Saturday Notes.

Was up earl for coffee, couldn’t sleep, with Donna still not feeling well, she has decided to stay home again tonight from the restaurant.

We slept good last night with the A/c back in order, Thursday we used the attic fan and it kept the inside temp down to about 79 degree’s.

The repair guy was out yesterday afternoon, and he managed to find both parts, the valve for in the house and a new high pressure shutoff switch. To replace the inside valve he had to remove and save all the Freon, replace the valve, vacuum out the system and then refill it with Freon and do a leak check.When he got all done and went to start it the fan outside wouldn’t start, so he went to the truck, and luckily he had a replacement that would fit. After that it fired up and ran fine. All the parts were covered under warranty, but the labor for the two trips was $385. I know it is high but he stayed an hour the first day and three hours yesterday, so I knew it would not be cheap. The whole time he was here yesterday it rained lightly for all his outside work.

Today it turned out sunny and hot, it is 87 degrees now and is supposed to go to 90. The house is nice and cool again.

It took about 4 or 5 hours last night to pump out all the humidity from the house and bring the inside temp down to 76 which was what the thermostat was set at.

Rigg’s is sure happy and is laying near one of the A/C ducts with a big smile on his face. When I got up this morning he wasn’t sleeping in his usual spot in the hallway, I looked on both couch’s in the living room. Then I found him asleep on the bed in the guest room.

Went to the pharmacy yesterday and picked up some prescriptions for Donna, she is slowly coming back to normal, with her breathing problems, any cough wreaks havoc on her.

Well that’s about it for now hope everyone is having a great weekend. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna…..

Thursday Happenings.

Was up early for coffee, Donna slept in, around noon shr cam in the kitchen and said the air conditioner isn’t working,I checked the thermostat and it read 79 and the setting to turn on was 76. I checked the breakers downstairs and they were all fine. I then went outside and sure enough the out side unit was off, I rest the high pressure switch which the repair guy had showed me how to do and it started back up. I went inside and wondered why that switch had kicked out again. About 30 minutes later it quit again, and when I tried to reset it it wouldn’t start. We called the repair man and he came out, he said a part that meters the freon inside the house was blocked and bad, and that had burned out the switch, he said he could get the part for downstairs tomorrow and get it going then, He said the parts were covered under the warranty , but that the labor would be about $380. When I asked why so much he said to change the part in the house he has to pump it down and recover the freon in the system and then after putting the new parts in it has to be pressurized again and system checked. All this will take about 3 hours. I can only imagine what the bill would be if the parts weren’t covered by warranty.
So we will have to tough it out without air tonight and just fans.
Rigg’s has snagged his spot under the kitchen fan and Sadie is right next to him. I expect that is where they will stay. It is supposed to be in the 60’s tonight so we can open a window and put the attic fan on like they used to years ago.
Oh well there goes some more money, and I was hoping for another trip soon.
Hope everyone is having better luck. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna..

Wednesday Musings.

I was up at 06:00AM for coffee, fever was gone and felt pretty good. Donna was still feeling down and slept in. She could use the rest. Later in the morning I went out and got her some hot food for an early lunch.

My Son Andy announced that today would be a big Q day and went to the store for some pork steaks, ribs, and brauts & sazizza’a. He started the grills at about 01:00PM is spending the afternoon cooking. We will eat good tonight. Baked Potatoes, and Baked beans.

Donna has decided to stay home from the restaurant and try to get back in shape. I am glad of that.

Rigg’s and Sadie are supervising Andy with the grilling.

How about another picture from my Navy Days, this one was taken from Vultures Row on top of the island on the USS Independence on our 1969 cruise to England while we were in the Atlantic. I don’t know if anyone realized it when the picture was taken, but in the distance is a submarine, don’t know if it one of ours, but it sure resembles an Echo class Russian sub, they used to shadow us all the time especially in the Atlantic where it got rough for their trawlers. Of course my attention would have been on the planes and our helicopter from my detachment.

                 Sub is above the top F4’s tail.

Ah to be young again and surrounded by the smell of seawater, and JP5 fumes. This picture was taken from the looks of it just after a recovery since the two Phantoms in the foreground are still manned and their canopies are still shut. They are probably getting ready to launch after the helo is fueled and off again.

Nice day for Qing today sunny but only 80 degrees, not much else going on. Hope everyone is having a great day. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna……

Tuesday Thoughts.

After two days absence I figured I better get a post put to let you know things are fine here with Donna & I here at the Weeb Ranch, just not a lot going on, we have had a delightful spell of cooler temps, but it will start going into the middle 80s tomorrow. Had some on and off rain today though.

Donna has some sort of a bug the last couple days, and I had a fever today, must be something going around.

I have been thinking of maybe a side trip up to Union Il. to visit the Illinois Railroad Museum, supposed to have a huge collection of restored equipment there. If anyone has been there and knows of a campground close let us knw, It is close to Chicago, and I don’t know of many campgrounds in Chicagoland.

Other than that all is well and the mutso’s are having fun playing. Hope all is well with all our friends out there. Be safe. Sam & Donna….

Saturday Mumblings.

Was up early for my coffee, Donna slept in late since she worked last night at the restaurant, and has the day shift today.
The weather has cooled some  and is gorgeous, sunny and in the mid 70’s. Last night it went down into the 50’s which was some sort of a record overnight low.

Rigg’s notices my plate is clean after breakfast.
It is really making me think about us getting the wheels turning again if maybe just for a short vacation type trip just to get away from the house for a little while. I wanted to go to Pa. for a high school get together on Aug 17th, but Donna is still not feeling up to a 900 mile trip.
Not much going on here , Rigg’s and I are holding down the Ranch, he is enjoying the cooler temps and is spending more time outside chasing the bunnies.
How about another blast from the past. 1968 in the Med.

An RF8-G photo Crusader over the USS Shangri-La and it’s Destroyer escort.
These are what they used during the Cuban missile crisis to photograph the missile sites.The squares on the side  and on the bottom had high res-high speed camera’s and would take sharp pictures. They could just about hit Mach 2 so Cuba had nothing close to them, usually their anti aircraft didn’t start firing till they were well past.
Well that’s about it for today, hope all is well in blogland and everyone is enjoying a nice weekend. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna.

T.G.I.F.

Was up early for coffee, Donna slept in since she worked the evening shift at the restaurant last night. It pretty much a cloudy cool day here at the Ranch, got up to 73 degrees and we had a couple of short showers.

Had to make a Wally World run since my battery charger quit on me yesterday, also needed a length of garden hose for the back patio so Rigg’s can get his baths. The old one got run over in the driveway and the end and sprayer got crushed.

Since it’s Friday I have all the implements of destruction set out to make a homemade pizza. None of the kid’s will be here so I will have it all to myself.

Hoping to get out for some RVing in August, Donna is feeling better and hopefully she will be able to get some time off at the restaurant again.

That’s about it for today hope everyone is having a great week, Be safe out there. Sam & Donna………..

Wednesday Musings.

Our company, our niece and nephew and the boys from Ohio arrived about 10:30PM last night after an 8 hour drive.
We sat up until about 12:30AM and gabbed and had a few drinks and pizza and then everyone was ready for bed. The boys slept in the fiver.
This morning was spent showing old family pictures, and Donna made a huge breakfast.

Geae, Patrick, Spencer, and friend Zack.

Spencer, Donna, Sam, Patrick & Geae.
Patrick is 6-7 and played Football for Ohio State. Spence has played football the last couple years and he has switched to LaCrosse. He is a big boy for 15.
The boys spent the morning riding John Deere around the yards and generally doing what 15 year old boys affected by gasoline fumes do.

      Patrick took a turn around the yard too.
They are towing a Camaro Z28 that is being restored and they are taking it to South St Louis where their Uncle Terry has a garage and is going to help with the restoration.

                               Spencer’s Camaro.
A little after noon hour they headed out, wish they could have stayed longer, Maybe next time.
Nothing else going on we are going to plan a short trip here soon before the kid’s go back to school. Hope all is well with all our friends. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna…..