I put up Christmas lights today; two Merry Christmases and a Santa Train that "puffs smoke" and turns the wheels as the lights flash in sequence. I still have some to add tomorrow. I'm going to tag along with Penny on her flight to DC on the 9th. It's a short (15 hr.) layover, but I'll have time to wander around and take some pictures. There's also ( Read more... )

I baked a cake this afternoon. It tastes great but looks like shit (which is better than vice versa). I tried to trim it by putting it upside down on a cookie sheet before it was cooled off enough and the top kind of stuck to the cookie sheet. It's a lemon cake, with a lemonade concentrate, powdered sugar mixture drizzled on it. The holes where it ( Read more... )

I went to Sydney again last week. The load was light going down, so I got a first class seat. The weather was cool and rainy in Sydney so we didn't do much but walk around and window shop. Coming back I got stuck in coach and the plane sat at the gate for 90 minutes (with us on it) while they repaired a cargo door latch. It's a 13 hr. flight ( Read more... )

I just finished replacing 4 GFCI receptacles (white in color), and 3 single pole switches (white in color) with 4 GFCI receptacles (desert stone in color) and 3 single pole switches (desert stone in color). It was a 30 minute job for an electrician and it only took me 5 hours (spread over 2 days.) But, I turned the power back on and everything ( Read more... )