Man and PIg vs. Machine

 

Spring must be here.  The snow is gone.

The dove think it's still a bit too cold to stay outside.

 

 

 

If your battery is dead and you can't raise the hood,

you have to sweetly ask your wife if she still can push your car

If you're from Dubuque, you know how to push start a manual transmission

by rolling it down a hill.

Then you have to hope that you'll be able to jump back in the car

before the car gets away from you.

 

But you still can't replace a dead battery, unless you can raise the hood.

You have to be a contortionist to get to the release catch, when the hood is closed.

And then you must clean the catch with Throttle Bottle Cleaner

(left over from repairing Rebecca's Jetta) and WD-40.

Hopefully, with a new battery, you won't have to raise the hood for a long time.

 

 

 

It feels great to master the machine.

 

 

Nolan is up to 12 piece puzzles.

You can watch him consider the picture he remembers,

and put it together faster and faster.

 

 

 

When he finishes, he takes the pieces out and repeats the process.

 

 

Gramma noticed how much Nolan enjoyed the figures from the Nativity set.

A child loves the world in miniature.

So we went to the store and bought a menagerie.

 

 

Nolan spent hours working with his miniature farmyard.

 

 

Gramma Mousie Gives a Push

by Gramma

 

 

Gramma Mousie and Grampa Piggie were having a party.  Their pals were coming soon.  Grampa Piggie had to go to the shop to get food for the party.  But he got into his car and it did not start.  He tried to open the hood.  But it did not pop open. 

 

The battery was dead, and the hood was shut, so he could not fix it.  He called Gramma Mousie and told her to push his car.  "If you push it fast, I will go to the shop and get the food. 

 

Gramma Mousie pushed the car fast and Grampa Piggie's car started.  He went to the shop and got lots of food.

 

Grampa Piggie needed a new battery.  He needed to open his hood to put in a new battery.  He could not have Gramma Mousie push his car all the time.  

 

Grampa Piggie had to lay under the car and try to open the hood.  He got dirty under the car.  But he got the hood open.  The lock on the hood was full of dirt.  He washed the lock on the hood with WD40.  The lock can open now.  He took out his old battery. 



Grampa Piggie went to the battery shop to get a new battery.  He came home and put the new battery in his car.  Now his car can go without Gramma Mousie pushing it.