Sunday, May 12, 2024
Mothers Day
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Jacob's Birthday Party
I got up this morning, went out to the shop first thing and did a set of exercises on the weight machine. Then I went in and had breakfast before putting all the lumber I had put in Vera's cart away under the shop.
At 5 we went to Jacobs 5th birthday party at the Family Room indoor playground. I could tell by the time we had walked from the car to there I may have done a little too much this morning. This picture is the first time I saw Jacob today as he was coming down off the Wipe Out Balls.Jacob is teasing Michelle as he played on the slide.Michelle had to hold her phone up over a ball to find Jacob pushing on the other side.
They had gotten ten pizzas, I really enjoyed the bacon one and went back for seconds of it.
Jacob said he didn't want a birthday cake and then decided at the last minute he did so they had to scramble to get one.
Jordon was over in the corner having a very animated talk with his friend.
Friday, May 10, 2024
Rhodendron and Mothers Day Basket
Our rhodendron bush by the pond has really bloomed out.This is how the whole bush looks. I spent my afternoon cleaning up around my weight machine. There was so many planes and lumber piled around it I couldn't use it. I got Vera's Gorilla Cart out and filled it with lumber to store under the shop.
James came up after school and brought Vera a mothers day present of a hanging basket. He also hung it for us as they are pretty heavy. He picked out the one with a sweet potato start in it as we got a big kick out of watching it grow and almost reach the deck.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Clover and T-Ball
James stopped by after class at Castle Rock and told us about teaching a lesson today to the 3rd and 4th graders. This picture was taken after a trip to the lawn so see if what was coming up was the clover I had seeded a few days ago. James opened some pictures on his phone that helped them identify it was in fact the clover.This evening Jordon and Jacob had a T-Ball game over by the Castle Rock High School. This is Jordon his first time at bat, he does a good job of paying attention and knowing what is going on.
This is Jacob's first time at bat, since he bats left handed I never got a good picture of his face.
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Wellness Check
It has been a quiet week around here, we took it easy most of the weekend and watched the rain. I did get out to the shop and fixed a plane that a stool fell over onto the wing. Luckily I had built lots of carbon fiber into it so there wasn't too much structural damage but I had to recover most of that half of the wing. I got the van out one day and moved the planes and equipment back into it after James and my trip to Cottage Grove to empty the motor home.
Today I had a Medicare Wellness Check at Kaiser. Everything checked fine except my blood pressure was a little high. At home it checks fine but I must not like going to the doctor because it always checks high there. I took my blood pressure checker to Kaiser and it reads higher than theirs. After my appointment we went to the Country Folks Deli for lunch. Their Grilled Ham and Cheese sandwich is great and I was full most of the day. Vera really liked this table by the window. We had a good time looking at the buildings across the street and remembering what stores used to be in them. After lunch we stopped at the Kelso Safeway and stocked up for the month. That cart was pretty darn heavy by the time we finished.I was on Messenger with Jackie tonight and she sent me this picture of Cora painting. I understand it was a beautiful day up there.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Breadsticks and Solar Lights
Of course I had to get a picture of them before he headed home to do homework.
This picture is looking West just North of the house. I discovered looking at this picture that one solar light I had worked on and didn't think it was fixed is actually on and changing colors.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Rest and Rain
It has been a pretty laid back week here. After finishing the brake job I took it easy for a couple of days, plus it started raining.
James stopped by and visited for a little while on Thursday. He is always fun to visit with and we got to hear how this quarter's teachers are doing.Mik sent me these pictures from the Savanah Banana's game they went to.Today Vera made me a batch of cocoa mounds, the first ones I have had since she made a batch for Barry while we were in Arizona. I made a couple of trips to the shop this week and puttered with some solar lights that were not working. One of them resisted my best efforts and is in the garbage can now.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
76 Today!
We did the passenger side front brakes today and it went much faster than yesterday. It helps having all the right tools out and knowing which one to use for each step. UPS showed up early with an order that had some more solar lights in it so I set them out in the sun to charge all day. It was a beautiful day, Vera said the digital thermometer read 76 this afternoon. I hung up the new solar lights after dinner and they look nice.
Monday, April 22, 2024
Brakes and Hattie
Yesterday I got out all of our solar lights, checked them out and repaired as needed. Then I put them up and the yard looked good last night. Today's project was changing the brakes on the front of the Caravan. It went pretty good and we got the left front that gave James and I the problem all done. I am planning on doing the right front tomorrow. Vera was a big help running to get me tools and when bleeding the brakes.While I was working on the Caravan I heard Dianne come home with Hattie so I took a break and went over to see them. She is sure active and can crawl probably faster than I can walk. The visit was a nice change from working on the van.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Hattie, Kaiser, Lawn and Flowers
4-18-2024
This is the Happy Thursday picture of Hattie that Laury sent me today. We both had appointments at Kaiser today so we headed to town about eleven. After my first two appointments we went to The Country Folks Deli for lunch, they have great sandwiches. We had some time to kill before Vera's appointment so I visited the local hobby shop. They mainly have RC car stuff but I found something for the great grandsons. We still had a while until we had to be back at Kaiser so I wandered around Harbor Freight and managed to spend sixty dollars. Then it was back to Kaiser for Vera's appointment and our eighth Covid-19 shot. On the way out of town I remembered that I had told Mik I would come by and check out the mowers that wouldn't start. Michelle was home from school and Mik showed up a little later. I found a bad solenoid in one and I believe a bad relay in the other. It turned out to be a seven hour trip to town but we had a great time and it was a beautiful day.This is after the game was over, if you look close you will see that Jordon has his hand on his forehead. He had bumped heads with a girl on the team while running to be first in line. Even though he was hurting he said "Good Game" to each of the other team's players as they touched hands.
After we got home I went out to take the picture of the lawn that is above. On the way I noticed the Azalea was in bloom so I took this picture of it.
On the way back in I spotted the Bluebells and had to take a picture of them as well.
I had noticed lots of Bleeding Hearts while I was mowing so I ended up my trip outside with this picture.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The Magnolia
The Magnolia tree really bloomed this year after being broken by the snow and trimmed by James.
I zoomed up on one branch so the blossoms would show better, they are really pretty. I haven't taken many pictures the last week or so, I have been busy putting the trailer wiring in the Caravan. While I was doing that I also installed a new radio with a backup camera, GPS and a dash camera. Once that was finished I put the sides that I had been painting back on the trailer. I also changed the battery in the Smart Car this week with a little help from James, it is under the floor of the passenger side and I could not get it pulled out. James had it out in about two minutes.
Friday, April 12, 2024
T-Ball
Here is Jordon when he was the third baseman. He did much better at paying attention and knowing what to do this year.Jacob is running after a hit, there usually ended up being a bunch of players fighting for the ball.
Jordon is second in line as they meet the other team after the game. He looked to be about the same height as the other older kids. It was great fun to watch.
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