Weekend is getting closer. been in a worskhop for most of the week, good and learning lots but right now its a real technical part, and a lot of it is not really of concern to me, at least not the activity but the end result will be.
Dinner ride last night to Pier 121 in Lewisville. Beautiful night. we were outdoors on the water.
GOt the floor down in the game room, need to put the baseboard and the quarter round down. The boys are away this week and will be coming back sometime tomorrow. We'll celebrate Marc's birthday on Saturday and I guess start ripping up the carpet in the main room this weekend. Hmmm, really need to do the yard sale next weekend with this schedule.
Need to figure out how to lose a few pounds. A diet will be very difficult, as I have never dieted.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
Home Project
Well, we got a good start on our current project. Laminate hardwood floors. Actually its taking longer and is harder than I expected. Still in he game room but almost done putting down the floor. After that will be the baseboard, and corner round. The baseboard is the old stuff which came off a lot easier than I expected. Will probably finish Tuesday night, at least the flooring, not sure whether we will get the baseboard and strips down.
Saturday was Marc's birthday but we are delaying celebration till this weekend. They are all off to camp this week.
Saturday was also the AEHOG summer party. It was a good time and a lot of fun. We competed in a couple of games, we smoked the wet tshirt relay, and we somehow managed to win the scavenger hunt. In all it probably delayed our start on the floor on Sunday.
Saturday was Marc's birthday but we are delaying celebration till this weekend. They are all off to camp this week.
Saturday was also the AEHOG summer party. It was a good time and a lot of fun. We competed in a couple of games, we smoked the wet tshirt relay, and we somehow managed to win the scavenger hunt. In all it probably delayed our start on the floor on Sunday.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
National Ride to Work Day
We have had consecutive triple digit temperature days. Yesterday was Wednesday, dinner ride as well as National Ride to Work Day. So of course I rode to work. It was hot, not unbearable but even in the morning it was hot. I suppose it was about 103 when I got off work. Went home and changed then went to AE for the dinner ride. There were more bikes than I expected but we had a good and relatively quick ride down 35E. Dinner was good although it was Mexican again. Took my time going home. It was probably still very close to 100F at 9:30pm. Bike is working better but I seem to be noticing the surging more, maybe it was just my gearing and rpms, may have been in the sweet spot. Only 2 little stumbles yesterday, much better than before. Will have to keep checking and make some decisions before next service. Rattle in my pipes is starting to irritate me now. Now that I'm consious of it!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Heat Wave
Well, its really nothing new for Texas. We've now had several consecutive days over 100F. It is getting very dry and the lakes and most notably the ponds are drying up. My lawn is taking a beating too! We did have some rain one day this month, but its long since lost its effect.
Have done a bit of riding. Took my bike to work one day last week, Wednesday we went on the dinner ride, then Friday was new members dinner ride, I think we had about 65 people there! Saturday brought my bike in for 2500 mile service (3100 miles - about time!) and we had the chapter meetings. Darlene won the progressive jackpot ($300 woohoo!) and several of us went to Gainsville for lunch. We didn't get back home till after 4 pm and it was very hot riding. It was evident that the heat bothered Darlene and we had to take a couple of stops.
On my bike they changed the iginition lock (recall) and downloaded a new map - this time to the racing download(?). Marv had the same one done and it fixed some of his problems. I must say the bike seemed to run cooler afterwards. Not sure yet about the performance. Took a bit of a test run on Sunday morning. Didn't let it warm up and except for one little sputter in the alley, seemed to work better. Will need a couple of more tests I'm afraid to convince me its better. Still pops on decel but seems to be a lot less.
Have done a bit of riding. Took my bike to work one day last week, Wednesday we went on the dinner ride, then Friday was new members dinner ride, I think we had about 65 people there! Saturday brought my bike in for 2500 mile service (3100 miles - about time!) and we had the chapter meetings. Darlene won the progressive jackpot ($300 woohoo!) and several of us went to Gainsville for lunch. We didn't get back home till after 4 pm and it was very hot riding. It was evident that the heat bothered Darlene and we had to take a couple of stops.
On my bike they changed the iginition lock (recall) and downloaded a new map - this time to the racing download(?). Marv had the same one done and it fixed some of his problems. I must say the bike seemed to run cooler afterwards. Not sure yet about the performance. Took a bit of a test run on Sunday morning. Didn't let it warm up and except for one little sputter in the alley, seemed to work better. Will need a couple of more tests I'm afraid to convince me its better. Still pops on decel but seems to be a lot less.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Back to work
Well its Day 3, typical return. First day not too bad, catch up on emails, day 2 everyone knows I'm back and its busy.
Played hockey last night, late game 10:30. We won! WooHoo! And to cap it off, I got two goals, our first and the game winner in a 3-2 overtime win!
Tonight is dinner ride night am planning on going.
Michelle made it to NH with no problems and Dad's tenant problems appear to on the way to resolution, its in small claims court now!
Played hockey last night, late game 10:30. We won! WooHoo! And to cap it off, I got two goals, our first and the game winner in a 3-2 overtime win!
Tonight is dinner ride night am planning on going.
Michelle made it to NH with no problems and Dad's tenant problems appear to on the way to resolution, its in small claims court now!
Monday, July 10, 2006
Vacation Update pt 3...
Well I guess we are up to Wednesday. Wednesday was a fun day with cousins. We went down the shore to play paintball. I think we were lucky with the weather, it rained hard overnight and we were a bit worried about whether we would be able to play. It turned out to be great. We had the facility to ourselves, it stopped raining although it remained very foggy. Hot and sweaty we had a lot of fun. After paintball we went to Peggys Cove. It was very foggy, almost a dry fog if I can explain it that way. Got tons of pictures there, but the fog made it difficult.
Thursday Darlene went to spend time with Dale in Halifax, and we went to Stewiake with Dad. We saw a couple of deer, a mink. We brought the pellet gun out to have some fun and were hoping to ride the 4-wheelers, but they haven't been used much so we didn't bother. Unfortunately for us it rained and turned out raining very hard, the whole time we were there. We stayed in the shed and shot targets outside. That night we had our lobsters for supper then went to visit Rod and Arlene with a little surprise visit.
Friday the boys went with their cousins, we had some final souvieneer shopping to do, had a donair and went to visit "IGA" to see who was there. The ones Darlene wanted to see weren't but there were a couple of others. That night we ate at Michelles and said our goodbyes to everyone.
Saturday we came home, a very uneventful trip considering all that had happened!
Thursday Darlene went to spend time with Dale in Halifax, and we went to Stewiake with Dad. We saw a couple of deer, a mink. We brought the pellet gun out to have some fun and were hoping to ride the 4-wheelers, but they haven't been used much so we didn't bother. Unfortunately for us it rained and turned out raining very hard, the whole time we were there. We stayed in the shed and shot targets outside. That night we had our lobsters for supper then went to visit Rod and Arlene with a little surprise visit.
Friday the boys went with their cousins, we had some final souvieneer shopping to do, had a donair and went to visit "IGA" to see who was there. The ones Darlene wanted to see weren't but there were a couple of others. That night we ate at Michelles and said our goodbyes to everyone.
Saturday we came home, a very uneventful trip considering all that had happened!
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Adventure continued...
Well, I'll never remember everything. So in short, the food was great, we surprised Mom and Dad, then went to Annette's for BBQ. That night, it was July 1st so we went to the Downtown Dartmouth waterfront for the fireworks. They were very good fireworks, probably the best I had ever seen in Halifax. The wind was blowing towards us and everyone got covered with "shrapnel". Dust and bits of the fireworks sometimes fairly large, fell upon us from the sky.
Sunday, hmm, I don't remember too much what we did on Sunday. I guess we probably hung out at Michelle and Annettes, played Kick the Can late at night.
Monday we went out to see Darlene's Mom. She was in better shape than I thought. After that the boys and I took off to Queensland Beach while Darlene spent more time with her family and visited her niece. The beach was great, the water was surprisingly warmer than expected. On the way home of course we had to have another adventure. I was driving Dad's truck and the brakes went out. Ended up having to drive the last few miles with the emergency brake and the transmission. Not recommended!
That night we must have ended back up and Michelles where the kids had another game of kick the can. I think they also had their street basketball game this night, yes, I'm pretty sure of that.
Tuesday we went to Dale's again, the boys rode the 4-wheeler some. Got some pictures and on the way back we stopped at the Harley dealership in Halifax to lighten our wallet. We ate out that night, the restuarant we wanted to eat at was closed for renovations. After that we visited our old stomping grounds, checked out our old house and actually chatted up the homeowner and got a tour. A lot of what we did is still in place and still in good shape 10-12 years later.
On the way out we visited Donna, Rick was not home.
More later....
Sunday, hmm, I don't remember too much what we did on Sunday. I guess we probably hung out at Michelle and Annettes, played Kick the Can late at night.
Monday we went out to see Darlene's Mom. She was in better shape than I thought. After that the boys and I took off to Queensland Beach while Darlene spent more time with her family and visited her niece. The beach was great, the water was surprisingly warmer than expected. On the way home of course we had to have another adventure. I was driving Dad's truck and the brakes went out. Ended up having to drive the last few miles with the emergency brake and the transmission. Not recommended!
That night we must have ended back up and Michelles where the kids had another game of kick the can. I think they also had their street basketball game this night, yes, I'm pretty sure of that.
Tuesday we went to Dale's again, the boys rode the 4-wheeler some. Got some pictures and on the way back we stopped at the Harley dealership in Halifax to lighten our wallet. We ate out that night, the restuarant we wanted to eat at was closed for renovations. After that we visited our old stomping grounds, checked out our old house and actually chatted up the homeowner and got a tour. A lot of what we did is still in place and still in good shape 10-12 years later.
On the way out we visited Donna, Rick was not home.
More later....
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Adventure!
Well, I'm a bit late and well into vacation before posting. Will probably spread this over a couple of posts, will undoubtedly miss some things.
Left Dallas on time and arrived in NY-JFK. Halifax flight scheduled on time, we had some time to kill. Ate then went to the gate, Halifax flight delayed, a bit later, Halifax Flight cancelled....
So off to the ticket counter to get a new flight. Three hours later, after plentiful searching, the first available flight is Saturday morning, meaning 2 nights in NYC. Not looking pretty so after more finangling, we extended our stay, will leave Halifax on Saturday, and we hopped a rental car and started driving at 11:00 PM Thursday night.
Cool car, a Volvo XC, with a GPS. What a difference that GPS made, and in very short time its easy to get some dependancy on it, especially in cities we've never travelled in. Would not have been easy getting out of NY without it. We drove all night, a bit of rain and some heavy fog in spots, sky started to brighten up a bit about 4:15 am and by 5:00 was pretty much daylight. We hit the border about 8 am.
We stopped at the Harley dealership in Moncton and arrived at the HFX airport about 4:00 pm. We swapped cars, it took about an hour or more to get a clean car and went off to Dale's (Darlene's sister) for a BBQ and spent the night there.
To be continued...
Left Dallas on time and arrived in NY-JFK. Halifax flight scheduled on time, we had some time to kill. Ate then went to the gate, Halifax flight delayed, a bit later, Halifax Flight cancelled....
So off to the ticket counter to get a new flight. Three hours later, after plentiful searching, the first available flight is Saturday morning, meaning 2 nights in NYC. Not looking pretty so after more finangling, we extended our stay, will leave Halifax on Saturday, and we hopped a rental car and started driving at 11:00 PM Thursday night.
Cool car, a Volvo XC, with a GPS. What a difference that GPS made, and in very short time its easy to get some dependancy on it, especially in cities we've never travelled in. Would not have been easy getting out of NY without it. We drove all night, a bit of rain and some heavy fog in spots, sky started to brighten up a bit about 4:15 am and by 5:00 was pretty much daylight. We hit the border about 8 am.
We stopped at the Harley dealership in Moncton and arrived at the HFX airport about 4:00 pm. We swapped cars, it took about an hour or more to get a clean car and went off to Dale's (Darlene's sister) for a BBQ and spent the night there.
To be continued...
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