Sunday, November 23, 2008

Steam Cleaner

Today I was trying to clean the carpet in my room and the hallway because of the dog peeing all over the house and it just wouldn't work.  The hand held thingy with the hose worked, I mean releasing the water and soap but just using it as an upright it wasn't releasing any water.  I finally ended up just using the hand held thing to put the soapy water on the ground then used the upright part to scrub the carpet fibers and suck up the water.

The last time I used it I cleaned it and it was fine sitting in the coat closet near the front door.  It worked the last time I used it, I don't know why this time it didn't work.  I did everything the book said to do in the troubleshooting section.  I didn't do the living room yet because I have to pick up in there and that will take a bit more time, there is more furniture in there.  But when I do go to use it I hope it works for me.

True Blood Season 1 Finale

Season 1 finale... not season 2 finale.

Tonight was the season finale of True Blood on HBO.  I was glad they finally found the murderer and Jason got out of jail.  Poor Layfayette didn't have a good ending though.  They ended it with Andy finding a dead body in the back of his car (poor layfayette).  He was such a good character.  Maybe he will come back next year as a vampire though.  The person who was the actual murderer of all the women including the grandmother was the last person I thought would be the bad guy and he deserved what he got.

At the end of the episode they said that they are currently in production for another season which will aire in the summer of 2009 so I'm glad this didn't get canceled.
Edit: Boy was I wrong, I thought for sure it was Layfayette in the back of Andy's car but thank goodness it wasn't.

Food Maxx

We've only been to Food Maxx a couple of times years ago and I never really looked at their prices before because they were low but not that much lower than Albertson's.  We went there yesterday and wow was I impressed by the low prices.  I think that we should start going there more often for groceries because like the Yoplait yogurt was .55 regularly when it's over $1 at Albertsons.

I've been buying it from Holy Cow only because it's cheaper from him than at Albertson's.  I'm still going to get it from Holy Cow to give him the business but I do want to go to Food Maxx for other stuff.  Chip goes through Yoplait like it's pudding, eating 4 servings a day.  I like to eat 1 serving a day, this way I get one for every day of the week.  When he runs out he eats mine and I only buy 14 a week, 7 for him, 7 for me.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Google 411

I just got an email about this.  It's new Google 411.  Wow, is google going to start making cell phones next?  Oh wait, they do!  What about microwaves or television sets or dishwashers?

Well, this new thing is actually a very good thing.  Before I had blogged about 411 calls now costing $1 per call and that you can call 1-800-free-411 but you have to endure listening to a 15-30 second advertisement.  But, this is even better because there are NO advert's and they automatically collect you to who you want to call.  I've added 1-800-goog-411 to all our handsets in the house and to my cell phone and you should too.

If you have a cell phone with internet or with maps or whatever they will send you a map for your GPS so you can get there and/or they will text message you the information you asked for but you have to tell them that.  Oh it's also a recording so you won't talk to a person but their voice recognition software is pretty good so you probably won't have to.  Hey, don't bitch about it, it's free.

Call 1-800-goog-411 or visit their website at www.google.com/goog411

10 Speed

I decided last night that instead of getting my bike fixed right away or when I get money I want to go to the thrift store where we saw that 10 speed road bike for $20 and see if they still have it.  I've wanted to have 2 bikes at the house so if Chip ever decides he wants to go bike riding for weight loss then we can go together.

I also wanted a 10 speed road bike because that's what the majority of the people are riding on the bike trail.  I think that a 10 speed is a lot faster because it's lighter and it will give me less pain in my legs, I think.

I still want to fix the handlebars on my mountain bike but just when I get the money that's all.  I don't want to fix it myself because I really don't know what I'm doing.  You gotta take the rubber grips off of the handlebars first and I just don't want to do that because they have the roadmaster logo on them.  I also would like to just bring it in to the bike store so they can look at it to make sure everything is in good condition.

My mountain bike can keep the lock on it and the lights with the generator because I might want to ride that to the store (when it's fixed) at night and I'll need the lights and the lock.  But I will transfer the computer over to the 10 speed and the frame bag.  The frame bag really doesn't work in the mountain bike because the frame is too small for a frame bag.  I was barely able to keep my water bottle on it because with the bag there the water bottle was sticking out and I've been terrified that it would eventually pop out into traffic.

I'm actually looking forward to getting a 10 speed road bike because I think it would be easier to ride and I think I would go a lot faster which would mean that I would burn much more calories.  If I went faster I could probably ride the 18 miles in a lot shorter period of time and burn a ton of calories in the process.  And rest less.  Yes, I'm very excited about this.

Friday, November 21, 2008

All things falling apart

Well, it wasn't bad enough that yesterday I had an accident and broke my handlebar stem and stem bolt but when we were at the pharmacy today I noticed the arm on my glasses were loose.  I thought I just needed to tighten the screw.  When we got home I screwed it but it was still loose.  It's the type of arm that has a spring so you can push them outward and they go back to normal.  I guess it broke inside the arm.

I called the optomitrist I got them from and they had to order a new pair and it's gonna cost me $35.

Then I went out to my bike to see if I can bend that piece of the stem that was bent but it is way too bent for me to fix, the metal is too hard for me to bend it with a pair of plyers.  I went to pick up a screwdriver and my old .99¢ light fell off the chair and broke lol.

I went to go online and I had no internet connection lol.  Anything else?  Sheesh!