This year I decided to make custom X-Mas gifts for kids. I probably have 300 or extra license plates that I can’t use for my wall collection since I have the states already displayed.

I’ve seen license plates that have been cut into separate characters or numbers to create a word, name or something catchy.

It’s been storming up in the foothills the past week or so. We put up a good chunk of Xmas lights during the Thanksgiving break.

We have lights across the front of our home too. We still have to get lights hung up in the “She Shed” area.

Took this photo while crossing the Pardee Dam Bridge. The fog covered the lower valley springs area until I drove up to the higher grounds.

I finally got the old golf cart back up and running. It suffered a severely burnt V-Slider module.

There should be a wiper conductor sliding between the banked voltage taps. The original piece was burnt so bad it crumbled into pieces when I took the module out of the cart.

I left work early to repair a bad PRV pressure regulator valve that was located under our home. This part is literally the furthest point from the access door and the least amount of head room available. Not to mention I saw a rattle snake earlier in the week. I can’t stand snakes.

Crawling under our home late night is not the funnest thing to do. It did give me the idea to start storing things that won’t deteriorate under there. Plenty of storage space.

I saw my first rattlesnake.

Well shit. We had our first planned power outage at our dream home. Due to the high winds predicted they cut us off approximately 12:17am Sunday morning.

As much as it is an inconvenience it is nothing compared to the folks currently losing their homes or the ones having to evacuate in the middle of the night.

I had rigged up an LED lantern with a car battery to provide some night time lighting.

Yesterday October 24, 2018 marked anniversary escrow closing on our dream home. We then moved in that weekend of the 28th. It doesn’t even seem we’ve been gone from Stockton that long after living there 57+ years.

This also meant we have lived at our home throughout the seasons. We’ve seen all the changes nature has to offer living up in the hills. There is a whole new appreciation for the quiet and peaceful lifestyle living.

Best move ever for us this point in our lives.

Got a new to me shop tool, whacked the shit out of my finger.

Woke up this morning with electricity. That’s a good sign. There is a massive rolling power outage being conducted by PG&E to prevent wildfires.

This is due to the many disastrous fires we’ve experienced in Northern California recently.

The next phase of shutoffs will occur at twelve noon. Hopefully our home won’t be affected like the 800,000 plus customers expects to lose power.