Basement project

After the removal of the drywall.

The window at the far right is the original window that the builder installed. The window at the left is the new replacement window I installed.

Original window.

Replacement window.

Still woring on the walls before I go to work. The next picture is about the same angle as the picture above.

Here are some pictures of our "Hot Tub Room" This was before we found some mold on the west side wall. That is the wall the hot tub is against.

Been working at home...

Sorry that I haven't blogged in a week, but I have been real busy.

I have been trying to catch up on all the little things to fix around the house and also clean out one storage shed and move to a smaller one.

Saturday we went to a wedding. The young man that used to live across the street got married. He lived at our house almost half the time over the last 18 years. He is 3 years older than Scott, but they were best friends. Daniel was like a big brother to Scott.

We wish Daniel and Erica Conley the very best that life and married life has to offer.

Saturday morning while cleaning the hot tub room, we found mold on one of the walls. So yesterday and all day today I have been busy removing drywall and installing new basement windows (double pane).

We are pretty sure that a combination of the hot tub and the poor design of the original windows that the builder installed, was the cause of the mold.

I did the original drywall almost 16 years ago, before Westley was born.

Tomorrow I will install the insulation and repair some electrical outlets. Then install new green board. Green board is sheet rock that is water resistant.

Won't get to paint until I get back at the very end of the month.

Will take some photos and post later.

The Flight back from Ypsilanti

Here are some pictures I took on the trip back from Ypsilanti.

Thank goodness that Snoopy and I are both Able to fly on Instruments.

The last hour of the flight home was flying into the setting sun and haze. Visibility at 4000 feet was about 1 mile. Anyone without an Instrument rating would had have some trouble flying without having a horizon reference.

The last picture was about 10 miles prior to entrering the bank of haze.

More pictures from the air...

Flying " Snoopy" to Ypsilanti, MI

I have to be in the simulator in Ypsilanti, MI. So I flew "Snoopy" from KSET (St Charles, MO) to KOXI (Knox, IN) to KYIP (Ypsilanti, MI).

Here are a few of the pictures I took in the air at 5,000 feet.

I also got to checkout my new turn coordinator (lower left hand instrument) and my rebuilt Directional Gyro ( just to the right of the turn coordinator).

Also used my new Garmin GPS 155XL. Not pictured, but will post picture of it tomorrow.

They all worked great. Love the moving map feature on the 155XL. It also gives me ground speed, distance and estimated time of arrival information.

Natalie the Little Mermaid...

She calls this her "Game"...

She like to stand on the pool ladder and jump into the pool. A distance of about 3 feet from me to the ladder. She 1st stands on the top step of the ladder then directs me on where to stand, then she does a little dance where she wiggles her butt, then she LAUNCHES herself into the pool at me to catch her. And she giggles the whole time in the air. LOL...

Wednesday is the day Scott has his daughter Natalie for 3 hours. And sometimes she goes to sleep in the car ride from her moms house to our house. Last night was one of those nights.

Susan and I were in the pool cooling off after a hard days work (she at the office, me in the yard) waiting for Scott and Natalie to show up.

Natalie is a water rat, and LOVES to go swimming (along with the other grand kids).

After a while Susan and I got tired of waiting and got out and went inside to fix dinner.

When I got in the house there was Scott with Natalie in his arms, in my rocker/recliner, sleeping.

So I went up to her and started gently talking to her to wake her up (we only get her for 3 hours and 1 hours is spent in the car getting her back and forth).

I tried everything to get her to wake up but nothing was working. She was out like a light.

Then I asked her if she wanted to go SWIMMING.

Well that woke her up. LOL... She was now wide awake. Susan, Scott, and I were rolling on the floor laughing. I had finally said the "magic words" to wake her up.

These pictures were taken just 19 minutes after she woke up.

More pictures from Kansas City

Brother-in-laws ED and Rick watching my nephew Chad, throw a ball to his kids...

Two of the triplets, Chase, and Macy watching dad throw the ball to Devin.

Macy trying to catch the ball from Devin. Just a little short.

Uncle Vince, Mom and Aunt Edna talking over old times.

My nephew Nick and his new daughter Lorali.