Awake: 5:55am Temp 39 sleep 5+53 sunny overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
After our breakfast, K & I motored to the Foote Castle & spent most of the afternoon with the boys & Melissa.
This was one time that I had no idea of what to do with the boys; Matthew kept asking: "what can we do?" And a few min later: "what are we going to do?" Even Andrew was focused on this awkward dilemma. Time ticked away as we sauntered around the house aimlessly. Then Kathy asked me to do her a favor.
Kathy wanted to wash our blankets, sheets, & other laundry. Since our washing machine is too small to handle a large load, Melissa & Kathy agreed that in exchange for the $2. 65 that Melissa owed Kathy, Kathy would use the Foote washer & dryer to accomplish this task.
I was asked to carry the laundry from our car (3) loads to the basement & Matthew volunteered to help with this project. As I was walking around, I spotted the circuit board from their old Maytag dishwasher, which a few months ago, developed a problem & Maytag replaced the circuit board with a new one.
I suggested to Mathew that we could increase his supply of resisters, transistors, capacitors, etc just by removing some of the old solid state devices using a soldering iron. Then we could test the unit & if it tested good, add it to his Snap Circuit collection. Matthew was thrilled.
Kathy played upstairs with Andrew who was busy creating with the Geomegs & with Nathan who demonstrated his skill in puzzle working. But on one of her trips to the basement, Nathan & Andrew followed.
Soon Andrew joined in watching over us on a cooler as a stool; the soldering iron melted the solder & out would come an LED light, or a capacitor, or a resistor. The boys were mesmerized. Even Nathan got into the picture, but not for long as he is a professional climber & that meant....trouble.
We also had some outside time by mowing & raking the grass, throwing & bouncing a large rubber ball, a little Frisbee tossing, etc. Then the boss arrived from work & we had some real entertainment; flying lessons for Andrew.
It was another fun day with some electronics thrown in the equation.
K & I did a little grocery shopping @ Martin's & Wal-Mart en route to Nicktown.
Dinner: Hamburger with blue cheese & onions, sourdough bread, spinach salad & cantaloupe slices.
Katrina called while driving home from school. We talked for a good (20) min. She is driving to Jackson Hole, WY on Fri to attend the wedding of a good high school friend, Derek & then, of course, back on Sun. We hope she has safe travels
Evening DVD movie: "Doubt." We watched ½.
Lights our: 12:02am.
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