The water runs through it.

Again I have a sewer line. This was after breaking yet another fitting called a street 90. But with a little bit of time, I have got it perfect! Now I am off to clean the dishes.

Sunday

Today went great and not so great all in one sitting. I finished wiring the lights; but had to make two trips to Osh to get a metal box to junction the light wires in the attic. Next came the big disaster. Unless you have been over here, you would not know that my toilet drain was crooked. Well this was due to me making some of my cuts just slightly too long. So today I cut the whole works out from under the bathroom and took it out to the garage and chiseled the fittings apart. When I got under the house I had one more to do. I got a little over zealous and broke the fitting. And of course it is Sunday and not one supply house is open. So next Friday when I am home, I get to go to the electrical and plumbing supply houses to get the rest of my parts. Then I cleaned up the bathroom and went to take a picture for you to all see; and I did a little too much zooming and the battery died. So now I am done with this day, see you in a few.

Electricity

How do you run wires to lights that are all over the place when you have vent pipes and many other things in the way? That is what I am up against and after a day of putting in the boxes I have decided on my routing. Then the fun begins to draw all this stuff on graph paper so that I can hang the rock and for someday that you dont want to put a nail through anything important.

Cortisone Shot

Today I had a 60mg Cortisone Injection due to the overly pollinated air we are seeing in northern California. I have been struggling with allergies for a long time but it seems to be getting worse. I bought some daily allergy medication over the counter called Zyrtec. I thought it was working due to the fact that I was not quite as bad as normal. But the last two weeks were a disaster. I even have developed a slight cough due to the severity of it. So my opinion is that I will try a different type of daily allergy medication. The trials and errors of life!

Spaghetti

Spaghetti made for 40 hungry people is no task designed for your average home kitchen. But today using a average home style kitchen with some restaurant style amenities, this task was completed. The sauce with around 12lbs of meat and various veggies was devoured. The noodles were about 2lbs too much as well as the salad being about one head left over. But the garlic bread had only a couple pieces left to the scrounger. The scrounger was myself; as I was left with only a couple of spoonfuls of sauce painstakingly scraped from the serving dishes, a few noodles, a little salad, and the last few pieces of garlic bread, end pieces of course. All in all it was a total success. Everyone left overfilled with great food and great memories of eating a fine meal after a hard days work with a bunch of friends. May this be a tribute to more of the same times to come.

A day of reflection.

This morning I woke up and had to ride my bicycle home; darn. I came over the bluffs overlooking the river before the sun had shown its face to the water. I have said it before but the river is one of my favorite places. As I rode down to it I found a nice little place to snap a photo of my bike. I then rode over the bridge and found myself heading towards the new trail next to he freeway. As I was making my way on to the trail, I noticed a young couple suiting up to go fly fishing. I rode around for while and as I was leaving I stopped to talk to them. They were married and on vacation visiting their parents. They grew up here but moved away to San Francisco and now reside in my birthplace of San Diego. Both of their names were a form of “Jess” and they were excited to get out there together and enjoy the river together. This is something that Morgan and I have shared together before and hop to soon share it again along with our new little girl. Happy fishing.

No Leaks!

I have spent my days off of work now completing the hot and cold water lines for the bathroom. As some of you know, last week the copper pipes that are in the wall gave me quite the struggle. But after a day lying on my back listening to the radio; I completed the maze that is called the bathroom plumbing. There were several things that I had to consider when building this system. I have integrated the supply lines for the tankless water heater just outside the wall, need to leave room for the sewer lines to connect to the main, and I also wanted to be able to be able to crawl under the pipes. But the main design was to give adequate size for volume but small enough that the hot water would get to the faucet the quickest. I have a recirculation pump for the hot water to have instant hot water at all the fixtures; but due to the size of the house and the frequency of hot water use, I would rather not use it. But after a day of the water being on, I am happy to say that out of the 105 joints soldered (yes I counted) I have not one leak! Another job well done!