5-16-14

7:20am

So I hear on the radio this morning that

Ghost Adventures has been in town for the week

filming for a show at the jail.

Which one, I don't know.  Maybe the Reformatory?

They are doing it because there is a full moon this week.

I just thought it was pretty cool.

(Update: Ok after watching over Facebook I see a lot

about Ghost Hunters being at the Ohio Reformatory

so I think maybe the radio station mistakenly

said the wrong tv show.)

Just chilling and getting things done around the

house and errands done this week.

Yesterday we went to Ollie's to get some freon

for our vehicles for the upcoming hot weather.

Too expensive to take it in to a garage to 

have it done so we do it ourselves.

I'm sure a shop would cost between $50 to $200

to recharge, check for leaks, seal leaks

and probably cause leaks.

I don't trust those places anyway because

I've taken vehicles in to be fixed and 

come out with more problems than I started with!

Ollie's freon is $5.88.  And if you can't find it there

Big Lots has it for something like $6.50 a can.

Pretty easy to do as long as you have the adapter hose.

You can learn just about anything on the internet

and YouTube.  I even learned how to jump

start my truck's air conditioner when it

wasn't working and it's been working ever since.

Got hubby's car fixed the other day.

To do it ourselves it cost $175.

That was for a stabilizer bar link,

rear break pads,

and three newer tires installed.

Got some bites on the car hood we're selling

so if it sells that would cover the cost of those repairs.

Free hood = free money = free car repairs

plus some change in our pockets.

We used to go to Steve's (Sandy's) Used Tires.

We stop in there and inquire about a tire.

They ask if we wanted new or used.

I say used.  This guy pulls a tire off the shelf to 

show it to us and says $60 plus $15 installation

plus probably a tire disposal fee of $2.00 per tire.

Those prices are crazy!

$75 - $77 for one USED tire installed.  I'm going elsewhere.

So I go down the road to another place

where I found really nice tires for $45

and that included installation and old tire disposal.

I ended up getting 3 tires for his car

and saved $126 by going to them instead of Steve's!

PLUS the guy at the used tire place gave us his

business card and said if we take that

to NTB tires we could get 30% off

of a front end alignment.

Still up in the air about getting that done right now.

Hubby tried doing it himself so we'll see how that goes.

4:15pm

Me and hubby went yard saling today.

It sucked.  He got a couple screwdrivers for .25 cents for 2

and a new in package large bottle of cleaner and

microfiber cloth to clean computer and tv screens

for $2.00.

I got my one son a Nike t-shirt .75 cents

and 25 Pillsbury (grocery store checkout type) cookbooks 

for .10 cents each.

My one lovely son decides he wants a friend

to spend the night tonight.  Oh goodie.

This is the friend who is living at a hotel.

Well I was going to have chili I had already made

and was warming in the crock.

Now I think we're having Little Ceaser's Pizza

because of an extra mouth to feed.

So we'll have chili tomorrow night.

5:45pm

Had to run to Kroger before going to Little Ceasers

and get drinks for tonight along with stuff to make

a big breakfast tomorrow.

So we went to Little Ceasers and got our pizzas.

The man behind the counter had reddish orange eyes!!!

I'm thinking we just got served by the Devil!

Freaky looking.  I'm sure they were contact lenses

of some sort.  Why would a company allow

employees to wear something like that 

when they have to deal with customers?!

It's not like it used to be.  Places will hire anyone

and everyone.  I've seen gas station cashiers

which were guys with all kinds of piercings

from ears, cheeks, nose, lips and tongue.

One even had those huge hole earrings in, ewww!

Plus some have a bunch of tattoos,

weird colored hair or hair cuts.

One gal had her head shaved except for long bangs

that were parted in the front.

and dudes are wearing black fingernail polish.

Kinda creeps you out going into places anymore

wondering what you will see.

Is there not a dress code for work anymore?!

8:00pm

We took the boys to a park in Gahanna to walk around.

I don't think this kid spending the night with

us has ever seen real ducks or even a swan before

because he kept pointing and saying, "what's that?".

I think he's 14 years old and just been

brought up on the city streets.