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first snow of the season.
Yesterday was the first plowable snowstorm of the season. We got six or seven inches of wet snow. Lots of branches down, but none big enough to inconvenience me. Bought one of those push snow shovels in an attempt to save my back. Since I could lean into it and push with my hips once I got the hang of it, it worked really well for clearing ( Read more... ) -
Furpocafright ends in wind and rain.
Another end of october, and another Furpocafright is over and done with, for me at least. I read on social media that there is a leftover booze party going on there tonight ( Read more... ) -
556 days later.
So, this belated post, now that we have internet service working and I actually have a bit of free time, celebrating moving back into our home. 556 days after the fire. It should have been only six months, but the champion grade foot dragging and slow walking by the insurance company. We moved back home October the first ( Read more... ) -
Back from Bangor.
I'm back from festivating in Bangor, and it's been an eventful couple of weeks ( Read more... ) -
And now, for something completely different.
Smithsonain magazine online has an article about this quirky statue that everybody should like ( Read more... ) -
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Pacific fleet?
Just heard on the news that another US Pacific Fleet ship has suffered a collision at sea with an oil tanker. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?!?!?!!? You had one just a couple months ago. Where was the bridge crew and CIC crew? Their first job is to keep track of every other ship, submarine and aircraft in the vicinity ( Read more... ) -
More life happens.
So, still waiting for the bank to schedule closing on the construction loan. Now, I think the delay is that everyone is popping off on their summer vacations. Once the loan is closed, we get the first installment of money four banking business days later. (m-f, plus saturday) Once we have the money, pay the contractor all the back bills we owe ( Read more... ) -
July updates
Another july, another birthday. I didn't even realize it was my birthday until I was filling in the date on a purchase request at work. So I took off from work a couple hours early, bought a carrot cake and had some of it with mom after supper. Then to keep me from eating the rest of the cake, I went and gave the remainder to the hotel ( Read more... ) -
June update.
So, now its june 20th. We are still in the hotel. Work on the house has stopped as we have run out of money, and getting a construction loan to finish the house is taking way way way longer than I ever imagined. So the back to the house at the beginning of july plan is out the window. IF we got the loan check tomorrow, it would be early ( Read more... ) -
End of an american icon.
So, on Sunday evening, in the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, the last ever performance of The Greatest Show on Earth, The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus happened. I watched in on youtube, slightly delayed, since when the show actually started, I was loading a truck behind the Schubert Theater in Boston. I turned it on after I ( Read more... )