Today was a sunny day. The day started off really good with waking up around 10am when hubby was getting dressed and told me that he was going outside to jump Elroy. Elroy is my 1983 Chevy C10 pickup and we recently just finished putting the engine together and filled the radiator with water instead of coolant so we could start him and check for leaks from the water pump. When he finished putting in the radiator, fan guard and hoses on Monday, the battery was dead and we couldn't turn him start him up. So this morning we went out and hubby moved our Saturn in front of Elroy. He charged Elroy and started him right up. We let him run for a little while and checked for leaks and YEAH! There were NO leaks! So all we have to do now is drain out the water and fill it with coolant. Then we need to get the flat tire fixed. Now since I didn't get the tire filled with air when it first went flat a couple of months ago, and it has been sitting that way, it probably will have to be replaced.
So that is how the morning started. When we were out working on Elroy, a very friendly black lab with a blue harness and tags came up to us. His name was Pluto and he was adorable. We brought him in our house and called the number on his tags. At least I tried to call the number on his tags, hubby read it out to me and I called and left a message. The woman called back and said they didn't have a dog and didn't live at the address on the tag. We went down to the address, just down the street from us, but no one was home. So Pluto came in and he was an adorable puppy, about 7 months old. He kept trying to play with my dogs but my dogs didn't want to play with him. They all were grouchy, including Baby. Pluto kept running up to her and bumping her and she would bark at him, then he would do it again. Poor Baby, I've made her old before her time. She is only two years old now and didn't know how to play.
So I got all the dogs together and put them in the backyard. Then I went out front to sit on the steps because hubby went to get me a Cherry Limeade soda from the gas station and he was in a hurry to drop it off and get to work. While I was sitting there, a man walked by and was looking all over the place so I asked him if he was looking for a dog. He said yes so I asked him some questions about the information on the tag to verify he was the owner, he was actually the roommate. But he was watching Pluto and had him out in the backyard when he escaped through the fence. I loaned him a leash and he took Pluto home, then he brought back my leash.
I got dressed and then went across the street to visit with Janice. She was getting ready to run errands so I went with her. We went to visit her son and drop off some shirts and cans, then we went to Popeye's for chicken for lunch. We came home and sat out on her back porch to eat. We were almost done when it started doing a famous 5 minute rain storm. I left and went home.
I spent the rest of the day watching tv and being on the computer. My new book I bought on Amazon "Slaying the Debt Dragon" by Cherie Lowe arrived. It's a true life story written by a woman on how she and her husband got into $127,000 plus in debt, then paid it off in 4 years. While they were raising children. I figured maybe it would help us figure out how to pay off $1300 in Pay Day loans, $4750 in taxes (plus penalties and interest) and $10,000 loan (plus interest) to my parents.
Hubby got home about 930pm, brought Panda Express, so we ate and went upstairs to watch tv.
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