Seems like every time my wife drives the new van the AEB sensor goes off from snow accumulation, road dirt, or whatever else you can think of. I wipe off the windshield and the sensors on the front bumper and usually it turns itself off after a few minutes of driving with them freshly cleaned. Not so today. I even took the car to the drive through car wash, and that didn’t reset it. Maybe by this afternoon it’ll sort itself out now that the whole shebang is clean as a whistle. Who knows crazier things have happened.
Bit of a cold one this morning for a walk about, and stop off to get gas, and a car wash. Dog didn’t seem to mind being inside the vehicle with me as the wipers, and spray nozzles went to work on all of that accumulated salt, ice, and snow. Probably because it wasn’t that loud, and he didn’t get wet.
Here we are on Wednesday. Last nights Leaf’s game was a late one. Didn’t start until 9:00pm. I made it until three minutes into the third period when we were up 4-2, and went to bed. Woke up to a 6-3 win over Calgary. I’ll take it! A two game heater is better than the five game losing streak! By a country mile. That was exciting. A near miss on an early goal by Tavares that was called back from him using a high stick. Can’t have them all boys!
I have a new propane heater coming later today that “should” make it so that I can work in the garage on off days during the winter. I’m excited. I can’t really use it any time soon, but I will be able to do so in March, and early April so that’s awesome. I might take some time to tear down the shoddily erected shelves in the garage, and put up some higher quality metal racking. Will feel alot safer, and could potentially net me a few more useable square feet of floor & wall space. I will definitely need to get out the measuring tape, and review all of what I have on there, to see if it’s actually doable. I think added shelves, and more open space would be beneficial. But I may just be hyper fixated on it, and not thinking clearly.
I got fixated on the propane heater, but given power outages in our area, both the generator, and the heater are solid investments for the house, and our safety. Those jericho storms came out of nowhere and left us without power for a couple of days that one spring a few years ago. Not doing that again. And incase of a no heat event, now along with the fireplace we can keep one bedroom liveable. I would love to get an Ecoflow Delta 2, battery bank and solar panels to have for emergencies around here too. Bit pricey at $1,300.00 plus tax, but it’s on my list of preparedness items to have should we ever be required to self rescue during a crisis. The Ecoflow would be enormous help from spring through early fall as a power source, and the generator & propane heater for winters. Water & food we have, but my own prescriptions would be my major sticking point. Let us hope it never comes to that.
On to something else. What more can I say about Hump Day. The weekend is nearly here. Valentine’s Day is next friday coming. The Superbowl is this sunday evening. I do believe we have a sitter lined up to watch the kids so that we can go a few houses over to watch the game with friends — sans children. My kids don’t particularly like football so no hard feelings there. Looking forward to it.
I’ve heard rumors that the wife’s car might cost $2,700.00 to fix for the time being. Not great if true. But not entirely horrendous. Might have to set aside some money to look into a new car after that though, because if anything else goes on it, it’ll become a trade in for sure. It’s not as new as it feels like it is. Ugh.
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