A New Record!

I finally got ambitious about Noon today and put the new tail pipe on the Blazer.  Of course, it did not fit and had to be bent a couple of times before things lined up.  I had to take a break when Ava and Harper showed up to Trick or Treat.

Harper was determined to open that candy bar, a couple more minutes and she would have done it.  I finished the Blazer, put the tools way, moved the motor home back and cleaned up for the Trick or Treaters and Monday Night Football.

Auna and her friend were the next ones to arrive, right after them, Cathy brought Bridget and Jillian by.  Jillian looked really cute, her dress had LEDs under the skirt that blinked.

A little while later, Rielee and Parker trick or treated us, and that was it for the evening. We set a new record tonight, 8 Trick or Treaters, that also means I have some left overs to eat!  I should have given the kids two a piece, because I sure don't need the candy!

Debbie's Birthday

We celebrated Debbie's eighteenth birthday tonight, her birthday was Thursday, but Josh and her had a trip to the Corn Maze planned.  We had a great time visiting with them, Mik, Michelle and James at the Masthead during dinner.  Earlier today I worked on the Cub with the sensor station in it and got the current probe hooked up.  Vera went to bible class this morning and then church after that.  I watched the end of a couple of football games, it did not seem like my teams were winning today, then went back out to work on the planes some more.  It was a very relaxing day.

Foggy Morning

Friday 10/28/2011

Vera had an appointment this morning, so we ran to town and did several errands before it.  My new Techie Toy (that is what Vera is calling it) came in the mail, so I was anxious to get home and play with it.  It is a sensor station for my planes that sends back information about speed, altitude, temperature, rpm, amps and volts while I am flying.  I spent the afternoon installing it in the Cub.

Saturday 10/29/2011

It was really foggy this morning, so I started later than normal, after picking up sub sandwiches, taking pictures on the way, we finally got to the field about 11.

It was still foggy there, but I wanted to see how the GPS unit worked, so I flew about 11:30 in the fog.  You can see the water on the plane from the fog, at 100 feet altitude the plane was getting hard to see.  I found out it's top speed is 44 mph and it lands at 14 mph.  I had a great time playing with it and will hook up more of the sensors for my next flying session.  It turned into a lovely day, 66 degrees, lots of sun and a few good friends to visit with.

Country Cousin's

Right after Vera's walk this morning, we headed up to visit her sister Marie.  Vera had a Halloween sack made up for her.

When we got there Marie was addressing birthday cards to church members, so we watched while she finished up.  We had a nice visit and spent some of it talking about their early years in Randle.  When it was time for Marie's lunch, we left and went to the Country Cousin's restaurant for our lunch.  Then it was off for home, traffic was not bad this afternoon on I5 so we had a nice drive home.

 Shortly after we got home, I went over to see what the twins were up to.  They wanted me to come into the play room, so I sat on the floor and played for a bit.  Harper wanted to show me how she could turn on the light, she got the stool out of the bathroom, packed it in and set it under the light switch and hopped up.  I think that switch is going to get a real workout for a while.  Grandma asked if they wanted to go for a walk, right away Ava had me get Smoky the Bear down so she could take him with her.  Then Dianne could not get Harper's zipper started, so I tried it and got it to work.  Naturally Ava wanted me to do her's also.

 Both girls were wearing Rielee's sweaters, Ava really loaded the pocket with rocks.  After I left there, I decided to spray the moss on the roofs with Wet And Forget.  I put a gallon of mix on the shop roof and a gallon on the house.  While I was on the shop roof, I noticed the grape vines had grown onto the carport roof, so I got the hedge trimmers out and cut them back.  By the time I got rid of all the debris from that job, I was ready to call it a day.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday!

Monday:

I put the last piece of the roof repair on and cleaned up all the mess.  There was plenty of debris, I filled up our wagon with it and discovered I could not pull it up the incline by the SE corner of the house, it was muddy and my feet slipped out from under me and down I went.  The 4 wheeler did not have any problem pulling it, I should have done that first thing.

Tuesday:

The forecast was good, so we went flying at Toledo.  The only thing they missed  in the forecast was the wind, it never let up all day.  We had a pretty good turn out of flyers,  I think Vera counted 8.  I had planned on spraying the runway for weeds after the flying was over, so we had the trailer and tractor with us.  I ended up putting two tanks full on the runway and parking area.  Then we hustled home and changed for James' concert at LCC.  Cascade Choir had been invited down to the Mark Morris concert.  James really enjoyed it and remarked several times he had fun!

The Cascade choir did three songs, then they were in the last song of the evening that combined all the groups there.  We had a great time, then went to Coldstone  with Mik, Michelle and James afterwards.

Wednesday:

Since I had the sprayer all set up, I went down to the Cowlitz Valley Radio Control Flyers field at Goble and sprayed the runway there for weeds.  I put in one flight with the little Cessna before I started.  After I got home, I sprayed our lawn and then cleaned up and put things away.  Since I did not take any pictures the last three days (the concert is a screen capture from video) I decided to look back and see what I was doing around this date when I first got the digital camera.

This is October 23 1999, the Cowlitz Valley Radio Control Flyers got together for a dinner one evening at the Willow Grove yacht club.  We had a good time that evening.

Time for the cold weather gear!

I am still a little stiff and sore from the roof project, but had a great day!  After Vera went to church, I gassed up the motor home, got sub sandwiches, mopped the motor home floor and put the rugs back in.  When Vera got home, we were all ready to head for the flying field.

Here is most of what I flew today, I was really anxious to fly the P-51 and see if moving the wheels ahead would help the nosing over problem.  It did, I put in two flights with several touch and goes each time and then taxied back on both flights with no problem.  I have broken lots of props in the past trying to taxi it, so I am glad to see the improvement.

Leonard and Audrey were the only ones there when we showed up. A little while later, John showed up with his jets.  It was pretty cool out there today and I think that is why we all left a little early.

I think it is time to load the propane heater and put the thermals on for the rest of the year's flying!

Since I got my benches halfway clean this weekend, I had to get my next project out and start planning how I was going to finish it.

Getting ready for a new project.

It was a good day to work inside, there was rain or drizzle coming down almost all day.  I finally got the B-36's wing out of the way, I hung it from the ceiling in the shop.  Then I started cleaning, something that kind of got ignored this summer.  By the time we left for the party, I had 1 1/2 benches cleaned up fairly well and I had vacuumed the floor.

Tomorrow, my niece Robin turns 50 and they had a birthday party for her tonight with a 50's theme.  The Hula Hoop contest was great fun to watch, it was a team event and the pardners had to be 15 years different in age.  Most of the times were around 2 seconds and it ended up in a 3 way tie, with the teams all having a 7 second total.  During the tie breaker, Ainsley got it figured out and she and Julie won with a total of 19 or 20 seconds.  The party was a good ending to the day, we had a great time!