Well it's been a fun weekend. I drank Captain Morgan and Coke most of the weekend. :)

We went to the neighbors house for green chili stew and beans tonight. It was sooo good! I'm gonna make it when I get home. 

Got to get up at 5:30 to go to Monahans in the morning. Should be back home by noon.


I took a pic of the moon rising this evening. Tomorrow, I'll try for a better shot. It's way over exposed but you can see stars.

The Rangers did it!!!

I never thought I'd see the day! Now...if we can only work on those freakin Cowboys!!

Well, I finished one house today. No brick...all siding! Did I mention how much I hate to paint?
It sucks!

I'm really home sick and miss my girls. I'm thinking about going home in the next few days to a week.
The work is here for sure, you've just got to go get it. It won't come to you.
I feel like I'm chasing a premature dream. It's just bad timing. When Riley gets older and when Shauna is in a better position to take time off, that's when I'll go full time down here.

There is so much I miss. Volleyball games, laughing with Shauna, chasing Riley around the house, playing with Moose.

I'm still going forward with building here. I was hoping to get it done sooner being down here full time.
I may end up coming back to do some jobs I get, but only for a week at time. My home is in Fort Worth until the time is right.

I had to stop and take a sunrise pic on my way to work. Of course, you never quite capture the true beauty on camera. You need to see it for yourself. 

Well...I finally slept good last night....thanks to Lunesta. :)

I finished one paint job today. It was already half way done so it didn't take too long.
I had to to replace two tub stems today. The handle was stripped and it rounded the stem ends.

The weather was so nice today! The humidity was around 20% all day with a steady breeze.
I don't think it got above 72. Nice and cool in the shade.

I went to Lupita's for lunch and had some killer brisket tacos. I love this place.
They have great cheeseburgers and curly fries too.
Oh yea...they make their own lemonade. It's tart with the right amount of sugar.
Not too sweet. It's the best I've ever had.

I really hope you guys come down. I have so much to show you.

Here are some more pics for today.

This was the sunrise this morning going east on 166. You can barely see it, but there was a fog bank down low in front of the mountain. When you have beautiful scenery, I don't mind getting up early.

This cloud was forming on top of Blue Mountain. 

This is for Josh and Dad. I know how much you like snakes. He was laying on the main road coming into the resort. I'm relieved now that I don't have to buy a magnum cylinder for my Ruger single six.

.22 longs loaded with rat shot do the trick. I was worried it wouldn't be enough to kill em. One shot to the back of the head did fine. 

                                        

   

I made it!

First day working in town. The broken water pipe was an easy fix. It took longer digging the hole than it did fixing it. There is an old tree next to the water line, so digging sucked because of the roots!

I saw the inside of a swamp cooler for the first time today. I was worried they were going to be hard to work on but they are SUPER easy. There's nothing to them at all.
I had to winterize the office unit so that meant sealing up the unit and draining the water.
Then I went to one of the rent houses and plumbed in a gas line for an oven and fixed a closet door.
I was done by 3 today, but I had to get up at 6:30 this morning.

I've had a real hard time sleeping lately. I lay here and my mind runs at the speed of light, thinking about everything I've got going on. I still think I'm going crazy or something. I've even tried Scotch and water before bed. Nothing! Just a freakin headache!
Maybe I didn't drink enough. :)
Tonight, is a Lunesta night!! I can't run on 4 or 5 hours of sleep anymore. I'm exhausted!

I took a few more pics today. Nothing cool to look at...just my day. :)

Tomorrow, I start painting those three houses. I wanted to use my spray rig but they want me to roll!!
Oh well...I'm paid by the hour.
I have an electric heater to fix this weekend so that should be easy money. Sounds like a limit switch or fuse link by the symptoms.

Heading to bed early. See ya tomorrow!

Busted pipe

All done! 

My maintenance shop when I work for the real estate company

I followed a jack rabbit for a half mile down the road this morning. He wouldn't get out of the way!

I guess he ran out of gas so he took the first exit. He thought I couldn't see him. Notice the crouch and his ears are way back. Low profile. He didn't move an inch. 

 Here is another view of my property. Click pic to see hi rez. 

The two observatories I painted yesterday. I should have done a before pic. They were dingy gray.



PICS!!

Another day at the dump from 9 - 12. We filled up the big container today and just about filled up the scrap metal trailer for the fourth time. Since I'm the "young" guy, I got to move all the appliances.
My back is a little sore.

After lunch today, I painted two observatories and a metal shed. I used my spray rig so it only took a couple of hours. But the most important thing is.....it paid good and it was just down the road. :)
I was going to take my camera but I forgot it. He has a cool setup in one of the domes.
I'll be back to his house soon, so I'll be sure to get pics of his equipment.

Got to be in town at 8 am to fix a main water line at a rent house. Should me a muddy day tomorrow.

Anyone watching the Rangers? I really hope they smoke the freakin Yankees like they did last night!!

Always cool critters out here

Two grumpy men and a cool dog.

Joe on left and Bob on right.

 I thought this was funny. See the sign in the background?

 Hitch 4-wheeling in the Rubicon.

 I lost me bed.

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