My Dailies 2010
This is my daily journal like page where back in September of 2006 I decided to start writing down my thoughts
for every day in my web site here.
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MARCH
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Today I worked out on my job in Coto De Caza, California painting walls and ceilings.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. cleaned my paint brush and tools,.. read my emails,... played
games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,... and checked all the fluid levels on my Toyota.
And I broiled a couple basil pesto french bread pizzas and gave them to Sandy the dog and the cats.
That's about it for my Wednesday.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Today I worked out on my job in Coto De Caza, California again where I did some more texturing and worked on
painting the Master Bedroom walls.
Well, changing the timing on my Toyota seemed to help it run a little cooler. But I think it's got a problem somewhere.
Back before the head cracked the motor was running very cool. Now with the new head it's running too hot. It's
running a lot like my old work van where it gets hotter and hotter while climbing hills... It was a cool day today and it
got pretty hot,.... I'm not sure I'll be able to drive it in the Summer time.
I'll see what it does when I get to some hotter days.
Also today I read my emails,.. did my daily work notes,.. played games, chatted and sent gifts back & forth in
facebook,... and cooked myself a Ranch bean & cheese burrito and some real potato french fries for my dinner...
And that's about it for my Tuesday.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Today I worked out on my job in Coto De Caza, California where I sanded and textured walls... That new texture gun I
just bought is the best hopper style texture gun I've ever used. And one reason for that is that the air only comes on
when you squeeze the trigger unlike the old guns where the air is constantly on and you only squeeze the trigger to
let some texture into the flowing air.
My Toyota ran very hot today,... all the way up into the red zone... So today when I got home I checked things out...
The only thing I could think to do at this time was to time it. Everything else looks Ok, but the timing was set
advanced about 15 degrees... It's supposed to be set at 5.
Also today I played games, met people and sent gifts back & forth in facebook.
And that's about it for my Monday.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Today I was home again doing things around the house.
Today I did 2 loads of laundry,.. and some online banking and paid my bills,.. and went to replace my front brakes on
my Toyota and found out they're still almost new looking. There has been a noise lately that sounds to me like a
safety tong on my front brakes letting me know that it's about time to change them.... So now I'm not sure what that
noise is.
But I did find a couple new problems that got missed by the last mechanic that worked on my Toyota... They never
put the battery hold down back on,... it's missing and the battery was just sliding around in there where ever it could
go... And,.. they didn't put the rear mounting bolts in that holds the back of my power steering unit. The unit with a
pulley. So the pulley was leaning in towards the radiator... I went ahead and found some bolts in my loose bolts
bucket and fixed it.
Also today I weed eated around my yard, mowed the lawn and watered,... played games, met people and sent gifts
back & forth in facebook,... and cooked myself a Ranch bean & cheese burrito and some real potato french fries for
my dinner.
And that's about it for my Sunday.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Today I was home doing chores and things most the day.
I did 3 loads of laundry,.. went grocery shopping,.. fixed a leak in my air compressor line that's in my garage,.. went
and got me a new Hopper Texturing gun,.. read my emails,.. played games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,..
and cooked me some Sauteed Mushrooms using a recipe that I found online.
I had some mushrooms left over from the pizza making that I was doing,.. so I used them up with this recipe. And it
was good. It was a sauteed in wine recipe. And it reminded me of some sauteed mushrooms I've had at a seafood
restaurant. Might of been Red Lobster restaurant,.. I'm not sure.
And that's about it for my Saturday.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Today I worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California patching and painting walls.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. cleaned my paint brushes and tools,.. read my emails,.. played
games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,... and cooked myself a Ranch bean & cheese burrito and real
potato french fries for my dinner.
And that's pretty much it for my Friday.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Today I worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California patching walls and caulking.
Then on my way home I had to go see about getting a new Hopper canister for my Texture gun. My old one got tossed
around in the back of my new van and broke back when I had that accident in it and got sent into the center divider
of the freeway.
Then I came home and loaded my truck with things I need on the job,.. did my daily work notes,.. read my emails,..
and played games, wrote notes,.. and sent gifts back & forth in facebook.
And that's about it for my Thursday.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Today I worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California again mostly sanding and patching walls.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. played games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,.. and cooked
myself a Ranch bean & cheese burrito and some real potato french fries for my dinner.
And that's about it for my Wednesday.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Today I worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California again installing drywall and patching walls.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,... wrote notes, played games and sent gifts back & forth in
facebook,.. and cooked myself a little home made French bread pizza... Adding wine and oregano to my home made
sauce was good. It tasted a bit like a sauce that I've had at a couple Pizza places.
And that's about it for my Tuesday.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Today I went out and worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California patching walls and painting ceilings and walls.
Then I stopped by the automotive paint store on the way home and got me some automotive primer for my new van.
And then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. read my emails,... watered some of my plants around my
yard,.. played games, met people, wrote notes to friends and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,... and cooked myself
a Ranch Bean & cheese burrito and some real potato french fries. The ranch beans taste a lot like chili beans to
me,... so I usually call them chili beans.<
And that's about it for my Monday.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Today I was home doing chores and stuff.
I did 2 loads of laundry today,.. and I went grocery shopping,... and did some more tool shopping also.
And I worked on my new Van some more. Installed the new front shocks, and installed a head light, and tried to
straighten the body a little more.
And I went over to Tony's Mexican Food and got me a Bean & Cheese Burrito and French Fries for my dinner.... And
watered some of the plants around my yard.
And that's about it for my Saturday..... Oh,... I haven't got to reading my emails,.. but I did play games, write to
people and send gifts back & forth in facebook also.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Today I worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California painting walls and patching walls.
Then I stopped by Freeway Isuzu on my drive home and picked up my parts for my new Van.
And then I came home and cleaned my paint brushes and tools,... did my daily work notes,.. read some of my
emails,.. played games, wrote notes and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,... and cooked myself a McDonalds style
quarter pounder and some real potato french fries for my dinner.
And that's about it for my Thursday.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Today I went out and worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California where I painted trim and got started on doing
some drywall patching... The Plumbers put a bunch of holes in the walls and ceilings. They had an underground leak in
their lines.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. read my emails and played games, wrote notes,.. and sent gifts
back & forth in facebook.
And that's pretty much it for my Wednesday.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Well today my Toyota ran hotter than ever... It acted a lot like my old Work van does in the summer time when it runs
hot and gets even hotter when driving up hill...
I think I got a bad brand new thermostat. It was running over 75 percent towards hot today. Even with the 195
degree thermostat in there it never got over 50 percent hot... So I went ahead and put the 195 degree thermostat
back in it when I got home.
I took it out for a test drive this evening and it don't appear to be acting like it's going to be a problem... I'll know
better tomorrow on my drive to work.
Today I worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California preparing walls for painting mostly. Then on my drive home I
stopped by Freeway Isuzu and ordered some parts for my new work van.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. changed my thermostat in my Toyota,.. read my emails,.. played
games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,... and cooked myself a Chili Bean & cheese burrito and some
real potato french fries for my dinner.
Man,.. the weather seems to be right on schedule this year. I went from cold weather sheets on my bed to just a
sheet and thinking about turning the air conditioner on, on the night of the time change.
And that's about it for my Tuesday.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Today I went out and worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California painting walls and trim.
Then on my drive home I went car part shopping and stopped off at the bank and made a deposit.
And I came home and did my daily work notes,.. cleaned my brushes and tools,... then removed that 195 degree
thermostat from my Toyota and put a 180 degree back in it... I don't really think that 15 extra degrees should of
caused my head to crack,.. but it did crack right after I installed that thermostat so I thought to be on the safe side
I'm gonna put a 180 back in it.
It didn't fix what I was attempting to fix by installing it anyway. Sure,.. the truck appears to run quite cool with a 180
degree thermostat in it,... but it's my heater that isn't working that I was thinking a hotter thermostat may fix...
Which it didn't.
Now I think the actual problem with the heater may be the slide switch that turns the heater on. As if it broke inside it
and is always in the closed position. Because the slide switch got hard to move for a while and then it kind a broke
free and started sliding again. So my next thing to check is that switch.
Also while I was down there I found what was rattling under my truck. A muffler clamp didn't get reinstalled. So I
went ahead and put it back in it's place.
And then for the rest of the day I jack hammered some concrete out of the way and planted a Pink Jasmine bush,...
pulled some weeds around my yard,... read my emails,.. played games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,... and
had me a couple slices of left over pizza for my dinner.
And that's about it for my Monday.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Today I checked out my Toyota a little more thoroughly. I think I've got it pretty well tightened up now,.. and I went
ahead and plugged in the electric wire to my air conditioner that they forgot to plug back in.
It needed a new head like I thought,... and it got a new timing chain,. and a new water pump and hoses also.
Also today I cleaned the underneath side of my riding mower and sharpened it's blades,.. then mowed the lawn,.. and
I worked on some more of the body work on my new van,.. watered the plants around my yard,.. and did some online
banking and paid my bills.
And I also read my emails,.. played games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,... and cooked myself a Chili Bean
& cheese burrito grilled,.. and some real potato french fries for my dinner.
And that's about it for my Sunday.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Today I was home doing chores and things.
I did 2 loads of laundry today,.. and I did a little grocery shopping,... and I worked on doing some more body work on
my new Van,.. and I picked up my Toyota from the shop today.
This evening I noticed what looked like a front mud flap dangling between my front tire and the motor on my Toyota.
So I checked it out and it was a rubber barrier that goes between the wheel and the motor that they never put back
on completely... So I decided I better check things out and found a bolt missing to a bracket that holds up the intake
manifold,... and some pollution device that was left loose,.. never tightened up all the way,... and my oil dipstick has
a bracket on in that never was put back in place.
I went ahead and fixed everything except for the oil dipstick,.. and I'll check it out more thoroughly tomorrow.
I let this shop work on my old Van once and they never bolted my radio back in place that time.... And the reason that
I went to them again is that I don't know of another auto shop that is close to me at this time. This shop is close
enough to where I can either walk to it or ride a bicycle to it... I'm not going to bother anybody for a ride,... so it's
best that I can find a good shop that's close to me.
Also today I read my emails,.. and played games, chatted, wrote notes,.. and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,..
and had a few slices of left over pizza for my dinner....
Actually it was more of a snack throughout the day. And that's about it for my Saturday.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Today I worked on my new work van a little bit just doing a little bondo work.... And I went out looking for parts for
it...
Looks like I'm going to have to go to the dealer to get parts for this vehicle.<
Also today I did a bunch of weed eating around my yard,... read my emails, played games, chatted, wrote notes back
& forth, and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,.. and I had a Capone's Party Pizza delivered for my dinner.
I would of got their 2 medium pizza deal,... but their deal today was for a Party Pizza... It was a big 24 inch pizza and
came in the biggest pizza box I've ever seen.... And that was the best meal and Pizza that I've had in a while.
Not everything has been tasting it's best since that last fast I was on.
And I think that's about it for my Friday.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Today was another day of working on vehicles mostly.
And today I worked on getting the body damage on my new van straightened out... I think I got the cab and driver
side door about as good as I'm going to be able to get them... Oh,... and I pulled the front shocks off of it so I can
replace them. Out of all 3 of my Trucks,... a 1969,.. a 1985 and the 2003 Van,... the newest vehicle I have is the
roughest riding. It bounces around when you hit a bump as if it don't have shocks at all.
Also today I read my emails,.. and played games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,... and I cooked myself a
McDonalds style quarter pounder for my dinner.<
And that's about it for my Thursday.
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Today I was home for the day again.
And today I went out shopping over at Lowe's & Harbor Freight Tools... And I changed the thermostat in my Toyota to
a 180 degree... So far it appears to be a good change... It looks like it's running as cool as it was before it broke
down now.
Also today I did some online banking and paid my bills,... read my emails,.. wrote a lot to an old friend I use to live
with that just friended me in facebook,... and played games & sent gifts back & forth in facebook.
And I watered some of the plants around my yard,... and did some online research on the difference between Pizza
Sauce & Spaghetti Sauce...
A lot of them are saying that there really is no difference,... but I can tell when I get a pizza where they just throw a
spaghetti sauce on it.... None of my favorite Pizza places have ever had a sauce that tasted like spaghetti sauce... So
I think there is a difference.
Some of the types of pizza sauces that I've liked are a tomato paste based sauce like Shakeys Pizza Parlor has,....
and a little bit thinner sauce like Little Caesars pizza,... and a chunky italian tasting sauce like Capones Pizza makes.
It may be kind of a Chicago style sauce from some of the recipes I've looked at.
Then also today I made myself a little french bread pizza along with some home made sauce for my dinner snack...
The sauce tasted like it was missing something.... And it was a sauce that was mostly just tomato sauces. I didn't
wanna add any garlic or basil because those are a couple main ingredients to a good spaghetti sauce... Actually,...
after looking at lots of pizza sauce recipes,... it's wine and oregano that I decided to add to my sauce to try out next
time.
And that's about it for my Sunday.
Today I worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California painting the kitchen ceiling again due to a change in color,.. and
patching walls.
Then I came home and cleaned my brushes and tools,.. did my daily work notes,.. read my emails,.. and played
games, wrote to people, met people and sent gifts back & forth in facebook.
Then I decided to go out and get me a new 180 degree thermostat for my Toyota,... and I went tool shopping for my
Trucks also. I like to have a set of tools with me in all my vehicles just incase I break down somewhere.
And that's about it for my Friday.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Today was just another work on my vehicles day.
I worked on my old Van mostly just doing little things to prepare it and have it ready for when I have the transmission
back and ready to put back in it.
I did myself a favor today and got some price quotes on Insurance for my New work van. I've been thinking about
getting rid of that van all due to the cost of Insurance... That Van was costing me over double what it cost me for both
my other Trucks combined for Insurance.
I got a quote today for less than half of what I was paying. So it's looking like I'm going to be able to be much happier
with the cost of Insurance for that Van and it makes it more worth keeping.
I bought that Van thinking that it was going to be my dependable vehicle along with being better on gas mileage than
my old work Van. I didn't expect to wreck it... And I didn't even bother to look at New little pick up trucks because I
prefer working out of a Van.
Lately I've checked the prices on new little pick up trucks and I could of got a brand new one for less than I paid for
this 2003 cab over Chevy work Van.
Anyway,... also today I read my emails,... played games, chatted, wrote notes,.. and sent gifts back & forth in
facebook,... and I cooked myself a McDonalds style Quarter pounder and some real potato french fries for my dinner.
And that's about it for my Wednesday.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Today was work on vehicles day again.
And today I worked on my old van a little bit getting the front hood to latch correctly along with it being propped up
so that it can get more air flow to the motor... And I worked on my new work van a little bit and actually got the
driver side door to open and close nicely... I had to use a shoulder from the inside to pound it open up until today,..
and yank and pry it open from the outside.
Then also today I broke out my Vespe Scooter and got it running and took it for a drive. It's been a year or so since
I've run it... Took a little while to get it started... And I took it down to the Auto shop where I took my Toyota in and
found out that my Toyota needs a new Head.
And for the rest of my day I read my emails and played games, chatted and sent gifts back & forth in facebook.
And that's about it for my Tuesday.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Today was work on my Vehicles day.
So today I decided to take my Toyota into the shop and let them work on that one,... then I came home and removed
the Transmission from my old work Van.
When I have something to drive again I'll take my Transmission down to the shop and have it rebuilt.
Also today I read my emails,.. and played games, chatted and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,.. and I made
myself a copy of the dinner that I get over at my favorite Italian Restaurant.
I made Fettuccine Alfredo, Arrabbiata Sauce and Spinachi... It was good,... the Arrabbiata sauce was close to theirs,...
and I made an adjustment to my Alfredo sauce and got it closer to theirs too,... but put way too much of it on my
Fettuccine... And my Spinachi taste a lot like theirs already,... but I put to much olive oil in it this time and it tasted
greasier than theirs.
I'd have to work on making my own noodles to get my Fettuccine more like theirs. Theirs are extra wide noodles,...
but the only Fettuccine I've seen in the stores is a standard Fettuccine size.
Then the only other thing I did today was I re-worked an estimate for job on their request.
And that's about it for my Monday.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Oh no,.. my last vehicle has broken down. Now all 3 of my vehicles are broken down.
It's still running,... runs like it's running on 3 cylinders... It has an exhaust manifold leak on the rear piston and it's
spitting water out of where the gasket is supposed to be. So it looks like it may have a cracked head or something like
that... It's hard to believe that with this rainy weather the moisture in the air is causing that much water to be
showing.
So tomorrow I'm gonna have to start dealing with fixing my vehicles. I just wasn't up for getting started this weekend
due to the rain... I don't have a covered area where I can work on my vehicles at this time.
Other than that,... today I just sat around most the day playing games, meeting people and sending gifts back & forth
in facebook...
I did go spoon shopping earlier today though and got me some spoons that fit my mouth better along with some forks
and knives... I went ahead and got a whole new set... And I think it's my Cave Man teeth that are causing spoons to
not fit my mouth right anymore.
Also today I cooked up a batch of eggs and cheese for Sandy the dog,.. and made myself a McDonalds style Quarter
Pounder for my dinner... To me it tasted so close to theirs that it's like I'm able to eat a McDonalds hamburger again...
Just that mines made with a Morningstar Prime veggie burger.
And that's about it for my Sunday.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Today I was home doing chores and things...
And today I did 2 loads of laundry,.. but one of them is still in the dryer and now that it's getting late I think I'm
gonna put off folding them till tomorrow.
And I did some online banking and paid my bills,.. went grocery shopping,.. pulled some weeds and grass around my
yard,.. read my emails,... played games, chatted and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,.. and went over to Papi's
Tacos Al Carbon and had dinner.
I had a Burrito Ranchero and french fries... And the last few times I've ate there using their little plastic forks,... their
forks are small and the food has a tendency to fall off the fork before you get it in your mouth. So I switched to using
their little plastic spoon the last time I was there.
But their little plastic spoon was kind of funky to use because it seemed like too deep of a spoon. So this time I
brought what I thought was my favorite spoon from home to eat my dinner with. And to my surprise,.. my favorite
spoon was kind of not comfortable too. It's wide, and it stretches out the sides of my mouth as I put it in my mouth.
So when I got home from dinner I tried a smaller spoon from home in my mouth and it seemed too deep too... So
now I'm thinking about going spoon shopping. And I can just imagine that there isn't going to be a place where I can
try them out before I buy them.
After dinner I had some free time and decided to go and rent a movie. I rented and saw the movie called "LadyHawke"
due to a recommendation from one of the DJ's on the radio station that I listen to a lot.
The movie stopped playing right at the final fight scene at the end of the movie and I had to take the DVD out and
clean it and try it again where it stopped at the final fight scene again... So I turned the DVD around and started to
watch the final scenes in wide screen mode where it stopped playing again.
But after 3 minutes or so of letting the DVD player try to find it's spot it finally found it and was able to finish the
movie.
I haven't seen a movie with Rutger Hauer in it in a long time. That one was different.
And that's about it for my Saturday.
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Today I worked out on my job in Coto De Caza, California again where I finished painting the kitchen and got started
on painting the laundry room.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. made up a bill for a job,.. cleaned my paint brushes,.. and played
games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook.
Oh,.. and I planted a Pink Jasmine plant at my house that I got from Lowe's today. I bought 2 of them,.. but there's
concrete in the ground where I'm going to plant the 2nd one,.. so I've gotta bring a tool home from the job so I can
jack hammer that concrete out of the way.
And that's about it for my Friday.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Oops,... I completely forgot to write down my dailies for yesterday and here it is Friday evening now as I'm writing
them out.
Let me see here,.. as I think about what it was I did yesterday...
Well,... I worked in Coto De Caza, California painting kitchen cabinets mostly,... and I read my emails,.. did my daily
work notes,.. and played games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook.
And I went out to Papi's Tacos Al Carbon and had me a great dinner... I had a Burrito Ranchero and a french fries...
Their Burrito Ranchero,.. the one I order is a Pinto Bean Burrito made in a wet style where they put cheese over top of
the Burrito and a red sauce then bake it until the cheese is all melted and bubbly.
And from what I'm remembering,... that was about it for my Thursday.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Today I worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California again painting walls and cabinets.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. played games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,.. and read
my emails.
And that's about it for my Wednesday.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Today I went out and worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California again where I got started painting the kitchen.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. played games and sent gifts back & forth in facebook,.. then went
over to Tony's Mexican Food and got me a Bean & Cheese Burrito and French Fries for my dinner.
After that I decided I better go and get a new battery for my Toyota Truck... It's the only running vehicle that I have
right now,... so I thought I better get it fixed. It's been acting like the battery is weak lately,... and when I checked
the receipt for the old battery,... I purchased the battery back in 2001. So I think the battery was about ready to be
changed. As far as I remember,.. that's the longest lasting battery I've ever had.
And that's pretty much it for my Tuesday.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Today I went out and worked on my job in Coto De Caza, California where I primed some trim and prepared the
kitchen for painting.
Then I came home and did my daily work notes,.. read my emails,.. played games and sent gifts back & forth in
facebook,.. and ate my left overs from Pomodoro Cucina Italiana.
Oh,... and I went to the bank and made a deposit also.
And that's about it for my Monday.
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