labor day, fall is creeping its way on to us
we took this car off the road almost a year ago, it had some body damage to the rear and general ugliness was starting to cover the whole of it. we stripped it and I tried to paint it myself. it looks better, less ugly and all. I don't think I will soon attempt a metalic paint again. I have it mostly back together, still needs some buffing and trims put back in. I threw a new battery in and it started right up, took it out for a 30 minute drive around the neighborhood.
the blue barrel is still my 50 gallon transfer device for water to the off-grid(ish) cabin down near wimberley.
mom came down one day to help paint. I did one more sand and joint compound application and mom primed it all. I HATE drywall work. it's dusty.
we have amazon prime and the free two day shipping is dangerous. it's so convenient to just click on things and wait for the UPS man instead of actually going to a store. you can get just about anything shipped right to your door....
while we said we'd probably NOT go back to the new section of schlitterbahn, they gave us an offer we could not refuse. a chance to return this year had us back on labor day weekend and it was not very crowded at all. we had fun! it was great to see the daughter swimming like a fish in the giant circular wave pool. she must have made 25-30 revolutions. we were all exhausted by the end of the day.
we also spent some time on the blanco river...
it really is starting to feel more like fall, less like summer.
the daughter read a book under the cypress tree shade.
I wired up a LED light fixture I made to help illuminate the table. the 120v light we'd been using was TOO bright. our lighting in the screen room is now 100% solar powered.
kat and I applied a good effort to remove all that nasty drywall dust. the nasty old barn is really starting to feel more and more like a vacation home.
we filled our utility trailer with books and VHS tapes left behind by previous occupants. I noticed a Hunter S. Thompson book had been tossed on to the GOODWILL pile. I picked it up and kat said "yeah, that one may be worth something". I opened the cover to see the inscription below...
yep, it just might be worth something awright...
we stopped at trudy's four star between austin and dripping springs on the way home from wimberley/fischer. they were having a hatch chili roasting event.
everything was delicious, even the hatch chili margarita. and, they sent us home with a free bag of hatch chilies.
#2 son is being a "statue", still not cooperating for pics....
hatch chili carnitas chile relleno (top) and hatch chili chicken fajita enchiladas
#1 son helped operate the chili roasting machine.
