Party Time...

On July 4th, we are having a party for Pam's 50th birthday. She is thrilled about finally getting to that milestone...

So, we have been doing all sorts of little tasks to get the house and new patio finished and put in order. Storm came over the other day and helped me fix the back yard fountain. Last year, I must have spent 40 hours on it trying to fix it a bunch of times. During the previous winter, there was some water in it and it froze and cracked off a corner of the bottom water holder section. I tried basement and pool paint, concrete patches, and all sorts of patches and paints to try to fix the problem. Then, this year, Pam mentioned, why don't you just put in a plastic liner in the bottom pool. Well, that was just too low tech for me but it works great. Storm brought over some plastic from his work that they put on top of the hay stacks and it is working perfectly. Another simple but elegant solution to a sticky problem.

Storm also helped with another problem we had. There was this section of our walkway going into the patio that had about 6" of air space under it. We t0re it all apart and there was this drip irrigation hose that had popped off a shut off valve and was washing all the ground away under the walkway. That is now fixed also.

We have had all kinds of moths lately everywhere. They get in the edges of all sorts of doors and opening devices. And, then when the door is opened, there are about 100 moths flying around and getting into whatever the door is attached to. It is quite a start when it happened the first few times.

So, now we have one of those bug zappers with the light and the electrical grid that frys bugs with a zap sound. We shall have to see how it works.

We also got one of those Topsy-tervy tomato planters that you hang up and the plant is hanging out of the bottom. It is quite a device and built well, but we shall have to see how it really works.

Last night we went to Jackpot, NV to buy booze for the party. Its a lot cheaper there than at the local state owned liquor stores. We also had a great buffet and played slots a little, but enough to be gagged out about it yet again.

The business is picking up again. All the new needles are here and I have been redoing the shipping and warehouse room to add all the new products. Its looking and working good now and we are ready for lots of really big orders.

Well, that is about all that has been going on here. I have been to a number of doctors and having all sorts tests done. O, I did have to go back to the ER a week ago. I woke up about 4am and my left arm was totally numb. After about an hour, it was still numb, so Pam took me to the ER and we spent the morning there getting all sorts of tests but nothing was found and all is well. They thought I had a little hole in my heart, but if I do, the treatment would be to put me on the blood thinner med that I am already on for life now, so we gave up hunting for that dog...

Well, that is all that I can think of that has happened around here, except that we have had LOTS of rain lately. There, now I am done here in DaHo...