Charged!

 Amazing as it sounds, the temps in Central PA did climb up into the mid 40s (F) yesterday, and if the forecasters are correct today is going to be a repeat of yesterday.  If the long range forecast holds, there are only 2 days in the next week and a half when our daily high will be down around freezing.  I'm fine with that.  

Yesterday was another interesting day in the world of home improvement retail. Because of football sales were low; this is Philadelphia Eagle territory.  In spite of the fact that many stayed home to watch the playoff game, I sold 2 more measures and signed up a customer for an indoor shutter consultation.  I also had another $1200 in sales, so basically last week I hit the trifecta + for a specialist.  Management should be very happy.  

Within an hour or so I should be hearing from Faulkner Subaru regarding my battery situation.  I am prepping my mind for a worse case scenario, you know, where the script says that battery that is only 1 year and 2 months old died because of a bad alternator or some other car part that's going to be expensive to fix.  I hate additional expenses since my income is allocated to specific needs.  Right the main focus is paying off those windows I had installed.  Once that bill is buried I'll be a much happier camper and right now I'm looking at an internment day in May.  The interest free period doesn't run out until September, so I'm not concerned about that.  I just don't like owing money.  

Battery update:  bad battery, I'm getting a new one for free.  Sometimes you can actually take advantage of a warranty.  

And here's a pic of Howie in the snow.

And, as we all expected, Chaos got a little rough yesterday with Colombia.  Fox says they caved, everybody else is reporting negotiation happened.  Orangie doesn't handle pushback well and Colombia pushed back.  In reality, his little temper tantrum will cause Colombia to search for another large trading partner, one that's friendlier, and that country will probably be China.  Sales agreements with the United States will disappear.  That's something Orangie will never understand.  He's pushing  hard for the EU to buy more from America, that will fail.  He will try tariffs and sanctions to force them, and they will turn elsewhere.  Right now we have the largest economy in the world, soon that honor will go to China.  This is going to be anything but a golden age.