It’s been another busy month here at eWillys HQ, though little involved jeeps. That said, I did get the race jeep cleaned up and the thermostat replaced on Sunday. I”m hoping to test the thermostat out later today, once my eyes recover from being dilated.
My eyes were dilated, because I had my cataract consultation this morning; they saw no problems doing the surgery on both eyes, so I will be proceeding forward on that! Having worn glasses since the 9th grade, I can’t tell you how excited I am to be able to have 20/20 farsightedness! My eyes are pretty wonky at this point, with many of these updates done with just one less-than-perfect eye (and the other terrible). I am positive I’m making mistakes.
On the home front, we did minor decorations for halloween (no one comes by anyone). Ann had the brilliant, simple idea, to turn our house into a ghoul. It looks best from the road:
This is how it looks closer up and less dark (a bit more hokey):.
Halloween decorations will come down soon, quickly replaced with Xmas decorations.
One afternoon a couple days ago Ann and I heard a bang. We didn’t really think anyone of it until I wandered out to shut our driveway gate, when I encountered a beat up mailbox. It look like someone used it for batting practice (a quick tour of the neighborhood reveal a couple more smashed boxes). Having some body tools around, I brought the box back to life and it looks nearly as good as it did before, just with a little more character. At someone point I’ll add a barrier to stop this from happening again.
After some tender love:
Ann finally harvested her Poblano peppers, so I spent some time roasting them, skinning and de-seeding them, before freezing them. They’ll make some yummy meals.
Apart from all that, fall chores have taken priority, such as falling leaves, shutting down irrigations systems, along with much more. I’m sure most of you can relate!
Happy Halloween everyone!
We had a young miscreant who was bashing mailboxes in my community. Over several nights, he decapitated at least 20 mailboxes. The group (oldest was 14, youngest was 11) was found and the judge ordered their parents to pay the owners $150 per mailbox, plus do a hundred hours of community service each.
Glad to hear your getting your eyes adjusted. Cataracts are cumulative over time till they get too cloudy it seems. Clearing yours up will certainly improve the view. I was 20/350-400 there abouts till I had Lasic surgery on both back in 1998- I am still 20/20 although need readers for computer use and other up close stuff but hey Im 65 so not a huge deal. good luck getting winterized . been chipping away at mine too up here in Maine .was 24 yesterday but we have a short warm up coming in for Halloween. Good hunting on the mailbox bashers.
Mark J Poland spring Me.
Mark, sounds cold! I’m glad to hear your Lasik surgery went well. In 1998 I was doing graduate work with a company that was considering doing Lasik surgery and they were wanting a report on the potential up and downsides. After my work, I could see it would be popular, but that it was also more problematic than the studies were letting on. Good luck with the cold!
Craig: We’ve been here 3.5 years and this is the first time we’ve had a problem. Though I don’t expect another problem in the near term, nor do I expect county sheriff resources to be devoted to the issue, I plan to install a wireless camera to monitor both the box and the street.
I was looking for the after photo of the mailbox. You have some good skills.
Kurt, I have a few skills, but body work was never my forte’ … I’ll makes sure to take a pic and upload it tomorrow.
– Dave
Kurt, I’ve added pics of the “fixed” mailbox below the damaged image. It’s nothing pretty, but the lid closes and it looks similar to its old self.
– Dave
It looks as good as it could and better than it need to. I had to do the same thing once. When it works good it’s good!