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Dec. 3rd, 2009 @ 07:43 am Thirty Two Days
And Counting....

My surgery is set for January fouth and I'm pretty well prepared.

I need to make a few custom draw sheets still which will let me test the sewing machine I need to remember and go back and leave the guy feedback with pluss's and figure out the basics of the thing so I'll visit good will and get some king sized sheets and Ace for some steel rings and make a few draw sheets to work with the head board and if I had a spring scale I could find out exactly how many pounds force it take to slide someone up in bed with it and I'm guessing it will just be around four but guesses are guesses until I actual do it sew...

Done

I just need to juggle around a few last things and I'm good to go.

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Dec. 2nd, 2009 @ 08:03 am Reign Over Me
And low flying jets...

The mysterious invisable jets did strafing runs over the house again this foggy morning running full out with just instruments being that there is zero visablity...

Last night a big helo and I've been around helo's this is a big gunship, hovered over the house rattled the windows and probably saw me clear as day in thermal images as I ran out to get a glimpse it was so low.

All I got was wet.

Johnathan Helo

Top Secret!
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Dec. 1st, 2009 @ 07:57 am Well Sew What?
Just about anything I want to is sew what...

Classic

This thing is for sewing heavy leather and straps and layers and layers of denim etc plus has 60 attachements to do embroidary and weighs in at 40 pounds being that there is not a bit of platic used in making it.

All Steel and Brass from the good old days and completely refurbished.

Perfectly capable of sewing through one of my fingers without stalling to!

I've got a 500 gallon air tank I'm thinking of turning into a device to launch me a few hundred feet in the air over the lake sew after I get the odds and ends done I need to make for the wife I'll try making a sport chute...
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Nov. 30th, 2009 @ 03:40 pm Prayers and Thoughts Needed
My caregivers son wasn't breathing this morning she gave CPR the EMS got him breathing again and rushed him to the hospital but no news yet.
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Nov. 29th, 2009 @ 01:00 pm Blue Moons
The second full moon in the same month is a blue moon and doesn't happen very often hence the phrase once in a Blue Moon for things people never get aroundtuit and this has been a long long year for us here and so many hoops to jump through but come Monday I should have cleared the debts I got from La La land sfter reading the FTC's website a couple times and brushing up like I was an attorney I know prelaw was never a major with all the Latin and and all but you need to be really clear and simple in any settlement and insist it's resolved with prejudice so they can't come back at you two years later and don't let a collection agency try and convince you they can charge interest on a charged off debt but don't quote me google it all for yourself but and anyways most of the gadget are made the rental is 99% done I'm snoozing today from all the attention I need to muster up when we had guests for the holidays as is the wife and the house guest tore up his back tearing down a house for someone and it's been in the 30's here and geez I ramble when I'm tired the weekend caregivers son is moving here in a month from michigan 19 so another house guest I built this house for someone with a large family with kids to grow up in if I ever had to I'd probobly sell it for less to a young couple with kids than a retired couple but of course you can't do it and not likely to ever occur I'll do the four months a recovering the first house guest is gonna finish the cabin on his off days and the second after a discussion will help him for a day or so then or now and the caregiver that which is his mother is going to move back at the beginning of the year they can save there money, be here after my surgery and they to will start spring summer on solid ground the first house guest will relocate to the cabin on the tree farm when it's done for a reduced rent and months free in place of labor plus he just got a car so,

I got my ducks in a row and can sleep all night again.

OH and the Blue Moon thing.

This New Years Eve is both a Blue Moon and a Partial Lunar Eclipse...

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Nov. 28th, 2009 @ 11:50 am This is Just Plain Funny.
These lady's have talent...



It's all in Fun, I'm not a Grinch.
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Nov. 28th, 2009 @ 07:56 am Well Fed
We had a bunch of folks here for Turkey and Ham and Pecan pie and everything in between and I stayed awake through the entire process.

Maybe I should have had more Turkey...

Tables Set!
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Nov. 27th, 2009 @ 12:46 pm Thanksgiving on Black Friday...
We're having a housefull today for Thanksgiving since the grandkid and his parents had to be at the other inlaws yesterday and the house guest was invited to some pseudo relatives.

The turkeys almost done and we'll have at least fifteen guests plus the dogs!

I accidently came home after dropping said house guest off took off my biker jacket hung it on a chair in the kitchen with my phone in the gun pocket went to lay down on the heating pad, fell asleep, woke at eight to get dinner for the wife and I having forgotten about my phone, woke this morning to five missed come get me please calls and it wasn't until seven I realized I needed to find the phone LOL.

Poor Dave he slept on someones couch last night called me at 6 while I was in the tub and missed a sixth call, called him up and it was thirty three degrees out so I rushed to rescue him.

I'm a bad bad person LOL.

Actually I just forget simple things like this all the time and he was OK and too polite to call the house number for which I chastised him mildly.

34 Degrees Outside
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Nov. 26th, 2009 @ 08:50 am A Housefull
I've got a full house and a big turkey and ham...

The grandkid kid Sean is having a blast with the puppy although the puppy took his pacifer and is running around with it in his mouth.

I need to get a shot...

No need for me to hit the road but I love this song from way back then.


hit tracker



A Tiny Visitor

Tiny Feets
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Nov. 25th, 2009 @ 07:17 am Distant Roads are Calling Me
Like the Sirens of the Island of the Faiakes But I'm firmly secured to my Mast.

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Nov. 23rd, 2009 @ 07:19 am I Don't Miss the Snow!
Save your money and don't go to the show.



Poor Nanuck...
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Nov. 22nd, 2009 @ 08:04 am Six Am Why am I Outside Already?
Every morning the new pup wakes me scratching at his Kennel Priscillia jumps from the bed to taunt him and I grab my boots as fast as I can so as to not wake the wife...

They have me well trained.



Even Betsy get's involved most days...
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Nov. 20th, 2009 @ 07:27 am No More Tears
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Nov. 19th, 2009 @ 07:38 pm What a Good Day
The power chair is frickin excellent went to the Doc's for the wife and talked about my surgery recovery time and he emphasized I wouldn't be able to just jump up and take care of her a week later which will help me later trust me LOL and he looked over the chair mods brought his staff in to look and out of the blue he said I needed to write a book about all the bullets we both dodged in the last six or so years longer for my wife which felt good but I doubt I'd have the attention span to actually do it I need to corner some publisher or maybe make an outline and send it off to a few and explain I'd need a hand I know nothing of how all this works maybe it will give me something to research while I'm flat on my back I'm close to having all the loose ends wrapped up and am going to relocate the computer to the puppy nightstand device and screw down all the wires so the puppy can't get to them and I can just by reaching over, add a wireless keyboard and I'll be set and also have my desk top cleared off so it's actual usable I'm so close to sorting out the mail found all over the house just two and a half boxes left and with a usable desk I
l'll be able to get rid of the card table I'm using to keep stacks of sorted things on and have plenty of room to hobble around in here without falling over something.

Except the puppy.

Usable Space

We also stopped a few places the wife is having a blast going up and down isles without me pushing her in a hurriedly manner (I hate window shopping) and I can just wonder around or walk laps up an down the isles we stopped at Good Will one of my favorite places to shop I'm still looking for a sewing machine but settled on a pretty nice digital TV for $39 to put up in the guest suite so if the neighbors grand daughter moves in as planned after my surgery she can have tv and the network is already run up there so when she's not in class and just hanging out during the day she can have some privacy, got home lay on the heating pad for an hour and I'm actually still mostly awake at eight without a nap...

I also got four calls on the rental and the ad came out this morning so I should be able to get someone in there with time to spare before I get a knife taken to me.

It was a stress relieving day.
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Nov. 19th, 2009 @ 07:33 am The Second Day
Geez I woke at five took the guest to a job came home sat in the tub an hour easy and I'm already spent from taking the wife to the doc's yesterday and then some shopping the power chair works great no bridge needed to get her from bed so suddenly she can tour the house without much effort from the caregivers or myself got a transfer belt instead of reinventing wheels and making one myself it's exactly what I was seeing in my mind scary...

I need a better bridge to the car though and now I am looking at the dog house and thinking a simple plank with a six inch padded box below it I could jam between the car seat and chair seat would work out better maybe especially if the top layer had beveled edges and a slick finish it would just be a matter of laterial motion but and anyways another doc appointment after lunch the heat from the tub didn't last the day like it usually does so I'm going to lay back down with the heating pad until the wife wakes up.

Or as long as I can keep the pup from barking for attention...

Newest Addition!
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Nov. 18th, 2009 @ 08:04 am Live Wire
So yesterday I had a friend helping me finish up the rental and it used to have a well out back that went dry so I had city water hooked up instead of putting down a new well. It was actually cheaper and down the road I won't have to repair it if we get a lightning strike or something but I had a small shelter built around it for freezes with an outlet and light and I wanted to grab the water tank since it is short and squat and will fit in the bunker perfectly.

I went back prepared with pipe wrenches and my favorite pair of dikes, capped off the water line to the tank and went to cut the power line headed to the pressure switch so I could yank the tank out and boom I discover the line is line lots of arcing and such but I've done this before sometimes intentionally to trip the breaker me being lazy and all and but anyways after the first zap I figured the breaker blew so I grabbed the dikes again and squeezed hard to cut the cable and once again boom and sparks fly as I kneel in the water that drained from the tank I squeezed harder and finally severed the line.

I ruined the dikes to LOL melted a big hole in them I might try and weld it but I dunno if I'd be able to grind a new edge on it in such a small space.

At this point I was saying to myself the breaker definitely blew this time and when I went to pull the tank out I realized I'd need to tear down the mini well house so I began to disassemble the outlet switch and light and just let them lay in the ground. Since the cable and water line is deeply buried I wanted to put a post and security light up and add a water tap since it's a big yard and a tenant might want a garden I gather my tools and make a mental note to come back with the chain saw to dispatch the well house and grab the tank leaving the wires laying on the wet ground, walk into the trailer and check the power box and the breaker still hadn't tripped.

30 amps sitting next to me like a snake LOL.

I closed the breaker and duct taped it off just in case to keep me out of the doghouse...

Usable Desk Surface
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Nov. 17th, 2009 @ 08:07 am In The Doghouse
At least that's where I found the cat this morning...

She didn't feel like posing for a picture and hopped out as soon as she saw the camera.

Scraps of wood make for a side table / dog refuge. When Priscillia has a litter the little ones won't be able to crawl out of it until they have grown a bit. I'm going to seal the inside with fiberglass resin then stain it Mahogany and it will make a table over Maxwell's kennel and give Priscillia an easily defended cave to escape to when the pup wears her out playing.

Red Oak Trim
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Nov. 15th, 2009 @ 07:55 am Finally I'm Getting Something Done!
I swear that's a line from some sci fi movie but the title eldudes me.

Eludes me I mean to say.

Rescued a friend yesterday long story and in turn he helped a few hours on the rental he crashed in the guest suite to destress gave him a handful of Videos to watch I bet he slept on the couch LOL. I ran out of steam when we got home or rather my back was being itself so I lay down for a bit on the heating pad and watched PBS with the headphones on while the wife watched the news, got up for thirty minutes and glued together the beginning of the mini in house dog house this AM at 6 the cat was sleeping in it...

Today I need to get back to paper work sorting and respond to another collection place that is really twisting the rules and swearing and all that to boot so I'm probably going to turn it over to an Attorney that's been giving me help on the side and I haven't heard yet from the third I sent a letter off to.

On top of that someone used our phone number on a loan to buy a truck or something from Fargo and I've called them three times to explain reguardless of what number he put down my truck is twenty one years old and my name isn't whatever they keep trying to ask for and suggested they try the DMV and maybe it was a typo but all in all things are well in that matter or will be.

The carpet looks great and if the friend seeking sanctuary get's up anytime soon he's gonna drink some coffee and head over to the rental and finish the painting then I have a few odds and ends and we can attempt to rerent it.

I'll be picky this time I tend to let people slide on things if I know they are having trouble but it's to the point I can't be like this and need someone in there that I won't have to worry about after the surgery.

Carpet

Scraps
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Nov. 14th, 2009 @ 07:47 am I Still Cannot Operate the Coffee Maker
I'm gonna need to break down and find my glasses and read the instructions.

Filled it up with water and coffee left it "On" for fifteen then tried to pump out a cup which ended up being semi hot clear water popped the lid up and there is just a drop of moisture in the center of the ground up awakedness so I transfer it to the old maker and use it once again.

Oddly enough it has not leaked a drop the past two days and I was here all day because our caregiver had some medical issues that were important thank gawd for old time doctors that even in an ER have that tingley feeling that all on the surface is not the entire story the day the wife and I went to get her blood work and had the caregiver get seen for an antibiotic for a tooth and made a day of it lots of XRays and why is it taking so long just to get an antibiotic and I knew a lady who swallowed a fly she had to have a procedure done yesterday and has a serious infection being treated aggressively I told her to just do anything she needed to do for herself and lay most of the day on the heating pad it was a long long week of doctors for the wife and took care of her even got her to scoot over to the power chair which is a piece of cake from the bed to there and back for her and she toured around the house for thirty and I got the head board seriously lag bolted to the wall studs to the point it accurred to me if I pulled to hard I'd knock the bed off it's posts...

I also stared at the scraps of Birch plywood and came up with a second dog house for Priscillia next to the Kennel with a top over both to act as a side table for me and I can screw down all the cords for my head phones and charges etc and puppy proof them and make the door of Priscillias abode too high for the puppy to get over, make the top detachable add a shelf inside once again for P to get out of puppy reach, fiberglass the bottom for easy cleaning and she can have a litter in there one day.

I got as far as cutting the wood LOL and I'm just spent I'm too the point about the only way I don't hurt is to lay flat on my back but I'm getting things done still and will have more than the time I want to lay on my back in January...

Installed
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Nov. 13th, 2009 @ 08:01 am I Cannot Operate the Coffee Maker
Oh the humanity this morning I stumble over dogs to the kitchen and realize quickly that the night before as the caregiver and I stared at the replacement coffee maker for the one that made two cups at a time and leaked half of one over the counter since day one almost, and wondered where the on button was, I realized I never read the instructions the night before that being last night and now once again I stare at a button that just says program and remember percorlators and simplicity and I replug the old one back in and decided to approach the matter at a later time.

Nothing Happens...

The carpet people got the carpet down in the rental yesterday at least when I went over to get my portable table saw they were halfway done super nice job but,

they were supposed to call first and do it next week after all the painting was completely finished and I had cleaned the place up of tools and returned the plank flooring that ended up being such a poor product. Oddly enough my friend that was painting it and was going to move my air compressor for me back to here called yesterday morning and had a small job and I told him not to worry about getting up there since it wouldn't be put down until next week LOL.

No big deal.
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Nov. 12th, 2009 @ 07:26 am Headless Lolly Pops Dance Through the House
I've been finding left over Halloween sucker's minus the sticks and a few chews through the wrapper all over the foot of my bed. I kept picking it them up thinking I must have just dropped the same one after snatching it from the puppy's wrath but then it accurred to me they seemed to change colors...

I just went into the dining room and there is a little side table next to the dining table said candy had been placed there in a large bowl.

The Table cloth was much in Dissaray and a chair had been pulled out leading me to surmise the Priscillia had jumped to the chair to the table slid around on the top and had been dropping the lollypops down to the puppy this being all my fault for letting the puppy chew on a used lolly pop stick after I had removed any traces of sugar in exchange for it to stop chewing my boot laces.

Team Work.

Smart Dog was Here

Evidence
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