Workdays, that is, and after they are done I'll be on vacation for the week.
The plans are to take M to Florida to meet the girls and walk the beaches for the weekend, then back to rest up for a day and repack, then off to Pennsylvania to meet her folks.
She's been buying new togs for the trip. She hasn't had the need for a "girly" wardrobe for a while so didn't have anything to take along. She has also been complaining all the while about the coin she's putting out, but it appears as if she has everything she needs now.
Sunday morning I was folding my laundry and putting everything in the bag I'm taking on the trip and she was telling me it was too early to pack (accentuating her point by taking my socks out of my bag and throwing them - like a girl - at me). After I went to work she went back to her apartment...and packed for the trip.
All told we will travel a bit over 2000 miles, half in my car and half in hers, the two of us and Boy. I figure if I don't end the week standing on the side of the road with my thumb in the air it will be a successful trip.
31 March 2015
30 March 2015
One Of These Days
I'll post some content. I promise.
Not today though. Work day today.
Not today though. Work day today.
Labels:
Life or Something Similar
18 March 2015
Lies
Damn Lies, and Statistics.
You are entitled to your own opinion, but sometimes the facts can be pretty annoying.
You are entitled to your own opinion, but sometimes the facts can be pretty annoying.
Labels:
Guns n' Ammo,
Links
16 March 2015
A Few Simple Repairs
The past weather has not been kind to my poor convertible top. Yesterday when I put it back up I found this:
Yep, that's the rear glass un-bonded from the canvas outer top almost all the way around. The bottom still has a strip that is barely holding on, but the top and sides are completely unattached. The glass is still attached to the inner liner so there aren't any leaks, but it's only a matter of time before I have problems with water between the layers.
The convertible top people I've contacted seem to think that four years is a bit soon for this car to be having this problem, but for a nominal fee ($1800-$2000) they will be glad to install a lifetime warranty top that should fix it right up.
Or I could opt for the $200-300 re-glue job instead, which isn't guaranteed at all but just might buy me a couple more years.
I'm thinking I might explore that option to begin with and see how that works out for me. If I save my nickels and dimes I might have a couple of grand to put down on a new top in another year or so, but right now I'm just not seeing it.
Oh the joys of convertible ownership. You take the good with the bad I guess.
Yep, that's the rear glass un-bonded from the canvas outer top almost all the way around. The bottom still has a strip that is barely holding on, but the top and sides are completely unattached. The glass is still attached to the inner liner so there aren't any leaks, but it's only a matter of time before I have problems with water between the layers.
The convertible top people I've contacted seem to think that four years is a bit soon for this car to be having this problem, but for a nominal fee ($1800-$2000) they will be glad to install a lifetime warranty top that should fix it right up.
Or I could opt for the $200-300 re-glue job instead, which isn't guaranteed at all but just might buy me a couple more years.
I'm thinking I might explore that option to begin with and see how that works out for me. If I save my nickels and dimes I might have a couple of grand to put down on a new top in another year or so, but right now I'm just not seeing it.
Oh the joys of convertible ownership. You take the good with the bad I guess.
Labels:
Mustang Madness,
Things With Wheels
13 March 2015
12 March 2015
Darkness Falls
across the face of the Discworld.
Thank you Sir Terry Pratchett, for this and for all the other things that you wrote. Rest in peace.
Thank you Sir Terry Pratchett, for this and for all the other things that you wrote. Rest in peace.
Labels:
Books,
Life or Something Similar,
Teh Funneh
The EBS Project: Revisited
Remember when I said it was done?
Well...I may have been a bit hasty...
It would require a re-barrel since I have the 8 shot magazine and the 20" barrel, but it would be totally worth it. Of course I would have more into the gun in accessories at that point than I had in the actual purchase price, but if I start adding things up I may have already passed that point anyway.
Drum magazine fed evil black shotgun? I can hear Nanny Nancy screaming from here...
Well...I may have been a bit hasty...
It would require a re-barrel since I have the 8 shot magazine and the 20" barrel, but it would be totally worth it. Of course I would have more into the gun in accessories at that point than I had in the actual purchase price, but if I start adding things up I may have already passed that point anyway.
Drum magazine fed evil black shotgun? I can hear Nanny Nancy screaming from here...
Labels:
EBS Project
Couldn't Help Myself
I just had to tell her.
The nice thing is...she said it right back.
The nice thing is...she said it right back.
Labels:
Second Chances
10 March 2015
Ain't Skeert
Ain't runnin'.
I know you've had it rough up to now, and I know that talk is cheap, so I'll just be right here wrapped around you until you can believe it on your own.
I know you've had it rough up to now, and I know that talk is cheap, so I'll just be right here wrapped around you until you can believe it on your own.
Labels:
Second Chances
On The Mend
Weak and dizzy like I've been on a 3 day bender but it looks like I'm getting better.
Just don't ask how many attempts it took to type these two sentences.
Just don't ask how many attempts it took to type these two sentences.
Labels:
wah wah wah
08 March 2015
Ugg
I've been cleaning house quite a bit lately and stirring up a lot of dust.
Wednesday when the weather was nice I changed out the central air filters, stirring up even more dust.
Wednesday night I had a sore throat. It only got worse from there.
All weekend I've been unwell, something that is not normal for me.
I don't like it a bit.
Wednesday when the weather was nice I changed out the central air filters, stirring up even more dust.
Wednesday night I had a sore throat. It only got worse from there.
All weekend I've been unwell, something that is not normal for me.
I don't like it a bit.
Labels:
wah wah wah
05 March 2015
Yep
As predicted the rain and cold are back today after a very brief hiatus. It was 60 and damp when I left work this morning, 55 and misting when I got home 45 minutes later, and at 1:30PM the temperature has dropped over 20 degrees and the rain is steady.
This afternoon the rain is expected to become freezing rain just in time for rush hour and whatever is on the ground by midnight will turn to ice as the temperature plunges to 19 overnight. It will stay that way through the morning hours since the temperatures tomorrow aren't expected to climb above the mid 30's.
In other words, winter is BACK, beyotches!
It was nice while it lasted.
This afternoon the rain is expected to become freezing rain just in time for rush hour and whatever is on the ground by midnight will turn to ice as the temperature plunges to 19 overnight. It will stay that way through the morning hours since the temperatures tomorrow aren't expected to climb above the mid 30's.
In other words, winter is BACK, beyotches!
It was nice while it lasted.
Labels:
Life or Something Similar
04 March 2015
It's About Time
Seventy glorious degrees and despite the fell warnings of the prognosticators the sun is shining brightly.
Betcha can't guess what I'm driving to work tonight...
Betcha can't guess what I'm driving to work tonight...
Labels:
Life or Something Similar,
Mustang Madness
03 March 2015
02 March 2015
Heat Wave
The temperature is up high enough today (55 Fahrenheit) to have completely melted the snow off the car. The snow is also gone from the bushes and they are starting to stand back up, a good sign that they will recover from the snowpocalypse. There is still a nice unbroken expanse of snow through the front yard which is shaded by the pine trees out front and along the back in the shadow of the house, but everywhere else it is gone except for fringes.
Dog and I were able to walk all around the house for the first time in a long time.The back yard is pretty wet, but except for some low-lying spots and the aforementioned expanse in the shadow of the trees the ground in the front of the house has dried up pretty well. Tomorrow is supposed to be quite a bit cooler (39) with rain but Wednesday the forecast is for 70 degrees or better, depending on who you listen to. Of course it will be raining.
Thursday is calling for more snow and freezing rain.
I love living in the South.
It could be worse, though. Tam has been Scooby-less due to clutch issues that have thankfully been resolved and she's had to pilot the Nazi roller skate around in way worse weather than I've had to endure for quite some time now. In my world the Baja has soldiered on without a hiccup and the Mustang hasn't moved in over two weeks (although I did fire it up the other day to dry it out and hear it run). I'm going to take it out a bit today though while the temperature allows and the sun shines.
Dog and I were able to walk all around the house for the first time in a long time.The back yard is pretty wet, but except for some low-lying spots and the aforementioned expanse in the shadow of the trees the ground in the front of the house has dried up pretty well. Tomorrow is supposed to be quite a bit cooler (39) with rain but Wednesday the forecast is for 70 degrees or better, depending on who you listen to. Of course it will be raining.
Thursday is calling for more snow and freezing rain.
I love living in the South.
It could be worse, though. Tam has been Scooby-less due to clutch issues that have thankfully been resolved and she's had to pilot the Nazi roller skate around in way worse weather than I've had to endure for quite some time now. In my world the Baja has soldiered on without a hiccup and the Mustang hasn't moved in over two weeks (although I did fire it up the other day to dry it out and hear it run). I'm going to take it out a bit today though while the temperature allows and the sun shines.
Labels:
Glowbull Warmening
01 March 2015
That's Nice
She left her shirt here this morning.
That means she will be back to get it.
This pleases me in ways I can't begin to describe.
That means she will be back to get it.
This pleases me in ways I can't begin to describe.
Labels:
Second Chances
March
It has come in, if not like a lion then at least like an icy little lamb with freezing rain and ice hanging off of the trees. It's warm enough now that it has mostly melted away, but when it gets cold tonight it's going to be a real fun time driving home.
But, ice storms notwithstanding it is a new month, and even though my own situation has changed for the better there still must be a ROTM, oh yes there must.
And so, without further ado, I give you your morning coffee.
Love those socks. Hey, I have a table almost exactly like that one...
Good morning everyone!
But, ice storms notwithstanding it is a new month, and even though my own situation has changed for the better there still must be a ROTM, oh yes there must.
And so, without further ado, I give you your morning coffee.
Love those socks. Hey, I have a table almost exactly like that one...
Good morning everyone!
Labels:
Header Hotness,
ROTM
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