HOT

July 25, 2007 (5:12am)
63º F, Fog, No wind.

Good morning,

Twas hot yesterday. The temperature went above 85º F a bit, but there was absolutely no wind almost all day long. The sun was unbearable for most of the time too. Fortunately the humidity was down, so it could have been worse. Didn’t do much jogging yesterday for sure. Supposed to be a bit warmer today, but sure hope there is some wind. It was so hot yesterday, that we decided to go into Fob’s for supper instead of having the beef soup Margriet had made the day before. Margriet had turkey rolls and I had a fungus burger. Really good as usual.

We paid our taxes yesterday, so that task is over for another 6 months. Do hope FISKLAND will be out of our hands before the next bill comes. We still will need to pay a portion of the bill as we will have owned it for part of the year. That is our responsibility. Also wrote to our LP supplier to have them stop the "budget" account and to refund the money already paid this year. Will be nice to have that back at least. I am also thinking of closing down the phone line. It is far more expensive at FISKLAND then here. The internet will continue until it runs out in I thing September. We can still access it via the web and that will allow folks to get their address books changed.

I went to the post office in Alpha yesterday to get stamps and a money order. It is a one woman show! The only problem is that the window is closed from 11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.! Of course I got there 5 minutes after it closed, so had to make the trip all over again. The stamps I picked up are really cool. They are triangular in shape and are about Jamestown. It is not often a triangular stamp is made and this is a big one. Hard to get the sheet of stamps into our envelop though - it is bigger than the envelop!

The old K-12 school in the center of town is becoming a growing group of businesses. A "general store" is scheduled to open at the end of the month, or when it is finished. They will sell some groceries, but it sounds like they are hoping for the tourist business too. It would be nice to have a little store there, if the prices are more or less in line with the other stores in the area. There already is a small café, open 7:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M., another shop, and a custom wood furniture/specialty products company (in the old Industrial Arts shop) in the building. I think the furniture company owns the building and is remodeling the rest of the building, trying to attract other small businesses. Nice to see happen and the town is so picturesque. It could be better, but that will take folks using the town more than just a place to sleep.

We had a chance to chat with Brenda via ICQ yesterday. Sounds like things are well there. She bought a insect eating plant, which was shipped from Sweden, since they aren’t available in the Netherlands. She has a picture of it on her blog with some commentary. Interesting. She is very handy with a camera, so has some really nice pictures on the blog too.

Margriet spent most of the day trying to reconcile our "books" for the past few months. It was a good job for a hot day, sitting in front of a fan. Not sure if she made all that much progress, as there is still a pile of receipts left. With the purchase, moving, and buying stuff for this place, the task has gotten behind a bunch. Part of the problem also was that until we got most of the computer system here, she couldn’t work on it and while we were in FISKLAND the receipts were here and there sure wasn’t any tome to do it.

Monday before, she spent much of her time on trying to get her Norton virus scanner to load. It still isn’t right. Do wish there was a way of putting the program on the incoming signal, rather than each computer. Sure would be easier than trying to load the same program several times. I think there is a service similar to that available from Uplogon, but not sure to it’s effectiveness or cost. Really don’t want another monthly bill.

Well, me thinks, me should get things underway here so we can leave fairly early. Checked the gasoline prices and found the price of gasoline in Algoma is $2.97/gallon there, about 5¢ less than Green Bay. Here the price has dropped 22¢/gallon, to $3.210/gallon, since we arrived a week ago. The highest price in Wisconsin, and the area, is $3499/gallon in Florence, just over the border from here. I think there is enough in the truck for us to make it home. Avoiding the purchase of gas, and other things, here as much as possible.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris ><>