jeeperpilot's Blog

Starter fried out on my rider........

Winter is almost over....knock on wood.  Spring is almost here.  This also means I have just dropped a small fortune on spark plugs, airfilters, oils, and gas.  Awesome!!!!!!  All of my Craftsmans fired on the first or second pull!!!!!!

Nice break in the weather.  We picked up a scooter for running around in town in the nice weather.  I have to admit that this thing is pretty cool.  Not a big fan of motorcycles but I definetly like the scooters.  If you wreck it your survival rate is much higher!!!

Sleep, do not take it for granted.  We had a major storm the past week and we were out there at all hours plowing!!!!!

A Happy New Year to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, it finally happened.  a whole whopping two inches of snow.  Just enough to get out there and plow.  I was up and on the road by 4 a.m.  Now I just have to wait till about 9 out of courtesy for my nieghbors and use my smaller plow on my tractor.  I am so excited because this is the first time this year!!!!!!!

Still no snow.  A JD Gator with a plow just rolled down the street.  That was cool.

Getting the itch to travel.  This has been ongoing for quite some time now.  Our son is almost two and for the past three years we have not left the state of Ohio. 

I am so lazy!!!!  It is almost 2 on Sunday and my son and I are still in our pajamas.  All we have been doing all morning is sleeping and drinking chocolate milk.  Things are different now with the mowing season over.  Soon it will be the snow pushing season and off we go!!!!

The rain is here, should be snow but what are you going to do!?!

It is almost time for SNOW, the LEAVES are slowing down and the weather is changing.  Are you ready?

OMG!!!!  I have been so busy with work, LEAVES.  I dream about them.  I have new toys..........

Wow, it is definetly a busy season.  By the time I get home and settled, I am to tired to do ANYTHING!!!!!!! 

In reflection this whole mess was a big dissappointment.  You will have problems with any giant retailer, I would rather have my Problem's with Sear's than HD or Lowe's, I can always vent here.  Enough said.  I buried myself in work and in my garden with Jamie's help, pictures soon.  We have a lot of tomatoe's, peppers, and miniature pumpkin's.  All of the ground cover is taking nicely.  Jamie extended the path around the garden with some brick's and stone's, it looks very nice.  It is good for me to get lost in there for awhile.

I redeemed several of my Craftsman Club Reward Points for gift certificates.  This morning I tried to use them at the Sears in Middleburg Hts Ohio.  I had several problems and waited for awhile because none of the associates knew how to enter them in the computer.  I was given the option to take the merchandise with me but did not for fear of a problem.  I was told at the time by a BlueCrew Member that they will get to the bottom and call me.  Never happened.  I finally called back and was told that they would call me in 20 minutes, an hour later I was called by the manager of the Tools "Joe".  He told me I cannot use them because he talked to the Craftsman Club and I do not have the the points.  Exact words=Me- Dude!!  I printed them off of the craftsman web site, it states right on there that I can redeem them in the store.  Joe-Dude!!  You cannot use them here you do not have the points Me-That is because I printed them.  Joe-You have to talk to Craftsman Club, I do not want to be badgered with it!!!  End of conversation.   WTF!!!!!  I checked, I can use them online, so what is the difference?  I would order it online but I would like my items a.s.a.p. as I actually have to put them to use.  What do I do?  Who do I need to talk to?  I have a lot of rewards because I have a lot of equipment.  I do not know what was Joe's problem, it was rude hoe he mocked me and just shut me down, with an attitude.  Look I am not trying to make waves here, I am just trying to get what is mine.  I truly think something needs to be said to Joe before I start returning all of my equipment that I bought to Sears store # 01430.  I am calling the customer service number right now.  I am very upset and frustrated with this.

Weather has been beautiful, working a lot and waiting for some tools to come!!!!!!!

I got the lawn mower I have been wanting!!!!!!!  Reviews will be on the way!!!!  Had to wait on the hedge trimmers I have been wanting.  I do not want to over do it.

Working.....working...you get the idea, need to save some change for Sunday night!!!!!!  Reviews will be coming.

The weather does not look to promising.  According to the National Weather Forecast, I am pretty much screwed.  I do need to pick up material today so atleast I can do that.   I think I might take little man with me, maybe the wifey to.  I think a trip to Sears is in order!!!!!

Whew!!!!  Everything is back to normal and I am signed up ready to shop with my Craftsman Rewards!!!!!!!!!

What is going on!?!?!?  First you cannot sign up for the Craftsman Rewards and it is delayed.  Now I logged on this morning, my President Badge is gone along with a couple thousand of my points!!!!!  What is going on with this place lately?

Worked in the garden tonight.  I have a ton of onions, celery, and cucumber.  Personally I could care less for the stuff, but my family enjoys it and we all get quality time working in the garden.  Plus I absolutely love playing in the dirt.  It is my wife's birthday today and we are going to have a nice cookout.  The yard is already and the garden is being over run by miniature pumpkins.  I will take some pics and upload them later, to keep in line with mu other garden pictures.

In-case any one was wondering, no, I do not work for Sears.

Another day, more work, I had to take care of some really bad lawns today, but my Craftsman tools and I got the job done.

Rain, rain.  Good for the garden, bad if you work outside.  It has been raining a lot lately around here.  Oh I completely forgot!!!  My father droppes off and old Craftsman mower, it is self propelled but there is no belt.  The coolest thing though is the bagger, it is made of plastic!!!!  Everything is in decent shape, but needs complete tune-up and new wheels.  When I got it, the first thing I did was change the oil.  She started on the second pull.  Thanks Dad!!!

Haven't "blogged" in awhile.  Zach is growing so quick, he is now putting together simple sentences, "WOW!!!! Big truck!!"  Work, then there is more work.

Busted my loading ramps today!!!!  They were a bit old, but another excuse to get new ones!!!!  Which I did.  Alright.

Another beautiful weekend is here in the great state of Ohio!!!!  My garden is out of control, and I am shooing away the varmint's left and right.  I cannot leave the gate open for ten minutes or the groundhog will come out to visit!!!  I've got tomatoe's, cucumber, onions, peppers, and miniature pumpkins all growing.

It won't stop rainning!!!!  (Sigh)