Cool morning

August 30, 2007 (6:33am)

39º F, Clear, Calm Wind, 0 mph.

Good morning,

A really cool day breaking this morning. Really is nice out though. Should be out working I think. Wonder how many more of these days we will have before the snow comes. Whenever it arrives, we will not be ready I am sure. At least not totally.

Our ISP tech never showed up yesterday nor die we get a call. I am grumpy about that! We pretty much stayed close to the house all day, waiting for a call or a guy to show up. I wrote an email this morning complaining. We did have some errands to run, but didn’t - waiting. The system is still not right. Still get too many errors instead of completed connections.

I did find that I can run a wire from one end of the eating kitchen, the entire length, into the bathroom. That will eventually make a lot of the surface wiring disappear. I did run out of one kind of electrical boxes and need to get more, so the progress was rather limited yesterday. We will go and get more this morning, along with some other errands.

I did get all of the nails pulled from the pieces of the walls we have taken down yesterday. Now I need to put it up in the loft of the “wood shop” and sort it to make it easier to find what I need. There are a lot of pieces to move! Didn’t think there was that much. There also is a lot that is kindling. That I am putting in smallish boxes and will put them in the wood box, one at a time, to use. I don’t think I really will use that much kindling, at least not as much as the past few years, as this woodstove will be operating more and longer.

I have a pretty good selection of 2"x4" s but they are shorter than I need at the moment. Want to fill in the huge doors in the shop before winter, but need them 8' long for that task. I am thinking of putting in three swing doors, two hinged together, rather than the monsters now there. Not all that keen on an overhead door as the leave too much cold air in when opened. With the conventional style doors, I will be able to open one as and entrance door, eliminating the extra small door now there. Eventually will put a ceiling in and the space above will be storage with a door opening to the outside to put larger things in and out. I really am not looking forward to taking down the big doors. They are built very heavy. Probably will dismantle them while they are vertical and still on the hinges. Since the wall is rather thick, I think I will be able to build the new wall/doors inside of the present doors while they are closed. At least that is the hope.

There was a hen turkey with about 8-10 chicks in the driveway yesterday morning. The chicks were very small, about the size of a softball. I thought they would be larger at this time of year, but a late crop I think. Wonder if they will survive the winter. They sure were busy eating weed seeds, but better grow very fast not to be easy meals for fox and coyotes in the area.

I also need to get busy on a couple of deer stands too. Not too sure if I will be able to hunt this year or not. Have to check on the residency requirements. If nothing else I will do some “scouting” this season and see what the patterns are around here. Of course our moving in will change them some. Lots of good stand areas on this chunk of God’s Northwoods.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris <><