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I know how you feel Wade!! I spent about an hour after work trying to get the lights on my trailer to work. They still don't work!! :mad: Found a blown fuse in my truck, a wire on the trailer that wasn't connected, and there is still a wire that is loose, but I can't find what it is supposed to connect to. Going to replace the tail lights tomorrow hoping that will fix it.
 
had my first visit to the e.r. with one of the foster sons yesterday....lol...the 2 boys were playing in the backyard at "grandma and grandpa's" house while "mom", "grandma", and i were on the back deck talking...they decided it would be cool to lift up the 10" x 10" x 1" patio blocks of the walkway next to the deck to look for bugs....i told them it wasn't such a good idea and to put them back...now mind you, they were wearing flip flops....next thing i know, i'm hearing screams of bloody murder as the 5 yr. old comes running over and jumps on my gf's lap, crying his eyes out, screaming....i look down at his foot and see blood dripping from his big toe....as i look closer, i see his complete toenail it just hanging there....as i tell "mom", she goes into complete mom freak out mode....now mind you, she's a nurse, but when you're a mom, that kicks in first...she's holding him, both of them freaking out as grandma starts asking what we need....i pipe up and tell her a wet towel as mom isn't answering because she's so panicked....my mom comes back out with the towel and tells my gf to pull it together..."you're a nurse", she finally says and my gf comes back to her senses with nurse mode....i scoop him into my arms and carry him to the car while she climbs in the back seat with him to comfort him and hold the towel around his foot....finally he calms down and stops screaming on the way to the hospital, which luckily for us isn't too far away...but it wasn't necessarily because he calm so much as actually going into shock i think....i carry him into the hospital and take him to the recption desk and sit him down in the chair so the attendant can take his vitals and check him in...he's asked if he wants a wheelchair or for daddy to carry him...with a reluctant shake and nod of his head, he opts to have me carry him as we are escorted to a crowded hallway to wait for an open room....i'm sitting there, with him laying across my lap, keeping his leg elevated so blood doesn't rush to his foot, as gurneys, wheelchairs and various machines are pushed back and forth in front of us....after about an hour or so we are taken to xray...all this time he's laying/sitting there across my lap, not saying anything, not crying, and not responding really to anything i say to him, at times even falling asleep on my lap...now whenever the boys get a "boo boo", i jokingly tell them i can go to the kitchen and get my butcher knife and i can take care of it for them...normally that gets them to laugh, they realize their "ouchie" isn't so bad, and they stop crying,,,,this didn't even work....finally while waiting for xray i can tell he snaps out of it as he begins to ask questions about things going on around us at the hospital...we get the xrays taken, he's given a sticker by the tech, and we are finally escorted to an available treatment room, all the while i'm carrying him around, swinging him from side to side to protect his foot making sure it doesn't get bumped into...a podiatrist comes in to treat him, and he handles it pretty well with only minimal screaming and crying...luckily xrays showed no broken bones and no lacerations on the nail bed...finally we go back to "grandma's" as she and "grandpa" were watching his brother while we were at the hospital...they had made us all some dinner so we didn't have to cook after being at the hospital for a few hours...then to walgreen's to get his scripts and bandaging materials as bandaids just weren't staying on, once again all the while, i'm carrying him around....lol...(and the ex told me i had no parenting skills...lol)...oh well, he's ok....boys will be boys...afterwards i asked him and his brother if they learned their lesson about playing with the blocks to which i got an anxious "yes"....lol...
 
I recently worked on my new wine storage and got it to this point, although it's like most hobbies, you never really get through with it. Anyway, it will hold quite a few bottles. Now to fill it up! I also have two smaller ones in the dining room.

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Very nice spoiled!!!!

G8keeper, I had a similar experience with my youngest boy and a shell at the beach. He had to learn the hard way, but he took it pretty good. I'd say you will make a very good "dad". Happy parenting and good luck!!! I can send you a couple of mine if you want practice with the teenage years!! Lol. They are real fun!
 
Very nice spoiled!!!!

G8keeper, I had a similar experience with my youngest boy and a shell at the beach. He had to learn the hard way, but he took it pretty good. I'd say you will make a very good "dad". Happy parenting and good luck!!! I can send you a couple of mine if you want practice with the teenage years!! Lol. They are real fun!

roflmao....no thanks....already been down that road with my ex wife and he kids, plus my gf also has 2 teenage boys of her own, 15 and 17....lol...i have plenty of experience there....lol...
 
Lmao!! Our 16 year old thinks he is the smartest in the world! I feel your pain!!! I still have 3 more to enjoy those years with. YIPPEEEEEEEEEE!!! Lol
 
Lmao!! Our 16 year old thinks he is the smartest in the world! I feel your pain!!! I still have 3 more to enjoy those years with. YIPPEEEEEEEEEE!!! Lol

oh yeah....they think they know it all....i remember when my gf's oldest first started driving....lol...he'd drive like a maniac, like his "father", and thought was the greatest driver in the world...he'd wonder why he was going through gas as fast as he was, and why him mom and i would hold on for dear life and complain about his driving....after being threatened that if he wanted to use mom's car he had to drive right, and 2 accidents that truly were not his fault, as well as me refusing to ride in the same car he was driving, he straightened that act out...believe it or not, now that's almost 18, having to pay his own insurance on his own car plus upkeep, he's really realizing that mom and i aren't as dumb as he thought we were....lol...he was in a sure fire hurry to be all grown up, now he's reluctant to wear his "big boy pants"....lol...
 
Yep.......our oldest is in for a rude awakening. I've laid off of him about getting a job because he is 16, but when he turns 18 he will have to get a job. He needs to see the "real" world. I think he is afraid of having to pay for his own gas, insurance, and upkeep because he doesn't even have his permit yet. Of course he blames my wife and I for not taking him, but I tell him all he has to do is ask and we'll take him. I told him that it is cheaper and less stressful on us if he didn't drive. I think that was a mistake only part. It gave him a way out. Lol
 
Picked some raspberries, pruned my vines a bit, and checked my pee. Now I'm off to work a graveyard shift!!
 
I'm taking a break!

Spent the last 6 weeks stressing over house shopping & the hurdles that follow.
Spent the last 3 days physically moving 1800 sqft of junk
Still have a little cleaning to do at the old rental, but i'm on strike for atleast a few more hours
Lots & lots to do at the new house, but not much of it needs immediate attention

Cable / Phone / Internet got turned on yesterday afternoon

So here i sit :)
 
Does anyone know where I can get clear 16 oz bottles? My local Mexican restaurants don't sell much bottled beer for some reason and one even refused to save any for me. :'( I'm getting close to needing them and I really don't want to use mason jars!!!
 
the Fredonia is finally ready with first hotpack at 0.994 and the second hotpack at 0.996. Next it was racked and added Potassium Metabisuifite. Waited an hour or so and added the first package of Super-Kleer. The second package was added but I didn't mix it with water first. It seems to work better if I just pour it in, then stir well. Made a bottle holder yesterday to take of labels, that will mount to my pickup bed and tailgate or use on the table or set in long way on the picnic table bench. As soon as I figure out how to post it, I'll do so. Some of you might like it and build your own.
 
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Congrats on the new place Deez! :b

I'm taking a break!

Spent the last 6 weeks stressing over house shopping & the hurdles that follow.
Spent the last 3 days physically moving 1800 sqft of junk
Still have a little cleaning to do at the old rental, but i'm on strike for atleast a few more hours
Lots & lots to do at the new house, but not much of it needs immediate attention

Cable / Phone / Internet got turned on yesterday afternoon

So here i sit :)
 
Congrats Deezil. my new house (old house) is a lot of work before we move in but Im getting there. Finally finished up the electrical on the inlaw side which was a total nightmare along with the sheetrock and taping. New cabinets came in today so tomorrow starts the new kitchen. Im just glad to get out of the crawl spaces and low basement as it was really doing a # on my back not to mention electrical is a non-visible job so un-appreciated to the eye!
 
I just bottled my first kit; Moscata. It turned out beautiful and what a flavor! I back-sweetened to 1.005 and it was perfect. Fixing to bottle the second kit; Gewurztraminer this evening, hoping for an equally good finish.
 
Congrats Deezil. my new house (old house) is a lot of work before we move in but Im getting there. Finally finished up the electrical on the inlaw side which was a total nightmare along with the sheetrock and taping. New cabinets came in today so tomorrow starts the new kitchen. Im just glad to get out of the crawl spaces and low basement as it was really doing a # on my back not to mention electrical is a non-visible job so un-appreciated to the eye!

We ended up getting a 1980-built, 2500 sqft, 3-story, 4-bdrm, 4-bath.. I'm in the daylight basement by myself with a bedroom, living room w/ nat-gas fireplace, slider+porch, & full bath.. The coolness down here is gonna make some killer whites, melomels & meads.

Just got a new $1200 darn-near-silent garage door, 450F water steam cleaned our carpets, plumbing fixed in my bathroom and the kitchen (sink shot water like a whirlie-bird, our Hot-Shot hot-water dispenser didnt work, fridge leaked all over the oak hardwoods).. And spent so much time on the phone with Comcast that we just got 90 days of free HBO... Theres about 7 trees in the backyard, 3 taller than the house, that come down in a week or two

So busy & so tired... But one of these days, it'll be worth it :)
Thx for the congrats, been 15 years in the making
 
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