Here it is, the journey to restore our front yard, a follow-up article to my Get Sunday review. I’ve been meaning to publish this article earlier, but lacked the time to do so! Atlas, our new European Doberman puppy kept my hands full. After restoring the lawn in our backyard to a state that exceeded even its original condition, it…
Newest Member of Our Family, New Blog
It has been a while but I would like to introduce the newest member of our family, Atlas. Atlas is a male, black and rust European Doberman Pinscher puppy. He is only 9 weeks old and full of energy. Atlas was born at the West Coast Doberman Ranch in San Jose, California on November 8th, 2019. The journey to take…
Quick Front Yard Update
About 7 months ago, I started working on fixing our front yard. The work stopped due to hot summer temperature lasting up until late October. I was able to resume the work early November. Here is the result: Compared to what the yard looked like back in mid-May 2019: I essentially applied what I learned working on the backyard to…
Lamin-X Applied onto 2019 Hyundai Tucson Foglights
Decided to use this weekend to apply a pair of yellow Lamin-X protective film onto our 2019 Hyundai Tucson’s foglight lens. I ordered the Lamin-X film designed for the 2016-2018 Tucson models because the 2019-2020 are not available from Lamin-X. The fog light lens are different before and after the 2019 mid-cycle refresh. The 2016-2018 models have an combo DRL/foglight lens in…
Waxing the Tucson
With the weather cooled, I parked the Tucson inside our garage and applied Mothers California Gold Pure Brazilian Carnauba Wax Paste. Following the direction, I worked on one section at a time, i.e. fender, hood, bumper, rear quarter panel, hatch and roof. If the surface area is too large, I split the job in half, which I did for the…
Review: Get Sunday Weed Control
I’ve used Get Sunday products and I am satisfied with the results. How do their new Weed Control products fare? Let’s find out.
First Road Trip With the Tucson and a Visit at the Doberman Ranch
In exactly a month, we put in over 1,300 miles in our new 2019 Hyundai Tucson Limited.
Our New 2019 Hyundai Tucson Limited
On Sunday July 21st, 2019, we picked up our 3rd car at the local Hyundai dealership. Our car, a Gemstone Red 2019 Tucson Limited and our first Hyundai! We picked up the car exactly 7 years from the time we picked up the wife’s 2012 Toyota Prius c 4. We decided to pick up a compact SUV for practicality reasons.…
Get Sunday Lawn Care: Review, Does it Work?
Welcome to my Get Sunday lawn care review. Lawn care in a box, does it work? This is a comprehensive review and DIY guide on repairing our backyard. I pit time tested Scotts lawn care product vs. non-toxic liquid fertilizer by start-up Sunday. The lawn in our backyard gradually thinned and changed color from a deep green saturation to a…
Simple Fishing Rod Rooftop Basket Travel Mod
How I transformed the Yakima TopGrip OG accessory to carry fishing rods on road trip.
How to Install a Custom Tap Handle on a Hopsy SUB System
Learn how to swap out the boring black tap handle that comes with the Hopsy Krups SUB system with a tap handle of your choice!
Are Hopsy SUB TORPs Refillable? Yes. Learn How in 5 Easy Steps.
Learn how to refill an empty TORP for the SUB by Hopsy counter top kegerator in 5 easy steps.
DIY: How to Change the Engine Oil On Your Prius c
Changing the oil on the 2012 Prius c is pretty straight forward and should take approximately 30 minutes. There are a few subtle differences compared to changing the motor of on a 3rd generation Toyota Prius, however. For one, the front jacking point is positioned almost 1/3 into the chassis. It literally is below the area where the front passenger…
Rotomolded Coolers by Blue Coolers, Review and First Impressions
I’ve been seeing sponsored posts on Facebook promoting an affordable roto-molded Ice Vault 50 Cooler by Blue Coolers. Sure enough, it caught my attention and piqued my interest. I searched high and low for Blue Coolers reviews but could not find any, so this may be the first.
Yakima OffGrid Rooftop Cargo Basket on a 3rd Gen Prius
Yakima OffGrid Rooftop Cargo Basket, Medium The Yakima OffGrid Rooftop Cargo Basket was first announced by Yakima in the summer of 2017. The original release time frame was Fall, notably October, of 2017. This did not happen. In fact, it was not available to acquire until late August 2018. I pre-ordered one from REI during Memorial Day 2018 and did…