tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18397269353714835682024-03-15T11:37:23.500-05:00Itchyhitch What's NewFormer fulltimers making a stationary life in WI.Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comBlogger551125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-33810727133159319572024-03-15T11:26:00.003-05:002024-03-15T11:36:29.496-05:00Getting Closer to North!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT4Qt3zIVC6S1GwpJR87gdS-F2HbOVbDMYNZwFVn4UlYFsgnUea0LQNoBdH7ReR_V-CpMjFBMb9vSg2w5Df5uG9-QlHAJji1wcuqfrkoYHRWO8LjVe4ZvnCyg-WlrBdfiUwoQekzieMadOA_oCiTTebiJ3pPCYPAP5F5_To0NB8ArXHgvuTiqgvhEHPc/s4032/IMG_5945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT4Qt3zIVC6S1GwpJR87gdS-F2HbOVbDMYNZwFVn4UlYFsgnUea0LQNoBdH7ReR_V-CpMjFBMb9vSg2w5Df5uG9-QlHAJji1wcuqfrkoYHRWO8LjVe4ZvnCyg-WlrBdfiUwoQekzieMadOA_oCiTTebiJ3pPCYPAP5F5_To0NB8ArXHgvuTiqgvhEHPc/s320/IMG_5945.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With winter soon on its way out, it’s time for an update
although this will cover some personal health issues we’ve both been
experiencing that have been no fun.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marc really immersed himself into the shelter build in his
oversight duties, which meant he was there most days at some point during the
day, sometimes for hours. That became his major accomplishment of the winter.
The building is about a month overdue but finally reaching the final stages
where cabinets and fixtures are about to be installed. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijupi_-l_i-_CfU6HN0w-49AkSeocFdUO0o3wAInJOLMpWLOZbihKjimu4neGvE7y3yaj2Tj27cCQot9fjeLHIodZn7NQNwe0WJrByQWIgy9YP04PsUUsRF9Y6BvQjUzXeod33SmHcseWMnSyV8mVKkfJBDgoVC_hX8eJS0BMDlu8M-6jgC2dVjFHD7OU/s4032/IMG_5934.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijupi_-l_i-_CfU6HN0w-49AkSeocFdUO0o3wAInJOLMpWLOZbihKjimu4neGvE7y3yaj2Tj27cCQot9fjeLHIodZn7NQNwe0WJrByQWIgy9YP04PsUUsRF9Y6BvQjUzXeod33SmHcseWMnSyV8mVKkfJBDgoVC_hX8eJS0BMDlu8M-6jgC2dVjFHD7OU/s320/IMG_5934.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-M2nWFq8zQ1YVOh0G-aPNLmBY1-snlOON7YWxuVBn9VREMfyPH-QJ2WGxsYw8tMDxDkUFo3wOeH_vSvNOp6_J5ls5Tp5YxF6mTXUela3qZB7FszJ8wcL-LxvZxc-AQia8hWZvIxhfOTSk1RM-5InrCEUaOB7WFq_oAaia2AwK6tyg5GXTYaweYqlqepM/s4032/IMG_5933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One weekend, Marc suddenly felt some sharp pain in his back
on a Saturday and thought he must have pulled a muscle. By Sunday it was no
better, in fact, was much worse and then he took his blood pressure and found
it extremely high, so he asked me to take him to ER. After three hours and some
scans later, they determined he had a large kidney stone which was in the ureter.
He was sent home with some non-opioid pain meds and a strainer and told to
watch and see if it passed. By mid-week, other than a short respite for one
day, the pain had not abated, so we headed for a urology center in Appleton. We
didn’t make it there as Marc was insane with pain, so we again ended up at ER
in a major hospital in Neenah, much better equipped than Waupaca’s small
hospital. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACiiWyv7D5XozmzKYA9cNjdD5_ZRmNevDVJEsb5fGsZv0uv3eU0QqcMYnawVFR1UTIeH7M_NZgF00lozkjQLubu7Z49CrqbCreY1Hgb-6T8BErvxuTxnvQIJu4eifRsyTFXRdJX-ETXLEkM_HEz_u0ZoVrFBDs5YKSYzhrPxFI9YYOIRoaeZRzuNcCLo/s4032/IMG_5955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACiiWyv7D5XozmzKYA9cNjdD5_ZRmNevDVJEsb5fGsZv0uv3eU0QqcMYnawVFR1UTIeH7M_NZgF00lozkjQLubu7Z49CrqbCreY1Hgb-6T8BErvxuTxnvQIJu4eifRsyTFXRdJX-ETXLEkM_HEz_u0ZoVrFBDs5YKSYzhrPxFI9YYOIRoaeZRzuNcCLo/s320/IMG_5955.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Scans revealed the stone had become stuck so emergency
surgery was ordered and after a day in the ER and the OR, I was able to drive
Marc home with a stent. The stent proved almost as painful as the stone but at
least this time they had given him opioid medications, which were of greater
help. Several days later the stent was removed and Marc felt as though he was a
new man! After nearly ten days of constant pain and not being able to do much
beyond lie doubled over in bed, he was joyful to have that ordeal over with. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I managed to get through helping the shelter hold its online
auction, with all the sorting and distribution that entails at the end, and
then suddenly one day I started feeling so dizzy I about passed out. So, it was
Marc’s turn to take me in to ER. Nothing much was determined, with the
exception that I wasn’t having a heart attack and they suspected an inner ear
problem, and I was sent home with some referrals and a RX Dramamine pill which
did nothing to touch the dizziness. That’s been a couple weeks ago and the
dizziness comes and goes, sometimes to the extent that all I can do is sit
still or sleep. It will be a convoluted process to see an ENT specialist; I
have to have an audiogram first, which an appointment wasn’t available until
April and of course, the ENT guy is booking out until mid-June. By June, of
course, we hope to be north, so that will entail the three-hour drive back here
to Waupaca. GURRRRR….<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Moving right along, we’ve wanted to get the Hideout up for
sale and knew we had to fix the refrigerator that went out last year. No fixing
that; we had to order a new one to the tune of nearly $2000. The original is an
Atwood, which they stopped making (well, of course they did) and we prayed the
new Norcold would fit through the doorway. The new one fit in (surprise,
surprise), but the old one wouldn’t fit out so Marc had to totally disassemble
it. RV manufacturers make such sense with the way they build, don’t they? </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT0Ms0fuhPWw9S2lTUyGWu7v-SB_WeNqRA_ozwXV5y15d0JVMGvQz8hoRJN_As6nCa0986iFfOs8JvfiU6qj8RG17zTHdcxnCDcJ6SllQuxp3lk7Ul5vsatCMDo1oBv-28ziW8wSWg4cc3oQf-YTQJ5yGe1R2vtCqpAQ9ZlHR1Z4PBlZt2Uj0x649mYI/s4032/IMG_5972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT0Ms0fuhPWw9S2lTUyGWu7v-SB_WeNqRA_ozwXV5y15d0JVMGvQz8hoRJN_As6nCa0986iFfOs8JvfiU6qj8RG17zTHdcxnCDcJ6SllQuxp3lk7Ul5vsatCMDo1oBv-28ziW8wSWg4cc3oQf-YTQJ5yGe1R2vtCqpAQ9ZlHR1Z4PBlZt2Uj0x649mYI/s320/IMG_5972.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcUtffoAD5Nv_CRJC0deoUdiBMcl07z7_wrZPiygm0hlNqJXi5eUbEHgaGKEYXphPVIvtnKjoH3WkPZb0__dOAtwOrmO2JsCkOLXTdzb5NkUnbTk-5bgm0k0qA7u6caPdVT5yVVNaiPTv6v_-pBOTe5eQlRaWKqAPEHc7pLeabsTMXCMqQ01-74vGBLw/s4032/IMG_5971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcUtffoAD5Nv_CRJC0deoUdiBMcl07z7_wrZPiygm0hlNqJXi5eUbEHgaGKEYXphPVIvtnKjoH3WkPZb0__dOAtwOrmO2JsCkOLXTdzb5NkUnbTk-5bgm0k0qA7u6caPdVT5yVVNaiPTv6v_-pBOTe5eQlRaWKqAPEHc7pLeabsTMXCMqQ01-74vGBLw/s320/IMG_5971.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As if that wasn’t enough, it also suddenly developed an
electrical problem with all the exterior lights so Marc has been working on
trying to chase that down for days it seems. That’s where it stands right now,
so here’s hoping everything can be resolved soon and we can sit that baby out
front with its For Sale sign and attract a quick and motivated buyer.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We’ve been batting around all sorts of ideas of our build
projects for the north property this summer. Marc has to finish up some final
touches on the boat house; a piece of trim on the roof of the shop; build a
small insulated interior space/room for the well head pressure tank; and lay
cement pads for the wheels of the big RV. We’re going to hire his contractor
friend to help with a new set of stairs with handrails down the slope to
replace the badly canted railroad tie steps before I fall on those and break my
neck. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1GJvGgQoXxXjXFhFEmJ1hurLo469tE2hUsB41eIU1hMmoZGE7xDtADPJBAe12gbg_yjx_9YXYTGx7NoaKLDWfxXtyCPjvcaeb9gtdgbf-WQCwwSo5SIggpNWZIvcUQhuXuzRC3WhB9Zo11HNOOXsthvk8O25I9mVU8ZunLYhRP4hyFBp_BD8QuyeQos/s4032/IMG_5246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1GJvGgQoXxXjXFhFEmJ1hurLo469tE2hUsB41eIU1hMmoZGE7xDtADPJBAe12gbg_yjx_9YXYTGx7NoaKLDWfxXtyCPjvcaeb9gtdgbf-WQCwwSo5SIggpNWZIvcUQhuXuzRC3WhB9Zo11HNOOXsthvk8O25I9mVU8ZunLYhRP4hyFBp_BD8QuyeQos/s320/IMG_5246.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We’ve also decided since its waterfront lake property, we need to be able
to enjoy it as such rather than just have a pretty view, so we’re going to
build a small dock at the end of our boardwalk so we can leave the kayaks
parked for much easier use and also occasionally leave the pontoon out and
parked in good weather. With more room, I can also turn my bench to face the
lake and maybe we can even enjoy some BBQing there.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxURY5_cYD1LnSX6EMQlI5cesRKQresnI76bc277EcFdBSoFoAqqJbelFbWCvSgCGwk1DQg7cylbyro4Otg7SxXRAp9MHuMU8rC5O2e-T-bFPQR8-u5A957idgbm_w53n2joZ0L66VvQwvJShhmsY3-6Z2SAvLRCRz8eOGkVK9xgDMnNT9vYvc9ibwm_0/s4032/IMG_4953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxURY5_cYD1LnSX6EMQlI5cesRKQresnI76bc277EcFdBSoFoAqqJbelFbWCvSgCGwk1DQg7cylbyro4Otg7SxXRAp9MHuMU8rC5O2e-T-bFPQR8-u5A957idgbm_w53n2joZ0L66VvQwvJShhmsY3-6Z2SAvLRCRz8eOGkVK9xgDMnNT9vYvc9ibwm_0/s320/IMG_4953.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMWquFXKFy0AysUoXQ4a045wgxxvPwakbUAXuPWD3mbxBGdGsp69u0ty87ZOaFDid5i6knmaxjsgBb8hM4ZKEjzdztaRGRGE_mT2T01REabfC9saMxeonF307JmPJsbIO-QSlwzgR9-kgiM1t_Jqv3K52ngvJqC3tc3x5Qaf4jMr3F3gsb8vUt8QKJFI/s4032/IMG_5144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMWquFXKFy0AysUoXQ4a045wgxxvPwakbUAXuPWD3mbxBGdGsp69u0ty87ZOaFDid5i6knmaxjsgBb8hM4ZKEjzdztaRGRGE_mT2T01REabfC9saMxeonF307JmPJsbIO-QSlwzgR9-kgiM1t_Jqv3K52ngvJqC3tc3x5Qaf4jMr3F3gsb8vUt8QKJFI/s320/IMG_5144.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">(area for dock)</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Come along and I’ll
spotlight it all in future blog posts! </span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><br /><p></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-90566019244558965042024-01-12T08:12:00.001-06:002024-01-12T08:12:22.148-06:00Winter Follies<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyE2nCOdfh_VTp1PEoWZmh3Yzi3616ifw5mE5gzX6-dGHzpRo6ycN5xGTg5Rs8Q205o5RS0iInF8sKqTtjA7A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We followed our warmer than normal winter into the new year
with bare grass and fairly mild temps. All that is changing now, with two major
storms hitting this week, which should leave us with around a foot of snow on
the ground by Saturday. I was just thankful for the break that we got for so
long; it really helps psychologically to weather winter in the far north.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I finally gathered and indexed all the art I had made for the
shelter auctions, took pictures of it and wrote descriptions, then put it on a
thumb drive for the shelter director to easily upload it to the auction site
when it’s time. It’s a real smattering of items—from bookmarks, to wall art
quilts, rope baskets and coasters, and decorative stitch pots, and I even threw
in a few pair of newly fashioned earrings. Sixty-one items altogether and by my
reckoning a value of around $900-1000. It will be wonderful if it all sells
with generous offers. There will be enough to serve for several auctions, which she normally holds at least twice a year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCu4PRm5qTkvxb2EoZL4Y76qsiNrtmD0gr9R9urvY87SPDD6Jc8oMSg155XymmVxC9knvuTcSR_IHdKsri0OjksfvZnEfpLMl2E_9tIw-N4o480zKgAaBWCMnyxGtYWf5vusmsrWNGa7HioC6nBflTNmVSNp1zMwy1O_xGok8P2Md5ZuAUVOs-7uL3I90/s4032/532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCu4PRm5qTkvxb2EoZL4Y76qsiNrtmD0gr9R9urvY87SPDD6Jc8oMSg155XymmVxC9knvuTcSR_IHdKsri0OjksfvZnEfpLMl2E_9tIw-N4o480zKgAaBWCMnyxGtYWf5vusmsrWNGa7HioC6nBflTNmVSNp1zMwy1O_xGok8P2Md5ZuAUVOs-7uL3I90/s320/532.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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painting fabrics and embellishments to attempt more collage type art, also
incorporating a lot of the momagami I’ve been crunching up.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rlI9YtQJGjc0DnvXlPIbmbJGFtKH9lqxXO_gCZFYxq9yH69Y-vwrIq3ijwVEf-iGyuU9lEIIXxzksoJHNCTjwVvlqMBBQLbdBwBsPEXD3DyksZ1hX8enwdKl7JcGAC9NmAz6TK9flytu0fLojEcTDr_5DMnYI89h4j1jqPANEICdDNAl0npHChsoMrg/s4032/IMG_5788.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rlI9YtQJGjc0DnvXlPIbmbJGFtKH9lqxXO_gCZFYxq9yH69Y-vwrIq3ijwVEf-iGyuU9lEIIXxzksoJHNCTjwVvlqMBBQLbdBwBsPEXD3DyksZ1hX8enwdKl7JcGAC9NmAz6TK9flytu0fLojEcTDr_5DMnYI89h4j1jqPANEICdDNAl0npHChsoMrg/s320/IMG_5788.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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be finished for awhile yet.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He's also taken on a project dearer to his heart; supervising
a building project (but for free)! The shelter finally broke ground on a stand-alone
surgery center and the director jumped at our offer for Marc to keep an eye on
things and to check for deviations from the plans or in how things should be
built. It’s really helped him to fill the long winter days, pouring over plans
and specs, just as if he’s back in the business. He’s also worked on some minor
repairs to their existing building because everyone knows how difficult it is
to find a handyman these days who actually knows how to fix something!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUh6UrVHx24yTS8Leiudi-yyg5VcTXaZbvSsHvF4O4JKpVRvKsnUbiTsN1D4XKNZ_RipDo7nRNXUD78OG7gb2-1YTH8YTzjcY05B4_e3URlnvJyFr1vP4K-o7RPiapvU0L6zjCXMVX-d9d0Y-k6UCh9h_UolBWovF-X57SQ31JXirke96AxZtHqFg9Yjk/s4032/IMG_5758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUh6UrVHx24yTS8Leiudi-yyg5VcTXaZbvSsHvF4O4JKpVRvKsnUbiTsN1D4XKNZ_RipDo7nRNXUD78OG7gb2-1YTH8YTzjcY05B4_e3URlnvJyFr1vP4K-o7RPiapvU0L6zjCXMVX-d9d0Y-k6UCh9h_UolBWovF-X57SQ31JXirke96AxZtHqFg9Yjk/s320/IMG_5758.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can’t think of anything else too exciting with us so it may
be awhile before I post again; perhaps when the new building is finished this
spring. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-20591703367795058002023-11-21T11:38:00.000-06:002023-11-21T11:38:48.935-06:00Just a Smattering<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I had a blog post going a couple weeks ago and lost it into
the internet netherworld. Frankly, with not a lot going on since returning
home, I don’t have much energy to come up with one, especially as my pursuits
now seem to revolve around my volunteering and sewing projects.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ve been diving into doing some new stuff and found one type
particularly appealing: called stitch pots. They are basically just roughhewn,
hand sewn decorative vessels on the rustic side but are great fun to design.
They start out flat in design and sewing, then end as various sized vessels. It’ll
be interesting to see if they sell at the shelter online auction in February but
I do plan to line my RV valances with some as well. Especially these first two. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjew0DZdKqCo54q5fXdF4xUq5LLdK3Id9-jlFhXt0PeoQUXyy562xxejOCTjJ3u-tIRBaC8URH1KKyVN-7N22R1x7jRG3TtL5GElwVAPMOj2Fmf4HhDfswgawjvVASvBhKOmZKKmM3ePyvFlIP5zMLVGBxQJAtMsNSRNZxWwv7M8pFrqc7n1s0QKoRL0hA/s4032/IMG_5515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjew0DZdKqCo54q5fXdF4xUq5LLdK3Id9-jlFhXt0PeoQUXyy562xxejOCTjJ3u-tIRBaC8URH1KKyVN-7N22R1x7jRG3TtL5GElwVAPMOj2Fmf4HhDfswgawjvVASvBhKOmZKKmM3ePyvFlIP5zMLVGBxQJAtMsNSRNZxWwv7M8pFrqc7n1s0QKoRL0hA/s320/IMG_5515.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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participated in two shelter events: photos with Santa, and the annual deer
hunter widows craft show. I was able to sell a few of my goods, plus others’
donations, while we sat with the most adorable puppy and two kittens, all ready
for adoption. They captured everyone’s hearts.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOzUhQEKEh0Wq_wlsKh1JbdVCHcs5H57L0Ko6dXYTjiumN13hFzShTjBQT9E5vcu2qj6i0K-rKv37WNPgRnUv0myOrTGcSSw4PxgTrqLjLAog0KCTSLmSrSXdy0lR-dGg83SvSDPqXJ6FofGXlMHZ1RgvI9BnnZbShlEHNV7tiPeNlMmdbTw2bbDuim0/s4032/IMG_5567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOzUhQEKEh0Wq_wlsKh1JbdVCHcs5H57L0Ko6dXYTjiumN13hFzShTjBQT9E5vcu2qj6i0K-rKv37WNPgRnUv0myOrTGcSSw4PxgTrqLjLAog0KCTSLmSrSXdy0lR-dGg83SvSDPqXJ6FofGXlMHZ1RgvI9BnnZbShlEHNV7tiPeNlMmdbTw2bbDuim0/s320/IMG_5567.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNGY6sUgd3u2aXPa_c1d3ICAtQjVXzwD5ITk292-6LCFZqCn7iwZlBXFxqebxSOJCZ4qsE3bjl3_nl3GPRCKO2a_lk0Dr1_EsY1cVcNwKIi12T7dYizvjvCuAutDuGpu0pFQ5rjot9GSbbtXwQj3Dr6QVxZOrZEujBiTYqgVwxg5jW1nShLz9JLkTTwk/s4032/IMG_5601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNGY6sUgd3u2aXPa_c1d3ICAtQjVXzwD5ITk292-6LCFZqCn7iwZlBXFxqebxSOJCZ4qsE3bjl3_nl3GPRCKO2a_lk0Dr1_EsY1cVcNwKIi12T7dYizvjvCuAutDuGpu0pFQ5rjot9GSbbtXwQj3Dr6QVxZOrZEujBiTYqgVwxg5jW1nShLz9JLkTTwk/s320/IMG_5601.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVmUds03kAID0PIKCgADgmhgQW3tCO2yUXPyf-z08txXJamuhaGWCqHuKl1_pHbfq9a5rCZhkjg-jRqbn5sTad51bvZ1DoNFXPm9sTCxdMCcULJemS-xNj8b9mG9c6BBIrSU87wFdkh0JixWlvltZqWJ4qdGn6IXRfCdvk2BsMkH_5bZ6GkOJBN7yfZQ/s4032/IMG_5602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVmUds03kAID0PIKCgADgmhgQW3tCO2yUXPyf-z08txXJamuhaGWCqHuKl1_pHbfq9a5rCZhkjg-jRqbn5sTad51bvZ1DoNFXPm9sTCxdMCcULJemS-xNj8b9mG9c6BBIrSU87wFdkh0JixWlvltZqWJ4qdGn6IXRfCdvk2BsMkH_5bZ6GkOJBN7yfZQ/s320/IMG_5602.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9mN9ydue7MXinolMFxaizz02E3ZKyPP-rCafjKLH717Hy2isZnMmgggnghOZkfSNhZq7qFZGTMW5R_kY2I9CgTK0kzHwGfXoigGV9YmEnoFa70GO7NpgOdmHQIjcvZ655c_jYBjGKdyDKJg3EgXV2oNeOFSfArA3WxKKpO7D7zwbOArNyvXK1cSom98/s4032/IMG_5605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9mN9ydue7MXinolMFxaizz02E3ZKyPP-rCafjKLH717Hy2isZnMmgggnghOZkfSNhZq7qFZGTMW5R_kY2I9CgTK0kzHwGfXoigGV9YmEnoFa70GO7NpgOdmHQIjcvZ655c_jYBjGKdyDKJg3EgXV2oNeOFSfArA3WxKKpO7D7zwbOArNyvXK1cSom98/s320/IMG_5605.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q230W-ayq0ZqCvw9cwkX7yFp39tCxRDc_No4q4yT5o-C6nZ-aU8CVuJcNilWmRFxJSrY9_2upRHzH4tJGPC1n69AOnJLas1S7eoV1eiZX422N1xhnK0tR-VwJk5LYHLi2Awmn4hmcVR4RrVP2ZrQWJjSy2cTtoRueWp0zKsOXQng2fuhYj2EVPImJvg/s4032/IMG_5604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q230W-ayq0ZqCvw9cwkX7yFp39tCxRDc_No4q4yT5o-C6nZ-aU8CVuJcNilWmRFxJSrY9_2upRHzH4tJGPC1n69AOnJLas1S7eoV1eiZX422N1xhnK0tR-VwJk5LYHLi2Awmn4hmcVR4RrVP2ZrQWJjSy2cTtoRueWp0zKsOXQng2fuhYj2EVPImJvg/s320/IMG_5604.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also in October, we sadly suddenly lost another long-time
volunteer, who passed away after just a few days of not feeling well. She had
come to our fundraising meeting on a Wednesday and died that Sunday. She was
younger than I and always a real workhorse at events as she was strong and
tireless. She is really missed.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKejGQEBeflnCKSqJdLqHoopUtq6CYzcwDE1it9ZfVxzrKnLVFXATCso3GYMSkbiiyMIop-6BBv-fbSN1dxB4iffrvEIRhUEPoosVmKHTA2abok_syLNIB-5LUfvmNMK_Irr4Gp7sItaWf-mr6HJzjh05CO8lS_sLmFXm86QIV8N2VlLmXId72ntymYN0/s4032/IMG_5607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKejGQEBeflnCKSqJdLqHoopUtq6CYzcwDE1it9ZfVxzrKnLVFXATCso3GYMSkbiiyMIop-6BBv-fbSN1dxB4iffrvEIRhUEPoosVmKHTA2abok_syLNIB-5LUfvmNMK_Irr4Gp7sItaWf-mr6HJzjh05CO8lS_sLmFXm86QIV8N2VlLmXId72ntymYN0/s320/IMG_5607.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Earlier in October, I had some skin cancer cut off the end of
my nose, with the stitches making me look like Frankenstein just in time for
Halloween. Due to lots of nerves in the nose, it actually proved to be quite
painful and swollen for a time and my nose continues to be red and numb. Thankfully, it was
just basal cell so not too worrisome. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_WTY7jjUfXYSh9cvadIUWxbZ3R8XaWFMycqh8BBIuVxusOSXPDdoKgx217zY1EimpTWcY2i5FzTtSsCwi0bjNzFWbh3y2BCngD166CrtW7A73ohbWR6nORr7w3wjUXUeDign8WXSmiCDUyRzYA_7Va2aqDC8yd97rWZGsy6bGJHjTGZHZnvbtgSuU14/s3088/IMG_5520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_WTY7jjUfXYSh9cvadIUWxbZ3R8XaWFMycqh8BBIuVxusOSXPDdoKgx217zY1EimpTWcY2i5FzTtSsCwi0bjNzFWbh3y2BCngD166CrtW7A73ohbWR6nORr7w3wjUXUeDign8WXSmiCDUyRzYA_7Va2aqDC8yd97rWZGsy6bGJHjTGZHZnvbtgSuU14/s320/IMG_5520.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other than a brief Halloween snow, we’ve enjoyed great fall
weather, with temperatures way above normal and days and days of no precipitation
of any kind. That allowed me to do quite a bit of yard pruning and clean-up and
Marc got lots of scrap stuff hauled away to recycle, like much of his steel and
aluminum. He’s been having quite a few bouts with his back going out so hasn’t
been particularly busy so far.</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, onto another note about blogs. I have several bookmarked
from older days and have noticed the evolution as people age out of the RV
lifestyle or move on to other endeavors they don’t care to share with a readership.
Mine too, has greatly evolved and I often think of totally giving it up. It's been going a long time and actually I had one before this which started in 1998 under our own webpage called "Itchyhitch" that we had to pay for. One
thing stops me. Actually, two things: the blog serves as a visual diary of our
lives, and two, I often wonder how many of you tune in just to see how we’re
faring? Blogs I follow, whether I personally know the folks or not, give me the
sensation that I at least keep up with someone’s wellbeing (or not, as the case
may be). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I suppose, however, that without travel and new things to
see, there’s only so much interest my blog can now hold for folks and I worry
about being just mundane with everyday “life”. Nothing so much to learn from
that, eh? The truth is often a hard pill for us to swallow, but realistically,
we’re just now old people slowing fading into a life of fairly sedentary
retirement with a small budget which prevents exotic or other travels. Plus,
the desire is just no longer there given the cats. It’s disruptive to them,
hard on them and they just plain hate it and their wellbeing matters greatly to
us. Traveling down freeways across the country is no longer at all thrilling to
us either; nor would fighting for RV sites be of interest. With the purchase of
our northern property, we have the perfect camp spot and it’s all to ourselves!
We get the best lakeside spot with the enticing view, there’s no other loud
neighbors, barking dogs, running kids passing through our spot or late-night
boom box activity.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I guess where I’m going with all this is that going forward,
I’ll likely continue the blog but the posts may become fewer over the course of
the year. I hope you continue to check in occasionally but, in all likelihood,
the days of any big announcements are probably over.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have safe and memorable holidays!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-86991455732344977232023-10-07T10:57:00.000-05:002023-10-07T10:57:11.955-05:00Wrapping It Up <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPa1I_IoInT2egDRwgClQNC5TTUuX9QOQpezGj7Fr_-4HxuGswPGSGyjlZjIyPYknoAKn2g-rn1-6hNUIV9OF1WwvwP-fbaf4CF-RuxfEEXT07TlLdHf68BYQIWOsyWhtR6lkGt7vsJ5utyFebdsxeXWf5D6JIiWEOR2wiRgBiDH_MOWCalMoZEdYGtA/s4032/IMG_5334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPa1I_IoInT2egDRwgClQNC5TTUuX9QOQpezGj7Fr_-4HxuGswPGSGyjlZjIyPYknoAKn2g-rn1-6hNUIV9OF1WwvwP-fbaf4CF-RuxfEEXT07TlLdHf68BYQIWOsyWhtR6lkGt7vsJ5utyFebdsxeXWf5D6JIiWEOR2wiRgBiDH_MOWCalMoZEdYGtA/s320/IMG_5334.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Usually
about this time of year I’m able to post some pretty eye candy of our glorious
Fall. This year will be a disappointment, firstly because colors were muted and
didn’t occur all at once; it seemed the maples came on, then the others, while
still others remained green. Strange. Secondly, weather wouldn’t cooperate for
me to get out on any Fall drives to try and capture color so what I have is
just from our property. We’ll get the pretty pictures out of the way then….</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyBHXhAF5pRZc1Kbi4uLioAcuFqvF95bJYLW1zRiRmJ2X7fdiTYETZfVzM43I3XhAsLvC11RCPi3_r03sGLsydpKLKeA657x_lq04oZfHXpkPgcghdGM-pXvMvMX5zCfReiDW96zRwfP7wBzXCVJoZGhbWC18szrRcCSUWJC0mqnE1hXyjvZsMKw2mzQ/s4032/IMG_5406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyBHXhAF5pRZc1Kbi4uLioAcuFqvF95bJYLW1zRiRmJ2X7fdiTYETZfVzM43I3XhAsLvC11RCPi3_r03sGLsydpKLKeA657x_lq04oZfHXpkPgcghdGM-pXvMvMX5zCfReiDW96zRwfP7wBzXCVJoZGhbWC18szrRcCSUWJC0mqnE1hXyjvZsMKw2mzQ/s320/IMG_5406.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We
had one or two swings back into summer temps which lasted only a day or two at
best since I last posted, and since then it’s been a lot of gloomy cloudy
skies, rain and blustery winds. I took advantage of one of them and transplanted
a couple plants from Waupaca, cut down and planted the mums to see if they can
survive, and planted some bulbs to see if they’ll make it for Spring color. I dug
up the dahlia bulbs for winter storage and put all the pots away in the boat house
so our sitting area looks vaguely empty right now. Oh well, we’re not spending
a lot of time sitting there anyway with it being in the 40’s for highs. </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSttwbjGx6h8gQZZoCPUC8ETRUj3_WPk9vESVVv4jVQbEI1sSgEcJbyKDt69GiQVO_RHdROQx1AqB6nKvNlTx43dRKVKFZYX1n2ukJwz_jDGBa97fv42V_wbJxhZZmYyGiweXhNoZ7yFnk2KlLSv2PAc2w-rPj0_qdIO0hfF12Krljw0PqcSirLXZF8Ug/s4032/IMG_5329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSttwbjGx6h8gQZZoCPUC8ETRUj3_WPk9vESVVv4jVQbEI1sSgEcJbyKDt69GiQVO_RHdROQx1AqB6nKvNlTx43dRKVKFZYX1n2ukJwz_jDGBa97fv42V_wbJxhZZmYyGiweXhNoZ7yFnk2KlLSv2PAc2w-rPj0_qdIO0hfF12Krljw0PqcSirLXZF8Ug/s320/IMG_5329.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><p style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We had thought about trying to stay until freezing temps
drove us out but we’ve decided that I’ll soon make the break for Waupaca, as it
being at least 5-6 degrees warmer on any given day, there are some things I can
get done outside there. Here, not so much, and sitting inside the RV day after
day is not my ideal. The joy of this property is being outside and being able
to be on the water. It would be entirely different if we had a big home here
with all our “stuff”—I miss my sewing and the ability to work on my art. I can
do a few things here but all the fun fabrics and embellishments are missing.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marc will be making a couple trips back and forth to haul
back needed items to Waupaca, then he will button things up by closing up the
RV and hauling it under the shelter. We had built the RV shed for the other shorter
trailer, so six feet of this one won’t be covered but it will be better than
nothing to protect the roof.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The big accomplishment for this year was getting
the garage completely done! It was an arduous task for an old man by himself
but with the final help of the lift we rented for a week, Marc made a final
push and got all the siding, trim and ridgeline metal in place. Next year he
will need to work on the interior a bit, in building a small, insulated room
where we’ll be able to leave some items and the water pressure tank and
filters, etc. That way we shouldn’t have to cart the canned goods back at the
end of the season either. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRaOMsW7UC5ad5UWN2v_o45gTLDP8y7Q2-gQzXPlfWAwglecUu19AC6567A8yp0u_1R9hhFjEwa_8YTcW-una-aVf7H4_wq_6kmjsetuxEyZXlyUhWlO5LwdWaG_rnE3iILI9cHGb2OaC8J6h1kxtT5e8Q8Jw74I7jwB84FmJgHY2QF7CA25R7mPhPYo/s4032/IMG_5341.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRaOMsW7UC5ad5UWN2v_o45gTLDP8y7Q2-gQzXPlfWAwglecUu19AC6567A8yp0u_1R9hhFjEwa_8YTcW-una-aVf7H4_wq_6kmjsetuxEyZXlyUhWlO5LwdWaG_rnE3iILI9cHGb2OaC8J6h1kxtT5e8Q8Jw74I7jwB84FmJgHY2QF7CA25R7mPhPYo/s320/IMG_5341.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqOhyWKmJ4MVDOtBqOwdlKmNWXqATcuz3Vz8zoej6gvmg-uVDSiWAdXQGu1KskruUuSBoyUELC9JccObAC9UDT1BrK-F5R_G4AgedYCCzuZuGYKyVHT65VTgze73PwSakM4LNbZNcve8mLsgUTbskFu_T1hpbMseuY03aklvs7f2lrUQKMwFdpwemBBI/s4032/IMG_5342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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once again it’s a bittersweet time of year for me to leave my beloved island in
the woods and I know as I later sit inside cowering from winter’s wrath, my
thoughts will often turn to being back here again just as soon as nature
allows.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mkWyBsUcE3aQVQL7qI1d3ZwsMnKycQCAkN8erwxBGDhlgq5fhRpWMsHvD4LRbJyTpauadiWqEc8caRgNYWF3SyJDgf9iIXKaiENu6LpDPVn3vwH5hnDG5JBhke9JMWqBU1fAZWjw9ROUA2OYtykpB9JVz8UxDx7Y3s6yVDAQIfyATH74txEqqxCIe_0/s4032/IMG_5438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mkWyBsUcE3aQVQL7qI1d3ZwsMnKycQCAkN8erwxBGDhlgq5fhRpWMsHvD4LRbJyTpauadiWqEc8caRgNYWF3SyJDgf9iIXKaiENu6LpDPVn3vwH5hnDG5JBhke9JMWqBU1fAZWjw9ROUA2OYtykpB9JVz8UxDx7Y3s6yVDAQIfyATH74txEqqxCIe_0/s320/IMG_5438.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><br /> </span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyRu4XG0cOl1LK4Kr4OqDdXRzz0QgvvSTTfislW1Nx4n7IPs15GPd6MKSSi-HsNeLoaN5CcPp3ex2tiQPsJMA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><br /><p></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-90504226951895245422023-09-22T10:55:00.000-05:002023-09-22T10:55:43.184-05:00The Island<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2YjIomb3E2rPe7gRadSioAV4bsY_tkWn0QAwqNmu8rAu9JWZUSPt6DWlNsungfjEMmEuFdbo4ltsf-At4dQwdidA545ocVmIXBTf304UZGf0BMjd8R8S1EfuwBH5LLb5RYCd-6wcpjP0dutQFJGNgQWqHTK3PDvzYbSsdKywLtiTvR9XkIxMOuq3B2s/s4032/IMG_4408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2YjIomb3E2rPe7gRadSioAV4bsY_tkWn0QAwqNmu8rAu9JWZUSPt6DWlNsungfjEMmEuFdbo4ltsf-At4dQwdidA545ocVmIXBTf304UZGf0BMjd8R8S1EfuwBH5LLb5RYCd-6wcpjP0dutQFJGNgQWqHTK3PDvzYbSsdKywLtiTvR9XkIxMOuq3B2s/s320/IMG_4408.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Across from us almost directly on the far side of the lake
is a small island. It’s an interesting place with an interesting history, of
which I need to research more of. But the reason I mention it this day, is in
sitting outside on my wonderful property perch, I watch its pontoon boat go
slowly back and forth to its east side boat house, like a ferry off the San
Juan Islands. It hauls the owners, their friends and families to the island for
their allotted weekend vacation time. I met one of the owners last year and he
says they bought it during the height of the Great Recession when the previous
owner just wanted out so gave them, kit and caboodle, the entire island, home,
and all its contents for a song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGPDxjxsgtIAvICRaI3TdjBcdGVRd_WiYQEMuDyFcK1sQQrMVGgLsXuB5ARPXZRquF5s-BnUb0SMtD8NHqREC3N932AjhvFkQfctKnpSjLmEIA6rcjRYqFgE7tGeHUyjtVHKI0Y1m7D0FPO0TkP6m9kAMn6CK8YF6lFy-hng-2b_5pYDTqz0z5rh_8jg/s4032/IMG_3688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGPDxjxsgtIAvICRaI3TdjBcdGVRd_WiYQEMuDyFcK1sQQrMVGgLsXuB5ARPXZRquF5s-BnUb0SMtD8NHqREC3N932AjhvFkQfctKnpSjLmEIA6rcjRYqFgE7tGeHUyjtVHKI0Y1m7D0FPO0TkP6m9kAMn6CK8YF6lFy-hng-2b_5pYDTqz0z5rh_8jg/s320/IMG_3688.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The story has it that the house dates from the later 1800s
and was built by one of the local lumber barons. At one time it was full of
gorgeous wood walls but not so much anymore. There is an electrical cable
underwater which comes from the resort to the west (five cabins) and a
telephone line to the east which comes from a neighboring house there. The boat
house on the eastern side of the lake, which also houses the small runabout
motorboat, is on a separate little segment of land with a driveway which allows
them to park as many cars as they need. They are attorneys and live somewhere
near to the Mississippi, St. Croix I think he said. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ve often wondered if
there is a septic as I think I’ve spotted an outhouse (legal in this county) at
the far end of the island, or a well—or if they just pump water from the lake.
Maybe if I can find a history of the house I will know more. We conjecture that
it might have been built in the winter when they could walk across the ice
rather than in summer, when it would have had to have every piece barged
across. Locals say there was a terrible wind sheer storm in 1977 which
practically knocked down every tree on the island; the house stood and now the
island is thick with growth which conceals the house almost entirely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAjRH5HnfxurWSYa5kXQNwbYrRwSa7g-1FrZNnP1WbRdigeiCdtXtpP1UYRsiGZjlKVToKqhTaWvr3GZxwGLUUKXySINauk6BISON5Mby9SlgWqEjvxCM4Qa4PQ6rqB-TmmAfDSDVvItoS9hv9klk2hSah9VhTtKz9QCGKTYz5Klb3kZeITygF5Atqt0/s4032/IMG_4515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAjRH5HnfxurWSYa5kXQNwbYrRwSa7g-1FrZNnP1WbRdigeiCdtXtpP1UYRsiGZjlKVToKqhTaWvr3GZxwGLUUKXySINauk6BISON5Mby9SlgWqEjvxCM4Qa4PQ6rqB-TmmAfDSDVvItoS9hv9klk2hSah9VhTtKz9QCGKTYz5Klb3kZeITygF5Atqt0/s320/IMG_4515.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AYOm9qxBpgCrW4RsNC-SM1ZoDNMFyB5tou84kg_M2PcnGwMfZrYcF59leKufExr6JgYekOwqkmGCjB8YFEijljsOPxysMJFCxwereOEIkGjfUw7Y4Ni2puCMqqC_9jZkjEk1ljovus4iJc7DhgnakQmXKqTxiecIoOtBZ_CkDfgzqyIv0dR6ejNmM3s/s4032/IMG_3458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AYOm9qxBpgCrW4RsNC-SM1ZoDNMFyB5tou84kg_M2PcnGwMfZrYcF59leKufExr6JgYekOwqkmGCjB8YFEijljsOPxysMJFCxwereOEIkGjfUw7Y4Ni2puCMqqC_9jZkjEk1ljovus4iJc7DhgnakQmXKqTxiecIoOtBZ_CkDfgzqyIv0dR6ejNmM3s/s320/IMG_3458.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fall is rapidly approaching this year after our warm, dry
summer. We’re entering countdown season to leaving, yet, as always, I don’t
want to go. My heart is here; I want to live here all the time, yet it is
totally impractical for several reasons. Meanwhile, I’ll revel in the seasonal
changes and am thankful for this that I own for a moment in history’s time;
just like that lumber baron of yore must have done as he sat on his island
looking out at the lake. All of life is illusionary, for all is transitory. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzJzMGeiDpYJgnuAOUr9ykOVWBecofpbw4N40B6i__Ggw1bgtcwmDnJjOA_rsl-pZw0XExKJPZonhqNvl_x9A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><br />Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-53416077731417883052023-09-10T16:21:00.000-05:002023-09-10T16:21:47.591-05:00The No-Good Prize<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUc-rlHYX8nc60bwsPxw8NJH3fiRRX9zFc3hSJlsGS-HCwUUjKgpgcCQOYVDzK16iqnqCP-cjpxWu74xOqs4ucTFBcKcXr5dpVWn5eOs8dhbr2C7d4A1o8iYXI0UqTtPhsQQldLmFYmlKfbkFvtB4AM1N6DZY-dCWJbhdjKYP2DAnsSN7FgS31iVsZSr8/s4032/IMG_5315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUc-rlHYX8nc60bwsPxw8NJH3fiRRX9zFc3hSJlsGS-HCwUUjKgpgcCQOYVDzK16iqnqCP-cjpxWu74xOqs4ucTFBcKcXr5dpVWn5eOs8dhbr2C7d4A1o8iYXI0UqTtPhsQQldLmFYmlKfbkFvtB4AM1N6DZY-dCWJbhdjKYP2DAnsSN7FgS31iVsZSr8/s320/IMG_5315.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There’s a local lakeside
restaurant in town which features several events during the year and one we
attended last year, the Treasure Hunt, over Labor Day holiday, was so much fun
we decided we wanted to do it again this year. To add to the fun, my best friend
from college years and all these years for that matter, came out to visit for six
days so was able to join us. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The closest airport is about two
hours away so Marc returned with Paulette in the evening hours after her 4 o’clock
arrival. After dinner, we were able to gather outside under the rope lights,
start the fire in the new fire pit and enjoy another glass of wine as we caught
up. It was a magical evening and I was well pleased with the area I had made,
with the lake disappearing in the background darkness. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_FV7isGTEXiGxKE9hcyA2RblNeTUEQHN_PGJy3OAHMGUdPG9d83qCWaBYG4Zm4rlQ53JWKm0YJqAU3a2zxiDI7KNaJCqNyX4xrG_cgC9I13imhYXPuycRW8IjpDk6wghw1njoCaKNj9WgMALDgn4VsOCE0jdL_WbElrHrtRLD3RvijrqOgzKrLi7C60/s4032/IMG_5283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_FV7isGTEXiGxKE9hcyA2RblNeTUEQHN_PGJy3OAHMGUdPG9d83qCWaBYG4Zm4rlQ53JWKm0YJqAU3a2zxiDI7KNaJCqNyX4xrG_cgC9I13imhYXPuycRW8IjpDk6wghw1njoCaKNj9WgMALDgn4VsOCE0jdL_WbElrHrtRLD3RvijrqOgzKrLi7C60/s320/IMG_5283.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzmGDqS5vF7WY6XjfgzE9JzlnzXtTl5AxTQ-9rtKr7t0CZDBApRzPfSo24EhNsyMRgtzqeE6owLnEtJW-4Gmz7Yw0YabanrFBzJgm3yqYaemawVkAqEObxkCaQ2SbpmkcIDn8OysU1mZ1LpABobg1NdyiLBw3vzht5D-EZmafJ1KMrIR-pmKI_6TIjUo/s4032/IMG_5280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzmGDqS5vF7WY6XjfgzE9JzlnzXtTl5AxTQ-9rtKr7t0CZDBApRzPfSo24EhNsyMRgtzqeE6owLnEtJW-4Gmz7Yw0YabanrFBzJgm3yqYaemawVkAqEObxkCaQ2SbpmkcIDn8OysU1mZ1LpABobg1NdyiLBw3vzht5D-EZmafJ1KMrIR-pmKI_6TIjUo/s320/IMG_5280.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieA7hS9zYpUh3sDHxGen2IdsiOiUD20o7nLdVBYvquvYHQxTfqMxrKeQ1Okkru_MRly3hiNOKB8UAmAARzprGvAxRVIfijKKSDPDXdoffOPE2Q6-j2z0k3IgeY7C_yXBTlLIgqckERCGNcqrn4tWGRECcZAezr-u9pGN0dmCe9n8qwahz42eRbr3O5yqI/s4032/IMG_5281.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieA7hS9zYpUh3sDHxGen2IdsiOiUD20o7nLdVBYvquvYHQxTfqMxrKeQ1Okkru_MRly3hiNOKB8UAmAARzprGvAxRVIfijKKSDPDXdoffOPE2Q6-j2z0k3IgeY7C_yXBTlLIgqckERCGNcqrn4tWGRECcZAezr-u9pGN0dmCe9n8qwahz42eRbr3O5yqI/s320/IMG_5281.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjv1jRImtwcMIwe0b1gjIxY34Prbl8Q4B3iuRYv4QUUCVIoyeiQWr_OciR5ohMFZbtu4A-BFhm30ShgHce2Hkrx6CllvnQMeSfk7YaVvCwYTeBtyqi5cCwdagwt9Zme05jgKWKrIec7vKwj8O1LWAdWp3guC21CaWmjZZnBinD4ZOilhAtdTudg1GVz58/s4032/Paulette%20and%20Claudia%20fireside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjv1jRImtwcMIwe0b1gjIxY34Prbl8Q4B3iuRYv4QUUCVIoyeiQWr_OciR5ohMFZbtu4A-BFhm30ShgHce2Hkrx6CllvnQMeSfk7YaVvCwYTeBtyqi5cCwdagwt9Zme05jgKWKrIec7vKwj8O1LWAdWp3guC21CaWmjZZnBinD4ZOilhAtdTudg1GVz58/s320/Paulette%20and%20Claudia%20fireside.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had quite a few plans which
were unfortunately foiled by much higher-than-normal temps for this time of
year but the weather for the Treasure Hunt was perfect. There was a total of 14
boats competing, with the idea being that spread across the chain of three
lakes, there are hidden eight booties of treasure gems hung on a board with a
boat number. You are to find the treasures (in bars, on islands, on private
docks), take them from the board and at the end turn yours in. Last year we
only managed to find three, but this year with the help of eagle-eyed Paulette,
we ended up with seven out of the eight, a great haul! Part of the fun is also
dressing participants and your boat in costume, which we haven’t done, but the
best prizes are for the costumes. Finding the gems earns you a draw from the
bags with no good prizes—in our case, a squeaky dog toy which we’ll proudly
hang on our pontoon somewhere. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLXReT976YoLRGMCLsdmxfvEpetfCyhhX0zpwtpBb1M-EpURfIc8AFnMWlgeLxn6itCf2BGY_05Ke73Atd490vsqtMRRdzQhpG0V_0Wecs0FTLTBADDeymj3w5ZI8voWhzOr3oE_i1QjGb1REMSffuWLwNEigbtiyrT3oRV4IBMomLorDvnnxXZ4s5AE/s4032/IMG_5284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLXReT976YoLRGMCLsdmxfvEpetfCyhhX0zpwtpBb1M-EpURfIc8AFnMWlgeLxn6itCf2BGY_05Ke73Atd490vsqtMRRdzQhpG0V_0Wecs0FTLTBADDeymj3w5ZI8voWhzOr3oE_i1QjGb1REMSffuWLwNEigbtiyrT3oRV4IBMomLorDvnnxXZ4s5AE/s320/IMG_5284.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EYEf4COKA1zef9wwFnJnOtV67xkcEz6biiTBjGGtD-sSaBVlteKiEpBCQu7_ioWvawrzCZsDQWeFt1NlHPyasQYR0WeDO6qwcHAx295d_kRu1_pgz0QC5FkVGyyGmen_GCyXz8SPs5L64_I98yeFGly48MtjntiBLNlimFYi3JjEyJN_2z5Rb0iS9mc/s4032/IMG_5285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EYEf4COKA1zef9wwFnJnOtV67xkcEz6biiTBjGGtD-sSaBVlteKiEpBCQu7_ioWvawrzCZsDQWeFt1NlHPyasQYR0WeDO6qwcHAx295d_kRu1_pgz0QC5FkVGyyGmen_GCyXz8SPs5L64_I98yeFGly48MtjntiBLNlimFYi3JjEyJN_2z5Rb0iS9mc/s320/IMG_5285.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxajlc4OCsscPlf7pBuA3C1hns4RGaWqz-IPj9qwhbmJLyMp5PV7suFeXZTnDHK3A4Lb223mXcQVbH1bhebrA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfx5CaeIIwq7yiajB6z_ij7oIpRJv3gitOZfjeurTJKbyToO3ab5A1ZWn_ZcdIuFeHFUPYHKDS4r40xZx-OsiwYyDnTVH2l2b7qz80WmxNiSeMq5Ql3cIeLblrY1HEZub4UxgC6Ffv7gZziSKYXhAoGpu5x4KlDTJtK5lOA4MvSLP2wkfI6ZVcXkiaGIk/s4032/IMG_5299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfx5CaeIIwq7yiajB6z_ij7oIpRJv3gitOZfjeurTJKbyToO3ab5A1ZWn_ZcdIuFeHFUPYHKDS4r40xZx-OsiwYyDnTVH2l2b7qz80WmxNiSeMq5Ql3cIeLblrY1HEZub4UxgC6Ffv7gZziSKYXhAoGpu5x4KlDTJtK5lOA4MvSLP2wkfI6ZVcXkiaGIk/s320/IMG_5299.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyhb0b75LptSy4XDMPEai9sRygiUr_a_wcMlqsfQpSoEbpEygUzn_fh1hZgzm1p7krStMd6axjwkSrejptc6Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzDGzRsxuC_VMDUbcdh9iyA15cjzg0LYueI4f-LeZb9AU4Kyco-ZnxpvQQPT7-kyNaVNDTj-MtZTA1nwGfFlQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was Marc & I’s anniversary and the next day Paulette’s birthday, so we enjoyed good food and the camaraderie
of having known each other for so many years. I gifted Paulette with the last
one of my mother’s quilts and it brought tears to her eyes. Mom would love
knowing Paulette has it. Paulette’s visit drew to a close; I dropped her back
at the airport and then went on home to attend to the laundry, yard chores and
mowing. It was a relief even after a couple of days to return to the woods, the
peace and quiet and my spot of heaven. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQK29Qn6mY6ZHHOGawvZjL-htRTvkBuadXYXs5OQTKh96nT5eyDE-JX8cGVD2jCeBOSQ5bDpVAuqrRV-4Jp9hEIRvgT4DJwu1S8icmT7oiMq0oJOsJRQIgyRVfZKb1guzv8mBZJLJV_i62yuegKKyVIsLTpLlphb-cvrWUBQs08YTB1A0PvjBOTVL7EIQ/s4032/IMG_5264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQK29Qn6mY6ZHHOGawvZjL-htRTvkBuadXYXs5OQTKh96nT5eyDE-JX8cGVD2jCeBOSQ5bDpVAuqrRV-4Jp9hEIRvgT4DJwu1S8icmT7oiMq0oJOsJRQIgyRVfZKb1guzv8mBZJLJV_i62yuegKKyVIsLTpLlphb-cvrWUBQs08YTB1A0PvjBOTVL7EIQ/s320/IMG_5264.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSC9v8cvylc7Y2bT8Em3Sq4TozFacLy-OOfYC_euHdL46GVqrTte02b8YmxfPJ5pjVrWGmZ-Zm3jzR1uf_ha2yLVTgILElThnQQFXrLZB0iplbTUGKgxRz-KltSFYGdPUY0s036sexmh-xVCKnukqkNAA1SZFj3dcjaL9C2K_wrJoQfnWgsWlYcNqtLc/s4032/IMG_5311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSC9v8cvylc7Y2bT8Em3Sq4TozFacLy-OOfYC_euHdL46GVqrTte02b8YmxfPJ5pjVrWGmZ-Zm3jzR1uf_ha2yLVTgILElThnQQFXrLZB0iplbTUGKgxRz-KltSFYGdPUY0s036sexmh-xVCKnukqkNAA1SZFj3dcjaL9C2K_wrJoQfnWgsWlYcNqtLc/s320/IMG_5311.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALBjunlJh3iZavkDM-su4MJ5RBfJ4Q4WP0qy_aRLOXi36fS-7TDn8oelp35SvmeCZsc7Cdtb77vTsiB-cfjDA0BV05Yq8TxC2rSsZv4CFY_Kf98OwIAtL06nBVlMdBhUQRcfwRPH6Dr1Ziqy-Hy-mbSSTQqpJMnkNRD5Z25wy9DCdowM9_VDC01ZU5XQ/s4032/IMG_5263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALBjunlJh3iZavkDM-su4MJ5RBfJ4Q4WP0qy_aRLOXi36fS-7TDn8oelp35SvmeCZsc7Cdtb77vTsiB-cfjDA0BV05Yq8TxC2rSsZv4CFY_Kf98OwIAtL06nBVlMdBhUQRcfwRPH6Dr1Ziqy-Hy-mbSSTQqpJMnkNRD5Z25wy9DCdowM9_VDC01ZU5XQ/s320/IMG_5263.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgm-Oraz58In3jnTH7fWrx4zo2HgN74gHB8wBS058_cgJ_NUi4ECT_IbrktvaTLK6dEBx9iqLTLcDSh02H1NHKxvZ0kLErchwSaDlJlUYSFzRJBfiD_3stivQK4Fwuyn6ViYgdtOEhieK5QVURFa2phYM99HKUJqUkGlV83yaXsYGJFXUDO-Aw0DiPjU/s4032/IMG_5257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgm-Oraz58In3jnTH7fWrx4zo2HgN74gHB8wBS058_cgJ_NUi4ECT_IbrktvaTLK6dEBx9iqLTLcDSh02H1NHKxvZ0kLErchwSaDlJlUYSFzRJBfiD_3stivQK4Fwuyn6ViYgdtOEhieK5QVURFa2phYM99HKUJqUkGlV83yaXsYGJFXUDO-Aw0DiPjU/s320/IMG_5257.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROm_4hT8sRFLQGekMJXMczLFUJHxrwIsrE9QNZeUMw22sQfSf_StRhNPCElB_QA4wlQjIJVC_ZrCPZLM6ePaor3UXhAjbr7N7BZ1YS-4hKYoTSOAQjicbSJsvk-tgNHX_nqBL0wsnFq_ba8uCwCFlc_Zy6-dURiHOkPG0_k6RELMmIfwN3lHZbq2yd-Q/s4032/IMG_5299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROm_4hT8sRFLQGekMJXMczLFUJHxrwIsrE9QNZeUMw22sQfSf_StRhNPCElB_QA4wlQjIJVC_ZrCPZLM6ePaor3UXhAjbr7N7BZ1YS-4hKYoTSOAQjicbSJsvk-tgNHX_nqBL0wsnFq_ba8uCwCFlc_Zy6-dURiHOkPG0_k6RELMmIfwN3lHZbq2yd-Q/s320/IMG_5299.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-42293538167789190282023-08-25T10:00:00.000-05:002023-08-25T10:00:17.586-05:00Unstuck!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last update we were pretty much dead in the water, but serendipity
happened when the young excavator fellow and a friend offered to help Marc out
with the garage roof install. Unfortunately, we came up short a couple of
pieces (which had to be ordered) but even getting this far along felt like a
miracle. Even if he has to rent a lift, Marc should now be able to complete
both the roof and siding on his own by season’s end.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXnsThQUe_G7jsWrXdnPYAVbAhNk1tV_4j5AGsN2tEMMMW55hlrTlS_tiAuwnVb8nNhUyCn2G6O6MukT652EBVSwzgOr5N9ur_d4ZeFzu8M6WxuYgWsTTrw947XT_5N4y6Z4kw7DSVLvWwaXk_CIevmmiYHC4Fr-47aoZgfCnpdtzxTiZcj1ZkAcJkc8/s4032/IMG_5169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXnsThQUe_G7jsWrXdnPYAVbAhNk1tV_4j5AGsN2tEMMMW55hlrTlS_tiAuwnVb8nNhUyCn2G6O6MukT652EBVSwzgOr5N9ur_d4ZeFzu8M6WxuYgWsTTrw947XT_5N4y6Z4kw7DSVLvWwaXk_CIevmmiYHC4Fr-47aoZgfCnpdtzxTiZcj1ZkAcJkc8/s320/IMG_5169.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marc made a quick trip to Waupaca to pick up the new RV and
it was great seeing it here, although it then had to sit for a couple weeks
while the roofing was done. I guess Marc finally felt sorry for me, lamenting
that I likely wouldn’t even get to move into it this season, because after I
had returned from a trip home, he had it moved and was setting it up for
occupancy. It took him a day just to do all the cement blocking underneath to
level it. Since we plan to move this at the end of the year, under the RV cover
storage, I suggested he may want to install some trailer jacks, which would
certainly make the process much easier each year. He also plans to do some
cement pads for the wheels since our site is sloped at a fair downhill angle
which makes leveling tough.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi763BRIkDQVywJXKqN6cSELMT8BddTo8i-hDhXUGGjRf_BWMgFdMvin0XW3iuGgWJ6ah_GlZ4YGo2pybmA59VapYZrogBWSUKEMWQHxK1HV2wIxRlpI9lfo52URF1lA2w-wXdJmFrl2vJcd8Cdo3qW1nSrBl2cSqZO2ZEw2yRkGhHCwqLShLtnURBsiOE/s4032/IMG_5137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi763BRIkDQVywJXKqN6cSELMT8BddTo8i-hDhXUGGjRf_BWMgFdMvin0XW3iuGgWJ6ah_GlZ4YGo2pybmA59VapYZrogBWSUKEMWQHxK1HV2wIxRlpI9lfo52URF1lA2w-wXdJmFrl2vJcd8Cdo3qW1nSrBl2cSqZO2ZEw2yRkGhHCwqLShLtnURBsiOE/s320/IMG_5137.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTX_HHnn89vJe2nklLzphxPySq3lmxL-h5CdLia5jTvdyBnvKnucaAdfHhB7Arimr4f_1hwMfq4xfcZ9Irbir61WvYdn30fiLYdqj3pazAqxSlD48hJGcK1zr3IACJtDz01Q594bjBhx6GbpoJR3bOvrpfYIZ5aGN_lh4c6lMgZrfx_YKBm5aBQNo_oaM/s4032/IMG_5186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTX_HHnn89vJe2nklLzphxPySq3lmxL-h5CdLia5jTvdyBnvKnucaAdfHhB7Arimr4f_1hwMfq4xfcZ9Irbir61WvYdn30fiLYdqj3pazAqxSlD48hJGcK1zr3IACJtDz01Q594bjBhx6GbpoJR3bOvrpfYIZ5aGN_lh4c6lMgZrfx_YKBm5aBQNo_oaM/s320/IMG_5186.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9cUHYrFSzYG0VIoeonXD3yyacHvAab5rn8iOvjPf0-WNb4oAw3ipIWgdQBo1fhKCP4l2e5knqLBU97vQaAGDpktiehQ4gzFofZcLxtwbdGc3XTZp_PGorqujTRAI1dDYZm_vO-X3-zfODuEXmqu2cJbkEpMKY3__2bIKLzbkvfuE3Ux4yQTerrn63Zw/s4032/IMG_5188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9cUHYrFSzYG0VIoeonXD3yyacHvAab5rn8iOvjPf0-WNb4oAw3ipIWgdQBo1fhKCP4l2e5knqLBU97vQaAGDpktiehQ4gzFofZcLxtwbdGc3XTZp_PGorqujTRAI1dDYZm_vO-X3-zfODuEXmqu2cJbkEpMKY3__2bIKLzbkvfuE3Ux4yQTerrn63Zw/s320/IMG_5188.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was thrilling to move in finally and the extra space feels
amazing. The furniture (RV furniture is never good) is so-so and even though
with the opposing slides in the living room we have tons of room, there really
isn’t a good layout for the placement of anything. The previous owner left some
small tables but they are awkward and flimsy and don’t really hold anything
well without the chance of tipping over. Currently, there’s two sleeper sofas,
each in a slide, and attached recliners/loveseat which faces the fireplace. We
certainly don’t anticipate ever needing seating for six so we’ve decided one of
the sofas and the recliner/loveseat will be moved out and we’ll be purchasing single-seating
residential recliners and end tables. That will still leave seating for four but
will then accommodate a roomier layout with functional furniture where we at
least have space to set a drink or computer. One of the best parts, is that the
view side to the lake is practically all windows (7 large ones plus a slider)
so you feel as though you are almost adrift on the lake. Once we get some more
trees cleared out and the deck built, it should be truly special as an RV
parking site!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtdmeJOenWS4NEddn0_n7nQ8D5aWwE82k7GMrX1SVHKprG9F-oHN6zzuaarnX3sM8e8Ekc8yYAPLqqUhasZqCbPZEIXZG12Yp6G3DlASUSQ4ZrbEuuw86WxSx41F2Kd_CnpmM5xtGwEtQWfXvakAgVbtDY6FVW3_tYfarV2L0r1tLl6AWqRMoCS9A82s/s4032/IMG_5207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtdmeJOenWS4NEddn0_n7nQ8D5aWwE82k7GMrX1SVHKprG9F-oHN6zzuaarnX3sM8e8Ekc8yYAPLqqUhasZqCbPZEIXZG12Yp6G3DlASUSQ4ZrbEuuw86WxSx41F2Kd_CnpmM5xtGwEtQWfXvakAgVbtDY6FVW3_tYfarV2L0r1tLl6AWqRMoCS9A82s/s320/IMG_5207.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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seating area. I did more to the rock wall, got the fire pit built and sifted
out some soil for a small planting area. My BFF is coming to visit over Labor
Day holiday and I’m so excited to finally share our hardworking efforts. These
gloves I’ve used for the past two years tell the whole story I think.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdmuwy3AImNh8kve11VZM5pRpWNuvqiZ1wAbFRzf3H5qOSGEbqQMUHDElIDuNupTVOmqkbq0ADb4DbWQwLbilKUKpcIN8e7UEQ2rdvv41Oo-fJZlpasHAy3ykXULsB0b9AdIsbF0kodjGqBkP8Zj5ckgy-9lOjCrI0aVgKuh1s0mR2zPe_33zujHKawU/s4032/IMG_5140%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdmuwy3AImNh8kve11VZM5pRpWNuvqiZ1wAbFRzf3H5qOSGEbqQMUHDElIDuNupTVOmqkbq0ADb4DbWQwLbilKUKpcIN8e7UEQ2rdvv41Oo-fJZlpasHAy3ykXULsB0b9AdIsbF0kodjGqBkP8Zj5ckgy-9lOjCrI0aVgKuh1s0mR2zPe_33zujHKawU/s320/IMG_5140%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <o:p></o:p><p></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-82074853216456200252023-07-27T09:18:00.000-05:002023-07-27T09:18:14.439-05:00We're Stuck<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyrncaZ9NIoipK_0kdzGZQVwILNGAbKpzPTIpEkLaVb82Ig8xNVPygVWnjayI5kRA0O5mkStMziTO2jU0dcBXqLIEP9e_OoMlDEKr7jYyiwjTZRmQ9TDwtUwojC7Qp8Zl7TOrGo4ngiPnXylpjR78SmzAvLnkMcFkynwgV1UwenZ72xU-LN82yu7p4Tw/s4032/IMG_5072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyrncaZ9NIoipK_0kdzGZQVwILNGAbKpzPTIpEkLaVb82Ig8xNVPygVWnjayI5kRA0O5mkStMziTO2jU0dcBXqLIEP9e_OoMlDEKr7jYyiwjTZRmQ9TDwtUwojC7Qp8Zl7TOrGo4ngiPnXylpjR78SmzAvLnkMcFkynwgV1UwenZ72xU-LN82yu7p4Tw/s320/IMG_5072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Things were
going well until Marc tried doing the roofing by himself. The roof sheathing
and paper had been done by his contractor friend, who then became busy with his
business, so Marc figured he’d give it a go. And go he almost did…right off the
edge of the pitched roof if not for his safety rope. I told him no way did I
want to see him plunge to his death and that was enough of that; we’d hire it
done! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisonP0Hu4M2E2sWwsiqygLeORCdOaWZ74xpFGoE6jjyH-l6gsgGubYbuoBGBA4USrtYGiqtP10fPVUNrUQ078fpeH59VPPQbY8u1TJ2FR-WicKGrItb8mJkH_9DsiwCnYd3U3xW2RXbKov0XOA_3opS1Nm9IgUfSU7O7w84yPmS1W4KsfC_EygVgZZU-Q/s4032/IMG_5059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisonP0Hu4M2E2sWwsiqygLeORCdOaWZ74xpFGoE6jjyH-l6gsgGubYbuoBGBA4USrtYGiqtP10fPVUNrUQ078fpeH59VPPQbY8u1TJ2FR-WicKGrItb8mJkH_9DsiwCnYd3U3xW2RXbKov0XOA_3opS1Nm9IgUfSU7O7w84yPmS1W4KsfC_EygVgZZU-Q/s320/IMG_5059.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4KEfh4sJTT0VHvdmSGut4lUktictamJntC1obGzUiwYGIa5k-mqp9sMeo50Vt2i7uS1OMWMTb0m4j2wbRDpuUWV6zvUkylwLH2YcjFWRWQSNmBGuL8XPzDPyJ2Ah3eoVZ5oHoIznYgFEAqZbBJSBtF0rRu21ehD44GWmCCazulnDcbwgG0CyPOFsrJs/s4032/IMG_5063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4KEfh4sJTT0VHvdmSGut4lUktictamJntC1obGzUiwYGIa5k-mqp9sMeo50Vt2i7uS1OMWMTb0m4j2wbRDpuUWV6zvUkylwLH2YcjFWRWQSNmBGuL8XPzDPyJ2Ah3eoVZ5oHoIznYgFEAqZbBJSBtF0rRu21ehD44GWmCCazulnDcbwgG0CyPOFsrJs/s320/IMG_5063.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxEJfMVY2f04Jt2onuXPMBuzr-je3-faSICEsbjbIDnbXJoYiioSw6wc4iTbfY61bc4OH6W34uGHw_ssz24bZ5o5Rfvj70mDMjtOBswY6YPmnoetV_LsA7lSB6wOkCV-6OXU3RIBry3ssvy3r8MQ46i0x1wTpFyAaQ0usEKra2mJ-C1wsXbhjgILa8hI/s4032/IMG_5077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxEJfMVY2f04Jt2onuXPMBuzr-je3-faSICEsbjbIDnbXJoYiioSw6wc4iTbfY61bc4OH6W34uGHw_ssz24bZ5o5Rfvj70mDMjtOBswY6YPmnoetV_LsA7lSB6wOkCV-6OXU3RIBry3ssvy3r8MQ46i0x1wTpFyAaQ0usEKra2mJ-C1wsXbhjgILa8hI/s320/IMG_5077.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course,
the primary person we’re depending upon for that is the contractor friend,
whose schedule is so loaded up that time keeps passing and the roof doesn’t get
done. That has stopped other stuff as well; the finalization of siding and
being able to get into the area around the garage for the dirt work necessary
for placement of the new RV. Marc did make the decision to make the run to
Waupaca to retrieve it after we finished more road work, loads of gravel, and
the extraction of many large tree stumps by the excavator guy. He should arrive
back shortly, although I suspect it will be many weeks before we can occupy it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzbwv5Pb5VB6v-jtNAH8GANI3oArfNIKhMli0Li13H8XIYhH-cO_b5RnRWcP1plW5-0QdK0os8svE___iiMtg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-jWFhV4Si-OnIlwGbZTFczxw2_lLTMyBnDYIhl_QcV502oN_1n0ZeO9A4p5ZBW18zDhBfwIFzbbFWAwU6aCd6QNEttArASEteU9NoMVMSVc6b2VJ4VyLwgHrlAllqhkVoZx-sshTjfV9BC3nx0w8C0CaA-V9oy43LpQ-5t-lg73W3xZ4TZ-4vfnIJhY/s4032/IMG_5102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-jWFhV4Si-OnIlwGbZTFczxw2_lLTMyBnDYIhl_QcV502oN_1n0ZeO9A4p5ZBW18zDhBfwIFzbbFWAwU6aCd6QNEttArASEteU9NoMVMSVc6b2VJ4VyLwgHrlAllqhkVoZx-sshTjfV9BC3nx0w8C0CaA-V9oy43LpQ-5t-lg73W3xZ4TZ-4vfnIJhY/s320/IMG_5102.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHp1jFu0Wtpr8is4oDJCR6P_paLvfOVa7-QKDgJixsNfLCq1qgf4x4tIGVdi06Xwi-dmyvbtYIc4eDTo129z5qv8QjMcqldymMqbN9D3bUUZ1MefW5VWXkuN3IY7xe4N3fgPf4vpC8T92XGO1YuRMuyB6l-0_P0dhmgUwE5OwnIZz7Uihy6Gb7_1vtSk/s4032/IMG_5100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHp1jFu0Wtpr8is4oDJCR6P_paLvfOVa7-QKDgJixsNfLCq1qgf4x4tIGVdi06Xwi-dmyvbtYIc4eDTo129z5qv8QjMcqldymMqbN9D3bUUZ1MefW5VWXkuN3IY7xe4N3fgPf4vpC8T92XGO1YuRMuyB6l-0_P0dhmgUwE5OwnIZz7Uihy6Gb7_1vtSk/s320/IMG_5100.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All of this “processing”
of trees took us many days of more backbreaking labor and a near-constant fire
lasting five days. We’re in another no burn cycle, so now the limbs and brush
are just piled awaiting the next chance to torch them.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3fOkZPbHWNoGZ6EOD5xhW7lo0vncWf1uGf8nq1Y8UsmrghV-OyvywNTNBDsQTl-ocbqBoGQNWKk0elAe-7LzU_foqhprwdQQrsP-2U5XXlL7VoBtbXrafj8xPrg-GCArvubc8dZTKfMHqPDBFMObKrSSFm2vpdnMpdP8UbVG7aPzvPbQo7jtn-b-Wus/s4032/IMG_5104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3fOkZPbHWNoGZ6EOD5xhW7lo0vncWf1uGf8nq1Y8UsmrghV-OyvywNTNBDsQTl-ocbqBoGQNWKk0elAe-7LzU_foqhprwdQQrsP-2U5XXlL7VoBtbXrafj8xPrg-GCArvubc8dZTKfMHqPDBFMObKrSSFm2vpdnMpdP8UbVG7aPzvPbQo7jtn-b-Wus/s320/IMG_5104.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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spending off time making more rope baskets and coasters for the upcoming
shelter auction, as my arthritic hands allow.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixl3D_V2gcMgduZHFhmEbCSYQs3IUQmmlpYi9TM8oVnXycH7TgTgsgHh1juHvyhxHcgyreLtgJQtbNGdd-d2p9W86XwvmkKkkoE1MPP5nq1gu_lCGUdYalPe_dbITs6pUc0-x6eHJGPa7azkpwBQ6yF1khEuSLhT8ywQmdAf27t7gjUvlwzy2C_060X-A/s4032/IMG_5132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixl3D_V2gcMgduZHFhmEbCSYQs3IUQmmlpYi9TM8oVnXycH7TgTgsgHh1juHvyhxHcgyreLtgJQtbNGdd-d2p9W86XwvmkKkkoE1MPP5nq1gu_lCGUdYalPe_dbITs6pUc0-x6eHJGPa7azkpwBQ6yF1khEuSLhT8ywQmdAf27t7gjUvlwzy2C_060X-A/s320/IMG_5132.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRtxlvm-TlTU2eUy1P-Cbl96wkMbeumgeBXQL631GWllwP1Cg3s1AdNo2hh6_zBqh24q6wJkVgrCDBUdNDUiM1dO2DDmaPV5u8S5gkCOnmbwPUJ2R4S1f9xlTxN-zA_c45pSICT8XKuYHZPwx3FiTYqECJFT6mDBj4ONSUVZu672P3XzmkppPrLuEOkk/s4032/IMG_5133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRtxlvm-TlTU2eUy1P-Cbl96wkMbeumgeBXQL631GWllwP1Cg3s1AdNo2hh6_zBqh24q6wJkVgrCDBUdNDUiM1dO2DDmaPV5u8S5gkCOnmbwPUJ2R4S1f9xlTxN-zA_c45pSICT8XKuYHZPwx3FiTYqECJFT6mDBj4ONSUVZu672P3XzmkppPrLuEOkk/s320/IMG_5133.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevaeXvHYKm6FpmXh7AnyUftIKtiSJ1Jl4xDWz7rJYZvb8seBSeJqcuYDb3ODvL79Ba1M6xaKAGxyqM_YpQIGJapiZPW0j8-dglbdttawawul_VhebLVuil0s59iq7WAk1ZGPICjVqIIaAarR6SfdTwI0ku_9j5BaoVXlnGdB6RKU9SOSwmt1exdaAj6I/s4032/IMG_5135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevaeXvHYKm6FpmXh7AnyUftIKtiSJ1Jl4xDWz7rJYZvb8seBSeJqcuYDb3ODvL79Ba1M6xaKAGxyqM_YpQIGJapiZPW0j8-dglbdttawawul_VhebLVuil0s59iq7WAk1ZGPICjVqIIaAarR6SfdTwI0ku_9j5BaoVXlnGdB6RKU9SOSwmt1exdaAj6I/s320/IMG_5135.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overall, our
weather has been comfortable as compared to many other areas of the U.S. We’ve
received less rain this summer but only a few days above 90; most are 70’s to
low 80’s. The Canadian wildfire smoke has often invaded our skies however,
which makes things ugly and miserable. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That’s it
for now from the lake….<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2N6i6RGHR7WYeyN0kHpi7OPn88MEq64NX76zX7RxyCRg9czKq5EEEYoEyCceYjtDS3tqlgwyIenx7bqvMn8I8k13k-N0lGF9GQsfdWJrrt-oxIFMbcqhuFF5d4KniFexHQrNESAq1zyd48U61DEpYa_yenQ-P81Cz6V8gKs00P1kOGpkEu4ElpbJ4oc/s4032/IMG_5053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2N6i6RGHR7WYeyN0kHpi7OPn88MEq64NX76zX7RxyCRg9czKq5EEEYoEyCceYjtDS3tqlgwyIenx7bqvMn8I8k13k-N0lGF9GQsfdWJrrt-oxIFMbcqhuFF5d4KniFexHQrNESAq1zyd48U61DEpYa_yenQ-P81Cz6V8gKs00P1kOGpkEu4ElpbJ4oc/s320/IMG_5053.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span><p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-63413727286240937592023-06-29T10:51:00.000-05:002023-06-29T10:51:01.884-05:00Moving Along Slowly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVdynQd3SPgu9WgQX3_aXN1QEvBMrOHsT9WiYNHj0Qt5EG_-n9oHuk8YTrbxW9uxrG3FfoLInnjIDFtrnIGU3kAZvH3lYcP4TRCvbEO1QMW2agqqB5NeSNF1Br754IqAruh2SZOHyUysppjVrjjQua4IGb1N_2bpEHVQfNIQi3ztzzZxBeAb1oRyvCuI/s4032/IMG_5003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVdynQd3SPgu9WgQX3_aXN1QEvBMrOHsT9WiYNHj0Qt5EG_-n9oHuk8YTrbxW9uxrG3FfoLInnjIDFtrnIGU3kAZvH3lYcP4TRCvbEO1QMW2agqqB5NeSNF1Br754IqAruh2SZOHyUysppjVrjjQua4IGb1N_2bpEHVQfNIQi3ztzzZxBeAb1oRyvCuI/s320/IMG_5003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(Can you tell it's feeding time?)</span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's not easy being old. You move much slower and if you do too much you ache in places you had forgotten you had. Odd muscles begin to scream and new ailments seem to pop up. Since when did I ever have hip problems? Starting about two weeks ago! Near as I can tell from internet research, it's probably some type of bursitis from overuse but I woke one night in excruciating pain in my left hip and radiating down my left leg which prevented any sleep. That was when I was in the middle of moving tons of the stick piles to a massive bonfire for two full days, which was nothing but bend over, pick up, lug, toss, and turn around and do it all again as I sweated profusely while standing next to a 2000 degree (at least) blazing inferno rendering coals over a foot high. It was easy the next morning to stick a dry piece of branch into the coal/ash pile and poof--it would take off again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My other recent task was to work on our sitting area. Marc had ordered some gravel with lots of larger cobble in it so we had picked out the larger rocks into a discard pile. I decided to use them to spruce up the cut bank which was cleared long ago leading down to the lake. I built two flanking dry stack walls and also used some smaller gravel to fill in and expand the area which dropped away steeply. By doing this we will be able to install the largest boulders as a fire pit in this area after the bug tent is moved. It will go elsewhere. After carting rocks and shoveling gravel for two days to accomplish this I was able to truthfully answer my doctor during my annual if I was doing any weight bearing exercise for my osteoporosis! I want to add some small plantings to the side hills behind the stones but don't know if that will get done this summer. Whatever goes in there will likely be the extent of our "landscaping" here. I have enough to maintain with the two acres in Waupaca every time I go home. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeB0MFoZMedSN0V7Z_1DntSsWObBD9V9toiuOxgYQDxwAnJ0iuKbCD5AUcjK0Xt4XhNLpJKulntGmEVQBsYJu4A9SWLlaN7KUUZUxM3f1CTM8E6Igl2Q2_kxRmYicwh5J8Fid-KXJV3QxI5x2GgSmZByvnDwqizAD47HILkuprOyM9juDV605N2Yfysx8/s4032/IMG_5031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeB0MFoZMedSN0V7Z_1DntSsWObBD9V9toiuOxgYQDxwAnJ0iuKbCD5AUcjK0Xt4XhNLpJKulntGmEVQBsYJu4A9SWLlaN7KUUZUxM3f1CTM8E6Igl2Q2_kxRmYicwh5J8Fid-KXJV3QxI5x2GgSmZByvnDwqizAD47HILkuprOyM9juDV605N2Yfysx8/s320/IMG_5031.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNuvX-nex8rnLyO1wo7G11afKHQE5VSpxpXr4-aAIr1VSKbXiFHxlsJysaSDjU_5nIQI0U9VfED5nXNMW65GXtS2lFyeyFHRPqOmprV2I0vDuGk5XbKVkp-EzoDlTNCIn26KOYWiof-Xiv6DdZVH3U3khgkNLJLgPuN8X-9rxS5RvAiwxiovkD-xITmA/s4032/IMG_5034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNuvX-nex8rnLyO1wo7G11afKHQE5VSpxpXr4-aAIr1VSKbXiFHxlsJysaSDjU_5nIQI0U9VfED5nXNMW65GXtS2lFyeyFHRPqOmprV2I0vDuGk5XbKVkp-EzoDlTNCIn26KOYWiof-Xiv6DdZVH3U3khgkNLJLgPuN8X-9rxS5RvAiwxiovkD-xITmA/s320/IMG_5034.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideUbb6FXR72RAKXxfE6hFcHoPm6fF1yZW7gtpoB6rKb2o63ys-Nl1jwEu8PJRSAnsL8T0yybXN_VviWbFiJfHxAZ7RtxnRo37yTExerGq9k5XTxathxHUVq86a2Xx-h38ifE6g_5GQIJD9Qey2R4u73roRokoCsTIAPE0WwDaTPvx334PEwWRG4s5jEI/s4032/IMG_5029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideUbb6FXR72RAKXxfE6hFcHoPm6fF1yZW7gtpoB6rKb2o63ys-Nl1jwEu8PJRSAnsL8T0yybXN_VviWbFiJfHxAZ7RtxnRo37yTExerGq9k5XTxathxHUVq86a2Xx-h38ifE6g_5GQIJD9Qey2R4u73roRokoCsTIAPE0WwDaTPvx334PEwWRG4s5jEI/s320/IMG_5029.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnPYB0cRekpUvFJWfEoARbDNA2ZIYsNhH60cNtTaAIBFxbVRC1BDzCqpwenFlb9Rfajm5HGpz3DPnQMe1xIy9hiugGeP3QpkQC-OXUKhqd1J1CRD8lbXEZLTrx3p7Y3QQgQ4WfGbatUxWgBXbceGgZ-tJX1yTZydTHC-L1IWkNQHcKuNR1imN6BFK1jg/s4032/IMG_5026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnPYB0cRekpUvFJWfEoARbDNA2ZIYsNhH60cNtTaAIBFxbVRC1BDzCqpwenFlb9Rfajm5HGpz3DPnQMe1xIy9hiugGeP3QpkQC-OXUKhqd1J1CRD8lbXEZLTrx3p7Y3QQgQ4WfGbatUxWgBXbceGgZ-tJX1yTZydTHC-L1IWkNQHcKuNR1imN6BFK1jg/s320/IMG_5026.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaEVH8nRmXcO2YWB19OWhp36OozZKSreYZNOxu38fEg6j5DBVn4pD5zMiuGQkchA8Z9klRDMyivcD7xWjGmVlIEMrwVbT0GyDZZSJiiGko2UkZ8jBrKEYr4VajbMOfglu_fgWHAL98NPwebG0rxXxKReLFJr0iIXr-12bMnVtppS1qkdrUyXcO9HpyUQ/s4032/IMG_5032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaEVH8nRmXcO2YWB19OWhp36OozZKSreYZNOxu38fEg6j5DBVn4pD5zMiuGQkchA8Z9klRDMyivcD7xWjGmVlIEMrwVbT0GyDZZSJiiGko2UkZ8jBrKEYr4VajbMOfglu_fgWHAL98NPwebG0rxXxKReLFJr0iIXr-12bMnVtppS1qkdrUyXcO9HpyUQ/s320/IMG_5032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our main endeavor of course, has been continued progress on the shop. The roof trusses came in and Marc's contractor friend came with a helper to install the sheathing and roof paper. After that, Marc worked hard to finish off the gable ends and do the headers for the man door and the oversize garage door, which he just finished installing. He still needs to get that actually hooked up to the opener when he returns from an unexpected speed run to Waupaca. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTADG1JOCavMSiLqqx4JuxzGV2U--BCCuPb4gCNVp15JyECAZ7sy17A64bO9ZiNWptLc8X11Eh56gSB5FGQMpekqq6mseKKUksTEfktjpF44dk9bCW0f0jpwo2PI7zv0KwFr12Y8rX3DDlQer3nrPBOvpBdHDUu3Py-HKKKj0E4Q_DzuLfdLb9CihObMM/s4032/IMG_5023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTADG1JOCavMSiLqqx4JuxzGV2U--BCCuPb4gCNVp15JyECAZ7sy17A64bO9ZiNWptLc8X11Eh56gSB5FGQMpekqq6mseKKUksTEfktjpF44dk9bCW0f0jpwo2PI7zv0KwFr12Y8rX3DDlQer3nrPBOvpBdHDUu3Py-HKKKj0E4Q_DzuLfdLb9CihObMM/s320/IMG_5023.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2lpuB4fyc_7YqThU_IO3yUlbMjXS6xJygpiHMGh9pldTpe2jdvAyola8f28rAZLfO1hXalM6LXyRbC-c7TF0UsXbN0NiHj2Ps4LRSVYvwN7cbhwZEdoro2ep3UTKWJxPuWse3uik9MsshQfJIcUNejak_6OtwokdRJYKC1Wv6iXMeQG1JrjaVIyLBec/s4032/IMG_5021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2lpuB4fyc_7YqThU_IO3yUlbMjXS6xJygpiHMGh9pldTpe2jdvAyola8f28rAZLfO1hXalM6LXyRbC-c7TF0UsXbN0NiHj2Ps4LRSVYvwN7cbhwZEdoro2ep3UTKWJxPuWse3uik9MsshQfJIcUNejak_6OtwokdRJYKC1Wv6iXMeQG1JrjaVIyLBec/s320/IMG_5021.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoFc6AAI4ZzMYxfZHzAb3rH7QJ-G9afyvZ3GOkwVzU5RvIPW82Xsuc8s9D8HuEeBLtSy1D4QQ4C_Axe2QywVyZjPF7V8G19ABdQ70X2BR03AIbdAkBhbGkshJScDJk_VKj9-w_3nIfE-foJ7kNmVCBTAOYUzZoxrXq2RfhsGw4vvRMN-_HUA0heDAFrA/s4032/IMG_5019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoFc6AAI4ZzMYxfZHzAb3rH7QJ-G9afyvZ3GOkwVzU5RvIPW82Xsuc8s9D8HuEeBLtSy1D4QQ4C_Axe2QywVyZjPF7V8G19ABdQ70X2BR03AIbdAkBhbGkshJScDJk_VKj9-w_3nIfE-foJ7kNmVCBTAOYUzZoxrXq2RfhsGw4vvRMN-_HUA0heDAFrA/s320/IMG_5019.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDB_z2oDMe49nXXXnXUHE6d5hiJmb-6mGRiIHG_O6nNpjg5S83EOGhfxznn2kOyED2PlVmF4xnj0IWE8aTZXRc9-3x08j0K5iZXsoBMzDu9SqJpFpqYZ5hU2sZEeddlsl92eePNrjj0c2FjKkYJX5m_m8j-0xjfpGZZHIRicUiPMZS-rLpLihHR8X-48/s4032/IMG_5018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDB_z2oDMe49nXXXnXUHE6d5hiJmb-6mGRiIHG_O6nNpjg5S83EOGhfxznn2kOyED2PlVmF4xnj0IWE8aTZXRc9-3x08j0K5iZXsoBMzDu9SqJpFpqYZ5hU2sZEeddlsl92eePNrjj0c2FjKkYJX5m_m8j-0xjfpGZZHIRicUiPMZS-rLpLihHR8X-48/s320/IMG_5018.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcUvsqa-9T9b-QWj_CnXsWbF6D4DJEsBfSkX2YDpRe2C6seA_GjgfD47aPZ2Oia4j7cBcds_dtI97xsgJMI7qHDzFhrAePC7P6cbyy6tlrx0K4k_FJPVcEbuBmpGLgx22IxmGugmnJv1Gl2tarOrH8RgYZSIZRx3oCT7CuKtB_sg1j8hy7rQzSPDB_Ks/s4032/IMG_5042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcUvsqa-9T9b-QWj_CnXsWbF6D4DJEsBfSkX2YDpRe2C6seA_GjgfD47aPZ2Oia4j7cBcds_dtI97xsgJMI7qHDzFhrAePC7P6cbyy6tlrx0K4k_FJPVcEbuBmpGLgx22IxmGugmnJv1Gl2tarOrH8RgYZSIZRx3oCT7CuKtB_sg1j8hy7rQzSPDB_Ks/s320/IMG_5042.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You see, our RV fridge unexpectedly died. It had stopped running on electric about a year ago and now won't run on propane either. Fortunately, since we have an extra refrigerator at home, he is there now to pick it up and also bring back the pontoon. The fridge is actually the one in our house with a decent size freezer so it will be set up in the shop to do until we can move into our new RV. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next up will be tackling the metal roof installation. Roofing is expected in on July 7th. In between we'll likely get started on installing the siding. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Slowly, as we have time, we're also working on selectively clearing out the hillside </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">which sits between the bog and where our RV will be placed so it opens up an expansive view to the lake. It'd be nice to have it all placed by my next post! Marc has found that the forklift really helps in knocking down the smaller diameter trees. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2btn1-N7bS3vp_wAH9xYQ_11ZBTYuRVSdSPwLYx0f2mvS--79Hr4F2U9tOWYTg9Q8fVvVv-toJtroOLJgnrxMYWq6u4xwMB3bV9CfhGYGfkR2oFaGxPx5bpkkm6Oc45gvb0--c7T5gyixFEPGjt2miWVfCuLhT6wsnnrkLWpWvqbCNXpk8jqbo9AkXG0/s4032/IMG_5016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2btn1-N7bS3vp_wAH9xYQ_11ZBTYuRVSdSPwLYx0f2mvS--79Hr4F2U9tOWYTg9Q8fVvVv-toJtroOLJgnrxMYWq6u4xwMB3bV9CfhGYGfkR2oFaGxPx5bpkkm6Oc45gvb0--c7T5gyixFEPGjt2miWVfCuLhT6wsnnrkLWpWvqbCNXpk8jqbo9AkXG0/s320/IMG_5016.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz86KCQeyxIm00L5ibYIvkYToEbD7jnAxl2xNaEwCJEqJi8XSmkg45lfZjC8sPHQMVqEUVP71zqbmv3rksRfQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A surprise visit by a snapping turtle one morning! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdk3mWshTbpiiluRR8eExiQbeW1tC3bY5Y2wKjl9bFJlHNiY5fXIQl82sltG7GaB__EuSvBeX2Wn_i02eD2RMIgcQlQ_uKJMzhD6-u4pZg7ANynnuqt0Lr48C-YQpvO9fED6skk3vdxMrTfA0FeFUHQKld-uf7t10OXEygGBE2yz-sjYNdQJnDX13kDE/s4032/IMG_5036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdk3mWshTbpiiluRR8eExiQbeW1tC3bY5Y2wKjl9bFJlHNiY5fXIQl82sltG7GaB__EuSvBeX2Wn_i02eD2RMIgcQlQ_uKJMzhD6-u4pZg7ANynnuqt0Lr48C-YQpvO9fED6skk3vdxMrTfA0FeFUHQKld-uf7t10OXEygGBE2yz-sjYNdQJnDX13kDE/s320/IMG_5036.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAwzoEf2FlLE_3svGn1U00rSbbuRGiiHXuEriFmCyIqq99DxeeGZB9POdToI6Fe_O6dEUOtjEBCMCjf1w1m5V3SzTcJq8f0HlP2gwtDkRpQHgf0BPc8eNQmzgPGD3rJIN3gVwDiOOpulhqXvi7nNRSRhYCzIh0R3djxPEf_xP2vx0dfd3q2mLPmmdPLM/s4032/IMG_5037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAwzoEf2FlLE_3svGn1U00rSbbuRGiiHXuEriFmCyIqq99DxeeGZB9POdToI6Fe_O6dEUOtjEBCMCjf1w1m5V3SzTcJq8f0HlP2gwtDkRpQHgf0BPc8eNQmzgPGD3rJIN3gVwDiOOpulhqXvi7nNRSRhYCzIh0R3djxPEf_xP2vx0dfd3q2mLPmmdPLM/s320/IMG_5037.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-79316110848901339442023-05-24T10:49:00.000-05:002023-05-24T10:49:09.798-05:00Getting Started<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYVjih-inR7-NjH74Mvk8G2aziYRGe7pKKm6fY6vA8MnNmVRIBHFOYOjBY6y1C08BBTDV6XMBxLcFq3BdQJjZ74uOxiWlfA2MrkZXmD0dUZ99jEcLQc_5oVyYA_54ZRiXFbWYnsZ8a37UV1NpwDoSFDjrKoycfiu3hRGFNEq4Nmq96cu9btnACgyK/s4032/IMG_4953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYVjih-inR7-NjH74Mvk8G2aziYRGe7pKKm6fY6vA8MnNmVRIBHFOYOjBY6y1C08BBTDV6XMBxLcFq3BdQJjZ74uOxiWlfA2MrkZXmD0dUZ99jEcLQc_5oVyYA_54ZRiXFbWYnsZ8a37UV1NpwDoSFDjrKoycfiu3hRGFNEq4Nmq96cu9btnACgyK/s320/IMG_4953.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It
feels like it’s been a long road to get to the point where we could finally
start shop construction. We were late getting to the property this spring due
to the amount of snow and cold and once here, we encountered many downed trees
that needed dealing with. In addition, we continue to thin out dead and dying
trees, particularly certain species like the popples, which are tall, spindly,
weak parasitic trees of other desirable trees like the maples. Much of my work
time is spent looping off branches and making fire size pieces, where we continue
to have all day bonfires on burn days. Certain treetops I use to further build
up and sustain our “brush fence” which we use to keep roaming dogs out; we also
got the gate totally secured with wire surround so they can’t walk around that. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30cJ_NlGlkHQ4sCPolPP3wYI6RktIhtS7DyMRjt7aRQ2TXjfy2GDWTpttoezJbEZoUCruv_0XSbYnaAl6ahnIB2eWUfYqhJDh3Z-fF9c1d65ho5OB9HCyGZdMPuJaKbKBffdwgn6c_h260rmfkF28vzi7mLO6wMSbStqLV8KKEbzG8S7fiWZ1gAQt/s4032/IMG_4919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30cJ_NlGlkHQ4sCPolPP3wYI6RktIhtS7DyMRjt7aRQ2TXjfy2GDWTpttoezJbEZoUCruv_0XSbYnaAl6ahnIB2eWUfYqhJDh3Z-fF9c1d65ho5OB9HCyGZdMPuJaKbKBffdwgn6c_h260rmfkF28vzi7mLO6wMSbStqLV8KKEbzG8S7fiWZ1gAQt/s320/IMG_4919.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxRlNnNZqCS4iE2hLUj1Zrn1nxbOGZif8v9HLpTpqKOKtwfcUpSU3sZUNA_LB7AUn5oR_ia78eUMdmeuQ7GfA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD06rVXUpNvn_Cc2TmwUhQtKfjellrnxNX7dPzpMU89L54fcJpz4wf3lu023St_mZKghpYUgMbaz-FYrtNKQ5sQJDd87VNTqalSoKwHrMXPzyDmKrBAc_cJQAQaHYhmHeAOu7O_Pqy9MLo4ryEltUCgAObpt-8ih1C8lRYD85pIcV4g9s14PEhXeVX/s4032/IMG_4943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD06rVXUpNvn_Cc2TmwUhQtKfjellrnxNX7dPzpMU89L54fcJpz4wf3lu023St_mZKghpYUgMbaz-FYrtNKQ5sQJDd87VNTqalSoKwHrMXPzyDmKrBAc_cJQAQaHYhmHeAOu7O_Pqy9MLo4ryEltUCgAObpt-8ih1C8lRYD85pIcV4g9s14PEhXeVX/s320/IMG_4943.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz42THHk9EjYhBgjz5ZU-DO16hjPL0rF8en3naeYW5lkqNyv35tQeOlJaBuCKxlGtsBcQC0kbIelwx725z_Bxs8byKa4_vUoXFCchHsewdaZOfFLWDO2tFOBh4tBLcCXxIxAaBZMhNw8h_D6BoqS8zTdQyHXaLrG2fS295NR0i2lq1H_-8JZOzGb4Q/s4032/IMG_4945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz42THHk9EjYhBgjz5ZU-DO16hjPL0rF8en3naeYW5lkqNyv35tQeOlJaBuCKxlGtsBcQC0kbIelwx725z_Bxs8byKa4_vUoXFCchHsewdaZOfFLWDO2tFOBh4tBLcCXxIxAaBZMhNw8h_D6BoqS8zTdQyHXaLrG2fS295NR0i2lq1H_-8JZOzGb4Q/s320/IMG_4945.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfoDUVrLqfZrtioLjH7qfCI2ccELBttbrSCp3JPHzrRa9ikj-QFGPtEaAihBCjHccZTo-Nnnx1rqGHrb_ADGTevtrexNOfE42c2lYcRetlwNrZTHJlR25lGiyWaoXfK_ZjsTQOUs3jzb22MWoBxkydRYBjwlgef14vQT7ejKh_R20dRmc6PJmi7-6/s4032/IMG_4948.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfoDUVrLqfZrtioLjH7qfCI2ccELBttbrSCp3JPHzrRa9ikj-QFGPtEaAihBCjHccZTo-Nnnx1rqGHrb_ADGTevtrexNOfE42c2lYcRetlwNrZTHJlR25lGiyWaoXfK_ZjsTQOUs3jzb22MWoBxkydRYBjwlgef14vQT7ejKh_R20dRmc6PJmi7-6/s320/IMG_4948.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">At
first, I was all about the forest and tall trees but now that it is getting
thinned out, I must admit I like it better; the land becomes more usable and
hopefully, it will cut down on the bugs by providing better airflow. The
mosquitos and gnats are horrendous this year! There is one more large section I
had wanted to remain natural because it provides a real barrier from views from
the highway but I’m now giving thought to clearing that out as well. Maybe not
until next summer though! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToQYQGGtz2Zway1Bav7Jb35gC3xgNB3UaEl-fQ0mUOxiPVKL3-Rge7kSiB5NkuNoBxTYKwWftsU2PhiKIU6y0aI3PDufPyPgreA146VAP62eUk5YFf9C_yqKlhoEtthXGqlxxl4tzP2i9eQm0V2VxG6ZNoDv90PSBxMa2AIMSV140sYd_okgAL_FB/s4032/IMG_4944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToQYQGGtz2Zway1Bav7Jb35gC3xgNB3UaEl-fQ0mUOxiPVKL3-Rge7kSiB5NkuNoBxTYKwWftsU2PhiKIU6y0aI3PDufPyPgreA146VAP62eUk5YFf9C_yqKlhoEtthXGqlxxl4tzP2i9eQm0V2VxG6ZNoDv90PSBxMa2AIMSV140sYd_okgAL_FB/s320/IMG_4944.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV278J_Z6hBANUe2kM0nFJikLJYUvLFGMNcV271mvuYY3Yg5gVy3ElBpFrdJLK1lYxrRlT7idhnUBKt82h5yC7SVx64__ADhdVJN7qPQB2z86fxrZNXuqe95qyskwDWurn1KPHSFv0EcHwAMZ3Xmbf_oChP0B2C-UA1KQAW05eixyKDWP_dKXhuD5P/s4032/IMG_3697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV278J_Z6hBANUe2kM0nFJikLJYUvLFGMNcV271mvuYY3Yg5gVy3ElBpFrdJLK1lYxrRlT7idhnUBKt82h5yC7SVx64__ADhdVJN7qPQB2z86fxrZNXuqe95qyskwDWurn1KPHSFv0EcHwAMZ3Xmbf_oChP0B2C-UA1KQAW05eixyKDWP_dKXhuD5P/s320/IMG_3697.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">One
good thing about the delay in building from last year is that lumber prices are
now around one third of what our quotes were last year. Marc debated going the
package route but found buying things individually was a better deal so he
started with the framing and sheeting lumber for the shop walls. Since he is
doing this alone, he decided to do them panelized, which means he is building
them in sections on the cement slab—something much easier than being up on a
ladder trying to hold lumber himself while wielding the heavy, huge nail gun.
It’s an act of “McGivership” though for him to figure out the way to stand the
walls on his own and get them level. It proved to be very difficult and heavy so
he’s going to decrease the size of the sections from 12 feet to 8 feet. By the way, the walls are also 12 foot tall!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8qMOhoWZ7fWKCjW7tM1o9G4rMfDOaxFgvs5MQnKKuOIJQi91Pp_D8cHwAHocE6ARrETCFV32buXJ8uztwQ69g4YgMoii0MHfI36BfpKJY-WkPjT2WqITkW-HpmVbpNxS_dT2I8FVwUzMULiMGpKzamKfJsCwu7lgG08bgcUDyExpiptbF3ooEyjm/s4032/IMG_4961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8qMOhoWZ7fWKCjW7tM1o9G4rMfDOaxFgvs5MQnKKuOIJQi91Pp_D8cHwAHocE6ARrETCFV32buXJ8uztwQ69g4YgMoii0MHfI36BfpKJY-WkPjT2WqITkW-HpmVbpNxS_dT2I8FVwUzMULiMGpKzamKfJsCwu7lgG08bgcUDyExpiptbF3ooEyjm/s320/IMG_4961.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sOUgcCJpx-TaG29ByI4qgDzVh_ucjiH2Q43gLZ2u6Nsy0IPfv3J2X8FsNO3P3UB3bSW1dQDP-f09vo9JhIDph_laBFm7NkMKkYBSW1AaZmzCKoBPEtx3Y3PDxORjbViaZTi8GdY2AFFdmX8uHCj_HWu3TosizqLSTikbjitGQ_zmzcnGpba3kCGU/s4032/IMG_4963.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sOUgcCJpx-TaG29ByI4qgDzVh_ucjiH2Q43gLZ2u6Nsy0IPfv3J2X8FsNO3P3UB3bSW1dQDP-f09vo9JhIDph_laBFm7NkMKkYBSW1AaZmzCKoBPEtx3Y3PDxORjbViaZTi8GdY2AFFdmX8uHCj_HWu3TosizqLSTikbjitGQ_zmzcnGpba3kCGU/s320/IMG_4963.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnoArocj3rD8vpyx6anAuhmVcQbuZE62hE3x8U5PlYMiBnvPvaBcoCiLvQP7DjJv5r-wtTPebU4eOOvgy21ib4YUtYNOdx1k2Q_Mq4BDXrQLLwrcZvk1uYMX5UnNYa6sqUtW6IcnoBJuUB7AMty5txjHXeh9xHebe9s50QcFW21Vp0044fdccVSF0/s4032/IMG_4966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnoArocj3rD8vpyx6anAuhmVcQbuZE62hE3x8U5PlYMiBnvPvaBcoCiLvQP7DjJv5r-wtTPebU4eOOvgy21ib4YUtYNOdx1k2Q_Mq4BDXrQLLwrcZvk1uYMX5UnNYa6sqUtW6IcnoBJuUB7AMty5txjHXeh9xHebe9s50QcFW21Vp0044fdccVSF0/s320/IMG_4966.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzyx41d6gPn9-OPJ8jAQPTkMnp4fjm1W88vb1C4YIPyo7SiqmM2fNJ3S5H0R1s0UjHxkw_6CykiP4l-NTCqbZ4ATvx9veECe4SsJ-nAnTOcmPx9lwDuNbXZig5EhX5OwZJFsHg4uTYpqeEBwrwGsdfUbK2hsoQ98mZznUWsu1OK8A-2TG96OS5lKh/s4032/IMG_4968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzyx41d6gPn9-OPJ8jAQPTkMnp4fjm1W88vb1C4YIPyo7SiqmM2fNJ3S5H0R1s0UjHxkw_6CykiP4l-NTCqbZ4ATvx9veECe4SsJ-nAnTOcmPx9lwDuNbXZig5EhX5OwZJFsHg4uTYpqeEBwrwGsdfUbK2hsoQ98mZznUWsu1OK8A-2TG96OS5lKh/s320/IMG_4968.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKa1PcMVNE8n3e0hJcS8B1K1HPJBpYj5bqseNg0ZwsaDyrKn_jrt-hAP1zct0IZlnbkX1NMCa7b757Q5LGDJ44GqXcCU-0sKDxWX1j5CJj375SkNwl2Dx5tZ94MdbKuXohyoR-zXCNNFo805RuZvHZWmm_V1g8vlREccmS6D4z9EMa6_0PoCarUUQ/s4032/IMG_4973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKa1PcMVNE8n3e0hJcS8B1K1HPJBpYj5bqseNg0ZwsaDyrKn_jrt-hAP1zct0IZlnbkX1NMCa7b757Q5LGDJ44GqXcCU-0sKDxWX1j5CJj375SkNwl2Dx5tZ94MdbKuXohyoR-zXCNNFo805RuZvHZWmm_V1g8vlREccmS6D4z9EMa6_0PoCarUUQ/s320/IMG_4973.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Within a week or two he hopes to borrow a forklift from a
friend who lives an hour from here which should greatly help in the building
once the trusses arrive. When the garage shell is complete, we can turn our
attention to leveling, compacting, and getting utilities to the point of where
we intend to place the new park model and he can then move it from Waupaca and
get it set and blocked. Next after that, he intends to build a deck for it. On
his next return to Waupaca, he will bring the boat up as we’re hoping to get
out on that when we desperately need a break from the work. All in all, it
looks to be another really busy summer for us in the Northwoods, but it’s sure
heaven to be here again!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-6059847892605907582023-04-05T15:07:00.000-05:002023-04-05T15:07:32.857-05:00Delayed<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfhcG2dQySYp8qCSVD6ODlk240JYqr_WeQOw2L04sg0g500ktzHgEi3kxMGztFIHRJ05hlPqw3nGCgm6GZFiH0lZGjz2lZTsWJj3B9KB18IyAfBo1dQStbYJ0o7hqa04Hv2vZMxWK2TAwweNaCPRGYkOADa0T-GLo7BcTXCCLtKr7t4O7fKk0uXQ4/s4032/IMG_2543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfhcG2dQySYp8qCSVD6ODlk240JYqr_WeQOw2L04sg0g500ktzHgEi3kxMGztFIHRJ05hlPqw3nGCgm6GZFiH0lZGjz2lZTsWJj3B9KB18IyAfBo1dQStbYJ0o7hqa04Hv2vZMxWK2TAwweNaCPRGYkOADa0T-GLo7BcTXCCLtKr7t4O7fKk0uXQ4/s320/IMG_2543.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As you’ll
see in a moment from the photos, winter just doesn’t want to give up as yet in
the Northwoods. Marc checked out our property about ten days ago and there was
lots of snow left. We just did get rid of the last of it here in Waupaca but
the ground is still frozen or a muddy mess so we still haven’t been able to retrieve
our new trailer from its current campground. About the middle of March we
needed to visit it so Marc could shovel snow off its roof as we feared it was
getting too heavy.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCQXMBvAWoSA6K90Y9PlAiiYQT0f8pPp6NlisfIxxqC3AYUwG6Xk83mPjXweKW4Le0Wkhqd_06UfY3NHzJYwGlpl8YTKPBtCpFeL2SClAPAaldR80FULye9CpTizuzpe7EBhU8eKWtsXHNZyEfO8hTuSgihoSm9nNoJ6hMlpBmtr5UzsvxWPKUcN5/s4032/IMG_4821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCQXMBvAWoSA6K90Y9PlAiiYQT0f8pPp6NlisfIxxqC3AYUwG6Xk83mPjXweKW4Le0Wkhqd_06UfY3NHzJYwGlpl8YTKPBtCpFeL2SClAPAaldR80FULye9CpTizuzpe7EBhU8eKWtsXHNZyEfO8hTuSgihoSm9nNoJ6hMlpBmtr5UzsvxWPKUcN5/s320/IMG_4821.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD-uxBglIDuqxMceFrB56mjbFVTn3QL6jpeNxULy9wATBTBscNUmYAK3fVJQPWwS1vx4uaWGZUqvGP72pFPNeAbKHg4i3BatJcIlDNvefwCe-hby2wtJNqp4zZ8s_HPhze5PN0vtX1kQf5Pr941BrdiYFNCgLb2zqAsILR10dF6LAc-AFBJphbAaS/s4032/IMG_4820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD-uxBglIDuqxMceFrB56mjbFVTn3QL6jpeNxULy9wATBTBscNUmYAK3fVJQPWwS1vx4uaWGZUqvGP72pFPNeAbKHg4i3BatJcIlDNvefwCe-hby2wtJNqp4zZ8s_HPhze5PN0vtX1kQf5Pr941BrdiYFNCgLb2zqAsILR10dF6LAc-AFBJphbAaS/s320/IMG_4820.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All of this
will put us substantially behind on our start for the build season. In
addition, from the looks of the property, there are now many downed trees which
will first need to be taken care of before we can even access it with the
larger trailer. Marc estimates May before we can gain access to the lot to get
started. As you can note from the picture of our gate, which is about two feet
off the ground level, it’s definitely going to be awhile! At least it appeared as though the RV made it just fine through winter under its new shed although the flatbed trailer didn't get through unscathed. Yes, that's two trees that fell on it....<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiG-b-Hd6V29hoGc6RCjlklYAssGnPhDHDkoM-cSJmTnhZqovZ2ZybH4PhgsKJ9SslheIbmvHGu5NxC1xDwUJnyH-zcJoYTHWMblH_vY4MOdi8xlVrbJyqZEE5_FbTNNwa096ZnQJ-gBJoowceFWWznMNKijZbkVN-DoUYo4dNX1zclffw_OfCIqC/s4032/IMG_2539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiG-b-Hd6V29hoGc6RCjlklYAssGnPhDHDkoM-cSJmTnhZqovZ2ZybH4PhgsKJ9SslheIbmvHGu5NxC1xDwUJnyH-zcJoYTHWMblH_vY4MOdi8xlVrbJyqZEE5_FbTNNwa096ZnQJ-gBJoowceFWWznMNKijZbkVN-DoUYo4dNX1zclffw_OfCIqC/s320/IMG_2539.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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long winter!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br />Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-346665549737979522023-02-25T08:34:00.000-06:002023-02-25T08:34:26.315-06:00“You can't always get what you want But if you try sometime you'll find You get what you need”, Rolling Stones<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Axu1PRJWjuwCSQkEeKieke6GjAuhfB_3KEv1EUl0DKxdOJTi7MPWVd3FOuLy1JPgPQEFQcgizfmdQz77N983Cdcs0ZA3q-cLlRH86vzOCOFayedjU4LdxQdbdUZvS2Me8URkssXsIttDEa80Nuz742WgXbMa2j_6HPGSIGKvfyprqsab-YAKgy31/s4032/IMG_4725.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Axu1PRJWjuwCSQkEeKieke6GjAuhfB_3KEv1EUl0DKxdOJTi7MPWVd3FOuLy1JPgPQEFQcgizfmdQz77N983Cdcs0ZA3q-cLlRH86vzOCOFayedjU4LdxQdbdUZvS2Me8URkssXsIttDEa80Nuz742WgXbMa2j_6HPGSIGKvfyprqsab-YAKgy31/s320/IMG_4725.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s been a winter of soul-searching for ideas, wants and
needs for our up north property and hasn’t ended remotely as I ever imagined it
would. Let me explain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When Marc worked in WI back in 2007 he badly injured his
right rotator cuff in a silly move. After seeing numerous surgeons who said it
was unfixable, he managed an appointment with the orthopedist who treated
injuries for the Green Bay Packers; arguably one of the finest in the Midwest.
It was fixed, but with the caveat to take it easy on it as the way the
procedure had to be corrected left no room or chance of ever fixing it again in
a reinjury.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Building our RV shed last Fall, hurrying to get it done, Marc
pushed himself beyond what he should have and his shoulder has done nothing but
nag him with pain all winter. I know he began questioning just how much he was
going to be capable of this year in terms of building, so to try and “help out”
I kept reducing the size and scope our project to where I finally suggested
just a 16x24 foot one room cabin! He still seemed non-committal, given his
first priority is to finish building the shop this summer.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, in the meantime, my thoughts turned to earnestly
searching for instant housing; everything from tiny homes, park models, and
manufactured homes. If anyone has paid attention to the price of these in the
past two-three years, they have skyrocketed to absurd levels. After months of
scouring new and used listings for a park model I finally just found a very
nice used unit in TX that was in our price range. But an exorbitant transport bid
($16,000!) knocked it out of the park for us. Our former park model was a 2007
model and those are being listed for more than what ours cost new and many were
only in so-so condition and would have required lots of renovation. Forget
about purchase of a new one—something sticks in my craw about paying over six
figures for a structure with wallboard walls and pressboard cabinets.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Three days ago as we’re sitting through the big Midwest snow
storm, Marc suddenly came across a Facebook Marketplace listing of a
destination RV (similar to the one we had) which is in a campground three miles
from us! Yesterday we took a look at it and it was pristine (a 2021 40 foot model)
and a great deal pricewise as well. The owner had been trying to sell it since
last summer so was getting very motivated, so we decided to take advantage of
that and made an offer, which she quickly accepted.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6v8LvOm1yTF2QIEDViNzgHsUODYW7pg_orYhEtA-ZQveWCn5hUD5ZQnsJHQsFv9OfmWmQXEswdpbgKP0s2ohTqRWC9THzX-V4VTSFcgNblPWn6ZV3Q2lb8qd8diFRymfWu1sMg9fAvxMO0YItk6OYwL4HPfHBMcwNXNMFAlAOtk71SU-j-A2UZMw/s4032/IMG_4783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6v8LvOm1yTF2QIEDViNzgHsUODYW7pg_orYhEtA-ZQveWCn5hUD5ZQnsJHQsFv9OfmWmQXEswdpbgKP0s2ohTqRWC9THzX-V4VTSFcgNblPWn6ZV3Q2lb8qd8diFRymfWu1sMg9fAvxMO0YItk6OYwL4HPfHBMcwNXNMFAlAOtk71SU-j-A2UZMw/s320/IMG_4783.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLEZhlGFWc-2NVSVYa0BlasTu97g7-WesZMniZ3ftiqSLcBg6MI7mCHt2A2FKSjZrElBSCRVXGx3Pn1CaOBKJZWwJVLpu_G_XmBQw0bjGASlmT3DUyIFOK_6HWsU4UfB8tPd50sUUcw9tf9j8BE52EvjVnF1KTNgx3am0B_umev_RWXjo7K_OlHCz/s4032/IMG_4774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLEZhlGFWc-2NVSVYa0BlasTu97g7-WesZMniZ3ftiqSLcBg6MI7mCHt2A2FKSjZrElBSCRVXGx3Pn1CaOBKJZWwJVLpu_G_XmBQw0bjGASlmT3DUyIFOK_6HWsU4UfB8tPd50sUUcw9tf9j8BE52EvjVnF1KTNgx3am0B_umev_RWXjo7K_OlHCz/s320/IMG_4774.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiERGsnZ-nOfsEVCkA3CQc6ZS3awp1gp7jGeaYOAhB-EwgRADUcttbK1gf6SbCt_PqJUHpGJojOqhsbZ-vziRStJruPgyQ7reVxJsLJU37_vSazZ4BxJiopEFT318ZwB_S0tJSxjnVvEtu6NW7Ii4nDGpm8MBqbQRJPgX-U9vuFrQMGQk_kHZ4MUJ/s4032/IMG_4771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiERGsnZ-nOfsEVCkA3CQc6ZS3awp1gp7jGeaYOAhB-EwgRADUcttbK1gf6SbCt_PqJUHpGJojOqhsbZ-vziRStJruPgyQ7reVxJsLJU37_vSazZ4BxJiopEFT318ZwB_S0tJSxjnVvEtu6NW7Ii4nDGpm8MBqbQRJPgX-U9vuFrQMGQk_kHZ4MUJ/s320/IMG_4771.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Bd6BOCKO_x7giuh8eYEPv6ZJopXIcp5ciUtMRx_4pyoywbCSobQEEjwHnSaLvzhhaQnmesvq7smFUC3Y60LuWqzfOvRrpi4dTFxaQpnnHQ3GZDvYoq6Wr-EMp7n0QEdQhQuDm5XvT7EEldUXJWQmu7cGGelfirTvxL2xZG7gZxtQNTiAYo6uUl1G/s4032/IMG_4776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Bd6BOCKO_x7giuh8eYEPv6ZJopXIcp5ciUtMRx_4pyoywbCSobQEEjwHnSaLvzhhaQnmesvq7smFUC3Y60LuWqzfOvRrpi4dTFxaQpnnHQ3GZDvYoq6Wr-EMp7n0QEdQhQuDm5XvT7EEldUXJWQmu7cGGelfirTvxL2xZG7gZxtQNTiAYo6uUl1G/s320/IMG_4776.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Will it be my ideal; the thing of my dreams? No, but….It will
serve the purpose of comfortable seasonal housing; it will be relatively easy
setup for Marc; and it conserves money we don’t need to spend yet allowing for
us to also spend some for what we still need to do, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">which includes a new set of steps to the dock and a little
remodel to the unit’s kitchen. We’ll be possibly ditching the cooktop and RV
oven in favor of a full size stove/oven and also I’m not living with plastic
countertops so those will likely be replaced with butcher block.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We have until mid April to get it removed from its current
spot. In addition, the owner included a large deck and Rubbermaid shed which we’ll
need to tear down and transport north.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On another note, back at the end of October we finally broke
down and ordered a new car. Although it still runs like a champ, I’ve been
driving my Saturn for twenty years and we figured now might be a good time to
get a backup. Our new, loaded Subaru Forrester (if it’s my last car I’m having
leather seats dammit!), finally arrived at the end of January. It is so filled
with electronic gadgetry I’m still not comfortable driving it, so for the most
part it has sat in the garage and I’m getting around on all our salt-laden
streets and highways in the Saturn. We did have the new car undercoated, which
they guarantee against rust for ten years. Since it will be our last ever car
however, we will baby it and keep mileage down and use the Saturn as much as we
can until she gives up. My luck, that thing will just keep going and going
because that’s the way she’s always been! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRskNVGeotS6mSE1QPIe6NwWS5o-O1MbrceA-sX0mH5Hf338a2euEndUxWLhztMp8TxWBpzUtxEXHY-Ze7DP4avmah4FRyC2nH94DyXXSz9HzZ4qE04DL1gO6gP_0claU8DLafgxVINF0YX720r3pEO8qU04UPYjmYMNJgS99Of4jDFrQbVss1imhN/s4032/IMG_4732%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRskNVGeotS6mSE1QPIe6NwWS5o-O1MbrceA-sX0mH5Hf338a2euEndUxWLhztMp8TxWBpzUtxEXHY-Ze7DP4avmah4FRyC2nH94DyXXSz9HzZ4qE04DL1gO6gP_0claU8DLafgxVINF0YX720r3pEO8qU04UPYjmYMNJgS99Of4jDFrQbVss1imhN/s320/IMG_4732%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0H0yrCVVxI4TXBaoSmaxG3elF_D3zAjWDE0aqeerrMErCrQxA6kKQN9Ju77YIjpYf2QUwq7wSUarnl2-ipPBEVewQJ87-h8XFSAICsevM-FwU5wn8TW6MQpPz60cMVA2S0rdQjtmrUf3Jn7Flw6s72xjqiTvQEvaUQO1bPVqtBtNiAg3HRZ5stT2T/s4032/IMG_4742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0H0yrCVVxI4TXBaoSmaxG3elF_D3zAjWDE0aqeerrMErCrQxA6kKQN9Ju77YIjpYf2QUwq7wSUarnl2-ipPBEVewQJ87-h8XFSAICsevM-FwU5wn8TW6MQpPz60cMVA2S0rdQjtmrUf3Jn7Flw6s72xjqiTvQEvaUQO1bPVqtBtNiAg3HRZ5stT2T/s320/IMG_4742.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbrtoMNF-KD1tJnAv7xXpRDCMBiIe11azdjgI0PibEBSE-0QOrh0iFu8jcKTeZHOLukpW71XHVryeE0_iVtZy1_u8aI9B-J3hu9rkiY9fNUHUHkAi0BM7M8d1szTWBjJQwV6I0rV7reF7L71wJzG9T2Mmzy1wVvlrP0I5virp-cPsRU9kZiGWAqRi/s4032/IMG_4740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbrtoMNF-KD1tJnAv7xXpRDCMBiIe11azdjgI0PibEBSE-0QOrh0iFu8jcKTeZHOLukpW71XHVryeE0_iVtZy1_u8aI9B-J3hu9rkiY9fNUHUHkAi0BM7M8d1szTWBjJQwV6I0rV7reF7L71wJzG9T2Mmzy1wVvlrP0I5virp-cPsRU9kZiGWAqRi/s320/IMG_4740.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfYeS-xWKeYfsQGfuIZze6AniQG_YuGNYdMjTkkgWS-YgS_ws79T8GBLN1Xs2koKv22b3V0QZuKAaqcPu-INiaGB8zfAja754MoVNnNaO9PIAUHu45ZbWEH5U26vnGxYfV2yWgkJejNPbVge0XjtT55LC8Jo6XPNI-qzM6x0k_ae768WIMVMlSnXn/s4032/IMG_4733.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfYeS-xWKeYfsQGfuIZze6AniQG_YuGNYdMjTkkgWS-YgS_ws79T8GBLN1Xs2koKv22b3V0QZuKAaqcPu-INiaGB8zfAja754MoVNnNaO9PIAUHu45ZbWEH5U26vnGxYfV2yWgkJejNPbVge0XjtT55LC8Jo6XPNI-qzM6x0k_ae768WIMVMlSnXn/s320/IMG_4733.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We await Spring thaw with anticipation and I’m getting really
anxious to return to the land of pine scented air and the call of the loons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><br />Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-10670015941351470212023-01-07T11:33:00.000-06:002023-01-07T11:33:43.981-06:00My Winter's Work<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumhM8YhuVS_lbccb6p-Q9AzgkXWHQwvVaH25HtymIVr_fSKouVpvuHAVhmfoB4TTC0szx_i-f_Mw3BN5C5Q6tZou2sNPwpxNF90W6kX-O5n7seH_rJSOVsBPLoGkFhx4AOyKmSv3oG3X602psVd8ue_o_MvFwphze4fKImPcxSoaBTN61USfyZh_l/s4032/IMG_2192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumhM8YhuVS_lbccb6p-Q9AzgkXWHQwvVaH25HtymIVr_fSKouVpvuHAVhmfoB4TTC0szx_i-f_Mw3BN5C5Q6tZou2sNPwpxNF90W6kX-O5n7seH_rJSOVsBPLoGkFhx4AOyKmSv3oG3X602psVd8ue_o_MvFwphze4fKImPcxSoaBTN61USfyZh_l/s320/IMG_2192.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We’re enjoying above average temperatures in Wisconsin so far
this fall and winter, other than a bad bout of minus temps for about a week
awhile back. The snow hasn’t been too bad either. Both Marc and I have been
keeping busy with our hobbies; his in the basement doing woodwork and mine in
the sewing room continuing to produce things for the humane society auction
coming up in February. Our winters are pretty quiet for the most part and spent
close to home, dodging the public and not getting sick.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I do a combination of mainly bookmarks and various sized art
quilts, using both fabric and sometimes felt and wool. I’m not at all precise
or precious about what I do, but they do seem to appeal to folks offering a
sort of primitive, rustic charm. I know for sure I wouldn’t have the patience
for real quilting like my mother and Marc’s mom used to produce. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are just some samples; I've made many more!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AgXAJqcQbBSLUkYLmxs1qy3fUczaWDXgaEulvkzAFDSzK05lyHoJuTtyypYeXDte3Btaysl4RQitFcyFDa8OCOWtfJ2QUtMm9uNy8g2hVKkSucEvOOyJHbucMau9oXbPtJPrTj3WibQW6Q1q3OgFisKPm_YkZvTTbN-I4cvSrP7PprHj23zPRarq/s4032/IMG_4604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AgXAJqcQbBSLUkYLmxs1qy3fUczaWDXgaEulvkzAFDSzK05lyHoJuTtyypYeXDte3Btaysl4RQitFcyFDa8OCOWtfJ2QUtMm9uNy8g2hVKkSucEvOOyJHbucMau9oXbPtJPrTj3WibQW6Q1q3OgFisKPm_YkZvTTbN-I4cvSrP7PprHj23zPRarq/s320/IMG_4604.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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and his sister, then graduated to doing some cutting boards. The last attempt
was the one he did for us for the RV and I think it turned out spectacular! He’s
now building bird houses and toothpick holders for the shelter auction as well.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic863sRmDHTi-Ap5F7LbDszGssTjJocyLp6IKFrsBFGNxe-rUs2A8o6sQi1HL73yZmQhc5zTX4yIIqLrC0YdFKLPRMlXzCLPhSn9Y0j1_MgicSES_om0rWq9esH4SKRL4DsBSjp6bFBwtMwgVnvgfSNSUEkZqOBUqg277NCAmSgza2jdj-qijohCQt/s4032/IMG_4626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic863sRmDHTi-Ap5F7LbDszGssTjJocyLp6IKFrsBFGNxe-rUs2A8o6sQi1HL73yZmQhc5zTX4yIIqLrC0YdFKLPRMlXzCLPhSn9Y0j1_MgicSES_om0rWq9esH4SKRL4DsBSjp6bFBwtMwgVnvgfSNSUEkZqOBUqg277NCAmSgza2jdj-qijohCQt/s320/IMG_4626.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7XVrgZLnYqn1hcIrrO4q2ZZOXDqXeaxnL4bqP9n-Irozr1eI0OxmsGd4vXdEsQr8-kuDo3kcTxtH43RJgD6SlWk55Hw9wKwt4ioY26GS1UBPiYA6MoQRmb1kcmTlmORnwaafX0b_G7xuHbbmGikSE0D7h1dR2b_K-WFJcXzkiNNoNxuT0wAzML0E/s4032/IMG_4672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7XVrgZLnYqn1hcIrrO4q2ZZOXDqXeaxnL4bqP9n-Irozr1eI0OxmsGd4vXdEsQr8-kuDo3kcTxtH43RJgD6SlWk55Hw9wKwt4ioY26GS1UBPiYA6MoQRmb1kcmTlmORnwaafX0b_G7xuHbbmGikSE0D7h1dR2b_K-WFJcXzkiNNoNxuT0wAzML0E/s320/IMG_4672.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p> <o:p></o:p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfDODMzUiVx981aANWFCIs3C_DtkC27BDgy2Okme_6c4tISgcefJJ99G7tgNyWtL5jfMZJd_QXj7gODO1ewGWbhRJ1GzOBdjSEOOsPeOFiVzPESn1PK3fZcfV-L9vzCZHcjjYGudp3Xo91leqqd18AxcsN0MRlJBL6wO7B0-xwYY4IkU-euG4WPvs/s4032/IMG_4676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfDODMzUiVx981aANWFCIs3C_DtkC27BDgy2Okme_6c4tISgcefJJ99G7tgNyWtL5jfMZJd_QXj7gODO1ewGWbhRJ1GzOBdjSEOOsPeOFiVzPESn1PK3fZcfV-L9vzCZHcjjYGudp3Xo91leqqd18AxcsN0MRlJBL6wO7B0-xwYY4IkU-euG4WPvs/s320/IMG_4676.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There will be another vaccination clinic at the shelter
(offered to the public at cut-rate prices) at the end of January which I will
help with and then the auction in late February but after that it will likely
be June before I participate in much more for them. June is rummage month and I
should be able to spare a couple days to make the trip down from the Northwoods
to help set up or cover one day of the sale. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That’s all for now!</span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-83343812650901877042022-12-01T06:39:00.012-06:002022-12-01T06:43:18.071-06:00Of Cabins and Christmas<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5_ke8nFV3-Z-ipG455MA1rbAKvi5FjiOch0W6kC-THADlYDL1rKdm8PLYoqw1hLASssvudgZx05cSM-wpZ9U3OMwhfFp9giQun2CLr67wrgGO-dVNUiWYMBE2DXtl7_x8U7wAQxdzU_9cKyMcuXB_u9ECTlNq8DNSTXH0hh2aAXX8GSARijHAFfj/s875/snowman%20cabin.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="875" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5_ke8nFV3-Z-ipG455MA1rbAKvi5FjiOch0W6kC-THADlYDL1rKdm8PLYoqw1hLASssvudgZx05cSM-wpZ9U3OMwhfFp9giQun2CLr67wrgGO-dVNUiWYMBE2DXtl7_x8U7wAQxdzU_9cKyMcuXB_u9ECTlNq8DNSTXH0hh2aAXX8GSARijHAFfj/s320/snowman%20cabin.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">One thing about winter in Wisconsin is it gives a person
plenty of time to contemplate things. Our recent days have revolved around
moving activities indoors as temperatures chill, although it has been a warmer
than normal winter with little snow so far.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m a jigsaw puzzle freak and always have one going on the
dining table, which I cover with a big piece of cardboard to keep the cats from
scattering the pieces. Our local library has a fabulous honor lending section
of puzzles donated by others—you take them for as long as you wish and then
return them for others to enjoy. In addition, I also manage to pick up a few
here and there at yard sales, which I then also donate to the library. For such
an immensely satisfying hobby, it costs me very little. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ve also started back in making jewelry and doing my art
quilting. It took a long time after my mother’s death for me to feel the
inspiration to be creative, but it’s back and strong now. The Humane Society I
volunteer for holds a couple of online auctions during the year and I donate my
art to them and they always sell quite well.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLfdDPyGx-lJvIHxG0nvhGz3EznXks5RFg6Ihsh5I4MWF6V918lcG06Nwtpp4aLNnWGL3NNfM_ictsRa89Vso7sVZ5PfFzQSA7nr9TiyCw0aK_wGN3LKbib76ZI1-TPt_d36P9ffM0jcSpNfyLkSCCUPZW_6NLGbIvELxcSbTqGr6M-FU8P8chSS6/s4032/IMG_4588.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLfdDPyGx-lJvIHxG0nvhGz3EznXks5RFg6Ihsh5I4MWF6V918lcG06Nwtpp4aLNnWGL3NNfM_ictsRa89Vso7sVZ5PfFzQSA7nr9TiyCw0aK_wGN3LKbib76ZI1-TPt_d36P9ffM0jcSpNfyLkSCCUPZW_6NLGbIvELxcSbTqGr6M-FU8P8chSS6/s320/IMG_4588.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(my messy work space)</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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myself, we’ve hammered out what we think we want to do with our northern lake
property. Of course, we got interrupted earlier this year from being able to
complete the shop, which will be on tap for our first chore early next spring,
as weather allows. For now, we’ve decided to keep the Waupaca house and thus it
makes no sense to build a larger house at the lake so we’ve settled on a small
cabin plan. Most would refer to it as a tiny house, although it will come in around
600 s.f. It will be tucked back in the trees away from the lake, although still
enjoy a view to it from its great room windows. This way, it preserves prime
spots for future building in the event we sell the property and someone wants
to build a mega-mansion and use the cabin as a guest house.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“You Can’t Buy Happiness by the Square Foot” I came across
these lines by Dale Mulfinger in a book written about building a cabin (by
another author) on Lake Superior. I liked and identified with them:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“The site is
chosen for its natural beauty. A cabin offers easy access to the outdoors, both
through exterior rooms and through great views from the inside. A cabin adds to
the land, never dominating it.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A cabin
provides simple, basic shelter. It isn’t fancy. It doesn’t try to make a social
statement, as houses often do. A small efficient floor plan is all it needs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everybody
feels at home right away. A cabin’s furnishings are simple, often treasured
family hand-me-downs. Its fireplace or wood stove provides physical and
emotional warmth.” </span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If our
efforts can totally embody those feelings, I’ll feel we’ve accomplished a much
needed refuge; a spiritual haven and my soul place. This floorplan is very
simple but with some nice touches. It should be everything we need and of course,
Marc will tweak it to further fit our lifestyle. We have no need for that back
porch off the master bedroom plus French doors are very expensive, so that will
be walled in so we can use it as a laundry and heater room. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9-iTmhWt-GRmFtuX8ZEQj8dnMJbszAqKFqt3fldutHIesiWtk7hf1VKH639O6V-93PttZXPFbEmdNBmtHXXwAQuCNaRt37tWuSVnpAAIHRYuNxZE7_KMBqxQ6DXjNQBfmcx9uif2G-u9u1gYQw5DuyGeRu62a_sm3-lFGPEIkNQyqcs30uJfF_EX/s1392/our%20floorplan.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1392" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9-iTmhWt-GRmFtuX8ZEQj8dnMJbszAqKFqt3fldutHIesiWtk7hf1VKH639O6V-93PttZXPFbEmdNBmtHXXwAQuCNaRt37tWuSVnpAAIHRYuNxZE7_KMBqxQ6DXjNQBfmcx9uif2G-u9u1gYQw5DuyGeRu62a_sm3-lFGPEIkNQyqcs30uJfF_EX/s320/our%20floorplan.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlzrn5Lg_i2riTk6tFQphrK9JWnCJmcc1PvLxRz1DUBwgYRSxzOgO93XeMyMDcNttURWxxTGv1Q_PjB11j2mNcX7eFdFkAArVEIJl0-k20nlYsiDc9Fpx1hygVjCbJeDQCpVN55dy3CIji9vNcyXToXVPbgbpvpO2O8ZXMrJfg5mXw3QSYqmzVfYC/s1465/cabin%20exterior%20rear.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1465" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlzrn5Lg_i2riTk6tFQphrK9JWnCJmcc1PvLxRz1DUBwgYRSxzOgO93XeMyMDcNttURWxxTGv1Q_PjB11j2mNcX7eFdFkAArVEIJl0-k20nlYsiDc9Fpx1hygVjCbJeDQCpVN55dy3CIji9vNcyXToXVPbgbpvpO2O8ZXMrJfg5mXw3QSYqmzVfYC/s320/cabin%20exterior%20rear.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-VZVIYyhrw9GDfOGYAPnnq4ZIeLlNMD-SSHRrlGuBgF6Y34tHfHKP1zkoAPvtT87ruf6Nxoh1_vX3wrTwxdiryKAsbbZUMEMgbQL9p4Xr_p0-sG390d6BchxeNlH4MGoSds2hvcsIq6o2SjlAblT3siFCExL0_skL3F3EzCYKkgRRfrX96H4zxnw/s1478/cabin%20exterior%20front.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1478" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-VZVIYyhrw9GDfOGYAPnnq4ZIeLlNMD-SSHRrlGuBgF6Y34tHfHKP1zkoAPvtT87ruf6Nxoh1_vX3wrTwxdiryKAsbbZUMEMgbQL9p4Xr_p0-sG390d6BchxeNlH4MGoSds2hvcsIq6o2SjlAblT3siFCExL0_skL3F3EzCYKkgRRfrX96H4zxnw/s320/cabin%20exterior%20front.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What shows as the plan’s stacked laundry area will be turned
into a large pantry/storage closet. We’ll use the soffits that surround the
great room to run the heating ducts for a small propane system; with a wood
stove this will be more than sufficient to heat the small space when we use it
in winter. Building it well insulated, there should be no need for any air
conditioning. The kitchen will be done according to what most fits us; all
lowers excepting for under the sink, will be drawers, which are so much better
to use than cabinets. We already have a Spacemaker microwave new in the box
from years ago, so that will hang above the cooktop in lieu of a hood. The
kitchen window will have a forest view towards morning sun.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRS6AP7h1fao0WxlUl6s0FbRyv6G2qKYv8NuMFm_iWJJQSIyI34rKMZM_8PD-iXyWj457qso4PNE7WMy2-9NMUW4Yrr3p55LRv2w_2qjYAnaof6X1zdgZ5bGONXCZYB5nhzCjkfVbw3nd4O5gGtBLmfO_DIWViIAtup0fESbYdVc7cwKCmPzSfqIYP/s1464/cabin%20bedroom2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1464" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRS6AP7h1fao0WxlUl6s0FbRyv6G2qKYv8NuMFm_iWJJQSIyI34rKMZM_8PD-iXyWj457qso4PNE7WMy2-9NMUW4Yrr3p55LRv2w_2qjYAnaof6X1zdgZ5bGONXCZYB5nhzCjkfVbw3nd4O5gGtBLmfO_DIWViIAtup0fESbYdVc7cwKCmPzSfqIYP/s320/cabin%20bedroom2.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7hxEoXNFigAHrInSCxIU4Ixii2ScXCqGK2GL_sud4Wwg-jQpsEKUQikqS4ZSBiytuw4tUhWyRuILnTdE6bXD0mfBPerzWmK3zv1-gk7hPfDGOCsimenwDdDDfc_dWHx3z6BX3iBlr-hXoeGIpjEo41XC_9niq5YUoDIeFrQ9ZladlYyIDfrQqD1X/s1468/cabin%20bedroom.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1468" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7hxEoXNFigAHrInSCxIU4Ixii2ScXCqGK2GL_sud4Wwg-jQpsEKUQikqS4ZSBiytuw4tUhWyRuILnTdE6bXD0mfBPerzWmK3zv1-gk7hPfDGOCsimenwDdDDfc_dWHx3z6BX3iBlr-hXoeGIpjEo41XC_9niq5YUoDIeFrQ9ZladlYyIDfrQqD1X/s320/cabin%20bedroom.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJWvQR3LS-UURYJS1npwabckhtGZ3rzJ4hVvfanJdLHSBscFCDqMmbo9OOAFFN4ZSwqksSbCl3eFTx76FyoPfowUtx4jqMxcbjt2MMNT9SBDqjIy2SlVWgYup5rOaL3sR4mflO1477QGGsVj0H8MlUMWCvqaMpKVafN9FkBDuhBc0sBpDSPr287yq/s1451/cabin%20great%20room.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1451" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJWvQR3LS-UURYJS1npwabckhtGZ3rzJ4hVvfanJdLHSBscFCDqMmbo9OOAFFN4ZSwqksSbCl3eFTx76FyoPfowUtx4jqMxcbjt2MMNT9SBDqjIy2SlVWgYup5rOaL3sR4mflO1477QGGsVj0H8MlUMWCvqaMpKVafN9FkBDuhBc0sBpDSPr287yq/s320/cabin%20great%20room.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNCKFIJEQzcpseDMjevrUEq2oUHiDeLj2aHyNwkvZM9A8b8aKxTNgl1epNqV0VZEOtWdEv9SIpoC9JlsYHC5WinlUnG9MQUHImjlCp693aAyrHpi3PPx1qLFSQg44OXyFFFmtGoHppXvA07Dcwn3sryUWqBkWWp1UqUCnuzN8wvs9Cgf7o9NBRVyd/s1464/cabin%20kitchen.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1464" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNCKFIJEQzcpseDMjevrUEq2oUHiDeLj2aHyNwkvZM9A8b8aKxTNgl1epNqV0VZEOtWdEv9SIpoC9JlsYHC5WinlUnG9MQUHImjlCp693aAyrHpi3PPx1qLFSQg44OXyFFFmtGoHppXvA07Dcwn3sryUWqBkWWp1UqUCnuzN8wvs9Cgf7o9NBRVyd/s320/cabin%20kitchen.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fun part now is dreaming of what finishes I want. I’m drawn
to having green painted cabinetry in the kitchen. Giving in to tradition of the
Northwoods, the interior main room at least, will be done in tongue and groove
knotty pine paneling. The question becomes whether we leave it natural or do a
whitewash finish on it. I hope we can afford to do the high vaulted ceiling in
beams as shown in the rendering. The living room windows are what will face the
lake so simple furniture (maybe just recliners) will face outwards to the view.
There will be no need for any window coverings except for simple pull down
shades to keep the afternoon sun at bay if needed, since no one will be able to
see the cabin. That’s one of the most precious features of our property to us:
not a neighbor in sight, just wonderful, wild wilderness!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIAFUYah3lyLC2kEapQvVdL3MZr5bEfNpCRlmz-TODIcR9d1JLHD3gw88P2WlLTiMfRyoaHPNJPWEPnUwLPOUSBRmVfioI9yNO8vL92cJsQGbI2Pk_7fQWb8TmbqEI-_krzJWyLwXj7-aUbHoi2aNHi0xf7zOTiSFZu7OJdBJKEHjWnoJacfJKtqt/s998/peweter%20green%20by%20sherman%20williams%20cabinet%20color.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="998" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIAFUYah3lyLC2kEapQvVdL3MZr5bEfNpCRlmz-TODIcR9d1JLHD3gw88P2WlLTiMfRyoaHPNJPWEPnUwLPOUSBRmVfioI9yNO8vL92cJsQGbI2Pk_7fQWb8TmbqEI-_krzJWyLwXj7-aUbHoi2aNHi0xf7zOTiSFZu7OJdBJKEHjWnoJacfJKtqt/s320/peweter%20green%20by%20sherman%20williams%20cabinet%20color.PNG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNKAdoQNnA3y383LO7BLx1cHOujL1oXMSyHiCjjfwnvErhIm_C_E1sOLPzooKUbu6xJs4W01wh_U6uczDJECunluPmOj7WdxfTBXmBsKJX2NMavfZhixp7023-ikVZS8sWACzXXGml5UOemnGa7pNhcEtNSttE4gjSMTCu_lATMrN6_bm45mWMiLZ/s783/green%20cabinets.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNKAdoQNnA3y383LO7BLx1cHOujL1oXMSyHiCjjfwnvErhIm_C_E1sOLPzooKUbu6xJs4W01wh_U6uczDJECunluPmOj7WdxfTBXmBsKJX2NMavfZhixp7023-ikVZS8sWACzXXGml5UOemnGa7pNhcEtNSttE4gjSMTCu_lATMrN6_bm45mWMiLZ/s320/green%20cabinets.PNG" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(love these green cabinets!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMyC7DddJzpIhRAFGsoSi_09OXXHFT-y9LE2yc38TBtuMDDlEuIjPRaaemP56YtkUu-90al5g6lGVROTfNcyfNRwBuy8SBXr02WsGD0yoVK-zetBFoN2FMuUgXghcpwE7om3kShnQD4I4zAbCF0OgfXPBN32_pkHhD-JPCrhrMIXyHvBtiyg_jOeh/s890/bleached%20wood%20living%20configuration.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="803" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMyC7DddJzpIhRAFGsoSi_09OXXHFT-y9LE2yc38TBtuMDDlEuIjPRaaemP56YtkUu-90al5g6lGVROTfNcyfNRwBuy8SBXr02WsGD0yoVK-zetBFoN2FMuUgXghcpwE7om3kShnQD4I4zAbCF0OgfXPBN32_pkHhD-JPCrhrMIXyHvBtiyg_jOeh/s320/bleached%20wood%20living%20configuration.JPG" width="289" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOBFdSaEoi3NKx2IKLIbnwbfyWBoixoKc3roukvIPyC-Jl8PMofs91kO7HhaHcE9xuAZ2S-6HNaEtv56zVNQ7qHXFyG-YgH8A0NE5rF0ugvThmsDg4AA8SYsIqEwCjGq8AQB0S7FiXmRnF2fuqPaJKJPXxcIlj_1xIWwtWXCr_iEldbTVsE_ydSxe/s1009/sw%20peppercorn%20with%20knotty%20pine.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1009" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOBFdSaEoi3NKx2IKLIbnwbfyWBoixoKc3roukvIPyC-Jl8PMofs91kO7HhaHcE9xuAZ2S-6HNaEtv56zVNQ7qHXFyG-YgH8A0NE5rF0ugvThmsDg4AA8SYsIqEwCjGq8AQB0S7FiXmRnF2fuqPaJKJPXxcIlj_1xIWwtWXCr_iEldbTVsE_ydSxe/s320/sw%20peppercorn%20with%20knotty%20pine.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-8NsdayzKOe8T9Hgl6-nGyV6-AIRC-HlZuEcdOzcagdy1DbKVQ3fNp3B0SkW4XYRhYmzboJzdbd-GJn03CYxnQfI6mUR9BBDK8F3CidQLWRSeTYKcn9fcL1oSCt-8GLkyeD4FPtQV3d3xqStohSzpJ3l0gysdrxPGxUdIucmdEawonJgB2GjacEw/s953/whitewashed%20pine.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="953" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-8NsdayzKOe8T9Hgl6-nGyV6-AIRC-HlZuEcdOzcagdy1DbKVQ3fNp3B0SkW4XYRhYmzboJzdbd-GJn03CYxnQfI6mUR9BBDK8F3CidQLWRSeTYKcn9fcL1oSCt-8GLkyeD4FPtQV3d3xqStohSzpJ3l0gysdrxPGxUdIucmdEawonJgB2GjacEw/s320/whitewashed%20pine.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(then the choice also involves running the paneling horizontal or vertical?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Previously I’ve been drawn to luxury vinyl planks for
flooring but we are rethinking that. I’ve been very dissatisfied with the Pergo
laminate in our Waupaca house so I’m leaning towards something more
indestructible and long lasting like porcelain tile; we intend to run the same
flooring throughout. One of the advantages of such a small kitchen is that
there really won’t be a lot of counter space, so buying top of the line
anything I want (soapstone!) should be within reach. Marc will work on
designing and building a small work table with a thick butcher block cutting
area that can serve as a mini-work island.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On a final note, you’ll notice the large dining table at the
front of the cabin. We don’t eat at our table, but even there, a gal will need
room to work her puzzles, ha! You’ll want to stay tuned to all this to see if
it is accomplished as I envision. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Meanwhile, Happy Holidays everyone and be
safe!</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cabins and Christmas just seem to go together!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6WxFWofFFFSts-lzTUgQVn8XJ2M7IE1boeUYUG6okPn9_P-gDV08_8AUppNDshflZbMVek1GG9YahJq2AE916zoNH7cdobI7_1laM1-sPIekA1xkTjB0sD3zDC3UfAqLvcWDLE-0Ozm7oA24_eVJafgVt4-QR1RNML7DtHri-cGlkusoNYDGTCvQ/s1239/cabin%20and%20lake.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1239" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6WxFWofFFFSts-lzTUgQVn8XJ2M7IE1boeUYUG6okPn9_P-gDV08_8AUppNDshflZbMVek1GG9YahJq2AE916zoNH7cdobI7_1laM1-sPIekA1xkTjB0sD3zDC3UfAqLvcWDLE-0Ozm7oA24_eVJafgVt4-QR1RNML7DtHri-cGlkusoNYDGTCvQ/s320/cabin%20and%20lake.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKl7TonhL_E5UbwyQ0FexDijg4PFbHcibD1vOcVZYygbqdKlIbOhew80hMMFveQLgqkvSXOxeINHCeof_5Lz7O5PBc-rQvZwwzkXMs2TSfdWfyO2jqKox5-Z7TVho1QZOfxEYB5QfMSST0z_V_b_N9qR9gcCVIYs1SKFo0kepVFQm2yfSDtjLZYg7f/s320/IMG_4537.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My
favorite time of year in Wisconsin; blustery Fall days filled with changing
colors and dropping leaves and tangy foliage smells.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3dtG41lq8xqqlwXyzZ0Mcxo_P937FfdOBdJYwXd0uhaskw225HTyzLvgJuPkp4VqY4iRpPVMlLR2TmiM6fw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As
Marc got back from his trip west, I joined him for a final five days up north
with us doing a huge push to try and erect the RV shed. It is a steel kit
building and putting it together single handedly was a nightmare for Marc. First,
he had to fashion a makeshift way to lift the heavy arches and carry them to
the foundation walls and get them to fit together. He did this by using the
wench on the Mule; made higher by parking it on the flatbed trailer, where he
fashioned a tall brace. Throughout the process I occasionally was of use to
him, but basically served as the gofer and the safety monitor in the event he
fell from the 14 foot heights he was working at off ladders and scaffolding.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIPmQsYLPgr5kpjJvl5cccDaMpN_OnSpUc-nsaiHw0JMph42BSCRcPTkghDyGa2_Vvu3jn16HR0_xiYWK7F34iWlNMB-1pm3KXXF8v5MJY3cb1WU70FOCogdnIJ5nXr_eeLOIlIvEC5BshD5NHWDiTAZjfy5tk5XPIlWVrZIypp6geFUb3iNCOhEV/s4032/IMG_4440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIPmQsYLPgr5kpjJvl5cccDaMpN_OnSpUc-nsaiHw0JMph42BSCRcPTkghDyGa2_Vvu3jn16HR0_xiYWK7F34iWlNMB-1pm3KXXF8v5MJY3cb1WU70FOCogdnIJ5nXr_eeLOIlIvEC5BshD5NHWDiTAZjfy5tk5XPIlWVrZIypp6geFUb3iNCOhEV/s320/IMG_4440.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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just managed to get it done the day before leaving. This at least allows us to
leave the RV there all winter so Marc only had to haul back the Mule and on
another trip, the pontoon boat, for storage in Waupaca. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5S_EGcn2ikuS7DUPPFGK9UxUeD50d4zpez9v51OuS19UVbjMSB8rrxbjYIhjYPy69RKXLNp461s7mkjxN6sWap0g4CT0qoOVJRXdXgZMhtG57smckNSpFZoIKK8FhhK58uBxjk-7Bg4FTBvSe8O2cFP1xapW0ePDtTtavSNpfTvJ8QP9JhKXayFr/s4032/trailer%20under%20new%20shed.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5S_EGcn2ikuS7DUPPFGK9UxUeD50d4zpez9v51OuS19UVbjMSB8rrxbjYIhjYPy69RKXLNp461s7mkjxN6sWap0g4CT0qoOVJRXdXgZMhtG57smckNSpFZoIKK8FhhK58uBxjk-7Bg4FTBvSe8O2cFP1xapW0ePDtTtavSNpfTvJ8QP9JhKXayFr/s320/trailer%20under%20new%20shed.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although I didn’t have the chance to take any drives to do
some photography, I did manage to catch some color around our property. It became
even more beautiful with the daily changes and the rainfalls of leaves and pine
needles cascading down totally covering the ground.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKNaSW3thfzJJgCpr4eI763haN3Pc8Y-oZbuceQ9cJb5hmg6sScBwcx_DgU9O6UsMYSiU55F8XBJKbMCfsq9EyCKpoOeDx4Ju2XNpuOoLilxaUfSe9lCe9SrAIRw_y7QIk-rwwqiYEQ7WUd2gCH5iYeU6ousu1Jw9v1lhMbSdpWPEHSwqBURaaEXp/s4032/IMG_4404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKNaSW3thfzJJgCpr4eI763haN3Pc8Y-oZbuceQ9cJb5hmg6sScBwcx_DgU9O6UsMYSiU55F8XBJKbMCfsq9EyCKpoOeDx4Ju2XNpuOoLilxaUfSe9lCe9SrAIRw_y7QIk-rwwqiYEQ7WUd2gCH5iYeU6ousu1Jw9v1lhMbSdpWPEHSwqBURaaEXp/s320/IMG_4404.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzxIbtG809rL7CLo-fSVnApVDcZ7fTlMO6wQI1bP3U5DXctrGqK8k9FzwQISxwYDzsk68CViL2rIBmBSQzdwg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally, on Marc’s last trip up, he got caught in the season’s
first snowfall; a harsh change from the beautiful summer and Fall scenes just a
few short days before. She’s all put to bed and ready for her long winter’s
slumber.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xCM5kE9dGJuZ_uzj_wwGNzUM6-N1oI53UKTH1kp3u4l6wcwbt_3LgOOLoRxZcblL-wIziZ4yflQvKEYIZ3MRxo_ueq6RxrV6DkHsx5FpG24CAgUzxuqTiYQBVfDSrJZa7cSwIsP9Jr-2Di2EYtw-jEGd9fyWyckyaEPf282ZaqiIB0M8qe7IrcVf/s4032/Snowy%20boardwalk-1022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xCM5kE9dGJuZ_uzj_wwGNzUM6-N1oI53UKTH1kp3u4l6wcwbt_3LgOOLoRxZcblL-wIziZ4yflQvKEYIZ3MRxo_ueq6RxrV6DkHsx5FpG24CAgUzxuqTiYQBVfDSrJZa7cSwIsP9Jr-2Di2EYtw-jEGd9fyWyckyaEPf282ZaqiIB0M8qe7IrcVf/s320/Snowy%20boardwalk-1022.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLv_mt6BCrd0vU-pdaQ727Th2TyQgBMmRPT47dr-oITpH6jqPglFqAbcb5TLCGNK37JLLMu9HCG2W0fhZZhODwZByomvws_Y5oqZIWH5IAatMgixnq6Akt7t2OiQ96wz8Qdv5F0_uerTFDH--rxFzEkGUpu15zzEycU6WYKyQlYxi26f3CVMXBGzcT/s4032/snowy%20road%20in%20Phillips.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLv_mt6BCrd0vU-pdaQ727Th2TyQgBMmRPT47dr-oITpH6jqPglFqAbcb5TLCGNK37JLLMu9HCG2W0fhZZhODwZByomvws_Y5oqZIWH5IAatMgixnq6Akt7t2OiQ96wz8Qdv5F0_uerTFDH--rxFzEkGUpu15zzEycU6WYKyQlYxi26f3CVMXBGzcT/s320/snowy%20road%20in%20Phillips.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">PS: Although these photos were taken by Marc during July,
they were just too beautiful not to include, since the sunset colors are just
like Fall’s. The comparison to Fall’s bog shots allow you to see the seasonal
changes to the bracken that occur. Spending time here truly allows us to live
in and with nature like nowhere else we’ve ever lived. God, I love it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HUPNp4sltga3VqBLeSMObGcF0vI5L7Him-ZDG97VPxYIUMhon-Hou7wHqJLjADV2GOv9NWPVnfdqaLMzdsj2mLDx7jID4o_0-P4giBB-plMnKZZLJvGFZA5aWK50wmQi7zi5GzVMHzim6JR0vRHP62-150Olcn6SJ9NG40_2pnHYjZX1g7LdOjdH/s4032/sunset%20boardwalk1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HUPNp4sltga3VqBLeSMObGcF0vI5L7Him-ZDG97VPxYIUMhon-Hou7wHqJLjADV2GOv9NWPVnfdqaLMzdsj2mLDx7jID4o_0-P4giBB-plMnKZZLJvGFZA5aWK50wmQi7zi5GzVMHzim6JR0vRHP62-150Olcn6SJ9NG40_2pnHYjZX1g7LdOjdH/s320/sunset%20boardwalk1.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiFFNMLq4V2edHp-6tZErSRI6YUbl1vAKkTCnAzpMY5cJ8_itDsGP83vpORIeYFwS-Ii25wTXR02hDUmiWjmtYIg5IH2tY4M4NylTki5YtSxwSMC2HiYcDpyPijvCwhJ_rL_lKtDwY1wXCjput0j8D5_vPD0JBe2xz5IMy83f7Dj3vJlhK2_tDgIE/s4032/sunset%20boardwalk%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiFFNMLq4V2edHp-6tZErSRI6YUbl1vAKkTCnAzpMY5cJ8_itDsGP83vpORIeYFwS-Ii25wTXR02hDUmiWjmtYIg5IH2tY4M4NylTki5YtSxwSMC2HiYcDpyPijvCwhJ_rL_lKtDwY1wXCjput0j8D5_vPD0JBe2xz5IMy83f7Dj3vJlhK2_tDgIE/s320/sunset%20boardwalk%202.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></span></div><p><br /></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-81921637191324347312022-09-25T08:15:00.000-05:002022-09-25T08:15:01.675-05:00Younger Brother: Another Personal Tragedy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpI3uTmRKS76Y9KnqUyvKhuwninHPB3oBRLJFn7SrNtlWhwgEoQbrCOUvVGPbAEQVPoEoe1YDq2eb_XBxjpplkbWGQdZb0r8rdmcVCADdvwcG9ppEBzD23Mf5htHYQv4SdVhwuK6ZvSkmA7wQ3y6U1b-Yk4U-jfUC5a2zN3CCysgBz2yAnDj5Qd7c9/s3648/dad%20and%20john2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpI3uTmRKS76Y9KnqUyvKhuwninHPB3oBRLJFn7SrNtlWhwgEoQbrCOUvVGPbAEQVPoEoe1YDq2eb_XBxjpplkbWGQdZb0r8rdmcVCADdvwcG9ppEBzD23Mf5htHYQv4SdVhwuK6ZvSkmA7wQ3y6U1b-Yk4U-jfUC5a2zN3CCysgBz2yAnDj5Qd7c9/s320/dad%20and%20john2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Less than two weeks from the anniversary of my mother’s
death, I got a call late one afternoon from the Oregon police that they had
done a welfare check (at his x-wife’s request) of my brother and found him
deceased, relaxed back in his recliner with a non-lit cigarette in his hand.
About three weeks earlier he had just turned 67.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My brother led a very convoluted lifestyle; on the one hand
he was a lifetime heavy smoker, drug-taker, long haired biker. He never took
care of himself. However, in his way, he tried to take care of my mother after
my father passed, living on her property free of charge but overseeing that
things were done for her. Our entire lifetime had been contentious and rarely
had we gotten along; we were as different as night and day. I never understood
how someone so “out there” could be part of our hard-working, moral family.
There certainly was no love loss.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That changed just a little as we were forced to come together
last year to get all the necessities done for our mother in putting her to rest
and disposing of her estate. I remember him hugging me goodbye as we left Bend,
in his leather jacket, laughing and saying “Well, we made it through, Sis; my
friends were making bets we’d kill each other!” For that short few weeks, we
had worked pretty well together given our past history.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When he bought a fixer upper out of the proceeds of her
estate, he tried hard to bring it up to snuff. He replaced all the flooring,
did interior and exterior painting, installed new appliances and even hung
pictures on the walls. From all accounts, he was very proud—this was his first
time owning real estate.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I bent over backward during the past year to respond to him
when he reached out for comfort, advice and the final closing of the bank
accounts after all mom’s bills had been paid. We had seemed to come to an
uneasy understanding that we both suffered from her loss and maybe that alone
would be the tie that binds into our future going forward. Not really love, nor
hate, kind of a netherworld of knowing we’d likely never see one another again
but still having that vestige of shared common parenthood and childhood
memories that bound us together till death.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">His death came as a shock, but then again, given his
lifestyle, not really. It does come as a great hardship for Marc and I however,
as there is no one else to step to the plate to handle all that needs done. So,
we wrapped up our wonderful summer early up north, just as lumber and trusses
were due to be dropped for the garage build, and Marc hightailed it to Oregon.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I won’t go into the minutia of detail here; it’s been pretty
overwhelming, the worst of which is that my brother sat dead in his chair for
probably likely over a week. The house reeks of death and much of it may have
to be redone; certainly the painting; maybe the flooring. Marc figures he’ll
have to make another trip out at some point, but in the meantime the important
part of cremating his body, getting the death certificate so we can open probate,
etc. is being done.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s all I’m going to say; I’m back with the cats in
Waupaca and Marc hopefully can return within a week to ten days. Since we didn’t
have the rest of the season to finish our storage buildings up north, he will
need to haul the RV back here where a friend lets us store it under cover for
winter and he’ll also need to tow the pontoon boat here so we can get it shrink wrapped for winter. The entire timing of our project has been set back by
months.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As in so many other times in life, ya got me again, Brother…</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s all just so sad. A chapter closed permanently on what
might have been. If you can, rest in peace John.</span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happier times; dad’s 87<sup>th</sup> birthday in
2009. I didn’t have a more recent photo of John that was better for this remembrance
page. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NntfJ7nAXpdriOlZHonLC8023q7eEmq2r3K4VZd8JMvR9_FZBDxjZi7aOl-tb_Io-E1iMdVu1E0D4S5T2YGk4XFAgQjKkwZQ2ZzT7OG6zr6j7soxKTHCNZ-2YP230fHiti2T9J9VjlWlNd8JNXydxbcyPaKX7breRIfcRlAfRNv6wfZyqB67kh2G/s3648/family.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NntfJ7nAXpdriOlZHonLC8023q7eEmq2r3K4VZd8JMvR9_FZBDxjZi7aOl-tb_Io-E1iMdVu1E0D4S5T2YGk4XFAgQjKkwZQ2ZzT7OG6zr6j7soxKTHCNZ-2YP230fHiti2T9J9VjlWlNd8JNXydxbcyPaKX7breRIfcRlAfRNv6wfZyqB67kh2G/s320/family.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-48528392590208155012022-09-10T14:52:00.000-05:002022-09-10T14:52:36.622-05:00Labor Day Festivities<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLmtS_ZxdbCYy2K_QPim3DNnh1F5Dp-Vii801DGsWxlARF0vE1qjl-acxobzoaeFUq2xcAD2O0gbx8PJ1s52tWZKsz6sXPjb-nNOsTTLejBoztirznS2vb_EgTM2Mx6x_8qWYbJRcBacFpDleotvD7qMwFx1SdocI73BysCLvHIaTyM5WGuC9I77q/s4032/IMG_4302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLmtS_ZxdbCYy2K_QPim3DNnh1F5Dp-Vii801DGsWxlARF0vE1qjl-acxobzoaeFUq2xcAD2O0gbx8PJ1s52tWZKsz6sXPjb-nNOsTTLejBoztirznS2vb_EgTM2Mx6x_8qWYbJRcBacFpDleotvD7qMwFx1SdocI73BysCLvHIaTyM5WGuC9I77q/s320/IMG_4302.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We were so
fortunate to enjoy spectacular weather over the holiday period, with several
uninterrupted days full of sunshine. Hearing about a restaurant sponsored treasure
hunt happening on Saturday on the three interconnected town lakes, I had signed
us up thinking it would be a novel endeavor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We launched at the free boat ramp on the first
lake and made our way under the railroad and highway bridges, which with little
clearance for our heads, always gives me the heebie-jeebies. Soon after, we
turned off the engine, floated and had lunch while we awaited the one o’clock
meeting time.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlVLpKkfD_SKcZ750BWN48GLuoRNFkv2LTIw7x2FaecLvyL4fVnl7HEWZ5stQLURBGogdHSYVlO39egCHu7OwLPFaSvXg82QENyo-mG2waMNj2MWN7xMeGu_RzjrKpHSdQsjCgZiWV2mNsFZvDGzOyks0LsBD9s3dVPpjZ7EGJoWNwH-CKDMHk838/s5152/IMG_1672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlVLpKkfD_SKcZ750BWN48GLuoRNFkv2LTIw7x2FaecLvyL4fVnl7HEWZ5stQLURBGogdHSYVlO39egCHu7OwLPFaSvXg82QENyo-mG2waMNj2MWN7xMeGu_RzjrKpHSdQsjCgZiWV2mNsFZvDGzOyks0LsBD9s3dVPpjZ7EGJoWNwH-CKDMHk838/s320/IMG_1672.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCAt6T1XRqFQQ11UwinVGfo5IoYo3ItqNzRw61BuKKoE5yJj_Uzecm62nt4cBZSdYWcLIh-4UiItLZbPTFMY0xzlB_iiSo2APVL9IyF0F_QGlVSMWAh0PB6eXCNZ1OdEVWRfBAtEoN0ZP_7qPx_FWzviXbXT6d5memuhYhrr82psgieTF-rIbWI60U/s5152/IMG_1673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCAt6T1XRqFQQ11UwinVGfo5IoYo3ItqNzRw61BuKKoE5yJj_Uzecm62nt4cBZSdYWcLIh-4UiItLZbPTFMY0xzlB_iiSo2APVL9IyF0F_QGlVSMWAh0PB6eXCNZ1OdEVWRfBAtEoN0ZP_7qPx_FWzviXbXT6d5memuhYhrr82psgieTF-rIbWI60U/s320/IMG_1673.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JgqVXKoAd7vtoUzIno8rqwUATMQRve5H5GnFC3JqbjnBpkZTI0z4y8kyYDCg8WzYRa6ysJafNqXU81HBw3owmQjjDOe2gVtmClzLV9Q83SUcWn58g4P6nlzgccCGVtRzlO8jT6vvyYO5K-kfeqxwz2xAcKwXcp4ZRnFIV6UmRHT3mo0D4jtFTojK/s5152/IMG_1677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JgqVXKoAd7vtoUzIno8rqwUATMQRve5H5GnFC3JqbjnBpkZTI0z4y8kyYDCg8WzYRa6ysJafNqXU81HBw3owmQjjDOe2gVtmClzLV9Q83SUcWn58g4P6nlzgccCGVtRzlO8jT6vvyYO5K-kfeqxwz2xAcKwXcp4ZRnFIV6UmRHT3mo0D4jtFTojK/s320/IMG_1677.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxf0JLJqJeZgM-dftDBseC73eybwyynQd5Gb_s9Ht6_ZhQNGbLVDUVeiDgv8nIdx9xUyN1vKZ88pjhqI_GYcnC_eparUISkg0Kyl3a2tLybTAHVD1EqrcMlJrPOBRuVklZFgcT9N6JIyHpE6hW40zBMtScvNWbij4YpQd3qvFepm__EGkgG3AXePE/s5152/IMG_1679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxf0JLJqJeZgM-dftDBseC73eybwyynQd5Gb_s9Ht6_ZhQNGbLVDUVeiDgv8nIdx9xUyN1vKZ88pjhqI_GYcnC_eparUISkg0Kyl3a2tLybTAHVD1EqrcMlJrPOBRuVklZFgcT9N6JIyHpE6hW40zBMtScvNWbij4YpQd3qvFepm__EGkgG3AXePE/s320/IMG_1679.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">At
one, we landed and I went up to get our instructions, along with various other
boaters, many in costumes (for which there would be prizes awarded) themselves
and their boats. I was amused as I watched from the deck to below as Marc tried
to fend off the “Let’s Get Hammered” pontoon from bashing into ours. There was
a total of 12 boats in the contest. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLaqfoMAe88e5M9Hb0gv-AhkVAwvIU0gvFbmAnjpUK2gf6PNWdyNiaup054TaM2MGM330ScSm-nMcUv4Iu5Fq_boqf6fzIcnqqL3saZeBFhuelz3rtW7XiKPb6xV2-Na2dXkT39WGSWw3MjQ9Z7FpeTrTalQbnCbFQMjdFVcQ3Gi9lp5OOwGO5D5L/s4032/IMG_4266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLaqfoMAe88e5M9Hb0gv-AhkVAwvIU0gvFbmAnjpUK2gf6PNWdyNiaup054TaM2MGM330ScSm-nMcUv4Iu5Fq_boqf6fzIcnqqL3saZeBFhuelz3rtW7XiKPb6xV2-Na2dXkT39WGSWw3MjQ9Z7FpeTrTalQbnCbFQMjdFVcQ3Gi9lp5OOwGO5D5L/s320/IMG_4266.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86AS5tX-fJY9tliOdZAFGJybbeKZVLU7cntGxFLD0fz8JYMxox78BBV5sOpf2E2Q1CS7lnb19kxCfhI_111_hvcfUK94OkhHnQ1q2Ixvqlrf2fEHawUTvUnvG9y2ytvVrsqiGt_G5hPU_aK9f2mNd5fkD3ZUHtgQlKOuF4n4ce_K_nk-1LzVxpAQQ/s4032/IMG_4267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86AS5tX-fJY9tliOdZAFGJybbeKZVLU7cntGxFLD0fz8JYMxox78BBV5sOpf2E2Q1CS7lnb19kxCfhI_111_hvcfUK94OkhHnQ1q2Ixvqlrf2fEHawUTvUnvG9y2ytvVrsqiGt_G5hPU_aK9f2mNd5fkD3ZUHtgQlKOuF4n4ce_K_nk-1LzVxpAQQ/s320/IMG_4267.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBOqMxGlp_QILy4SZIlYYzAvbyyZ_E9dn-Pp3kg_DFxVd-Bev895xT4RDkG6O8iM9ZQn6nple_TPImPPNNIDWnG8NGTCkDrQ6JkjYueArLq7qcl0XoVsBytSXCWvkoP5NEBxQJfonLJclKzl4SOHpXtBvKFJmf2aUEuM48WOJL8vWqV44cVaYDdKb/s4032/IMG_4268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBOqMxGlp_QILy4SZIlYYzAvbyyZ_E9dn-Pp3kg_DFxVd-Bev895xT4RDkG6O8iM9ZQn6nple_TPImPPNNIDWnG8NGTCkDrQ6JkjYueArLq7qcl0XoVsBytSXCWvkoP5NEBxQJfonLJclKzl4SOHpXtBvKFJmf2aUEuM48WOJL8vWqV44cVaYDdKb/s320/IMG_4268.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4U9Zskvwc6WnAGblm7qoqamKcMn2eUtRE8RJfSo4IWyb_BuSSUolEAk5Vy5eh7KRdEGp_zFolhJ9n8KgjQXGEy8z_mkmv2QhAm1qmWpd0b4WnxmoLMSQlaGGByzhoLCoaIRjdULbv05HJi4OzFcdjaJdJIvwX_nvVDmtZ4HuUEBcw0ShSKwlsh5D/s4032/IMG_4269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4U9Zskvwc6WnAGblm7qoqamKcMn2eUtRE8RJfSo4IWyb_BuSSUolEAk5Vy5eh7KRdEGp_zFolhJ9n8KgjQXGEy8z_mkmv2QhAm1qmWpd0b4WnxmoLMSQlaGGByzhoLCoaIRjdULbv05HJi4OzFcdjaJdJIvwX_nvVDmtZ4HuUEBcw0ShSKwlsh5D/s320/IMG_4269.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcbAQkzWmV2TYHje2iIfx4VkEgIuoAxqHMgF8kXCJqUUlfomObqJOAMgfacmT14jeR3ctshmcoJeQtg4iqd6MjMUlZevY0rMJ1XP2YHj181sElw_IwvYO3JqvVUAl47SDe2PSJq3Z_Hzvhz1Jpln-Qi_7H4E38WgCQnU8_S96ZtVkn5L49Pm-uQ0M/s4032/IMG_4270.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcbAQkzWmV2TYHje2iIfx4VkEgIuoAxqHMgF8kXCJqUUlfomObqJOAMgfacmT14jeR3ctshmcoJeQtg4iqd6MjMUlZevY0rMJ1XP2YHj181sElw_IwvYO3JqvVUAl47SDe2PSJq3Z_Hzvhz1Jpln-Qi_7H4E38WgCQnU8_S96ZtVkn5L49Pm-uQ0M/s320/IMG_4270.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I
had misunderstood the premise of the thing, thinking the tokens we were to
collect were reached without having to get off the boat so we spent the first
hour and a half cruising without success. We finally learned that the tokens
were hidden on a board in public places, which in this case meant some of the
lake islands or the lakeside bar and grills. With other’s help, we finally
managed to obtain three out of six in our allotted 3.5 hours of searching. Oh
well, it was a beautiful day for cruising and joining in the joviality with the
other boaters.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSpFCjpMG9MgUFfGAddqWkNdQhSCAwTli3XbULRqDS8FpxMLdKarOof7CtbgvHAf0O14I95vKlSCvVXdnv2nrtroraPCru6OqQbr20dTrtX77-8tnopYkGJ15myL0NmDBHVPdK35xXwVUF-vWni6ByEEyb3xtXjjPzwB8wiH80RWSMa2M2FAdH9nh/s4032/IMG_4273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSpFCjpMG9MgUFfGAddqWkNdQhSCAwTli3XbULRqDS8FpxMLdKarOof7CtbgvHAf0O14I95vKlSCvVXdnv2nrtroraPCru6OqQbr20dTrtX77-8tnopYkGJ15myL0NmDBHVPdK35xXwVUF-vWni6ByEEyb3xtXjjPzwB8wiH80RWSMa2M2FAdH9nh/s320/IMG_4273.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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at the restaurant, we found that only two boats had obtained all six tokens so
they received the best prizes. We ended up getting a bag with some Mardi Gra
beads in it, now hanging in the RV as a remembrance of a truly fun day on the
water. We finished up by ordering a pizza which we ate on the boat as the sun
got lower in the sky.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2-BC2oBBE2WXEoHRzSUo-74prRiRs9V4mFFKsVx5tVJnBFfcwWMO_9fZzYolcCg9cdVPMZg48pGuiEqQ0dW6coPGkIc8WfgvtPykXY0sSr-lyXFmwEIp-BfzVBh7jS6qEPgrBROYT3f8mH1EpKLUclRCj4NBTMF85T2IxxtwkYs-BSfhVS2oCV3A/s4032/IMG_4285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2-BC2oBBE2WXEoHRzSUo-74prRiRs9V4mFFKsVx5tVJnBFfcwWMO_9fZzYolcCg9cdVPMZg48pGuiEqQ0dW6coPGkIc8WfgvtPykXY0sSr-lyXFmwEIp-BfzVBh7jS6qEPgrBROYT3f8mH1EpKLUclRCj4NBTMF85T2IxxtwkYs-BSfhVS2oCV3A/s320/IMG_4285.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmONuzAnRZ8delOJE08P2eb7ILy1R2h5UGCx53zUpVXAJR5Yfn6rMeMzU1vt3XKFYeN5E0aq9mFWeMKs05Jup8Vus7igP0cZCbNqvD4PQjD9ZFFW5YJezOW4gddgSPpiAsXLFop2VepqDCma-6CrVKSOAYJtCIye6h6EM1SbbUOb1VTLzSW7XsD15G/s4032/IMG_4287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmONuzAnRZ8delOJE08P2eb7ILy1R2h5UGCx53zUpVXAJR5Yfn6rMeMzU1vt3XKFYeN5E0aq9mFWeMKs05Jup8Vus7igP0cZCbNqvD4PQjD9ZFFW5YJezOW4gddgSPpiAsXLFop2VepqDCma-6CrVKSOAYJtCIye6h6EM1SbbUOb1VTLzSW7XsD15G/s320/IMG_4287.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
next day was our 34<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary and I had suggested to
Marc that we should celebrate with a dinner out on our own lake. It was another
clear, warm day and we hit the water around four, anchoring off the lake’s lone
island to shelter from the wind, set up and lit the BBQ to start the huge sweet
onion to cooking. Later would come a steak and fresh farmer’s market corn. The
sun was so low in the sky, we ended up hanging a blanket to give us some shade
relief as we celebrated with a bottle of Korbel Brut. It was a unique and
enjoyable way for us to celebrate.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkrCuHVmXWDO1o3Z-YvBDBOQC43n6ko5uMUZM--pfkN2aV-19YMdVbCbpJzE-P9vObYedbIafwYGQW5S8g9quyHGxRnv1yxxz-Y-G79fMjibTC6JGXkgi9Hrj13bt1RivF3558V6-IqrVobLUSeYqkPckjJ1f7YU8EPnEE-1j1MT2QYimxqvPOb-Y/s4032/IMG_4292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkrCuHVmXWDO1o3Z-YvBDBOQC43n6ko5uMUZM--pfkN2aV-19YMdVbCbpJzE-P9vObYedbIafwYGQW5S8g9quyHGxRnv1yxxz-Y-G79fMjibTC6JGXkgi9Hrj13bt1RivF3558V6-IqrVobLUSeYqkPckjJ1f7YU8EPnEE-1j1MT2QYimxqvPOb-Y/s320/IMG_4292.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPlcds7DCkTrAEzMyrf9PkIrCHYBfJV4h1UWVMmEdv3Wzhk7mvCc74hcUwBA_UEYHsIahrd3LBGTFVmMFU5L82plESQWOgMGEVLYyM2uf3IXlYAfV5r5juZb-O-VCn1d4dRKDSs9UQ6Qs5mmbvXqMRCERjpU4hs1RQQBPWUDKLy115_dHzNvn3DVK/s4032/IMG_4294.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPlcds7DCkTrAEzMyrf9PkIrCHYBfJV4h1UWVMmEdv3Wzhk7mvCc74hcUwBA_UEYHsIahrd3LBGTFVmMFU5L82plESQWOgMGEVLYyM2uf3IXlYAfV5r5juZb-O-VCn1d4dRKDSs9UQ6Qs5mmbvXqMRCERjpU4hs1RQQBPWUDKLy115_dHzNvn3DVK/s320/IMG_4294.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrVr5rIRQsEH5MWqXIZp044MtXN-h2lw3vSimHYyLLoto83lUTHIEwMbXZqizo5yySomP1nMixCmpLVcSwiaKjPAddi679t9zrH1ZW_NwXFrj4tHsSDQlnXuDu_UHWt3V9kOJpzSdo1e-D68UWB_IV0_TP76AIjvn6s3kMMN37Y4aN5QPGvIJzeSc/s3088/IMG_4298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrVr5rIRQsEH5MWqXIZp044MtXN-h2lw3vSimHYyLLoto83lUTHIEwMbXZqizo5yySomP1nMixCmpLVcSwiaKjPAddi679t9zrH1ZW_NwXFrj4tHsSDQlnXuDu_UHWt3V9kOJpzSdo1e-D68UWB_IV0_TP76AIjvn6s3kMMN37Y4aN5QPGvIJzeSc/s320/IMG_4298.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgc6PrOkhW9xTqv2LCweCHuguKAnWF8jt8eeJ8DvIj2GkHMR-OxisNsroXYh_VTstTevli0yReXYDukD87JYTELQtX6wEUZGu87LelUvBxwUVYqz_p1BkTsVDUePeb1z1F0lAp3k_mmAVfaFDzo5LN3LOZKebRI56EVwl7Y8XPoe8GnuYumZcR2tB/s3088/IMG_4299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgc6PrOkhW9xTqv2LCweCHuguKAnWF8jt8eeJ8DvIj2GkHMR-OxisNsroXYh_VTstTevli0yReXYDukD87JYTELQtX6wEUZGu87LelUvBxwUVYqz_p1BkTsVDUePeb1z1F0lAp3k_mmAVfaFDzo5LN3LOZKebRI56EVwl7Y8XPoe8GnuYumZcR2tB/s320/IMG_4299.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Coming
back in I got a gorgeous picture of our property from the water. This knob hill
is the dry portion of our property. So gorgeous!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmctAbCgH_LvpeHgmbieqw0GDj647kp7yjV8Pee33Ft3wPsvUxR7vYnFNhSUWsCqBb52vPaYtV3mQ3GjfD_xWZvYnaDH2rMxLNULZn7rrTWJ2446P4gJUx1S-foh28Wk-f7ueyE1TXnEobJCTaYfp4MSJYQFRkELrHy_kKZ5vLMRe-hQC0wFVfQKp/s5152/IMG_1700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmctAbCgH_LvpeHgmbieqw0GDj647kp7yjV8Pee33Ft3wPsvUxR7vYnFNhSUWsCqBb52vPaYtV3mQ3GjfD_xWZvYnaDH2rMxLNULZn7rrTWJ2446P4gJUx1S-foh28Wk-f7ueyE1TXnEobJCTaYfp4MSJYQFRkELrHy_kKZ5vLMRe-hQC0wFVfQKp/s320/IMG_1700.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMU95Z9opopmUe8E9WTZ7x7CN1oQFz59mDBKvfFDdoNB9iwk398m7qeJ4ow3TTieWe1UY4VYde3K-9KSpqk8-4fayXQSeTs51Vbv1pRecU_7HgEXlpFd1V6WD38QylL950A0xhU21BzwPrc4xYQhaZjIeWpaAgJ1OLaKVmt3zCVY6KKdMKnbPUbcX0/s5152/IMG_1701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMU95Z9opopmUe8E9WTZ7x7CN1oQFz59mDBKvfFDdoNB9iwk398m7qeJ4ow3TTieWe1UY4VYde3K-9KSpqk8-4fayXQSeTs51Vbv1pRecU_7HgEXlpFd1V6WD38QylL950A0xhU21BzwPrc4xYQhaZjIeWpaAgJ1OLaKVmt3zCVY6KKdMKnbPUbcX0/s320/IMG_1701.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Holiday play
time is over; it’s on with the show. The concrete contractor got the shop slab
poured and Marc continues to work on gate posts and gate. The lumber package
and roof trusses for the shop should arrive around the 19<sup>th</sup> of the
month, which will be the next big thing to occur.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTA7IlF_V5MQ2CYOW_3MP5SjUgzSMlKx_OJFrWsFknXAJD8QIispdguWy9zz1yzJhqnDvqBE6xMN6S5D83oZ1lcgB6eCTBBrfDb9hQrAvBgB-8c9bzTMD2ypgqmJVwTOP9vSVAsV1sIfIPuVEKHhvZRRAs49pkgXdrEqi8llDfk7-p2LWz69JZUDz/s4032/IMG_4321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTA7IlF_V5MQ2CYOW_3MP5SjUgzSMlKx_OJFrWsFknXAJD8QIispdguWy9zz1yzJhqnDvqBE6xMN6S5D83oZ1lcgB6eCTBBrfDb9hQrAvBgB-8c9bzTMD2ypgqmJVwTOP9vSVAsV1sIfIPuVEKHhvZRRAs49pkgXdrEqi8llDfk7-p2LWz69JZUDz/s320/IMG_4321.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn01st2OOaN2CTxIX3iKB4bFoj1iwVlQ9tynzEDmeSd55ZhHVIZburDwxCO_rNWt8iUWmTXtuh7EWUXbyCCAJ9EO5zPZYHY5eyQ_g1UosC90E9ek0IhWIHbV47g8KP9Q3Q2QwR7y2cnjZKj9q9lJXWNgsr9f_QRFr1SvB1cfcCYOS1z_UZcNMogALz/s4032/IMG_4325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn01st2OOaN2CTxIX3iKB4bFoj1iwVlQ9tynzEDmeSd55ZhHVIZburDwxCO_rNWt8iUWmTXtuh7EWUXbyCCAJ9EO5zPZYHY5eyQ_g1UosC90E9ek0IhWIHbV47g8KP9Q3Q2QwR7y2cnjZKj9q9lJXWNgsr9f_QRFr1SvB1cfcCYOS1z_UZcNMogALz/s320/IMG_4325.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8taxP8tGhIdIWFCmLWMjeFT8ssEdeI9z1xentiqUIoKA0LfrdFn5oWBLg6T7SS0hE1ZFivkH-sCAhY7scOh79Gu_ptS-8CTmNkbpW2xBsGK8a6Vn7x36_VZDzZ37N1kEldgWehOMQcuMc6qSbKOYsuVXpOVgbw5eH2SpyXYlRTBBFopmMU1O3Ud_/s4032/IMG_4329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8taxP8tGhIdIWFCmLWMjeFT8ssEdeI9z1xentiqUIoKA0LfrdFn5oWBLg6T7SS0hE1ZFivkH-sCAhY7scOh79Gu_ptS-8CTmNkbpW2xBsGK8a6Vn7x36_VZDzZ37N1kEldgWehOMQcuMc6qSbKOYsuVXpOVgbw5eH2SpyXYlRTBBFopmMU1O3Ud_/s320/IMG_4329.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNi2ldaMw2RC5qTHEcEAcvpUdfebUbb4LxXclvb-5Bnh0qzMEtEDvSts_j6x2SbcgWLpnDwLHA68ccdMZ44qchEpNhiyG5AwRsh0krAzgAcbihlYRf9A3zoBBsphHstCTqrffmw9h5txG_BFfCzlSdwH3KVpKVh4-LVy7LX8byF9AaqhzbZtsDUYGo/s4032/IMG_4330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNi2ldaMw2RC5qTHEcEAcvpUdfebUbb4LxXclvb-5Bnh0qzMEtEDvSts_j6x2SbcgWLpnDwLHA68ccdMZ44qchEpNhiyG5AwRsh0krAzgAcbihlYRf9A3zoBBsphHstCTqrffmw9h5txG_BFfCzlSdwH3KVpKVh4-LVy7LX8byF9AaqhzbZtsDUYGo/s320/IMG_4330.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuXN-cjLW5yrjmyBi8fVXNZTbLzyDtZTu1A6RX9MZCYNlT0fdPyStWExXCIFa0TRRstOpIGpJQUEA0o6ctgCreokXmC49pZ9AKqx-0rIUPLnbPeVBOlpnkNdaPW-2ferEYGnS7KaXFgK4rUlQvWtuAQUPdIbWLtB-SC0uCc76whP0X5vL6wCEkybB/s4032/IMG_4333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuXN-cjLW5yrjmyBi8fVXNZTbLzyDtZTu1A6RX9MZCYNlT0fdPyStWExXCIFa0TRRstOpIGpJQUEA0o6ctgCreokXmC49pZ9AKqx-0rIUPLnbPeVBOlpnkNdaPW-2ferEYGnS7KaXFgK4rUlQvWtuAQUPdIbWLtB-SC0uCc76whP0X5vL6wCEkybB/s320/IMG_4333.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(In case you're wondering about those poles, they have to do with our water system. The orange pipe is the water outlet from the well head about 20 feet away. The other will go to our pressure tanks and water conditioner system. All will be enclosed in a small insulated room with everything easily draining back in winter so no pipes are left with any water to freeze if we go away and it makes it very convenient to winterize if we come and go.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8SdCQyJ-e9A429EKQyP-AVmEVs8CQPAs-SfCWFaFTluggJ6VKwgCX2zh8M0R1_JSAAugvsnRrtmNJHEi-dzww4F01O6qwAjSmGPdSWxyqfgGAVyhCmyy3RiLlE5cht5HTdWYGnaOpZtLZ9uEcb2xkVciSKlE9TY865EBA643196ZVV9B9HeGPBXq/s4032/IMG_4324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8SdCQyJ-e9A429EKQyP-AVmEVs8CQPAs-SfCWFaFTluggJ6VKwgCX2zh8M0R1_JSAAugvsnRrtmNJHEi-dzww4F01O6qwAjSmGPdSWxyqfgGAVyhCmyy3RiLlE5cht5HTdWYGnaOpZtLZ9uEcb2xkVciSKlE9TY865EBA643196ZVV9B9HeGPBXq/s320/IMG_4324.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEraJhJZUe0qWU2mlxpqOHQjUvlo6mVmA_kGqdBzRXfT_a0GxaRVQzko95q_UAoBlQvHxGqHF7whQmpcUpHTneFbDB-Hlgr2w_QM3P04UIIlEksEsslO5OyzXcEhcCTyvglXF0Oi6fmkxwsZMnCDphF4dbKrh8AFKLsLEV58HhGY9MEOhHumraZsO/s4032/IMG_4332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEraJhJZUe0qWU2mlxpqOHQjUvlo6mVmA_kGqdBzRXfT_a0GxaRVQzko95q_UAoBlQvHxGqHF7whQmpcUpHTneFbDB-Hlgr2w_QM3P04UIIlEksEsslO5OyzXcEhcCTyvglXF0Oi6fmkxwsZMnCDphF4dbKrh8AFKLsLEV58HhGY9MEOhHumraZsO/s320/IMG_4332.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><br /> </span></div><br /> </span></div><br /> </span></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-86422648109716266592022-08-31T11:11:00.000-05:002022-08-31T11:11:34.584-05:00Is Summer Winding Down?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO-YokSoXG6ou3d0NWRcuTk_upLHWlYjwLdg37rBrqx4BfQY61S3BRILnS1uMGnoy2yk1pCgl14rfiqrb9VGc8tnq6ZRUrZ1LyGE25W_6L4e-YxgtjJJl_3WHancL885tlfPpzLA5hWraW-im_o0vr6CApzdwzVmH4Ya2oTvQ29pKAbbt_zoidYaa/s4032/IMG_4247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoO-YokSoXG6ou3d0NWRcuTk_upLHWlYjwLdg37rBrqx4BfQY61S3BRILnS1uMGnoy2yk1pCgl14rfiqrb9VGc8tnq6ZRUrZ1LyGE25W_6L4e-YxgtjJJl_3WHancL885tlfPpzLA5hWraW-im_o0vr6CApzdwzVmH4Ya2oTvQ29pKAbbt_zoidYaa/s320/IMG_4247.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A
few days ago I got back from it being my turn in Waupaca. It is always a relief
to pull back in north—immediately the smells assault my nose, all good. It’s
always verdant smelling, piney, woodsy, very earthy, like you’re suddenly
immersed in a garden of earthly delights. When the wind is right and waves are
splashing below, the air also carries the scent of water. This immediately
evokes some primal sense of déjà vu, long past camping trips of youth at high
mountain lakes, my time at living by the ocean, so many times of being aboard
boats with water splashing against hulls. The sounds of the loons only add to
the enjoyment.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYXvXB5E2Bt7MuQRkOu8S2n_k2ycWq31bvmwOCeEkWvwjF8FjI3B2omBhkRoAMo-pOOv0QJioHj6qRIxbe99MkEfufwFgH-L_nEbvgmMd-J68RoxtBaTMGKZwEjkyChArh1BMyq4HlAVuTx3i0Gg0hsXVABibr47NQpwlsH1sUbbuehDQVLT172CV/s4032/IMG_4184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYXvXB5E2Bt7MuQRkOu8S2n_k2ycWq31bvmwOCeEkWvwjF8FjI3B2omBhkRoAMo-pOOv0QJioHj6qRIxbe99MkEfufwFgH-L_nEbvgmMd-J68RoxtBaTMGKZwEjkyChArh1BMyq4HlAVuTx3i0Gg0hsXVABibr47NQpwlsH1sUbbuehDQVLT172CV/s320/IMG_4184.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7o3xOgnbQwLD2MosbGAodpUMV5VpYRtxWQoo3IYDniwtJQNFchsX3uNr16dxnNRrB8T0AAXe6m1EzFRf5HSIk54NEdHOpwdVbWi0Eby5uOWrQl1BhK95PC_84-4HeTqh_5cfE5tpS5gSr7-DuEqUq65-qmzhNDwvOp5HxEbu8Ouu7nwS7uqo5i5_Y/s4032/IMG_4186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7o3xOgnbQwLD2MosbGAodpUMV5VpYRtxWQoo3IYDniwtJQNFchsX3uNr16dxnNRrB8T0AAXe6m1EzFRf5HSIk54NEdHOpwdVbWi0Eby5uOWrQl1BhK95PC_84-4HeTqh_5cfE5tpS5gSr7-DuEqUq65-qmzhNDwvOp5HxEbu8Ouu7nwS7uqo5i5_Y/s320/IMG_4186.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
sunny calm mornings here are sheer joy and wonder. I always try and wander down
the boardwalk when it is morning’s calm, as it’s like a jewel to hold in one’s
palm for the spell of the moment. Usually it doesn’t take long for even a
slight wind to kick up across the water and many days become quite breezy. But
in those quietest moments I try and anchor and find myself and say my prayer to
this moment of being alive and being able to appreciate it all. Does the exact
spot where you live give you this? I dare say, I highly doubt it, as the truly
special places are so few and far between.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoYApX43IvW2RU5upSlCahF53k1iaue7M0sCE8jEJI2ssR9x4UQDDAxaQhEYh0EFnxP0-QrRNZg6ouFHfzyyphdQ8suNdGup8SRRukyKf_U0K7Q4lb-bGkqZ55z3PY2AisvdQWADjRRRYIUsWmm3EjwL7pqeodyln2CLWKsyRmy5I3rwWilEsacXu/s4032/IMG_4219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoYApX43IvW2RU5upSlCahF53k1iaue7M0sCE8jEJI2ssR9x4UQDDAxaQhEYh0EFnxP0-QrRNZg6ouFHfzyyphdQ8suNdGup8SRRukyKf_U0K7Q4lb-bGkqZ55z3PY2AisvdQWADjRRRYIUsWmm3EjwL7pqeodyln2CLWKsyRmy5I3rwWilEsacXu/s320/IMG_4219.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uVRAsETJ9kvONMfI_EW22XfjFny5R6G7ndFGim7AHp2bDmFfHqAqSNZGMWIrImilH-iuT3CbkV5L5Hcz0YN7wKYk8sBb3ZZvSCMN-6U9HIZMIA5i0z8NMcQsCqW69jhU9ImtqoEKyK1Eq_mAqPdgJTGGQtNqeQCHQXhkBmeKiFebC8iyBWVQvhhd/s4032/IMG_4220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uVRAsETJ9kvONMfI_EW22XfjFny5R6G7ndFGim7AHp2bDmFfHqAqSNZGMWIrImilH-iuT3CbkV5L5Hcz0YN7wKYk8sBb3ZZvSCMN-6U9HIZMIA5i0z8NMcQsCqW69jhU9ImtqoEKyK1Eq_mAqPdgJTGGQtNqeQCHQXhkBmeKiFebC8iyBWVQvhhd/s320/IMG_4220.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This has me
caught up in trying to weigh the forthcoming decisions of how to best use this
place. I’ve loved our property in Waupaca, but it’s on an ever-increasingly
busy highway with no cover, so I always feel as though I am in a fishbowl when
I’m in the yard. Here, as I may have explained, our 15 acres sits on a road
that only encompasses our property and the county boat ramp. The other 35 acres
contiguous to ours is used, with a pole barn at the highway, as storage and
hunting for its owner. He never intends to build there and even if he did, the
nearest buildable portion is quite aways and totally invisible to us. We are an
island onto ourselves and I am loving that! No one sees our every move, no one
can see us at all unless we are at bluff’s edge above the boardwalk waving to
the kayakers who pass below. It’s a unique feeling we haven’t had for 30 years
when we first moved to and developed our Bend acreage property and had no
neighbors. So, yes, this is truly my soul place; will it be enough to just have
it for half the year and then have to go away? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Last post I talked about the possibility of
having a tiny home and had decided where it could be perfectly placed. I’ve
decided that even if we were to build a small cabin, the choice of location is
my ideal—it features the best full on view of the lake (with selective felling
of some of the trees), and as importantly, it also would look down on the bog.
I like that idea as I’ve come to discover lots of life and changes that occur
in the vegetation there, the colors, the smells. The location could also allow
for a deck to be slightly cantilevered over the edge of the bluff, which I
really think would be spectacular.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7RlvrGwG_xqiQT4cvjwGVz5sJRIKJf1_fC8P7GrI5EduL5nWrjJq1ugna7gAI1B26ptAFwa5WAEMnX_8BC01epkKecgd-RE6WeTLp32QMplPRx2yWHTtMduwYO7f0_CJ4DLyNm1c0Oc_ulhZsnCStDDK3VxeEy9ZgzHBfYdsmnxKUE8ohQRc0o7x/s4032/IMG_4155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7RlvrGwG_xqiQT4cvjwGVz5sJRIKJf1_fC8P7GrI5EduL5nWrjJq1ugna7gAI1B26ptAFwa5WAEMnX_8BC01epkKecgd-RE6WeTLp32QMplPRx2yWHTtMduwYO7f0_CJ4DLyNm1c0Oc_ulhZsnCStDDK3VxeEy9ZgzHBfYdsmnxKUE8ohQRc0o7x/s320/IMG_4155.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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concrete contractor took his time getting back with us so we’re hopeful he gets
it accomplished next week. Meanwhile, Marc labors at installing the posts in
hand-mixed concrete which will anchor the posts for the RV shed. He’s also got
one gate pole up and set.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofK1JDh5tAJyAwrKGEGkW1CSE6ADYGeOdT2CsEq281hBS7USDCML-3AlZrJLhJJUNYMDObtqvXHH3YdIpwZDG3zvUYtXkQ3Iax2-YI5-0_mevVMvGP_8CrEPNO-2pupMo3cCO3UY6bla3Iro_2KwQoCk8s50FmjDCC-QpV3fT73RASMt-Ibq_idhS/s4032/IMG_4182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofK1JDh5tAJyAwrKGEGkW1CSE6ADYGeOdT2CsEq281hBS7USDCML-3AlZrJLhJJUNYMDObtqvXHH3YdIpwZDG3zvUYtXkQ3Iax2-YI5-0_mevVMvGP_8CrEPNO-2pupMo3cCO3UY6bla3Iro_2KwQoCk8s50FmjDCC-QpV3fT73RASMt-Ibq_idhS/s320/IMG_4182.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyBEV_eTWCYaPFG9nHyKf6tgffcZu-iyqOvE0I61ANAWVzAmFTYseDXNtTawhh4yZkUcNvQYTWEeZTgwdqkKnB7orgLcUMPT_S7EXIlUqQ_kuFcSYaoJdY1uwnMt9xxnLqlvN2PvjYljn7WMnDXts2pawReY1jIUJisUFxxZIH8FzX7da7hX_f6aN/s4032/IMG_4222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyBEV_eTWCYaPFG9nHyKf6tgffcZu-iyqOvE0I61ANAWVzAmFTYseDXNtTawhh4yZkUcNvQYTWEeZTgwdqkKnB7orgLcUMPT_S7EXIlUqQ_kuFcSYaoJdY1uwnMt9xxnLqlvN2PvjYljn7WMnDXts2pawReY1jIUJisUFxxZIH8FzX7da7hX_f6aN/s320/IMG_4222.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooPCblDiAJZD9E3bZdzftXw0PUT_ZyMa470NcMV5ietzxnbG18iezXTtNxION8TapLO7HmHNApNQId36-8tNuoThsdD8-g4QYHiEeuHohtbqSRkkMROecojBcwv3uIm4wG3dmLIJaqy-IiAnmpqq6xUexQxsZEYGIhoJqll2-50aIToyQkpz2yEFB/s4032/IMG_4223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooPCblDiAJZD9E3bZdzftXw0PUT_ZyMa470NcMV5ietzxnbG18iezXTtNxION8TapLO7HmHNApNQId36-8tNuoThsdD8-g4QYHiEeuHohtbqSRkkMROecojBcwv3uIm4wG3dmLIJaqy-IiAnmpqq6xUexQxsZEYGIhoJqll2-50aIToyQkpz2yEFB/s320/IMG_4223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlOjM918PsaJwrGT69t4xynznQ4gatlMLIsLoSrQBdvcLABUcA68rbkoCN7xZON6LhSQ9M_qcQZrtNSaz2HNlwpRLW6MALyV-YQzSDxBG5-gYyjKTNexpMAeoSSls2cDkD4JPe1HRCIMZJBJeWuOj0NFcRWp9u_9k7b7-CayCvu9GvU6bEEYQCqDe/s4032/IMG_4224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlOjM918PsaJwrGT69t4xynznQ4gatlMLIsLoSrQBdvcLABUcA68rbkoCN7xZON6LhSQ9M_qcQZrtNSaz2HNlwpRLW6MALyV-YQzSDxBG5-gYyjKTNexpMAeoSSls2cDkD4JPe1HRCIMZJBJeWuOj0NFcRWp9u_9k7b7-CayCvu9GvU6bEEYQCqDe/s320/IMG_4224.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">You
can literally feel the change in the air lately; some days feel downright fall
like. We have one small maple in the bog which has been turning red for two
weeks. Some of the poplar tree leaves have turned yellow and begun dropping.
The forest floor green has become drier and yellower in spots. Some nights are
in the high 40’s. Summer is so short and swift here. We figure we will need to
empty out and close down and store the RV by mid-October to prevent water lines
from freezing, so time grows short. We hope to complete the gate, the garage shell
and the RV shed by then. Ah, to have the energy and agility of our youth—it
would be a snap, ha!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvemR7j94TimGzg-BfAr9VbWnykmf1XmCcLg6_tQ4XfGSPxnk2jBGuE10MlubVxVVVkHI4HJxX0UsxmAlQuOqgI3y5x-mLrxiqfvhELrOnSHhvQugvdUCt-19eMIlpalNQ2OAlbYbcG3dmfs03PH9xkZFl1UtURLXoJVRJ77TfaS1p5qM_LLpE2hf/s4032/IMG_4189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvemR7j94TimGzg-BfAr9VbWnykmf1XmCcLg6_tQ4XfGSPxnk2jBGuE10MlubVxVVVkHI4HJxX0UsxmAlQuOqgI3y5x-mLrxiqfvhELrOnSHhvQugvdUCt-19eMIlpalNQ2OAlbYbcG3dmfs03PH9xkZFl1UtURLXoJVRJ77TfaS1p5qM_LLpE2hf/s320/IMG_4189.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTx_Rl0J_2ejEuXo_axVvJMFsBA-3ERMSEmbZknwOnbVprNwbdQPHgDXZXigu-1iqd7CEbmQDToTgZFjtlKZzArR1WInm_QKppbdsbgdnq5n6hceUlMPHDSqrBQAKDXl4HbMuuMGu5UxGrBOy0svMsqUknIdiPNsQgn4tQYyxQkadU0RwSYV34TQBB/s4032/IMG_4215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTx_Rl0J_2ejEuXo_axVvJMFsBA-3ERMSEmbZknwOnbVprNwbdQPHgDXZXigu-1iqd7CEbmQDToTgZFjtlKZzArR1WInm_QKppbdsbgdnq5n6hceUlMPHDSqrBQAKDXl4HbMuuMGu5UxGrBOy0svMsqUknIdiPNsQgn4tQYyxQkadU0RwSYV34TQBB/s320/IMG_4215.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwN6MRAo82SoajE5_WDK6bE0xbcQKRZuLNDADRhGjjoOzfFl3By_bifi4YVSQuQQHuGKJ6PfW5vNSa-ITeP_dFIanww-O38jRuUxR5wSQy5KzO3bmJMhu0hC2B81NZ7Gmtox9U2HAXM0IYohTDXfImEYwmjs-wP0GfHN-AW9Kss1vaYkf4fRIh8eS_/s4032/IMG_4218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwN6MRAo82SoajE5_WDK6bE0xbcQKRZuLNDADRhGjjoOzfFl3By_bifi4YVSQuQQHuGKJ6PfW5vNSa-ITeP_dFIanww-O38jRuUxR5wSQy5KzO3bmJMhu0hC2B81NZ7Gmtox9U2HAXM0IYohTDXfImEYwmjs-wP0GfHN-AW9Kss1vaYkf4fRIh8eS_/s320/IMG_4218.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCcNW3q2VaMYAyiZOgB3jRSj4ccWUmzaanTyRtXDoV7t5hOGGp7mh9EVLGtGU7GpbbPhsHCDfhnpt75Y7W8w58Ram1Vd0rb0aoRUIIHx1y27OzKA4UKl-XYBiKr0GRBfSAGf9_0qMCYou-7yWJ3lvKlL8nw_eelTD51cMO3Bb9Ys3fuEHUTxj_6HA/s4032/IMG_4226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCcNW3q2VaMYAyiZOgB3jRSj4ccWUmzaanTyRtXDoV7t5hOGGp7mh9EVLGtGU7GpbbPhsHCDfhnpt75Y7W8w58Ram1Vd0rb0aoRUIIHx1y27OzKA4UKl-XYBiKr0GRBfSAGf9_0qMCYou-7yWJ3lvKlL8nw_eelTD51cMO3Bb9Ys3fuEHUTxj_6HA/s320/IMG_4226.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPMZdtgpDjSOGL0N5lJ0RSrznfw6QOq6ovrPoBqfZjFLXnwfQsRuNQvJgGqmlyoLc5bz8mTiQ5DLVHU7HriEsL-MamnGKcnPclxpManIAwhGqHmd53LsVwuI5FUT8wKeHpYaF17Npas7_sDo7pC-XlY6aCtk85iKo9GOiveX5GJ892_L7y3p_bn7y/s4032/IMG_4229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPMZdtgpDjSOGL0N5lJ0RSrznfw6QOq6ovrPoBqfZjFLXnwfQsRuNQvJgGqmlyoLc5bz8mTiQ5DLVHU7HriEsL-MamnGKcnPclxpManIAwhGqHmd53LsVwuI5FUT8wKeHpYaF17Npas7_sDo7pC-XlY6aCtk85iKo9GOiveX5GJ892_L7y3p_bn7y/s320/IMG_4229.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We’ll be
boating this holiday weekend so I hope to have pictures to follow! Have a nice
Labor Day.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></span></div><p><br /></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-68853996150329559282022-08-14T11:14:00.000-05:002022-08-14T11:14:21.312-05:00Those Thoughts<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is a truism in real estate valuation which essentially
translates to “highest and best use” of any given property. Highest and best use
of a property factors in zoning laws and bringing a property to its maximum
value by careful consideration of how it should be used and what should be
built upon it. You wouldn’t take a 50-acre parcel of cow pasture and maintain
it that way in the middle of New York City for instance.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our new property is so singular; so beautiful, that
truthfully it should sport at least a million-dollar home or even a multi-million-dollar
compound to really maximize its value. So, what happens if we leave it as our
private campground? We’re in consideration of this….</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We’ve come to the conclusion rather quickly, that short of
selling our Waupaca place we won’t have enough cash to really build another full-blown
residence here. (We like being debt free and intend to remain that way!). Based
upon what we built in Waupaca in 2014-15 for under $150,000 we thought we
could. Ha, more like double that in today’s dollars. It would be much easier if
we knew for sure we wanted to live here year-round but that is still an
unanswered question. It’s particularly hard for Marc to consider giving up what
he’s built in our Waupaca home basement: his man cave, huge office space, and
wood working workshop. I understand—to think of having to transport all that heavy
stuff back up the stairs and move it 145 miles and set it up in another
location is a daunting thought.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So right now, our best thoughts are for leaving this as a
second location we use for maybe six months of the year. We could continue
(after building the outbuildings) to just move the RV out of its storage every
spring and move back in for the summer and fall. However, this RV (after being
spoiled by our 40-foot Travel Supreme) leaves a lot to be desired in terms of long-term
living. It’s fine for camping but not something I really want to live in every
summer on a permanent basis.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">A small cabin is still under consideration but we’ve
also moved on to include a couple of other options. I asked Marc one day “would
you consider another park model?” Many of you long time readers may recall we
bought one in WI and had it shipped to the Oregon coast back in 2008, then
later shipped it to our lot in Yuma. I really enjoyed living in it and other
than the small bedroom which only had room for a queen bed, found it to be
comfortable in terms of space.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeuUcmn0ofs9k5XeF_XbR-d50LkXCiUp8_0z9-aqYwMBIHmgShmqxhMI0z_QIDKtXRHRuLCynQoUgFAaNNQGgsET2h3v80pcp2kjntNaYfYBbDd7dADwocMcezJuCYOdJ7HpeQxsTER18sn4Xfc2_rle1XnpovNbMJFUSRvPbgNMh3I3MjPkJVqWI/s800/park%20model%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeuUcmn0ofs9k5XeF_XbR-d50LkXCiUp8_0z9-aqYwMBIHmgShmqxhMI0z_QIDKtXRHRuLCynQoUgFAaNNQGgsET2h3v80pcp2kjntNaYfYBbDd7dADwocMcezJuCYOdJ7HpeQxsTER18sn4Xfc2_rle1XnpovNbMJFUSRvPbgNMh3I3MjPkJVqWI/s320/park%20model%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More
recent park models have far advanced and many now provide bedroom dimensions
which allow for a King size bed. Some are even up to 15 foot wide and more
squarish in configuration, which make them seem less like a trailer. With these
advances however, has also come a tremendous increase in cost, with most pushing
the $100,000 and more range. But what isn’t getting expensive, right?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIykDtTwSdPiUdyiYnnzU_TQYtJOB0EpjbmGNKV_Sgz6GxFyknVAIOTyThCf6nGjiMOrcIyPFHhITcdAfTD9lB-4bEPpXkRR6AJ_CUxZIP2hXobmegTvRiecrFLu6VL2REkvspXGvnMZQsAr4Ec1LZ2_g3JlgLRmWL3Zd0c-Rr3PG3wxt742pzQ_UJ/s1101/cliffhaven%20bedroom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1101" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIykDtTwSdPiUdyiYnnzU_TQYtJOB0EpjbmGNKV_Sgz6GxFyknVAIOTyThCf6nGjiMOrcIyPFHhITcdAfTD9lB-4bEPpXkRR6AJ_CUxZIP2hXobmegTvRiecrFLu6VL2REkvspXGvnMZQsAr4Ec1LZ2_g3JlgLRmWL3Zd0c-Rr3PG3wxt742pzQ_UJ/s320/cliffhaven%20bedroom.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7B4hhdWf-7daJKwUdV6-S1Nxgm0W7zNemiimiwkDVS4BesY9dXx3e2c0FxlQKfHJMDxMBoOWILTGPDvxrp0BjCGKSRXEEpAjP-U6-wTDoaF4FuV8mb9sutOS6IiYLJYIn9xmleew9uVAMCsGrMvSfN94HIIH-mYfZVU2BK72UdjWn9wM7E0Br2akW/s1068/cardinal2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1068" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7B4hhdWf-7daJKwUdV6-S1Nxgm0W7zNemiimiwkDVS4BesY9dXx3e2c0FxlQKfHJMDxMBoOWILTGPDvxrp0BjCGKSRXEEpAjP-U6-wTDoaF4FuV8mb9sutOS6IiYLJYIn9xmleew9uVAMCsGrMvSfN94HIIH-mYfZVU2BK72UdjWn9wM7E0Br2akW/s320/cardinal2.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kDifEPfAiQ_Hni-3igCI515owyZH8vCM75Q0IIneREFQiqN_y4ljk4tZmoS0MHXDNGst5uJJxRpE4T8ZZyQVE6KoHbNuOu6hkSr-sWLIwYaNO6Cf-Lxt4XgKWXBPA3P8RAKQTXGFQLB9YRfJKlhZ-4OcheVjeHsaIAOJWGuHiUyKpMSFw-gV3Gjf/s1105/cardinal3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1105" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kDifEPfAiQ_Hni-3igCI515owyZH8vCM75Q0IIneREFQiqN_y4ljk4tZmoS0MHXDNGst5uJJxRpE4T8ZZyQVE6KoHbNuOu6hkSr-sWLIwYaNO6Cf-Lxt4XgKWXBPA3P8RAKQTXGFQLB9YRfJKlhZ-4OcheVjeHsaIAOJWGuHiUyKpMSFw-gV3Gjf/s320/cardinal3.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2RZ4GM4ERF_G3EYv6HoRNW8-BVNOIQZnvOLvdHt8G_wCaQixFqamuhkAzIiUnOFIsIUY_GRsysT-a4IGcwvvvht4khWHV1RCBqHEJ6-JkA0t1Mp98FnDBevr3ZtJbdelbYmntEYlbicwKF5aL3ius6gOdwZBuSMOVWH1b1BXdiapGaOKkbRftODc/s1101/cardinal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1101" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2RZ4GM4ERF_G3EYv6HoRNW8-BVNOIQZnvOLvdHt8G_wCaQixFqamuhkAzIiUnOFIsIUY_GRsysT-a4IGcwvvvht4khWHV1RCBqHEJ6-JkA0t1Mp98FnDBevr3ZtJbdelbYmntEYlbicwKF5aL3ius6gOdwZBuSMOVWH1b1BXdiapGaOKkbRftODc/s320/cardinal.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1504" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7dwrS69FljCMrsFc_elHXaxn8sj8V5uW7UySLm7zSHuq2eiBKGDITJA-NAuDj7qaEnpZJYqcsJ9MN5owHLqmy8OEvHalbrMzCUjDe4f2j-poCZQEfX5J0v1LLxFyogh58Xwb-9FzGLk_4X5OfU0nn8QK_i6M1kKnvqnEvz3R01306FjoSg76m6rU/s320/athens%20520.JPG" width="320" /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It also seems strange to me that the Midwest and east coast
manufacturers seem to be well behind the times in what they offer as opposed to
the West coast, which feature more modern advances like drywall, metal roofs,
attached front porches and interesting rooflines. Those that are most appealing
to me would require cross-country shipping, which surely would add at least ten
grand to the price.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are several advantages to a park model over a stick
built cabin or larger manufactured home for us: namely, the fact that they’re
classified as an RV so don’t need any sort of permit to place and they won’t
impact or raise our property taxes. Given that WI is a fairly high property tax
state, this is huge. It could also always be sold off later on if someone
desired building upon this property. Building a small cabin here would be a
finality; it would always just be a small cabin residence unless someone added
onto it since zoning is only for single family residence.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another avenue of thought is for us to get busy demolishing
the Travel Supreme body and use the frame and axles as a foundation upon which
to build a tiny home on wheels totally of our design and desires. Self-building
would not require any permits or inspections that we’re aware of and a onetime
move permit from DMV would allow us to bring it here with the Freightliner. We
would not plan on it moving again. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marc said the frame could be extended from
its current 8.5 feet to 10, thus giving us a likely 400+ sf on the main floor
if we did a couple cantilever bumpouts. Everything would be cathedral ceilings
and main floor—we’re not interested in having any loft spaces. This actually
holds some appeal since they’ve always been a fascination to me and one could
get really creative on a dime, so to speak, and the overall costs would likely
be significantly less than purchasing something. There’s never anything wrong
with having money “left over” is there? Here again, tiny home advances over
those that initially were built 20 years ago are fabulous! Just look at some of
these:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN8lrrBGKF6ZUMcHosjMLOmvFrXv0upRMobAmW13DSAPpT_iQu22V_yoMB-Tn8sS-UeCV5iQ6L-nF3ZmLGVQob0mjYs_kvXqFggN6tU84eiRACLh78i6Vw9UB0P1vtXaW8ZJNis8PSMjIcaJMgto8Nd2ofrbuuEzA-oh_AKdsPOHmt_VoTfxyQXb2/s1038/color%20and%20windows%20on%20one%20side.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1038" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN8lrrBGKF6ZUMcHosjMLOmvFrXv0upRMobAmW13DSAPpT_iQu22V_yoMB-Tn8sS-UeCV5iQ6L-nF3ZmLGVQob0mjYs_kvXqFggN6tU84eiRACLh78i6Vw9UB0P1vtXaW8ZJNis8PSMjIcaJMgto8Nd2ofrbuuEzA-oh_AKdsPOHmt_VoTfxyQXb2/s320/color%20and%20windows%20on%20one%20side.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthCvXryr4SoosoVF1EdQkkC54-tLOgLP1LS-9TeKwrp0SqXbNlilRQUqi2sn21lNy8PxZ2oXuRHRZR-SqcbRyU3yO6PK1eVTtzT5rh7-2Td_dJZt_k5hc5vKXypBCYWhpLGe5D20z9b99tsU1MaLMIRaN8Meb41XRJQU5_U5MN4TYZtSPDtXX5mhX/s320/haven%20living%20windows.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(This last photo leaves me positively drooling! Those windows; our lake view!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A park model makes it much easier on Marc; a tiny home would
entail likely another summer of construction for him. It’s a lot to think about
and right now I’m torn 50-50 if we elect to consider either of these possibilities. Which would you do?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br />Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-76387128652906322672022-08-12T14:05:00.002-05:002022-08-12T14:05:27.712-05:00Work and Play<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-_1JVNyY935y9kqBWURrwrhauIRZNQQufnxXGlAbDnDihiXnrhCbszT05w0U_52U640ym2ZK4fC5xD-xwQhNqtgURR5_FO5M0ULTM3hj-QchPI4NINFL6pdnH8i8ZcWbWtEHuU9BySa4uTft6NwEHSeY0HEKUTPiZWMjzAGvxLwcy9NqwiJT1Ts5/s4032/IMG_4042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-_1JVNyY935y9kqBWURrwrhauIRZNQQufnxXGlAbDnDihiXnrhCbszT05w0U_52U640ym2ZK4fC5xD-xwQhNqtgURR5_FO5M0ULTM3hj-QchPI4NINFL6pdnH8i8ZcWbWtEHuU9BySa4uTft6NwEHSeY0HEKUTPiZWMjzAGvxLwcy9NqwiJT1Ts5/s320/IMG_4042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Picking up where I last left off, this could be a far-ranging
post.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marc continues to work on the boat shed while
starting to put together the Versatube RV storage. All that is left is to install a couple of
windows in the gable ends and complete that portion of the siding.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGJO5wtyd-2f2F1trWw5wLMvooOtwhoCIZZOASdtNU2LcfMEpQB5e5qHBfjL9Yyu8dAQcIQM5lhBZjD63vZVqsgDq7R5axx3umt2ZJBu_nAoDJuUTW-dtPQlDo0q2wMk0md0JNrADDHV-4rNcfsdkfBPX0r74b5K5mO3DNQk5PPSpUqdCLvi9cZgX/s4032/IMG_4032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGJO5wtyd-2f2F1trWw5wLMvooOtwhoCIZZOASdtNU2LcfMEpQB5e5qHBfjL9Yyu8dAQcIQM5lhBZjD63vZVqsgDq7R5axx3umt2ZJBu_nAoDJuUTW-dtPQlDo0q2wMk0md0JNrADDHV-4rNcfsdkfBPX0r74b5K5mO3DNQk5PPSpUqdCLvi9cZgX/s320/IMG_4032.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDjzhWDykq_wJRISDuOnLZ89-7BqKEFMC06cvUHCS8112NLDSBApky_64__iP3unxA2dWnZ9uUFEv_WMPg46CymsxzcJqhY3rKoI8GdCVEOHH7SuOh3AaeAz7qSeDXiYN0CAlJUI8GeJDCy6LvZrtKUHL6Uc9Ehr1I8ofrDp7EWVi1_3niqKL2ETU/s4032/IMG_4034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDjzhWDykq_wJRISDuOnLZ89-7BqKEFMC06cvUHCS8112NLDSBApky_64__iP3unxA2dWnZ9uUFEv_WMPg46CymsxzcJqhY3rKoI8GdCVEOHH7SuOh3AaeAz7qSeDXiYN0CAlJUI8GeJDCy6LvZrtKUHL6Uc9Ehr1I8ofrDp7EWVi1_3niqKL2ETU/s320/IMG_4034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfXD7E-Va7qm5Af5NDQGydaRMOkD4U9DLRExJxOt_syNMx4mSWnfLCO0pdDye3OPCdzZGYEmFwoDLBfTOmhJfaA-1c-gdx6NaYANTQ71VF0o9CX0hEIu3OvEZUJe-6hjoVpzkhIvgNxcGpzZcs1q2_Isuxr5ZyXc9V01NAqdpd8eco1n39UceWUmH/s4032/IMG_4047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfXD7E-Va7qm5Af5NDQGydaRMOkD4U9DLRExJxOt_syNMx4mSWnfLCO0pdDye3OPCdzZGYEmFwoDLBfTOmhJfaA-1c-gdx6NaYANTQ71VF0o9CX0hEIu3OvEZUJe-6hjoVpzkhIvgNxcGpzZcs1q2_Isuxr5ZyXc9V01NAqdpd8eco1n39UceWUmH/s320/IMG_4047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
instructions to the RV shed were not very explicit and it is very heavy for him
to manage himself (the metal frame portion you see totals about 2000 pounds) so
he rigged up a jig on his long flatbed trailer and used the Mule wench to stand
them upright. The factory had made a mistake on the dimensions due to fortified
trusses for our snow loads so Marc is awaiting new parts to be able to actually
get any farther along with that. We did get the post holes dug for it the other
day since they will each be anchored in the ground to a depth of about three
feet secured by concrete. This baby shouldn’t go anywhere once erected. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RJw1eeNT09UAT2-8QulZ8ZE2aBhDINBfIM7BUkQOSv15pFbZlfVW8Xeot7g2Vpjex5o8baqUQwKfkf39SBKz8JJAyMI3rGEME6oGnoQVyEhb3HPfEUf7jvWYsAYds0-JzJNOa_qPnrPvA6G28LhyXK-xST6Q_SO2508iwfZWG_VuHiiq17ZHMTvC/s4032/IMG_4143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RJw1eeNT09UAT2-8QulZ8ZE2aBhDINBfIM7BUkQOSv15pFbZlfVW8Xeot7g2Vpjex5o8baqUQwKfkf39SBKz8JJAyMI3rGEME6oGnoQVyEhb3HPfEUf7jvWYsAYds0-JzJNOa_qPnrPvA6G28LhyXK-xST6Q_SO2508iwfZWG_VuHiiq17ZHMTvC/s320/IMG_4143.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUvs8QDLgDJW6wYXTukQSZfX-1j3uWReCXGz8byoj-eZMCW6xil2nkWgEqnXIa3QRyQNusSemB37nFzuaFH4SKv0TpAZc3Wtg_DKB5S2mG4BO_ik574vOFK7YheotgMGRcpk0LGG2bw8-PJIbsz7yxyoIQ7jCiHTGzsbw864p-iYkxYk2Uw9MV8Xh/s4032/IMG_4163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUvs8QDLgDJW6wYXTukQSZfX-1j3uWReCXGz8byoj-eZMCW6xil2nkWgEqnXIa3QRyQNusSemB37nFzuaFH4SKv0TpAZc3Wtg_DKB5S2mG4BO_ik574vOFK7YheotgMGRcpk0LGG2bw8-PJIbsz7yxyoIQ7jCiHTGzsbw864p-iYkxYk2Uw9MV8Xh/s320/IMG_4163.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">More
and more trees continue to come down and we spend much time “processing” the
wood. We have cleared out a significant portion of deadfall and standing dead
timber. If it’s a large tree, he bucks it up, then I lop off the smaller
branches and essentially make two piles, one to burn and one to haul off for my
brush fence. The place is looking much better!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfne260U08-KofGsxV2HkJMktu3gICo2P6kVYsDyD0PHVvWYvM-dfJODf0tZZbwXuBzjVgQZP5uFtk26OLSzr48OE8pFCWGnrIBfsWa54uBsriUW5iHmP-0HZCSrTeacQMmnkDkGunaQavqqyehhLm7VwXAcfGlUdyHxpbYQFra83zuxlMqkkye9M/s4032/IMG_4054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfne260U08-KofGsxV2HkJMktu3gICo2P6kVYsDyD0PHVvWYvM-dfJODf0tZZbwXuBzjVgQZP5uFtk26OLSzr48OE8pFCWGnrIBfsWa54uBsriUW5iHmP-0HZCSrTeacQMmnkDkGunaQavqqyehhLm7VwXAcfGlUdyHxpbYQFra83zuxlMqkkye9M/s320/IMG_4054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrEBStWg03YRmvElTtGCzzWeWp66HzF3TXnAzlbxhGNJYxPeO9hUR1QIEqs8Iuujl2mfSGZELgl_wzrv8urSdF3Xf3pji2-AgAnDb-CTd01XuDIuP9DHqFAmSs6-egb7rLtEPZ5M1L5gxNATF9lqzju_pYYMK_EE38pP7hXkiV4UuyU3U70HcAreyO/s4032/IMG_4063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrEBStWg03YRmvElTtGCzzWeWp66HzF3TXnAzlbxhGNJYxPeO9hUR1QIEqs8Iuujl2mfSGZELgl_wzrv8urSdF3Xf3pji2-AgAnDb-CTd01XuDIuP9DHqFAmSs6-egb7rLtEPZ5M1L5gxNATF9lqzju_pYYMK_EE38pP7hXkiV4UuyU3U70HcAreyO/s320/IMG_4063.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVcAtBfxDGDhALDNGetbuFgMK7yfixq7q1_1LOixCSrz3t-Zye9JSgkDvRAYKi1R5p91OOas7dn8yxw6nFUOTBILQknfP9zLoBpQF6ZixgIHAihh3KfqXzIAJiNu7lxV7PaIGNm23dShon4_2-4uYkboxTHj-6YD8GWCt8SIBtb937rrJKHmu5DCy/s4032/IMG_4064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVcAtBfxDGDhALDNGetbuFgMK7yfixq7q1_1LOixCSrz3t-Zye9JSgkDvRAYKi1R5p91OOas7dn8yxw6nFUOTBILQknfP9zLoBpQF6ZixgIHAihh3KfqXzIAJiNu7lxV7PaIGNm23dShon4_2-4uYkboxTHj-6YD8GWCt8SIBtb937rrJKHmu5DCy/s320/IMG_4064.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hrX_ou-jgD_bRzAJlUgKstRe6KvWx55Dtpq6mrVZhrdxVB_tcImd7nIIab53m8f7mAH9xZjh5qLkrCgGDOiVBh3OD9pPph8dVdS9RKpky7O4bdHebLx67i1UkzxhhRSsF6ip905r1ZbQMNIK1_WlQyiD5B53-sFcqE4_YJT1b0ZA-xkNdXk0_M2T/s4032/IMG_4065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hrX_ou-jgD_bRzAJlUgKstRe6KvWx55Dtpq6mrVZhrdxVB_tcImd7nIIab53m8f7mAH9xZjh5qLkrCgGDOiVBh3OD9pPph8dVdS9RKpky7O4bdHebLx67i1UkzxhhRSsF6ip905r1ZbQMNIK1_WlQyiD5B53-sFcqE4_YJT1b0ZA-xkNdXk0_M2T/s320/IMG_4065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We
continue to have problems with the neighbor’s dogs running loose onto our
property and we often have the cats free roaming outside, since after all, it
is our property and they should be safely allowed to do so. After the latest
nasty incident with a pit bull treeing Munchkin and the dog having no idea how
close to death he came, we are trying to expedite getting up the gate. I now
have the brush fence running the entire length of our property line with the
boat ramp, so once the gate is up we’re hopeful it mitigates them coming in
entirely. After that, we’ll figure they’re fair game.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GvUo8NbQTEdE8f80p5hvslxfUx-mrm21bKxPUubH9RCi4ndWmV9CS6vbPSrR610jSlbsC640DsubmNkYqBlcyWU8gJFLRFOGXlNETrH7xWvsnk9uqDCpXovFQJTg35NprajwSrRi-hvFERsyU0MeZMb4dUdC8_n2Agv38_Mr4wwoLrSE0EHl_w7R/s4032/IMG_3991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-GvUo8NbQTEdE8f80p5hvslxfUx-mrm21bKxPUubH9RCi4ndWmV9CS6vbPSrR610jSlbsC640DsubmNkYqBlcyWU8gJFLRFOGXlNETrH7xWvsnk9uqDCpXovFQJTg35NprajwSrRi-hvFERsyU0MeZMb4dUdC8_n2Agv38_Mr4wwoLrSE0EHl_w7R/s320/IMG_3991.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxaIPWaYzgidti2dNmKNtU2zDdAdYVYyoHMAdPt8HqSyBmuqMnp9S3SwvCzyJnXZI67tZm1vvd7OnxwDhA99q7cB66mmR8hhhjRMAgqWadxSyk9OEJ8lzau96RZ_osGF7JGKfPJxOGy-L_cEXbtO9JqjTTYdjso6pFAe-PgosA4dtMPOIzR5tpdjP/s4032/IMG_3994.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxaIPWaYzgidti2dNmKNtU2zDdAdYVYyoHMAdPt8HqSyBmuqMnp9S3SwvCzyJnXZI67tZm1vvd7OnxwDhA99q7cB66mmR8hhhjRMAgqWadxSyk9OEJ8lzau96RZ_osGF7JGKfPJxOGy-L_cEXbtO9JqjTTYdjso6pFAe-PgosA4dtMPOIzR5tpdjP/s320/IMG_3994.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Mosquitoes
continue to plague us: Deet and a couple of solutions:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy6ky_bdEv3gqzjnB3hoQjn4Eca3SKdSyy3YgPM7saeuZpjNgrff5DvoQfuNDqTVT1jXEddahI1GGvfdt-jFViKu8prXgw_TX55D5i-QTWBQSLy4BQ0Jgsxin-z9AbAw2rrfC_aHWV3iaPYVIS29DHegIRNVE893pclny4oLGib9UNsjXQMoOJGZ1/s1024/c%20mosquito%20head%20gear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy6ky_bdEv3gqzjnB3hoQjn4Eca3SKdSyy3YgPM7saeuZpjNgrff5DvoQfuNDqTVT1jXEddahI1GGvfdt-jFViKu8prXgw_TX55D5i-QTWBQSLy4BQ0Jgsxin-z9AbAw2rrfC_aHWV3iaPYVIS29DHegIRNVE893pclny4oLGib9UNsjXQMoOJGZ1/s320/c%20mosquito%20head%20gear.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN5fYKZ3qmgD96n__mSlRHaReHTePkhrJseOBByqGG_3BMk3XK5obI1vvlNyH0EgAK23lyZdm9IWFTzmmXD7ltW7NPDpOYdEz_s8da7fuSsTEBYwSqqIAh1a5lPe3Vs6dv-cM8vxKbH2P5I8hR6kob7gzCFZR_C8vG5yjzlBm0HpVtaxSrqdISCaj/s4032/IMG_4030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN5fYKZ3qmgD96n__mSlRHaReHTePkhrJseOBByqGG_3BMk3XK5obI1vvlNyH0EgAK23lyZdm9IWFTzmmXD7ltW7NPDpOYdEz_s8da7fuSsTEBYwSqqIAh1a5lPe3Vs6dv-cM8vxKbH2P5I8hR6kob7gzCFZR_C8vG5yjzlBm0HpVtaxSrqdISCaj/s320/IMG_4030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">While
the guy was here doing the post holes, we also had him haul in and level the
gravel to get the area for the garage prepped. We finally found a contractor
who came out and looked at what we wanted in anticipation of giving us a bid
for the concrete slab and forms. No word as yet on either bid or time frame for
the work.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTgDOC6RUIF6ggs7in-wA2Bcu37Bd9vhfd-mL8KOFjFSvFxHEwSwtFQwoMVx12ukR8br0bRb5XfT5zs3HZYB1f9kSGndX6sz6pS8EW14feLY2DgmC2abY-RqxXCMDOCEB4K0iue_wVkHZC78RMo-Yb2V_JLbacxFky7OotFDIcXVTePYJk5cOHayi/s4032/IMG_4152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTgDOC6RUIF6ggs7in-wA2Bcu37Bd9vhfd-mL8KOFjFSvFxHEwSwtFQwoMVx12ukR8br0bRb5XfT5zs3HZYB1f9kSGndX6sz6pS8EW14feLY2DgmC2abY-RqxXCMDOCEB4K0iue_wVkHZC78RMo-Yb2V_JLbacxFky7OotFDIcXVTePYJk5cOHayi/s320/IMG_4152.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s
not all work around here, although most days seem like it! We explored some
interconnected in town lakes on a beautiful warm Saturday, where lots of others
were out with families and friends doing the same. The lakes are surrounded by
homesites but are filled with tiny islands, some of them open to the public,
and it never seemed too crowded. Numerous loons were seen, including a mom with
two babies. We also finally got out to use our kayaks on our own lake.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeTx7bniQr_S7KXPMT3xV4dvXzneS-dvoRag5E3fCRw6Rsq3jVTGN0bQ-NPIoFAAQZvjQox4mMja3jHBHz8DGzvcu85ITNlJqgZU_Y9NTX3xBSdZABLyxOxUcnhsurKgUXLwmg7B1X8FjejlA83wGvF7X4gMphkmRPyOKsMf4qPIqvxLoll37qpJ6/s4032/IMG_4086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeTx7bniQr_S7KXPMT3xV4dvXzneS-dvoRag5E3fCRw6Rsq3jVTGN0bQ-NPIoFAAQZvjQox4mMja3jHBHz8DGzvcu85ITNlJqgZU_Y9NTX3xBSdZABLyxOxUcnhsurKgUXLwmg7B1X8FjejlA83wGvF7X4gMphkmRPyOKsMf4qPIqvxLoll37qpJ6/s320/IMG_4086.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGDKmzZGEAeI3EQZBVub2IJpQvZWYlzKNDNh9gyZccEBuXttL7s8ZAdL7VkII4sp2sOaBA3qJsW20EUxyQ78Sz2K39wPVq6iZuCVv3MuOVtQmDAJ58552DUF5RO9VKlC3s0WLhv2NJwCjfx7lOG1TIAPvvy5Ne2itqKBWL0o7UkycM0NGW2YRyV2f/s4032/IMG_4103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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lot of work to stack those rocks!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7xCpy1CUKrFSmsMkbAc76sgQoFfOds32RUUSC-Id1XVbkeyW0_WMrG13bdA_eOGVa-e_3-awwe6V8iH_XD8TItQrb0IPrhVCuL7NRtAyFx2JJwr99WFUPngefbNLvb3HgFNhsfyerxzGOJsyHu9fswVdalJsDkBIKCcCjHgEMZIrNpBPcedNqDvL/s4032/IMG_4127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7xCpy1CUKrFSmsMkbAc76sgQoFfOds32RUUSC-Id1XVbkeyW0_WMrG13bdA_eOGVa-e_3-awwe6V8iH_XD8TItQrb0IPrhVCuL7NRtAyFx2JJwr99WFUPngefbNLvb3HgFNhsfyerxzGOJsyHu9fswVdalJsDkBIKCcCjHgEMZIrNpBPcedNqDvL/s320/IMG_4127.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">(umbrella
great idea!)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdixZxrX7gBZQtAJKgd8m89r8p_og3FC89gYLkysGYDSMfvhLT4aDAYWaBoAEo1-yaIVeEWhJpvuQmBTf_WItYOq5miofnHWVY1I-YF5eJWY0Xhr8X44zzarbbz5j0HDdDp21YH0ll4IxAox1MHluOf8YLoTaLRL1vi29kGV5oRi-txDoC89CWMoTu/s1280/C%20KAYAKS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdixZxrX7gBZQtAJKgd8m89r8p_og3FC89gYLkysGYDSMfvhLT4aDAYWaBoAEo1-yaIVeEWhJpvuQmBTf_WItYOq5miofnHWVY1I-YF5eJWY0Xhr8X44zzarbbz5j0HDdDp21YH0ll4IxAox1MHluOf8YLoTaLRL1vi29kGV5oRi-txDoC89CWMoTu/s320/C%20KAYAKS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Marc
& I take turns going to Waupaca because we don’t want to haul the cats back
and forth all the time. They do much better with a routine of staying put in
one place. Last time I was home I noticed that our old apple tree had many
broken branches and was in grave need of help. Marc is home this time so took
his chain saw. Our front steps are also coming apart there, as they were built
seven years ago as a temporary thing, so those will need replacement once we
get home. Right now in the good weather, Marc is working on spraying the
laundry room cabinets he built last winter. We will entirely repaint the
laundry room this winter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXWhjH6s6Stgps8XVpopzycYPAHi4LUMt4tp7CP7O1prRtwuDkAKnMUydNdn_vANISNb4IMYasPo4-aXvumssA-HQG3AOX4VqHjB0KD2PagIaJMH3DXqWiDZg4W4Ypv-csdI_VA9unyHj95aEd1sGP0b1WrIB8I3om2N8tSPz2EbgPrE7krlLTvVQ/s4032/IMG_4137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXWhjH6s6Stgps8XVpopzycYPAHi4LUMt4tp7CP7O1prRtwuDkAKnMUydNdn_vANISNb4IMYasPo4-aXvumssA-HQG3AOX4VqHjB0KD2PagIaJMH3DXqWiDZg4W4Ypv-csdI_VA9unyHj95aEd1sGP0b1WrIB8I3om2N8tSPz2EbgPrE7krlLTvVQ/s320/IMG_4137.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_TfTd6TCbGRwUdwUtjiHQ4sQBUemG_Wfh_yOdux3f2BcUQcQLDObHStBdRdb7WMD2604_oKo6LjivSfSYpGNU_8tzSBLrrkX9GQUogct-7vUX1CQ8cF98toLxIL6KYkYzBmjDxKsYqqlAxk5yH1TZQW_vObQG0CRmu68jSQN-Wd_mPb3gAhKHyVO/s1024/steps.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_TfTd6TCbGRwUdwUtjiHQ4sQBUemG_Wfh_yOdux3f2BcUQcQLDObHStBdRdb7WMD2604_oKo6LjivSfSYpGNU_8tzSBLrrkX9GQUogct-7vUX1CQ8cF98toLxIL6KYkYzBmjDxKsYqqlAxk5yH1TZQW_vObQG0CRmu68jSQN-Wd_mPb3gAhKHyVO/s320/steps.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ve
more on my mind to tell you about but you’ll have to check in next time for
those thoughts! We continue to absolutely love the solace, solitude, and peace
this property provides and feel so fortunate to be here! I marvel every single
day just how beautiful it is and how it simply feeds my soul to be here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB84ayhJftmSCu-pyX3A2U48C9C194ROZR6twVkpjDNbV6gVX88H6MEF8i7FdaSYoU0ROQrqL42l57xqO-TZvkg-d7BzLI2xVZ-NQ983xfqPsCqS_ats1wKOmWMeXUwxd9H9PZyLGCLyuHmarepO5qcBTxClOyAq007DvBCEdSdQzi2Af729XSkA_t/s4032/IMG_4043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB84ayhJftmSCu-pyX3A2U48C9C194ROZR6twVkpjDNbV6gVX88H6MEF8i7FdaSYoU0ROQrqL42l57xqO-TZvkg-d7BzLI2xVZ-NQ983xfqPsCqS_ats1wKOmWMeXUwxd9H9PZyLGCLyuHmarepO5qcBTxClOyAq007DvBCEdSdQzi2Af729XSkA_t/s320/IMG_4043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><br /> </span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> </span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></div><p><br /></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-54628134990802597982022-07-10T10:54:00.000-05:002022-07-10T10:54:04.650-05:00It's Been a Slow Slog<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnD5AYnZ_oTR-Z5F4osXWujeAHHdTkz7B5ZvwFz6CjHLkDixTcUzc88-Cc3m9aXEwUra2unN9BI9DCDSpL6vFL9Ubobrp0NuYGedtJLvZItkSybtzRdcjvrXrXqeeFrr26JzsX0ZryCaOIDnl-TpuUMJ906cJCUVjRy0OHCaclF5VxqV6cR907aCI/s4032/IMG_3940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnD5AYnZ_oTR-Z5F4osXWujeAHHdTkz7B5ZvwFz6CjHLkDixTcUzc88-Cc3m9aXEwUra2unN9BI9DCDSpL6vFL9Ubobrp0NuYGedtJLvZItkSybtzRdcjvrXrXqeeFrr26JzsX0ZryCaOIDnl-TpuUMJ906cJCUVjRy0OHCaclF5VxqV6cR907aCI/s320/IMG_3940.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">About a week ago we finally saw
the power trucks appear to set the power poles necessary for our getting
electric power. We applied with this private coop company in January and paid
the necessary membership fees with application. Marc met with the field engineer
to determine pole and line placement in mid-April. Since then, it’s been one
thing after another to delay us, so it was a relief to see them finally appear.
Never before have we had to fork over all the money up front as was required
for them to even consider putting us on the list, where we were #24. Once
things began however, they moved quickly and we finally got “wired”. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dealing with no electricity as
Marc started construction work was a major headache. Running the generators ended
up costing us around $300/mo. for fuel so definitely not cheap electric! We got
the 500 gal. propane tank set and filled and we moved the RV closer to it so we
can hook directly to it instead of having to fill the ten-gallon tanks
continuously. Just this past week our well was dug and although it is filled
with iron, it is a good well at a shallow depth. He went down 40 feet and found
about a 50-gpm flow through gravel. It’s going to require quite a bit of
filtration and water softening to make it potable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv55VGjX2DAGr5Ez31esLV6wrpWJqFSTapBgs7HMXb0rAHjm-WOzF0izQutAXuFCX7NWfDodbhPecC7RKcTDjWq4OAGYgBjkweGP73ALWSzeb7k3HNl83OKfBSfudg2mA1SSkY99mh8QpClpmug54AU1NHF6YCHBYf--OEUp3FsQKvNFi2HKNTBuNM/s4032/IMG_3947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv55VGjX2DAGr5Ez31esLV6wrpWJqFSTapBgs7HMXb0rAHjm-WOzF0izQutAXuFCX7NWfDodbhPecC7RKcTDjWq4OAGYgBjkweGP73ALWSzeb7k3HNl83OKfBSfudg2mA1SSkY99mh8QpClpmug54AU1NHF6YCHBYf--OEUp3FsQKvNFi2HKNTBuNM/s320/IMG_3947.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycP1mosH2-2T3iSo-C-BP1kBRu9FC6CUufRvh8Mdr_rs0indYUrbdciHtjaUkZUsDizURoJJiGFFUf2fgG5Mp3sHhUTmeCax_YUcsP96WkEbydVpDVu5s5niQkw6wnyJfCTjJDu_XETfnN6MhLBiNd-uPmDrzgFJ78xUwTLY4czSnE7U5TvW6cV0x/s4032/IMG_3950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycP1mosH2-2T3iSo-C-BP1kBRu9FC6CUufRvh8Mdr_rs0indYUrbdciHtjaUkZUsDizURoJJiGFFUf2fgG5Mp3sHhUTmeCax_YUcsP96WkEbydVpDVu5s5niQkw6wnyJfCTjJDu_XETfnN6MhLBiNd-uPmDrzgFJ78xUwTLY4czSnE7U5TvW6cV0x/s320/IMG_3950.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCdVq4TXCiyYhHfb43NDiGH5LLX9hbYzDfY6Cpgjjh57blkaMSTgSYfqR_Fn_AEhEJk66XChgQAikdGy9PpZ7GV0m1JhWgUscpk5khu1W55vOOvcbeN-jbefnTEJGzaugsVVqG9UJEDoSazN4ijUi4IUvPCnNm3kFBmwfwEy2_YiXnJiJ43jqLoDy/s4032/IMG_3954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCdVq4TXCiyYhHfb43NDiGH5LLX9hbYzDfY6Cpgjjh57blkaMSTgSYfqR_Fn_AEhEJk66XChgQAikdGy9PpZ7GV0m1JhWgUscpk5khu1W55vOOvcbeN-jbefnTEJGzaugsVVqG9UJEDoSazN4ijUi4IUvPCnNm3kFBmwfwEy2_YiXnJiJ43jqLoDy/s320/IMG_3954.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuN-B0EC5fRjyTkMTgF8Q2nAl-DNPTcd8vlpQZvaHkXlewjYlpkAUBXNr6YbOul0NQs9qY29yd6ti1_YaOhZ868koYYDRwkKK-4pamAdAjs2Ys-42DN12hOnXCgoDQsqaBRf7tj9rSwJNDX_rybWihwvr5j53GBtCNVTo1lo5MU36CTzuMk4RX5GXG/s4032/IMG_3982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuN-B0EC5fRjyTkMTgF8Q2nAl-DNPTcd8vlpQZvaHkXlewjYlpkAUBXNr6YbOul0NQs9qY29yd6ti1_YaOhZ868koYYDRwkKK-4pamAdAjs2Ys-42DN12hOnXCgoDQsqaBRf7tj9rSwJNDX_rybWihwvr5j53GBtCNVTo1lo5MU36CTzuMk4RX5GXG/s320/IMG_3982.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></p><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gUBer-Bxc-3zCpUOxZsfVPX95qk-uPIu_uhIc8awnHDt6a1barWbjhLTJ2fO69yHoNuPNV65TKvRQANJEWfpk5VwqwNVuhsK6FLVtGAwJXB9fWDMVtx671Okjsdy4OUDrTU5ppuESpoeBn4VQs4oJUblB0JtGq4J91p_h3DtkXPvBhkRHS1xV86C/s4032/IMG_3981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gUBer-Bxc-3zCpUOxZsfVPX95qk-uPIu_uhIc8awnHDt6a1barWbjhLTJ2fO69yHoNuPNV65TKvRQANJEWfpk5VwqwNVuhsK6FLVtGAwJXB9fWDMVtx671Okjsdy4OUDrTU5ppuESpoeBn4VQs4oJUblB0JtGq4J91p_h3DtkXPvBhkRHS1xV86C/s320/IMG_3981.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(our temporary RV power hookup)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marc started the boat shed, 10x20’
with a 9-foot ceiling, as he intends to hang the kayaks and still be able to
park our small aluminum boat underneath on its trailer. Premade trusses were
too much so he opted to do it old school and build rafters himself. He’s now on
the roofing; siding will be vinyl. The door is ready for pickup at Menard’s;
it’s a roll up. Everything seems to be taking longer than expected; throw in a
handful of really hot, humid days when not much got done, and it doesn’t seem
as though we are very far along. Marc often crawls down from the roof and
ladder and says “I’m too old to do this shit” so I know it is a hard trial for
him and his body at his stage of life.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoHp2QpE-sEQpqrYP3tNcpWWGKK2M2YAYK1jr2nEMiq9SgSMYz81hOw03X3rJ5x6Gnhwr2Tt-BUEwgKoUW5MTdiwOyRsrfFxOIzc9E5GgQBFbYLPxSSkf2VgqiGcfzZWneihNTk-duz9zd5WJsKvn7dsr-Zu8keIyHT8qThAO0qPDgjzdubVW4rkx/s4032/IMG_3876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoHp2QpE-sEQpqrYP3tNcpWWGKK2M2YAYK1jr2nEMiq9SgSMYz81hOw03X3rJ5x6Gnhwr2Tt-BUEwgKoUW5MTdiwOyRsrfFxOIzc9E5GgQBFbYLPxSSkf2VgqiGcfzZWneihNTk-duz9zd5WJsKvn7dsr-Zu8keIyHT8qThAO0qPDgjzdubVW4rkx/s320/IMG_3876.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouhQvm6y2SA0A2mb998Ny1NWIhI6Waq8j_ttFAd2mbNg8j2Y1KmbQ2aFTWfo7uugKpvRFFME2Z6Oui77pb_qRbIZhqD_wCbWt5sVcR8x-6qa3BicgDlW-tMpXzyJsUWwwgg8F5vEVUeIlhqWKO9MqkpHxeqGES_09Kqp-fbltXff4VfwLI-iiBYRC/s4032/IMG_3898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouhQvm6y2SA0A2mb998Ny1NWIhI6Waq8j_ttFAd2mbNg8j2Y1KmbQ2aFTWfo7uugKpvRFFME2Z6Oui77pb_qRbIZhqD_wCbWt5sVcR8x-6qa3BicgDlW-tMpXzyJsUWwwgg8F5vEVUeIlhqWKO9MqkpHxeqGES_09Kqp-fbltXff4VfwLI-iiBYRC/s320/IMG_3898.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUUBVXvoePfbQdCGM7eEPwbvXZEc6biEdT4Q50RBNd3INIpOHU4dRaamaV2NVbjaBzp28umQpIbw6WcxKjr9LQspyDMEfkjc_rljtQrXzDqadVK2xAeCC6OeqsUUym5D6S-18uexqAZvFZ9h3Sfu1wSqhStmo-TEV4mdyffi2h7x0EEU4XNB_Pq80/s4032/IMG_3938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUUBVXvoePfbQdCGM7eEPwbvXZEc6biEdT4Q50RBNd3INIpOHU4dRaamaV2NVbjaBzp28umQpIbw6WcxKjr9LQspyDMEfkjc_rljtQrXzDqadVK2xAeCC6OeqsUUym5D6S-18uexqAZvFZ9h3Sfu1wSqhStmo-TEV4mdyffi2h7x0EEU4XNB_Pq80/s320/IMG_3938.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83q-r14pEoMRdI4rsMY7_MGJ6QOWKCHj4-9cJgLALIFdqYsgUaYcG-htKCKkvYUNQgDfUuN_rGQzpG_fqvjGvNJw5HoRDeeyioOJNmRIpYZNifrON1NBP2QwrUveGLVVehV9cfZ4mgnXlj8G219TqMIAndqYNaPMwaaydEXlOgzTSM8_Kmnir035w/s4032/IMG_4017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83q-r14pEoMRdI4rsMY7_MGJ6QOWKCHj4-9cJgLALIFdqYsgUaYcG-htKCKkvYUNQgDfUuN_rGQzpG_fqvjGvNJw5HoRDeeyioOJNmRIpYZNifrON1NBP2QwrUveGLVVehV9cfZ4mgnXlj8G219TqMIAndqYNaPMwaaydEXlOgzTSM8_Kmnir035w/s320/IMG_4017.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuQc8I94eRZNf4mwqzzkkrfOZXXWrqZkmk4r-cREku5HOC2PwM6DH6JyWtb2mZMcn5oWMt74JUReZF8WWrcz8NckQ0VuQPO6-rhadzt9JU7W_w1UPEkbH-VzB2lM34o3CpL0ukBbe3pYYGpQ1slSFE6iKBr4YVnb1T5xSzFE_Ki_FkwnNDFbxsJqi/s4032/IMG_4018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuQc8I94eRZNf4mwqzzkkrfOZXXWrqZkmk4r-cREku5HOC2PwM6DH6JyWtb2mZMcn5oWMt74JUReZF8WWrcz8NckQ0VuQPO6-rhadzt9JU7W_w1UPEkbH-VzB2lM34o3CpL0ukBbe3pYYGpQ1slSFE6iKBr4YVnb1T5xSzFE_Ki_FkwnNDFbxsJqi/s320/IMG_4018.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, I think we are leaning towards
making the decision towards just building a cabin instead of a full-blown
house, but thankfully, we won’t make a decision about that until next year. I
want for it to be as simple and easy as possible for him. Meanwhile, I continue
to run back and forth home to Waupaca to keep up with things there, mainly the
mowing and weed whacking and doing about four loads of laundry each time in the
short space of a day and a half including the long drive. We still pack
drinking water from the spring there (another chore).</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marc is having difficulty finding
a cement contractor with any availability, which may force him to take a
different tack in building the shop. He wanted to have the slab foundation done
first but that may not be possible. Although he has the know-how to do the job
himself, it’s just too much at his age and dealing with his two artificial
knees, which means no kneeling or squatting. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Right now, it’s his turn to be in
Waupaca, where he is finishing welding the gate and loading it onto his flat
bed trailer; he plans to bring up smaller items like a burn barrel, our screen
room tent, and finally, our kayaks! He’s also done some wheeling-dealing with the
estate of a neighbor who passed away and is stepping in to clean up a bunch of
old wooden single pane windows and two old pontoon boats. They don’t run and
are in sorry shape, but he should be able to scrap the pontoons off one and we’re
thinking we may be able to use the other one as a dock if we tear it down to
just the pontoons and deck. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of pontoons, you all know
how long I’ve lusted for a boat (years and years) so we finally decided to look
around. The boat market has been red hot since Covid lockdown and good, used
boats are scarce as hen’s teeth but we managed to find one on consignment the
first day of looking. It’s a little larger than we were considering (22’), but
it’s in exceptional condition, a 2015, with only 31 hours on the boat, motor,
and trailer! We’ve had it out a few times and are having such fun with it. It’s
easy for us to launch right at the ramp next door and Marc just did get it
equipped with a fish finder he is learning to use. It’s easy to see why people
love these boats so much—they are extremely comfortable, stable, easy to move about,
they hold a ton of gear and they would be very fun to use with friends. Even on
holidays, our lake is very lightly used and never crowded so it’ll be nice to
get more time to use it in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1e5et0cTlHIhcWXYfwrJFA4lQWSCSRB-Mw-K1koV0khAJq09WyFpUqxBCWMn-7O0CfQEfV8sOERVxym4YW37amjx0CaVFIF8dHNrMnxLebCPY6lifWUP3QNn3Z7zYkYCSBHzJkOwWQdL-WieEDAh50HQW8d5d_bIwWjCK6Yi_1vnkT-RxgZ-qMOO/s4032/IMG_3889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1e5et0cTlHIhcWXYfwrJFA4lQWSCSRB-Mw-K1koV0khAJq09WyFpUqxBCWMn-7O0CfQEfV8sOERVxym4YW37amjx0CaVFIF8dHNrMnxLebCPY6lifWUP3QNn3Z7zYkYCSBHzJkOwWQdL-WieEDAh50HQW8d5d_bIwWjCK6Yi_1vnkT-RxgZ-qMOO/s320/IMG_3889.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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after weather delay kept happening to keep us from our Northwoods paradise but
we finally managed to arrive around noon on April 28<sup>th</sup>. The first day was for setup and drinking in
our views and all the possibilities. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-Ti62WmCB4W1f9tsP_K5o0tmebkGJImii9MvGBsb8txWmSuTNYrNEllMqgohy5G2kU8xgZqcZysG5IpXJmxGPWvcFDpIo44QlefuVK0buvOzELWkd2mMiI54L0Ri3ktSkDku-sUBh95pZdOCp_wxuWZz3k1qfz0q3iHJGiM4ux5Mj38aFze5g-A5/s4032/IMG_0960.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-Ti62WmCB4W1f9tsP_K5o0tmebkGJImii9MvGBsb8txWmSuTNYrNEllMqgohy5G2kU8xgZqcZysG5IpXJmxGPWvcFDpIo44QlefuVK0buvOzELWkd2mMiI54L0Ri3ktSkDku-sUBh95pZdOCp_wxuWZz3k1qfz0q3iHJGiM4ux5Mj38aFze5g-A5/s320/IMG_0960.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46DzaTj-jwgvA5xxsZhHTAGatRS11yK5BKPn5lkn91NnBJprYlYi6cyWwx-eXIlWWT7_Th96LtYAF-xbU4HnRYId_y3TMFowyH8h5nqU-NPQMVJzBc9ar8KS_JTkAnX89qR5q8gTe0mJ2K_Ea2OxhTdDayvrnmFse5OyBmKc0i7Ni_q9i_y7IxGid/s4032/IMG_3757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46DzaTj-jwgvA5xxsZhHTAGatRS11yK5BKPn5lkn91NnBJprYlYi6cyWwx-eXIlWWT7_Th96LtYAF-xbU4HnRYId_y3TMFowyH8h5nqU-NPQMVJzBc9ar8KS_JTkAnX89qR5q8gTe0mJ2K_Ea2OxhTdDayvrnmFse5OyBmKc0i7Ni_q9i_y7IxGid/s320/IMG_3757.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh956wV5kSeObeYEthJwf75GaTm-0gcmKABt5mP-6zFAVKdggAlB75e32Jp5_5X_tM4_9nqRTG2psPoa6PCwkUY4kw184FJo2FNq0DTMwvWjM70oTVMAvjjGrglqXjRLs-nxVVNWQ6Xz-ZB8QnPmtm561fs1ALHXleFJIHhc86AD-g4idBs5F9Cka7F/s4032/IMG_3752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh956wV5kSeObeYEthJwf75GaTm-0gcmKABt5mP-6zFAVKdggAlB75e32Jp5_5X_tM4_9nqRTG2psPoa6PCwkUY4kw184FJo2FNq0DTMwvWjM70oTVMAvjjGrglqXjRLs-nxVVNWQ6Xz-ZB8QnPmtm561fs1ALHXleFJIHhc86AD-g4idBs5F9Cka7F/s320/IMG_3752.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCAYyyH-Va16xtl22H5IIQdwRBng2h9zuZofjm4y6C9N6pjhlgIiQ_Ox2E11NdjyK10KFzSQ-X2PcHl-A_etQ4Qnhsb6w6lqd7WUhgSxrdmhwKWlGTfRiQ2mMmVmUS37VI0PwCVaJMysvLNNFeYLdxCttsb1W-P3JoSWtK54sBCHqN41Rsy7_iYw4/s4032/IMG_3688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCAYyyH-Va16xtl22H5IIQdwRBng2h9zuZofjm4y6C9N6pjhlgIiQ_Ox2E11NdjyK10KFzSQ-X2PcHl-A_etQ4Qnhsb6w6lqd7WUhgSxrdmhwKWlGTfRiQ2mMmVmUS37VI0PwCVaJMysvLNNFeYLdxCttsb1W-P3JoSWtK54sBCHqN41Rsy7_iYw4/s320/IMG_3688.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We set to work in the cold under cloudy skies most days, with
the first order of business being to figure some layouts as we started the
gargantuan task of clearing. At first, I had it in mind that I wanted the
additional screening of the deadfall and broken branches as screening, not that
we show up that much from the road. Even though we’ll have a stout locking
gate, I’d like to be as hidden as possible going on the premise that “out of
sight is out of mind” when it comes to anything of a nefarious nature.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">It was burn season when we started clearing so
we’d pull the trailer to various areas and proceed to pick up sticks to fill
it, then haul it to where we established a burn pile. We maintained the same
fire each morning early from the previous coals, for five continuous days.
Quite suddenly, weather turned unseasonably warm, so they shut off burning. By
then, we were about worked to death from the constant stoop-over, pick up, and
haul mode we were putting our bodies through (I say we but it was mostly me!)
so we figured we would make piles and later rent a chipper.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzEL-6u4wk3O8LQO5uuVTHws6bw3gPsBepRkUKVRCkyQJ12uOSjcBBDuEO8gCcJbG3MKnWN4l0qJnPXA2RqMr-8Tt4wvCxRNVYIRSlwVmArQGK2_i7ojIQwEwKReYKnmG2ZSlKB_f865JhOUnuKCuakYuAICN97KTFJNaOsl7l1KdlJ7sRHlYV1x3/s4032/IMG_3675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzEL-6u4wk3O8LQO5uuVTHws6bw3gPsBepRkUKVRCkyQJ12uOSjcBBDuEO8gCcJbG3MKnWN4l0qJnPXA2RqMr-8Tt4wvCxRNVYIRSlwVmArQGK2_i7ojIQwEwKReYKnmG2ZSlKB_f865JhOUnuKCuakYuAICN97KTFJNaOsl7l1KdlJ7sRHlYV1x3/s320/IMG_3675.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbES70wUEoVI_6gPRe7mmIK9_uMzuxGg3nIn3RP97F9r7HLW7XLnVF8HKrXxvHbAjYZ2-kK7eHPI6az3fPD8xYyG0ZwmCetR2CALX6wcFPPDv4v8zmD3HlLWiaJi0peL-LXRmAXQ8KpjWtLvKnKhQJdZ3miWyQk3QcfsCZAFAKCVopMTzV7JbeaQTC/s4032/IMG_3677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbES70wUEoVI_6gPRe7mmIK9_uMzuxGg3nIn3RP97F9r7HLW7XLnVF8HKrXxvHbAjYZ2-kK7eHPI6az3fPD8xYyG0ZwmCetR2CALX6wcFPPDv4v8zmD3HlLWiaJi0peL-LXRmAXQ8KpjWtLvKnKhQJdZ3miWyQk3QcfsCZAFAKCVopMTzV7JbeaQTC/s320/IMG_3677.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEc6b5YbC_YqUS22lbATd9Dwa2tK5OybI9Zuxy5hO3pC_FvtpfXogNr1w4Qln0XLwPMj7QUmyUHtlRNv-iy2jGIDJgcCRtZEwuE_BlFjr9o0ZwzgU0EeMjvm18KJvOWKZizCNJc4eHKq_2-f8bLKSSxwy4_ojPkgaiWzycDYEv0OKqA66HlGsYzAG/s4032/IMG_3680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEc6b5YbC_YqUS22lbATd9Dwa2tK5OybI9Zuxy5hO3pC_FvtpfXogNr1w4Qln0XLwPMj7QUmyUHtlRNv-iy2jGIDJgcCRtZEwuE_BlFjr9o0ZwzgU0EeMjvm18KJvOWKZizCNJc4eHKq_2-f8bLKSSxwy4_ojPkgaiWzycDYEv0OKqA66HlGsYzAG/s320/IMG_3680.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-gidbbqkgAf2mMqnHcpsXyaYEZ6WAReEbFurHoHa_rYfIeOaMWdtH5OsU5vR_IfL18Byodj-VTQiHfPMQIMmvhoZ1-FW18Uvnx6YBJ47vDzEXuX2ym5P9FUIjSmU3sQntJV1WIZhKO9g8jiJk1gg55zbmGQEGiLcH_BespJQSefHkzytcySmAPZX/s4032/IMG_3681.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-gidbbqkgAf2mMqnHcpsXyaYEZ6WAReEbFurHoHa_rYfIeOaMWdtH5OsU5vR_IfL18Byodj-VTQiHfPMQIMmvhoZ1-FW18Uvnx6YBJ47vDzEXuX2ym5P9FUIjSmU3sQntJV1WIZhKO9g8jiJk1gg55zbmGQEGiLcH_BespJQSefHkzytcySmAPZX/s320/IMG_3681.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daily
I work on making piles, as Marc gets more brazen about cutting bigger and
bigger trees. He used to cut lots of firewood back in the day when he was much
younger and agile but now, he takes his time. However, sometimes the trees
don’t fall as he wants or much more likely, get hung up on their way down since
the forest is so thick here. One particularly large pine required some advance
planning as he figured out to ensure it fell the way he wanted. He decided to
put a chain and rope tight strain on it using the truck. It worked!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg019baChCX7aDNzfP9lhNaJLVAVriqvMn4rKX0fCvdz3EBiAtY1fKJs_Ol18255SVQecLFLrAUUf1Qwe56RF3zrx6umeRvQgtbmEI5zPxcLLSzStf591W8o26RYY2wLZ9QLJgFTXgTVTzpPHb087uvAd8OaNN7J-J7Jfug2OmlctFIClgEUZiwaaM/s4032/IMG_3717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg019baChCX7aDNzfP9lhNaJLVAVriqvMn4rKX0fCvdz3EBiAtY1fKJs_Ol18255SVQecLFLrAUUf1Qwe56RF3zrx6umeRvQgtbmEI5zPxcLLSzStf591W8o26RYY2wLZ9QLJgFTXgTVTzpPHb087uvAd8OaNN7J-J7Jfug2OmlctFIClgEUZiwaaM/s320/IMG_3717.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We’re
making lots of firewood out of all these trees. It will need to season for a
year but Marc set up a woodcutting “station” where he spends much time slicing
and dicing things into 16-inch chunks.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5XfFPba7ogmvvVg_Ngg4vXon8oeYFY0EExez3t-UtnHq5Nw9FcUlkVaoY1c4XOLeRbhO1tc2-WFoAi8Z4hPgwBR5jR5u9O_IRnGkVHhUfK_GsHtNqkExNQ11dwjeafG1Z-4ymul6O1Lgbo1kY_7QfNTW_Y8ALOsFnP9B3s2XKLT5siDKVFfi4THP/s4032/IMG_3730.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5XfFPba7ogmvvVg_Ngg4vXon8oeYFY0EExez3t-UtnHq5Nw9FcUlkVaoY1c4XOLeRbhO1tc2-WFoAi8Z4hPgwBR5jR5u9O_IRnGkVHhUfK_GsHtNqkExNQ11dwjeafG1Z-4ymul6O1Lgbo1kY_7QfNTW_Y8ALOsFnP9B3s2XKLT5siDKVFfi4THP/s320/IMG_3730.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyJr9OyHiK_s88bSAkcQtaLJAi9JY1HxrNzCjBA84zgDKZQnm4CCfvVnFbTV-XjxDX-_ieFvrcXl6XRcdHRmNNfMK4YohGzJYjsR202kf1D1Tx9_JF1IyR8k3AhCTnWqTZi29QBGWq42vmJRDsbvzcQ_DjAPNoXNDOYvf07Uultj55NDBAdvM0mE2/s4032/IMG_3737.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyJr9OyHiK_s88bSAkcQtaLJAi9JY1HxrNzCjBA84zgDKZQnm4CCfvVnFbTV-XjxDX-_ieFvrcXl6XRcdHRmNNfMK4YohGzJYjsR202kf1D1Tx9_JF1IyR8k3AhCTnWqTZi29QBGWq42vmJRDsbvzcQ_DjAPNoXNDOYvf07Uultj55NDBAdvM0mE2/s320/IMG_3737.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Somewhere
along the line I went from wanting to leave a natural look to liking the
cleaned up, parked out look. As you can see in these before and after photos,
it makes a huge difference in being able to actually use and get around on the
property, plus mitigates fire danger, I’m sure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7W0UezMfq-QfnweYrD31kAC1yliQXJOmHih3atQQhG0iap37O4D7mBnDNpM3w1aOokbTFYVt1V62ANTwk4jsoocxpf9Z-5WYcYmbZxL1qvnmhdmsdITaj0vfTRf_b7vkS0nKSg1ffwRf5D91JNSVkNtVT9zeAS1Gu9URSgB7hXbj3ubK1YmrDI2_/s4032/IMG_3697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7W0UezMfq-QfnweYrD31kAC1yliQXJOmHih3atQQhG0iap37O4D7mBnDNpM3w1aOokbTFYVt1V62ANTwk4jsoocxpf9Z-5WYcYmbZxL1qvnmhdmsdITaj0vfTRf_b7vkS0nKSg1ffwRf5D91JNSVkNtVT9zeAS1Gu9URSgB7hXbj3ubK1YmrDI2_/s320/IMG_3697.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVw8UwAGANxZnyfPr7Dk8iNUU7mMu6p43QzFyC7GCcnzIyWfWYMB6a-aEEcNpbFOUNFrI33hBl2XEGyINg03n-QFUYuiA0NPcrosBP7lvbpTduG35ZuMC7WVzwhgwrgFi-g08i-YVNsIssSYazp1Uyrafiof8TQ13vIR7eIniSeBCQ3vuBMdElIWd/s4032/IMG_3696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVw8UwAGANxZnyfPr7Dk8iNUU7mMu6p43QzFyC7GCcnzIyWfWYMB6a-aEEcNpbFOUNFrI33hBl2XEGyINg03n-QFUYuiA0NPcrosBP7lvbpTduG35ZuMC7WVzwhgwrgFi-g08i-YVNsIssSYazp1Uyrafiof8TQ13vIR7eIniSeBCQ3vuBMdElIWd/s320/IMG_3696.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In
between all the woodcutting activity, we laid out the location of the garage,
24’x30’. We changed course a couple months back and decided to scale back this
project from a large shop and fulltime house to just a stand-alone garage, a
boat/storage shed, RV shed, and a 748 one-bedroom cabin with a 300 s.f. screened porch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbZbZ8Vfhk8l3Bfbx_aBsdY0ZCOKGnAuiZ4Ibu4t6D7NNEFceQZH14kRqlMfBlFdvc2WUC3BclMC1RD6nzUTCNbvHn08fTTKqM8x6G7tIOQ6hBrvq2T2NxYdBUA8UJwhSuft9aQyyYVda5MTyMrmKf_wU1nmehtjFcdlhwpGHZANOdLdUDQVMKpvf/s4032/IMG_3702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbZbZ8Vfhk8l3Bfbx_aBsdY0ZCOKGnAuiZ4Ibu4t6D7NNEFceQZH14kRqlMfBlFdvc2WUC3BclMC1RD6nzUTCNbvHn08fTTKqM8x6G7tIOQ6hBrvq2T2NxYdBUA8UJwhSuft9aQyyYVda5MTyMrmKf_wU1nmehtjFcdlhwpGHZANOdLdUDQVMKpvf/s320/IMG_3702.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There were various reasons for our new decision. Obviously, cost
is the overriding factor but also coming into play was the harshness of the
winters here and the lack of shopping. In Waupaca, which sits on a major four
lane state highway, either Stevens Point or Appleton is easily reached in
winter with excellent maintenance of snow removal. Here, our major shopping is
an hour away over two-lane highway often left to turn to packed ice in winter.
We’re loving the remoteness in summer but how would we do with it in a long
winter?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Making things smaller in size will also be much easier on us
in terms of building. We are finding skilled labor in short supply here (one
well guy we called is already fully booked for the entire year) so we suspect
that it will fall to the two of us to do much of the manual labor. House
systems can also be less costly, for instance, no need for an expensive propane
HVAC system with all its sheet metal runs. We can use a wood stove as primary
heat with baseboard electric or Cadet room heaters, saving thousands. The
kitchen will be smaller, with a peninsula instead of a costly island. There
will be very few interior doors (we like to use solid wood doors); again,
cutting way down on cost. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We’re informed that getting power into the lot is still about
three weeks away; a well can happen sometime in June, and fiber optic cable
around three weeks. Septic is a questionable timeline. Camp life without
utilities is a bit harder as you extended boondockers know. But each and every
day I awake amazed that we own such a stellar piece of property. The property
is large enough that just walking through it leaves one with nuances of
difference. Areas with thicker trees, areas with towering cathedral of trees,
different elevations, flora and tree species. We’re watching Spring arrive as
trees bud out with their leaves. There is a special tranquility to the place
that no place has ever touched me like this. I can sit and watch the lake for
hours. I simply love it and it’s a wonderful thing to be able to shape it into
what we want it to be, to enjoy for as long as we can. </span></p></div><br /> </span></div><br /> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><br /></span><br /></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-28835943595661915242022-04-12T10:52:00.001-05:002022-04-12T10:52:57.639-05:00Dreams<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9GMzf4P467Apu63R2Rc5aKKJBk3ip8mox03XaBWbsm0iqPWnj3vv1HTA7Xb8rilp6eR8-mbL0AZnZOG7zuI6UXOIDnbOi1d48QXouY7EGlr3MLCAtu0kSg8xN58eTsCIsniIH5L5Ih0oCPeYE3fYI904K0rt1ZT0Pd1NYTbhitJ68C3KvmXGcvGv/s4032/IMG_3650.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9GMzf4P467Apu63R2Rc5aKKJBk3ip8mox03XaBWbsm0iqPWnj3vv1HTA7Xb8rilp6eR8-mbL0AZnZOG7zuI6UXOIDnbOi1d48QXouY7EGlr3MLCAtu0kSg8xN58eTsCIsniIH5L5Ih0oCPeYE3fYI904K0rt1ZT0Pd1NYTbhitJ68C3KvmXGcvGv/s320/IMG_3650.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do any others besides myself find websites like Pinterest
and Houzz to be both a blessing and a curse? A blessing of course, for all the
wonderful and unique ideas they can give you when you’re building, and a curse,
because let’s face it: 90% of the ideas shown might be out of the reach of the
average person building just a simple cabin/house.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are facing some tough choices
with this build. For ourselves, we don’t need things too fancy or extravagant
and we are purposely keeping this place small. The reality though, is that it
will not be our final home (unless we die prematurely), given the harsh
weather. I somehow can’t imagine being mid to late 80’s and wanting to plow
snow for six months of the year and feed a wood stove every day. At some point
this home will come up for sale, so to some extent we need to be mindful of its
resale value in the choices we make. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thus, the conundrum of the granite
kitchen. We got the quote from the stone yard and to do both the perimeters and
island (rough quote as we don’t have exact size of island as yet) is around
$8000! Man, that’s a lot of money when an equally serviceable laminate could be
had for probably around $2000 or less. We could do just the island for about
$3000 so that is in contention, but for now, the granite idea is tabled while I’ve
sent away for all sorts of Formica and Wilsonart samples to play with.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We made it up to the property for a quick trip
yesterday; Marc wanted the Mule left there in our storage unit to be able to
work with as we tackle the beginning work of clearing. The ground was still
soft and there were still spots of snow in the trees and totally filling the
boggy portions of property and the lake is still frozen. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpfEwi-1yJ4nZ-rcLBUktD63CfwIkM7NrL3x1SJsj9GUK6gPl0evVGq0FDo50HjWUsV2tR8scfMbj3UWwgymqcQef2BPBEpGeiIu8Vo9MCDeKRuvzCbqVIyZ1OcW7c-CsvM_g8Fwo6xtnhE0OnIZ0hRZiP77Mfq5TRhBaJpVQko0hGcPjyVycLTAp/s4032/IMG_3621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpfEwi-1yJ4nZ-rcLBUktD63CfwIkM7NrL3x1SJsj9GUK6gPl0evVGq0FDo50HjWUsV2tR8scfMbj3UWwgymqcQef2BPBEpGeiIu8Vo9MCDeKRuvzCbqVIyZ1OcW7c-CsvM_g8Fwo6xtnhE0OnIZ0hRZiP77Mfq5TRhBaJpVQko0hGcPjyVycLTAp/s320/IMG_3621.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVY6oE5HxlLs7E8O-XSYJy3Onr6SyfYBBj79j63erK84xYwtX9n5Oao3Z27DA9CCuZ9n91Iagc_ecHK1dSKyw1lTreA2dwCXvwmpYHQA1vVLI5qMDCjIXaZiPu6R_ILdVZf4VJBbatH8dpJ2DpS1rl1I9MYjWTcXpQXAxTuTkDqmzzyyoGGrU5BjGy/s4032/IMG_3626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVY6oE5HxlLs7E8O-XSYJy3Onr6SyfYBBj79j63erK84xYwtX9n5Oao3Z27DA9CCuZ9n91Iagc_ecHK1dSKyw1lTreA2dwCXvwmpYHQA1vVLI5qMDCjIXaZiPu6R_ILdVZf4VJBbatH8dpJ2DpS1rl1I9MYjWTcXpQXAxTuTkDqmzzyyoGGrU5BjGy/s320/IMG_3626.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8DJaOcQQ8PgdmWd5IspBhtaro5rsbtE6CVawfM1Qh_dMkdry0wlPNghOSk958hrx_T_9_V5GesTmDk-Qj4l6umdWIqWDRLagDNQ8uWxBxz2Oofoz43kXy6z9ZYd0HYIc6HGNWYOj-0ZZfTzpv2OO_V-ODNLEFdyknL4A-MjjulblRQD-Zz39kAxD/s4032/IMG_3627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8DJaOcQQ8PgdmWd5IspBhtaro5rsbtE6CVawfM1Qh_dMkdry0wlPNghOSk958hrx_T_9_V5GesTmDk-Qj4l6umdWIqWDRLagDNQ8uWxBxz2Oofoz43kXy6z9ZYd0HYIc6HGNWYOj-0ZZfTzpv2OO_V-ODNLEFdyknL4A-MjjulblRQD-Zz39kAxD/s320/IMG_3627.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wRz7RvUx-lmrY_bb4UrP8vsXuJvNy1VIInrJmOiblJYBi2UIXOv7F7ovtb_J6GV0vA8rNUwqP8Bcrc_hC6hE6P6cQ60B5rofW7O8D0TMpklMiaDlUKbWNxKkJwrfnI3-gyzYyzwzqWaUKEduh72VhNruhRMDEjcLu-sbktX2_Lp2-G9_BB8FaP29/s4032/IMG_3628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wRz7RvUx-lmrY_bb4UrP8vsXuJvNy1VIInrJmOiblJYBi2UIXOv7F7ovtb_J6GV0vA8rNUwqP8Bcrc_hC6hE6P6cQ60B5rofW7O8D0TMpklMiaDlUKbWNxKkJwrfnI3-gyzYyzwzqWaUKEduh72VhNruhRMDEjcLu-sbktX2_Lp2-G9_BB8FaP29/s320/IMG_3628.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We stopped in and obtained library
cards, stopped by the post office to arrange for them to determine where our
mailbox will be set, and visited the county building offices to obtain the application
paperwork for our initial permits for both the RV storage shed and our pole barn.
Ya gotta love small Wisconsin towns: all accessory buildings over 80 square
feet require a permit and the cost is only 10/cents/square foot. Even the house
will only run 22/cents which means the permit for that will be under $300.
Compare that to Bend, OR where last I heard a building permit ranged around
$30,000+. Insane. Plus, there’s no taking six months to acquire it either; they
will be ready in less than two weeks once submitted. I guess some municipalities
actually want to foster building more houses and then enjoy the future tax
benefit that accrues to the county, rather than find all sorts of impediments
to throw in people’s way in the form of high fees and cumbersome rules and
regs. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back at the property, we were
finally able to do a full walk-around to better visualize placement of our
buildings. In addition to the RV shed, house and shop, Marc wants an 8x10 shed
and maybe also a small wood shed/lean-to. We had purchased the property under
snow so this was the first time we saw what we actually purchased! It was a
very windy day so it was nice to hear the wind passing through the tall,
swaying pines. We did determine where we want to
set our RV this summer to enjoy maximum beautiful views, which will allow the
large picture window in the RV to look out at this:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fy6vpUHxFIbn4LdNl2wfqjLqLjKQQ-tb6pXwitZ6Y7pwZrFRFgW2LQytroaF63aoQR-WNUG-eQ6pNhVl1oYFfQ1YpeWM1ufT9tGq57WmqOfo0NA1SmEKGlhTZW6AYa5Sqi_7qCJ56AP1fXMyR71bOyxH-Gtz8KZKtTpfXZddyOXi1clVLO2qRdOX/s4032/IMG_3631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fy6vpUHxFIbn4LdNl2wfqjLqLjKQQ-tb6pXwitZ6Y7pwZrFRFgW2LQytroaF63aoQR-WNUG-eQ6pNhVl1oYFfQ1YpeWM1ufT9tGq57WmqOfo0NA1SmEKGlhTZW6AYa5Sqi_7qCJ56AP1fXMyR71bOyxH-Gtz8KZKtTpfXZddyOXi1clVLO2qRdOX/s320/IMG_3631.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuyBym0B1uimSqilzT7ZdMHVIJ26oxuD8D3T6bxptb3sjyLGS3a3kAEwPQ4kPgJ4ceyURXBKlwPFoqICt6IkZrEL_djkB3MVinPiVlb2t_Tztnx00iqiYtR_OfIILDbPeLmP_Dt6nerN2AXgcWIl0N-t7xyvMP9QgdRQ8tJ5N63Ks5_ZOF9mQ-tCW/s4032/IMG_3648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuyBym0B1uimSqilzT7ZdMHVIJ26oxuD8D3T6bxptb3sjyLGS3a3kAEwPQ4kPgJ4ceyURXBKlwPFoqICt6IkZrEL_djkB3MVinPiVlb2t_Tztnx00iqiYtR_OfIILDbPeLmP_Dt6nerN2AXgcWIl0N-t7xyvMP9QgdRQ8tJ5N63Ks5_ZOF9mQ-tCW/s320/IMG_3648.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1HGabOIKmiBYYFj9LyupdDJ9pa6crpijIvXReJsmlINlUcl7X6u872L3Hukos6AKVo23bwH-l-bnGoy7lnE9bW40BLOvgoZPmKNhkDHc7NCnEMLT3EpdiGsSKEIdmd9qdoccAg2U86U1ADl5mXUt3GCoybI3JlVd0yC8EGQsrdimA_k7Svj4W7Ra/s4032/IMG_3649.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1HGabOIKmiBYYFj9LyupdDJ9pa6crpijIvXReJsmlINlUcl7X6u872L3Hukos6AKVo23bwH-l-bnGoy7lnE9bW40BLOvgoZPmKNhkDHc7NCnEMLT3EpdiGsSKEIdmd9qdoccAg2U86U1ADl5mXUt3GCoybI3JlVd0yC8EGQsrdimA_k7Svj4W7Ra/s320/IMG_3649.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We definitely
agreed that the current stairway has to go! It is very uneven, has huge
distance between steps, no handrail and is a terrible accident waiting to
happen. Marc will tear it out and build a normal house style stairway, making
them much less steep and far safer.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4a3Hy9L7MmUR3eYA1XkA0GN5bUZbcbDMbc9Eg4tPCi825QzMmtai2SpPk0ogyDMWGJ-GQGjv8oAYwSyADxDqSSFIZuMyGGTs6n9oFyF1Wac1UBu_CG_-9SlloFm8g6CrGHwQhn19B0HVH_y57xYyzCh3mP6HD48G1eYjs5xfJHUnUBK51BxjOKcb/s4032/IMG_3624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4a3Hy9L7MmUR3eYA1XkA0GN5bUZbcbDMbc9Eg4tPCi825QzMmtai2SpPk0ogyDMWGJ-GQGjv8oAYwSyADxDqSSFIZuMyGGTs6n9oFyF1Wac1UBu_CG_-9SlloFm8g6CrGHwQhn19B0HVH_y57xYyzCh3mP6HD48G1eYjs5xfJHUnUBK51BxjOKcb/s320/IMG_3624.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzsxxfSXHREC7jQYZxO_cCW-_xYdrL5OGzNA2oLsRPnmvyNyt9XgmaMy5RPZG3MbTO06La0FMA21Q1C5Ou7F6tplpCx7hR2DR19Ns8XeawkHUZZDlPa42_LBWxBL_NF4jBLhNYft92tcVpquF_vNqrCY4vB6zu9tQqga0CRbw-JPZE5EKnDEr4fwT/s4032/IMG_3625.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzsxxfSXHREC7jQYZxO_cCW-_xYdrL5OGzNA2oLsRPnmvyNyt9XgmaMy5RPZG3MbTO06La0FMA21Q1C5Ou7F6tplpCx7hR2DR19Ns8XeawkHUZZDlPa42_LBWxBL_NF4jBLhNYft92tcVpquF_vNqrCY4vB6zu9tQqga0CRbw-JPZE5EKnDEr4fwT/s320/IMG_3625.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYcUFGANu9l7cT45fsGwf015N2pHJYHFBjgw_mpM4-ZRLic3-ll7gWec8w_fDvI8AiIf4khtnKHb0LWnUDubgk7qn8yRS9PiryanqntL8C3N1-RISmep8K3P_kTREYMq887FpBPCAowNHzTqc-xLLttTnozX_PudVNa4CdNsGQ8xiB7Zlm9vHRgyv/s4032/IMG_3629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYcUFGANu9l7cT45fsGwf015N2pHJYHFBjgw_mpM4-ZRLic3-ll7gWec8w_fDvI8AiIf4khtnKHb0LWnUDubgk7qn8yRS9PiryanqntL8C3N1-RISmep8K3P_kTREYMq887FpBPCAowNHzTqc-xLLttTnozX_PudVNa4CdNsGQ8xiB7Zlm9vHRgyv/s320/IMG_3629.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Our
bog area is still snow covered so we didn’t venture to lake’s edge. We
determined we’ll need waders to fully explore it at a later time if we wish and
probably would be better served taking the boat down the shoreline to try and
find our property pin. We have 1000 foot of shoreline. You may recall that the
bulk of our property is in bog, with probably around three acres out of the
fifteen sitting on top the knoll as the usable portion. This works perfectly
for us because it allows us the 360 degrees of total privacy we were looking
for with no other building around us possible, and also three acres is plenty
for us to maintain and care for.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRPI4vugYOXdCxsNGV4o-EQiL5NKiIsg_V999S5OHia_zfWJgGGA3A5in4fEZpPHixmDQ-xpKLXsiDBDQAKPf003BA0o2XInyQfjZKhC3Yx1Smbm39umk8MmMEHSUfDpDqJrPv8li_nDgA4ZtHstBcJPe_nOSop-36USsstBNpAiBo8pH57cT1Sgk/s4032/IMG_3632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRPI4vugYOXdCxsNGV4o-EQiL5NKiIsg_V999S5OHia_zfWJgGGA3A5in4fEZpPHixmDQ-xpKLXsiDBDQAKPf003BA0o2XInyQfjZKhC3Yx1Smbm39umk8MmMEHSUfDpDqJrPv8li_nDgA4ZtHstBcJPe_nOSop-36USsstBNpAiBo8pH57cT1Sgk/s320/IMG_3632.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLx_nzfMO4RFLR250q_LFmldIi-u76ScM3VtFtvtLLpEc4l8q_BEsK2iUlwhJg82z-Nti7Ol2tI7-IsWmw84Tu_0jj4P40InVEbLwOvoSbrf-b-UqmE-Ohb0PLn_hAZZSjVDk68tsGsWXxrqevdZrhfFnRnuYU-96F9Bu2bQgcKb_OGA9HLDnxiHGW/s4032/IMG_3634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLx_nzfMO4RFLR250q_LFmldIi-u76ScM3VtFtvtLLpEc4l8q_BEsK2iUlwhJg82z-Nti7Ol2tI7-IsWmw84Tu_0jj4P40InVEbLwOvoSbrf-b-UqmE-Ohb0PLn_hAZZSjVDk68tsGsWXxrqevdZrhfFnRnuYU-96F9Bu2bQgcKb_OGA9HLDnxiHGW/s320/IMG_3634.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">This
is the lower end of our dry portion which then joins the bog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Qtciv6CfTsTC7zS0epMqVnMcJBGn7g4_X52a-A_J6cTwp9ny7A3x1obp3CtA1MTf-pGrBGACJsS3rxy2yF_Ecz_XQkbAmebFu3_-rlp_ll7ZYZL7o7Tq5gTA5qGqrMoo8tHJCZ-tHCHgViOW7VA_Fgp7vXEQlqc62Iy1Y1LfQSJfuoq_mJLEUhuZ/s4032/IMG_3633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Qtciv6CfTsTC7zS0epMqVnMcJBGn7g4_X52a-A_J6cTwp9ny7A3x1obp3CtA1MTf-pGrBGACJsS3rxy2yF_Ecz_XQkbAmebFu3_-rlp_ll7ZYZL7o7Tq5gTA5qGqrMoo8tHJCZ-tHCHgViOW7VA_Fgp7vXEQlqc62Iy1Y1LfQSJfuoq_mJLEUhuZ/s320/IMG_3633.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISeKOpgfyPlG6CXAFf7KBSjgz6par_lXvHBa1cQ0FzQGJkWV6BSpMyfWauFc8rERU8DDsRwdtXZTX70jEFWVzv_emsUnXwS5sarsMRpoP6yp0vWJki6F2_38GhM9Jp7mlXXlcbfYMK1BPbk2qCMkP1Ex-PAEc4SLMvPdPviqtPCmjRdLGfIqtXAmR/s4032/IMG_3635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISeKOpgfyPlG6CXAFf7KBSjgz6par_lXvHBa1cQ0FzQGJkWV6BSpMyfWauFc8rERU8DDsRwdtXZTX70jEFWVzv_emsUnXwS5sarsMRpoP6yp0vWJki6F2_38GhM9Jp7mlXXlcbfYMK1BPbk2qCMkP1Ex-PAEc4SLMvPdPviqtPCmjRdLGfIqtXAmR/s320/IMG_3635.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrRhqjJB2P4IXwS3RP_Z7jd47_BAuu02JplwLo35xGTHHD7_YKzu-yTkImOzsr0k4YaJEodoPYMdauZmjL9cnMFvx-UD1S3QUFn2KfIsaQ7HR84EBxoXpbWKh4WNyHVPvSi_KQKQ98kGNdLlyhr3qq2_kvcKpZnqTz0mgL8Oc7cfzmC1lpXOrgF3v/s4032/IMG_3636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrRhqjJB2P4IXwS3RP_Z7jd47_BAuu02JplwLo35xGTHHD7_YKzu-yTkImOzsr0k4YaJEodoPYMdauZmjL9cnMFvx-UD1S3QUFn2KfIsaQ7HR84EBxoXpbWKh4WNyHVPvSi_KQKQ98kGNdLlyhr3qq2_kvcKpZnqTz0mgL8Oc7cfzmC1lpXOrgF3v/s320/IMG_3636.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This is the area where the pole
barn will likely go; yes we have a ton of clearing to do! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaT_dDSNifTZBq6hpdzjzjdmFKS4bnPQ4Zb4dFZf9XNd3rHXbJB5LBhGawoXJUXAYodVL6RApCcanej56TTaF5t94zpLP0kJ_JL0q3zvKJvWPo16WLpG6STuvvPDQGGBUDVQiF6vfRE84NQwnkwAczAJNhSuQK0NpkZNhnTlsVO33CnYDL1_m3Pa3/s4032/IMG_3639.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaT_dDSNifTZBq6hpdzjzjdmFKS4bnPQ4Zb4dFZf9XNd3rHXbJB5LBhGawoXJUXAYodVL6RApCcanej56TTaF5t94zpLP0kJ_JL0q3zvKJvWPo16WLpG6STuvvPDQGGBUDVQiF6vfRE84NQwnkwAczAJNhSuQK0NpkZNhnTlsVO33CnYDL1_m3Pa3/s320/IMG_3639.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>And here’s where the RV shed will go; we kind of
want it tucked unobtrusively into the trees: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZajHDUSq7O8b4FBnpiHZaN1vCwlZnI36JZcE7pi1Kx2qhz8ndjRbg3hBViWYMVnnPv7ADdN4WT0H8RIOO-jljZ1nJf7s3qDOSgwq0TkRstkNd-2IL_KjyeqY8SRMOeeCqLCltsgcdK4R0WovWasDvjaOH6-5VOVCr8vZXF_xSHG1cY6K_hHElYay/s4032/IMG_3642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZajHDUSq7O8b4FBnpiHZaN1vCwlZnI36JZcE7pi1Kx2qhz8ndjRbg3hBViWYMVnnPv7ADdN4WT0H8RIOO-jljZ1nJf7s3qDOSgwq0TkRstkNd-2IL_KjyeqY8SRMOeeCqLCltsgcdK4R0WovWasDvjaOH6-5VOVCr8vZXF_xSHG1cY6K_hHElYay/s320/IMG_3642.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have an appointment with the
power company field guy on April 26<sup>th</sup> so we’re hopeful to move up to
the lot around the 23<sup>rd</sup>. The library has free highspeed internet but
we won’t have access to much from our lot all summer. My phone will do a
hotspot but I don’t have many gigs of use and we are shutting down our cable
internet at our home since we won’t be here much at all. I’ll plan on doing
updates to the blog as I can so thanks for following along! This should be fun!</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></div><br /> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <o:p></o:p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-44885812759684491072022-03-31T10:17:00.000-05:002022-03-31T10:17:49.588-05:00Still No Go<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Winter was supposed to have turned
to Spring a few days ago, but it didn’t get the message here in Wisconsin. Our
temperatures continue to run about ten degrees below normal and I sit gazing
out at falling snow this morning with more possibly to come late this week.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Yes, this has greatly hampered the
start of our endeavors on the new property, especially since the climate up
north is even worse by 5-10 degrees and much more snow than we have here in our “banana
belt”. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So, there’s not a lot of progress to report as
yet, other than the fact of as one friend put it: “You’re building your house
from inside-out.” Say what? You see, Marc worked on getting our laundry room
cabinets built for our current home and since has moved on to tackling those in
the less important areas of our new home. He started with the utility room,
which will house our washer/dryer, heating system, water heater, pantry, and
freezer space. We’re putting uppers above the washer/dryer just like he did in
this house. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1ovBNY8uTpSV5nPJ4ZaAuCUgnNrFDXHhoYRlIJ-OYV33REZgqCsuOnJx5hfVH-Wa9lxYHtvmkZMLQMBfIo4XOpCFkHwkupGD-I1CofGWGZefuxP8ttBAqLipfa-7oEu-vylio4S1DMbB8tFKCH35M84I1AK2B4rFfZvLE2mCfnRmMhQ5D6Zez9m9/s4032/IMG_3552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1ovBNY8uTpSV5nPJ4ZaAuCUgnNrFDXHhoYRlIJ-OYV33REZgqCsuOnJx5hfVH-Wa9lxYHtvmkZMLQMBfIo4XOpCFkHwkupGD-I1CofGWGZefuxP8ttBAqLipfa-7oEu-vylio4S1DMbB8tFKCH35M84I1AK2B4rFfZvLE2mCfnRmMhQ5D6Zez9m9/s320/IMG_3552.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNx6O4E-D7Z02rrfcv65OsDtiseybPk-Zg4QgFulXUkvE_9Mcbs2S0W95tZtKGupW4k6dx-LhKxzy82wIv_TJObhYHbSQSPjhWTsniPUcfYPME4t9efsgsg86uWsaxOysUy7sKCihKJvMi17TC4WTOc3DnKWj-7XWcJ-L_fo4DXvVOd0O_bnK35cQT/s4032/IMG_3596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNx6O4E-D7Z02rrfcv65OsDtiseybPk-Zg4QgFulXUkvE_9Mcbs2S0W95tZtKGupW4k6dx-LhKxzy82wIv_TJObhYHbSQSPjhWTsniPUcfYPME4t9efsgsg86uWsaxOysUy7sKCihKJvMi17TC4WTOc3DnKWj-7XWcJ-L_fo4DXvVOd0O_bnK35cQT/s320/IMG_3596.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8mq9h9fvIYXEFbJxfQD5Yyn-7d8vg76z5uh-KQwKnAw6SyOpk0Ls_2yystbAkDw3wE1cOn1J7GuVdYozkKoDCrTdzT-DySvx4b2sTCY9Ct5527X6xg9J_gEizmed4QTC7t61rXPPXs0poRnerRiqsO3-NvgsP007zZ5hop8poqRaThCyq0pl4mnu/s4032/IMG_3597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8mq9h9fvIYXEFbJxfQD5Yyn-7d8vg76z5uh-KQwKnAw6SyOpk0Ls_2yystbAkDw3wE1cOn1J7GuVdYozkKoDCrTdzT-DySvx4b2sTCY9Ct5527X6xg9J_gEizmed4QTC7t61rXPPXs0poRnerRiqsO3-NvgsP007zZ5hop8poqRaThCyq0pl4mnu/s320/IMG_3597.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In
fact, much is being copied from this house, including the vanity sizes of the
bathrooms. He moved to that next. He is now working on his “hobby/office”,
where he intends to have a built-in desk/table with huge drawers running the
length of one entire wall. I am still contemplating how I want mine set up and
once I know, he’ll likely move on to that if there’s time before we go north.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xxsCga30kVUUmd5_1I2Dq1kehntvnFiWG1daZg8oRyU-w91n7eq4XfKrahQVA_0uGfJG6xATj8oG_P5WeTd2IAnxnnZkA8b3pmrnhu-h_TCxoJ0U-qY5seGtJkLkKUWaVCEsJv5i_QzR8j7dk0jHI3cWdEQQuja6j8mfFRhBwC6jJwhWPieCiz5W/s4032/IMG_3598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xxsCga30kVUUmd5_1I2Dq1kehntvnFiWG1daZg8oRyU-w91n7eq4XfKrahQVA_0uGfJG6xATj8oG_P5WeTd2IAnxnnZkA8b3pmrnhu-h_TCxoJ0U-qY5seGtJkLkKUWaVCEsJv5i_QzR8j7dk0jHI3cWdEQQuja6j8mfFRhBwC6jJwhWPieCiz5W/s320/IMG_3598.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile,
back at the ranch, he ordered and received delivery of an RV storage building
from Versatube which he’ll be erecting shortly after moving north this summer.
We decided rather than take up shop space, the RV would be better in its own
home where he wouldn’t have to constantly dance around it in the way. It now
sits on Marc’s large flatbed trailer, awaiting transport north when the snow
clears.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg15QGq85wl349tIf-_RCu7OcL7ufu0LOq6r4u5VqpG4-ypOjjzfQcyVvobnlnv_HAdVrbqtEofuzPaBul9Ts3xCYqtxJ74mmxiVJbMZxys4NTc6HrZ49yJprx1WNu3q46vpLtETo5Ol9fOKjJc22mF9mBeTZSczDMkmV-XEaxPgQkDB5qTz5ErXwf/s4032/IMG_3566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg15QGq85wl349tIf-_RCu7OcL7ufu0LOq6r4u5VqpG4-ypOjjzfQcyVvobnlnv_HAdVrbqtEofuzPaBul9Ts3xCYqtxJ74mmxiVJbMZxys4NTc6HrZ49yJprx1WNu3q46vpLtETo5Ol9fOKjJc22mF9mBeTZSczDMkmV-XEaxPgQkDB5qTz5ErXwf/s320/IMG_3566.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbaZDL6071B73bXtRRN3mYs9LZNSB8eXZeJtyp2Au3KDqHHs_atmPAUhod7YeyMGkDusdVx5yJb44o4RUYq9Hfcoq26_7YG9aFSV_yr5APr7hxbJo5yHYkDrOKET1wVK41HLLhzmLKK3Rc2Kfc1RcU2PwpV-PgHTDY4Mn2FeN8OaRE6ZOtiW6ojz4/s4032/IMG_3567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbaZDL6071B73bXtRRN3mYs9LZNSB8eXZeJtyp2Au3KDqHHs_atmPAUhod7YeyMGkDusdVx5yJb44o4RUYq9Hfcoq26_7YG9aFSV_yr5APr7hxbJo5yHYkDrOKET1wVK41HLLhzmLKK3Rc2Kfc1RcU2PwpV-PgHTDY4Mn2FeN8OaRE6ZOtiW6ojz4/s320/IMG_3567.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In
trying to get some major decisions about the kitchen chosen and out of the way,
I’ve spent too many hours perusing the internet and studying ad nauseum
different countertop possibilities. I’ve never really faced this before, always
having Formica or tile in our previous houses, but for once, and since this
could well be my last hurrah, I wanted something more luxurious and am finally
willing to spend the money to get it. My first choice and last would be
soapstone but when we visited the stone yard, Marc wasn’t onboard with that at
all. He doesn’t care for the way the edge detailing is very limited since the
stone is prone to chipping due to its softness.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaYV7NjsvpypWLEb4QOodBJQ66wufySVXgJtkB6vsQzSIV1dNtWmEcEiRrkzxZszhzYPuLyMrQapPfu7BR0z4CkZvQKyQ-7jtKCjhohXi3bS8BAC2put-RUF84CFKpnSwcVRpi97XQeKRTN7hDRWEKx-CXyJGcvpmcRbjdSkfpwVaDKauWWsjhL3k/s4032/IMG_3574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFaYV7NjsvpypWLEb4QOodBJQ66wufySVXgJtkB6vsQzSIV1dNtWmEcEiRrkzxZszhzYPuLyMrQapPfu7BR0z4CkZvQKyQ-7jtKCjhohXi3bS8BAC2put-RUF84CFKpnSwcVRpi97XQeKRTN7hDRWEKx-CXyJGcvpmcRbjdSkfpwVaDKauWWsjhL3k/s320/IMG_3574.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEOZ8_u393nuGoQHragsm4AcKrQtXgqmTNk7oQbpnUoEqHIz4M2YTOaX-0cMKRC_Qz3yLyOQ4GYpA81mDRRE3jPv0JUMota3FPP1eECMFH39ss1idIQDE2qt-6FIS9dS6gzQxLNihWf-ERAyosKv10-o-pz1vxLRQWwA0TZmzEAu4IwHhQly7dIY1/s4032/IMG_3575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEOZ8_u393nuGoQHragsm4AcKrQtXgqmTNk7oQbpnUoEqHIz4M2YTOaX-0cMKRC_Qz3yLyOQ4GYpA81mDRRE3jPv0JUMota3FPP1eECMFH39ss1idIQDE2qt-6FIS9dS6gzQxLNihWf-ERAyosKv10-o-pz1vxLRQWwA0TZmzEAu4IwHhQly7dIY1/s320/IMG_3575.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qSUNbHmCZRz9b9av3Qz26-gKBzu4HPf4iFvM0u9xaBWKUUuLiGhs8rjoicTxRBC5cY-Y9ra2h4TJ4-8LUiafmGPZopo6_4c7_ofeakt8DCO-YBjb3oRaxHvd5FwTEAQWuSdGPyG64jrslBRP8ERbie3XPYq2f3cdrLiADCxBc0kOnWPxF7cyuU_M/s4032/IMG_3581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qSUNbHmCZRz9b9av3Qz26-gKBzu4HPf4iFvM0u9xaBWKUUuLiGhs8rjoicTxRBC5cY-Y9ra2h4TJ4-8LUiafmGPZopo6_4c7_ofeakt8DCO-YBjb3oRaxHvd5FwTEAQWuSdGPyG64jrslBRP8ERbie3XPYq2f3cdrLiADCxBc0kOnWPxF7cyuU_M/s320/IMG_3581.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I’ve
never been one to care for the business of granites, but low and behold, they
have come up with some really novel choices and I may now be ready to consider
it. We came across a really interesting piece they had on display as an island
bar (yes, they have a real gratis bar set up in the stone facility with craft
beers on tap, wines, and high dollar booze.) which was dark and done in a
leather finish with a chiseled edge. It comes in browns, gray, or black. Marc
loved it. It did feel silky to the touch, with interesting divot texture and I
too, loved the chiseled edge which lends a rustic touch and something you don’t
see all the time.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXtcAdylbgxeq-L0sUMvyT36LerPYTJ6w6V9MiboCQfkGvPOKaDuV9u7z2-WOgNV6W0wFLjyGYVaWCAMs615RXDyzoHBaFQzBCkS9Zbb51w5XmqaLf1y_JraFYl3Tqzho6wMv4UKJbXcuQJKhdAtzUu1_glWOh6NFSghhgw4rUJDfrGfRSi7BNscB/s4032/IMG_3576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXtcAdylbgxeq-L0sUMvyT36LerPYTJ6w6V9MiboCQfkGvPOKaDuV9u7z2-WOgNV6W0wFLjyGYVaWCAMs615RXDyzoHBaFQzBCkS9Zbb51w5XmqaLf1y_JraFYl3Tqzho6wMv4UKJbXcuQJKhdAtzUu1_glWOh6NFSghhgw4rUJDfrGfRSi7BNscB/s320/IMG_3576.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVjqn98m0kdFtSTNg8JNK37l6W6C2SzkjfZeQKc_8Lclo-IsRp1dJK-pIecr_qUBJ2ERsl8jFkW30kRvj8xAjBtjW_VfYUjyjnahb1DFfZAwQLdf0s-DfRH-wUamsFjWJs24O14VxHIlpysln3rS2Fz51hI-uVnq1iMqRHscWyE9RmvoxwdHV0T6F/s4032/IMG_3577.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVjqn98m0kdFtSTNg8JNK37l6W6C2SzkjfZeQKc_8Lclo-IsRp1dJK-pIecr_qUBJ2ERsl8jFkW30kRvj8xAjBtjW_VfYUjyjnahb1DFfZAwQLdf0s-DfRH-wUamsFjWJs24O14VxHIlpysln3rS2Fz51hI-uVnq1iMqRHscWyE9RmvoxwdHV0T6F/s320/IMG_3577.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJ6lmQ_tVEHaoECkgLtZpS3Q7ym8LNckDDyH8p5PGQ78azRKOes5uL41GRUWrX3ICochQri6Ty7SLcg9JqwWUr4d1pEBlq9w00A5V7M-bURTdlvMTg5ZTexGHVpvVdQfONh7-uDu6wRW4YkN-MV2ChXUNSOT-9DVh36YBDgddB7Yj6SggQSyYwDOK/s4032/IMG_3584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJ6lmQ_tVEHaoECkgLtZpS3Q7ym8LNckDDyH8p5PGQ78azRKOes5uL41GRUWrX3ICochQri6Ty7SLcg9JqwWUr4d1pEBlq9w00A5V7M-bURTdlvMTg5ZTexGHVpvVdQfONh7-uDu6wRW4YkN-MV2ChXUNSOT-9DVh36YBDgddB7Yj6SggQSyYwDOK/s320/IMG_3584.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">One
of my objections to granite has always been the highly polished surface which
comes across as too foo-foo looking to me, so this was a refreshing change. This
had a slight gloss to it, which is actually the sealer they put on which is
guaranteed for 15 years against stains and damage. One can choose not to have
this though and this photo shows the three samples I received; the two larger
ones being the natural surface after leathering without the sealer and the
square piece having sealer applied.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHssHUpIuM1kN7tcZxvVtcrtPHUUYHZ3jgIKNgahxT7KWv5AjeI-1Hk-12HIWDQbUZA480g25kjzveLTfoVZiyYI-sj3tBdMiUMRh8sviznmj96zowc727hDIa66AnE2_pDVTmRJo0nIeuqUXVAwlttV17O2nyd-56hCZLf97v6O84eDa71-A6afue/s4032/IMG_3601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHssHUpIuM1kN7tcZxvVtcrtPHUUYHZ3jgIKNgahxT7KWv5AjeI-1Hk-12HIWDQbUZA480g25kjzveLTfoVZiyYI-sj3tBdMiUMRh8sviznmj96zowc727hDIa66AnE2_pDVTmRJo0nIeuqUXVAwlttV17O2nyd-56hCZLf97v6O84eDa71-A6afue/s320/IMG_3601.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvqMWNS2LQILLLdFXpdB6rwK25njr3SPbxj5WjNZcZJPumwpXFD-2CJwkyFWVG1I2nJxKvlBwu_kNY8KqaGuIpeYaNyo9_HNlqvqK21BRS210fNGqZi4nglNaEoNatSFy0GeenmyTqT-3GwqYhDpAvP6rsR5CfxVn0x3baRtuKXG--K9TouiOz4VI/s4032/IMG_3602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvqMWNS2LQILLLdFXpdB6rwK25njr3SPbxj5WjNZcZJPumwpXFD-2CJwkyFWVG1I2nJxKvlBwu_kNY8KqaGuIpeYaNyo9_HNlqvqK21BRS210fNGqZi4nglNaEoNatSFy0GeenmyTqT-3GwqYhDpAvP6rsR5CfxVn0x3baRtuKXG--K9TouiOz4VI/s320/IMG_3602.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">To make this choice even more
agreeable, this type of granite is very dense so more indestructible and on the
lower end of the pricing scale. We’ve drawn up our kitchen layout (more on that
in a second) and will take it back to the stone yard soon for a price quote.
They can hold the stone indefinitely with a deposit and right now have good
selection so I am thinking of locking in the price now even though we likely
won’t need it for a year. Shipping costs are supposed to continue to go through
the roof and this stuff is all imported.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Being math challenged, I was
having a hard time playing on a small scale with our kitchen layout so Marc
finally helped me out by making full size replicas in cardboard that we could
lay out on our current kitchen floor with taped exterior measurements to see
how everything would fit. Unconventional, but it worked, and we were finally
able to put into place all the desired items in their rightful placement! What’s
comical about these photos is that you can see what I’ve lived with as an “island”
for seven years! We never did get around to figuring out what we wanted and by
the time we had it figured we were thinking of an up north place so at this
point, it won’t get done. Islands are expensive and the next buyer can figure
out if they want one. We were moving these pieces around though to try and
figure out our new house island, which will incorporate our butcher block
(minus legs) and be large enough for seating for four. The new kitchen by the way,
will stretch to the wall behind the table/chairs and over to where my current
cabinets sit to give an idea of the size. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvoc8KTF_a5covPlIeplIm-gn0uQqQcMJw87FMOr9Aj2653VFxhTnuP2HCaOgQFV3mr4PP4gmCrMeBJkc2t-ARaj5zj5xO8ZmNBqdl2zjTgQeY2rlRTmD-ZqQ4BdIwlBfn7HRNoicIY9Z1DnSzfq7LLPef9ggmwCsLOYuMpATbaspIkkeP6so2IQ6/s4032/IMG_3547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvoc8KTF_a5covPlIeplIm-gn0uQqQcMJw87FMOr9Aj2653VFxhTnuP2HCaOgQFV3mr4PP4gmCrMeBJkc2t-ARaj5zj5xO8ZmNBqdl2zjTgQeY2rlRTmD-ZqQ4BdIwlBfn7HRNoicIY9Z1DnSzfq7LLPef9ggmwCsLOYuMpATbaspIkkeP6so2IQ6/s320/IMG_3547.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9E7jky2ehdkzVWRbhKr9-YNwqWBmnai5cuvYo9lwQzVcnq5h_3H7P3uD4vdB7VyIOXPh31PQga2YJIA4kBAu9qv6mNbpI-BVmylTJgqER7eGo46VBi0GMVk0KU7_zP-ZlJYjAsi62xIfCI2Ml9BN_ZC2vWcMjyQop0_UMFBdu0iImMsGBg3Wde_co/s4032/IMG_3548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9E7jky2ehdkzVWRbhKr9-YNwqWBmnai5cuvYo9lwQzVcnq5h_3H7P3uD4vdB7VyIOXPh31PQga2YJIA4kBAu9qv6mNbpI-BVmylTJgqER7eGo46VBi0GMVk0KU7_zP-ZlJYjAsi62xIfCI2Ml9BN_ZC2vWcMjyQop0_UMFBdu0iImMsGBg3Wde_co/s320/IMG_3548.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYn6s_VnRF1q57ZL3YtQ9qDEP7R7HiNo8hgPFD4DmZ2zfqKjHQqhwcLKZJCkia0cmrlRLltk2vC4R9v0ec1jrcJPsfkFyGWcr-zW3-MU_mjOdv6pAjnagpF_IX5IEfFY4Patp6BXft1EPs-pMm4ZVejereVh-rZlqCTZCH9DJ-pIIBVShO5OtdqM4X/s4032/IMG_3550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYn6s_VnRF1q57ZL3YtQ9qDEP7R7HiNo8hgPFD4DmZ2zfqKjHQqhwcLKZJCkia0cmrlRLltk2vC4R9v0ec1jrcJPsfkFyGWcr-zW3-MU_mjOdv6pAjnagpF_IX5IEfFY4Patp6BXft1EPs-pMm4ZVejereVh-rZlqCTZCH9DJ-pIIBVShO5OtdqM4X/s320/IMG_3550.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Coming up, Marc has an appointment
with the power company field guy on April 24<sup>th</sup> to ascertain how
power will be brought into the lot. We’re some distance from the main road and
the poles. By then, we hope the ground is thawed and we can get going on
installing the gate, drilling the well and putting in the septic. We’ll haul
the RV there as soon as we can and it stops freezing, to live in this summer.
There is SO much to do; our plates will be full, full, full. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p></div><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></div><br />Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172322736669168333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839726935371483568.post-78916841390205138592022-02-06T11:25:00.003-06:002022-02-06T11:27:48.219-06:00When Can We Get Going???<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTp3ytmsVaMd0twofBvRGqe6Wv8f__v0zyS9h_Cwv56vf6nx6t0KEBTdc4TZkErEVcM_XsaJggzRE76cCQEdZpT6y9NwmaSUT6zyO5InHYYl06RdfH_RDYDNdNIVhFYP4z4FJxUIx30rk08LA8CnxUWN88rk4EOeVBk_d_kalGPwiNd3mHM-08ywDL=s1280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTp3ytmsVaMd0twofBvRGqe6Wv8f__v0zyS9h_Cwv56vf6nx6t0KEBTdc4TZkErEVcM_XsaJggzRE76cCQEdZpT6y9NwmaSUT6zyO5InHYYl06RdfH_RDYDNdNIVhFYP4z4FJxUIx30rk08LA8CnxUWN88rk4EOeVBk_d_kalGPwiNd3mHM-08ywDL=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There really hasn’t been a lot
going on to report about. Our weather this winter, while not severe in terms of
snowfall, has been just a bitch temperature-wise, basically keeping us indoors.
Day after day seems to start in minus temps only to reach the teens. This
finally may be changing so that Marc has the ability to try and finish the huge
gate he is building for our new driveway. He is building it so heavy he’s not
even sure how he’s going to lift it to transport; it’ll weigh about 260 pounds!
Fortunately, between the Dodge and the Freightliner he has two hand crank cable
hoists to help out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFEFdUWJ0neA9Ub7LqKSV5fRxMpfhfn_L8NaJdR01hZgXFAVHWX2Rxz6wi2ERzXCBc5o4Zc4hJzXs9w96FGnJXRA13FAragJ6nENPFaSXGtt4GKN8_3nL_1ayQvCV0LpplVd6JHWdPdgovl1LfSvuFUxN8OqxwdPIjjdIvAYVrGLkQ_8ybwGRfSeLc=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFEFdUWJ0neA9Ub7LqKSV5fRxMpfhfn_L8NaJdR01hZgXFAVHWX2Rxz6wi2ERzXCBc5o4Zc4hJzXs9w96FGnJXRA13FAragJ6nENPFaSXGtt4GKN8_3nL_1ayQvCV0LpplVd6JHWdPdgovl1LfSvuFUxN8OqxwdPIjjdIvAYVrGLkQ_8ybwGRfSeLc=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFGl4TcWWfIvFIvXykh4S-LyW2gt2JZqx1HdeyY6xgcmcROsumu2_gmweAZgUBTbwLJJQxYWcvK8mmVDUWZ_YHVzNyNhzFBpzYXAp4ckqdkx1ETV5ou9fn164ue4XxKC_CgxQ05u8w4rqnEpEkiVaTfQsIkMw6vEva6OfQ-wY8ZHYKmqmzTGPBlxb0=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFGl4TcWWfIvFIvXykh4S-LyW2gt2JZqx1HdeyY6xgcmcROsumu2_gmweAZgUBTbwLJJQxYWcvK8mmVDUWZ_YHVzNyNhzFBpzYXAp4ckqdkx1ETV5ou9fn164ue4XxKC_CgxQ05u8w4rqnEpEkiVaTfQsIkMw6vEva6OfQ-wY8ZHYKmqmzTGPBlxb0=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We continue to mess around with
the house plan. We visited Menard’s, which sells the cabinets I want, to get
their take on fabricating a kitchen but came away disappointed after several
hours. We cannot seem to make the island work and I just am not satisfied with
the overall look of the kitchen either. We have purchased the cooktop and
double wall ovens so we have exact measurements on those items and we plan to
use our current refrigerator. Even though it's premature on pricing, we also
didn’t like the quoted figure on that either—enough to choke a horse.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That gave Marc pause to consider
whether he might be able to build what we want. Other than a few hundred
dollars on materials we have nothing to lose for him to give it a go by trying
to build both the box frame and doors for a bathroom vanity. Since I am leaning
toward painted cabinets, we can likely get by with a less expensive grade of
wood. To give us more room in the mud/mechanical room of the house, we are
foregoing a whole bath in the master and cutting that down to a half bath,
something we have now and which works fine for us. The vanity in there is not
large so a good one to start with. Here’s what we have now, which he’ll try and
duplicate, other than I want plain flat panel Shaker style doors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEsL9dDVGZrPvq8cx2ZJm6nGcwxDvSBv28lnF3kiuGoBQcLD6EFhz-BsMdVuLQJsKsd5Kk_hH1MbMLpSjgcjb5X4IjkgJKU2l2YMd2qFwbOD6eakuwpUB3LnX6Ogt5TFO91KNtyDASOloDZZfTh5HaJwIKHbG2uTEtOL6upS_ti5EEc5WaPeWWY3je=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEsL9dDVGZrPvq8cx2ZJm6nGcwxDvSBv28lnF3kiuGoBQcLD6EFhz-BsMdVuLQJsKsd5Kk_hH1MbMLpSjgcjb5X4IjkgJKU2l2YMd2qFwbOD6eakuwpUB3LnX6Ogt5TFO91KNtyDASOloDZZfTh5HaJwIKHbG2uTEtOL6upS_ti5EEc5WaPeWWY3je=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another task Marc has in front of
him as it gets a little warmer, is to fabricate and install a hand rail system
for the steep stairs currently existing on the bluff, leading to the boardwalk.
Young people must have owned this before! I’d feel as though I was taking my
life in my hands to try them in the ice and snow as they now sit. When we
visited, we bushwhacked on foot down the side of the hill to water’s edge
rather than using those treacherous steps!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihzvwUHDM_nBcjaqO4Ca2b7mqgm6UrLKq_a67LldP5YJaUVXlQo9_bMeQIwlm4TK8gqPg0g7JdWhRO48WSo5LSAO472wLurs9t7BsBaVMyX5wnxNhELxnxUw_E8xuLC4eFtwmq57KeUAH_HNiU9UMzT8GT159IPgC4lI7NakDYdqruvIqGrl7M51ps=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihzvwUHDM_nBcjaqO4Ca2b7mqgm6UrLKq_a67LldP5YJaUVXlQo9_bMeQIwlm4TK8gqPg0g7JdWhRO48WSo5LSAO472wLurs9t7BsBaVMyX5wnxNhELxnxUw_E8xuLC4eFtwmq57KeUAH_HNiU9UMzT8GT159IPgC4lI7NakDYdqruvIqGrl7M51ps=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQlEqtGgEXcqWWt_udCz4AymE8fahlKZx2IJ_4OiN6P7-2M0qDlBwyRCJdecxQRS-QpTASjT-GkoY-4COabupLuVHHxOI0hqKRfLNTUSJjIujkhk5QXkt-wGImYTPeAEogogAPX7vB9ysyb4fh6_Jx8RIGbDi2TaTY2zEhzktfXxkPMYeido41r1a1=s1280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQlEqtGgEXcqWWt_udCz4AymE8fahlKZx2IJ_4OiN6P7-2M0qDlBwyRCJdecxQRS-QpTASjT-GkoY-4COabupLuVHHxOI0hqKRfLNTUSJjIujkhk5QXkt-wGImYTPeAEogogAPX7vB9ysyb4fh6_Jx8RIGbDi2TaTY2zEhzktfXxkPMYeido41r1a1=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m continuing to help out at the
Humane Society and we just finished up an online auction which was very
successful in our fundraising efforts. Another one will be coming up which is
more specific to the art quilts and just quilts in general. I donated
everything I had made to this point: the art quilts, the jewelry, and fabric
baskets. My share of the first auction amounted to over $300 for them and I’m
hopeful the next auction does as well. I don’t plan to pursue making anything
else until late fall or we are finished with our build. It will be a sad day
when I have to say goodbye to helping this shelter out!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCE7x6KY9TXbLIaLmVV38BbphvkOyws2xxzWiA212sjFTWDbB5Bj7dPJLr6otLeAjLL1Y8dX-ULAPcylJO0oP2CvFuY3OcBuKheaEGTev5-fDEzJbvxN4MyXWuvV0yE7Y2cuzHRF539HKsWx7JeC0uo1Prno3cDpsctQTGo1IxJ3xe8nG4xJtckx2J=s3648" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCE7x6KY9TXbLIaLmVV38BbphvkOyws2xxzWiA212sjFTWDbB5Bj7dPJLr6otLeAjLL1Y8dX-ULAPcylJO0oP2CvFuY3OcBuKheaEGTev5-fDEzJbvxN4MyXWuvV0yE7Y2cuzHRF539HKsWx7JeC0uo1Prno3cDpsctQTGo1IxJ3xe8nG4xJtckx2J=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHszRg4QDNaRBpFG6h8rSSBI5Wa2ZZ-l2GnriP70nhWIgJmM8gDpWEwuzGLI-vSlfhgZ7jB0m17dhu4Rj2V3n-U7Wl8MkQ1OvK95CPilyHkGq-XF6wUScbVPc__-bLiGJ7e4uKM5eLfetcj6bfVHbEMpVDgI04hRX04RbHnLH6mga0HQeWiDktmrMa=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHszRg4QDNaRBpFG6h8rSSBI5Wa2ZZ-l2GnriP70nhWIgJmM8gDpWEwuzGLI-vSlfhgZ7jB0m17dhu4Rj2V3n-U7Wl8MkQ1OvK95CPilyHkGq-XF6wUScbVPc__-bLiGJ7e4uKM5eLfetcj6bfVHbEMpVDgI04hRX04RbHnLH6mga0HQeWiDktmrMa=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's some of my art quilts; not all are for sale, I've kept some to hang in the RV or as gifts. They were great fun to make but since my mother's death I haven't been able to call up any creative spirit. I brought back some of her quilting fabric and hope I can get back to it in the years to come.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguAWnq8FieJbI9kcIcwaADf2rxVzOIsVp1tVbsaxotOSLOsJ_yKv1ylqv17OeNRt5icUuNo0g6oxVexYjAVXf4KDehfeSzHkmKQXPEM9WT-slQ1BtjK23o0O40rScxCfNaKznoeHkgVnyQIOy9XIcd4q2NTB2oVZ11SZfJpwml-j9LUWN4_tzsdSxO=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguAWnq8FieJbI9kcIcwaADf2rxVzOIsVp1tVbsaxotOSLOsJ_yKv1ylqv17OeNRt5icUuNo0g6oxVexYjAVXf4KDehfeSzHkmKQXPEM9WT-slQ1BtjK23o0O40rScxCfNaKznoeHkgVnyQIOy9XIcd4q2NTB2oVZ11SZfJpwml-j9LUWN4_tzsdSxO=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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