Lesson Learned

Ok so lesson learned.. always have the right sized spare tube with you.. in this case I had the wrong valve length on the spare tube I had with me. oops. I got a flat on my way home from work.. couldnt figure out what it was.. it was like a hollow pygmy dart shot from the grass pygmy's blow gun.. who knows. but here I am about 15 miles from home in south Tampa, flat tire, wrong tube, shit. I start thinking to myself, im not going to walk home..damnit. all I had was the old tube, the new tube, a co2 cartridge, and this.. thing.. in my tire. im thinking to myself.. I need a valve extender.. well, that old valve looks a lot like a valve extender, hmm.. so. i bit off the old valve and shoved it into the co2 inflator.. pressed it into the rim onto the new valve, let co2 fly and voila full tire. WOO HOO! so theres my story. :) i made it home and learned how to make a valve extender on the fly.

Blackle

You've probobly noticed that I changed my background color back to black... Well I did some reading recently on Blackle.com about how it takes more energy to run a monitor with a white or light background color than one with a black or dark color. I found this very interesting so i decided to keep my background on my computer at home on black, change my blog back to black, as well as using blackle instead of google. So im saving you some energy while reading my blog. I've also noticed it really makes the photos pop! check it out.

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Garden Update

Egg plant, brocolli, tomatos, and peppers are now in the ground. The corn is growing very rapidly, and the spinich is finally starting to sprout up. The hump there is where the water mellon seeds are planted. Now its just weeding and waiting.. though i need to research organic pest control as well. but its lookin good.

Play Group

I have been throwing around the idea of joining a play group for a few years now but I just couldnt find anyone I was willing to go to. Well.. this time one found me, and kind of by accident. I met a girl the other day who has kids and we got to chatting about getting together for the purpose of interaction... on both levels.. kids and parents. Well tonight thegroup met at Keneth City Community Park and My friend invited me to come. Caleb made some friends, and I did as well... great combination.. and most importantly it gave this bored, lonely soul some thing to do. And most importantly it gave me some new friends I took some pictures here they are run on sentence. Caleb actually took the shoes picture.. which i thought was a great shot.

Green Horn Gardener

Ok so its an obsession... but one that will yeild good fruit... or veges in this case. we dug a new plot today and we will be planting the seedlings soon. they are getting big! Water mellons to go into the new plot.. and other undecided... Getting advice on growing from friends and new friends. Oh and I moved the herdb out of the garden and into their own planter box.. they were starting to wilt and needed help. so.. trying.. learning. The corn is growing REALLY fast.. let me know if you want some becuase this is supposed to yeild a LOT of corn. pics...

The Touring Bug Bites

so.. ive been thinking about touring a lot lately. If you recall my last set of Arkel panniers and all my camping gear was stolen several months ago from my car while it rest on the side of the highway. Building a collection of panniers and gear may be a daunting task... I do have the beginings of the green bags that I started and gave up on months ago( i need a sewing machine). But i do need to purchase cook ware, a tent, sleeping bag, and other necessities. Im not giving up, I will be back on the open road again one day.
Im thinking of planning a trip for a week that I may have time off of school. going up to DC or the Carolinas and then back by another route... its an idea in concept form as of now.. but im really thining about planning and prepping for this. If you are interested and think you have what it takes get in touch with me and let me know if youd be willing to join me four a big trip. for your pleasure here is a pic of my Long Haul Trucker and my bros cannondale from the last trip we did around Florida. I sure miss those bags.. they were great.

Garden coming along

Ok so the garden is coming along nicely enough. As of now we have sewn sweet corn and spinach, we have broccoli, eggplant, bell peppers, and tomatoes germinating in pots, and we have planted basil, thyme and oregano. The germinated pots are all sprouting up nicely and i can wait till they starting getting big enough to plant. Corn and spinach have not started sprouting yet. Margaret and I actually ate some of the basil in some delicious tomato, basil and fresh mozeralla omletts. mmm. good stuff. Anywho.. stay tuned for updates.