Category: The Story of Us

Downgrade

May 18, 2017

These last few months have been hurtful to the old pocketbook.  We stayed well outside of the valley to facilitate Scott’s interview.  We moved as far as we could east and south to a place that was recently flooded by all the rain.  While the owners don’t seem terribly motivated to get everything back in working order,…

Interviews

May 13, 2017

Right in the middle of necklace making, Jack took a bead that Evie wanted.  There were literally hundreds of the same beads at her finger tips.  She went full offensive.  She landed a fist on top of his head, a solid bop, and it looked like there was more fire power coming in behind it. …

I love gold stars!

May 7, 2017

DISCLAIMER: I may make a commission off of the links on this page. Total cost of the repairs in Watsonville: $800 and some change.  I think it was $350 for parts and the rest was labor.  They replaced the solenoid in the air compressor and fixed some lines that were sheered off due to improper…

Ups and Downs

May 4, 2017

We have now arrived at that part of the movie where morale is in a nosedive.  Normally we’re fairly immune to small disasters.  In fact, I generally find mishaps charming and funny.  However… we’ve taken one too many broadsides and we’re taking on water. Three days ago we were those people… the ones on the side…

End of Visit

May 3, 2017

For the second half of Nate’s week, we headed to a KOA that lives between Santa Cruz and Monterey.  This is not our normal M.O.  However, we met a lovely family at an SVRA (State Vehicular Recreation Area) who told us about it and Nate was interested.  Very interested. While Scott and Nate spent the…