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  • 42 More Square Feet

    It’s been a couple of years since I rented the skid steer and cut out the hill between Kent’s place and mine and paved in a parking spot for the RV. I had aspirations to finish paving the alley on the west side of the house and then onto the backyard. With the time off, I finally pulled out the tiller and set out to get the alley done.

    But the tiller wouldn’t start, and I’m super excited to say I finally have figured out how the small engine carburetor works and managed to fix the tiller. In this case, the input from the bowl was clogged. I had to use the wire from a cat 5 cable to clean it and voila, it worked.

    So tomorrow I should be able to make good progress but here are some pictures of the work today.

  • Pre-emergent Applied

    I never did get the hang of Sundays but it always helps to get some yardwork done. So I got it applied to both the front and back yard. Another thing that happened today is that we broke a record high for temperature. We hit 82 and the previous high was 80. And some people say there’s no global warming.

  • Pudding Kind of Day

    With all the excitement over the past couple of days, it’s time for a little downtime and comfort snacks. I went to Harbor Freight and picked up a rolling stool because I’m old and need help getting up and down from the ground, this means I can just sit and scoot. Now that I say that there may have been a toddler toy like that…

    But onto the pudding, it’s just standard Jello chocolate and vanilla pudding but they’re mixed. Also, I add a couple of ounces of heavy cream to the whole milk and then put them together. It’s a yummy snack that’s perfect if you have the containers for it and luckily, I do.

  • Dinosaur Valley State Park

    This is where my sister, mom, and I scattered my dad’s ashes on Father’s Day in 2014 (I think) so I’ve actually been here before. Prior to that, I had been to Glen Rose. It was a place where Dad took us and I believe a place he lived in his childhood. I remember swimming around the river next to the rocks. It all looks somehow vaguely familiar but I’m not sure, and there’s no one to ask aside from my sister who (given our young ages) should remember less than I.

  • Yard Cleanup & Camping Prep

    We started the day at exercise class. We won’t be back for class on Thursday and Friday as we’re going to be heading to Dinosaur Valley State Park for a couple of days. It’ll be great weather so we should have a rocking time. I also picked up a couple of sheets of plywood and 2 2x2x8 for making a crate for the eBikes. Hopefully, that will make it easier to transport and make them rain-resistant. More information on that as the creation and build continue & pictures of the park coming soon.

  • Cleaning and Biking

    It’s Presidents Day and despite the fact that the presidents aren’t really worth celebrating, it was a nice day. We started the day off getting the house cleaned up a bit which always gets me in a better mood. Then my friend Tim came over and we looked over the plantings and hung out for a bit. Then Sandy and I threw the bikes in the Xterra and headed out for a 10-mile bike ride.

    Finished off the day with breakfast for dinner. Life is good.

  • Dirt Bike Pick Up

    So our friend Jen left her dirt bike here when she left because there just wasn’t room. I had completely forgotten about it when out of the blue I was compelled to ask my wife about it, after some gumshoe work, it turns out the bike was still here and still in need of being reunited with the title holder. Since we had nothing going on, we volunteered to get it.

    It’s a nice bike and my only lament is that the bike is exactly what I wanted some 40 years ago and as neat as it seems right now the fatal flaw is that I would hurt myself on a machine like that. Very badly I fear. Sigh, I’ll stick with the eBike, it may not be as cool but it’s much cheaper and has no engine to contend with.

  • Change in the Weather

    It got cold again. That’s okay, it’s probably the last blast of winter and while I’m no huge fan of cold weather, it’s certainly cheaper to heat a house than it is to cool it.

    Was super excited that I figured out how to put music on my watch and then hook my headphones up to my watch via Bluetooth. This allows for unencumbered running at the rec center. It feels good to push as hard as you can for a tenth of a mile and get the heart moving. It’s a game to see how high you can get your heart rate up to. I can usually get it in the 150s. And let’s face it, I start having a heart attack, what better place to do so? It would probably take only a couple of minutes to be found and 911 called, the ambulance knows exactly where the rec center is and it is only 1.5 miles away in a straight shot.

    We’re off to get a dirt bike tomorrow. Jen’s old boyfriend still had her dirtbike and for whatever reason I reminded Sandy who reminded Jen and now we’re on recovery detail. Should be interesting.

  • Record Breaking Bike Ride

    19.55 miles is my new longest bike ride of the modern era.

    Sandy and I went biking on the Cotton Belt Trail mostly. We started in NRH and went 8.2 miles west into Colleyville. I was mostly manual on the way out and then e-biked it back. A good time was had by all.

  • Horn Working Again

    The issue reported yesterday with the clockspring replacement has made some progress, it was the connection that I thought so I pulled it apart and made sure that those connectors were properly seated. So the horn is now working but the airbag light is blinking and the VDC/Slip lights are on. I think the latter is due to unplugging the steering wheel. But no idea about the airbag. I’ll research that and finish addressing it tomorrow.