I finally upgraded the blog software, WordPress if you haven’t noticed, to the current version. I wanted to put the smileys in some kind of order because I thought it was too hard to find a specific smiley with the way I had it before. But this new version changed the way it displays them, so there is no way I can order them. Drats!
Since I was making changes, I thought I’d change the theme as well cause I really didn’t like the previous theme, but I was too lazy to change it. Well, I finally changed it. I like it fine enough except that I don’t like the fact that the links are not distinguishable from the plain texts in the sidebar, but it is what it is.
Another change I hesitantly made is that I removed Grizzley’s page. I didn’t want to, but leaving his page there is not fair to my other pets I have lost over the years, and I cannot put everybody up here. So there you go. I hope Grizzley understands.
Edited: I changed the CSS to correct the font color of links on the sidebar. Now it does look orangey as Mary told me last night.
Today is the last work day for me before I take nine days off. I don’t go anywhere of course, not having anybody to take care of my four dogs, three of them with very special needs. But my friends, topsurf, perpstu, cajunvegan, citizenjaney, andrealdaigle and justjen, all of whom I’ve never met in real life, but dear friends all the same, are coming to NYC for their vacation from different parts of the country. I plan to go meet and play a few times next week. But that would account for only a few days out of nine. And I thought I’d let you in on what I plan to do during my staycation.
- Sleep. Yes, I’m still sleep deprived during the week and I usually take long naps on the weekends to catch up, but one thing or another led me to miss my precious day time sleep at least one of Saturday or Sunday for the last several weeks. As a consequence, I’m in need of much more sleep.
- Nap. What? That’s how badly I need more sleep.
- Go see my friends I have neglected for the last 5 months after Grizzley’s death.
- Slumber. Cause I’m certain that I’m supPOSed to get enough sleep while on staycation.
- Re-caulk the shower stall in the master bathroom. I fixed the shower drip, but I’m yet to take a shower in that stall because I’ve noticed that about one-fifth of the caulking wasn’t there any more. Of course it didn’t happen overnight but I thought it’s prudent to use the other bathroom until I re-caulk it.
- Catch forty winks. I’m terrible at winking and I’d like to be better at it.
- Get the car fixed. I have spent a couple of thousand dollars in the last three months because of car troubles. But I still have some minor problems like going through a bottle of coolant a week WITHOUT a slightest trace of a leak anywhere, etc. My wallet has been bleeding terribly because of vet bills and aforementioned expense and such, so I’m trying to get to a mechanic, a friend of a friend, so that I can’t trust a little that he doesn’t bleed it to death.
- Rendezvous with the sandman. I’m in love with him.
- Pull out all broad-leaved plantains from the backyard. They seem to multiply faster than rabbits, and I have patches of these odious weeds, which become stiff like celery stalks when fully grown, thus making my dogs avoid the area. I’ve gotten rid of three such patches so far by pulling them out one by one whenever I can for the last two weeks.
- Get some shuteye. Once my mom told me that my eyes are not shut completely when I’m asleep. So I need more practice.
- Upgrade the blog. It’s still on version 2.6.2. Upgrades take a long time for me because of all the customization I made including the smileys, and I don’t like it very much because, well, you know, I feel like I’m back at work or something like that.
- Cop some Z’s. I happen to like Z’s.
- Last and least, optional even, clean up the house. Cleaning up is so very very much needed. But you see, it’s my staycation. I shouldn’t do something I really really loathe and despise, right? RIGHT?
1. First list item starts here…
Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others’ comments. It’s easy, and fun!
Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
I the plumber fixed the dripping shower in my master bathroom last night all by myself. I have replaced shower heads or toilet fixtures, but I hadn’t messed with things of this nature, so I had meant to call a plumber after cleaning up the bathroom and bedroom nice and neat. That was four or five months ago. My place now is messier than ever and the dripping had gotten worse. So much worse it kept me awake at nights, and so a few nights ago I fastened a string on the shower head so that the water drops would catch it and follow it down. It worked a little until I started to hear little splashy kinda noise which bugged me like hell. I had to fix it soon.
I went online and looked at pictures, instructional videos and all kinds of how-to write-ups. They all seemed so complicated and they were all a little different from each other. Even though they all say it’s very easy, I couldn’t get the basic information I needed such as how to find out what kind of valve I have. The instructions start like “If you have a cartridge type valve…” and so forth, but I couldn’t find out what to look for to determine if it’s a cartridge type valve or not. So I was very very nervous.
However, it turned out to be just a piece of cake. I dropped by at Home Depot on my way home from work, went to faucet repair/remodel kits section, and there it was – Delta shower faucet replacement cartridge for model 1300 and 1400 series. I was nervous that something would go wrong like the old cartridge wouldn’t come out fully or the replacement wouldn’t go in or some such cases in which I would have to call the professional, and since I didn’t want to pay the emergency fee, I would call them up next morning and until then I wouldn’t be able to use water. So I prepared myself by going to the bathroom and spending a long time sitting on the toilet if you know what I mean.
Then all I had to do was to shut off the water, uncover and unscrew the shower knob off, take the metal sleeve off, loosen the brass ring (nut) off, and pull the cartridge out, push the replacement cartridge in, turn the water back on, adjust the scald guard setting and finally put the knob back on and screw it in and put the knob cover on. I know. If I had read instructions that went like this I wouldn’t have understood what I had to do. But it was just that easy. The only tool I needed was a screw driver. I spent only like 30 minutes, most of it spent on pulling the cartridge out because it’s kinda tight and on adjusting the scald guard setting to get the temperature right. And all it cost me was 37 dollars and some change for the cartridge as opposed to a couple of hundred dollars if I had called a plumber.
Now I’m contemplating on fixing the downstairs toilet leak…
Serious Stuff. Seriously
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
| Blog: |
| yoonamania |
Topics: |
| Pets, Dog, Cat |