Last night I tried out our Kitchenaid ice cream maker attachment. Oddly enough the ingredients would have been half the cost if I had bought them at the local convenience store vs. our neighborhood Kroger. I remember why I never shop there now. Bad selection, grumpy staff and stupid high prices. Next time I am heading over to Aldi instead...
Slept in. Had a good night sleep for the first time in 3 weeks which was awesome. Spent some time working some ideas for an upcoming youtube series on camp / emergency prep fuels that was actually requested by a subscriber. I've been riding with my bud to his place to work on the trailer as he is back and forth between his small town, and Kemah, and was just taking advantage of being able to leave the car in the driveway. Went to start the car and battery dead. Battery was replaced last October I think it was. Looks like I have a parasitic draw to trace down on this old car... Dragged the battery out and tossed it on the charger as my shop is air conditioned and I really don't want to cook the battery...
Reinstalled battery in car. Starts and runs fine now. REALLY need to diagnose that parasitic draw. I suspect there is a ground problem near the fuse block in the trunk. That has been a problem in the past with this car...
Dragged out, and put my portable power pack battery on the charger since it was out and it has been 2 months since I charged it. Put the Everstart jump starter box on wall power to charge up. Checked out the tropics, seriously considering going to the fuel station where I can get ethanol free gas and filling up my 5 gallon cans to insure I have gas for the generator.
Made a large pot of Caldo De Pollo for my wife and I to enjoy for the next couple of days. Ours has a slight creole twist to it so folks used to traditional Mexican Caldo will look at it funny, but it's good...
Spent time breaking down family packs of chicken legs and breast into meal sized portions, and sealing them up in vacuum seal bags, think Foodsaver type machine. Stuffed them back in the deep freeze.
Installed the Steak Saver I ordered onto the shower. Set the borrowed one aside to return to my friend I borrowed it from so he can have it back before his next BBQ...
Received the ordered reflective paracord. I messed up and ordered black instead of blue. I intended to order blue. Filed the return to Amazon, Ordered the blue...
I need to get the cat off of the craft table so I can repaint / touch up my studio clock. I have a shadow box art wall clock that suffered at the hands of paint splatter and some finish nicks. I actually like the rough look, the wife however HATES it...
I need to get the car going again, head to the laundromat to wash the doggie beds. He has 2 of them, and they are way too big for our front load machine at home so laundromat it is...
Having more discussion with my wife. I believe I mentioned it here plenty of times, but my ideal for camping is a dedicated off road camper on a flatbed on my existing truck, but my wife has been resistant to the idea, until she brought it up on her own last night.
Discussion was thus...
She wants a full size SUV, something with the cush of an Escalade, but without the likelihood of carjacking. I am thinking a Taho LTZ with 4x4. She asked about hauling stuff for home repair, we discussed loading and payload on the truck, and towing...
She mentioned. "It sounds like we'd be better off with a little trailer to haul stuff and just camper the truck..."
As you wish... Now where is the evilgrin emote?
If I can keep her onboard with going flatbed based camper, I can finish up refurbing these pop ups and put them on the market to sell, and hopefully make enough profit to fund a good portion of the camper build... Life is odd, quirky, and apparently does NOT follow a script of how I think it should go...