It's raining now, so I thought a few photos should get thrown up real quick. We had a lovely weekend that started with putting new brakes and rotors on Sarah's Element. At some point, Jonas got to go for a swim at the B-dale swimming hole, and we had a nice campfire on Saturday evening. Sarah and I have been working on some little projects as well, but since none of them are done yet, you'll have to wait on the pictures for those.
I think Jonas turned 13 this year! Crazy. Except for the fact that he doesn't run with me anymore, and needs to take shorter walks, it's really hard to tell that he's an old man. Sarah has been reminding me lately how lucky we are. She sees a lot of animals younger than ours who are in worse shape. We ran a bunch of errands Thursday getting ready for the brake job and the weekend. Jonas was a trooper, so at the end, we walked from Brookton's Market down to the swimming hole and played stick for awhile. He and I had the place to ourselves. It was really nice.
There is a long story about how I wound up doing Sarah's brakes, but in the end, it saved us a bunch of money and I got yet another lesson in car maintenance. If you're ever looking, Advance Auto always has 30% off coupons available (find them on retailmenot.com). Buy the parts online to use the coupons, then go to the store to pick them up.
I don't feel like writing too much. There's a story here, but let's leave it at, these springs are really hard to put back together. Thanks to Erik and Nathan for moral and informational support.
Indy's been doing pretty well. You can see she's sitting with that leg kicked out a little here, but overall, she seems much happier and in significantly less pain. It doesn't hurt that we're in the middle of squirrel season; her favorite.
On Saturday Nathan came down from 'Cuse and Erik and Margaret and The Bandit joined us and Jenn, Bob, and Zhora for a cookout. At some point, the kids started playing with the grown up Lincoln logs we have strewn all over the yard. I got the idea that it would be fun to make a little jungle gym, so out came the chainsaw. After a few minutes, we had a respectable little play thing. El Bandito was happy to have a plank to walk and told a few pirate jokes.
Zhora and The Bandit ran back and forth and jumped off of the logs for the remainder of the night. It provided a nice diversion for the adults as well. I tried to give lessons on the "tuck and roll", but no one really understood the importance of a good exit strategy. Once they've broken a few bones or voted for a few presidents they'll appreciate it more.
Note my expression. This was an authentic moment. The Bandit developed an impressive gap crossing strategy on his own. Man, learning is fun!
Don't blame him... Would you trust that guy?
Keeps the voices out. Added benefit; keeps strangers away. Also, the hat went surprisingly well with the beard.
Foil Bull!
On Sunday Nathan helped me go back and grease the caliper slides. Then Sarah and I crafted for a bit, then we went riding. Rambo is doing great, old and blind or otherwise.
It was a lovely day except for the bugs. We had a nice little breeze that helped to keep them down. When we came home, we worked on our projects a little more, watched a movie, and called it the weekend. Not bad.
Now we're looking ahead and see our trip to Ohio on the horizon. Zhora will be coming with us and two of the dogs, I think, so it should be an interesting trip. We'll be in Ohizzy for 3 1/2 days and have Art in the Park, Drumms, and family time on the agenda, so it'll be the usual busy fun. Well, the rain has stopped, so I guess I should bet back out there. Sit vis vobiscum!
I think Jonas turned 13 this year! Crazy. Except for the fact that he doesn't run with me anymore, and needs to take shorter walks, it's really hard to tell that he's an old man. Sarah has been reminding me lately how lucky we are. She sees a lot of animals younger than ours who are in worse shape. We ran a bunch of errands Thursday getting ready for the brake job and the weekend. Jonas was a trooper, so at the end, we walked from Brookton's Market down to the swimming hole and played stick for awhile. He and I had the place to ourselves. It was really nice.
There is a long story about how I wound up doing Sarah's brakes, but in the end, it saved us a bunch of money and I got yet another lesson in car maintenance. If you're ever looking, Advance Auto always has 30% off coupons available (find them on retailmenot.com). Buy the parts online to use the coupons, then go to the store to pick them up.
I don't feel like writing too much. There's a story here, but let's leave it at, these springs are really hard to put back together. Thanks to Erik and Nathan for moral and informational support.
Indy's been doing pretty well. You can see she's sitting with that leg kicked out a little here, but overall, she seems much happier and in significantly less pain. It doesn't hurt that we're in the middle of squirrel season; her favorite.
Zhora and The Bandit ran back and forth and jumped off of the logs for the remainder of the night. It provided a nice diversion for the adults as well. I tried to give lessons on the "tuck and roll", but no one really understood the importance of a good exit strategy. Once they've broken a few bones or voted for a few presidents they'll appreciate it more.
Note my expression. This was an authentic moment. The Bandit developed an impressive gap crossing strategy on his own. Man, learning is fun!
Don't blame him... Would you trust that guy?
Keeps the voices out. Added benefit; keeps strangers away. Also, the hat went surprisingly well with the beard.
Foil Bull!
On Sunday Nathan helped me go back and grease the caliper slides. Then Sarah and I crafted for a bit, then we went riding. Rambo is doing great, old and blind or otherwise.
Now we're looking ahead and see our trip to Ohio on the horizon. Zhora will be coming with us and two of the dogs, I think, so it should be an interesting trip. We'll be in Ohizzy for 3 1/2 days and have Art in the Park, Drumms, and family time on the agenda, so it'll be the usual busy fun. Well, the rain has stopped, so I guess I should bet back out there. Sit vis vobiscum!
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Nice post - love the helmet. Can't wait to see you!!!!!!!!!
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