Past Monologues

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?”

Riveting. Up until this point in my life, I’ve only used this word in the context of something completely grabbing my undivided attention. Rivets can be riveting if permanently connecting two pieces of metal together is your thing. It’s finally time to talk about that step in building an airplane – and funny enough –Continue reading “Where’s the beer fridge? Part 3.”

Some of you may know from my personal Facebook page that I awoke one morning to a spray tent popped open in the garage (and also to where the rest of my supply of chicken wire had gone – I have dogs that like to eat small woodland creatures – chicken wire is a householdContinue reading “Where’s the beer fridge? Part 2.”

It’s been about a month now since the 240 pound crate from Oregon arrived. Troy will often shout to no one in particular, “I’m just going to be out in the garage for a few minutes” and about 3 hours will elapse. You can see he TOTALLY has it easy in this marriage. It isn’tContinue reading “Where’s the beer fridge? Part 1.”

I’m getting used to boxes appearing at the door on a daily basis. I can usually hear the delivery truck door opening and closing, my office overlooks the driveway. Usually it’s just a knock and they drive off. I especially love it when I’m in the middle of a Microsoft Teams meeting and the singleContinue reading “Princess Aerospace”

Yes. Troy is building an airplane. A real one. One where two full sized people can sit in it and leave terra firma thanks to the physics of lift. Don’t worry, before that happens, there are a lot of check boxes and sign offs that have to occur with the proper regulatory bodies. You mightContinue reading “In the beginning… there was blood.”