I got another cold. I think I have been sick more in the last 2 months than not. I am sick of being stuffed up. Anyways life still has to go on. This weekend I got to see an old friend and get some stuff done around the house. The first is my VW. I…
Category: House/Home
Weekend update
Hello all, So this weekend we finished up the garden. There are seeds in the ground, and netting to keep the birds out. The other thing I got to do this weekend was… more fixing things around the house. So our stovetop had one burner that decided to only operate on high, no matter what…
Resetting the Garden
On top of everything else I did last weekend I also needed to get the garden prepared for our winter planting. The ladies are in charge of the actual planting, but I am in charge of getting the beds ready. I had to do a few things this year that were a bit more than…
More Repairs
Seriously what is going on. In the last couple weeks things have been busy. Ok, things are always busy right now, but busier than normal because I have had more repairs to do. Remember that lawn mower I talked about a little bit ago? Well, I thought I had it fixed, but nope. It lasted…
Wait – more repairs?
Why, yes, I had to do more repairs over the last few days. First is our standup freezer. A couple weeks ago it gave me an alert that it was at a high temp. So, I tried to figure out what was going on. I really hoped it wasn’t going bad since it has a…
The Dryer Repair
So, the other day I talked about things needing to be fixed around the house once we got back from our trip. Well time to add one more to the list – the dryer. I went to get laundry out of the dryer the other day and half of it was still quite wet. So,…
Home Repairs After the Vacation
As you all know I recently got back from 7 weeks in 3 foreign countries. I hope you have been enjoying reading about the trip from my point of view. There is much more to come. I think you are about half way through the trip at this point (or thereabouts). Well, once we got…
The New Washer
A couple weeks ago I noticed some black flakes of something on some laundry that came out of the washing machine. At first I thought it was residue from the gasket on the washer. So, my wife and I scrubbed it, and then ran a vinegar and baking soda wash on it. It seemed slightly…
The Grill Completed
So, after a couple weeks I finally have a grill that is complete. The store was able to order me a replacement lid. I did decide to use the grill with the hole in the lid a couple times and it worked really well, even with a hole in the lid. But the new lid…
The New Grill (The Saga Begins)
I grill dinner for our family in one way or another a couple times a week most of the time. Sometimes more and sometimes less. The last couple weeks the grill hasn’t been working as well as it had been. Not heating up nearly the same amount, and it didn’t look like one of the…