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Sunita's Blog | Est. 2015

Rachio Smart Sprinkler Controller Upgrade

Happy New Year 2019! Our lawn ended up getting over watered and soppy due to the K-Rain sprinkler system that came with our new house.

The rain sensor attached to it wasn’t working and would water the lawn regardless if it rained or not according to the schedule. Plus it would water the lawn before a heavy shower of rain. Caused our new grass to become kind a brown…leave it to us to kill grass 🙁

For Christmas Skyla got JT a Rachio 3 Smart Sprinkler Controller

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New House New Home + Safety month

Been a busy few months for Sunita Girl. After getting a new job, time to blog has been hard to find. Will post more about the job in another post.

We finally decided to buy a house. Our 2 bedroom apartment was pretty crowded with both of us and puppy so it was time to get a bigger place. Hopefully it will be a lot quieter too. Our neighbors are frequently noisy at night at our apartment. 

Here’s some tips for moving to a new place.

  • Fill out a Change of Address form with USPS so you don’t miss any mail
  • Find out the emergency contact info for your utilities.
  • Order checks and mailing labels with your new address
  • Buy fire extinguisher. Also make sure your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors are working
  • Have an emergency escape plan
  • Change air filters
  • Replace all light bulbs with LED See my previous post about selecting the correct color
  • Expoxy coat garage floor
  • Make a homeowner’s journal with instruction manuals, insurance papers, repair/upgrade receipts
  • Set up pest control and landscaping services
  • Label your circuit breaker box
  • Know where your main water valve is and how to turn it off in case of emergency.
  • Get carpets steam cleaned

 

 

Computer Crisis

Laptop Operation

Laptop Operation

My web developer class is a BYOD (bring your own device) class so I needed to dig out my 4 year old Sony laptop. They don’t make them anymore so I guess it can be considered a collectible antique.

I’m glad it was able to be powered on after not using it for about a year. It was being super slow though so I decided time for the dreaded wipe out and reinstall Windows. Thankfully after the move I was able to find the restoration DVDs for it and it worked. After much progress bar action it eventually came back up looking like when I got it back in 2012. Then came updates to get it to a 2016 software version. That took even longer. However after all that it was still being slow with the fan making a ton of noise 🙁

 

 

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