HELLO TO ALL,
WELL, A FRIEND OF MINE SAID I'VE BEEN WHINING TOO MUCH IN MY BLOG, AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE LAST FEW I SUPPOSE HE'S RIGHT. I'LL TRY TO CUT DOWN ON THE COMPLAINING AND STICK WITH THE FACTS. (MAYBE JUST A LITTLE WHINING!).
WELL, I FINALLY FINISHED THE PORCH AT MOM'S HOUSE (I'LL TRY TO POST A PICTURE OR TWO), GOT THE SHED PUT UP (MOSTLY), AND GOT SOME WOOD CUT (NOT NEAR ENOUGH BUT I'LL GET THERE IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR SO). I STILL NEED TO TURN THE GARDEN OVER, FINISH THE SHED AND THERE ARE TWO BIG OLD BLACK WALNUT TREES IN THE FRONT YARD THAT NEED TO COME DOWN.
WE WENT TO THE COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL IN SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS PAST FRIDAY. HAD A GOOD TIME. WE PICKED UP SOME OLD FOUR PANEL DOORS TO MAKE A KIND OF DAY BED FOR THE YOUNGEST SON, HE NEEDED MORE ROOM, SO WE MOVED OUT THE OLD BED AND WILL MAKE THE DOORS INTO A FRAME FOR A TWIN MATTRESS.
TO KIND OF MAKE UP FOR THE WHINING, I HAVE TO SAY ALL IN ALL THIS WAS ONE OF MY BEST SUMMERS IN A LONG TIME. WENT TO THE HOT ROD REUNION, WENT TO THE AMCA MEET IN WAUSEON, OHIO, WENT TO THE SUMMER NATIONALS IN INDY, DID A LOT OF DAY TRIP STUFF WITH THE WIFE AND THE YOUNGEST BOY. THE TRIP TO THE COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL WAS THE FIRST IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE GONE QUITE A FEW TIMES OVER THE LIFE OF OUR MARRIAGE AND THE WIFE HAD GONE MANY TIMES BEFORE THEN. A FEW WEEKS AGO WE RENTED A CABIN IN SOUTHERN INDIANA, AND THE OLDEST BOY MET US DOWN THERE WITH HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND AND WE RENTED A PONTOON BOAT FOR THE DAY, IT WAS QUITE NICE. SO, AS I SAID I HAD A REALLY NICE SUMMER. BUSY, BUT NICE.
MOM IS ALL SETTLED IN AT THE HOUSE, BUT HER CAR BROKE DOWN. SHE'S BEEN DRIVING OUR OTHER CAR FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS. A SENSOR WENT BAD IN THE TRANSMISSION AND WE HAD THAT CHANGED, BUT THEY FOUND A HOLE RUSTED IN THE SUBFRAME NEAR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNT. I TOOK IT OVER TO "SHOP TEACHER BOB'S" AND HE'S ABOUT GOT IT REPAIRED. SO SHE'LL BE BACK IN BUSINESS PRETTY SOON. HER HEALTH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR BEING 83, SHE HAS HER MOMENTS BUT ALL IN ALL, NOT BAD.
WORK IS STILL BUSY, BUT FINALLY SLOWING DOWN A BIT. THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE MORE TIME IN THE EVENING TO DO SOME THINGS AROUND THE HOMESTEAD. THE BIKE IS ON HOLD, ALTHOUGH I AM GOING TO MAKE A TRIP TO THE H/D DEALER SOON AND HAVE THE FRONT FORKS REPAIRED. MAYBE AFTER NEW YEARS I CAN MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO GET A "ROLLER" OUT OF IT. I NEED TO DO SOME TRIM WORK IN THE HOUSE THIS WINTER, BUT I THINK I CAN SQUEEZE IN SOME BIKE TIME ALONG THE WAY.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.
TALK TO YOU SOON,
TVI
P.S. I DON'T THINK I WHINED TOO MUCH, DID I? LOL
