Glen's Eagle Project

We worked all day on Glen's Eagle Project today.

We got two thirds of the basketball court poured. It was a long day and I am glad it is done. We poured about 20 yards of concrete so we have about 10 more yards to pour another day.

Voting

In Yakima County all voting is by mail. It is actually a pretty good deal as you do not have to go to the polls and you can vote anytime in about a three week span from the time you get your ballot until election day.

The biggest perk, perhaps, is that once you have voted you can just ignore the negative ads that seem to crop up as the campaign gets closer to election day.

We did not watch a lot of the debates but what parts we did see just confirmed what I already suspected--the persons who would be the best president or the best governor are not on the ballot.

Still I am glad we do live in a country where we can vote and otherwise participate in the election process.

It's Coming Fall

If you have not noticed I think fall is upon us. The frost on the windshield of the pick up truck this morning was a sure sign. The garden is not all dead yet though. The tomato plants do not appear to have frozen yet but it is definitely then end of warm weather. One of the things I like about where we live though is that there is a fall period. Not like when we lived in Idaho when it went instantly from summer to winter. It is a good thing or the apples would not get harvested.

Well the corn is done for this year, at least it will be by this time tomorrow. It seemed that the season zipped by us this year. In fact it seems like the whole year has hurried by way to fast.

Cars, trucks, and vans

Seems like we are having one of those waves of car issues. A couple of weeks ago we had to have a new starter put on the van. Today the pick up quit on Glen and Rose. Seems that the battery cable that goes to the starter was in contact with the manifold and the insulation burned off and the wire grounded out to the manifold. The truck stopped. Fortunatley it was just down on Concord and there was plenty of room to get the truck off onto the shoulder of the road. We towed it home this evening and got the old wiring off but now we need to get a new battery cable. I wish I had some time to work on it but I am kind of booked up for the next couple of days unless I can sneak away from work for a while tomorrow or Thursday. We'll have to see how that goes.

Well, I guess if you think about it, the old truck doesn't owe us much. We bought it on New Years Day of 1998. So it has been around for a while. We have had to do a few things over the years but so far nothing really major. Of course the boy's might disagree since it seems to quit when they are driving it.

Old Photos

I have had some fun going through some old photos. It is amazing looking at one's self from the perspective of a half century later. Why would I pose with a toy gun in my Sunday go to meetin' clothes? What was I looking at? What was I thinking? The funny thing is that if there were not a photograph I would not even have remembered doing something like this. Kind of weird when you think about it. I mean, what makes a memory? Do photos perserve memories or do they create them?

Celebrity endorsements

I just saw that Madonna is endorsing Obama. That right there is reason enough to vote for John McCain.

Before Kids

I think this picture was taken at Christmas time in 1979, in the time now nearly forgotten, before children.