Shut off the gas for the summer...

Every fall I find myself going what was it I did to the stove to shut it down for the summer? This Year I took some images of the setings so I would remember...

This is how the controls looked before I did anything.

Another shot

This shows the gas on... Inline with line is on.

Here I've shut the gas off.

Cup of Coffee and a Strawberry?

Last night Elise brought home a strawberry for me. It was huge, in fact I had to take a picture of it because I thought everyone would think I was exagerating when I described it. But really, it was about as big around as a coffee cup.
How about that coffee cup, I asked someone at the church at Pasco if I could have one of their coffee cups and they gave it to me! I love that cup! :)

Changing the brake pads on my 1997 Ford E350 Van

Ok I pulled into the drive way, pulled out the ramps, possitioned them and with the help of my eight year old, drove right up on the top of them. That's where I ran out of ideas. I pulled out my shop jack and it doesn't have enough lift, in fact, I am not real sure it will even lift enough to do the job. I have only done this on my Toyotas and this is a wee bit more heavy. My jack is rated at 2 1/2 ton. So it is a little light.
I have another problem though. I don't have big enough jack stands either. So what I really need is a bunch of blocks. hmm.

Dad needs to lighten up!

Today I am hanging out at the laundromat, guess I must of drawn the short straw. Maybe while I was sleeping,cause all I know was I woke up and it was already decided.
Fortunatly I kinda don't mind, it does get me out of the house. gets me out of some of my fatherly responsibilities, like watching the kids. That's the rub, I did come here to escape the kids... So why am I here cowering in the corner?
The laundromat is teeming, nay crawlingly with little monsters! They are wild, they are loud, and thankfully, they aren't us!
That's what Jennie said, "rember when they used to be us? ...and the Metcalfs."
Those were the days! Now that I think about it, I need to get a grip, good times, little kids, and the problem is... I'm getting old. Here I had a chance to turn back the hands of time and I missed it. Tomorrow I should try to get out of bed on the younger side.