Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Well, it's kinda Uncle Hank's fault
Ya see, it was like this. Uncle Hank sent me the Reader's Digest, and one of the articles I read this week was about increasing your mpg. I've been driving to T-town twice a week for yoga, so I tried some of the methods in the article - in moderation, of course, because of traffic.
In only 45 miles through little towns, curvy hilly roads, and downtown traffic, I went from 29 to 30 mpg. Wow! On the way home, I took another route without any interstate driving. It inched up a little more. One of the practices is to anticipate braking and back off the accelorator instead. This is smooth easy in rural AR.
As I coasted through the turn onto my street, I figured I had the perfect speed to coast right into my driveway. Aw, man, there's a car coming up behind me. I have to hit the gas a little. Well, I can still coast almost to a stop, but I have to tap the brakes.
Guess what I hit instead of the brakes. Uh-huh. It would be ironic if I had crashed through the living room wall costing thousands just to save a few pennies. Thankfully, I stopped two feet short of that gut-wrenching call.
I used to wonder what Daddy meant when he said, "A little learnin' is a dangerous thing." He was so smart.
In only 45 miles through little towns, curvy hilly roads, and downtown traffic, I went from 29 to 30 mpg. Wow! On the way home, I took another route without any interstate driving. It inched up a little more. One of the practices is to anticipate braking and back off the accelorator instead. This is smooth easy in rural AR.
As I coasted through the turn onto my street, I figured I had the perfect speed to coast right into my driveway. Aw, man, there's a car coming up behind me. I have to hit the gas a little. Well, I can still coast almost to a stop, but I have to tap the brakes.
Guess what I hit instead of the brakes. Uh-huh. It would be ironic if I had crashed through the living room wall costing thousands just to save a few pennies. Thankfully, I stopped two feet short of that gut-wrenching call.
I used to wonder what Daddy meant when he said, "A little learnin' is a dangerous thing." He was so smart.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
A Half a Cup of Hot Cocoa
Okay, so if you winterize your house in the fall, do you summarize your yard in the spring?
Friday, March 21, 2008
A House is Not a Home
My home. I've been here 35 years. I've raised three children, sat under the huge shade trees, mowed, and fought the battle of the leaves and roots. It has kept me warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Here's the half empty part. I'm here alone, now, and have to maintain the place alone. The shade trees finally had to go as they were literally lifting the foundation of the house. This morning with the freedom Good Friday has given me, I spent three hours removing another tree that had fallen from my neighbor's yard onto my little storage building. The circumference is about the size of a newlyweds' dinner plate - the tree, not the building.
Here's the half empty part. I'm here alone, now, and have to maintain the place alone. The shade trees finally had to go as they were literally lifting the foundation of the house. This morning with the freedom Good Friday has given me, I spent three hours removing another tree that had fallen from my neighbor's yard onto my little storage building. The circumference is about the size of a newlyweds' dinner plate - the tree, not the building.
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