Rough re-entry into "real life" after living in "vacation mode" with all of our guests. Vandam fixed our water leak as planned...but we weren't getting hot water. Nathan tinkered with the tank, checked the outlets, troubleshot everything he could think of - and then realized, we had a HOT water line leak - meaning, water emptied from the tank. The heating element burned up. Guess what's not ...

Very, very hectic few weeks for us here! I totally jinxed our "good luck" with the rental carts when we first broke down while my dad was visiting. I swapped out carts when headlights or parking breaks went out, but up until my dad's visit, we had not experienced a total breakdown. On one of his last days here, it died by the high school and we had to call to be rescued/have a new cart deliv ...

Last week I took Dad back to Secret Beach to go fishing; I "supervised" from a shady beach chair - what I referred to as, "Daddy Daycare".  That blur in the water is my dad He was unsuccessful in his fishing that day, so we headed to town for dinner, and then to the casino for entertainment. Thursday brought some good news: Dr. Williams, the current Veterinarian at San Pedro Veterinarian H ...