Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Leaving on a jet plane

Actually I have left and came back from vacation. I went back home to Wyoming to visit my parents and take a trip to our ranch. I flew out on Frontier Airlines aboard "Stretch" the Great Egret. You see, the airplanes have different animals on their tails and each one has a name.

I will post my trip with multiple posts, I am not sure exactly how many but I did take a lot of videos and pictures.




Bonus Picture!!!! Our first tomatoes!!!!

Saturday, August 11, 2012

The $7.62 ice cream

This week we have been having a "heat" wave. I used quotes because I know to others our definition of heat is not the same. Today our temp was 92F (have a mentioned we have no central air) so it became a beach day at our favorite beach, Coronado. The beach is deep and long and unlike Pacific or Mission beach there is usually not a problem finding parking. Coronado also has the Hotel Del.
Today was one of the most crowded days I have seen at this beach, but even still it was really pleasant.




 
At the Del there is an ice cream shop, MooTime (similar to Cold Stone), and it is almost always packed on days like today. However there was hardly anyone in line so I made a command decision to get an ice cream. Turned out it was a really crappy decision. I had a vanilla ice cream with black berries mixed in. The ice cream was really soft, almost melting, now I know why there wasn't a line there.

 
They must have really raised the prices because I don't remember ever paying that much. The lady actually said the price with  a strait face.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Completing the Vanity

If you remember, we took an IKEA dresser drawer and hacked it into a vanity. One of the problems with this, is the drawers will not close because of the plumbing.

So "A" made the plan of how we can modify the dresser. In the end it was much easier than what I anticipated. We used a leftover piece of redwood that was the same thickness but was an inch shorter.

On the top drawer the sides had to be narrower and the middle piece needed to be shorter because of the sink.

The only tools needed was a tape measure, miter saw, jig saw, staple gun with compressor, and wood glue. It took less than two hours and that is with a lunch break.