Home Alone
snooks flew back to Oregon yesterday so it's just the three of us again here. He was out here for a little over two weeks - helped us out with our back yard and setting up a pot garden in the front. No - not that kind. Just a bunch of pots with flowers in them. It was great having him here - Big D really liked having him around. It's very strange - he's a real quiet guy, but it seems more quiet in the house since he left. At any rate, it was great to have him here and we hope he enjoyed himself as well.
Whilst he was here he helped me install a porch light. I'm so freakin' psyched on my porch light. I had to drill through this brick facing on the front of our house and then match up that hole by drilling through cinder block on the other side. Yeah. That's what I thought as well - I measured to where the hole SHOULD be and got to going at it. I knew there was no way I was going to line it up - see, that's the way things of that nature go for me. But lo and behold this time it worked. Well, with a little help from snooks, that is. He had me shine a flashlight in one side and he was able to widen the hole on the other side to make the path for the wire. I don't have any power out front, so I had to take a light fixture and attach it to a stripped extension cord. I have that plugged into a timer. Once we start working on the stairs and fixing the front room I'll throw an electrical line out front. I might also try and get a water source out there, but that might be too much of a headache.
Big D had his first word yesterday. It was 'cat.' He's said 'Mama' a few times, but this was his first association with something other than C or I. He just loves Diego (and Bella when he sees her). He points at him and pretty much gets out 'ca.' He hasn't mastered the 't' yet, but what do you expect? He's cruising around like crazy. I imagine walking is possibly a month or so away, maybe sooner. It's crazy how fast this stuff happens.
Had a great time at Radiohead a couple weeks ago. snooks and I got really close. Here's a picture he took:
It was a great set. That was my fourth time to see them and I just love it every single time. Lately I've been reading some trash talk from other bands about how Radiohead has lost it and what are they doing anymore, it's all dreary and mopey and blah, blah, blah. Those people is stupid. The last album has quickly become one of my favorites and I truly believe they're pushing the envelope still whilst remaining completely accessible. Also saw Grizzly Bear and my major guilty pleasure, Underworld. Had a crazy good time.
Looks like my stepbrother is going to buy the Jeep from us. I'm also going to bribe him to put in a new sink and toilet for us on the third floor when he comes out. You see, that's how we do things out here now. If you come to visit you have to complete at least one (1!) major house project of our choosing. Them's the rules.
Oh yeah that applies to you, Kel. Don't you think it doesn't.
Whilst he was here he helped me install a porch light. I'm so freakin' psyched on my porch light. I had to drill through this brick facing on the front of our house and then match up that hole by drilling through cinder block on the other side. Yeah. That's what I thought as well - I measured to where the hole SHOULD be and got to going at it. I knew there was no way I was going to line it up - see, that's the way things of that nature go for me. But lo and behold this time it worked. Well, with a little help from snooks, that is. He had me shine a flashlight in one side and he was able to widen the hole on the other side to make the path for the wire. I don't have any power out front, so I had to take a light fixture and attach it to a stripped extension cord. I have that plugged into a timer. Once we start working on the stairs and fixing the front room I'll throw an electrical line out front. I might also try and get a water source out there, but that might be too much of a headache.
Big D had his first word yesterday. It was 'cat.' He's said 'Mama' a few times, but this was his first association with something other than C or I. He just loves Diego (and Bella when he sees her). He points at him and pretty much gets out 'ca.' He hasn't mastered the 't' yet, but what do you expect? He's cruising around like crazy. I imagine walking is possibly a month or so away, maybe sooner. It's crazy how fast this stuff happens.
Had a great time at Radiohead a couple weeks ago. snooks and I got really close. Here's a picture he took:
It was a great set. That was my fourth time to see them and I just love it every single time. Lately I've been reading some trash talk from other bands about how Radiohead has lost it and what are they doing anymore, it's all dreary and mopey and blah, blah, blah. Those people is stupid. The last album has quickly become one of my favorites and I truly believe they're pushing the envelope still whilst remaining completely accessible. Also saw Grizzly Bear and my major guilty pleasure, Underworld. Had a crazy good time.
Looks like my stepbrother is going to buy the Jeep from us. I'm also going to bribe him to put in a new sink and toilet for us on the third floor when he comes out. You see, that's how we do things out here now. If you come to visit you have to complete at least one (1!) major house project of our choosing. Them's the rules.
Oh yeah that applies to you, Kel. Don't you think it doesn't.