Love the last rule.

After play snack...

waiting for the puppet show.

Kids decided it was a good day to play in the sprinkler...

Coop gets a roof...

Our neighbor had extra shingles and extra time and now our coop has a proper roof.

Going food shopping with Ruby...

Gryphon rolls up his first AD&D character...

...a moment to remember.

One mile to go...

I d like to thank my G1, it's extended battery, and Pandora for making it a nice walk.

3 miles to go...

One foot in front of the other. Best not to think too much about the distance yet to cover...

Wish I had my bike today.

Four and a half miles from Fortuna to home.

Heading home early to take care of the kids...

..while Sarah deals with something flu like.

Parking Garage update :: not much new on the outside...

This should make Sarah's Day :: MacGruber-Trailer

Watching Heidi...

The one with Shirly Temple...

Found what we were looking for...

Ceremonial Teahouse is always a favorite...

At the Museum

Behind the Boat Houses...

Getting close to the museum.

Sarah hooping at the Murdoch Art Studio and School today...

Sarah hooping at the Murdoch Art Studio and School today...

Somedays- there is a lot of bread at work :)

Ruby and Dillon playing...

Very smooth productive weekend...

Friday- Took the train home, ran from the train station to Giant to beat the rain, Sarah picked me up there. Got home, put fuel in the heater oil tank, bled the line and started the furnace - yea heat and hot water again.

Saturday- Got more fuel for heater, glued the rear view mirror back on in the van, picked up a new to us dryer and then got it down to the basement and hooked up. Cleaned up the house. Figured out how to test the wiper motor on the van to see if it was the motor or wireing. It was the motor. Figured out how to take the thing out of the van too.

Sunday - went to the junkyard found a Nissan Quest and pulled the wiper motor out, took it home and hooked it up and we have window wiper-age again. Then spent the rest of the night listening to great local music, Tribal Rising included, at the Earth Center for the Arts coffee house...

Ahh... earned my keep this weekend :)

Tribal Rising closing out the night at the Earth Center for the Arts

At the Earth Center for the Arts...

Tribal Rising is playing tonight.

Hanging out at Pebble Hill while Tribal Rising practices.

Found a Quest!

At harry's you pull it...

Score! Two wooden tech decks for the price of one...

I had $10 left on a Target gift card and stopped to replace my lost wooden techdeck. I found them to be on sale for $4 instead of $9 :)

Found this Seasonal Magic Hat Beer...

Vinyl Lager. Good stuff.

Got it....

I would have had to take the whole bracket out any way, there was a hidden bolt under it.

Took the whole thing out...

Just 4 ...

...nuts that I can't get a wrench on and won't stay put for me to get the bolts out to replace the motor. Grrr!

On to the windsheild wipers...

The internet says that if I unplug the wiper motor and the fuse doesn't blow, than its the motor that is bad. So after about an hour of fighting to take the cover off, figuring how to take the wipers off... I was able to unplug the motor and test it. The fuse held. So now I have to replace the motor. It doesn't look to hard...

Dryer in place and ready to work...

Now to take the dryer down these steps...

Nu dryer coming in...

Pretty much a pro at bleeding heating oil lines now...

...I'm cheap and I give service with a smile :)

Good thing I am in half decent shape...

I had to run at least a half mile to Giant from the train station to beat the downpour and thunder and lightning...

Coupled...

Waiting for the loud uncoupling. If you've stood here you know what that sounds like.

Tonights secret ingredient is...

cinnamon and sugar.

sick day objectives

1. Feed Kids
2. Take Herbal remedies
3. get better

Flame On)!

Sarah lights up the night with grace and beauty(and fire).

Fire and music...

Ruby and Iris enjoying a chilly bike ride...

Fresh from the coop...

Thanks girls!

Killer Digerido at the RAT...

Open Mic the R.A.T.

Waiting for my ride to work...

Outside watching the bats...

While the kids ride around.

Yea for me...

I get to bleed the furnace fuel line again.

Pushed hard to make it to the train today...

It was drizzling when I got up and the van windsheild wipers died. I tried to fix them but the fuse kept blowing out. That left me with less than a half hour to bike to the train. The rain stopped and I pushed hard ( the chain even popped once ). - made it to the station with a couple minutes to spare...