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this should have been posted at the beginning of the month and got lost.
so over this weekend (first weekend in sept.) i did a few things that i have never done before.
i went out early Saturday morning with ethan and picked up the baseboard for the downstairs. that was a small feat loading it onto the expedition and then driving it home with all of those inland empire wind gusts. 16 foot long pieces hanging off of the back and over the hood makes it quite the experience. it was only like 100+ degrees and i did have to stop once to adjust and make sure that the load would make it home. it made it and ethan took a nap on the way home. mistake that i made was to start painting it, during the broiler type heat outside. that did not last very long as the paint was setting before i could get to the end. that put a quick stop to that.
since that was put on hold i decided to tackle the coolant leak that has been happening on the Passat for the last couple of weeks. it has been slow and with the help of a friend i found out that it was coming from the back of the engine. on Friday, i ran it over to pep boys and they told me where it was and that for $350 i could get it fixed. cheapskate kicked in and i picked up the and drove right over to the dealership. there i picked up the parts. Saturday after baking on some paint with the baseboards i took on the German car. it took me a while to figure out how to get to the old part to take it off. i got all of the fluid drained and then got the part finally attached. only one problem was that the one little $2.87 washer needed to be replaced. i tried to use the old one and it ended up leaking. that meant that i would not be able to replace it until Tuesday, thanks to Labor day. so early Wednesday morning the rubber washer was installed and the system tested and all is well. knock on wood.
Sunday night i decided that i wanted to make something, cook something, bake something. so i cracked open the cookbook . i wanted to make a quiche but ended up making a soufflé. i did not have all of the ingredients but improvised. makenzie would have liked it but she was turned off by "the green stuff." note to self not to add parsley next time.
since that was put on hold i decided to tackle the coolant leak that has been happening on the Passat for the last couple of weeks. it has been slow and with the help of a friend i found out that it was coming from the back of the engine. on Friday, i ran it over to pep boys and they told me where it was and that for $350 i could get it fixed. cheapskate kicked in and i picked up the and drove right over to the dealership. there i picked up the parts. Saturday after baking on some paint with the baseboards i took on the German car. it took me a while to figure out how to get to the old part to take it off. i got all of the fluid drained and then got the part finally attached. only one problem was that the one little $2.87 washer needed to be replaced. i tried to use the old one and it ended up leaking. that meant that i would not be able to replace it until Tuesday, thanks to Labor day. so early Wednesday morning the rubber washer was installed and the system tested and all is well. knock on wood.Sunday night i decided that i wanted to make something, cook something, bake something. so i cracked open the cookbook . i wanted to make a quiche but ended up making a soufflé. i did not have all of the ingredients but improvised. makenzie would have liked it but she was turned off by "the green stuff." note to self not to add parsley next time.
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Man you can come and cook at my house anytime that looks really yummy!
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