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Here’s the aftermath of a tragic explosion.  I hate to see a perfectly good Model T end up that way.  Great art (slightly fuzzy or, as I like to call it, soft focus) courtesy of the exclusive iPhone-cam (forgot to take my good camera!), taken at the Henry Ford Museum, and part of my famous Machinery series.

Once again, a few days have gone by since my last post.  Let’s see what’s new.  Hmm . . . Well, it’s been quite hot.  That’s a good thing; it means the pool has been swimmable.  Very swimmable.  Dare I say eminently swimmable?  Yes, I dare.  Eminently swimmable.

So we’ve been swimming.  At least I have.  LRN4 has jacuzzified a bit, but it’s still not quite warm enough for her.  It’s been as high as 87 or so in there, which is really comfortable.  I’ve been in every day since Sunday.  Ahh!  This is the life.

But not tonight.  Need to post on my blog instead.  Also go to bed at a reasonable hour.

Speaking of which, I got up at 2:45 on Monday morning to go see our boy scouts off to camp.  I brought some donuts and juice, which were apparently well received.  At least there were no more donuts when I left.  I took a bit of Sunny D home with me, though.

Made up for the early Monday morning by sleeping in a bit on Tuesday.  I had a dental appointment in the morning, so I worked from home for the day.  Slept W-A-Y in until 6:45.

Had one cavity, which was filled on the spot.  So I’m good for another six months.  There was a new dentist – I guess my old one has moved on.  The new guy’s named Larry and I like him.  Next appointment: December 22.  That ought to work just about perfectly, as it’s my last work day before the Christmas holiday.  I can work that one from home too!

We’ve started looking at vacation homes in Las Vegas.  We think we might like to end up there after I retire, and now seems like a great time to buy, assuming we can afford it.  We’re looking at fairly small condos, with the idea that it would be our home base when we’re not somewhere else.  Which is what home bases are for, presumably.  Anyway, LRN4 might go out there and have a look in a couple of weeks.  We’re starting to get pretty serious.

One potential problem: if we buy a vacation condo, I might not be able to comfortably afford a Model T.  So here’s a special Morrowlife poll:

Which should I buy: a condo in Las Vegas or a Model T?

Vote early and vote often!  Operators are standing by.

That’s about it for today.  I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this shocking food violence news (and possible Morrowlife employment agency job opportunity): beef jerky bandit!

See you tomorrow.

Here’s a really cool Early American machine we saw at Greenfield Village – a wool carder.  I had no idea these things even existed.  It doesn’t look like something I’d like to get my arm stuck in.  Part of both my famous Machinery and Vacation series.

Extreme short shrift.  It’s really late and I should have been in bed about 45 minutes ago.  But I can find a couple minutes to blog.

Especially since I haven’t written at all this week yet.  Fortunately, not much news again this week.  LRN4 was set apart as Relief Society president on Sunday and she’s been pretty busy since then.  I’m still running at my normal speed.

Did I mention the blower on the spa broke again?  This time, the motor is dead – one of its brushes ground itself all the way down, and it didn’t look very easy to replace it.  So I decided to just buy another motor.  Good old Amazon had one available for about $230.  They also had the entire blower unit available for $212.  So I bought the whole thing.  It got here today and I suspect it’ll be installed by tomorrow.

Lots of other things to do this weekend.  Nothing really big, fortunately.  I need to wash all three cars, trim the lawn, fix the power button on the vacuum, do a bit of cleaning in the garage, straighten up my office at home, prepare my lesson for Sunday, and watch a whole bunch of technical videos I’ve discovered in the past week.  Seems like a pretty relaxing weekend, actually, especially since tomorrow is my off Friday.

Nothing else for tonight, so I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this exciting food honor news:  meat hall of fame!

See you tomorrow.

Here’s the last thing some poor slob would have seen before being squished by a rich guy in a Bugatti.  A Bugatti Type 57.  An extremely rare Bugatti Type 57.  Great Art taken at Greenfield Village and part of my famous Machinery series.  No poor slobs were harmed in the making of this Great Art.

Greetings from Detroit!  I haven’t posted since we got here, and LRN4 and I are technically sitting the airport waiting area, ready to leave, but we’re still in Detroit!

Had a great time.  We saw my mother, father, brother, two sisters, two brothers-in-law, four nieces, two nephews-in-law, and two great-nieces.  We stayed at my sister’s house for three nights, my mother’s and other sister’s house for three nights, and my dad’s house for one night.  We visited the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, and the Detroit Zoo.  We ate WAY too much, took a bit of Great Art, and chatted a whole bunch.  We didn’t work.  The flights here (we changed planes in Phoenix) were right on time and comfortable, and we have high hopes for the flights back (Phoenix plane-change again).  We believe the house didn’t burn down or get carried away by thieves, since I was able to connect to my server there.

So it was pretty much the perfect vacation.  On the only negative side, it was FREEZING cold and rainy for the first few days, and then BURNING hot and humid for the next couple of days.  Yesterday and today, however, were pretty much perfect – sunny and temperatures in the high 70’s and low 80’s, and fairly dry.

We had pretty much everybody in the family at LRN8’s house on Memorial Day.  Lots of fun.  We didn’t do much besides eat and talk, but that was enough.

— Later —

Just got home.  The trip was smooth, the ride was comfortable, the parking people arrived promptly and charged the right amount, the car was in perfect condition, and the house was unmolested.  Perfect.  It’s nice to be back.  I’ve decided to take another vacation day tomorrow – that’s how nice it is to be back.

Nothing much else to report, so I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this shocking food violence news: McNugget road rage!

See you tomorrow.

Here’s the marina at Half Moon Bay.  Pretty picturesque place.  Part of my famous Machinery, Vacation, and Bird series.

Missed another few days.  Had a nice weekend, although we didn’t really get much done.  The weather was windy and rainy and we pretty much stayed around the house.  I did finally get my new app done and submitted to the App Store.  Haven’t heard from them on the review yet – I hope to have it available for download within a couple of days.  Check out a screen shot here.

Otherwise, not so much going on.  LRN4’s website continues to grow.  She’s still not getting as many visitors as she’d like, but she is at least generating a bit of buzz among her friends on Facebook.  I think she’ll get where she wants to be with it.  Check it out, Loyal Readers.  And leave a comment.  That’s an order.

It’s Friends of Scouting time!  Aaaarrrrrrgh!  I’m in charge of collecting the money this year.  So Knuckles, Bruiser, and I will be making the rounds.  “Nice house you got here, lady.  Be a shame if something happened to it.  How much are you planning to donate to Friends of Scouting this year?”

And that’s about it for tonight.  I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this shocking food violence news:  frozen beef assault!

See you tomorrow.

Here’s LRN2 with his latest new ride.  Yes, this time he’s traded in the ‘Vette for his very own Harveycar.  I think it’s a big step up, don’t you, Loyal Readers?  More room for friends.  And the gas mileage is probably about the same.  Great Art courtesy of my Olympus camera and taken at this summer’s family reunion at the Grand Canyon.  Part of my famous Machinery series.

I think I missed another day or two, no?  Just a second, I’ll check.  I’m back.  Yes, I missed another day.  And a fine day it was.

Stayed home today – my throat’s been bothering me a bit and I decided to sleep in and work at home.  Had a fairly productive day and enjoyed being here.  Worked.

My brother-in-law Ken was here this evening, as planned.  We had a really nice visit.  One thing I really like about Ken is that he always stops in when he’s in the area on business.  He’s going to see LRN2 in Provo in a week or so.  I helped to make his visit worthwhile by fixing a computer for him, and LRN4 made it worthwhile by making and serving an excellent turkey dinner.

We’re heading to Half Moon Bay tomorrow morning, as planned.  Won’t be home until Sunday, so blogging is highly unlikely on Friday.  I’m not even bringing my computer (aargh!).  I’ll have the iPad, but I still probably won’t write anything anyway.  Try to stifle your suffering, Loyal Readers.  I’ll be back next week.

And I’ll leave my Loyal Readers with this shocking food violence news: fried chicken assault!

See you on Monday.