What did you do today? 2018 version

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I started working on my taxes . I was a little nervous as this was the first year RMD's came into play but so far so good .
 
Moved 75 square bales of hay from the hay barn down to the alpaca barn. Moved them with the skid steer 9 at a time but did have to handle them at both ends. A nice workout. We're making pizza in the outdoor oven tonight so just started the fire in the oven and the fireplace next to it for me to keep warm, warmest it has been for a while at 45 degrees so fire feels good. Oven should be ready in a couple of hours, around 800 degrees or so.
 
I put aside the work on the BMS (Battery Management System) for the big home battery, and have been working on the BMS for the RV. That latter is needed before I wire 3 nice lithium batteries into the RV.

The work takes longer than normal because I decided to use a different microcontroller, and programming it requires wading through several technical manuals of a few thousand pages together.

Imagine having to peruse through stacks of printed documents in the old days, before the availability of searchable PDF files. But of course in the old days, people did not work with something this complex. Z80, 8080, and even the 8088/8086 in the original PC were pieces of cake.

PS. The RV system is simpler and needs to be fully checked out before I drive to Alaska later this summer.
 
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Got a call from the fraud center of one of my credit cards. Seems someone tried to charge $912 at a Dollar General store in a small town in Georgia. Even the call center person was laughing about that one. New cards will be here by Tuesday.
 
braumeister said:
Got a call from the fraud center of one of my credit cards. Seems someone tried to charge $912 at a Dollar General store in a small town in Georgia.
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$912 at a Dollar General store? They must have been driving an 18-wheeler!:LOL:
 
A couple of days ago I was in Kohl's and noticed that the flannel sheets were 50% off. I've wanted flannel sheets, but wasn't sure if DH would like them. At 50% off plus my 30% off coupon, I decided to take a chance that DH would veto them. How could I pass up a set of flannel sheets for under $30? I went home with a set of sheets and a fluffy new matching comforter.

It was so nice to get into a warm bed, instead of having to use my body heat to warm up the sheets. After sleeping on them one night, DH loved the flannel sheets. In fact, he suggested we get a set for our bed at the mountain house. So back to Kohl's the next day for another set of sheets.

Then, I started thinking about the guest bedroom at the mountain house, and since DD and the fiance are visiting this weekend wouldn't it be nice if they had a cozy bed. So back to Kohl's this morning for another set of sheets and fluffy comforter.

Bring on the rest of winter -- we are ready with cozy beds!
 
I leave notes to myself. In my Tax2017 folder I have a text file called TaxPrepNotes.txt. Its first line is encouraging:

"Remember: Doing the taxes is much easier than it used to be and is easier than you think."
 
It snowed.😁
First time back to the gym in a week. I didn't get the flu, but something kicked me hard.

A light workout and probably a good thing. They replaced most of the machines and they're enough different to change some pressure points.

I saw a lady come in that I'd never seen before, probably here to ski. She looked in her early 70s in good shape. She went to the dip/pull up machine and ripped off 15 unassisted pull ups! Her form was perfect!
 
Went to open my garage door today and it just looked back at me. Noticed the torsion spring was in two pieces. Great. :(
 
aja8888 said:
Went to open my garage door today and it just looked back at me. Noticed the torsion spring was in two pieces. Great. :(
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When we had them replaced (two car garage) I think it was ~$300.

I saw the youtube videos on how to DIY but since I'm far more valuable to DW alive and uninjured than any amount of money I'd save on a DIY project I don't do much of that anymore. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.:D
 
What did I do today? Drank lots of plain tap water and took a nice long shower instead of a ship shower. Our boil water advisory is over, so now I can DO these things.

I do not take restrictions on water usage very well. :LOL:

Frank is doing his laundry over here at the moment since his washer is broken. I really don't mind because there are only two of us anyway. Even with his laundry, normally I never exceed the minimum water usage on my water bill ($2.91/month). This month it might be more because I had to run the water more than usual to keep my pipes from freezing.

All seems like a bad dream now, with outside temperatures in the low to mid 70's this afternoon.

I'm ready for summer. This snow and ice and freezing pipes and boil water advisory stuff is upsetting and I am glad we never moved north as we had planned. :mad:
 
Walt34 said:
When we had them replaced (two car garage) I think it was ~$300.

I saw the youtube videos on how to DIY but since I'm far more valuable to DW alive and uninjured than any amount of money I'd save on a DIY project I don't do much of that anymore. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.:D
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The Genie springs I installed on the new garage doors were tensioned with a wrench and a screw drive (or something like that). The new ones seemed pretty safe and were very easy. Nothing like the old style where you put winding bars (or screw drivers if you are a dare-devil) in the holes and wind them up.
 
Hermit said:
The Genie springs I installed on the new garage doors were tensioned with a wrench and a screw drive (or something like that). The new ones seemed pretty safe and were very easy. Nothing like the old style where you put winding bars (or screw drivers if you are a dare-devil) in the holes and wind them up.
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Were these springs installed over a torsion bar to lift the door? Or were they part of a newer designed door system?
 
It is snowing today. First time we have had much of any snow this year. I am spending the day inside and catching up on balancing accounts in Quicken. I bought some CDs at Ally a few months ago and thought it was about time to get them recorded in Quicken. What a boondoggle that turned out to be. It seems that Quicken has never really included a way to do a bank CD. I ended up having to move them out of the bank account and into an investment account called "Certificates of Deposit", creating a new asset for each CD, and then "purchasing" one of each new asset with the bank account funds. What a pain!

I thought about untangling myself from Quicken this year, but with loans to DS for his schooling, that would be more of a pain than sticking with Quicken.
 
We went out to lunch with the family as we always do. We walked the 13 blocks to the restaurant only to find tens of thousands of tourist's lining the streets to catch a glimpse of Papa Francisco and his Popemobile come by. Had lunch and then went next door to the grocery store. The cafe on the third floor had a great view of the street and I planned to sit their and have a coffee while watching. After a half hour waiting, Wife wanted to go home and I was ready for a nap, so we passed and went home.
 
Made beer today for the first time in months. Somehow, even though I'm retired, I just never seemed to have the time. Or the weather, lately. Nice temps today. (For the non-brewers, all-grain brewing is an outdoor activity.)
 
3 mile walk with walking group, then breakfast at a deli. Shopping for new pillows and then it was crossword puzzle and internet time.
 
Gym day today, first day with a different workout. Then Ruby Tuesday's for lunch (salad bar, chicken breast covered in cheese + 2 slices bacon + barbecue sauce, rice - 1,055 calories!) with DW and a $5 off coupon. Good thing we don't eat out often.
 
I plowed roads for a few hours. That was after chaining up the tires and hooking up the plow. Pretty much most of the day. First time plowing this season.
 
Today was a day of anticipation and disappointment. I ordered 3 Moen bathroom faucets to replace the original crappy ones that came with our house.
The UPS guy first handed me a box addressed to my next door neighbor. I pointed that out to him and he then gave me the box addressed to me.
As I started to unpack it, I was finding pieces that looked nothing like I ordered!
It turned out that instead on my Moen bathroom faucet, they had shipped me a Kohler shower installation:(
I called the company, and they were very apologetic and were going to ship me a replacement 2nd day air. They also e-mailed me a return label.
The strange part about it was the shipping document was correct.
 
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