The Greer Family

Another Halloween. There was a parade at school. Sam, Margaret, and Jax were Link, Zelda, and Eponia from the Zelda video games. Katy and her friends were princess fairies. We had 800+ people again and gave out glow bracelets.

We just had an earthquake here. It was a 5.6. The ’89 (World Series or Loma Prieta) quake was a 6.9. It was about 4 miles from our house and about 50 times more powerful. It was on the other side of San Jose from here. Probably 10-20 miles away. A friend in Berkeley just [...]

A sneak peek as Elizabeth and Margaret get ready for Halloween tomorrow.

Rusty has started his TIG welding class at the Crucible. He has not suffered any severe burns. His welds look pretty good to me. I have been injury-free. It’s a lot now like any home grown construction project now (put the window trim up, then take it down because something else has to happen first), [...]

Well, day 3 of caboose class, and I haven’t had any more injuries. Probably because I haven’t handled many tools, other than a screwdriver. Mostly, I’ve tried to help with laying out the kitchen, as that is something where I actually could add value. I got a long demo of MIG welding last time. It [...]

I went to Tahoe for an APRA board meeting. While there, I basically messed with wood for a few days. I burnt some slash that was lying around the yard and split some wood for this winter.

My Caboose Restoration and Modification class at the Crucible started yesterday. Injury tally to date is 5 splinters and a severe burn on my hand (who knew huge lumps of molten metal could fly 8 ft. away? Note to self: look down before placing hand on ground). Otherwise, we just did some demo and cleaning. [...]