More ready for some assembly

July 27, 2007 (10:21am)
72º F, Beautiful, Variable light wind.

Good morning,

Talk about sleeping late! I didn’t get up until 6:30 A.M. or there abouts. It was a long day and night. We are back at Guds Nordtre after deciding that an 1½ drive to FISKLAND would also be about half way to Guds Nordtre. As it turned out, we were in Crivitz after driving 1½ and half way home. For some reason, we really made good time, in spite of some times heavy rain (and 3 deer cross in front of us) from Appleton to north of Green Bay. It took snitch under 3 hours from the Synod office to here. We were very tired when we got here and only took in the food from the ice-chest - then to bed and very soon asleep.

The meeting was a good one at the Synod office. We got more of the where’s and wherefore’s of the Assembly and what we will be doing there. One night there is a banquet and another our group is meeting for a dinner at an Italian restaurant. I never thought of it, but the assembly is very much like a political convention, the way it is laid out in the hall and procedures. Each Synod has it’s own seating section and the voting is done by electronic balloting from our seats. There is a big concern about the folks trying to change the policy and how it will be done. While we each are to express and vote our own leading of the Spirit, I got the distinct feeling everyone from our Synod has the same leading as I do. I am some excited and expectant to go and really looking forward to the experience.

We stopped on the way down to pickup a freezer. I had done my homework, via the internet, before going. We were surprise to find the one we decided on was also on sale, so saved more than 10% of what we thought we would spend. It also was the last Whirlpool 10 cu. foot model they had in stock, other than the floor sample. At the moment it is still on the back of the truck as most everything else needs to come off first. We also have to clear a path through the boxes (empty) in the basement to move it from the doorway to the spot it will occupy for the duration. Hopefully it will be in and cold before the day is out, but I wouldn’t bet on it.

Also on the truck is 12 cases of ceramic tile, light brown (called Ponderosa), 12" square. Each case is very heavy and I was very glad there was a couple of young bucks to load it for me. Unfortunately this old buck has to unload it! It will be used for the floor under the woodstove in the Hobbit Hus and the walls close to it as a fire stop. We have been looking for some and following the prices closely since buying this place. I am very leery of the present setup, especially when it will be hot all day eventually. The price was almost 40% less than their normal price and nearly 25% less than the lowest sale price we had seen before. We thought it was a good deal and bought enough to do the job - we think. Hopefully there will be a couple extra tile left over and not a couple short. Now I have to figure out what else we need to do the job. Also need to review/remember how to install it. Haven’t done that since the early 80's. Suspect the mastics, &c., have changed in that time too.

Our ride down was uneventful, but the weather was very hot and humid on Wednesday. What work we did do once arriving at FISKLAND was done in front of a fan. We didn’t get much done actually. I did start reloading the truck starting at about 5:30 A.M., while it was still a pit cool, the we concentrated on packing up the "little" stuff and filling boxes. There sure is a lot of little stuff. Some of it pretty hard to do too, since it involved some of the things the kids were involved with and of course that brought back too many memories for me. Some of the stuff should go back to Joy and her kids, as they are some things of their Grandparents and Great-grandparents. They should stay with the family, but I don’t know how to get them to them or even where they are.

Before we left, I had a couple of emails telling me that the sawmill had arrived in New Orleans from Sweden and would be shipped soon. They thought it would arrive during the time we were at Assembly - of course. So .... they agreed to ship it after we are home again, rather than have any problems with not being here, other than going to the store or some such. FedEx is supposed to call before coming though. Maybe I will be able to make some wood yet before the snow is eye-ball deep! Would like to build a solar drying kiln, but that might be a bit much to hope for at this stage of the game.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris ><>