On the road again.

May 23, 2007 (5:03am)
58º F, Overcast, SSE wind 2 mph.

Good morning,

One major difference we have noticed here compared to Guds Nordtre is the temperature and humidity. It seems, and mostly is, warmer and much more humid in these parts. Here it is a bit cooler than Green Bay, thanx to the puddle, but either place, the temperature at the moment is rather high. It is 5º F warmer up nort’ than here. Also unusual.

I discovered that I had forgotten some necessary fittings on the way down, so will again stop and pickup the missing parts. Forgot about hooking some of the copper parts to the existing supply and to the rest of the system. Don’t know what I was thinking! I am kind of planning to have more on hand then what is really necessary, as I will also use it on the main house, but extra fittings are not a good thing if the necessary fittings aren’t there. I bet there will still be something I need that I don’t have. Never fails.

I picked up one level of staging on the way down too. Eventually I will need four levels from what I can tell at the moment. Figured I had better start close to the ground first and work my way up. I was surprised at the cost - less than expected. Like that part. I also did get four leg jacks, more expensive than I thought, since I know I will need to adjust the legs to the terrain. We really don’t have a "level" yard at all, and there is the walkout basement on the east side of the house. Eventually I will also get wheels for it, but not necessary I think until I get it inside. On the ride up this time, I took two uprights and screwed them to the floor of the truck box about 2' apart. When we stop to pick up the mattress and box spring, I will slip them in between the uprights. The rest of the load is on either side. Didn’t want to make another trip to Green Bay if I didn’t have to.

The program is to head back up north today. Should be leaving as soon as the truck is finished being loaded. Since this is Memorial Day weekend and we are delegates to the Synod Assembly on Friday and Saturday next week, we will probably stay there until Wednesday or Thursday. That will be the first full week of our stay at Guds Nordtre. Concentrating on bringing my tools and supplies this time. Very frustrating not to have what I need and know I have it - at the other place. Seems there is always one more tool needed that I don’t have too. I am pretty good at making "work-arounds" though. Have to when the money is not available and we will not buy things on credit.

Bible study did not go as well as I had hoped. To be honest, I really had not reviewed it since writing it a couple of weeks ago, so I was not very fresh on the material. We did manage to stagger through it however. I think some learning was taking place. Next week we are not having Bible study, mostly at my suggestion (didn’t want to drive down on Memorial Day), but there were a few others who also would not be there. The folks also got a chuckle from our having snow on Sunday.

Talked to the phone company again yesterday to find out what happened to the hookup. After going through a lot of hoops in the "time saving" automated answering system, I finally got a hold of a gal somewhere. She indicated that service was not installed because we needed to make a deposit before they would come out! There was no mention of that at all in the first contact. She indicated there was an email sent telling me that, but the only email I received was confirming the time and day their installer would come. I have used their system for several decades and really was surprised and grumpy with the request. Eventually the deposit was dropped and the installation will happen, hopefully, this Friday sometime between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.! She also tried to sell me DSL service, not available, and some other "features" that would not be able to hooked up there. Guess they have to try.

Also contacted Logosol about the sawmill which hasn’t come yet. The return email said the necessary parts are still in Sweden and would not be here until mid-July at the earliest! The company was very apologetic about the situation, but that still doesn’t get the mill here any sooner. Guess I should have a pretty good sized pile of logs peeled and ready to saw. Wouldn’t need to peel them before milling if I had the mill, but want them to dry more evenly and reduce some of the checking.

Margriet has been packing clothing, food, and household stuff to take up, while doing the laundry and other things. Seems we don’t have a problem finding things to do. Had a really good chicken dinner last night and we should continue to improve our menus up nort’ as time goes on. Hope we will have room in the Hobbit Hus for all we need. Am sure our needs will change some too. Everything is getting more compact.

If we get the phone hooked up, and if we get the internet hooked up, I will add to this from Guds Nordtre. If not, it will be the next time we come back to FISKLAND again next week. That should be a really long blog if it has to wait that long to publish.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris ><>