The life and times of a happily married couple in Ohio.
As you know, today is the last day for Half Nekkid Thursday. Today is our 330th and final post. California Girl and I have thoroughly enjoyed participating as posters and as followers. We want to give our heartfelt thanks to Osbasso for organizing and running it for almost seven years. That is a monumental achievement. [...]
The only thing worse than orange construction barrels on the highway are orange construction barrels blocking a perfectly usable lane. Everything was good for a few days; then the barrels mysteriously re-appeared; even though no one was doing any work. Finally, I saw a two-man crew painting the concrete divider. Apparently, they need to keep [...]
The calendar says it’s Tuesday but today really seemed like a Monday. Our refrigerator picked today when its 100-degrees outside to drop dead. Of course, both the refrigerator and freezer compartments were too warm to stop food from spoiling by the time that I got home and could (potentially) identify the problem. So, we’ve got [...]
Amazingly the US Women live to play another day in the Women’s World Cup after defeating Brazil on penalty kicks. The officiating was suspect; but, in the end, it didn’t matter. This has been a strange tournament. The sun is starting to set but today was a glorious day. California Girl and I got up [...]
That’s how The Girl suggested we categorize the car problems we had on Friday evening. First, the car that she usually drives wouldn’t shift out of park. The brake shift interlock has “stuck” in the past; but, yesterday, it wouldn’t budge. So, she used the car that California Girl usually drives for errands. I peeled [...]
With record high temperatures in yesterday’s forecast, I thought that it would be a good day to do some of the chores that I had been postponed until warmer/better weather. Unfortunately, Sunday turned out to be one those days where things just gets worse and worse. First, we discovered that the air conditioner to our [...]
The “check engine” light came on after I drove through a BIG puddle of water on Friday. It turned out that the electrical system just got wet; but I was worried that it was going to be a lot worse. The last time that happened to me water got into the engine and the motor [...]
I replaced the headlight on our SUV. It didn’t take as long as the last time; partly because I knew exactly what to do and partly because I didn’t waste any time being recovering from being totally flabbergasted by the stupidity of the designer. After six weeks of running on the treadmill or a small [...]
When California Girl and I were returning from dinner tonight, I noticed that the road ahead was not as bright as it usually is. A quick inspection of the SUV when we got home confirmed my suspicion that one of my headlights was out. It was only a couple of months ago that the lamp [...]
I broke the handle to my sledgehammer but I got the ice off of everything. It was at least an inch thick everywhere and over two inches thick in some places. I also wore away about an inch from the end of the steel shovel I was using. I hope that we don’t have another [...]
