Midweek update

Great News, my peeps! All is well in the flushing arena! No leaks, no mess, no fuss, no muss, we are still rocking and rolling all the way across the street to the main sewer line! WooHoo!

You can learn a lot in a week

A week is fertile ground for learning stuff you never thought you would ever know. Let me describe this past week to you:
Friday January 16 - Sunday January 18
Major battle fought and won against vertigo
Fought off mild cold/sinus gunk

Saturday January 17 - Tuesday January 20
Removed, rebuilt autolite 2100 carburetor
Stripped jets in carb, ordered new ones
Removed 289 8 cylinder intake manifold and reinstalled with new gaskets

Wednesday January 21
Roto-rooted main sewer drain line only to discover major cloggage

Thursday January 22
Dug a 4 foot deep hole to access main sewer line blockage
Broke ancient pottery sewer line to discover a weeks' worth of backed up toilet flushings
Roto-snaked main line and retrieved hair, hair, hair, and papertowels
Enjoyed the beautiful sound of blub-blub-gurgle-blub revealing success

Friday January 23
Replaced ancient pottery sewer line with up-to-date 4 inch schedule 40 PVC
Installed previously non-existant sewer drain cleanout access point
Leak tested all joints to ensure that all was done perfectly.
Reburied new sewer line
New jets for carb arrived and installed
Reassembled and adjusted carb

Saturday January 24
Blogged about last week learnings!

So don't ever miss out on the opportunity to learn something new! As for me, I am happily relieved the week is over, whew.

Cheers.

Yes, that's me!

The picture below is me at White Sands, New Mexico taken about 5 years ago.

Waiting on the Lord

I move in repentance
I deny independence
I make no amendments
Waiting on you O Lord

I have succeeded in works
I have repeated in acts
I have deleted in haste
Waiting on you O Lord

An act of contrition
An inept petition
An unhealthy tradition
Waiting on you O Lord

All my strength promoted
All my mind devoted
All my heart exploded
Waiting on you O Lord

Filling dadda's shoes

Well Happy 2009 to everyone! It's been quite a while since my last post mainly because my laptop took a bit of a dive. Yeah crazy, a computer guy with a downed laptop is like a Nascar Driver with no steering wheel. Craze.

Nevertheless, my little red haired baby wonder has been walking for nearly a month now! She is getting very used to those little chub legs taking her wherever her heart desires! She is so excited to walk that she routinely brings me my shoes so that I can put them on her. Nevermind that she can't walk around with those boats, but she is happy and giddy to just stand there looking down at her huge feet!

I know it's only a matter of microseconds that she'll be running around with her own Sketchers so I am cherishing these times with her to the maximum.


I remember when Caleb grabbed my flamed boots, put them on, and walked around imitating his dadda. That was over 5 years ago and it seems like yesterday that I snapped this shot. I have to say he cruised around in my boots pretty good! I asked him, "You know the difference between you and me, hito?"
"No dad, what?"
"You make those boots look good!"



So welcome to 2009! I'll leave you with a little kiss! Ciao!