Changing the front brake pads on a 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cierra

This car turned out to be a little bit of a bear.

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.