Category: Around the Big House

Home – Timing of Home Repairs – Wednesday August 17, 2016

Yesterday I finished up a home painting project.

When I painted the house the molding around the front porch pillars where pretty rotted at the corners and would not go back around the pillar housings.
I decided they needed to be replaced and did not reinstall the original ones.
As you can see in this picture these pieces have two angles on them. Their is a 10 degree angle from the outside edge up to the inside edge and also the inside of the molding has a 10 degree angle coming down from the main pillar.  Last winter I cut all the pieces of molding out of lengths 2X4’s and over the last couple of days I got them painted and install on the porch.
I think they look pretty nice.

I titled this post “Timing of Home Repairs” because I removed these pieces of molding when I painted the house in 1980.  Some project just shouldn’t be rushed.

 

Home to the Big House – Wednesday June 8, 2016

We have returned to the big house after our spring travels.  Will be here for June, July and leave again in the small house towards the end of August.

Our spring travels started in February to Arizona for spring training with a trip by the big house for a while and finished up with a trip to Yellowstone.
Today’s travels.

The May – June leg of our Spring trip.

Home Trip Wrap Up – Sunday November 29, 2015

Trip follow up:

5363 miles in the motorhome
1183 miles on the car
762.3 gallons of gas
Avg price $2.14
High $2.99 McDermitt, Nv
Low $1.94 Texas & New Mexico border

States:
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
California
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Here are our travels this Fall.

Travels since retirement.

Mt. Shasta our last morning on the road.

When we got home last year I designed and installed a mounting bracket on the motorhome for our satellite TV antenna. I wasn’t sure how will it would take the wind on the roof of the motorhome so I put it between the airconditioners. I figured this would take care of the wind problem but wasn’t to sure that the airconditioners would not interfere with the satellite reception. It worked great, during the whole trip I did not have to remove the dish and all the mounting screws stayed nice and tight.

Motorhome projects after this trip:
Restring side window of livingroom slide.
Fix hotwater heater, quit four days before we got home.
Fix or replace water pump, it runs for a second about every hour or so.
Change oil
New air filter
Reseal kitchen sink strainer

We will be leaving during the third week of February for Peoria, AZ and Mariner’s Spring Training.