Still working on stuff

So Dad told me today to update my blog because he was tired of seeing Pee Wee Herman holding underwear"

Well were still working on the hole Photo shop thing, so here's some pics of when we went to get are Christmas tree, this will have to do.

I'm still working on (Work part 2.)

Me slaving away trying to cut the tree down, maybe my kids can help brrrrrr it's coold.
"Hey kid's come help your Dad"!

Dar saying..."CAN I REALLY HAVE THE SHARP SAW? !!!"

I think she was thinking " Do it your self, you small little slave boy's"

The tree we got.

The 3 people I love the most.

Save the day

Just to funny...

This is what I can do before I learn the photoshop thing....I think this was for Dave because he had an underwear problem in an airport at one time 4th of July 2005. Good thing Pee Wee Herman(anyone remember his real name??) was there to save the day.

Well Meg is TRYING to teach me "Photoshop" just hang in there until then or until I write about something more interesting . I think I'll be the one needing new underwear when I learn all I can do in photoshop. Until then, here is a link to my favorite video of 2006.

http://homepage.mac.com/hangglide/iMovieTheater46.html

No I still haven't got a hair cut but I did manage to shave.

My Job Part 1

This is the house my Dad and I are working on right now.

Info on the house:

There is 37,400+ feet of sheet rock in this house. That is about 7,000-8,000 feet of floor space. It's kind of hard to tell, because the ceilings are anywhere from 8-12 foot. It sits on 120 acres. Has an elevator, a lap pool, and will have tons of crown molding, extra tall baseboard, and most of the floors will have marble and hard wood in criss cross patterns all throughout the house. There is 2 different garages. One that is attached to the house and the other attached only by breezeway. Each of these garages is 3-4 car garages. There is also a rounded stairwell, which I will post pics of later. We have had to set up 2 scaffolds and 3 walk boards because it is a floating staircase. The drop is 22 feet. That's all I know up to this point. It will be a very nice house.

About the owner:

He owns a rock quarry and concrete company. He has over 60 mixers(trucks). He has also started a subdivision and Thomas Kinkade(the painter) is trying to buy all the "estate" lots. If you buy one of the lots he has purchased he will paint your house and sign the painting. How cool is that!

It's been a lot of fun working here. I have seen lots of neat stuff in the open fields. Seven+ horses, a coyote, lots of squirrels, tons of geese. There is a lake and a couple of ponds that I have seen from the house.

Before the scrapers have removed the left over sheet rock.

Basement

Send money

I need a hair cut.

If anyone has some extra cash laying around send it to me ...oooohhh and I need to get my eye's checked as well, so if you would send even more money then you were going to that would be stellar , what I have left will go for beer.

I'm starting to look like Bon Jovi

Icicle & 3 other pics

We have had ice then snow then ice then freezing rain then snow flurries then more snow. So as all this melts I seen an icicle out side D'Artanyan's room (He has a name for his room now...it's name is "Jack"???) and this thing is HUGE, like 3 or 3 1/2 feet long.

Icicle before removal.

D'Artantan wondering what an icicle might taste like....and the pain from the sun reflecting off the snow and ice.

...and now the 3 other pics.

I accumulated 3 objects from my bother David over the years and I wounder if he remembers them or anything about their history...let's see if he has any comments.

Pic. #1

A cup with rubber band.

Pic. #2

A plate.

Pic. #3

Mrs Snake.

Package

I got this package in the mail today...what could it be?

In side this box is....another box, how very cool.

Oh there it is.

Still don't know what it is though.

It's my new Hang Gliding helmet and it fits like a glove.

We miss you baby

Dakota Marie Good

March 28, 2004-January 18, 2005

Wish I had this Jon

This Port-a-potty at work had something special for me inside...

Although it didn't have this feature I can just saver how cool it would be to have, all I need is a T.V, and a good book...oh and if there was one of those guys out side that offered you a towel and several choices of cologne, that would be great (like in the 40's and 50's).

click on picture to enlarge

So some of you wanted to see what I do for a living, well I guess this is a good start and I will post more about my job just hang in there.

33 years old

I had a great 33rd birthday.

My parents invited Meg, the kids and myself out for dinner the day before my birthday. It was kind of for Meg's birthday, my birthday and Dad's birthday, good way to kill 3 birds with one stone.
We were to meet them at 5:30 and we got there at 5:28 so we thought we were ok, but if you know my parents(Dad) we must have been late.

There they are already inside and looking out the window, as if to suggest that we were late.

Mom gave me a card with some heart warming thoughts in it but the cool thing is she found a card that had a picture of what my very first cat (Moonshine) looked like.

Thanks Mom and Dad.

The next day After work D'Artanyan and I went out to the shed and had a great time playing games and well, just being guys. To get into our club house you have to know the secret knock.

Playing a game Mary taught everyone over the holidays.
Lots of root in Dar's beer.

Then for dinner we went to Backyard burgers it was "kids eat free" night so we only had to pay for Meg's and mine. I had the mushroom and swiss and it was gooood.

So thanks to everyone for making my birthday so great, I had a lot of fun ....oh and Meg thanks for the long John's they'll keep me warm at work, and Moo Moo and Papa for the thermal hoodie. My brother David called and we had some cool conversation, it's always a real treat when he calls because of his always on the go life it's hard for him to carve out time. So nice he was thinking of me.

Live and learn

I had a really good idea but....

Well sometimes we get a lot of rain so I thought that it might be a good idea to do something to keep the water out of our new shed and from getting water damage to all the things we have stored in there.

I had Meg pick me up some expanding sealant. (Touch 'n Foam) You know the stuff that poor people put around everything in there cardboard homes...I mean pre-fab-home, to insulate, keep insects and other pests out and it fills gaps and holes not to menchen it bounds to most surfaces and is water resistant/fire retardant.

I put the foam down then used my hands and fingers to really get into the cracks and crevasses, what a mess it made all on my hands and in between my fingers.

I had all that foam stuff on my hands and it started to burn, so I did what you always do ..."rinse with water and soap for 15 min.
Well the more I washed the worse it got, my hands felt like they had supper glue on them and they were starting to really, really burn , so I hollered at Meg to get the can I had put in the trash and to see what it said about removing this stuff if it gets on your skin!

Even though I didn't see her crack a smile I know that she was dieing inside laughing. As she was reading the "To Remove From Skin" part of the directions she pointed at the can and said..."It says here to always wear gloves..., and that if you do get it on your hands....

" DO NOT USE WATER!"

Not the best move I've made but one well learn.

Instant shed

We are running out of room in are two bedroom apartment.

What were we to do? Well I thought maybe we could keep cramming things into are bedroom and just sleep outside in the car, but Meg wasn't to hot on that idea. We also thought about getting a storage unit but after adding up the cost and all the hassle that's involved (loading up the car driving there, unloading not to mention having to drive there every time we needed something and making sure they were going to be open (some of them have gates)...etc.) we broke out the good old calculator and seen we could have a shed paid for in about a years time.

They said they would try to deliver the shed anywhere from 8:00 am to noon. They came before 7:30 am. WOW way to go guys, but I wasn't ready for them, so I hurried to get dressed and move the car.

I found the instruction's and it said to lay everything out before you start construction....well I had planed on shaving that day and you all know how much I love to shave so ...I lad out the new shed.

I got as far as putting the floor together when it started to rain and rain and rain, so I had to stop there.

About two hours latter I realized if I didn't build the shed I would have no excuse for not shaving so in the rain and drizzle I started construction.
(Good job on the pic.'s Meg)

4 hours, 3 beers, 2 down pours, and one cold soaked to the bone body later we had our shed.

I have to hand it to the guys who designed this shed kit. Unlike most kit's you buy this one went together so easily and with little to no problems. Thanks Black & Decker.

Cleaning out the pipes

I decided to do some cleaning today.

I started with the coffee pot, used straight vinegar. I ran 2 full pots thought to get the lime buildup out, we have very,very hard water here, so I have to do this almost every month or two.(OK,OK Meg does)

Then I took the sink faucet apart to clean out the screens, if I don't do this every six mouths the water sprays everywhere but the sink.

I poured Drano down all the drains in the house.
So it was hot vinegar then Drano followed by more hot vinegar and later hot water.

Then this guy stopped right in front of are place as I was mixing and pouring all these chemicals down all our drains, then he pulled to the other side of are driveway and just sat there.

I was getting very worried, I mean was I doing something wrong? Do plumbers have some kind of secret society or police, were they coming for me? !!!
Well he left after about 15 minutes but seemed like an hour to me, not to mention a mental break down.

30 years

Happy 30th MEG

This is the sunrise on the 1st of 2007 your 30 birthday.

I know we didn't go to bed until 2 in the morning new years eve., but I still wanted you to see sun up and down...

Happy birth day mommy

Sun set Jan 1st 2007
Good night babe.