it seems like just yesterday....

February 16th marked the 3rd anniversary of my Hotttop rotary drum roaster. I was planning on a celebratory post 2 days ago but on the eve of its big day the cooling arm quit working after a batch of beans ejected from the roasting chamber. The beans eject into a tray & for 6 minutes they are spun around in a perforated tray as a fan blows air from below cooling the beans. I spent Monday worrying about replacing the cooling arm motor, but after performing a dry run Monday night...its working again. Last night, business as usual. A successful batch of Columbian "Pinipay", FTO of course.
Its like a lot of things in life, just because its working now doesn't mean its not going to be a problem down the road. Take our kitchen sink drain for instance. Monday, to go along with my roaster worries, the drain backs up. Holly manages to get some flow with a plunger & some Liquid Plumber. Rather than a reoccurring headache & the need to dump gallons of chemicals down the drain, I nipped it in the bud & called a drain guy. He snaked the kitchen drain & we had him hit the laundry drain as well. Both are good to go for the foreseeable future.
I probably should order the motor, right?

As I'm writing this...Hudson just ate a kleenex. Apparently breakfast wasn't enough.

Tour of CA coverage has been painful.

HD entered our life about a month ago. I'm watching crap I never would have watched a month ago. I'll save a PBR post for another time. That Bones, he's one rank son of a...

Its Wednesday, 1/2 way there. I have to work Saturday though, doh!

That's it for my mid-week all over the place post.

Later,

TK