Well, I went and done t. I switched to Ubunto 9.10 as my main OS. That is what I am on at this very moment. I am also looking in to installing VirtualBox so that I can run any necessary windows applications. Now this is not my usual posting of what has been happening in my day to day life, except this is what has been happening in my day to day life. I will mention Jen has picked up 2 more cleaning jobs in the past few days. And is working on picking up a third. And we have a possible complete turn key cleaning business that she might purchase. Her cleaning will supplement, if not completely cover what I lost at my job. We have 2 buyers coming to look at the house tomorrow, and another who said he was trying to get things up to speed with his banker to make an offer. So it sounds possible we will sell this property. It will be a bit hard for me to sell and move in to something more affordable. I have to admit though if it has broadband internet I probably won't mind too much. I spend most of my leisure time exploring new things on the internet, like new OS's for example. Economizing will allow me to spend much more time with my family and theocratic things. Jen and I made our Auxiliary Pioneering time this month.
I've been asked to be trained for handling the accounts. I have also been given the privilege of overseeing our congregations responsibilities for the assembly clean up this Friday. We have 6-7 volunteers going up this Friday to help. That's pretty awesome considering we have less than 60 publishers. Folks have to make a living, else I feel we would have about 60 folks going up to clean.
So as you can see I am being blessed so I must be doing some things right. For once :)
I know I do not worry as much as I was, and things seem to be working out better.
Nyle asked me what I was doing up here on the computer. I said I was loading Linux and possibly VirtualBox so that I could slave some windows applications if I needed to. He said "Why?"
My reply was something along the lines of that I felt it was important to learn new things and understand as much as I could about computers. He seemed to appreciate that and, thank goodness, he did not ask "why?" again.
Well that's the update to date.
I will be posting more as I have more to post.
CYA! LUVYA! L8R!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Lumberjack Gym
Today, after a breakfast of home grown sausage and egg breakfast with maple syrup, Nyle and I went over to my brothers house and picked up the old freezer that the rest of my pig was in. We emptied out the old freezer with it's rust covered door then loaded it with the cobwebs stringing from its coils in to my old Isuzu pickup. Or at least what is left of the old Isuzu. The freezer is an an old upright so we had to haul it standing up. I am always a little nervous of hauling something that towers above the cab of my pickup truck. I fear the wind might snatch the cargo out of the bed and in to on coming traffic. We had it loaded in just a few minutes and I strapped it down with a good cargo strap going over one of the uppermost corners and then down around and behind it to a side post embedded in the bed of the truck. It's what I call a 3 corner tie. I never have lost anything using that method of tying fridges and freezers in. I then went on a junk/scrounge tour of all the stuff my brother was going to leave, or throw away. I scored a brand new very large roll of barbed wire. An old Yaesu ham radio transceiver. An old 23 channel Cb. Some old wall thermostats. A little 2 wheel trailer like you pull behind a lawn mower. A 12 foot piece of 1/2 copper pipe. A home brew screwdriver antenna that needs finger stock installed. I just happen to have some! It would make a really nice multi-band vertical antenna. He has an old wheel barrow I need to go back and get. The handles are rotted on it. I have a wheel barrow with steel handles that has a broke plastic "barrow". I also picked up a few scissor jacks he was getting rid of. Basically I came home with a truck load of his junk. The old saying "One mans junk is another mans treasure", is so true. I am now sooooo rich!
I unloaded all of my treasure, plugged the old freezer in and loaded the pig back in the old rusty bucket. I then set about cutting another load or 2 of firewood if possible. The first thing I had to do was sharpen my saw chain. Yesterday I hit something and dulled it down pretty good. So I started out sharpening the saw while Jen started on preparing lunch. Nyle was "helping" me, of course. Jen called lunch just about three teeth from having them all sharp. I told her I'd be just a few more minutes and then I would be right in. I finished up and inspected my file work. It looked pretty good. I was ready to go. After a quick bite of lunch, Nyle and I loaded up the saw, ax, and a maul and headed to the woods. The woods is about 60 seconds away so it was a short and uneventful trip. I put Nyle in the bed of the truck so he could see me work yet not be put in harms way. The brier bushes helped in convincing him that was where he really wanted to be located for this adventure. I cut about 3 pieces of fire wood before my saw stopped cutting. The chain was dull again and looked as if I had hit a piece of metal in the tree I was cutting up. I took a close look at the tree but could not find anything that looked like it could had done the damage. So I loaded up what wood I had gotten cut and went back to the house because Nyle had to take care of a personal issue that could not be taken care of easily without a bonafide toilet. While I was at the house I sharpened my chain again and then dug out the old chainsaw chain I replaced last year and put it on the saw. I did not know what was damaging my chain so if I was going to ruin one, I wanted it to be an old worn out chain. I then kicked back the weeds and briers to see what may have caused the damage. Nyle and I went back to the woods after I got the new "old" chain on the saw.Just about the time I got out of the truck, my cell buzzed. It was Jen telling me she was going to town to do some errands. I called her back in a few minutes and asked her to pick me up some new chainsaw files. It looked like I was going to need them!
This time, before I started cutting, I made a careful inspection of the area to see if I could figure out what was damaging my chain. I kicked back the briers and grass to get a good look at the ground. That is when I discovered I was cutting firewood on top of a big mound of dirt colored sandstone rock. I am not kidding, it looks like dirt, but it's rock. So I was extra careful and this time was able to cut without damaging the the saw. I almost got a load cut when Jen drove back by comming home from town. In a few minutes my cell buzzed again. It was Jen reminding me it was Nyles' nap time. I told her I would bring him in just a few minutes. I loaded a few pieces of wood so I would feel like I had accomplished something before I went back home. Nyle was about to fall off his perch he was so sleepy. So I decided to take him in and get me some more sweet tea while I was at it.
After about 30 minutes I was back at the woods cutting up a new tree top. I had diced up the smaller limbs and was about to start on some of the bigger material in the top when the saw ran out of gas. The gas can was setting down by the wood pile back at the house. So loaded up what I had cut and headed back to the house. I had about 3/4 of a load so it wasn't all that bad. When I got home I unloaded it and started splitting up some big pieces I had previously cut. That took me the rest of the evening to split and stack. I finally finished a whole row of firewood. I need an=bout 4 rows to go through a winter. I now have 2. I am 1/2 way there! I am getting a great work out. I am sore all over!
For supper we had Beef Manhattans with home grown corn. The beef was raised by my father in-law. He grows his own hay, corn, and soy beans to feed to his own cows. I can tell you, the beef is real good tasting! Each year we get a portion of the slaughter. That's real nice of him. He is a good man with high standards, morals, and respect. I could not have asked for a better set of in-laws.
Speaking of farming, my chickens have really slowed down on the egg production. The days are getting shorter and we have been having a lot of gray days as well. I still have over a dozen eggs in the fridge, so I am not too concerned. I have been thinking about getting a rooster for the old hens and raise a new crop of chickens. I have also thought about getting a milk goat. I am not sure if it is economical. Feed is rather costly. I will have to give this some further thought and research.
I guess I will do that now.
Have a great day!
I unloaded all of my treasure, plugged the old freezer in and loaded the pig back in the old rusty bucket. I then set about cutting another load or 2 of firewood if possible. The first thing I had to do was sharpen my saw chain. Yesterday I hit something and dulled it down pretty good. So I started out sharpening the saw while Jen started on preparing lunch. Nyle was "helping" me, of course. Jen called lunch just about three teeth from having them all sharp. I told her I'd be just a few more minutes and then I would be right in. I finished up and inspected my file work. It looked pretty good. I was ready to go. After a quick bite of lunch, Nyle and I loaded up the saw, ax, and a maul and headed to the woods. The woods is about 60 seconds away so it was a short and uneventful trip. I put Nyle in the bed of the truck so he could see me work yet not be put in harms way. The brier bushes helped in convincing him that was where he really wanted to be located for this adventure. I cut about 3 pieces of fire wood before my saw stopped cutting. The chain was dull again and looked as if I had hit a piece of metal in the tree I was cutting up. I took a close look at the tree but could not find anything that looked like it could had done the damage. So I loaded up what wood I had gotten cut and went back to the house because Nyle had to take care of a personal issue that could not be taken care of easily without a bonafide toilet. While I was at the house I sharpened my chain again and then dug out the old chainsaw chain I replaced last year and put it on the saw. I did not know what was damaging my chain so if I was going to ruin one, I wanted it to be an old worn out chain. I then kicked back the weeds and briers to see what may have caused the damage. Nyle and I went back to the woods after I got the new "old" chain on the saw.Just about the time I got out of the truck, my cell buzzed. It was Jen telling me she was going to town to do some errands. I called her back in a few minutes and asked her to pick me up some new chainsaw files. It looked like I was going to need them!
This time, before I started cutting, I made a careful inspection of the area to see if I could figure out what was damaging my chain. I kicked back the briers and grass to get a good look at the ground. That is when I discovered I was cutting firewood on top of a big mound of dirt colored sandstone rock. I am not kidding, it looks like dirt, but it's rock. So I was extra careful and this time was able to cut without damaging the the saw. I almost got a load cut when Jen drove back by comming home from town. In a few minutes my cell buzzed again. It was Jen reminding me it was Nyles' nap time. I told her I would bring him in just a few minutes. I loaded a few pieces of wood so I would feel like I had accomplished something before I went back home. Nyle was about to fall off his perch he was so sleepy. So I decided to take him in and get me some more sweet tea while I was at it.
After about 30 minutes I was back at the woods cutting up a new tree top. I had diced up the smaller limbs and was about to start on some of the bigger material in the top when the saw ran out of gas. The gas can was setting down by the wood pile back at the house. So loaded up what I had cut and headed back to the house. I had about 3/4 of a load so it wasn't all that bad. When I got home I unloaded it and started splitting up some big pieces I had previously cut. That took me the rest of the evening to split and stack. I finally finished a whole row of firewood. I need an=bout 4 rows to go through a winter. I now have 2. I am 1/2 way there! I am getting a great work out. I am sore all over!
For supper we had Beef Manhattans with home grown corn. The beef was raised by my father in-law. He grows his own hay, corn, and soy beans to feed to his own cows. I can tell you, the beef is real good tasting! Each year we get a portion of the slaughter. That's real nice of him. He is a good man with high standards, morals, and respect. I could not have asked for a better set of in-laws.
Speaking of farming, my chickens have really slowed down on the egg production. The days are getting shorter and we have been having a lot of gray days as well. I still have over a dozen eggs in the fridge, so I am not too concerned. I have been thinking about getting a rooster for the old hens and raise a new crop of chickens. I have also thought about getting a milk goat. I am not sure if it is economical. Feed is rather costly. I will have to give this some further thought and research.
I guess I will do that now.
Have a great day!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Firewood Score
Hello once again from the heart of cold country. It is soon to turn cold hear. The temperature will soon follow the leaves and fall.Undoubtedly so too will the snow. I have been putting off cutting firewood this year. We are trying to sell our property so that we can be closer to Nyle's grandparents. But with a down economy, selling a house is not an easy thing to do. On top of that, we are not the motivated by money home owner with our financial backs against the proverbial wall as most sellers are. So we aren't really negotiating on the price...much. We do have someone that is interested, but I am not holding my breath. So a few days ago I decided it was time for me to start looking for a place to cut some firewood. My brother sold his place this past month so that I had to find another place to get my wood. As it turns out there is a place about 300 yards from my house that was cut off a few years ago and I noticed it looked like it still had several tops that could be turned in to firewood with ease. If you can call cutting wood with a chainsaw, hauling, splitting, and stacking wood "with ease". This place is very conveniently located to me. In fact Nyle and I walked down to a trailer that sits in the middle of all this cutoff woods, and spoke with a tenant who is renting the place off of the owner. So we went over and knocked on the door and it just so happened this person was home. A nice fellow about my age, maybe just a little older. A nice conversation ensued and I told him my desire to cut some of the tops laying all around his trailer. Well, he said that I would of course have to speak with the owner of the land, but he thought the owner would not mind. He gave me a name and I thanked him for his time and walked back home. As I was making the trip I recorded the owners name in my phone audio recordings. I have a great memory, it's just really short! I looked up the owner and phoned the gentleman> I knew he would be an elderly man. Google not only came up with his name, address, and phone number, but also his age. The owner said he had no problem with me cutting all that I wanted. All right! After I had charged the battery in my truck, ran to town and got some gas for the truck, and chainsaw gas, which involved having to have my van jump started...twice! I was back home and ready to work. I got this all done and ready to go to the woods about the time Nyle takes his afternoon nap. I hated to go with out him, as he really enjoys going with me and watching me, and helping me, when he can. But I thought it might be better to go by myself and just see how the place was and if it was conducive to have Nyle along. There are some big dogs in the neighborhood and I dd not know if they would show up. At any rate I went on over there and stopped in and spoke with the renter and let him know I had spoken with the owner and had obtained permission to cut. I asked about how he felt about that, if the noise would bother him, and let him know I would not cut too early in the day, or too late at night so as not to disturb him. He said not to worry about it that he hardly heard them back there when they logged it off originally. That was nice. I also asked him about here the property lines were so as to be sure and not start cutting on someone's land that I had not garnered permission to cut on. He was kind enough to give me the fifty cent tour and gave me a pretty good idea how the lines ran. I thanked him and went on back behind his place where the "woods" started, or where they used t be. I scored a big old red oak that was doughty at the trunk, but had good wood in it further up. I started cutting it up. It was such a good piece I did not finish getting it chunked completely up. I still managed to have a full load of firewood on my Isuzu. So you know this was a pretty good start, and a great find for my firewood this year. My chainsaw ran great! I am really impressed with my $100.00 chainsaw. I bought it last year and it ran great. I pulled the rope maybe 6-9 times and she fired right up this year, and ran flawlessly. Now get ready for this... it's a McCullough Chain Saw. I never ever would have bought that brand as my childhood memories of this brand of chainsaw were of my dad saying, "NEVER BUY A MCCULLOUGH CHAINSAW #!&*$&^!!!! He had one of those that was made in the 40's, out of solid steel billet and weighed about a 100+ pounds. And it never ran, except on the hottest days when you really did not want to run a saw. They make them better now. This model has the "bigger chain" on it. It's supposed to be a "real chainsaw" and not the cheap Walmart, Kmart, Big box cheapy junk. Evidently McCullough makes a cheapy model, but this is the real "lumber jack" version. So buyer beware, they aren't all the same. However, I really like mine, as much as a man can like a chainsaw. If you know what I mean...
Tomorrow I am going to finish unloading the truck. Then I am going over to my brothers house, the one he just sold, and pick up the freezer that has been storing the pig I had butchered earlier this year. It still has a lot of that pig in it and I really must bring home the bacon tomorrow. After that I might cut another load of wood if it is not raining. I have included a vid of Nyle and his Grampa fixing a flat tire. Note how well Nyle does with handling the wrenches. He loves doing this kind of stuff. Well I got to get. See you later....
Tomorrow I am going to finish unloading the truck. Then I am going over to my brothers house, the one he just sold, and pick up the freezer that has been storing the pig I had butchered earlier this year. It still has a lot of that pig in it and I really must bring home the bacon tomorrow. After that I might cut another load of wood if it is not raining. I have included a vid of Nyle and his Grampa fixing a flat tire. Note how well Nyle does with handling the wrenches. He loves doing this kind of stuff. Well I got to get. See you later....
Friday, October 23, 2009
Pizza Bones
Last night we came pretty late and Nyle wanted pizza for his bedtime snack. We had a piece of frozen cheese pizza that Jen microwaved for him. She went up stairs and started getting ready for bed while I cleaned up the kitchen a little. Nyle does not like his food very warm, and he likes it cut up in bite size pieces. So to accommodate his preferences, I cut the slice of pizza up in to small pieces and let it cool. I then set him up at the table and he began eating his pizza while I continued cleaning. In about 10 minutes I heard him say " well, there's a bone", kind of muttering to himself. I said,"What's that? How's that pizza? Do you have any left? He said, "nope, there aint nothing left but the bones!" I thought to myself "Bones!?" Hmmmm. I went over and checked out his plate. Sure enough all that was left was the crusty bone hard edge. A pizza bone for sure to a 3 year old. It was especially hard from the freeze and thaw and then the microwave. It was hard as a rock, and not at all worth eating. A pizza bone!
Today's little video clip is of me singing at the state fair earlier this year. It takes a while for them to get the song setup for me to sing. But the real entertainment is my dancer. Check it out...
Today's little video clip is of me singing at the state fair earlier this year. It takes a while for them to get the song setup for me to sing. But the real entertainment is my dancer. Check it out...
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Fall is here
Hello once again from the heart of Indiana.
The fall season is once again upon us. The leaves are changing color and falling to the earth in their splendor. This season is interesting to watch. It gives warning to the coming days of cold winds and snow that are soon to abound. We have many gray days here in the winter, which ultimately leads one to a depression type state of mind. Football on T.V. can help one cope with that. However since the channels have been digitized I can not receive football programing. So what is one to do. I have my ham radio, tinkering in the shop, and I could make maple syrup again this year. I have also thought about trying to build a small green house in an effort to raise leaf vegetable through the winter. This would require me obtaining some plastic sheeting for glazing. I already have some cattle panels I could use as the structure to sup[port the glazing. If you don't know what I am saying do a search on Google for "cattle panel greenhouse". It is the easiest and cheapest way I have seen to build a small simple greenhouse. In fact, you could copy then past the following URL in your address bar and see exactly what I am referring to.
http://www.ericsprojects.com/?p=3
Take a look at that site and you may be tempted to build your own! Green-housing is a way to defy natures cold,gray weather days. It is a way we can fight ol' man winter and grow some great tasting fresh vegetables at the same time! I would also like to get me a couple of big black plastic barrels and fill them with water to absorb day time heat to be released after the sun goes down. It would be fun and cheap to try any way.
I have been thinking about ways to advertise my business. As you may know I am trying to start my own service company. I really like the idea. The hard part is coming up with the accounts. Starting a cleaning business is a lot about trust. Especially if you are going to be doing residential cleaning. You do not want just anybody going through your house at liberty if you do not know them, or trust them. So I have to advertise trust AND ability. I am doing a ton of research on advertising and marketing, which are not the same thing. Marketing would be using the concept of trust as a point of interest to advertise to garner clients. There are many ways to advertise. The local paper seems to be a popular idea. There are other ways such as door hangers, post card/ direct mailing, cold calling upscale neighborhoods and so forth. What I really would like was office cleaning. A few hours every night can usually be all that you need to make a decent living. You won't be able to vacation every year in the Caribbean, but you might be able to go to the beach for a few days a couple time in the year. And that's all I need. I am a simple man. I like fishing, football, and outdoor bond fires with friends. Simple stuff.
Speaking of football, this year Brett Favre signed with the Minnesota Vikings. The last I heard he had one his first 5 games this year. That is pretty cool I think. He is one of the oldest quarterbacks in the NFL (40) and he still has the ability to turn a loosing team in to a winning team just by stepping on to the field and start calling some shots and making plays. I just someone would get the nerve to tell him to put the "R" in front of the "V" so it is spelled the way it sounds! Spell check does not like it one little bit the way it is spelled now....
Well that is enough for now, maybe too much. I would like to announce that in the near future I am going to be adding more video and photo's of the news and life that we live and see. Stay tuned for more. I am putting a small vid of when I made a homemade maple sap cooker for making maple syrup. This was very cheap and very effective. I might do a complete blog on how to make maple syrup. Once you figure out what a maple tree looks like, it's easy. my first time I gussed and taped 5 trees. I gussed right because the syrup tasted real good! Anyway, check out the video.
CYA!
The fall season is once again upon us. The leaves are changing color and falling to the earth in their splendor. This season is interesting to watch. It gives warning to the coming days of cold winds and snow that are soon to abound. We have many gray days here in the winter, which ultimately leads one to a depression type state of mind. Football on T.V. can help one cope with that. However since the channels have been digitized I can not receive football programing. So what is one to do. I have my ham radio, tinkering in the shop, and I could make maple syrup again this year. I have also thought about trying to build a small green house in an effort to raise leaf vegetable through the winter. This would require me obtaining some plastic sheeting for glazing. I already have some cattle panels I could use as the structure to sup[port the glazing. If you don't know what I am saying do a search on Google for "cattle panel greenhouse". It is the easiest and cheapest way I have seen to build a small simple greenhouse. In fact, you could copy then past the following URL in your address bar and see exactly what I am referring to.
http://www.ericsprojects.com/?p=3
Take a look at that site and you may be tempted to build your own! Green-housing is a way to defy natures cold,gray weather days. It is a way we can fight ol' man winter and grow some great tasting fresh vegetables at the same time! I would also like to get me a couple of big black plastic barrels and fill them with water to absorb day time heat to be released after the sun goes down. It would be fun and cheap to try any way.
I have been thinking about ways to advertise my business. As you may know I am trying to start my own service company. I really like the idea. The hard part is coming up with the accounts. Starting a cleaning business is a lot about trust. Especially if you are going to be doing residential cleaning. You do not want just anybody going through your house at liberty if you do not know them, or trust them. So I have to advertise trust AND ability. I am doing a ton of research on advertising and marketing, which are not the same thing. Marketing would be using the concept of trust as a point of interest to advertise to garner clients. There are many ways to advertise. The local paper seems to be a popular idea. There are other ways such as door hangers, post card/ direct mailing, cold calling upscale neighborhoods and so forth. What I really would like was office cleaning. A few hours every night can usually be all that you need to make a decent living. You won't be able to vacation every year in the Caribbean, but you might be able to go to the beach for a few days a couple time in the year. And that's all I need. I am a simple man. I like fishing, football, and outdoor bond fires with friends. Simple stuff.
Speaking of football, this year Brett Favre signed with the Minnesota Vikings. The last I heard he had one his first 5 games this year. That is pretty cool I think. He is one of the oldest quarterbacks in the NFL (40) and he still has the ability to turn a loosing team in to a winning team just by stepping on to the field and start calling some shots and making plays. I just someone would get the nerve to tell him to put the "R" in front of the "V" so it is spelled the way it sounds! Spell check does not like it one little bit the way it is spelled now....
Well that is enough for now, maybe too much. I would like to announce that in the near future I am going to be adding more video and photo's of the news and life that we live and see. Stay tuned for more. I am putting a small vid of when I made a homemade maple sap cooker for making maple syrup. This was very cheap and very effective. I might do a complete blog on how to make maple syrup. Once you figure out what a maple tree looks like, it's easy. my first time I gussed and taped 5 trees. I gussed right because the syrup tasted real good! Anyway, check out the video.
CYA!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Catching up
Greetings!
I have a few things to report.
Nyle passed a new milestone. About a week ago, I think it was October 2 2009, Nyle stayed at Mamaw's and Papa's house all night. That was his first tie being away from us for a whole night. We expected that we would have to go and pick him up at mid-night, but he never had a problem. He says he wants t do it again soon. So he is growing up. Our next son is due to be born in 2010. We do not have a definite name picked out for him yet. It seems all the good ones have previously been taken. We are think about Ryse or Ryess to be pronounced as Reese. It means small stream in some ancient language. Which would fit nicely with Nyle (big river) which would be Ryse's big brother. And it is unique enough I think.
I have been looking for gainful employment, but nothing so far. I am enjoying the unemployment benefits at the time. I still have several months before that will even begin to run out. I am not worried over much about it. The rocking chair is pretty comfortable so far.
In the mean time I am auxiliary pioneering this month, The C.O. will be visiting us next week. So that works out good.
I have been looking about starting an Ebay company. I know it sounds like a far fetched idea, but people make a lot of money doing it. Jen put in a bid to clean a house for a lady and that is what she does. She told Jen she projects that in 5 years she will doing $500,000 worth of business. She seems to be doing well with it so far. So I thought I would at least look in to it and see what it is all about.
Look on youtube for millionaire teenagers and you will someone has made the internet work for them and you don't have to be all that smart. You just have to "do it". I like to look before I leap though. I am looking....not leaping.
It is getting colder. It frosted this morning, Oct 11. It is time to tap the maple trees. I don't think I will do that this year, but I might since I am not doing anything else.
Nyle and I have had a head cold/ allergies for the last few weeks. I will be glad when we are over it. The swine flu is reported t be in Bloomfield. I hope we don't come down with that either. It may be inevitably unavoidable though. Hope not...
Well that's a catch up. I kno this is boring stuff but I am nt feeling briliant at this blog time. Sorry...
Bye
I have a few things to report.
Nyle passed a new milestone. About a week ago, I think it was October 2 2009, Nyle stayed at Mamaw's and Papa's house all night. That was his first tie being away from us for a whole night. We expected that we would have to go and pick him up at mid-night, but he never had a problem. He says he wants t do it again soon. So he is growing up. Our next son is due to be born in 2010. We do not have a definite name picked out for him yet. It seems all the good ones have previously been taken. We are think about Ryse or Ryess to be pronounced as Reese. It means small stream in some ancient language. Which would fit nicely with Nyle (big river) which would be Ryse's big brother. And it is unique enough I think.
I have been looking for gainful employment, but nothing so far. I am enjoying the unemployment benefits at the time. I still have several months before that will even begin to run out. I am not worried over much about it. The rocking chair is pretty comfortable so far.
In the mean time I am auxiliary pioneering this month, The C.O. will be visiting us next week. So that works out good.
I have been looking about starting an Ebay company. I know it sounds like a far fetched idea, but people make a lot of money doing it. Jen put in a bid to clean a house for a lady and that is what she does. She told Jen she projects that in 5 years she will doing $500,000 worth of business. She seems to be doing well with it so far. So I thought I would at least look in to it and see what it is all about.
Look on youtube for millionaire teenagers and you will someone has made the internet work for them and you don't have to be all that smart. You just have to "do it". I like to look before I leap though. I am looking....not leaping.
It is getting colder. It frosted this morning, Oct 11. It is time to tap the maple trees. I don't think I will do that this year, but I might since I am not doing anything else.
Nyle and I have had a head cold/ allergies for the last few weeks. I will be glad when we are over it. The swine flu is reported t be in Bloomfield. I hope we don't come down with that either. It may be inevitably unavoidable though. Hope not...
Well that's a catch up. I kno this is boring stuff but I am nt feeling briliant at this blog time. Sorry...
Bye
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Another Day It was rainy
Well this was another day. We went out all day. Jen and I are auxiliary pioneering this month,so we put in a long day to day. It was raining for the first half and some the second half of the day. We did a few return visits and then we did door. I placed a couple of sets of mags. All in all, not a bad day.
We showed the house to another prospective buyer his evening. He and his wife are looking to relocate in the area from Michigan. He is working for GM in Bedford and she will be working in Indy. That is a long way from each other. They have a couple of little kids. This would be great or them for the kids. This road dead ends about 3/4 of a mile on back, so there is not much traffic through here. Maybe they wil buy, maybe not.
I haven't located any more cleaning work. well Jen has not. I am "unemployed" so I don't work per say. I am looking, but so far not finding much. I am enjoying the break from the rat race.
I think I would like to have a couple of floors to maintain and keep it simpl. I have thought about learning about installing solar cells and getting in to "green energy". That seems to be the wave of the future for this system. But I am in no big hurry to make any moves.
I am happy and content for the time being.
Something I haven't been for quite sometime.
That is all the new for today
We showed the house to another prospective buyer his evening. He and his wife are looking to relocate in the area from Michigan. He is working for GM in Bedford and she will be working in Indy. That is a long way from each other. They have a couple of little kids. This would be great or them for the kids. This road dead ends about 3/4 of a mile on back, so there is not much traffic through here. Maybe they wil buy, maybe not.
I haven't located any more cleaning work. well Jen has not. I am "unemployed" so I don't work per say. I am looking, but so far not finding much. I am enjoying the break from the rat race.
I think I would like to have a couple of floors to maintain and keep it simpl. I have thought about learning about installing solar cells and getting in to "green energy". That seems to be the wave of the future for this system. But I am in no big hurry to make any moves.
I am happy and content for the time being.
Something I haven't been for quite sometime.
That is all the new for today
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