Tomorrow is the first day of School. We had open house and it was really neat having her introduce me as her student teacher.
Right now I am having computer problems. The power cord went out in my computer so it is down. Take a week or so to get a new cord. And I'm still learning how to use mom's and it doesn't have some of the programs I need on it. And besides, it is Vista. Yuck.
But I think I have it figured out so I can start creating files on a thumb drive and it shouldn't matter which computer I use, and I can take them to school with me too.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
The Yard
Well, we had planned to go out and burn the tree stump and such this weekend. It has been a while and we have had really hot, dry weather for a few weeks and figured it should burn well.
Then it rained a few nights ago, and Saturday night it rained again. One of those big thunderstorms that comes and dumps lots of rain. So when we went out to burn, everything was wet. We were able to get things going on the stump easily enough, but the brush pile just wouldn't burn. Guess I'll have to let it set for a few more days to dry out again and then burn it in some unceremonial way.
Cars.
Realized that Drew and I each have 3 vehicles and none of them are working well. He has the Mazda RX-7 in the shed and I have the Pontiac LeMans. At least it runs, just has a water leak in the pump or some where.
He has the Chevy Lumina that has a blown gasket. He has started taking it apart to fix. It is either the lower intake manifold gasket, or the head gaskets. Then I have my trusty old Ford pickup. It still runs great, if 8mpg is great. Has a leak in the brake lines some where and the exhaust pipe is broken off at the muffler. Not street legal but good enough for around the farm. Planning on making it a farm truck and probably wont register it any more for the road.
Then there are the vehicles we are driving. He has his new Ford F-150. The right rear leaf spring is broke, worked out last week and rubbed his tire till it popped. It also has a transmission fluid leak that he is trying to locate.
My trusty Caravan is starting to give me problems. Am probably going to need a new transmission. It is giving me a code for the thing saying it has worn pieces floating in it that have stopped up some valves a few times. I'm hoping to get to this weekend and then pop the cover off the transmission, drain and clean it out some and refill it. Will do two things: 1, clean out any loose pieces that have worn off. And 2, give me a better idea of what is in there. If it looks pretty clean and not much on the magnets, I'm hoping it will last a while longer. If not, then I should probably start working on fixing the LeMans.
The turkeys are getting bigger. I'll try to get some pictures on here soon. For all that I hatched this year, I don't have very many left. I think I have 5 Grey ones, 5 red ones and 5 black ones. Plus I have about 11 more babies in the cage. I'm trying to take better care of them and keep the coons out of them. But bringing them back in the house each night and taking them back out each morning is a real hassle. One of the things I have to fix for next year. Get a better system and some place secure out side to keep them; A second coop probably.
Then it rained a few nights ago, and Saturday night it rained again. One of those big thunderstorms that comes and dumps lots of rain. So when we went out to burn, everything was wet. We were able to get things going on the stump easily enough, but the brush pile just wouldn't burn. Guess I'll have to let it set for a few more days to dry out again and then burn it in some unceremonial way.
Cars.
Realized that Drew and I each have 3 vehicles and none of them are working well. He has the Mazda RX-7 in the shed and I have the Pontiac LeMans. At least it runs, just has a water leak in the pump or some where.
He has the Chevy Lumina that has a blown gasket. He has started taking it apart to fix. It is either the lower intake manifold gasket, or the head gaskets. Then I have my trusty old Ford pickup. It still runs great, if 8mpg is great. Has a leak in the brake lines some where and the exhaust pipe is broken off at the muffler. Not street legal but good enough for around the farm. Planning on making it a farm truck and probably wont register it any more for the road.
Then there are the vehicles we are driving. He has his new Ford F-150. The right rear leaf spring is broke, worked out last week and rubbed his tire till it popped. It also has a transmission fluid leak that he is trying to locate.
My trusty Caravan is starting to give me problems. Am probably going to need a new transmission. It is giving me a code for the thing saying it has worn pieces floating in it that have stopped up some valves a few times. I'm hoping to get to this weekend and then pop the cover off the transmission, drain and clean it out some and refill it. Will do two things: 1, clean out any loose pieces that have worn off. And 2, give me a better idea of what is in there. If it looks pretty clean and not much on the magnets, I'm hoping it will last a while longer. If not, then I should probably start working on fixing the LeMans.
The turkeys are getting bigger. I'll try to get some pictures on here soon. For all that I hatched this year, I don't have very many left. I think I have 5 Grey ones, 5 red ones and 5 black ones. Plus I have about 11 more babies in the cage. I'm trying to take better care of them and keep the coons out of them. But bringing them back in the house each night and taking them back out each morning is a real hassle. One of the things I have to fix for next year. Get a better system and some place secure out side to keep them; A second coop probably.
Student Teaching
Today I start my student teaching. The kids aren't in school yet, but we have teacher training to attend all day. I'm really excited about it, but also a little nervous. I know most of the teachers there and they will accept me and be happy and excited for me too. It will also be a real challenge, to learn all the new skills and things I will need to be a real teacher.
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