Chores for May Day 2014 and Final Report

Check List of Chores and Final Report

For May 1, 2014

Do NOT put blistered feet into boots and go litter picking:             Check.   Too painful.

NOTE:   Order more lambs wool.

Do laundry after Pablo fed his breakfast to your jeans:       Done

Start Toyota Sienna.

            Jump from 2^nd battery:                                                               No luck

Jump from Dodge Dakota:                                                         Started  

              

Call shop for appt. to repair continual draining problem:                After tire change-over season.

Start older Stihl chain saw:                                                                  Done

Start “easy start” newer Stihl chain saw:                                          Will not start again this year.

Notes:   Hasn’t started for at least 3 seasons.   Take it to Stihl dealer and the little hussy almost trembles in anticipation of starting for men.   Must be female.

Wash and wax Dodge:                                                                              Complete

Wash and wax Toyota:                                                                             Complete

Start Suzuki ATV:                                                                                        Started

Start John Deere lawn mower:                                                                No luck; put charger on battery

Remove hydraulic wood splitter from storage:                                     Done

Start hydraulic wood splitter:                                                                 Started

Insert trailer hitch into receiver on Dodge:                                            Done

Go back to other garage and get pin for hitch:                                     Done

Undo support leg and lower splitter onto hitch ball:                            Watch your darn finger!

NOTES:  Nice blood blister on finger.   Goes well with the ones on your feet.

             

Move wood splitter to wood lot:                                                           Done

NOTES:  Next time, make sure you insert pin into trailer hitch.  You were lucky this time.   The pin even survived the ride on the rear bumper to the wood lot.

 

Wash and wax Suzuki ATV:                                                                      Done

               Notes:   This faithful companion must be 20 years old now.

Lower kayak from rafters of car port:                                                   Done

Wash magpie poop from kayak:                                                            Done

               NOTES:  Next winter, cover kayak in case the magpie roosts there again.

Get pressure washer from storage:                                                    Done

Find instruction book for pressure washer:                                       Done

Pressure wash winter tire rims and paint:                                         Pressure washer leaks

Remove umpteen screws to get at leaking fitting:                            Done but fitting impossible to reach.          

    

                     

NOTE:   Disassembly requires every tool in arsenal.

 

  NOTES:  Call Snap-On customer tomorrow and find out how to reach fitting.     

See the shiny thing?   See the brass nut to the left of it.   It cannot be reached by any tool I have.   Is there such a thing as an open end, 1/2 inch offset wrench.   Oh, and it must be very, very thin.

Take two Aleve and forget the whole damn f….ing thing and go kayaking at Tern Lake to pick up floating litter.

 

Note:   Visiting the merganser couple down the block is better than any day of chores.

NOTE:   This is what you should have been doing all day.

Go to bed:                                                                                                   Crap!   

NOTE:  Remember to bring in bed sheets from outdoor line before bed time.