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November 3, 2006 (12:32pm)
51º F, Bright sun, NW wind 2 mph.

Good afternoon,

A little bit ago we got a couple of pictures of our youngest Grandson, Kalle. Apparently one of his chores around the house is doing the dishes for his Mom, Brenda, especially after making brownies. Too bad she didn’t want to use the dishwasher and made him do them. Well what ever the reason, we are more than joyed to have the pictures and thought you too would enjoy them. Enjoy!

Dining on grits for lunch today. Yum! At least I am eating them. Margriet doesn’t appreciate them. Haven’t had grits for a long time. Ran out of beef soup, so we are "making do" today. Margriet had some leftovers, not enough for two, and so I was forced to eat grits. Love it.
Finally got all of the chicken cuttings cooked down for soup started and into the freezer. There is a bunch! Had about a gallon of chicken backs to pick the meat from. It made four containers in the freezer for the future and one batch in the pot to make the next batch of soup from. Now I need to figure out what and how.

Trapped another possum yesterday, so now we will have the fixings for possum pie too. This will make three that I have trapped this fall so far. Maybe I should keep the pelts. Wonder what they are worth on the market these days. Really I am just glad to get rid of the critters. They are good scavengers, but usually scavenge in mostly wrong places. We also have one of those little gray critters in the house. It is leaving it’s calling cards all over the kitchen and inside the cabinets. Must be that time of year again. Do have to do some major cabinet cleaning and try to put the little critter out of our misery! Sooner than latter.

I put new seals on the big furnace’s plenums yesterday. They have been showing some age through use, so figured this was a good time to do it while it is still not used for the season. After they were redone, I did try to light the furnace, but without any success. Cannot find my match holder on too-er reach stretcher. Tried to use something else, which would have worked, but there was too much of a downdraft which kept blowing out the match. I have two or three match holders around here, but have no idea where they walked to. Normally I use barbeque lighter, but both of them are empty and need to be refilled. One, the newest, will not refill for what ever reason. That makes me a bit grumpy. Will try again today, now that the wind seems to be down some.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris <><