Every time I have a holiday off and take additional time off my sister and youngest niece causes a raucous for the whole family and ruins it. Only some of the things I wanted to accomplish during this time off have been done.
I did watch the first season of Silo from Apple TV and it was good. I think they could give you more of a history and made the season say 15 episodes.
Well, I hope everyone else had a great 4th of July.
Like the title says nothing much is going on right now. I did cook my dad his favorite for him an early Father’s Day gift. Other than that it has been working, home rinse, and repeat.
Update on the car the right front wheel bearing was the issue. The car has been solid and working great since then. Now I am going to get my yearly detail and thinking strongly about getting window tint. That should be standard in Florida.
I am going on Monday to get some new glasses made at Costco. The other place, a family shop, closed down after the whole family retired. They had no one that wanted to take over the business.
Other than that everything is moving along. I will be taking some time off in July the first week. That will be nice. Take care everyone and be safe.
I just got new tires, alignment and a front brake job last month. This month it is a right wheel hub with wheel bearings. This was not cheap, but since I am not automotive/mechanically incline I have to outsource this. I pick the car up tomorrow and will see if the problem is fix. I will know right away when the car gets to 40mph and above if the problem is fixed.
So why not fix it last month. Well it was getting worse and the dealership was not 100% sure what the problem was back then. As the problem worsened they figure it out or we will see once I pick it up. Like I said I will be able to tell almost immediately if the problem is fixed. I will update everyone if the problem has been fixed.
That is not the only thing this week. This week was my Mom and Dad’s 55th wedding anniversary. This week was also my nephew’s (my brother’s son) 19th birthday and would have been my Grandmother’s (on my dad’s side) 110th birthday if she were still alive.
****Update**** My car is fixed it was definitely the right front wheel hub assembly/bearings and is now fix. Thanks to all the fine folks at Jarrett Scott Ford.
I have been teasing some big news for this month. Here it is. I have sold my 15.15 acres in Paris, Tennessee. I didn’t want to say anything until it was finalized. I only had 8 years to go on paying it off. But due to life circumstances living in Florida and it being 14-16 hour drive away I had not been up there in over 8 years. So I got a call out of the blue from someone who lives up there and offered me a price I could not refuse. So it is done. I will miss it as it was a gorgeous piece of vacant land, but I just could not justify keeping it anymore.
The money I got for it will help pay off a majority of my bills and get me on a better tract and allow me to have a sufficient savings.
So in addition to my discontinuing posting on my Blogger site, it is also the end of an era for the land I used to own in Paris, Tennessee. I hope everyone has a great and thoughtful and thankful Memorial Day.
I am currently spending an early, beautiful Saturday morning at Ford for vehicle maintenance. Wish the car could drive itself for this so I could sleep ☺️.
Today I spent almost the entire day upgrading my network cable in the attic and setting up for bringing a backup internet connection online. While upgrading the network, I thought I had Cat5e Cable in the attic. It turned out to be Cat 5 and my Dad and myself installed it in 1995 almost 30 years ago. So now I have Cat 6 and I ran two lines with my dad’s help and then made my own keystone Cat 6 jacks for the first time. A lot of people might ask why Cat 6, not 6A, or 7, or even 8. Well, I chose Cat 6 because it should be fine for my needs and I watched several videos that Cat 7 or 8 are not official specs.
There were a few hiccups on the way but it is done. Now I just have to set up my TP-Link Omada Router and turn my Wifi5 Netgear Orbi and Satellite into Access Points.
I will eventually upgrade the Access Points but I am taking this one thing at a time. I already have a backup internet connection. Frontier Fiber 500/500 is my main internet connection. Spectrum stopped by my house a few weeks ago and offered me a deal I could not refuse. 300/10 for 19.99 for 2 years. So I figured since I am working from home 3 times a week and while Frontier Fiber has been reliable it has gone down a few times in the almost 2 years I have had it. So for that amount, it was worth having as an insurance policy.
Finally, things are lining up and I have been learning a lot lately. WordPress, how to make keystone jacks. Hopefully more exciting things and news coming.
I saw the Google Pixel Tablet yesterday and was intrigued. But, I am shy of their phones and will be staying away from them after being burned with the Google 6 Pro. Even when I used that thing, I wanted to throw it from the go with the stupid fingerprint sensor.
Back to the tablet I can see use cases for it but am wary of the Tensor chips because they are modified Exynos chips and those are some of the hottest chips I have used. I will wait for reviews. I do like the fact the dock comes with it.
So far the beginning of May 2023 is starting off interesting. I will be able to expand on more as the month goes on as things get done. For now, I am tired and heading to bed for the night. I hope everyone had a great day.
Lately, the start of the week starts early and ends late and I am tired throughout it all. With that in mind, have a great week, everyone.
I have spent all day learning how to update my website myself. It has been interesting and I hope it is improving. I am learning that WordPress has a lot to offer. After I get this down I my learn and create a completely static website. Well, that is it for now and the most I have worked on my website in years and blogged in a long time.