Some of you know that we both got new cars ... One uses 92 octane super (and gets 40 mpg) and mine uses 89 octane bottom of the barrel (I get 25 mpg).
Yesterday I fueled up and paid $2.47 a gallon (yay), it's been under $3.00 for some time now and under $2.50 for over a week.
Today I drove by and almost crapped my pants! Gas went up to $3.39 a gallon over night,
+.92 cents OVERNIGHT!!!
Are you kidding me??
Well there I was with my daughter right after she had awaken from a nice afternoon nap. We were sitting there watching an Elmo DVD when there was a loud "THUD" outside and the power went out. My first thought was that a transformer blew out by the street. So off I went to look (for continuity sake, I handed my daughter off to her mommy).
The first thing I see as I hike down the driveway were my garbage cans knocked over and garbage strewn about, as I get closer there are cars pulling over and low and behold, this car .... It is 1:30pm
And upon yet closer investigation I put the pieces together and figured out that he had just hit the utility pole (and he is lucky to be unhurt). As you can see the pole is broken and it caused the line fuse on the pole to blow, which equals no power.
Well the dark house didn't sit well with the little one so we decided we needed to go out for dinner, and off we went! It is now 4:30pm. The repair crew had just arrived around 6pm as we got back from dinner so we decided to head out to the mall for a bit, let Bobbin play at in the play area, and hang out where there was light. Hit R.E.I to get some lanterns and batteries (this weeks project, an emergency kit for 3 days or survival, I let you know how that goes).
As we got closer to home we wondered if the work was done yet or not as we noticed the bright glow in the sky in the distance, that was the crew at our house. When then got home yet again around 8:30-ish, the crew had our driveway blocked so we parked across the street and "walked in".
I fired up the generator (thanks Rich) and got some light going and get Bobbin ready for bed. I checked the phone and it still worked (yay). Around 10pm I saw a light move down the driveway, so I stepped out to the deck, and it was a workman getting our house un-bypassed and he said, "it would not be long now". So around 10pm the house light up (yay) and I quickly went to work "turning on" the rest of the house and getting the generator offline and headed across the street to get our car.
It took the crew 20 minutes to clear out of the driveway. I finally get back in the house to finish up and check email ... but wait I see that the network is not connecting to the internet ... hmmm .... I pickup the phone and guess what NO DIAL TONE, but it just work a couple of hours ago .... THANK YOU PSE for cutting my phone line and not telling anyone.
I called the phone company as soon as I realized what was wrong, they logged my call and scheduled the soonest repair appointment, they have me all fixed up no later than 5pm Tuesday, you have to be kidding me. I called PSE to speak to a supervisor, none to be found, they don't have any on duty on the weekends, just a crew of telephone operator/dispatchers to take power outage calls. Long story short I was lucky to have the phone company arrive this afternoon and get that fixed by 3:15pm.
PSE, be ready I'm calling your ass tomorrow morning.
It's way too early to be up -
Two of those mere hours apart - Unacceptable. PSE said the two latest were a direct result of an accident caused by a construction crew earlier (5 days ago). Anyways - we are that much closer to getting a generator, like all my neighbors already have (that were fired up last night).
Well I watched the USGP with disgust today as only 6 cars raced (Bridgestone users). The rest of the field (all using Michelin tires) opted not to race in a very confusing and annoying protest.
My opinion, those Michelin teams had choices (within the rules) and made the wrong one. Good job shooting Formula One in the foot in the U.S.A.
Would there be this much controversy if the tables were reversed? My answer - PROBABLY NOT.
The Seahawks didn't deliver
... the Rams make history
Did anyone read this entry by my wife back in October??
FAST FORWARD 2 Months ....
Me (At Taco Time in Alderwood Mall at midday): I'd like a #5 with chicken and a Sprite please.
Moron behind the counter: Hi - can I help you?
Me: *sigh* I'd like a #5 with chicken and a Sprite please.
Moron: What kind of meat?
Me: Chicken.
Moron: Drink?
Me: Sprite.
Moron: Hot Sauce?
Me: Yes.
Hey MORON ...pay F-ing attention!
Well ... I really don't want to write this about my Seahawks ... so I will use an image .....
INTERNETS ??
Its interesting to PAY ATTENTION ... but some of them seem to think that we do not .... From Last nights debate ...
SEANTOR EDWARDS: ... And these connections -- I want the American people to hear this very clearly. Listen carefully to what the vice president is saying. Because there is no connection between Saddam Hussein and the attacks of September 11th -- period.
The 9/11 Commission has said that's true. Colin Powell has said it's true. But the vice president keeps suggesting that there is. There is not. And, in fact, any connection with Al Qaida is tenuous at best.
THEN Vice President Cheney said at last night's debate,
"The senator has got his facts wrong. I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror."
BUT Vice President Cheney said on September 13, 2003 (on Meet The Press)
