Double Scary

Well I left the bag of nuts and bolts on the cart at home depot. RATS. Guess I'll call them around six and find out if anyone turned it in. I think Linda at checkout would recognize the bag of goodies and who purchased them.

When we got home Ilona opened the Freezer for some reason. The light bulb has burned out. And a strange red glow was coming from the lower section. When I bent down to listen I heard it sizzle as drops of water hit something hot.

We unplugged the thing and I went to bed. It was still unplugged when I got up. So I plugged it in. It did NOT burst into flame. As a matter of fact it seems to be running normally.. I think it was in defrost mode. The only reason we saw the red glow WAS because of the bulb being burned out.

Some new carpet is blanketing the yard. Filled in the holes the dogs dug and laid more carpet. Now I need to pick up another load. That is the only thing wrong with having tues,wed,thurs off. I have only two week days to hit the dumpsters.

Fri is usually good and the dumpsters are full. I just leave for work an hour early and check a couple of stores before heading in to work. Mon is bad. All the dumpsters have been emptied over the weekend.

Tues morning is ok.

Yeah I know

Yes I know it's been awhile since I posted. The electric/radio control fence is working great. I use the electric collars on Blondie, Misty and Charlie. They have left the yard a couple of times. Like when Ilona turned off the fence and forgot to turn it back on.

Lady the old girl, got a hair cut last week. This week she got a bath/shower. It took an hour. I think I may wash her again tomorrow just to make sure. Or maybe it's time to wash Charlie. Blondie I do not have a problem washing. She is more than willing to jump in the shower with me. She then just waits for me to get out so she can run around the house like a raging little bull.

Oh, speaking of bulls, my neighbor has long horn cattle. They were all mixing it up today. If was kinda fun watching them push each other around.

Latest set of Dog Pics

Ilona is off to visit family for a week and wanted some pictures of the dogs. Now I gave her the link to this site. She should be looking at it with the Grandkids.
Meanwhile I will be getting more wire from the petstore and hooking up the dogs for the shock of their lives.
We had fixed all the holes in the fence and the dogs were still getting out. I finally found out what they were doing. I really hope I can get a picture of it. But somehow I doubt it. Blondie waits until I'm inside the house before she gets bad.

Latest set of Pictures

I moved the puppy pictures to http://myfreepuppies.blogspot.com/

The pictures below are the first step in the new pool cover.

The picture below is the property and the dog fence line in red.

Right in the middle of a Post

I had almost finished my post on the desktop when everything locked up. Of course I have two computers on. 3 Screens. On the notebook I had 2 forex programs running and online mail. Not to mention my news page

On the desktop I had 1 forex program where I actually make the trades. Also had Blogspot open and was doing my posting. Not to mention another mail program. I guess it became time for the computer to do maintenance and it was all too much. The poor old thing locked up.

Anyway I was saying that when I got home yesterday morning 3 of the dogs were gone. They were still gone when I went to bed at 1300hrs. Ilona says they came home about 1500hrs. Which is basically why I have such a hard time getting to sleep on my work days.

So when I got home yesterday I started running the wire for the "Petsafe" In-Ground Radio Fence" I ran 1000' of wire. Looks like I need another spool of wire. It will have to wait until Thursday when I take Ilona to the airport.

Running the wire through the BAMBOO was a real blast, I hope I left enough slack for wind movement. The rest was really easy. The truly wonderful thing? The only place I really have to bury the wire is under the driveway. Since it is GRAVEL I will enclose the wire inside an old hose. It turns out you can attach it to existing fence.

Well the desktop seems to have finished it's business So now I can go back and see what my forex accounts are doing. I'm about ready to give up on marketing online. It would seem no one has the money to spend on solar lights right now.

I find it kind of strange that I don't like playing games on any of my computers - games bore me to tears. They waste time - The way gambling on a slot machine does. And you have nothing to show for it.

However I love trading Forex. For some reason I seem to be pretty good at it too. I only lost money once and that was because I forgot to read the screen and reset a button from the default sell to a buy. So I did a sell.

The only thing that ticks me off is using Metatrader 4 I cannot figure out how to change the default line colors. My buy and sell are the same color. I want to change them. If anyone out there knows of a way let me in on the secret.

What else: Projects for this week!
1. Containment fence
2. Continue working on pool cover
3. Start this years batch of papercrete blocks
4. Install new electrical to back porch.

What to do now?

I have over 1000' of fence line. Most of it soft sand. Blondie is teaching the boys the very bad habit of digging out. Now the boys will not go out on their own.

So I guess that means I will have to either keep blondie in the house with me while I'm sleeping or she is going to be a chained up dog.

I tried the chain once and she slipped the collar. The new collar is tighter. I'll try it. If that fails then I will have to try the harness.

I guess that means I'll also have to keep her on a lease at my side. That likes totally sucks. Because that means taking her for a walk to do her business.

Plus the boys will be jealous. They stay at my side automatically when I'm home. Even if mom runs off they stay with me on my day off.

New Motor

Yippie, the new motor arrived! Well yes, it arrived a week ago. However tonight I started working on the Master Cool Swamp Cooler.
Take out the old motor, take out the switch assembly. Unwire the switch, take the cage off the shaft and reverse the procedure to put it all back together. Now for the most vital part. BALANCE. That is why there are shims on the mounting bolts.




Ok I tested it out in the shed and everything worked. The Pump for the water and the blower motor. Now I've got it back in the house and the blower still works but now the pump won't. Guess I'll double check the wiring again.

By the way, that is red paint on the work bench.