Still in LimboLand

Last time I posted anything we were waiting for the inspector to come and inspect the foundation footing so the builders could start building the extension onto the house. Well, after once postponing his visit, the inspector finally came (on a particularly cold day, coldest in 2 years they say!) and decided that the builders needed to add some sort of new-fangled insulation that the town had never required before, so now we wait some more...

In the meantime, I found (3) caches this weekend in a park close to here. The lake was semi-frozen and ducks and geese walked along on it as I trekked around it looking for hidden treasure. It was really cold but I was wearing my thermals so I didn't feel it. Later, I drove to where my son was participating in a fencing tournament, only to find that the tournament had ended and the bus had left. I turned around a drove home, stopping for a cache in a little park near the school. When I got home, my son was already there! I felt rotten but he didn't mind. Told me the place was really small and there wasn't much room for spectators. He won both his bouts which made me feel good...

Perfected 2 songs on my Uke so far: Button Up Your Overcoat and I Wanna go Back to my Little Grass Shack...

Got my new high-power eyepiece for the telescope in the mail about a week ago but it's been darn cold and I haven't felt the need to freeze just to see Saturn close up. It's been kind of overcast most nights anyway. Maybe in the upcoming week I'll get to try it out...

That's all for now. Talk to ya later!

Fixing a Hole

Yesterday I finally got to look at the progress on our remodeling job. There's this long trench and these thick concrete walls forming 3 sides of a rectangle, with metal spikes sticking out at equal intervals along the length. Very neat. My front yard is a bit torn up because of the big machine that dug the hole, but whatever. Now we need to wait until Wednesday for the inspector to come before the builders can proceed. That's kind of a bummer.

I went and did my first cache since getting my GPSr back. I was excited and the thing worked fine so I found it right away. I exchanged CDs and am listening to the CD I picked up "Love" by The Beatles, while I type this. It's rainy today and everyone is still in bed! (It's 9:30 already!) except the poodles, which bark every now and then for me to let them out so they can chase squirrels. Ah, life....

so long for now...

Work Work Work...

Got home last night to find giant mounds of dirt around my house and a BIG trench running the lenghth of the house, with a REALLY BIG earth-moving machine parked at an angle on one of the mounds of dirt. Looked like a scene from a science-fiction movie. Very Cool!!

Tested out my newly refurbished GPSr yesterday. Actually I only turned it on and let it find the satellites (cold start). Found em in like 2 minutes so that is a good sign. I'll need to put it thru it's paces by inputting a bunch of coordinates soon and see if it holds them.

Later...

Happy New Year

What a crazy winter it's been. Global warming is definitely rearing it's ugly head....Had a good xmas and new year holiday, although this year it didn't feel like it (maybe due to the warm weather). Got a Ukulele from my brother for xmas. He always comes up with unique gifts. It kept me amused during the week off and came in handy because my GPSr was away at the factory being serviced.

Speaking of which, my GPSr came back this week! Yay! I haven't had a chance to test it out. Maybe at lunchtime today.

House re-construction is finally underway. The workman showed up this morning and began digging a trench. ML put all the pets (dogs AND cats!) in the bathroom together! They were very upset for a while but she says they have calmed down...

ttyl!