IF IT'S YELLOW LET IT MELLOW...

The following is an excerpt from an article I read today...

"With dangerously low snow levels in the mountains and rain coming in just dribs and drabs a deepening California drought has prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to urge people to turn off the water while brushing teeth and not to "flush more than you have to."

And if it's brown, flush it down...Hmmmm, waste management revisited?

Allow your thoughts to ponder this post for awhile...

Another excerpt:

"On Thursday (January 30, 2014) he (the Governor) offered some practical advice, including avoiding long solo showers and cutting down on toilet flushing."

I will second that on the solo shower part...."Honey, please hand me the soap and shampoo. Oh, and will you wash my back?"

Also...

"Southern California has been stockpiling water to deal with potential shortages but some places in the state are struggling."

Stockpiling? Say goodbye to California's Mono Lake and Owens Lake, and Nevada's Lake Mead. Something tells me the California Aqueduct will be a prime target.

Give new meaning to doomsday prepping now doesn't it.

Get ready for it folks...

PONDERING

My wife had to work late tonight, so instead of sitting in the parking lot for an hour, I decided to go to Lowe's to get resupplied.

I was looking at couplings for my greywater system when my eyes strayed upwards at these hoses.

We saw these PEX hoses m on HGTV's "Rehab Addict" just the night before. I commented to my wife saying, "I would like to do that if they had them here in California."

We have galvanized piping throughout the house. Last year, one of the galvanized pipes developed a pinhole and it had to be repaired. When I looked at the pipe, there was all kinds of deposits on the inside.

Well, they do. Now, the decision is ours...

It will be a difficult decision as we weigh the pros and cons

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR...

More progress was made on our home...

This is the south porch. All the redwood 2x6 planks were either flipped, repositioned, cut, or remained in place. The hardest part was removing all of the 10d nails. Some nails had to be cut using the reciprocating saw. But a majority of the nails required some plain ole muscle with a little help of a claw and a crowbar.

Now, as for that front door...

It is still a work in progress. After these pictures were taken, a new LED porch light was installed just above the "Welcome" sign.

The balusters were made of 2x4s cut into a little over one-inch square thickness.

We will be replacing the front door with a 6-pane wood door. The frame will be moved over approximately 6 inches to the right to center the door.

Just above the Welcome sign, is the bathroom window. That will be replaced.

Just to the left, is the laundry room. That window will be replaced and moved to the left.

UPDATE TO THOSE OLD PICTURES...

Before

After...

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After...

Before...

After...

It's pretty easy to see the progress we have made to the "outside."

Slowly gettin' there...

GYM DANDY

We went to the gym we signed up for back in June 2013 for the very first time.

Due to our "work" schedules and locales and working on the house, we finally set this date we "exercise" one of our resolutions.

My first set of pullups, bardips, and vertical knee raises since May 8, 2013. I only did 10 of each, but 10 less I have to do this year.

Hope to reach 1,000 of each by the end of the year.

Going to have to make up for lost time and lost money on our membership.






Shouldn't be a problem...

SCRABBLED

We played our first SCRABBLE game of the year. Instead of playing with seven tiles the rules state, we played with nine. We couldn't locate our Scrabble dictionary, but if there was an objection, we could use our phones to Google.

I started out slow but managed to eek out a victory, 248-239.

My wife did really well, but you just cannot beat a crossword aficionado. Heh, heh...

2014 RESOLUTIONS

Have fun...
Wake up and go!
See the sun rise...
Start living...
Get out, get going, and gitr' done...
Lose 10 pounds...never mind...lose whatever.
Eat healthier in moderation...
Hike more...
Call my mother often...
See old friends here or there...
See the sun set...
Have fun...

Also, I will try to improve on the exercises. Doing 89,100 pushups, 110,700 crunches, 1,380 pullups, bardips and vertical knee raises, and the 38.31 miles for a total of 14:48:07 for all of 2013 is unacceptable.



Let's see....what is in OUR wallet?

Hope your 2014 is "more funner"...