We built a pole barn years back and it seemed to have just gotten filled with crap. This week I have tackled the problem head on and have been cleaning/organizing. It is really nice to have room in the barn, now I will be able to store my canoes in it. Also my father will be able to get his new lawnmower and trailer in it. Once the boy scout troop gets their stuff out and we throw away all the trash there will be TONS of room.
sewing. I did a little back in middle school in Home Economics class; we made duffel bags. This time I made a thwart bag and a bow bag. I am glad how well they turned out.
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since I have posted. I have been hanging out. I refinished the wood on my kipawa with Tung Oil. The finnish is great. The other day I detailed both of my boats too.
So If anybody wants to know what they can get me for my Birthday (May 30th) here is a list:
Grey Owl Chieftain (available at Sun and Snow)
Tool Bag (at Sherwin Williams, Bob knows which one)
Bosch 1297DK Palm Sander (Lowes and Amazon)
Setwear EZ-Fit Gloves
Tonight Abe and Kelli got new canoes, well new to them. Abe bought a Mad River Eclipse and Kelli got a Blackhawk Combi 14'9″ both are sweet boats. Abe and I are going to take his out tomorrow afternoon for a spin.
Bridgit and I went on a wonderful trip to Penland, NC to visit Betsy. We had a wonderful time.
Pictures are available here.Monday March 28th
We left Bridgit's house at 8:00am and headed to NC. We got stuck in a traffic south of Lexington, KY and it took two hours and fifteen minutes to go thirteen miles. It rained most of the way down. We called in Knoxville for a room at the Chinquapin Inn. Bridgit had fun driving the curvy mountain roads at night in the rain with a canoe on top of the car. We eventually found the Inn because on of the owners was standing at the road looking for us. We got our room and then went to find Betsy. We eventually found her studio and she was in it.
Tuesday March 29th
We got up and met Betsy at school for breakfast. Then she took us on a tour of the place. Penland is pretty cool. It's like art camp for adults. Bridgit and I then went to the Energy Xchange where they use the gas from an old landfill to power a ceramic kiln, glass furnace, Tilapia farm, and greenhouse. It is really cool.
Then Bridgit and I went out to Lake James and went canoeing. It was about 75 degrees and sunny, not what we are used to in Michigan in March. Then we drove back and stopped at a National Park Mineral Museum on the Blue Ridge Parkway. There we found out about Linville Falls and went back, picked up Betsy, then took here to the falls. We got a lot of pictures of the falls and then went to dinner at a local seafood place before going to Wall-Mart to pick up pictures. We got back just as slides were starting for the Studio Supervisors and they were great, as well as amusing.
Wednesday March 30th
We had breakfast at our Bed and Breakfast and then ran around a bit taking pictures before leaving. It was good to see Betsy. We then headed to Asheville for a little bit. In Asheville we saw some cool art at another NPS museum, the Folk Art Museum. From there we went downtown and wandered the little stores. Then we headed north towards Lexington, KY to stay at the Romonds.
Thursday March 31st
We left Lexington and headed home in the morning. Bridgit had to work at St. Andrews and I dropped her off on the way into town.
Its after Easter Vigil, so its Easter now. I am sitting here with a vodka tonic. Tomorrow there is a ton of stuff to do and on Monday Bridgit and I are going to North Carolina to visit Betsy at Penland.
This afternoon I got my new canoe, well its not new, they haven't made them in a few years.
The pictures aren't really great but they were taken in garage lighting at night. You get the idea and I have only owned the canoe for a few hours.
These links has been floating around the office:
What you can get away with when signing a reciept?
Do you actually have to pay tolls?
This morning, in a conversation about archiving email Scott reminded me that a few years back I went through and deleted a ton of email. I found that I had a couple thousand from boss Bob with 'lunch' in the subject. Just goes to show how useful email is for planning what we are going to eat today.