10 days in review

Well once again i have forgotten to update this little history lesson of my life. trust me I'm really trying to keep it updated.

Been working really hard the last ten days. Ive remodeled a kitchen, bathroom, rebuilt a 2 story deck with steps, painted cedar siding to FINALLY finish a job that's been dragged out for a month now, installed a dishwasher, garbage disposal and water line for an ice maker, re roofed a barn, and am now building sliding doors for said barn. tomorrow, depending on the weather ( lots of snow likely), will be either remodeling a kitchen, or completely renovating a bathroom in a high end house.

a few more weeks and i will be ready for the upcoming holidays with my family. i really enjoy spending time with them even my Father-In-Law (figure that one out). All Robbie talks about is when it snows is going to see Grandma, grandpa, uncle Rick, two Amanda's, baby Hope, and ......whats that big guys name?????(Carl), and of course Bob and Eleanore (Wendy)

Well that is it for now.

another week another job.

well another week has past us by with some cold wet weather. I'm still working for the same company but we have had a variety of jobs this week. I started the week by finishing up refurbishing a mobile home. piece of advice...if you own a trailer and want to redo it, its cheaper and easier to buy a new one. this one was a real piece of work.

then i did some plumbing work for another job did quit a few installs for Lowe's, and then finished up the week by getting the ceiling installed in by bosses addition and running the electrical lines for him.

i also had a small accident while replacing the deck boards for one job. i tried to take the fast hard way down without using the stairs but luckily b y leg got caught in between the joists and i stopped. good thing i had my utility knife in my cargo pocket or i may have broke my leg above the knee. but i didn't just some bruising and scrapes is all.

i now have to find something else to do on Sunday afternoons, as the NASCAR season has ended. My Driver (Jeff Gordon) ended up finishing 2ND best in the season, But Jimmie Johnson won the championship. Jeff actually owns half Jimmie's car, plus they are also teammates under Hendrick Motorsports. It was a great season and cant wait till February when the 50Th Daytona 500 is run. Guess i can get some stuff done around the house this winter.

well guess that's it for this week will update again really soon.

Last day in NYC and trip home

Well we woke up on Monday and it was time to go. Lani was really sore and walking funny(who would not be) so we took our time packing. I took some pictures from the window of our room on the 41st floor.

in the picture on the left i thought was neat that they were doing construction way up the building. probably 35 floors up. the picture on the right was cool because of the patio on the roof of the building again 35 or so stories up.

these pictures were taken of the East River or the Hudson River. we have yet been able to figure out which one. the second picture is of a ferry, which was taken with max zoom on my camera. you can kind of see it on the first picture.

the picture on the left is taken looking across the city. the last picture was taken looking down at the street at the horendous traffic.

the drive home seemed to take forever. we stopped a few times to eat and stretch. stopped once outside the city and i paid 10 dollars for 2 corn dogs and fries. what was surprising is that the gas was cheaper in the city than here in watertown. finally got home only to hear that we are expecting snow this week. oh what joy. speak again soon

NYC day 2

Just thought i would start off with a picture of a very tired little boy. he had a long day of traveling and then seeing all the sights in the big city.

Well here it is marathon dayt and Lani was gone before Robbie and I got up. we went to McDonalds for breakfast then came back to the room to watch the coverage on TV. we were waiting for the updates that i was supposed to get on my phone but all i got was the 30K and 40 K alerts. while Robbbie and i were out we saw some street dancers. they were dancing and jumping and such it was pretty fun and Robbie thought it was good.

we then started to walk to central park to try to see Lani running and boy what a mad house that was. the news estimated that there were over 2 million people there along the 26.2 mile route watching and cheering the runners on. so we took a casual stroll through central park where we saw the central park ice rink. it looks like a lake but it is really a ice rink with people skating on it.

We finally saw Lani about a half mile from the finish. she was really hurting but when she saw Robbie and I she really seemed to pick up and then we walked with her for a bit cheering her on then waited for her to finish as we could not get near the start finish line.

And finally on the way home i thought i would get a picture for all of you Late Show with David Letterman fans. the studio is right down from the hotel. BTW we are in the middle of the theatre district so i have see where they are showing "Chicago""the Color Purple""Mama Mia""Wise Guys" among others. wish we had the time and assests to see some of these. We have also seen the CNN Building, The Trump Plazas, the NBC Morning show studios, and lots others i cant think of at the moment. will be walking around more tomorrow and taking more pictures. will write again soon .

NEW YORK CITY

OMG that's about all i can say about this place. I'm sure glad that I'm only here for a few days. this place is a big mess.we first went to the expo center and what a place that is. had to pay 20 dollars just to park for a few hours. then we had to drive in circles to get to our hotel. then used the valet parking at the hotel. finally got to our room (which BTW would have cost us $300 plus tax a night) and start getting settled and i check the Internet and it is costing us $15.00 a day to use the Internet. we finally left to get to dinner and the pasta dinner was great with free drinks (including my favorite beer, Coors Light), which BTW was in the southern part of central park at tavern on the green in the crystal room. then we took Robbie to a cool play area while we waited for the fire works. the playground was provided by Ester and Joseph Louder (makeup fame). it was really nice and Robbie had lots of fun. and got really tired. then we watched the fireworks and finally got back to the hotel to get some sleep. Lani has to get up early in the morning for the marathon so she going to crash soon. will post pictures later and will write another blog on our activities tomorrow