Last weekend hubby dropped a carton of worms in to the lake. I enjoyed hearing the water as the ripples splashed on the rocks and made the best sound to relax and sunbath by with echoes of peace to my soul and awaken my inner spirit again to the joys of boating it was great. Upon returning we saw the light dance off the water. As chance would have it we did not catch any fish that day. This week our luck changed for the better. I did not realize how fragile the worm cartons were as I opened it the lid split right in two!
I’m in better shape than I realized because I got cat - calls from the road traffic as the went by where we were fishing. The bikini that matches the royal blue color of the boat is working for me. [Hottie grammy brags!] My health and fitness journey has been SO worth it!
Good news this week the boat is NOT in the shop and it ran fine. Last week they put it on the computer and the fuel pump had to be recalibrated.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Sunday, August 20, 2006
More Boating Adventures
We had a plan we planned the night before, well I had a plan, get up at six and go out on the water while it's still cool out and beat the heat. Not every one wanted to get up at six, however we did get out on the water while it was still cool. I got to enjoy some perfect boating weather, and we found a sweet spot for fishing, did not catch any thing hubby mentioned that it was too late for the good fishing. The fish stole some of our worms and some on dumped a carton of them in to the lake, hint is was not me.
Then we came back and the boat was running fine, it had been in the shop for over heating problems last week and said it was running fine. We have learned to check it out after being in the shop with a test drive of our own. The boat was running fine.
Then hubby decided he needed to get some time in on the trolling motor,
by now it's around noon and no longer cool. It's fun to see hubby playing with the romote control trolling motor, and spray nozzle to wash the boat off and we discover that the nozzle has a crack in it we got wet from that but it dried off quickly.
But when he tried starting the boat up again it was hot and would not start. So he restarted the trolling motor to get us back to the docking area. He is mumbling about how he has never docked with it before
and I can tell he is a bit nervous I said you'll do fine you have been up by rocks close with it and it will be a breeze. Things are fine except he can't hit reverse with the trolling motor and the rocky shore are too close for comfort.
I grab this pole hook thing we have and try to push us off from them with it but I have not used it before and did not know how to lock in the telescoping lengths on the pole so it did not do a lot of good. We did not hit the rocks I have no idea how that happened!
Somehow the boat gets steered close to the dock and we are close, closer, oh dang ~ over shot it, then I hook the dock. Mean while hubby is trying to steer the trolling motor and then it dies at the crucial time! So I scramble to the back of the boat as I toss down the useless telescoping hook pole, my pusher off-er dowel stick worked better than that thing! I get to the dock the old fashioned way by jumping on the dock and then grabbing ahold of the boat.
Phew, what an adventure! Still learning have. We find that it's 100* out and hot we are crabby have not packed a lunch, and our sodas are not cold.
Dear daughter and family show up just as we are leaving wanting to know if we have seen or heard from dear son, who's out of town. Nope, she had the girls, we could not take them because no car seats, we head off to go get some lunch. Parking the boat on main street and taking up nearly a block on the shady side of the street! At least a few things are going right for us today.
They get the daddy day care thing figured out before dinner and I do not have granny duty today. After we got home and got the truck and boat unloaded. I get the "boat towels" in the laundry.
I get hubby to give me a lesson in learning how to use his fancy push off pole hook the dock stick. Next I change the reel that was on my yellow pole that got broke last week, and put it on the iridescent green pole I got on a trip to Montana at a K.O.A. several years back. I'm down one pole but I do have a few others.
Fishing was lousy today. I noticed that the neighbors up the street that left at six arrived home just before we did wonder if they had any luck fishing? I'll bet they did not have as good as an adventure as we did and can laugh about it now. We have great stories for the kids and grand kids to hear over holiday dinners now! Yep the boat is going back in to the shop tomorrow!
Then we came back and the boat was running fine, it had been in the shop for over heating problems last week and said it was running fine. We have learned to check it out after being in the shop with a test drive of our own. The boat was running fine.
Then hubby decided he needed to get some time in on the trolling motor,
by now it's around noon and no longer cool. It's fun to see hubby playing with the romote control trolling motor, and spray nozzle to wash the boat off and we discover that the nozzle has a crack in it we got wet from that but it dried off quickly.
But when he tried starting the boat up again it was hot and would not start. So he restarted the trolling motor to get us back to the docking area. He is mumbling about how he has never docked with it before
and I can tell he is a bit nervous I said you'll do fine you have been up by rocks close with it and it will be a breeze. Things are fine except he can't hit reverse with the trolling motor and the rocky shore are too close for comfort.
I grab this pole hook thing we have and try to push us off from them with it but I have not used it before and did not know how to lock in the telescoping lengths on the pole so it did not do a lot of good. We did not hit the rocks I have no idea how that happened!
Somehow the boat gets steered close to the dock and we are close, closer, oh dang ~ over shot it, then I hook the dock. Mean while hubby is trying to steer the trolling motor and then it dies at the crucial time! So I scramble to the back of the boat as I toss down the useless telescoping hook pole, my pusher off-er dowel stick worked better than that thing! I get to the dock the old fashioned way by jumping on the dock and then grabbing ahold of the boat.
Phew, what an adventure! Still learning have. We find that it's 100* out and hot we are crabby have not packed a lunch, and our sodas are not cold.
Dear daughter and family show up just as we are leaving wanting to know if we have seen or heard from dear son, who's out of town. Nope, she had the girls, we could not take them because no car seats, we head off to go get some lunch. Parking the boat on main street and taking up nearly a block on the shady side of the street! At least a few things are going right for us today.
They get the daddy day care thing figured out before dinner and I do not have granny duty today. After we got home and got the truck and boat unloaded. I get the "boat towels" in the laundry.
I get hubby to give me a lesson in learning how to use his fancy push off pole hook the dock stick. Next I change the reel that was on my yellow pole that got broke last week, and put it on the iridescent green pole I got on a trip to Montana at a K.O.A. several years back. I'm down one pole but I do have a few others.
Fishing was lousy today. I noticed that the neighbors up the street that left at six arrived home just before we did wonder if they had any luck fishing? I'll bet they did not have as good as an adventure as we did and can laugh about it now. We have great stories for the kids and grand kids to hear over holiday dinners now! Yep the boat is going back in to the shop tomorrow!
Saturday, August 12, 2006
The Joy of Walking
Yesterday I went to the thrift shop and found 2# weights, I had 3# and 5# ones so I added these to my collection. Went to another new store in our area and found some tops in a smaller size yea! And then took my self out for lunch I got a large chicken taco salad saw some friends there that congratulated me on my weight loss that felt great!
Next I went for a 45 minute walk I’d planned on doing this before I got the weights, I wanted to change up my work out routine by walking in different places and by the river here is beautiful I wanted to take advantage of the milder temps. we had been having this week. This route starts by going down a hill to the path next to the river. I did my arm work out while I walked I only took one of the weights and alternated arms using it while I walked. I was delighted when I heard and then saw a deer get up that was bedded down under a tree. I stopped to watch the deer while I kept doing my arm exercises, and then the deer wandered off and I continued on and finished my walk. Then it was off for grocery shopping.
Tomorrow there is a car show and it’s called “chome on the creek”. So we will be walking in the park looking at shiny classic cars. Hubby has been talking about this for weeks he has a friend from work that shows cars and he is looking forward to seeing that. There is a demo derby and another of hubby’s friends from work has entered a car in the demo derby after getting it ready. They are all excited about this event. Boating is also on the list of things to do this weekend.
Next I went for a 45 minute walk I’d planned on doing this before I got the weights, I wanted to change up my work out routine by walking in different places and by the river here is beautiful I wanted to take advantage of the milder temps. we had been having this week. This route starts by going down a hill to the path next to the river. I did my arm work out while I walked I only took one of the weights and alternated arms using it while I walked. I was delighted when I heard and then saw a deer get up that was bedded down under a tree. I stopped to watch the deer while I kept doing my arm exercises, and then the deer wandered off and I continued on and finished my walk. Then it was off for grocery shopping.
Tomorrow there is a car show and it’s called “chome on the creek”. So we will be walking in the park looking at shiny classic cars. Hubby has been talking about this for weeks he has a friend from work that shows cars and he is looking forward to seeing that. There is a demo derby and another of hubby’s friends from work has entered a car in the demo derby after getting it ready. They are all excited about this event. Boating is also on the list of things to do this weekend.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Movie Night!
We had movie night this weekend here.
The fastest Indian!
Great must see if you ride motor cycles. We loved it! We laughed an cried this was a pretty wholesome film for the most part but a few cross dressing sceens might confuse youngsters. Our son clued us in on this one taken from a true life story was a hit for both of us here. Hubby’s granddad had an old Indian motor cycle so I knew this one was one he would enjoy. We LOVED this one!
Matador
This film is mislabeled / AKA mid-life crisis burnt out looser assin attempts to over come his subconscious. Yuck skip this flick. This one gets two thumbs down from our house hold.
What made it worse for me was that I kept thinking of it from a writers perspective; the author screen writer trying to eek out words, agonizing over lines rewrites and suffering through words to redeem this flick unsuccessfully.
The seedy main character of this film played by Pierce Bronson's acting was good and a departure from his 007 style but even his experience could not rescue this bad film. The title was misleading Bronson is not the matador in this movie that disappointed me.
The swearing seemed just to be in there because they could not think of any great words and get it to an R-rating. The humor was tacky, and some takes were porn, black and white strobe effects were flash back esque. This slow strained film lacked most every thing I love about a film - warm fuzzy; nope not there.
The only good thing I can say about it is the color in the first few scenes in Mexico was refreshing. I did enjoy the different cities photoged in this film it was good to see the flavor of the open markets in these places. This one gets to be on my worst Movie of 06 list for this year.
Okay I gotta ask why is it easier to write more about the reasons I did not like the one film than the ones I did like on the other one?
The fastest Indian!
Great must see if you ride motor cycles. We loved it! We laughed an cried this was a pretty wholesome film for the most part but a few cross dressing sceens might confuse youngsters. Our son clued us in on this one taken from a true life story was a hit for both of us here. Hubby’s granddad had an old Indian motor cycle so I knew this one was one he would enjoy. We LOVED this one!
Matador
This film is mislabeled / AKA mid-life crisis burnt out looser assin attempts to over come his subconscious. Yuck skip this flick. This one gets two thumbs down from our house hold.
What made it worse for me was that I kept thinking of it from a writers perspective; the author screen writer trying to eek out words, agonizing over lines rewrites and suffering through words to redeem this flick unsuccessfully.
The seedy main character of this film played by Pierce Bronson's acting was good and a departure from his 007 style but even his experience could not rescue this bad film. The title was misleading Bronson is not the matador in this movie that disappointed me.
The swearing seemed just to be in there because they could not think of any great words and get it to an R-rating. The humor was tacky, and some takes were porn, black and white strobe effects were flash back esque. This slow strained film lacked most every thing I love about a film - warm fuzzy; nope not there.
The only good thing I can say about it is the color in the first few scenes in Mexico was refreshing. I did enjoy the different cities photoged in this film it was good to see the flavor of the open markets in these places. This one gets to be on my worst Movie of 06 list for this year.
Okay I gotta ask why is it easier to write more about the reasons I did not like the one film than the ones I did like on the other one?
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