Author Archives: The Monologuer

This entry is a few months late and highly motivated by the fact that the next kit arrived August 18th, 2021, so I better close off this chapter officially on the blog. Here’s what Troy ended up completing on March 28th, 2021. The end. Well okay… a bit more happened. I’ll do my best toContinue reading “… And then Troy finished the empennage.”

Today marks a couple of noteworthy dates – the 2021 Iditarod sled dog race begins today and today is also the 1-year anniversary of a flight Troy and I did to transport a special dog. The current section of the airplane that Troy is working on is technically where dogs would sit if we wereContinue reading “Four legged fliers”

It was a tough slog after the Christmas holidays – gone were all the gifted baked goods and the monotony of adulting returned, much like the movie Ground Hog Day. Both Troy and I had some RTFM moments during our own holiday projects – mine didn’t have additional cost and were reversible with my JekcaContinue reading “Nose up”

I wake up each morning, push the “small coffee” button on our Miele machine, the first of many caffeinated offerings to the small monkey in my head. As the robotic noises click and buzz in a familiar ring-tone fashion, I survey the wondrous spread of gifted baked goods, choose a cookie to shove in myContinue reading “Packing on the weight”

It’s been nearly a month since my last post and I’ll be honest – after spending my entire day in front of a computer adulting – it’s been tough to scrap my butt back into a chair with a keyboard in the evenings. My afterwork glass of wine intake has also increased in both frequencyContinue reading “Maybe a Beer Fridge?”