Monday, December 17, 2012

 

Snow Blower Repair.

Sometimes I worry about myself.  Gerardo had a "cheapo" snow blower and the belt went out on it.  He went out a bought a new good snow blower and gave me the "cheapo".  I went to the hardware store to buy a belt and found out that the belt for the snow blower was $26 plus tax.  Just a regular belt was $5.  So I measured the $26 belt and found it was an odd size, 34 1/2 inches.  Of course, being an engineer, I was able to calculate how much I would have to increase the diameter of the drive pulley so I could use a standard 35 inch belt.  I bought an aluminum pulley for $6 and the standard belt.
 When I installed the new pulley not only was it too wide, the flanges were too big in diameter.
 So it was over to the lathe to machine it down to the right size.
The snow blower all ready to go; if we get any more snow this year.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

 

Weekly Update


Fritz's Birthday.
 Frankie and Freddie working on the cake.
 Liz holding the "Little One".
 Liz holding the "Little One" and his brother.
 Freddie getting ready for cake.
 Fritz and his helpers opening presents.


Are you sure it wasn't Gerardo's Birthday?
What is this in his garage?


The BEHM had a school program.
The "Little One".
Getting ready for the program.
By far the best looking guy there.
Singing.


Tuesday, December 04, 2012

 

The BEHM's Birthday

The BEHM's Birthday Party.
Spider Man Theme.
With his cousins, Freddie and Frankie.
Sitting down for the party.
We started out with some "brunch" with "Formosa".  
Getting ready to blow out his candles.

Monday, December 03, 2012

 

Out of Space!!! (Not Outer Space)

I have run out of space on my blogger account.  I made a mistake so I will give a "heads up" to my other blogger buddies.  If you are posting pictures bigger than 8000 X 8000 pixels they count toward your Picasa account maximum storage limit of 1GB's.  I have been lazy and just uploading my pictures as I store them on my computer.  Now I have to re-size them using Picasa so they will load.  If anyone knows how to get into the on-line Picasa account, so I can free up some storage space, please send me an e-mail of post a comment.  Thank You for your patience.     

Thanksgiving Update
 Getting the table set up.
Kate organizing the details.
 The whole family together.
 The "New Little One".
 Digging in.
Turkey, salad, stuffing,cranberries, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and lots of good time.
Liz came for pie after dinner.  We had "Cow Brain" (also known as mince meat), Pecan, and Sour Cream Raisin.  


It then started to snow.
Snow starting to come down.
The backyard covered in snow.
Cars all covered.



The BEHM's Birthday Party.

He had a "Spider Man" Pinata.
Getting ready.


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