Jay On The Go

If you recall I had my septic tank cleaned in 2015 and after taking excellent care of it for last six years, I got it cleaned today.  I used Wind River Environmental and after finding a coupon online, I paid about $330, which is apparently the going rate in metrowest area of Massachusetts.  Everything went smoothly and when the technician tried to sell me a bacteria additive treatment for about $150, I declined, since those additives are sold in home centers for a lot less (you just add it to the toilet water and flush it) and not everyone recommends that they are needed. The technician did mention that I had extra grease, which surprised me because we are low-fat diet type of people, but may be was just trying to convince me to buy the overpriced additive. So yes, six years is a longer duration to pump your septic but remember that for a 1,500 gallon tank, it is just two people (no kids for us) and we take extra care of our tank by not throwing any food or fat into the system, and us

After my adventure changing the battery on my 2015 Toyota RAV4 key fob , I got the courage to also do the same on my garage door remote.  Unlike the car key fob which completely stopped working and I had to open the door the old-fashioned way, the garage door required being close to it in some cases or I needed to press multiple times. Finally, I ordered the battery (search online or if you have the instruction manual saved to look for the right battery) on Amazon and just opened the remote control on the side to remove the old battery and insert the new one (just make sure that you get the poles right).   And now, as I said before that in case of the car it did not require reprogramming and worked right away, in this case it did require programming.  How to do that will depend on your garage door opener.  In my case, I needed to open the box at the ceiling and press a red button till the light started flashing and then I had to press a few buttons on my remote.  It worked without a gl

So, first I noticed that the key would require multiple attempts to work.  Then, I noticed that I needed to be close to the car.  And finally, it completely stopped working.   I pulled out the spare set of keys and the same experience.  Naturally, I went online to research and one of the explanations I read was that sometimes the key needs to be reprogrammed because the communication between the car and the key is corrupted.  No single website gives a decent explanation and when I tried to do it, nothing happened. More research and I concluded that maybe the battery was dead, not just in the fob that I had been using for about 6 years now, but also in the spare key, which was never used but the battery was old anyway. What you may want to remember is that if you bring the car to a dealer, you may end up paying a couple of hundred dollars, but if you can do it yourself, it will be less than $5.  However, I had never done it before so I was afraid to even try. Finally, I got the courage