We are now on to 21 days of camping and things are working out. Construction has begun in the house. They are putting in the walls for the bathroom and bedroom area. We wanted a walk-in shower so they drop the floor of the bathroom 2 inches to accommodate this. SDG and E will move the gas line next week. We are now shopping for appliances. Jack is excited about the new layout.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
Week 2
I think the demolition phase of the project is complete. Our house is nothing but four walls. Cesar, the main man when it comes to construction, is working on installing gas pipes under the house. He is using a makeshift table screwed too the floor supports to do his work. I picked Cesar a bag of avocados today.
We spent the weekend camped out in our backyard. We had a nice breakfast with the neighbors. We cooked the meal in our Dutch ovens. It is our second week of camping out and everything seems to be going smoothly. We are getting used to the new routines associated with being outdoors and taking a shower in our backyard.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Week 1
It's been one week since construction on the house began and we are living in a camper behind Ryan and Camilla's house. Things are going well. We are taking showers in our backyard shower and living in the camper. we are using the bathroom in Ryan's house. We think we will turn our second bedroom into a storage area and make our primary bedroom a little bigger. We are excited about the construction and picking out faucets. My back hurts a little from sleeping in the camper and I think I need a sleeping bag liner or otherwise my sleeping bag will start to smell nasty pretty soon. Jack has moved into the backyard as well.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Sailing And Selling
Went for a sail on the bay. Saw a navy ship in dry dock. A seagull followed us during a tack. I recently gave away over 300 avocados then found them on sale for 1.79 each....maybe we should open a roadside stand.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
300 Avocados
When we moved into our house ten years ago, one of the first things we noticed about the property was the beautiful avocado tree in the backyard. The house was build in 1939 and we are pretty sure the tree was planted around that time. The tree provides a lot of shade as well as plenty of avocados.
Trini spent the first couple of hours trimming the avocado tree. All of the work was done by hand, no power tools.
While we were at it, we asked Trini to trim up the palm trees. Things are looking pretty good!
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Before And After
Below is a photo of the tractor after we cleaned it up. We also cut, sanded, and stained some blocks for it to carry. I think my parents bought this tractor for me when I was about eight years old.
Randomness
combo post. Went out to dinner with our friends Daniel and Richard....his card has a cat paw next to it so I added a Jack photo. Checked the surf and out was out of control so we went to a sports bar which had a cool sign on the jukebox during the Sunday football games. Had some Ice cream with Michelle. I cleaned up an old wooden tractor.
Monday, November 12, 2012
I Love Pets But Come On Now...
On the way home from some errands and we saw this guy driving down the road with a car full of dogs. there must have been at least 10 of those hot dog shaped dogs running around in the back of the car while he was driving. Each dog was wearing either a dress or a sweater. They were jumping from the front to the back, jumping on the driver, jumping on the dashboard....total chaos. the picture doesn't do it justice....
the driver was going really fast. I kept on thinking how crazyy it would be if he hit the brakes and 10 dogs did the bug splat on the windshield all at once.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Punched In The Chest
The surf was pretty good today after work so I decided to go to catch a couple of waves. I ended up wiping out on a big left and taking one to the chest. Somehow my surfboard poked a hole through my wetsuit and bruised my chest. This happened somewhere between my wipeout and me being pushed to the bottom of the ocean. Fun times...but worth it :)







