1. As you can see from the picture below, I installed my new bumper, with help. No, not Erin. Henry helped.
2. The bumper makes the front end look tougher. Cost just a few dollars more than the hitch receiver I needed to by for the snow plow.
3. Erin spent a bunch of time with me outside today.
4. Rambo is back in town. I need to reinforce his perma ban from the store. Thieving bastard. I wish he was killed in prison.
5. Tori got a new camera yesterday. Expect more pictures on the net.
6. Nina took her ugly boot off last night. Not sure why.
7. Erin and I went to Diane’s yesterday. They had a great time together. Diane’s house is like a hobbit house with tons of little trinkets all around. They walked and talked for an hour. Anyone want to buy her house? It’s for sale.

Peace out.

FedEx dropped it off this A.M. and it was on 1/2 hour later.

Another easy mod on the Jeep.

• I went to breakfast with Dennis.
• I turned 59 yesterday.
• Chased Erin in the morning.
• Lunch with Nina in Pecos.
• Dinner with Nina in Vegas.
• Ice cream with Erin in Pecos.
• Toilets backed up and flooded the store, again.
• Called 4 septic people to find one that could come tomorrow.
• I have a system cheat that I use to free up the problem until the septic people get here. It involves a modified sewer cap, an air compressor, and an air hose.
• Erin got her little butt in trouble with Tori between dinner and ice cream.
• I still took her to DQ. My birthday treat to her, so tough.
• Nina meets with Vida about ML this afternoon. Euthanasia anyone?
• Set up a meeting with the gas construction company for next week.
• Went for a little 4×4 ride along the RR tracks. Found that it’s been closed down to traffic on the service road. I managed in the Jeep ok until I came across serious erosion.

Gas pumps were acting up again. Stupid network errors.

Happy Birthday to me.

Another fire nearby. It’s in the wilderness area and can’t be reached.

Erin and I are doing something special tonight. Secret!

Dennis stopped by yesterday. Chatted a bit.

Forests around the state are closing and fines are associated to no obeying.

I need to adjust the laser on my new gun. It’s off of the aim point.

Installed the sliders on my Jeep yesterday. Easiest install of a mod ever! Remove 6 body bolts and install the sliders and tighten the bolts back up. Done.

Fixed the downed barbed wire that Erin tripped over yesterday. One strand is still down, it’s too short to repair. Need to find a piece that I can patch in on that strand.

Pee Pee Pee

• I didn’t get my sliders installed yesterday.
• Went to the Apple store and saw my next computer. It’s a large screen desktop that is very very fast. Next as in way way down the road.
• Lunch at the Elephant Bar. I had the Korean tacos. Nina has a salad.
• BIG delay going home. A camper self-destructed on I-25. It was all over the highway. Wind is not your friend when towing without the needed equipment.
• Erin is home. Yay.
• While in ABQ, I stopped at Sportsman’s Warehouse. I saw a cooler selling for $700! It was at least a 3 body cooler. Even the smallest cooler was a $200 item, in that brand line.
• Bought a holster. Ammo is still scarce, but I’m seeing some conventional stuff out there lately, but not much.
• Poker on Thursday. May or may not attend.
• For those keeping track, we did not go east this week as planned. Extenuating circumstances.
• Had to glue more tiles to the counter face again. The crap adhesive that was used will have me replacing all of them eventually.
• I broke Erin last night. She tripped over some barbed wire that someone cut on one of my fences.
• OK, dat’s it.

ecaep

Last night at Arrow’s Ridge was a small crowd. Beth, Nancy, Carl, and Mom, Beth Juarros says hi. She was up there with her family and Aaron, her hubby, was playing Jamaican music since that was the theme of the evening. Food was good and I was the host du jour since Joe had some personal business in ABQ. Pleasant evening.

The fires are becoming more contained and larger. The one nearest to us is 10,400 acres and is 40% contained. The Jemez one was fire bombed last night to start back burns to contain the southern end of the fire, if the back burn works.

Not going east this week. Sorry to all of you that looked forward to seeing us. Circumstances changed and that’s all I got for you right now. Weather on the routes we normally take did play a small role in our decision.

Got some ammo for my gun. Thanks Dennis and Al. Dennis provided the wadcutters for testing the gun and Al gave me some hollow points for carrying. Friends are good to have when you need firepower.

My sliders came in and I may install them this afternoon. They install between the tires, under the sheet metal to the body. They protect the sheet metal from damage when 4 wheeling and will provide Nina with a step into the vehicle. My new bumper shipped Friday and has a front hitch receiver for my snow plow. The Hidden Hitch receiver that I had intended to buy was $325 and would take 3 hours to install. The new bumper is stronger than the factory bumper, cheaper at $285, and only takes an hour to install. It will accept the factory fog lights and has a finish that matches all the other metal on the Jeep.

peace

Some wrinkles have developed that may keep us here. Not really too upset about that, but still would have liked to head east to see friends and family. This afternoon will give me a definitive answer.

Picked up a wheel gun. Haven’t owned one in years, at least a concealable one that is, and I saw one at a local shop for a very decent price. Laser sights, hammerless design, and titanium frame. Light, compact and pretty cool. I’m going to have to start reloading for .38s now if I plan to shoot this thing since the big O has Homeland Security buying up all the ammo. I have the dies and powder, but I’m not sure of the brass or bullets. Oh well, time to hit up friends to see if they have any spare ammo they can part with.

I found this little logo thingy online yesterday. I like it’s look and I’m going to try to figure a way to incorporate it into the header of my blog. Shouldn’t take more than an hour to figure out where the logo is stored in the program, download it and the add the logo to the image.

PPPPPPPP

I’m thinking of taking the top off my Jeep today to see if I enjoy driving it that way. I guess it all hinges on Andy and if he’ll be around to help me remove it.

Rain & Fire

Well, we had two days with “some” rain, which helps, but we are now expecting a hot and HUMID weekend. The weatherliar chick has mentioned temps in the 100’s over the weekend. Yay? Got to take the bad with the good I guess. The little rain we had did help the fire crews though and the cooler weather yesterday made a hard job slightly easier.

Erin

Erin left yesterday, all the while yelling out the window “I love you Mommy!  I don’t want to leave!” I’m betting that Belle felt crappy hearing that. She revels in the fact that Erin cries when leaving them, a thing they encourage I believe, so I don’t care if her feelings are hurt.

Today

Going to lunch with Dennis and Joe in Pecos. Cannela’s Restaurant is one of Dennis’ favorites and we meet there at noon. Join us if you read this. I’m buying, I lost a bet. I didn’t think Anni and Julie would return from Michigan, but they did. Dammit!

Tonight, Nina and I will go to el Rialto. Same place as always. Yes, we are in a rut, but I enjoy their food and it’s a reciprocal arrangement, we eat there and they shop here. Works for me!

I may head up to Diane’s this afternoon to try and kill some small and cute animal. She has a squirrel problem.

Verizon, Facebook & the NSA

Big shitstorm about this on the news this morning. Partisan politics raises it’s ugly head again. I could care less if the NSA listens to my phone calls. I could care less if the NSA checks my Facebook postings, Hell, I encourage them to read them. What a horrid boring existence listening to my calls and reading my posts on FB. If Obama wants to read my shit, I’ll even friend his dumb ass on FB. Our government is anal, fearful, and not to be trusted by anyone. Don’t get your panties in knot, I think the right is just as reprehensible as the left. I really hate our government. Not for this incident, just in general. They bore me more than any other news story, including sports, that appears on my TV. I am thinking of dumping TV. Maybe I should just follow Mom’s lead and only watch Judge Judy.

Peas

Pictures taken at dinner last night with my girls.

Yesterday we got a bit of rain. Not a lot, maybe 1/8 of an inch, but it was rain. I hope it helped with the fires.

Erin, Tori and I had plans to head to Alb. for dinner last night, but once we hit south of S.F. the traffic stopped and cops and ambulances were weaving through the traffic to get to what I assumed was a bad accident. This was going to be our first time to a monthly Jeep Wrangler meeting that’s held at the north end of Alb. that I’ve wanted to go to for quite some time. Oh well, there’s always next month.

Went to AT&T yesterday and lowered my phone bill by $150. I was going to go to T-Mobile like Carl did, but they did all right by me so I stayed.

Erin leaves today. Bummer! Later all.