One of the trophies I got building the deck. The drill slipped and I ran the screwdriver bit into my thumb. It's healing nicely.
The joys of home ownership! While we were at my mother's house the sewer pipe became clogged with tree roots so Roto-Rooter was called in to fix it. One of the tiles about thirty feet from the house had partially collapsed and the tree growing overhead had plugged the drain pipe. He got it opened up again but recommended that some repairs be made. Estimates put them (new pipe and double clean-outs) around $800.00. It should be done within a month.
Small children love to follow the examples of adults. Here Scott picked up a section of the newspaper and joined Susan in "reading" it. Pretty soon though, he was snuggled in her lap while she read the paper.
I've never owned an electric chain saw and my stepfather had three of them so I gave them a test run. The first one is run on 19 volt batteries. It wasn't impressive at all. A bow saw would be faster by the time you change the batteries every couple of minutes.
The two saws that used a power cord did well. This little McCulloch cut like a champ and was difficult to bog down. It did make more noise though than the saw shown below it.
The best one was this 3.5 HP, 16 in. Craftsmen saw. It was fast and comparable to the majority of gasoline powered mini-saws in that size range. Of course you're limited by the power cord but if you're looking for a small saw to use around the home place it wouldn't hurt to keep in mind one of these electric models. They're much easier on the ears!
We headed for home, stopping once more at Paladin Press in Boulder, CO on the way. I took a few photos while there. We picked up another 30 of my books along with a few written by other authors. I get a substantial discount due to being one of their authors.
This is coming over the pass between Livinston and Bozeman, Montana (heading west). I used to live about four miles south of where this photo was shot. We were six miles beyond the closest power line. It was my first experience living off-grid.
This is Scott in his bee costume and his mother getting ready to hit the streets trick-or-treating.
His mom and dad are swinging him between them as they walk down the hill. Scott loves it!
After making the rounds, Scott was busy as a little bee checking out DVD's and Computer games. He had a blast once he figured out that people at the houses would give him candy. He'd hold onto whatever they gave him until he got to the next house then he'd drop that handful of candy to make room for whatever they gave him there.
Now there's more wood to be cut, split and stacked, and I need to put the winter tires on the Cherokee. Hunting season is in full swing as well with trapping season open for water trapping (beaver, otter, muskrat, mink). We're way behind and are playing catch-up now. I guess boredom won't be a problem any time soon!
Great blog. keep up the good work!
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