Keeping Up With the Joneses

Oh man I suck at bloggin, that’s it.

J Jones — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:24:43 +0000

Baby Baby Baby.

J Jones — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:57:27 +0000

Rachel and myself have been moving through life at warp 9 the last few weekends. The due date for the baby is October 23rd giving us just 20 days to prepare for what could be the most life changing willing decision we have ever made. I mention to Rachel on Saturday when we where at DECIBEL FESTIVAL that I could imagine our baby inside her belly spinning fake records upside down. We still don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl but I find it funny/annoying how people ask if we know yet. In my mind I am always thinking “does it look like we know yet” but whatever people are funny.

So Much is Happening!

J Jones — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:48:15 +0000

So if you have not heard the news yet, Rachel has a bun in the oven. That’s right, Rachel is going to have a baby which implies that we will then have a baby……. So with this news our life decisions have already begun to change. The First thing we did was buy a newer car (I am keeping the 510 so don’t freak out). After a lot of searching and and driving we found this boxy thing which is supposed to be safe and real good for Baby Jones.

Now I can pursue my dream of living my life a quarter mile at a time……….

Rachel also came home with some friends this weekend. We have wanted chickens for a while now, I loved deviled eggs and Rachel eats an egg a day.

Tofu and I will try our best not to eat them even though they look tasty. I named this one Falcore even though It’s a girl.
Lastly I as usual have been addicted to all things tofu(our dog). She and I went and played in the only bit of sun I have seen in months this week. Here are some photos of our adventure.

The Holiday Season.

J Jones — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:15:25 +0000

Rachel and I just got back from Portland on Tuesday night. It was an awful drive that I wouldn’t want to revisit. The rain was the worst I have seen it in a long time making for very slow driving. On the up side this was the 510′s longest trip to date, she ran like a champ! On the way down we even averaged 29 miles per gallon. The 510 is a bit dirty from the trip! I added a wreath this winter for Xmas spirit!

Rachel has been hard at work on some little monster stuffed animals for friends at work the last few days. They are a lot of work but sure are funny and cute.I think Rachel is going to try and make some different designs soon. I am hoping she will make me one with two heads and a tail.

We spent Xmas with Rachel’s family in Portland this year. I have never seen so much Norwegian food in my life. The food was tasty and Norwegians drink almost as well as the Irish so I felt right at home! My favorite part of Christmas dinner was when Rachel’s 90 Year old Grandma slammed back a shot of aqvavit (I think that’s Norwegian for gasoline). I also swapped android phone nerd knowledge with Rachel’s mom which was a blast.

Happy New Year!

Bored and Broke

J Jones — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:12:03 +0000

So after being snowed in for 4 days and watching over 40 hours of tv Rachel and I began to get cabin fever. We decided the best way to fix this was to search the house for something fun to do. I found my bb~guns in the basement dusted them off and decided this would be good for killing at least an hour of our day. We dressed up and killed some beer cans as fashionably as possible.

New title for the Blog and a rant about grammar.

J Jones — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:58:27 +0000

So after some thought My wife and I both decided to change the name of the blog and some of the focus. You will not not only be able to read about how to bake moped engines in the oven but also how to make random food, sewing projects, and weird organic gardening tips. Let the fun begin!
Rant: should it be called Joneses or Jones’s ?????

Ps this is what we looked like for Halloween!

Tron Please

J Jones — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:08:37 +0000

There are two things that I really enjoy in life when combined. Cool stuff that moves quickly, and rad music. This film has both plus one of the best actors of all time (Jeff Bridges). Whom I am also really into.

Enjoy!

I forgot I had this blog, kinda

J Jones — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:59:36 +0000

Yup, I suck at blogging. I would post more but my life has become dull. So much has happened in the past 8 months I dont know where to start. So goign with the idea that less is more I will simply post a picture.I have decided that more posts with shorter and less content will make my blog more interesting. So here goes it. I will try to post some thing new and fun at least once a week from now until January 1st. If I fail I will delete this waste of cyberspace. You have my Word.

Maybe the worst luck on the Face of the planet.

J Jones — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:26:24 +0000

So I am not usually a superstitious person but the last month or so has been vehicular hell for me. My moped exploded into my leg and left me with 1000 dollar med bill, and my new datsun 510 was totaled on St Patricks days by some stupid @$%&$! Anyway this is what a 510 wagon looks like when it gets hit from behind at 30mph. I am know fighting with insurance companies to get money put of my car and for my back injury bills. Whatever…. The car is a total loss as far as the insurance is concerned, The body is a total loss as far as I am concerned. The rear of the car is buckled hard, normally the body is straight this picture below is what a bad widebody kit might look like on a 510, but instead its just my screwed up car Anyway, that kinda sucks, but I found a new wagon and will be buying this one back for parts. On the moped side of things stuff is about the same. The puck magnum runs great and the pug is in time out until I get the cash to fix it. My garage looks like a vehicle cemetery at the moment. Cheers!

The pug hurt more than just my feelers this time….

J Jones — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:17:58 +0000

As some of you know I have a slight love, hate relationship with my black Peugeot 103 moped. I love this bike, even now as I write on pain killers and sits broken in my garage it is still my favorite moped. So Monday night I decided to ride the “Moby Dick” as I have now named her. She was fast, this is by far one of the fastest bikes if not the fastest that I have owned. To build a bike like this takes some level of mechanical skill, fabrication, and stupidity. Unfortinantly the last part seems to have finally caught up with me on Monday night. about half way through the ride we all took ofF from a light, about 30 seconds later my variator nut spun off, allowing my crank to snap clean off the motor. Then it got horrific, the crank is attached to a 7 pound hunk of aluminum, steel, and graphite called a varitator. This component shot directly into my leg at full revs and then after that shot down the street like a mexican pin wheel. I didn’t crash and was lucky. After pulling Over I dropped my bike and assessed the damage to my body. My leg hurt real bad, and I felt like I was gonna blow chunks. So my friend Seth went and got me some water. Soon after I looked at my leg and realized I was in a bit of pain. I will let the pics do the rest of the talking. Either way I have to say thanks to all my friends for helping me out Monday, especially Tagen for giving me and my bike a ride to the hospital and then back to my garage. Enjoy the pics!

This is the variator, the variator part was actually fine, ist the whole clutch pack that is destroyed and gone, Ps these don’t normally have a nifty carrying handle