THIS IS IDEA DAY-- NOW THERE IS TROUBLE...
I HAD AN IDEA.... MAYBE... DAWNS KIDS COULD WRITE TO GEORGE AND THUS MENTALLY ELEVATE HIM FROM THE PET DOG CATAGORY SO MANY PEOPLE SEEM TO PLACE DOGS.. ---BETWEEN ANNIE AND SCOOTER KAREN THEY ARE ORGANIZING IT. ESPECIALLY IF ALOT OF COLORED ENVELOPES ARRIVE AT THE SCHOOL THE SAME DAY FROM A BUNCH OF KIDS.... NOT THE ENTIRE CP COMMUNITY... PLEASE... NOT THIS TIME...... ADDRESSED TO GEORGE AND BELLA C/O PRINCIPAL-- .. I THINK THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED FIRST CLASS MAIL-- TO BE DELIVERED....
ON THE OFF CHANCE BELLA'S PRINCIPAL IS READING THIS, DAWN IS A VERY ACTIVE TEACHER WHO'S KIDS HAVE WATCHED GEORGE GROW UP - AND THEY - AS PART OF DAWN'S CURRICULUM - HAVE WRITTEN TO US ON THE FARM AND HAVE A WHOLE LITTER NAMED AFTER THIER SCHOOL THE STEDMANS.. ALOT OF ACTIVITY.... LETTERS TO GEORGE COULD JUST BE PART OF IT. DAWN IS FROM COLORADO...
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AND THEN THERE IS THE "JUST CHECKIN' " COMMITTEE.
KAREN IS CALLING THE RECIPIENTS TO CHECK AND SEE HOW EVERYONE IS DOING... PEOPLE DO WONDER HOW THE FABULOUS FAILURES ARE DOING-- SO MAYBE A SECOND EFFORT COULD BE MADE BY MAYBE ANN NADEAU??? TO CHECK ON THE FF'S AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING...
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ASIDE FROM THAT--- I MUST HAVE HAD 74 CALLS YESTERDAY FROM CONCERNED CP'S "GET GRACE OFF THAT ROOF"- TELLING GRACE TO STOP WORKING IS REALLY BLOWING SMOKE IN THE WIND... SHE WAS UP ON TEH LADDER WOBBLING AROUND CLEARING MOST OF THE T TENT..--
I HAVE TO DISCUSS SUPPORT AND STRUCTURE WITH BUD TODAY-- THE PART THAT GAVE WAS IN "TENSION" NOT SUPPORT.. THAT STILL COULD BE THE REASON FOR POSSIBLE COLLAPSE-- BUT THE LUMBER THAT "QUIT" HAD NAILS THAT WERE NOT QUITE LONG ENOUGH TO BE 100% -- THIS LUMBER-- BECAUSE I HAD IT MILLED HERE WAS "FULL THICKNESS" I.E. THE 1 INCH WAS 1 INCH
FYI-FOR ALL YOU FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE-- THIS IS WHERE YOU GET A 2 X 4 THAT IS ACTUALLY 1.5 X 3.5-- THIS LUMBER FROM OUR TREES WAS THEH FULL ROUGH 2 X 4-- SO WHEN I JUST USED THE NAILS I HAD AROUND, THEY DID NOT HAVE TH HOLDING POWER OF A NAIL 1/2 INCH LONGER... NOW THAT THEY HAVE PULLED LOOSE IN ONE SPOT THEY LOOK PATHETIC... SO THAT MEANS THE REST OF THE ROOF MAY HAVE TH E SAME FAULTY NAILS-- THIS IS WHERE I FIGURED I'D GO BACK WHEN IT WAS FINISHED AND PUT SOME "BIG SUCKERS" IN EACH JOINT.... AND I MISSED THAT ONE. APPARENTLY..
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A DOOR BLEW OPEN IN THE LAUNDRY BUILDING- IN THE STORAGE AREA-- BUT THAT CAUSED A PIPE TO BURST... IN THE TRAINING ROOM...SO I CALLED MY FLUFFY HAIRED FRIEND IN FLORIDA-- WHO CALKLED HER SON WHO HAPPENED TO BE ON RT 95 3 MILES FROM HERE - SO HE WAS HERE IN MINUTES--AND GOT IT STOPPED--- HE CALLED HIS CO-HORT IN THE CRANNEY CORP AND A PLUMBER WAS HERE WITHIN MINUTES- TO FIX AND DRAIN-- BECAUSE UNTIL WE GET THE HEAT SITUATION UNDER CONTROL WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE WATER IN THAT REST ROOM AND UPSTAIRS..
I DID BUY PIPE TO ATTACH THAT NEW WOOD STOVE TO THE CHIMNEY-- JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS I DIDN'T NOTICE.. IT IS A GOOD STOVE-- AND THE ONE UPSTAIRS IN THE TRAINING ROOM IS A SUPER ONE-- SO THE BUILDING IS STIL USEABLE -- JUST WITHOUT WATER..
SO NOW-- FOR YOU CITY SLICKERS... THE TOPIC OF TOILET FLUSHING THE CREATIVE WAY...- THERE IS WATER IN THE LAUNDRY AREA SINK... SO IF YOU TAKE 2 OF THOSE WHITE PAILS FULL OF WATER,, YOU CAN POUR IT IN THE TOILET AND CAUSE IT TO FLUSH-- ( GRAVITY And ALL THAT KIND OF THING)--
SO THAT IS THE PLAN... OR TO COME UP HERE TO THE HOUSE..
GOTTA LO0VE NEW ENGLAND.. TODAY 18" OF SNOW IS EXPECTED..
ON TOP OF THE 4' WE HAVE. AND WE AINT BUFFALO
