Captain's Log
The blog formerly
known as Notes from the Poopdeck -A periodic, sometimes monthly, account of the
Adventures of Arabella and her crew, mostly designed for family and friends.
So Two Months Went By…6/18/09 Log
What
can I say, been busy and also avoiding the
Computer Room with it’s comfortable chair and certain way of making daylight go away
quickly. The same has been true of the Living
Room with it’s magic box and comfortable couch.
I try to walk by fast on my way to do something else. And there are lots of something elses to do around
here, that’s for sure. Part of my
strategy for not thinking about smoking or eating is to stay almost continuously involved
with projects, and it seems to be working. Believe
it or not, it’s been 5 months without a cigarette, and I’m down 50 lbs as well! Easy does it, they say.
So
what exactly have you been doing, I hear you asking.
Nothing too spectacular, just mowing and weed-wacking, organizing and
getting my shop ready for serious production, trying to improve the lives of my small herd
of fish through Pond Mods, and of course helping out with the Neverending Project
downstairs. There were daily power walks and
exercise sessions, then a two-week vacation due to a bout with some flu-like deal, which
we’re all still recovering from. If it
wasn’t Swine Flu, it sure did pack a good wallop like it was a little brother. The question now is when to resume the
“training” regimen, like “are we well yet?”.
The
Neverending Project is actually kind of getting close, but I’ve said that way too
many times to actually believe it, or expect anyone else to. The tape and mud process drags out towards
infinity, because there is no such thing as smooth enough walls. I wish the upstairs looked half as smooth. With 9
hrs of help from a drywall specialist friend, the bathroom did get ready for paint, so at
least that small, but important area will be finished.
The kitchen cabinets, sink and stove are all installed, along with the
window trim on most windows, so we have actually allowed ourselves to begin thinking of
floorcovering options. Maybe by Christmas…
There
is a huge batch of my trademark stone, wood and antler creations begun, and hopefully they’ll
be ready to turn into large wads of cash at the Oregon Country Fair coming up the second
weekend of July. Our good friends Dale and Jane will be joining us for a visit Fourth of
July, and we’re hoping they’ll want to hang around for that extravaganza. Our best Mexican buddy Piper Lover is currently
visiting friends in Canada, and we’re hoping he might come by here as well.
I’m
going to have to close now, because the new Bakki Shower I built to help the water quality
in Lake Lacrimose (AKA da pond) is in need of service.
I have ordered a very expensive state of the art Muck Vac to clean the
bottom of the pond, and when it arrives the pond party will really get going. The fish have been energetic and growing like Sumo
wrestlers since I got them some more oxygen with the new filter and a sprayer system. Now they poop too much, though, and that creates
more problems. The fun never stops here at
the Koi Ranch, I tell ya!
Hope
all who read this are well and happy, and may the sun shine on your parade!
Love,
Mike
and Barb
New pix? Believe it or
not there are some, just need to put them in. Soon, I promise.
Previous logs and pix
from this 2008-09 season
Fourth Season (2006-07) Mexico to Fiji
Pics
Link to last
season's PuddleJump and Coconut Milkrun log
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