As we were heading from St. Louis into Kansas City Friday night, we called our youngest daughter to tell her where we were going to eat dinner. She asked us if we could bring some “Fire Kissed Wings” back to Colorado for her. Now, I’m not a wings guy…at all…but they are REALLY good! So… Continue reading We hope you understand…
A “Surprise” vacation…???
Last week, my wife received a call from one of her cousin’s in the St. Louis area that their mother had passed away. Even though we had made it a point to visit her on our trip back east last fall, we both felt like we should attend the funeral. So, I started planning the… Continue reading A “Surprise” vacation…???
Today?…of all days…Really?
Well, we took off for our big “Back East” trip yesterday morning. We missed my desired departure time of 8:00 AM by just a little bit…We filled the car up with gas at 10:15. Since we were leaving late, I abandoned my plans to take the more scenic route (through Kansas!), and just take I-70.… Continue reading Today?…of all days…Really?
The Big Turnaround
In my constant push to clean our stuff up and GET…RID…OF…ALL…THESE…BOXES (%#$@^&!), I had always planned to digitize our cassettes that are worth keeping. I had slowly been making progress off and on for the past few years by plugging one end of a radio cable into a Walkman’s headphone port (I bought 3 for… Continue reading The Big Turnaround
“This is a genuine miracle”
Since I am going to hit the road and head back to Kansas City tomorrow, I thought I should see if Cakes has called the mechanic to check on the status of her car. She hadn’t… “Well, don’t you think you ought to…since it is your car…and we are supposed to pick it up in… Continue reading “This is a genuine miracle”
Not quite white knuckle, but…
Instead of heading back to Colorado from Kansas City, I decided to drive up to Rochester, Minnesota. Why??? Because a man had some very hard to find parts for my project car up there. Why didn’t I just have them shipped? For several reasons… First, they are fairly heavy…and that would make the parts more expensive.… Continue reading Not quite white knuckle, but…
That worked out nicely
Well, I met my daughter in Kansas City late last night. Before she hung we up the phone yesterday, she said, “Dad, I’m not really comfortable driving this car. I mean he’s not going to stop me but the mechanic is really concerned.” The problem with the engine was the timing chain had stretched and slipped… Continue reading That worked out nicely
Honey…where is my supersuit?!?!?
My youngest daughter, Cakes, called this morning. She is having car trouble. She had gone to a reputable auto repair shop in town, and they had already diagnosed the source of the problem and had narrowed it down to two possibilities. She texted me their quote… What??? The top number was the cost to take… Continue reading Honey…where is my supersuit?!?!?
That’s his car!
My son, Big A, called the house at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. He was intending to speak with his mother but she was out taking her walk. So he got stuck with me. He informed me that he was planning to take money out of Schwab account to buy a hail damaged 2013 Honda Civic with 38,000… Continue reading That’s his car!
Does everything have to be difficult?
I started the day by ducking my head in to say hello to Kimba, her husband, Feeky and our new grandson, Giddy. I then grabbed a quick bite as I hit the road to pick my wife up at the Denver airport. Her plane was supposed to arrive at 10:30. I got on the freeway at 9:30… Continue reading Does everything have to be difficult?