Work is progressing on the crossing, they are getting the forms in and have started adding rebar. They are storing the water pumps back in my yard at night, so they don't go a wandering. The downside of that is that I will have to get up earlier than I want to open the gate in the morning ( Read more... )

My stint of dog sitting for the neighbors ended late Saturday. I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed having the hollow all to myself for a week. With traffic stopped and the neighbors gone, it was very peaceful here for the most part. Early in the week I noticed their outside dog shivering in the cold when went over to feed in the morning. ( Read more... )

First off I finally settled with the insurance co, and have my payment for the car. They paid me the $5000, no buy back, no salvage title, no deductible. As soon as my car is ready, I can just put the plates back on and drive it away. I would have held out for more, but after looking at the car and driving it, I am keeping it, and the repairs will ( Read more... )

The last three weeks or so have been, well, pretty hellish ( Read more... )

I would like to say that I was shocked by Robin Williams' suicide, but I have always seen the sadness behind his eyes. It's there behind the eyes of many comedians, as a group, they have a fairly high suicide/self destruct ratio ( Read more... )

I just wanted to let friends who read my journal know, that I have resorted to making my journal friends only. I've been getting a small amount of random unwanted crap postings, and so I've changed it before it gets any worse.

Yesterday I took the car up to get it serviced and then in to get the windshield chips fixed. I found a second smaller chip yesterday, and they added that into the repair for only $10 more. They are still noticable, but hopefully this will keep the windshield from cracking. I wish now though that I had done it myself, I found a great video online ( Read more... )

Spent the day running errands in Billings. Lots of drama when Chad got a flat and then got pulled over by a cop when he had the spare on and the truck was wobbly. Apparently there was some sort of beer festival going on that day and they thought he was drunk. We also went to an arts festival which was very nice ( Read more... )

Back in the park for our last day. We started out by waiting around for more tourist buying in Gardiner, and then MORE in the park. I went back to the more crowded part of Mammoth to see that part of the area while the others shopped ( Read more... )

Everyone got up pretty late in the morning. After packing up, we went down to breakfast at the lodge. Then everyone else went to go sit in the hot springs, and I went on a hike with Andre up the mountain behind the resort. There was a small lake near the top and it was a very nice hike ( Read more... )