Hello, my lovelies. 😊 I took it easy today. 🥳 I didn't rush out the door to go fix a million cars. Instead, I drove up the hill, grabbed my truck, loaded up all the metal from all the work I've done over the last however long, and drove to the recycling center. I drove … Continue reading 2023-05-05 — Time to Breathe

When I first started working as a mechanic, I used to think that dealerships were one of the best ways to go as far as figuring out what was actually wrong with the car. Prices, not so much, but at least diagnosing the car. I came to that conclusion because it seemed logical: They work … Continue reading 2023-05-04 — Rain Delay

The morning I started off really rough. The people whose land I'd been interested in buying and was getting more and more excited about buying, after several days of back and forth, informed me that they were now logging the land and no longer going to be selling it the way that they were going … Continue reading 2023-05-03 — Breathe

Well, the day wasn't quite... Yeah. I had more than one car on the schedule, but I only got one car done. I think I ended up spending 10 hours? On one brake job. They had driven until they had ground through their pads, their rotor until it ejected the pad, and all the way … Continue reading 2023-05-02 — Bleed the Brakes, Repeat, Repeat…

Took it relatively easy. I was drowning in the morning, and drowning for probably the first half of the day, but I finally managed to start to feel better once I started helping people-- getting out there and working. I kept it easy. Just three cars. 2014 Toyota RAV4 that needed a serious case of … Continue reading 2023-05-01 — A Tad Lighter

I'm embarrassed. I'm discouraged. I'm devastated. The failures just seem to keep building. Nearly two full days off, and I don't make even an ounce of progress in things that are going to matter for my life. I needed to make progress. I'm barely hanging on. ...And now it's Monday I'm going out to work … Continue reading 2023-05-01 — Mayday, Mayday

My brain's not working right now. Can't remember... Ate breakfast. Took a long nap because I was exhausted. Got a response back from somebody who was selling some land fairly nearby for a great price, but then Google maps had an aneurysm and kept sending me to the wrong places and wrong ways to get … Continue reading 2023-04-30 — Whatever

Hey, folks. 🙂 Well, the day often go quite as planned. I went and helped the hill family with the Saturday morning gardening instead of being out working on cars. I think today was the first day of regular Saturday morning garden stuff. Then I tried to fix that dumb leaf blower, But it's still … Continue reading 2023-04-29 — 40 Trees

I guess I forgot to write my post yesterday? Huh. Well, here goes... Yesterday I struggled a good bit again. I was the same zombie faced, depressed, whatever that I was the day before. But I didn't want to push my customers back another day, even if it was going to rain again. To be … Continue reading 2023-04-28 — Pulling Out

Today was one of those days where I just... I'm tired of life. 😞 I've been hoping somehow that maybe getting the non-profit stuff going might give me something to hold on to, but I think it might be too late. There's no more excitement in it anymore. Just stress, pressure, and fear. And I've … Continue reading 2023-04-27 — Now What?