Random Facts About You #56

My fire pit got a proper christening this afternoon. I love it.

 

The triplets are playing 10 and Under this Fall.

Here's a pic of their game today. The Catchers on two teams, Catching while the other is at bat. The tiny Catcher is one of the triplets.

 

Mine is going now... Lit at dark.

 

the rubber ones are for fleet trucks or work trucks....usually on base model gmc sierra

mine was like that ...i ripped it out and put the nice blue carpet floor from the same truck i got my buckets seat out of

youll never get outdoor carpet to fit right

 

how long have those kids been wearing masks out in the outfield?....never seen that befoe....never noticed it in the other pictures before

 

Most of the girls wear masks in the outfield. They have for years.

The boys don't.

 

I didn't wait. It's supposed to rain later.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04KQydlJ-qc

 

I love that song. It actually makes me get teary eyed.

 

The 14U girls resting between games. Why they laid down in the middle of the concrete concourse...who knows.





My 13 yr. old stealing 2nd.

 

Worked on my project this afternoon....the "barn doors". I was hoping to have it done a couple of months ago but I didn't actually start on the doors themselves until the other day. I've been waiting on a friend who was welding the hardware for me. Couldn't start on the doors until I knew the final measurements. The good news? The first door looks pretty awesome. The bad news? It's tweeked by an 1/8th of an inch. That's a big deal to me. I know what caused that and I'm going to take it all apart and fix it. But I think I'm going to be pretty happy with the doors when they are done. I'll post a pic when they are hanging in the house.

On a different note.....my daughter starts her shooting league tomorrow afternoon. She's excited about that. She's actually pretty damn good for a beginner most of the time but I know some of the other kids in the league are fairly experienced so I've been framing it as less of a competition and more of a learning experience.

That makes me think of a funny (private) conversation with the range owner. We both used to go to the same martial arts school and we're both black belts. He said something like "The kids league is less about competing and more about learning and trying to get better each time." I said "Kind of like how we used to tell the kids that about martial arts tournaments but the rest of us weren't fucking around?" He smiled and said "Hmm...yeah...I suppose so."

 

I'm right handed, but I deal cards left handed.

 

A long time ago when I used to drink I was buying some beer and the cashier asked me for my card. I told her "I didn't come here to play cards."

 

Damn it.

I looked at someone's facebook page and saw some recent pics of them.

I miss them.

Now my heart is dripping.

 

The moon was still up when I looked out my bedroom window this morning...

 

Rain and leaf fall...now my fire pit looks like it's been here for a hundred years. Yay!

 

one of those days, today. got off to a slow start this morning, and then went outside to find one of my tires half-deflated. i had the tires switched over 10 days ago, so i took it back to the place and they fixed it for free (guy tried to charge me $30 to replace the valve stem, but the owner came over and said that he would do it for free because they should have caught it). thought things were going to turn around. i stopped at tim hortons on my way to the library, and as i got back in my car, i felt my pants rip.... right on my ass.

so, no library for me. but at least it looks like i can use an iron-on patch to save the pants.

 

The last iron on patch I used came undone in the wash. You might want to use some fabric adhesive along with the patch.

 

Here's my fire pit.