The Mt. Hood Rally is coming up Ocotber 18th, and it will be the first time we've had motorcycles in a rally event here in the PNW. I've been working with Heather's brother Troye to promote the event, and we've been pretty successful. Troye has gotten Motoventure Films onboard to film the event and make a DVD of the bikes and one of the cars.
We laid down some GPS tracks of the stages, and using Google Earth, I put together this brief flyover. Troye is going to make a much more polished version.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Wainscoting.
I had started to tackle the wainscoting one night, but after a couple of hours of frustration, I came home. Kricket put me into contact with a carpenter who is the boyfriend of her co-worker. He came to bid the job during the Friday I took off, and came out to do the work the following Monday. It came out fantastic, which is to say, just how I had imagined it in my head.
The wainscot starts at the break between the living and dining rooms, and covers the long, (garage,) wall and wraps around into the kitchen.
Dad had previously painted the large panels and the trim, so all I needed to do was to putty in over the fastener holes, and touch up the paint.
I ended up putting a couple 2, 3 coats of paint on the chair rail, corner/base molding, and top cap, just to ensure a nice bright white shine.
If you have some finish, (or other,) carpentry that you need done, let me know, and I'll put you into contact with Tom.
-Bill
The wainscot starts at the break between the living and dining rooms, and covers the long, (garage,) wall and wraps around into the kitchen.
Dad had previously painted the large panels and the trim, so all I needed to do was to putty in over the fastener holes, and touch up the paint.
I ended up putting a couple 2, 3 coats of paint on the chair rail, corner/base molding, and top cap, just to ensure a nice bright white shine.
If you have some finish, (or other,) carpentry that you need done, let me know, and I'll put you into contact with Tom.
-Bill
The Move In.
We moved into our new house the weekend before Labor Day weekend. We had a lot of our friends over to help. Early Saturday morning, Kricket and I went over to the Tigard U-Haul to pick up our truck. Our downstairs neighbors were nice enough to move their cars the night before, so I could back right up to the walk way. Come to think of it, our downstairs neighbor, Ms. Grumpy-Pants, was probably so eager to have us move that she would have helped out with the down payment.
Doug showed up about 8, and he and I started carrying down all of the boxed stuff to Frank, who was in the back of the truck. Shortly after that, my Dad showed up, followed by Jen and Pat. In pretty short order, about 10:30 or so, we had the truck full, and realized we had at least another truck load to go.
Frank and I drove the U-Haul over to the new house, and it drove heavy, pulling to the right so badly, that all I had to do to make a right turn was to let go of the wheel. I parked the truck on the front yard, and we commenced to unloading. By this time, Kat and Eric, as well as Ben and his kids, Jack and Abby, had joined us.
Dad carrying in boxes:
Eric and Pat unloading a bookcase:
Abby, Abby, and Elisa playing together upstairs.
Frank, wishing it were cooler.
Me, wishing it were cooler.
Jen carrying in a box.
Jen, shortly after hiding my pizza cutter, which I still cannot find!
Eric and Ben, bringing in the couch. They got the facing right the second time.
Delphine, enjoying the fruits of Ben and Eric's labor.
I made sure to set up the bed while I still had energy.
Jack, crashing his PowerWheels into a bush.
Delphine, Jen, Kat, and Breanna.
Jack, Abby, Elisa, and Abby getting down on some pizza.
Thank you so much for helping us move in!!1
Doug showed up about 8, and he and I started carrying down all of the boxed stuff to Frank, who was in the back of the truck. Shortly after that, my Dad showed up, followed by Jen and Pat. In pretty short order, about 10:30 or so, we had the truck full, and realized we had at least another truck load to go.
Frank and I drove the U-Haul over to the new house, and it drove heavy, pulling to the right so badly, that all I had to do to make a right turn was to let go of the wheel. I parked the truck on the front yard, and we commenced to unloading. By this time, Kat and Eric, as well as Ben and his kids, Jack and Abby, had joined us.
Dad carrying in boxes:
Eric and Pat unloading a bookcase:
Abby, Abby, and Elisa playing together upstairs.
Frank, wishing it were cooler.
Me, wishing it were cooler.
Jen carrying in a box.
Jen, shortly after hiding my pizza cutter, which I still cannot find!
Eric and Ben, bringing in the couch. They got the facing right the second time.
Delphine, enjoying the fruits of Ben and Eric's labor.
I made sure to set up the bed while I still had energy.
Jack, crashing his PowerWheels into a bush.
Delphine, Jen, Kat, and Breanna.
Jack, Abby, Elisa, and Abby getting down on some pizza.
Thank you so much for helping us move in!!1
A trip to Ibach Park.
On Monday, we took Abby to Ibach Park here in Tualatin. It's a really neat park, new, big, and has lots of stuff.
First off we did the swings:
Abby likes to go high!
At this point she still has her shoes....
But not after we found the stream with sand!
Luckily, we had a change of clothes with us.
We just got our internet connection back here at the new house, so I'll get some blog posts up tonight covering the move, and Kricket's new wainscoting in the dining room.
-Bill
First off we did the swings:
Abby likes to go high!
At this point she still has her shoes....
But not after we found the stream with sand!
Luckily, we had a change of clothes with us.
We just got our internet connection back here at the new house, so I'll get some blog posts up tonight covering the move, and Kricket's new wainscoting in the dining room.
-Bill
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