ECONO-CAR AND “MCGUYVER THE MAGNIFICENT”…

  This morning was a fabulous, cool and sunny morning…I had invited my YaYa’a and their husbands over for coffee at 8AM, so I made a breakfast casserole.  I tried a new recipe using brie cheese, and it turned out pretty good. They ate it so fast I forgot to get pictures…

   My YaYa, Mary, and her husband had just purchased a brand spankin’ new Prius, and they drove it over to our house…I have to say, I wouldn’t mind having one someday. 

….This little cutie gets 50 miles per gallon..You cannot even hear it start…This would be a great way to travel if you traveled by auto…(It would also make a good “towed” !)  I know absolutely nothing about what is under the  hood of this thing, but it is packed so tight with stuff I was intimidated…Hybrid Synergy Drive…what the heck IS that?? Sounds like a street in Simi Valley, CA.

  After the Ya Ya plus husbands left, McGuyver began to work on his TV mount for the Hiker.  This project has been a “work in progress” this past week.  He has been welding, grinding, measuring, bolting…..and this morning he was  painting… He first began spray painting it while our GMC was still parked in the garage..WHOA!! The wind was blowing IN, so he backed it OUT of the garage! Well, at least the paint was black, the same color as our GMC,  (that would be DIRTY black, as you can see)…..

… That metal thing hanging magically in the air is his TV mount... This is becoming strangely like a magic show….Obviously, Dennis didn’t care too much about getting paint on the old Silverado truck bed…..

….I could see I was quickly becoming useless, so I went inside to cook some Italian Turkey  Sausage for spaghetti.   Tomorrow we are having whole chickens on the grill, with sides of spaghetti, cole slaw and cottage cheese.  We usually end up having a few “visitors” just magically appear when we cook out… (magic is becoming a theme here, eh?) ….Of course, just about the time I was up to my eyeballs, washing 3 whole chickens,  McGuyver decided he needed my help.  NO CROSS CONTAMINATION, PLEASE!!! The paint was dry on his magical little invention,  so now I was to become the Magician’s assistant….

  

….and as the assistant, I managed to take this photo on the left while McGuyver ran for a screw driver…I was holding the camera with my right hand,  and holding up the TV with my left…See?, I can do some pretty good magic stuff too!…OH YEAH, THE TV FITS IN THE HOLE!!  The Oak framework is still a little too large, so for his next trick,  McGuyver will show us his trim carpentry skills…That may involve turning the air “magically”  blue with expletives, so I hope not to “assist” in that endeavor.

    The deck umbrella table is now put away, and our back deck is all set up for some cool weather campfires. ( I moved the fire pit and charcoal Weber grill up on the deck by myself, I might add.) Dennis was helping a friend who was going to pick up a new Class C motorhome, so  I thought I would surprise Den by getting  this deck stuff done by myself….”I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME ROAR!”…then hear me groan.

 

 

You should have seen me getting the round glass top table down and into the garage..I have no photos of that.  Hey, I can hold my camera in one hand, but I can’t hold up the table with the other!!

 

 

Well, today is just gorgeous.  I love this time of year.  Don’t worry, I ‘m not so dumb as to think our warm weather is over, but I DO hope the 90 plus degree days with 90% humidity are done!!  I’ve noticed some great high school football game pictures on the blogs this week.  It is DEFINITELY football weather.  Our grandson skyped us this morning from Indianapolis, and he had on his Purdue Boilermaker shirt …..

…This photo isn’t the best, but this kid IS THE BEST!! His Dad is a Purdue University Grad…Aiden now can say “Boiler UP!” and pump his arm up in the air on command…This is a MUST for any Purdue fan.

   OK, it’s now time for my bicycle ride..and I actually have on jeans today!  I will post again Monday, with picture of our Award Winning Cave Dwellers Gourmet Grilled Chickens!!!! Thanks to all of you apparently very loyal followers…Didn’t your Mom tell you not to follow just ANYONE??