SEMI-SUNNY SUNDAY
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:27 amGOOD MORNING CAMPERS!
It was very cool last night, and is still about 48 degrees here this morning at almost 9:00 am. Sigh----summer weather is fading fast! Molly and I just got back from taking a tin cat full of FOUR mice I caught in the trailer overnight! That's themost I have ever caught at one time! I am very glad I have three of those tin cat live traps now, as this si proving to be a very prolific mouse season! No mice in the two in the house, however. Maybe I will crawl under the trailer today and try to figure out how in heck they ae getting in. My new screw-on power cord seems tight enough, and my other water inlet holes seem tight. The onl;y thing I can think of is the satellite coax cable that I have coming in through my stove vent, which, by necessity, needs to be cracked open to admit the wire. They could tightrope that wire, I suppose! Or, I guess they could be coming in through the refrigerator vents somehow----I will look again back there, too.
As far as this house goes, I suppose there are tons of ways they can come in here, including a large space where the walls meet the roof under the eaves----by large, I mean at least wide enough for a mouse to get through. I left some space when I spray-foamed that space years ago, to allow for moisture escape. I think, if I had the time and could stand that rock wool insulation behind the upstairs wall in the crawl space, I would seal it completely off and try to install those condenstaion vents at each end of that crawl space, with tight screening over them. However, that can be left for someone else at this point in my life!
Yesterday was a dump day, and I finished cleaning out my 'stuff'' from one of the upstairs bedrooms. It is now ready to be finished, as the room was never finished off----just dry wall, no seams sealed, no trim around windows, and way more. Before I even attempt to do that, I need to put a new roof on my leanto. I will see how much a metal roof for that would cost, and if I think I can cut it to fit and install it.
I also need to do a lot more sapling/brush cutting with my rotary brush saw, including the open field, to make it easier to mow with the brush hog when Wiley gets that up and running once again.
The sun seems to be coming out, so it's not such a bad day right now. There is always plenty to do here, no matter what the weather brings. I hope you all are having a good weekend, wherever you are, and whatever your plans may be. I am goin online now and ordering me a SPOT GPS tracker/finder with emergency contact service that is supposed to work just about anywhere on the planet except for certain parts of the large oceans. That just may be the answer to my having no cell phone service here, or for anywhere I may be in the future. The cost of monitoring AND tracking is 149 per year-----well worth it if you live alone and like to do things outside where those "I've fallen and can't get up" monitors won't work! I will let you know if it works when I get it. If I don't want the tracking part of it, it will cost just 100 per year----less than 10 per month, if I choose to pay that way-----well worth it for peace of mind. I think I also want the tracking service, as then my kids can track me and my vehicle all over hell and gone, if I opt to have it on!
Here's a link to the device, for any who might be interested;
http://www.mypilotstore.com/mypilotstore/sep/6636
Happy Sunday to us all!
It was very cool last night, and is still about 48 degrees here this morning at almost 9:00 am. Sigh----summer weather is fading fast! Molly and I just got back from taking a tin cat full of FOUR mice I caught in the trailer overnight! That's themost I have ever caught at one time! I am very glad I have three of those tin cat live traps now, as this si proving to be a very prolific mouse season! No mice in the two in the house, however. Maybe I will crawl under the trailer today and try to figure out how in heck they ae getting in. My new screw-on power cord seems tight enough, and my other water inlet holes seem tight. The onl;y thing I can think of is the satellite coax cable that I have coming in through my stove vent, which, by necessity, needs to be cracked open to admit the wire. They could tightrope that wire, I suppose! Or, I guess they could be coming in through the refrigerator vents somehow----I will look again back there, too.
As far as this house goes, I suppose there are tons of ways they can come in here, including a large space where the walls meet the roof under the eaves----by large, I mean at least wide enough for a mouse to get through. I left some space when I spray-foamed that space years ago, to allow for moisture escape. I think, if I had the time and could stand that rock wool insulation behind the upstairs wall in the crawl space, I would seal it completely off and try to install those condenstaion vents at each end of that crawl space, with tight screening over them. However, that can be left for someone else at this point in my life!
Yesterday was a dump day, and I finished cleaning out my 'stuff'' from one of the upstairs bedrooms. It is now ready to be finished, as the room was never finished off----just dry wall, no seams sealed, no trim around windows, and way more. Before I even attempt to do that, I need to put a new roof on my leanto. I will see how much a metal roof for that would cost, and if I think I can cut it to fit and install it.
I also need to do a lot more sapling/brush cutting with my rotary brush saw, including the open field, to make it easier to mow with the brush hog when Wiley gets that up and running once again.
The sun seems to be coming out, so it's not such a bad day right now. There is always plenty to do here, no matter what the weather brings. I hope you all are having a good weekend, wherever you are, and whatever your plans may be. I am goin online now and ordering me a SPOT GPS tracker/finder with emergency contact service that is supposed to work just about anywhere on the planet except for certain parts of the large oceans. That just may be the answer to my having no cell phone service here, or for anywhere I may be in the future. The cost of monitoring AND tracking is 149 per year-----well worth it if you live alone and like to do things outside where those "I've fallen and can't get up" monitors won't work! I will let you know if it works when I get it. If I don't want the tracking part of it, it will cost just 100 per year----less than 10 per month, if I choose to pay that way-----well worth it for peace of mind. I think I also want the tracking service, as then my kids can track me and my vehicle all over hell and gone, if I opt to have it on!
Here's a link to the device, for any who might be interested;
http://www.mypilotstore.com/mypilotstore/sep/6636
Happy Sunday to us all!