I had to get the hand truck out of the back storage to haul it to the garage.  Fortunately the temp was still 63. 

After that I surfed until time for bed. 

Day 3638

 I woke up at 7:30, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was another cold day, so I decided to just get started working on the Opel.

I spent all of the morning doing stickers.  Slowly the body started looking a lot better.  I got  a little tired of it about noon, so we left to take Abby to Circle C.

It was only 52 degrees and I should have dressed a little warmer.  Abby had a great time though.  We walked the normal full circuit.  She ran a long way, but wasn't particularly tired when we were done.  I was cold though and didn't want to do any more.  We stopped at CVS on the way home so I could get some more Flonase.

I had lunch when we got home.  I still didn't want to do any more stickers, so I watched videos instead.  Eventually I got bored and went back to stickers.  Ellen started watching Korean chick flicks.  I stopped with the stickers when it was tie to feed the animals.  I attached 38 stickers.  I still have 15 or so to go, but the body is looking really good.

After dinner I surfed for most of the evening.  Ellen turned on Gutfeld just before we went to bed.

Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer.  I hope it is. 

Day 3637

 I woke up at 6:30 and managed to go back to sleep until 9.  That's the latest I've slept in a long time.  Then I got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was cold again today, so no trip to Circle C.

I did some surfing and then got out the Opel stickers.  I did a couple and then stopped because I didn't feel like doing any more.  I went back to surfing for a while and then switched to videos. 

That lasted until after lunch.  I got bored and went back to stickers.  I've now done 16 of them.  That doesn't sound like much, but they are the hardest ones to do.  I suspect that it will go faster once  get to the smaller sponsor signs. 

Eventually Ellen got through with chick flicks and I went back to videos.  I switched to football when it came on. 

Ellen caught the cooking bug today.  She fixed backyard sliders for lunch and fish and rice for dinner.  They were both good. 

I sure hope that it warms up again.  I'm getting tired of not going to the park or working the the garage.

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday.  The mower repair people called.  It's going to cost $1,400 to fix the mower.  Apparently everything on the mower deck is trashed.  That's only $800 less than a new mower.  I'd rather have the old one anyway.

Day 3636

 I woke up a little before 6, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was warmer than the last couple of days, but still cold.  I did some surfing and then decided to work on the Opel body.

Taking the window and light masks off took a while.  I had to trace the outline of every one with a hobby knife.  It looked pretty good afterwards.  By then it was almost noon and we had errands.

The first stop was Central Market.  We wanted to order a cake, but they don't do that.  Crap.  Then we went to Petco to pick up cat food.  We'd ordered 4 bags, but they only had 3.  The last stop was Circle C.  Abby had a great time.  She chased several squirrels.  We also did a full walk around the park, so she got plenty of running in.  She went through both the woods and over the fields.  She didn't seem all that tired when we got home.

When we got back I had lunch and then started putting stickers on the Opel.  It's going to be a long process.  There are 70 stickers and each takes a lot of time to cut out and apply.  When I get that done I still have to wire it.  I bet I'll spend more time on the body that I do assembling the vehicle.

I split the sticker process into two section separated by videos and a nap.  I managed to get 11 stickers installed.  Ellen watched Korean chick flicks all afternoon.

I had leftover salmon for dinner.  After dinner I watched a few videos and then a movie. 

The car ran well today, no radio problems.  I think that the key is to not shift into gear immediately when you start it.  There's a lot going on in the system at that time with all the customization features.  I think it gets over loaded and drops the ball some times. 

Day 3635

 I woke up a little before 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was 36 degrees so taking Abby to the park was right out.  Instead I did a little surfing.  That got old, so I decided to do some RC stuff.

I needed to make 4 LED holders for the Opel driving lights.  After searching through my spare parts in the house I found some servo horns that could do what I wanted.  They needed to be modified though.  I went out to the garage even though it was still cold.  Fortunately it wasn't unbearable.

I searched through my spare parts bins, but didn't find anything better than what I already had.  Then I used the drill and the Dremel to make them into serviceable LED holders.  They actually came out pretty good.  Then I took them back to the house and attached the LEDs to the lights.  It looks pretty good, but I may paint the holders. 

By then it was lunch time.  I ate lunch while watching videos.  I still wanted to get more accomplished, so I took the new dash camera out to the A5 to install it.  The sun had been shining for hours so the car interior was pleasantly warm.  It took a while to do the install because the new camera uses USB C while the old camera uses a different series.  We'll see how it works tomorrow. 

I went back inside and put the old camera and all of its accessories into a bag.  I put the bag in the Goodwill pile.  I packed all of the truck and A5 accessories in a box and put it in the linen closet.  That was then of my accomplishments for the day. 

The rest of the day and evening was videos separated by naps.  I couldn't stay away.

I felt pretty good today.  I decided to push things by eating a frozen thing for dinner.  We'll see how that goes. 

Day 3634

 I woke up a little before 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was just as cold today as it was yesterday.  I didn't feel any different than yesterday even though I had a shot last night.

Hooch emailed me and said that I could have the Capo sent to him.  After a bunch of searching around the web for a better price (there wasn't one) I ordered it.  There seems to have been a price increase.  I got some old stock (3 left) at $110 less than the current. 

I did a little surfing and then got trapped in the Cyber Monday rabbit hole.  It was made a little worse by having to come up with some things on Amazon that Melissa can buy me.  I spent a long time looking for things that I could use, but that weren't expensive.

There was only so much shopping that I could do.  I took a break for a while and built up a set of lights for the Slash.  I wasn't happy with the ones I'd built earlier.  

About 2:30 I was finished with shopping and the Aliexpress packages had arrived.  We took the truck to the post office because it hadn't been run in a while.  There were 3 deer along the road as we left.  It drove Abby wild.  We stopped at HEB on the way back to get cereal and bananas.

After we got home I did a little more shopping.  I couldn't help myself.  Then it was videos until dinner.  Ellen fixed salmon that we'd bought at HEB and rice.  It was really good, but I think I ate a little too much.  Even with that I wasn't sick all day.  Maybe I will be able to tolerate Mounjaro.  

After dinner was more videos and a nap.  I quit watching about 9, did a little surfing and went to bed.