Friday, January 6, 2012

Cat Naps

What is it about cats that they like to get into boxes and bags?
We decided to work a little on the inside of the house today and try to empty a few more boxes and put some things away in a more permanent place.
Ollie decided to climb into this bedding bag while we were clearing away the rest of the Christmas decorations and rearranging the other boxes.
She had actually been napping before I woke her up with the flashing camera.
Then when it was time for me to take a cat nap she decided to join me.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Costly Day

Today was not as fun or nice as yesterday.

The weather was nice but it was fairly chilly. It just didn't break the 45° mark.

The first thing we did today was bring my car in to the shop because last week when I was on my way to the dentist I was backing out of the garage. I was in the closest stall to the house which has a very sharp turn. Well, I didn't turn soon enough and ended up on the big rocks lining the driveway. I even got the tractor out and tried to pull my car out but it just wasn't budging. In my attempt to dislodge the car I somehow managed to wedge a 20 pound mini boulder between the right front tire and wheel well.

I called the dentist to reschedule and then I called my husband who was doing something in town. When he got home he went into his first career mode (tow truck driver when he was 19). It took some doing but he eventually got all the rocks out from under the car and got the mini boulder out after taking the whole wheel off! (I thought at the time about taking a picture of when he was working on getting the car unstuck but I didn't think he'd appreciate it!)

It turns out the ABS line got pinched and now was not working. A bunch of lights on the dashboard lit up and we took it to Les Schwab to see what they could do. They ordered a part and it came in so today we brought my car to get repaired. $396 later the car is fixed and all is in order.

This afternoon was the rescheduled dentist appointment. It was just a recheck from the previous appointment about three weeks ago when I had gone in to check on a sore tooth. I needed a filling from last year ground down because my bite was not right and I suspected there was something else going on too. The bite was corrected but it turns out now the tooth is cracked and I will need a crown. That will be $950.

Then this afternoon I saw on my daughter's FB that her car got broken into and her expensive stereo system (with cd/dvd player) was ripped off. At least that's not my cost but it's so irritating just the same. What is wrong with people? I'd like to find that person and rip their head off!

Hope your day was better.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Trail Blazing

Today it was a balmy 65°. I'm itching to get the trails started so I can put up my jump and make some more. How convenient: my husband was itching to use the tractor!

We started with something simple. A fairly clear area next to the house. (Looking north.)
Looking south. Here our new trail connects with an older trail...
...that was overgrown.
Now at the top of that trail looking back down (looking north).
We curved it around making a new trail again towards the house.
And now back to the starting point.
It's not huge but it is a nice loop. I also found some new materials to build some more jumps! I'm hoping tomorrow will be nice and balmy too.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Bowl Games

Didn't do much today as we are enjoying the bowl games on tv. Here's my husband "watching" the Oregon Ducks game.

Shhhh!