Leap Day....

Sorry for the delay - I started this and forgot where I placed it. So here
it is.....

I'm sitting in my car before the store opens. The sky is gray and its wet
and snowy again. Not a bad day but not a good one either. I kinda chuckle
to my self because I can almost feel that this is the last snow fall of the
year. I think we broke winters back. In about 21 days March begins and I
can get to playing in my yard,making things green again. Planting grass
seed and trimming dead wood off the trees in my yard. I'm looking forward
to it. My own kids are done with the winter time. The snow pants and boots
litter the area near the front door. Caps and gloves are in a tote bag in
the hallway filled with the excess.

I already started Spring cleaning. Sweeping the garage. I started re oiling
the cars and cleaning the insides, I'm taking inventory on what needs to be
done to the house. Its starting the cleaning Buzz . Its gets in your system
one day and you spend a whole day dusting and cleaning glass. Sorting
papers and tossing loose bits of your life. It feels good. to make
something look clean again. Almost new in its look. I guess it would be
funny to watch a 270 pound man singing and polishing his way around the
house.

I made a list and checked it twice of what I want/need to do for the house.
As always Its about grass seed. With the kids and dogs the yard too a
beating last year and I need to get to it. I need to do some painting
around the house. With kids thats almost always the case. Last year I put
up over $300 in insulation in the attic. While its not allot of money it
made the upstairs rather warm this year. Nice. I want to buy new windows
for the bed rooms.... Maybe with the tax check. I know I have to buy new
boards for the deck as well and when I do I have to re stain..... I think I
need about 15 rolls of insulation for the basement ceilings. Arrrrrg....

With gas creeping up rather quickly I started to re-tune the cars. Please
take a look to see what your cars tires can hold and inflate to about 38 or
40 psi. Its make a rougher ride (more bounce) but you will save on gas.
Time for new plugs and wire harness. This will improve gas usage by about
2%. New Air filter will help you by 3% Fuel injector cleaner will help as
well. Do it once a month or so - 2 bucks bakes a difference. Oil Change.
Consider a full synthetic change. This may increase your fuel economy by 1
or 2 %. All in all thats about a 5 % increase. Average MPG 25 x 3 tanks per
month x 16 gallon tank = 60 gallons per month x 12 mos = 720 gallons saved
per yr x $3.43/ gallon (price as of 3/12/2008) = rough savings of $2469.60
on a 5% boost..... Thats a lot of money folks......

Peace.