Visit Milwaukee

Visited Jim and Kay in Milwaukee. As usual we had lunch in their nice cafeteria. Stayed there for one and half hour.

Then we visited Xianbin family. Their twins are now three year old.

Then we toured Marquette campus.

Blood test for D physical Exam.

Went to ACL Laboratories at Highlands for blood test. Will know results in a few days.

Aug 8 update: got test results. Everything is normal.

RBC: 5.0 (4.5-5.9)
Hemoglobin: 15.2 (13-17)
Hematocrit: 44.0 (39-51)

Glucose: 98 (65-99) - this one is close!

Dodge Caravan Oil Change

Dodge Caravan Oil Change at Merlins for $17. (54600 miles)
Checked front and rear brakes. Both have more than 50% left.
Tires are OK.

Garmin Nuvi 350 GPS

Bought from Amazon for $378. Bestbuy has it for $499 + tax.

New Keypad

Installed a Sears Craftsman LiftMaster Chamberlain Garage Door Opener Wireless Keypad model 976LM Security+.

Need to change battary in 1 year. That is July 2008.

Bought this from Amazon for $40.

New Water Heater

$703 to get it installed. The installer charged $200 to fix the old flexable pipe. The total cost is $903.
This unit has lifetime warranty. Which means HD will fix it for free 20 years from now.

GE 40 Gal 12 year. Contract #: 二二6 - 9743212.
(877)843-3777

Low Blood Count!

RBC: 3.8 (4-5)
Hemoglobin: 8.6 (12-16)
Hematocrit: 29.0 (36-45)

Way too low.

2007-08-24 Update
Hemoglobin: 12.5 (12-16) Basically normal.

2007 YMCA Membership

Starting May 22. Paid $193.

New lawn mower from Wal Mart

Bought a new lawn mower from Wal Mart for $109. It came out box assembled. This is nice.
I mowered lawn for 5 minutes before I realized that I did not add oil. The sound was strange. It seems to be a nice lawn mower. At lease better than the old one that I always had to spent 5 minutes to start it.

2007 spring yard work startup

Clean up branches and leaves.
Apply Pelletized limestone and pelletized gypsum (mix half bag of each left from last year)
Bought a rotor spreader
Seeded half bag of grass seeds
Bought Step 1 fertilizer ($40!) and applied half bag