Saturday Stuff

Susan had to work the Monster Truck Rally today so I had the day to myself. I had a whole bunch of little things to get done today and I must say that I was successful with most of the things.

The main thing was to get the snow blower running well or to the repair guy so he could get it running well. I needed it last Wednesday and it ran last crap.

I drained the gas and replaced it with some premium gas. Then I changed the spark plug and tried firing it up to see if that helped.

Lo and behold, it worked. It sputtered and coughed for the first couple of minutes until all the bad gas burned through. But I was finally able to get it running smoothly. I even got out on the sidewalk and got a little of the snow I missed the other day.

Anyway, I'm happy and confident that the blower is ready for snow the next time it decides to do that.

I also did some work on the Petite Verdot that is currently brewing. I took a sample in to Jim's Home Brew and we did an acid test to see where it's at. It was decided to add 20 grams of Potassium Carbonate and I racked it into a clean carboy and made sure it got lots of aeration.

Beyond that, it did this and that around the house and even got out to the Hub for a beer.

The best thing about the whole day was not being at the Monster Truck Rally.

Sickness Saturday.

Suffering through our respective illnesses, we have made it to the weekend. Susan had to work a hockey game last night and made it through so I'm trying to let her have as easy a weekend as she would like. It's ten and she's still in bed. That's good. She ended up being sicker than I ever was.

As for me, I'm dealing with minor issues of a cold. Really sniffly, and a cough that comes and goes. I'm not out, but I'm down-ish. 

In an effort to get some stuff done around here, I've been removing Christmas light. I got the deck cleaned off and I have the lights down on the front porch. Next I have to get them stowed away in a semi-manageable fashion. The more work I put in today, the easier it will be next Christmas Season.

I have a football game going in the background. The Eastern Washington Eagles are getting trounced by the Bison of North Dakota State University. It's just about to half time and the score is 17 to 3. Let's hope the Eagles are a second half team.

12:30 PM: The Eagles lost. The final score was 31-23. At least they made a run for at the end. They just ran out of time.

Susan and I are going out and running some errands. Nothing major but Susan is considering a visit to the minor emergency clinic to have her cold looked at. 

8:45PM: We spent two hours at the Minor Emergency Clinic. They finally got Susan in and gave her a prescription for Amoxicillin for her sinuses. 

That pretty much shot the rest of the day for us although we did make it to Costco for some needed supplies. 

After all that, we decided we deserved a night at the the Cathay Inn. We had a lovely meal, made it back home to watch Gonzaga win and the Seahawks lose.