Neither of my daily drivers liked the cold weather we had here in Texas this week! The ‘05 Escape wouldn’t start on Tuesday morning so I hopped into the ‘97 Cavalier for a quick run to Walmart and when I tried to get back in the car I couldn’t get the doors unlocked! Ran back into Walmart and got some powdered graphite which seemed to resolve the door lock issue.

Haven’t messed with the Escape yet since I was on the road most of the week for work, but I’m thinking the battery might have spit the bit. For some reason or another I can never seem to keep batteries in that thing - around the 3-year mark I am usually replacing whatever is in there. I’ve tried Motorcraft, Autozone, and Walmart batteries and they all seem to provide the same short service life......

Watching the Texans-Redskins game and Alex Smith looks like he is done for the year with a fractured lower leg.

Oddly enough, this is the EXACT same date that Joe Theismann’s career with the Redskins was ended by a lower leg fracture back in the ‘80’s.....

Yeah - methinks the Eagles are one-hit wonders.....

Staying in Houston this year for Thanksgiving instead of making our normal trek to the sister-in-law’s place up in Colleyville. As the official family cook it’s going to be an easy one for me - neither the wife or kid cares for the big turkey feast so instead it’s homemade meat sauce and spaghetti as our holiday meal! I’m going to miss the taters and gravy but sure won’t miss the massive clean-up, so I guess it all balances out....

Heading out for a family hike and then a late lunch at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants - hope everyone has a good one!

I change out batteries at 3 to 3.5 years as part of regular maintenance. That way I don’t have to deal with it at an inconvenient time. They don’t cost so much that I’m throwing much away and I have peace of mind.