Strange ending
September 1, 2006 (6:06am)
62º F, Sun is coming, SSE wind 8 mph.
Good morning,
Yesterday ended very strangely. We had finished supper last night and shortly afterward, the power went off! After so long, I called the power company, to find out what is going on. The answer was that there was a fuse blown somewhere and it was affecting "a few folks in our neighborhood." The power should be returned at 8:15 P.M. or an hour and a half from when I called. As a precaution, and wanting to try it out, I filled my new Airpilot Number 8 Deitz kerosene lantern as darkness was coming on. We picked it up for $11.00 from the Amish store near Shawano about a month ago on one of our adventures. After lighting it and letting the wick totally soak up, we discovered it produced more light than any lantern we had used before. I think it was a good buy.
The power didn’t come back at the predicted time, I waited another hour and called the power company. I got a message telling me that it would be a long wait until someone took my call. Apparently there were others with the same question needing an answer, so I hung up. When 9:30 P.M. came, it was time for me to hit the sack. The power did come back until something after 11:00 P.M. By then we both were in bed. When the water pump started, I woke up and got up. Lots of lights and like that left on. Margriet had done some reading by lantern and finally got tired of that and came to bed - early for her.
During the power outage, I went outside to see if the neighbors had any lights on (they didn’t) and look around. The neighborhood was totally dark, except for the light of the quarter moon shining. The sky was filled with stars and not a sound - other than the fog horn in Kewaunee. Really cool! It was really nice to see all of the dawn-to-dusk yard lights off and the countryside "natural" again.
Yesterday was also the day for my annual doctor’s appointment to renew my medications. My weight and blood pressure was exactly the same as last year! Both too high, but stable. That surprised be as I thought I had gained a bit of weight. Last year, the doctor also "found" an enlargement of my thyroid, not bad but something to watch. After doing some research, and praying, I decided to let it alone for the time. This time - he could not find anything that was not normal. Guess prayer works! He also took some blood tests that I will not find out the results of until the middle of next week. He also wants me to pick up a blood pressure cuff and record my BP on a regular basis. The last one I had died a painful death (for me) as it compressed my arm way too much, then didn’t read correctly.
I complained about Aleve having only limited success, so he suggested another over the counter product, Glucosamine, which works better, but needs to be taken daily and a couple of months to take effect. From what he said, the medication causes the joints to have more "slip" where they contact each other in a joint. Will give it a try and see what happens. The office was not busy, so we had a chance to talk a bit too. He is one of the few doctors that are not all that worried about meeting a time schedule. A real plus in this day and age.
The last couple of days I have gotten back to the task I started before discovering the broken waterline - putting some 6"x6" posts in to hold up the sunporch. I pulled up some of the front deck so I can dig a couple of holes. There was a layer of stones on the soil which had to be removed before trying to put a shovel into the soil. I discovered the scattering of stones actually was a 6" layer of 2-4" stones! It was one of those kneecap in the armpit and ears between the ankles deals. Not a comfortable task. Not too sure how many pailfuls of stone I took out, but only enough to dig one of the two post holes. The other will happen after this post is in place. One good thing, is to put the "new" stones in a couple of the low spots in the driveway.
Today we head to Green Bay on a supply run and to pick up a couple more 6"x6" posts. Margriet also wants to stop at Otto’s Meats to pick-up some "good" meat. We have pretty much emptied out the freezer, Margriet has cleaned it and the refrigerator, so now it is ready to be reloaded again. Probably not as much as before though, with the price increases on everything. Also have to pick up some other things too and we want to do it before all of the city-dudes arrive in the area. The price of gasoline has dropped to it’s lowest point in many months. Still has a long way to go though. We got the new contract for our LP gas the other day. It went up over 25¢/gallon over last year. Ouch. Will have to get more serious about heating with wood this year and pray for a warm winter. We did use about 10% less LP last year than the year before. Like that part.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
62º F, Sun is coming, SSE wind 8 mph.
Good morning,
Yesterday ended very strangely. We had finished supper last night and shortly afterward, the power went off! After so long, I called the power company, to find out what is going on. The answer was that there was a fuse blown somewhere and it was affecting "a few folks in our neighborhood." The power should be returned at 8:15 P.M. or an hour and a half from when I called. As a precaution, and wanting to try it out, I filled my new Airpilot Number 8 Deitz kerosene lantern as darkness was coming on. We picked it up for $11.00 from the Amish store near Shawano about a month ago on one of our adventures. After lighting it and letting the wick totally soak up, we discovered it produced more light than any lantern we had used before. I think it was a good buy.
The power didn’t come back at the predicted time, I waited another hour and called the power company. I got a message telling me that it would be a long wait until someone took my call. Apparently there were others with the same question needing an answer, so I hung up. When 9:30 P.M. came, it was time for me to hit the sack. The power did come back until something after 11:00 P.M. By then we both were in bed. When the water pump started, I woke up and got up. Lots of lights and like that left on. Margriet had done some reading by lantern and finally got tired of that and came to bed - early for her.
During the power outage, I went outside to see if the neighbors had any lights on (they didn’t) and look around. The neighborhood was totally dark, except for the light of the quarter moon shining. The sky was filled with stars and not a sound - other than the fog horn in Kewaunee. Really cool! It was really nice to see all of the dawn-to-dusk yard lights off and the countryside "natural" again.
Yesterday was also the day for my annual doctor’s appointment to renew my medications. My weight and blood pressure was exactly the same as last year! Both too high, but stable. That surprised be as I thought I had gained a bit of weight. Last year, the doctor also "found" an enlargement of my thyroid, not bad but something to watch. After doing some research, and praying, I decided to let it alone for the time. This time - he could not find anything that was not normal. Guess prayer works! He also took some blood tests that I will not find out the results of until the middle of next week. He also wants me to pick up a blood pressure cuff and record my BP on a regular basis. The last one I had died a painful death (for me) as it compressed my arm way too much, then didn’t read correctly.
I complained about Aleve having only limited success, so he suggested another over the counter product, Glucosamine, which works better, but needs to be taken daily and a couple of months to take effect. From what he said, the medication causes the joints to have more "slip" where they contact each other in a joint. Will give it a try and see what happens. The office was not busy, so we had a chance to talk a bit too. He is one of the few doctors that are not all that worried about meeting a time schedule. A real plus in this day and age.
The last couple of days I have gotten back to the task I started before discovering the broken waterline - putting some 6"x6" posts in to hold up the sunporch. I pulled up some of the front deck so I can dig a couple of holes. There was a layer of stones on the soil which had to be removed before trying to put a shovel into the soil. I discovered the scattering of stones actually was a 6" layer of 2-4" stones! It was one of those kneecap in the armpit and ears between the ankles deals. Not a comfortable task. Not too sure how many pailfuls of stone I took out, but only enough to dig one of the two post holes. The other will happen after this post is in place. One good thing, is to put the "new" stones in a couple of the low spots in the driveway.
Today we head to Green Bay on a supply run and to pick up a couple more 6"x6" posts. Margriet also wants to stop at Otto’s Meats to pick-up some "good" meat. We have pretty much emptied out the freezer, Margriet has cleaned it and the refrigerator, so now it is ready to be reloaded again. Probably not as much as before though, with the price increases on everything. Also have to pick up some other things too and we want to do it before all of the city-dudes arrive in the area. The price of gasoline has dropped to it’s lowest point in many months. Still has a long way to go though. We got the new contract for our LP gas the other day. It went up over 25¢/gallon over last year. Ouch. Will have to get more serious about heating with wood this year and pray for a warm winter. We did use about 10% less LP last year than the year before. Like that part.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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