But there’s always Plenty of Hot Water . . .

The guy who decided to make large water tanks black has never been in south Texas in the summertime, and tried to take a cool shower. It’s just all hot, all the time. I now see why some gate guards have a tarp tented over their tanks. Right now the water in the shower is [...]

Mister Cool . . .

First off, more congrats are in order to our granddaughter Piper. She just received her C. N. A. (Certified Nursing Assistant) certification, specializing, I believe, in Phlebotomy.   In other words, she really likes to stick it to people. She’ll be starting on a four year scholarship at the University of Houston – Downtown in [...]

Ka-Boom!

is the sound a large crew trailer A/C unit makes when someone accidently hooks up a 3-phase 480 volt generator to the power input instead of the single phase 120 volt unit that should have been used. Other items that joined the fun were the water heater, water pump, microwave, LCD TV, satellite DVR, washer, [...]

A New, New Record . . .

I’ve been trying to upload this blog for about 3 hours now with no luck. I don’t know if Verizon is working on things or what. But every night a little after midnight, I lose data service on both my Droid and my aircard. Normally I get it back between 3 and 4am, but not [...]

All Landon, All the Time . . .

Well, it finally happened. Landon’s first haircut. And as much as Brandi probably hated to do it, it was just about time since he turned 21 months on this Sunday the 20th.   It was getting a little long and curly there. asdf They never had barber chairs like this when I was a kid. [...]

On the Road Again, again . . .

Well, we did move pretty much on schedule, early on Wednesday, the 16th. Ryan, the Marathon safety guy came by around 7:30pm Tuesday night and told us we could shut down the gate and start getting packed up. He said we probably needed to head out the next morning about 6am to be at the [...]

A New Record . . .

128 vehicles in and out today (Monday). That’s about one every 10 minutes for the 24 hours. That’s too much like work! They’re in the process of finishing up the well and big trucks are coming and going hauling out mud and other drilling fluids all day long. If they finish up on schedule then [...]

Happy Mother’s Day to My Sweetie !

I love you, Jan!

Our New Home ??

Yesterday (Friday) marked our 2nd week of gate guarding here at this Marathon site. And we probably won’t hit 3 weeks because our rig will be leaving around the middle of next week, and we’re probably going with it. At least we think so. The Marathon people want us to follow them, but we haven’t [...]

Well, that was fun!

First off, thanks to everyone who contacted us or Nick, concerned about our safety in today’s storm. We’re fine. A little damp, but fine. Last night (Wed.) was nice, and it was still nice when Jan took over the gate at 7am. But the thunder, lightning, and rain woke me up about 11, and it [...]