Been a while...

I am mostly on Facebook now, but I am back with a few minutes to update. The girl is doing really well in soccer. She is the goalie which is a rare thing and the coach is happy to have someone who is interested and can play that position. During one of the summer tournaments she was diving for a shot and hit her head on the cross-bar of the goal. No stitches, but there was blood everywhere. I took her to emergency and they glued it together. A little later she went to the movies with her aunt and left me to field all the calls of concern.

The kids have finally discovered the awesomeness of In-n-out Burger! The boy took the better part of 12 years to eat a hamburger and he is making up for lost time.

I try to go riding about 3-4 times a month. This is a picture of my iron steed a KTM 300xc-w and the hill behind is Redondo Ridge on the back side of Big Bear CA. It is part of the "No Wimps!" ride made famous by Malcolm Smith. the picture doesn't do it justice. It is really nasty. I improve each time I ride and have a blast. The razors and other side-by-sides are making it more dangerous though. They are high speed and no match for a bike. 

That's it for now..

Boy's first football game

Sean had his first football game today. They won handily thanks to his wickedly fast classmate, Karrinton. Meghan was on the cheer squad! That makes a two-fer.

Balboa island

Spent some time with Jenn's kids on balboa Island this weekend. On saturday we were at Bolsa Chica beach for 9 hours at the end of season soccer party.

First Communion

The girl had her First Communion today. Pictured here with Father Pat.

Ridgecrest 250

Last weekend I was in the desert for the last desert 2-day of the season. It was a great ride with midday temps in the 90's. My bike worked great and I didn't have any 'offs.' My riding partners were not so lucky and were quite sore the second day, opting to go the easy route on Sunday. So I rode alone all day streaking across the desert at speeds teaching 70 mph.

Working the LB Grand Prix!

I put in a few hours helping my wife at the Long Beach Grand Prix. Thursday was the big push to get all the wireless access points setup for Friday's practice session. On Friday it was cold rainy and windy making everyone miserable. The rest of the weekend was beautiful! The races went on as scheduled and Silvia's clients were very happy. The 15 hour days are gone and my regular job feels like a vacation.

The food was amazing. I felt like Templeton the rat from Charlottes Web! Enjoy the pics

Desk at work.

I'm trying my best to go paperless by replacing paper with monitors. I must say having four monitors is awesome. How did I ever get along with only three for so long?

Jump Ski High!!

Took the girl to the indoor trampoline place.

My little goalie!!

The girl made some very important stops as goalie today in our 5-3 victory against a stacked visiting team from Garden Grove. Great effort and lots of energy to secure the rebounds!

I am a warrior!!

So I drove over to Lake Elsinore to do the Warrior Dash! 5k and 13 obstacles. The mud was at the end thankfully.

Terrorist!!!

This stupid little dog won't stop barking at me!

..ripped-off!!

"The 8th graders ripped me off at the snack bar!" exclaimed the boy when his mom asked for the change tonight. Apparently, he didn't count his change. That'll be deducted from his allowance.

RIP Wilson

It is with a heavy heart that we had to put Wilson down about a month ago. He was a great dog and got into plenty of mischief during his eleven year run. He was not to be trusted with food and often would open lunch boxes in the middle of the night. His application of stealth was legendary and would wait patiently for a distraction to provide the slightest opportunity upon which he would take full advantage with a practiced casualness. He is survived by his best friend, Mr. Thomas.

A new scale

I needed a new scale after I broke my old trying weigh my dirt bike. So while the kids were at piano, I snuck over to the CVS and they ha one there for $59. It was covered in dust, but it was a saved trip to the evil Walmart. So I took it up to the register. After waiting patiently for the 'geri' in front of me to fumble through his transaction, I get my turn to fork over the cash and the there is a problem. The cashier takes the scale over to a more experienced cashier who shrugs and says,"I don't know...ten bucks.". My cashier returns and charges me $10!! Awesomest birthday ever!!

New knee guards!

Thanks to an anonymous contribution by an AK Mahoney, I have new knee protection to help stay out of the Dr's office and out on the trails!

Crash landing. (warning: pic is gross)

With the rest of the family sick with the flu over President's weekend I found myself in the garage blissfully wrenching on my bikes. New tires were mounted and oils were changed. Unfortunately, a short test drive ended in misery as I fell entering my own driveway. Off to the emergency room for stitches and no trip to the track this week for me. My wife was under-whelmed. What a Mahoney!!

The girl plays....

Hurray!! The girl playing something other than a video game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQV7b4dghdU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

St Irenaeus Skate Night

The girl and I went skating last night for her school's fundraiser. Laughs and tears and bruises!

Broken Lawnmower

My Lawnmower broke, but I got 'er fixed up and finished my chores.

Mechanical Sunday.

So I spent some quality time with my dirt bike today replacing the lower shock bearing on my YZ250f. First I had to lift the bike up on the stand and raise the front wheel so the the shock bearing was accessible. Tip: measure depth of the current bearing with a micrometer before you push it out. I used a long bolt with a 1 /18 on the outside an a 19mm on the push side to push the bearing out. Once out I cleaned it all up and built the press using the se bolt washers and sockets to press in the bearing. Once the new bearing was in, I measured it for depth and reinstalled.