End of reunion ; more painting in Cburg ; prep for Canada trip
(posted from home)
(This post covers 1 – 18 August, 2010)
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Wednesday, 18 August-
Today I finished up the cleanup of the van and washed the exterior in preparation for our upcoming trip. That afternoon I drove the Miata in to York on an errand (and to exercise it a bit).
That evening we watched the second part of 'Streets of Laredo'.... mostly because we were at the movie set just outside BigBend National Park this past Spring.
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Tuesday, 17 August-
This morning I had some office work to do on our finances while Labashi went to visit her parents. After lunch I rode the GS in to Borders and picked up two travel guides for our Canada trip. But when I presented them to Labashi I found she had done some shopping of her own-- and bought one of the same books!
That afternoon we picked up Mocha Joe from the transmission shop. I had the transmission flushed and new AmsOil installed. The trans was rebuilt in 2007 at 94K miles and with its current odometer reading of 162K, it was time. The AmsOil is expensive and the transmission takes 20 quarts of it so my trans oil change cost me $225.
Back home I began preparing for the Canada trip. I fixed Mocha Joe's headliner (the headliner fabric had separated from it's underlying core for an inch or two back from the windshield, probably due to excess heat from the windshield heat reflector) and began the cleanup process by cleaning the dash and front seat areas.
That evening we watched the first portion of 'Streets of Laredo' on Netflix Instant.
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Monday, 16 August-
Today we vegged. I spent much of the morning patrolling my regular web news sources, then began research on our Labrador trip. I found a web site called overnightRVParking.com and printed off guides for free overnight parking spots for our trip.
That evening we finished 'Alias- Season Five'-- a bit of a letdown.
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Sunday, 15 August-
Today we finally finished painting the basement. We spent another hour or so re-installing the light fixtures upstairs and then breathed a sigh of relief as we headed home for a well-deserved rest.
That evening we dropped off Mocha Joe for his appointment at York County Transmissions. Time for an oil change.
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Saturday, 14 August-
Today I painted the first coat on the basement floor after yet another round of cleaning and prep.
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Friday, 13 August-
Today I finished painting the basement walls in the Chambersburg house.
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Thursday, 12 August-
This morning we picked up the paint for the basement walls and ceiling from the Lowe's in York. We then drove back to Chambersburg and painted the first coat on the basement walls.
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Wednesday, 11 August -
Today we cleaned the floors and scrubbed them down with Simple Green-- a long, tedious process.
At lunch time we had attempted to buy paint for the floor but found the paint was available only from the York Lowe's. So we had to change plans and head home this evening.
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Tuesday, 10 August -
Today we drove back to Chambersburg to get back to the grind. I spent the day carrying junk out of the basement to the trash-trailer and then scrubbed walls with Tilex the rest of the day.
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Monday, 9 August -
B-day! Labashi was out and about today and I took a longish motorcycle ride. I rode up to Stony Valley and then up Route 325 past Dehart Dam to Tower City. I then circled back to Lykens and Carsonville and Halifax before heading down the Susquehanna for home.
That evening we watched several 'Alias- Season Five' episodes.
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Sunday, 8 August-
This morning I took my regular Sunday-morning ride to the Tollgate Starbucks to read the Times. I didn't feel like just heading home so I headed west toward Seven Valleys, then Hanover and Gettysburg, returning home by late afternoon.
We then picked up Mom and Dad and took them to Cafe Bruges, a Belgian cafe, in Carlisle. We had a flight of Belgian beers and I had a fantastic Flemish stew.
That evening Labashi and I watched the second hour of 'Lonesome Dove'.
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Saturday, 7 August-
This morning we went shopping at Lowe's and Home Depot for the Chambersburg project. We picked up a medicine cabinet and paint.
That afternoon I rode the GS to Wrightsville and then down along the Susquehanna past Long Level and on to Otter Creek and then Route 74 before heading home.
We watched the first two episodes of 'Lonesome Dove' on DVD. After just finishing the book version, I loved it!
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Friday, 6 August-
We didn't sleep well last night because of the hot and sticky weather overnight so we were dragging a bit today. I installed door stops on three doorways and began cleaning out the basement to prepare for painting.That evening we finally completed the paperwork on transferring my Mom and Dad's car to a neighborhood friend. We then went out with our friends for supper at the VFW (great filet!) and had a wonderful evening reminiscing. Later that evening we drove home to good old York Haven.
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Thursday, 5 August-
Today I finished the 2nd coat on the kitchen and stairway while Labashi continued with painting the trim.
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Wednesday, 4 August-
Today we drove back to Chambersburg to get back to work on the house for sale. I painted the kitchen and bath ceilings and put the first coat on the kitchen walls and the stairway to the basement.
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Tuesday, 3 August-
Labashi went off to an appointment for a dental implant today. In preparation for our visitors I had cleared out the driveway and stored the fishing boat in our little pawpaw patch and the Miata up on the intersecting street. I put things back in their regular places and worked out a new arrangement for covering the fishing boat.
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Monday, 2 August-
Labashi's brother and the boys packed up and left by mid-morning and we spent a couple of hours doing some more post-reunion clean-and-stow but then took some decompression time to watch an old movie on TV and reflect on the last week. It went very, very well. Our part in it was one of support, i.e., trying to anticipate needs and stay ahead of them. We had thought we'd have the entire group at our house at some point and that didn't happen but that's only because we had Pinchot State Park nearby. That was a better venue to keep the kids busy with their fishing and swimming.
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Sunday, 1 August-
Today was our last day with Labashi's brother (the one from Albuquerque) and his two boys. In the morning he took them to HersheyPark to make a chocolate bar for friends back home. That afternoon we took them to visit Mom and Dad at Bethany. After going out to dinner with Mom and Dad we took an abbreviated tour of the facility and I played a round of pool with the boys. On the way home we stopped at the mini-golf course near Lewisberry for a round and then had an ice cream at Reeser's.
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(posted from home)
(This post covers 1 – 18 August, 2010)
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Wednesday, 18 August-
Today I finished up the cleanup of the van and washed the exterior in preparation for our upcoming trip. That afternoon I drove the Miata in to York on an errand (and to exercise it a bit).
That evening we watched the second part of 'Streets of Laredo'.... mostly because we were at the movie set just outside BigBend National Park this past Spring.
--------------------------------------------
Tuesday, 17 August-
This morning I had some office work to do on our finances while Labashi went to visit her parents. After lunch I rode the GS in to Borders and picked up two travel guides for our Canada trip. But when I presented them to Labashi I found she had done some shopping of her own-- and bought one of the same books!
That afternoon we picked up Mocha Joe from the transmission shop. I had the transmission flushed and new AmsOil installed. The trans was rebuilt in 2007 at 94K miles and with its current odometer reading of 162K, it was time. The AmsOil is expensive and the transmission takes 20 quarts of it so my trans oil change cost me $225.
Back home I began preparing for the Canada trip. I fixed Mocha Joe's headliner (the headliner fabric had separated from it's underlying core for an inch or two back from the windshield, probably due to excess heat from the windshield heat reflector) and began the cleanup process by cleaning the dash and front seat areas.
That evening we watched the first portion of 'Streets of Laredo' on Netflix Instant.
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Monday, 16 August-
Today we vegged. I spent much of the morning patrolling my regular web news sources, then began research on our Labrador trip. I found a web site called overnightRVParking.com and printed off guides for free overnight parking spots for our trip.
That evening we finished 'Alias- Season Five'-- a bit of a letdown.
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Sunday, 15 August-
Today we finally finished painting the basement. We spent another hour or so re-installing the light fixtures upstairs and then breathed a sigh of relief as we headed home for a well-deserved rest.
That evening we dropped off Mocha Joe for his appointment at York County Transmissions. Time for an oil change.
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Saturday, 14 August-
Today I painted the first coat on the basement floor after yet another round of cleaning and prep.
---------------------------------------
Friday, 13 August-
Today I finished painting the basement walls in the Chambersburg house.
---------------------------------------
Thursday, 12 August-
This morning we picked up the paint for the basement walls and ceiling from the Lowe's in York. We then drove back to Chambersburg and painted the first coat on the basement walls.
----------------------------------------
Wednesday, 11 August -
Today we cleaned the floors and scrubbed them down with Simple Green-- a long, tedious process.
At lunch time we had attempted to buy paint for the floor but found the paint was available only from the York Lowe's. So we had to change plans and head home this evening.
---------------------------------------
Tuesday, 10 August -
Today we drove back to Chambersburg to get back to the grind. I spent the day carrying junk out of the basement to the trash-trailer and then scrubbed walls with Tilex the rest of the day.
----------------------------------------
Monday, 9 August -
B-day! Labashi was out and about today and I took a longish motorcycle ride. I rode up to Stony Valley and then up Route 325 past Dehart Dam to Tower City. I then circled back to Lykens and Carsonville and Halifax before heading down the Susquehanna for home.
That evening we watched several 'Alias- Season Five' episodes.
--------------------------------------
Sunday, 8 August-
This morning I took my regular Sunday-morning ride to the Tollgate Starbucks to read the Times. I didn't feel like just heading home so I headed west toward Seven Valleys, then Hanover and Gettysburg, returning home by late afternoon.
We then picked up Mom and Dad and took them to Cafe Bruges, a Belgian cafe, in Carlisle. We had a flight of Belgian beers and I had a fantastic Flemish stew.
That evening Labashi and I watched the second hour of 'Lonesome Dove'.
------------------------------------
Saturday, 7 August-
This morning we went shopping at Lowe's and Home Depot for the Chambersburg project. We picked up a medicine cabinet and paint.
That afternoon I rode the GS to Wrightsville and then down along the Susquehanna past Long Level and on to Otter Creek and then Route 74 before heading home.
We watched the first two episodes of 'Lonesome Dove' on DVD. After just finishing the book version, I loved it!
------------------------------------
Friday, 6 August-
We didn't sleep well last night because of the hot and sticky weather overnight so we were dragging a bit today. I installed door stops on three doorways and began cleaning out the basement to prepare for painting.That evening we finally completed the paperwork on transferring my Mom and Dad's car to a neighborhood friend. We then went out with our friends for supper at the VFW (great filet!) and had a wonderful evening reminiscing. Later that evening we drove home to good old York Haven.
------------------------------------
Thursday, 5 August-
Today I finished the 2nd coat on the kitchen and stairway while Labashi continued with painting the trim.
-----------------------------------
Wednesday, 4 August-
Today we drove back to Chambersburg to get back to work on the house for sale. I painted the kitchen and bath ceilings and put the first coat on the kitchen walls and the stairway to the basement.
----------------------------------
Tuesday, 3 August-
Labashi went off to an appointment for a dental implant today. In preparation for our visitors I had cleared out the driveway and stored the fishing boat in our little pawpaw patch and the Miata up on the intersecting street. I put things back in their regular places and worked out a new arrangement for covering the fishing boat.
-----------------------------------
Monday, 2 August-
Labashi's brother and the boys packed up and left by mid-morning and we spent a couple of hours doing some more post-reunion clean-and-stow but then took some decompression time to watch an old movie on TV and reflect on the last week. It went very, very well. Our part in it was one of support, i.e., trying to anticipate needs and stay ahead of them. We had thought we'd have the entire group at our house at some point and that didn't happen but that's only because we had Pinchot State Park nearby. That was a better venue to keep the kids busy with their fishing and swimming.
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Sunday, 1 August-
Today was our last day with Labashi's brother (the one from Albuquerque) and his two boys. In the morning he took them to HersheyPark to make a chocolate bar for friends back home. That afternoon we took them to visit Mom and Dad at Bethany. After going out to dinner with Mom and Dad we took an abbreviated tour of the facility and I played a round of pool with the boys. On the way home we stopped at the mini-golf course near Lewisberry for a round and then had an ice cream at Reeser's.
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