Lucky me.

No no no no... didn't win any lotteries... or anything..

Today, is the day where I plan to clean up my yard, re-pot all my plants, mow the lawn.. so that I can leave my house in a decent shape before I head out for my Thanksgiving at home.

A lot of soil and a lot of mixing and potting later - I was all good. I was ready for my lawn.

Getting to my lawn mower requires the car to be moved out of the garage. Attempted to start the car.... Nothing. Tried again. Nothing. It go like clump and nothing happened. Oh no!

Chris happens to be playing video game in the house, so I called him. He thought - either the battery died or the alternator. Ok. Not good. My week is going to suck without a car.

So - he got the car into neutral, and had me push the car out of the garage - as he steered. It wasn't so bad really. I was surprised how easily the car moved...

The car jump started, and I drove the car to Advanced autoPart. Yup. Death of a battery, that was barely 3 years old. At least the guy was nice and mentioned the warranty that's 2 years.

I thought... wow was I lucky. If I didn't attempted to mow my lawn, I wouldn't have moved the car, which means I wouldn't have seen the battery problem till Monday morning when I really needed it and Chris won't be around to help.

Lucky me. :)

Mosquito bait....

Today I decided to head home early so I can give my yard a bit of a quick mowing before I head to Toronto. To keep my neighbor happy... or at least the perspective buyer for my neighbor's house happy. Tho, its not like my grass is really growing well - its just uneven and full of weeds. (that's the stuff keeping it green and fresh looking)

After mowing I started to notice some buzzing around me.. Oh no ! I quickly grab some insect repellent and spray everywhere. I proceed to do a bit more yard work, pulling those weeds that didn't blend well... and get ride of some brown leaves on my tree... When I finally finished, I realized that I've been bitten a lot! The repellent didn't work much at all!? (or was there simply so much mosquitoes around b/c its so hot again ? )

That's 16 bites all together. Very itchy. Not sure how some of those got thru my socks :(
I suspect some got into the house too.....