Scattered Thoughts . . .

It was a productive day today...  my spinal injuries are screaming at me though and I am looking like one big question mark...  but, unfortunately, I didn't get to accomplish everything I had intended to accomplish.  It turns out that I grossly underestimated the amount of putting green grass seed that I would need.   This will set us back another week...  at least half a week...  since the seed won't arrive here until Tuesday.  I was only able to cover about 1/3 to just under 1/2 of the putting green with seed.  I guess I will finished up this project next week sometime.  I managed to change the oil in the lawn mower.  I cleaned the air filter in the lawn mower.  I cleaned under the deck of the lawn mower and noticed that the blade is cracked and actually broken.  It was a pretty even crack so I was still able to mow the lawn without any balance issues.  A new blade will arrive early next week.  I also ordered a new spark plug for the mower.   I managed to spot seed all the di

I t has been a pretty quiet week.  The weather has been lousy and my energy level has been depleted so I have mostly been resting and sleeping this week.   We had a leaking washing machine.  I quickly determined it was a leak out the front door of the washer due to gunk, grime and sliminess on the door boot seal.  I spent a day and a half resolving that problem.   First, I spent half a day manually cleaning the inside of the washing machine as well as inside all the folds of the door boot seal.  I didn't want to be too abrasive on the seal because I knew that would only cause more leaking so I carefully and methodically cleaned it up, little by little.   While I was doing that, I also ordered a new boot seal for the front door in case my efforts failed or in case this fix only lasts a short time.  Plus, I don't want to be without a washing machine for a week or two so I would prefer to have a part that I know I will need on hand for when we do need it.  That new boot seal arriv