Vorlon Whispers

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

More stink bugs. I was on my way to the grocery store and decided I'd better make an appointment at the Service Garage for my car. I stopped in and explained my problem with stink bugs being in the ventilating system. The man looked at my car and took apart some panels and the glove compartment. We could see the stink bugs in the filter. He ordered a new filter and cleaned out the stink bugs. While I was waiting, he came in and wanted to show me more problems. He said a rodent got into the fan and stuffed it with paper. He cleaned that out, too. He showed me where I should put screening over the intake holes as the stink bugs can crawl right in the holes. I am wondering though, if a rodent can get into the fan area so can stink bugs. I had a mouse get in the fan several years ago. The Honda dealer cleaned it out. I could see where the paper was totally blocking up the area of the fan. I wondered why I wasn't getting any heat. It was a nice warm ride home. BTW, those critters cost me $108.00.

I quickly went to the Dollar Express and to Redner's grocery store. Redner's is employee owned. They have a good variety and are priced like other super markets. I got some more salt for the coming ice storm (It's been upgraded to a major snowstorm with 5 to 8 inches). I wanted to get some Safe Paws but they were sold out. I guess I went too late. I did not get any French Toast items. I had enough bread, milk, and eggs. We call it the French Toast Syndrome when people run out to the store before a storm and clean off all the shelves of bread, milk, and eggs.

I went to my exercise class this morning. There were four of us today. It was a little warmer but a damp cold. It warms up to snow. I did a little work on my computer and I caught some more stink bugs. It seems they come out at night and seem to be attracted to the light. It could be that it takes almost all day for the mobile home to warm up. I may have to adjust the electronic thermostat. It is a pain to do. I have to do each day one at a time and there are four or five settings during the day and night that I have navigate my way through. It has a schedule for bringing the heat up in the morning, turning down when one would go to work, bring the heat back up for when you get home, and then turn it down when going to bed. I don't need any settings for going to work or coming home but have to put something in there so I can get to the rest of the day.

I have lots of food and reading material to get through the storm.

News from the Vorlon Wife.

Posted by tedkarol at January 25, 2011 10:12 PM