went on a run to town today for softner salt & kerosene. heat is better but not as good as Id like it to be, the escape spoils me I guess. Had no high idle at startup, the plug for the I.A.C. had unplugged, latch thing is broken so Ive zip-tied it together. The exhaust on my work beater came apart right under the drivers seat so Ive rigged it up with aluminum flashing & stainless hose clamps, alternator has low output too but thats going to have to wait a bit, if it dies Im just going to park it beside the garage for awhile, Im beginning to think G.M. stands for “gimme money “. Since the yard is frozen like concrete I took the deere mower & flatbed and moved the treadmill out of the garage and to the back deck so its now in the house, doesnt mean it will see any more use but at least its out of my way and I can work on getting the garage like I want it, parked the flatbed over the crawl space access, need bilco doors as every time it rains its a mess there. Hopefully im done under the house for awhile. Put in a wireless driveway alarm, came with a 2nd sensor for the mailbox. It doesn’t work like I thought it would, every car that drives by trips it, might mount it IN the mailbox. Still trying to kick this cold, hopefully I can just stay in the house tomorrow & just binge yellowstone all day.