Showing all posts tagged "Family"
Sleeping on air mattresses but not going hungry!
Quick update...
The PODS containing 99.9% of our earthly belongings are in Mississauga, ON, in a PODS warehouse. We cleared them with customs last week, but "given the current logistics crisis," they could not schedule them to be brought to our ho...
Posted on August 27th, 2022
The old cinder block and tread board bookshelf
In a day or two (hopefully!!), the PODS containing nearly all of our belongings will arrive at our home in Burlington, Ontario. We're praying that everything inside each of the 16 ft. containers will still be intact when we open the doors.
In one ...
Posted on August 21st, 2022
And away we go!
Well, today (Aug 1) was a strange day. It began at 5:30am with a flurry of activity to get the remaining items into the PODS (e.g., mattresses, box springs, and the like) because it was possible that the PODS truck could arrive at 7:00am to grab ...
Posted on July 31st, 2022
A new adventure begins
If you follow me on LinkedIn, you had probably noticed that on 30-June-2022 my job title changed to, "Between positions at the moment." That day was my last day of work at OC. I had worked at OC for 20 years in various positions ranging from Hall ...
Posted on July 9th, 2022
Flashback
In cleaning out a lot of things we've been storing over the years, I came across this award I was given back in 1990 when I graduated high school, the Bernie Saggau award.
Posted on June 13th, 2022
Another engine mount replaced on the Nissan
You may recall that Hagan and I had just replaced the front mount on his '05 Nissan Altima. I looked again at the front right mount and it was pretty well shot from what I could tell. So, we tackled it, too. Getting the old mount out was straightf...
Posted on June 3rd, 2022
Engine mount replacement on the Nissan
This past Saturday, Hagan and I worked on his '05 Nissan Altima. Earlier in the week, I was driving his car and noticed that during a certain span of acceleration, there was an odd vibration. I wondered if it might be a wheel/tire or suspension is...
Posted on May 31st, 2022
Hagan is officially certified and licensed
This card qualifies him for the following codes:ASME B31.1 – The Power Piping CodeASME B31.2 – The Fuel Gas Piping CodeASME B31.3 – The Processing Piping CodeASME B31.4 – The Liquid Transportation Systems for Hydrocarbons, Liquid Petroleum Gas, An...
Posted on May 23rd, 2022
Hagan passed his welding certification
Celeste and I are so very proud of our son Hagan!! He passed his 3G welding certification test today at Francis Tuttle. As I understand it (I'm no welding pro, mind you), "3G" means he is qualified to weld flat (1G), horizontal (2G), and vertical ...
Posted on May 18th, 2022