For the first time this year I woke to the morning orchestra of the birds! It's one of my favorite ways to start any day! This morning I had to be up early enough to take the truck in at 8 am to have the alternator checked out and repaired or replaced because my grandkid Vale who works at O'Reilly's said the tester said it was failing when he replaced the dead battery that was only a year or less old. In fact, Vale was interested in doing the job, a first for Vale, for the experience, and I... Sign in to see full entry.