Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
Eric makes a quick trip to the lake late Sunday night on August 13th and spends two days on dock work as well as taking the sea-doo into Kenora for a repair. At the end of day one. The best of the old docks 2x6s are used to deck in front of the boat shed. Read More …
Shirley and I are down for the full long weekend and the rest of the family comes out for Saturday and Sunday. This weekend the hatch cover is built and carefully fitted into he dock. The rest of the weekend is spent enjoying all the hard work that has been put into this project. Some Read More …
Eric is out for a solo couple of days prior to the long weekend to get more of the dock in place. It’s almost too nice a day to work with calm and sunny conditions but the build carries on even in the heat. The hatch to allow under dock access to crayfish and turtles Read More …
I heard a noise in the night. It was a windy night and our hydro wires are right outside the bedroom window. They usually make some noise on a windy night, but this was different. The next day while getting something from the shed I looked at the hydro wires and saw what was causing Read More …
The car repair that is 😊. Today, the Santa Fe was picked up, repaired and returned to our house after 215 days of waiting for a fuel pump. How long is 215 days? 7 months and 1 day Or: It was a long time which included a rental car, a car loaded to us by Read More …
Our car has been set free and returned home after just over a five month absence. We got a call from the dealership and they have decided to install a “refurbished” fuel pump and return our car directly to our house and pick up their loaner car. When the new OEM part arrives they will Read More …
A couple of years ago the electric start on our 1990 Mercury 25hp outboard stopped working. I’d thought about taking it in to a marina to get it repaired but that would be awkward, put the boat out of commission for an unknown amount of time and likely be costly. It still started well with Read More …
Shorty after opening the cottage on the May long weekend I noticed a beam supporting the deck on the lower north side had some very bad rot and was collapsing! Also, some of the posts supporting this beam were in pretty rough shape too! Part 1.
On the May long weekend as I was checking on various cottage systems during the opening process I noticed a problem with our deck. A fairly significant issue where wood rot on one of the beams is causing it to collapse. This issue is at the front (lake side) left corner of the deck that Read More …
One summer the water connection to the washing machine started to leak.