Bike Ride

Yesterday the weather was sunny and there was a crisp wind when we biked our daily route around Ranch Del Rey Parkway which is 5 miles.

DIY Windows

We are installing vinyl windows in two of our bedrooms ourselves. This is A LOT cheaper than having a window company do it. It is the retro type window where it is installed through the old frame of the old window making it much easier by not disturbing the stucco. However we had a small problem with the size of the new window being too large to fit through the old frame. Apparently I messed up on the measuring and I had to grind off some of the old frame about 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Anyway the result turned out beautiful and we now have efficient easy sliding windows.

closet server

We are converting Dan's bedroom when he lived here into our exercise/sewing room. When he moved he left part of his server to service our internet, our network, tv system and the security web cams. We moved the server rack into the bedroom closet and hangs on the wall. I will put shelves in the bottom of the closet. I put a fan in the ceiling of the closet to exhaust the warm air from the server rack's components. The closet door will normally be closed.

Rock Climbing

We rock climbed today at REI sporting goods in Encinitas. They have a 30 foot rock you can take lessons on or do short climbs for free if you are a REI member. Good thing they have a safety rope. We polished off the day with lunch next door at Islands Fine Burgers. http://www.facebook.com/home.php

Sarah Palin

I just finished reading Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue". I found it hard to put the book down it was so interesting. She tells how her VP campaign team kept her from doing her "thing" sometimes. This is the real story of Sarah Palin and not the story the media gives.

Bathroom remodel progress

We're almost done with our hall bathroom remodel (actually just a facelift). The shower/tub is staying the same. It's got a new color pain job (light yellow). The floor is the same blue tile; but we replaced the toilet and are having a custom wood vanity made. We have new fancier towel bars and lighting.

Thanksgiving 2009

Our guests were the Henslers including David's girl friend, Shawni. A good time was had by all. We had turkey marinated in brine and everything else was pretty much vegan. Dan set up his HD video equipment. We had loads of desserts.

Thanksgiving prep

Today, wednesday Donna Dixon came over to help Cindy prepare for Thanksgiving dinner cooking. The turkey was prepared in a bucket of brine to marinate in the refrigerator overnite.

Korean Food

Little Sophia Boyce is 1 year old and so cute. Bob and Jeannie had the party at the Seoul BBQ Korean restaurant in Kearney Mesa. The food was quite good and had many vegetarian things.
Sophia was dressed in an authentic Korean dress. There was even a rainbow cake made from rice.

Pumpkin

Think this is a good size for Halloween?

No place like home

We arrived home yesterday afternoon from our motor home trip. We saw a lot of cool things in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and even a little of Oklahoma. We were glad when we saw the sand dunes and wind mills near El Centro welcoming us home to California.

Tucson

We spent the last few days of our trip in the Tucson area. Yesterday we visited Old Tucson which is a western movie lot that was used for hundreds of movies and tv shows until the 1980's. It is like an old ghost town. Today we took a tour of the Biosphere. It is really something to see. There is a real rain forest in there, a beach, a desert, plants, animals, machinery, living quarters and everything necessary to allow eight people to be completely self sufficient, sealed up for two and a half years.

Oct. 20- On the Road Again

After spending 5 days with Steve and Sudi we on our way to our next adventure-Biosphere 2 in Arizona. It is mostly flat boring land between Benbrook and the Biosphere, not much to see. We did run into a little lightning and thunderstorm today entering Deming, New Mexico. Tomorrow we will reach Tuson and spend a few days seeing Old Tuson and the Biosphere.

Vegan food in Benbrook

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Mike Gliebe

Today Steve, Sudi, Cindy and I went to a little country fair in Benbrook. It was free. Then we went to the only vegan restaurant in this area called the Spiro Diner and bakery. The food was pretty good but the service was slowww. Then we went to our motorhome and played some games where it's camped at Benbrook Lake. We cooked a nice vegan dinner that was better than the restaurant!

Texas State Fair

Sudi and Steve took us to the Texas State Fair in Dallas today. We ate some healthy food. There sure was a lot of deep fried food; even deep fried latte.