After yesterday’s question post, I thought an update on the consensus would be appropriate.
Links
Thus far, a whopping 86% of you have said that you prefer links to open up in a new window or a new tab. So, with apologies to the other 14% of you, I’m going to keep doing links the same way I always have….majority rules on this one! 😉
Some of you were asking if I could make links open in a new tab instead of a new window, but I don’t think I can do that on my end. If you want new window links to open up in a new tab, you’ll have to mess with the settings on your browser. Mr. FG has my system set up to function like that, and it’s super handy-dandy. I much prefer to have multiple tabs than multiple windows.
Pictures of me
The consensus seemed to be that it would be fun to have more pictures of me on this here blog of mine, but not necessarily wardrobe pictures. A lot of you wanted more real-life pictures instead, so I’ll try to deliver.
Also, a number of you wisely pointed out that a photo of me every day for a month might get kind of tiring for me and you suggested I spread the pictures out a bit. I can see the wisdom in that for several reasons.
So, I think I’ll try to get a some pictures of me up here once a week or so, and I’ll rope Joshua and Lisey into helping me with the photography part of things.
You know what’s weird? I am always very interested to see pictures of other bloggers, and I rarely, if ever, think that they’re being self-centered or self-promoting. But I always worry that I’ll come across that way if I post pictures of myself.
So, I guess I need to think more like a reader and less like a blogger, and just post pictures of myself without thinking too hard about it.
Mr. FG and my dad are the bomb
Why? Well, the check engine light has been coming on intermittently in my van, and the problem was one of the air/fuel sensors (again!). For some reason, my van has a California emissions system (which makes no sense since I live on the east coast), and it has air/fuel sensors instead of oxygen sensors.
I don’t know if the oxygen sensors last longer, but I have to say that I’m not impressed with these air/fuel sensors. This is the third one we’ve replaced since we bought the van in 2002.
Boo.
Because of some time constraints, we considered taking the van to a mechanic, but our previous one had developed an unfortunate habit of saying inappropriate things to me (he was a great mechanic and had great prices, but there are some things you cannot tolerate in the name of saving money), and the new one we called wanted $159 just to diagnose the problem. For something complicated, that made sense, but I felt like that was sort of steep for a problem that is so easily diagnosable.
So, we called around, found the part for $180, and yesterday, Mr. FG and my dad installed it in my dad’s garage.
It only took them about an hour and now for a price only slightly over the diagnostic fee, my van is all fixed. Yay for the men in my life! There are a lot of money-saving projects I can get enthused about doing, but I am not faintly interested in working on my car’s innards, and I am very happy to be utterly dependent on them for stuff like this.
Today’s 365 post: Decisions, decisions
Joshua’s 365 post: It’s the leaning tower of Pyrex!
Denise@http://gracebytheminute.wordpress.com
Friday 6th of May 2011
I just need to say that your new niece is delicious!!! I can almost smell her newborn babyness in the photo {swoon}
Zaheen
Thursday 5th of May 2011
I'm so glad to hear that your DIY adventure worked out well, especially because it didn't put any money into the crass mechanic's hands. Yay for mechanically apt husbands and fathers!
Kristen
Friday 6th of May 2011
I think the men in my life might have been especially motivated to fix this themselves because of the crass mechanic...neither my dad or my husband are too happy with him.
The mechanic basically said that there was, uh, more than one way to pay for car repairs at his shop, and I was very clear on what he was talking about. Sigh. What possesses people to say stuff like that??
Tiffany T
Thursday 5th of May 2011
I'm sure you probably looked into this before changing your sensor, but what most people don't know is to check your gas cap first. One, you need to make sure your gas cap clicks a few times to make sure you aren't emitting anything to set off the check engine light. And two, your gas cap could be failing. Just a couple thoughts considering you have replaced it three times now ..... I am from CA and grew up in a shop and so many people would bring their cars in for the same problem and either one of these things is all it took to fix it. Primarily making sure your gas cap clicks a few times after re-fueling.
Kristen
Friday 6th of May 2011
Yeah, we did check that. I wish that was the problem because it's a whole lot cheaper!! The check engine light is off now, though, so the gas cap wasn't the issue.
There are three A/F sensors...one has never gone bad, one has gone bad once, and one has gone bad twice. Boo to the A/F sensors.
Julie
Thursday 5th of May 2011
On a PC, hold down the control (ctrl) key while clicking on the link and it will open in a new tab. I always have a million tabs open at once - I like that better than having a millions windows open!
Jennifer
Thursday 5th of May 2011
I KNOW you are so humble, so you probably don't want to hear this, but... gorgeous picture of you and the new baby!! :)
Kristen
Friday 6th of May 2011
Aww, thank you! :)