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Framed houses for Habitat for Humanity.Job interview with ATCO Electric tomorrow.

Planted one of three rows of my garden...today is a Stat Holiday up here (Victoria Day). Got the spuds(Red Pontiac) and 200 onion sets in (Spanish and Red), plus zucchini, spaghetti squash and a type of summer squash called 8 ball. The soil is wicked dry and a clodded up here, so I had to water...

I don't get it either......I got clocked royally right in the front of the hard hard with a piece of frozen sugar maple branch that I did not notice when I was pulling hangers out of a tree while the boss was aloft.....about four inches in diameter and fifteen feet long....sent me flying into a...

Nothing except for a free lunch, strictly on a volunteer basis though the site supervisor and crew leads are on salary.....not rich, I am retired military and have a pension, and do this to keep busy when I am not working at something else. I am not much of a carpenter but now know how to make...

Spent the day working for Habitat for Humanity at their Anderson Gardens site.....an enjoyable one but for a busybody, nosy, bossy yappy woman who swung hard at strike three and struck out getting a severe telling off in the process. I just do not get some (fortunately a small few) people's need...

Installed drywall for Habitat for Humanity and picked up the keys for a new apartment having vacated the dump I was in before Xmas.:msp_smile:

Applied for a couple of jobs, did two loads of wash, am meeting a friend for lunch, have a medical for a job I do not really want at 1400 hrs and am meeting a prospective landlord to have a look at a condo I am interested in moving into 1 March.

This morning finished off packing in individual servings x 91 scalloped potato and beef stroganoff for a local walk in centre for people in transition...we cooked yesterday....I also made 31 two cup servings of pasta with meat sauce with the sauce I froze from the garden last summer and made...

Back to framing and drywalling houses for Habitat for Humanity until I get a new job.

Flew home to Alberta from Philly via Denver in time to watch the Super Bowl .

Still visiting friends in Wilmington, DE.....they have headed into Philly for the "100 Question" on US Civics and History to enable them to get their US citizenship....about time after 25 years of living and paying taxes here with no vote IMHO(both work for Boeing in PA). Something mainly to do...

Went to a concert to listen to this beast, a 1928 Kimball Theatre Organ that was transplanted from a Philly venue to Wilmington, DE where I am visiting friends for a week.....not normally a fan of organ music but this one is neat with all the different noises it makes, all pneumatically driven...

Got up at 0530 hrs, finished packing and am taking a cab to the Pearson at 0800 to catch a plane to Philly to visit friends in Wilmington, DE for a week, then will fly west back to Alberta a week today. Been a great break here in the east even if I have been sick as a dog with a bad cold after I...

Worked one entire Ottawa winter doing trimming.....other than dressing warmly, no biggie. Think the climber took more breaks as he was cold at times. We shut her down at -25C as the saws did not seem to run too well at low temps. I went out and bought an Carhardt arctic jacket and bibs and...

Used to add tea bags to it for breaks and lunch in the bush, hence "Maple Tea"....delish.....40 years ago in Quebec.

Have been laid low with bad cold since returning from Varadero Thursday night.....fortunately not working at present.

Royer makes a pretty good chain saw boot up here....pricey though. L.P. Royer, specialized safaty footwear | Products

That sucks...I have one that got a lot larger humping stuff about two months ago and am now on a month of no heavy lifting or excessive standing , so no work essentially. Hoping it might get better!

Did not bother as I wear a bathing suit that does not require such preening....men from Montreal mabee who wear Speedos three sizes too small:msp_scared:

Long walk on Varadero Beach...kinda overcast today but still warm in mid 70s.