tumbling the rocks
quiet week here at amh. I've been busy working on the airstream and shuttling kids to various appointments and errands.
airstream bulkhead cabinet has been rebuilt, reading lights replaced and kat made new curtains with an orange and chartreuse pattern to tie the room together.
I had some major setbacks in the stereo install, one of the speaker wires that was carefully snaked through the wall had a short in it somehwere. after I figured that failure out I took a few days off for the weekend. while I was not working on it, a loose power wire from the stereo managed to ground a piece of trim and that caused the 12volt power supply to fail. there is a series of fuses that SHOULD have blown before the supply took the hit, but they didn't. we were planning to upgrade the power supply anyhow, new one should be here in two days. used a sealed lead acid battery to get the 12V up to finish the stereo install.
ran a new power lead and replaced the shorted section of speaker cable, now the stereo works great.
kat has a thing for rocks. I got her a rock tumbler from harbor freight. we are testing the waters with this first batch to see what works and what doesn't. an assortment of rocks were harvested from the pedernales river.
this is after 20 days and two grades of abrassives. they will be done after another 20 days of tumbling in polishing media.
the food section of the post! #1 son at zocalo in clarksville area of austin.
I wish I could tell you how the carnitas were, but the two older kids made them disappear rather quickly.
kat approved of the mango bellini (rear) and I enjoyed the watermelon bellini at $1.50 each! cheaper than the agua frescas. kat also enjoyed the posole.
the chilaquiles were really good.
the daughter has a new chips and salsa hobby, she finds a chip with a "pocket" (blister) and fills it with the salsa. then pops the whole thing in her mouth.
the best meal we had this week was at la condesa.
my scallops did not suck at all. kat really enjoyed the squid tostadas and mango jicama salad.
made the pizza at home, amh garden grown onions, gruyere cheese, roasted garlic and capers. some yard harvested rosemary was in there as well.
if you like to try different varieties of beer, the gingerman might be a place you would enjoy. that is a lot of taps!