Is that sunshine I see?

Only got down to 45 degs last night, but I were still cold sit'n there on the couch till 11:30 pm read'n shoot 'em up cowboy books. Took a lot of research to get things right, people and places, to write a western book. An amazing thing to do without the internet.

This morn'n I got my first taste of sunshine in probly over a week. Boy howdy, talk bout make a guy wanna jump up an' down an' shout. "Don't git too excitis Billy Bob, the weather forecast thingy has changed again". From the looks of things, start'n tomorrow, it's gonna rain....and no sunshine. That sucks.

I'm pretty much concluded that any problems I have with my solar system is self inflicted. I'm talk'n bout all the tak'n stuff apart, twist'n an'wiggl'n wires, beat'n on stuff...you know what I'm talk'n bout...all men do it. I read somewheres yesterday that if'n ya sit around sip'n too many cups of coffee an' think'n too much, problems are gonna arise that ain't there. In my case, that happens quite often. Although, you might find a little something that ain't right an' needs a quick fix.

Now that brings up just one more thing to think bout if'n you gonna boondock. Light bubs. If'n you're anything like the old Billy Bob, ya got lights turn on where ya ain't at. Like in the bathroom an' you are on the couch. Now each one of them bubs uses a bunch of sun produced electricity......something like 2.5 amps. With just 2 them suckers turn on we talk'n 5 amp hours for every hour they on. But.....if'n ya ain't got the correct bub in a light fixture, it gonna draw too much amps an' possibly melt your light fixture. I knows what I'm talk'n bout here.

I been buy'n regular ol' automotive single element light bubs 'cause they cheap ( 1156's 27 watt) to replace them what burn out. "Too much watts Billy Bob.....ya gotta git the right kind". The reason I says that.....I reach up to turn off the light I use every night for read'n.....bout 6 hours. The fixture were hot. Not warm, but hot. Is that why my batteries ain't hold'n up??? I'm think'n it may be time for me to buy me up some them LED light bubs.....what ya think?

Get'n close to a Walmart run. Bout 70 mile round trip to Rio Grande City. Big ol' Walmart there. With the sun shin'n an' all, I'm think'n today would be a perfect day. Not that I need anything special. Just a ride ya know.

I throwed some bread out in the yard for the birds. Sadie Mae went outside an' ate it all. She one the most selfish dogs I ever did see.....damn.

Rats, mice.....??? No, Sadie Mae. Have ya ever see a dog what shell an' eat peanuts?. An' this ain't the first time. She do the same thing to pecans. Shell 'em, eat 'em up an' leave the mess for her daddy to clean up. Damn fool dog.

Update: After a bit of Google research, I stand corrected.
A 1156 light bub draws. 2.1 amps @ 26.9 watts.
A 1141 light bub draws 1.44 amps @ Oh crap what was it....18.4 watts.
A 1003 light bub draws .938 amps @ 12 watts