went to school...came home...went to the park...ate...came home...worked-out...shower...bed...
what a day...

Watched Chuck and Larry. Great movie! I would recommend that you peeps see it!

Worked on hot water heater in my RV which for some reason failed to light up. I have determined the printed circuit board must be bad and took quite a while to find one on the web. The durn thing is $110. A brand new water heater is only $335. Well , either I am right and I save $225 or I am wrong and I added $110 to the cost of a new water heater. Time will tell. The new board will be here soon. I am eager to test my diagnostic skills.

Thanks for the heads up Snuffy. Damn, nearly spelled your name as Duffy for some odd reason. Must be the PGA golf commercial with Jesper Parnevik and that Duffy fellow. Funny as hell.

Good luck with the RV's water heater and/or board. Let's hope it is just the board.

Went to school and got back on track.

Had a fine lady from work come over and help us get Sarah's horse haltered.

am in school working my ass off trying to get up to speed. Not to bad though...eh...don't knw waht I'm gonna do tonite.

So, you wanna race, eh? OK - since you challenged me, I get to pick the road.

Thus far, made bed, cleaned kitty litter and surrounding area, made breakfast for me, made a new bowl of moist cat for Shady, filled up her dry food, laid out in glasses vit/min for two days, straightened living room and main front desk, laid out clothes for later on, answered and stored email, about to do dusting in the living room area and I'm going to install an outside threshold for the apartment door, played with Shady, gave her a few cat treats (Whiskas Temptations - good for behaviour modification.... ) and drinking my coffee/eating breakfast. All in all, not much as of yet.

Gotta go replace the serpentine belt on Mom's car today. It broke down yesterday afternoon, and when I got the new belt from O'Reilly Auto Parts, discovered they'd given me the wrong one (60" vice 61"). So Jemezman and I struggled for 2 hours trying to 'stretch' this too short belt with no luck.

The last time this happen, he suggested I keep the belt jacket so I'd have the right p/n when I went to the store. Well, I did... but it was buried in her trunk under all 300 lbs of her 'treasures.' And of course, we only discovered this after they'd already closed for the night. In fact, the last time this happened, I mentioned to O'Reilly's that they should update their database, because I'm sure I'm not the only one to have come across this. But no - they hadn't done that.

Sigh.

Oh well - Mom's come into some money recently, so we're going car-shopping soon anyway. I'm hoping Jemezman will think that taking the car off Mom's hands for one of his sons to drive won't be a bad idea.

Glad to hear you're Mom's financial circumstances have changed for the positive, E. I know that you've been pitching in and helping her out.

Saw Beowulf last night. OMFG i hated that F***ing HATED that movie. I went in thinking it was real action, which it wasnt, it was CGI. And it was Shitty CGI. The story line was meh at best. All in all i give it a 2 out of 5 *'s. Bigger review later.

3 words....

Upper respiratory infection...

Thanks Snuff for the review-saves me time and energy doing another looser ----- Peap, cool it with with respiratory problems-best to see an MD, and rest. Good luck to you.

thanks m8

Did lead triage for a disaster drill. 21 kids in a school bus vs. an anhydrous ammonia tank. Me and my crew kicked ass!! We had the kids out of the ambulances and into the appropriate areas in record time. Scary thing to run through though...kind of a reality check on just what can happen. 5 kids died.

Other than that...beat and ready for bed and then a pancake breakfast at 6am for the FD tomorrow.

Thus far, just feed the cat and made my own breakfast.

Checked out the weather-overcast at the beach. Looking now for some sort of wood preservative wipe on wipe off stuff to protect the finish of outside wood furniture. Quite possibly the redwood deck with out making it a mess later on for repainting if necessary too-all redwood, mahogany, and teak-salt air does a trip on everthing!

watched the MLS cup and am jumping for joy for the Houston Dynamos whopping the crap outta the NW- Revolutions....
The revs put my Chicago Fire out of the playoffs so I had to cheer for Houston...and now...the Dynamos are taking home their second straight MLS Cup...

Took son to afternoon formation on the base and made cornbread for the stuffing on thursday. Also found out I'm gonna be a Grandpa.

holy crap Ace, congrats bro...I mean...damn
CONGRATULATIONS....

Congrats ACE!!

Watching the Ford 400. Final race of the nextel season! Hoping Gordan is gonna bull his head out of his ass and win!

Boooo - Gordon.

Took my Mom around to all of the beater car lots, actually found some nice prospects. Unfortunately, the KBB values on the models we looked at are a little different than I figured they'd be.

Hopefully, we'll be able to get the one she really has her eye on.

not letting that infection slow me down a bit...
went an ran the football field today...
have doctor's appointment tommrwo and then gonna run it again, and kick the soccer ball around.

Mr. 4x4- try looking here it's called Craigs list
it's basicly an online version of greensheets...just click your city and you'll find all kinds of stuff in around your area...
beater cars are always a hot one around here...

Still cannot manage to stay awake more than 2-3 consecutive hours without needing to sleep for 3-6 hours. Actually pulled a no-show for the first time EVER Sunday, and I guess it's a good thing today was really a day off. Hopefully I pull out of this before tomorrow, since I won't have another day off until next week Monday.

Thought I would try once more to repair the hot water heater in the RV. So I gambled and ordered the electronic module board for $110 online. After approximately 1 minute of installation ( two connections and two screws ) I flipped the switch and voila , perfection. I do so like it when things can be repaired. I guess that's what I like about being a doc too.

Ha! That worked out great, Doc. Way to go. I think you're attitude is great. Good for you!

Company meeting, another day of watching Espn and playing Halo 3 at work!

Sorted books, and carted off to storage-excellent for back-No! Have a cold one instead if possible.

getting ready for T-Day...

family comes over...everyone eats...someone says somthing stupid...everyone starts fighting...all the while my little cousins like 8 years younger then me are trying to tell me knock-knock jokes....great day...

A lot of families need some serious ass counselling. Mine certainly does. *sigh*

Sorry to hear.
Getting ready to go the the airport to pick up the rest of the family.

Thanks man. Certain older members (not me, think one generation up) are in denial about what happened to them in their youth. Unfortunately there wasn't the resources available then that there is now.

Yes I know what you mean. Have many times have you received the "things where a lot harder in my day" speech?

My older sister is trying to broker a "deal" between my mother and I. I told her not to bother. My mother is too old and unwilling to change and due to the problems she encountered in her youth, way too far into denial. Such is life. I love my family very much. I just refuse to be the scapegoat for other people's issues. I won't bore you or anyone else with my minor problems. Thanks for listening thus far.

it helps to release some emotions...we're here to help t_b...We're ALLfamily here...

Thank-you Snuffy and Peap. Very gracious of you both.

you are to us t_b as well

Started after partner woke me to do the turkey-in about 10 minutes turkey was cleaned, stuffed with mushrooms and onions, and in the oven at 350 degrees! Gravy was started with the giblets on the stove top. Stuffing to be done on the stove top about 20 minutes before the event-several friends are getting together, and each is doing some food-very nice that way-fun too, almost impossible to flob-up everything up-Oh well, there are always friends, cold ones and pizza in case-Happy Thanksgiving to all peeps, and good will to those that do not celebrate the same day-cheers to all!

Just watched the Packers Kick ass over Detroit! I'm going to put the Turkey in (23.6lb Buttterball!!!!!) the oven. Just took the pie out! Anyways peeps i hope everyone has a great day and enjoys spending time with their family's.

cleaned house , watched football all day and had a beef stew tv dinner at 5

Made a wonderful turkey, ate it, and now am sleepy

family came over, and ate, chatted, all that...
went to my sister-in-laws parents...(dessert buffet) nothing appealed to me so I didn't eat...
anyway caught up in life and then left...came home, and now I'm sittin here listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, and crashing fast...

Huge feast! First time the whole family has been together in years! I ate and drank wayyyy to much . I know I gained at least 3lbs! Anyway a good end to a good day!

Protein = Tryptophan in Turkey = Sleepy.

Doing a return match with the turkey-keeping low profile eating ....perhaps this can last for a few days! Try mushrooms, and onions mixed with left over turkey, and gravey-nice combo heated up.

Changed the tie rod on my sons 1996 Saturn. Then attacked the Turkey.

Had a day off due to Thanksgiving Day.

return match with the turkey and fixkings, went to work at 1500. Now researching my AR15 build....

I'm thinking a cast lower receiver, with swappable barrels- something around .380 for deerhunting, which I hope to start next year. I basically have a year to get to building my weapon. Goinig with the AR15 (Civvie version of the M16) owing to flexibility- slap on a different upper receiver in a different chambering, and I'll be able to do everything from plinking at targets to taking large game.

Work...work, work, work, work, WORK!

Apparently, my mom had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner at my sister's house. I've heard rumours the food was excellent, but haven't seen hide nor hair of anything.

Got rid of our old nag of a horse and now the girls each have a baby (7 and 9 months) to raise. Free horses are a beautiful thing...

The black is Star and the brown is Buddy.