October

[tcreynolds]

Finally, the humidity has gone away and we have fall temps again. Did a little cleaning, pulled the Autumn box out of the closet. Put up some halloween decorations. Thinking about Inktober, probably won't participate.

Grandad's clock is acting weird, stopping and then starting up again. Guess I'll call the repair guy.

Squished bugs on the front of my car are awful to remove. My poor front fender is so trashed, with all the chips, cracks, scratches. L.A. drivers park by braille, and Virginia drivers smash their doors into my car.
Why did auto manufacturers decide to cover bumpers in painted plastic? What a nuisance. Bring back steel bumpers.

I shook a bottle of scratch remover without realizing the bottle had split open at the bottom, showering myself in paste.

Tried to remove some melted black crayon that got all over the back seat. Grrr. Gonna need to call a pro on that one.

For my birthday I want to get my car detailed and a rear spoiler... wait, that's a waste of money. It'd be just my luck that I spend a couple hundred making the body look nice, and then the waterpump or something goes out. The waterpump is overdue for replacement. I'm also giving the brakes and motor mounts the hairy eye. They don't feel right.

So that's been my Sunday.

Comments

[okojosan]

Augh yes, my car is all scratched up on the sides where people have opened their cars doors right into my car. Somehow I, a huge fatty, can open my car door and get out of my car without banging it into other people's cars. But no one else in the parking lot can. :/ They all drive these enormous pick-ups and SUVs that don't really fit in our small lot anyway.

For Shawn's birthday present I offered to buy him a full detailing package, inside and outside, but he needs to choose the package. He hasn't done so yet (and his birthday was in April.) I wanted to do it so his car would be nice and clean for the summer. Our cars get pretty grungy during the winter when there's snow and gravel everywhere.

I'd say, make your car look nice if you want!

Somehow I, a huge fatty...

[tcreynolds]

Same.

I'm willing to bet it's careless kids piling out of the car. Brian can tell the story of him and I sitting in the car at a public park, it was kind of cold and we were watching the weather, when a van full of kids pulls up next to us. BAM, their door smashed into ours so hard that our car rocked on its axles. We could only stare in disbelief as they completely ignored us and ran off to go play.