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John Carter from Mars

I don’t see too many movies but I went to one this weekend.  It was “John Carter” and I liked it. I’m a science-fiction, love story kinda guy and this movie is certainly that. It was actually a very clean movie and even the hard violence was pretty minimal. There were fight scenes and obvious… [Read More]

Irish Soda Bread

Some friends and I went out for dinner on St. Patrick’s day. The restaurant was reported to be good but we found the food a total bust.  We had a great time nonetheless and really enjoyed each other’s company.  During our conversation, we decided that we would all get together for a real Irish feast… [Read More]

Kitchen Paint

Back in this post, I talked about making my home “mine” and paint colors in this post.  This past weekend I made some progress by painting.  Not a lot – but at least some.  I painted the kitchen.  It looks FABULOUS, if I must say so myself! I used satin Valspar latex paint in the “La… [Read More]

Delays

I’ve figured it out!!  I do not like delays.  Another situation has arisen that is similar to my complaining here. A package was sent to me in New Mexico from Seattle, WA via USPS (United States Postal Service). They day it was to arrive here (a Saturday), it didn’t.  I waited, nothing on Monday. I… [Read More]

Breakfast Flight

Another beautiful flight over New Mexico!  The high desert terrain is so spectacular, the wonderful blue sky is HUGE, and visibility is unlimited – I don’t think I can ever get enough! Today was a flight to Grants, NM in search of food.  A flight of about six aircraft made the trip. The attached photo… [Read More]

Aircraft Transition

I’ve had good success transitioning to new aircraft in which a familiarization flight is impossible and that has atypical or non-standard instrumentation and controls. My approach to this type of transition is either incredibly odd, terrible overkill, or smart. I’m pretty methodical and not much of a risk-taker so I’m probably way over on the… [Read More]

Promises

I’m in the middle of a frustrating situation. These deals always make me ponder why people are the way they are.  I understand that we all have different personality types and that plays a very significant part of our “behavior” but there are some things that still elude me. My situation is that a piece… [Read More]

Grout Cleaning

It looks SOOO much better! That’s the good news.  The bad news is that it is not particularly distinguished work nor how I would prefer to spend my weekend (no, it didn’t take the WHOLE weekend). My home has tile on the floor throughout most everywhere except the bedrooms. I guess it is a travertine “look” and… [Read More]

Mine

Wow!  A whole week has shot by since my last post.  It has been a very busy week – I must be having fun. Actually, there is a lot of positive happening and I am VERY thankful.  I have been on a downer for so long – the upswing feels REALLY good. I don’t want to… [Read More]

Expensive Poop

I live in a rural area which means I have a septic system.  My home is near a river which means the water level is high. This requires an elevated leach field (or drain field, seepage bed, or soil absorption field) and a pump to lift the liquid waste up to the field from the… [Read More]