First off, I finally talked my way into a job here. It's not a full time job yet, but my work schedule has been steadily picking up. The railroad also double my hours and pay at the beginning of the summer so I've been busy. I started with Reck Bros. in time to finish up the new county swimming facility. Below is the sign that was posted as you exit the job site.
One should always be wary of children.
The house remodel is progressing. It's been hard to find time to work on it with all of the jobs going on at work, but I think I'm still making traction.
New windows got put in all the way round.
Walls have gone up, floor repairs have been made and other adjustments made (hopefully I'm almost done with that). I also got all of the old insulation removed. A new power service and breaker box was also installed. The new plumbing has been started too.
I've been trying out some exterior paint colors. I think I'm going for the darker green. More work still to do.
I also bought this:
It is that ugly in really life. It's a 1986 Tercel Wagon 4WD. It has has nearly 230,000 miles and nearly that many rattles and odd noises. It blows some blue smoke, but still gets better gas mileage than the Blazer for running around town. Not bad for a few hundred dollars (at least I think so).
We had a nice 4th of July in Ely with all of the usual events. Soon after that we had a fun Robertson family reunion camping in the Uintas over in Utah where I donated copious amounts of blood to the local mosquito population (aren't I generous).
The White Pine County Fair is coming up and I'll be submitting a chocolate almond cake and a blueberry pie with a butter based crust. Fingers crossed for the grand champion ribbon!
In other new: This--
It's called a Cherpumple. It's a three layer cake with pie baked into each layer.
Pumpkin pie baked in a spice cake
Cherry pie baked into a white cake
and
Apple pie baked in a yellow cake
What will they come up with next? (I may have to try this)
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