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1. 2 days ago on Frog Applause

   Sorry, I am with coarse.

2. 2 days ago on Cathy Classics

   I think I am going to back away from this one slowly and carefully. Just a tad to controversial for me on a day I am filing my taxes.

   Looked out the window when I got up and it was snowing, then it was sunny, then it was raining, then it was ice pellets, then it was sunny again, then it was snowing. I gave up and I am not looking out the window any more today.

   I hope your day is a little less mixed up than mine.

3. 3 days ago on Cathy Classics

   Cathy has a highly developed sense of order??? Never would have guessed that having seen her filing system for photos, I think she is just looking for an excuse not to change as that would take effort.

   It is Saturday (I think). Enjoy it.

4. 4 days ago on Cathy Classics

   This is a first! Cathy lost weight and kept it off for a whole month. Way to go Cathy – and everyone else who has match or exceeded her accomplishment.

   Another rainy day – but I don’t care. The wall and repairs to the lawn were completed yesterday. I will admit some sunshine would be nice though. I hope you are all having a sunny day (even if it is raining).

5. 5 days ago on Cathy Classics

   Chocolate vs shoes = no contest. Chocolate wins!

   In spite of a little rain this morning the wall is now complete. The crew is cleaning up the lawn and stockpiling the remaining topsoil where we can get at it later. Now all we need is some sod to cover up the topsoil. May have to wait until I can get the irrigation pump installed for the season as I don’t like using well water on the lawn. Still, it looks a whole lot better now.

   Another Thursday, where did the rest of the week go? In fact, where did the first half of the month go? Enjoy this day as it will be gone soon.

6. 6 days ago on Cathy Classics

   Now that everything is organized will Cathy ever actually take it out of the house? She has good intentions but does she have good follow through/

   Welcome back lightenup. I hope you had a good trip and are able to get back to normal quickly.

   Today is finally backfill day. At noon, seeing how much stone was left to move I talked with the foreman and suggested using the big tractor to carry the stone from the driveway to the wall. The ‘motorized wheelbarrows’ were taking too long. Now that they are using the big tractor the wall will be backfilled completely today. The crew is not happy about damaging the lawn in spite of all my reassurances that it is not that bad and can be easily fixed up as the ground slowly returns to normal. In fact it was a lot worse when we replaced a section of the wall a couple of years ago. Not many companies take such pride in their work that they don’t want to damage a lawn. Glad they are working for me right now. Oh, don’t picture a nice smooth lawn – it never was that. I have to be careful when mowing that I don’t get jostled too much and hurt my back. Yes it is that rough. Hmmm – where the treads are packing down the dirt may be the smoothest part of the lawn when they are done.

   I hope everyone is enjoying this fine midweek day.

7. 7 days ago on Cathy Classics

   Bulk buying consumable supplies to save money (never mind calculating storage costs) makes sense but I don’t think shoes can be considered consumable supplies. Wearing them once or twice and putting them in the closet for good does not count as consuming.

   Lake level rose more again last night. It is now up to its normal summer level but I don’t think it is going to stop. The crew showed up today and built a plywood road from the driveway down to the wall to try to minimize damage to the lawn. Tomorrow they start backfilling the wall with stone. Really nice to have a company that cares about the work they do.

   Have a terrific Tuesday.

8. 9 days ago on Cathy Classics

   Even if those all applied here in Canada they would not apply to me – except the audits. I do get a partial audit every couple of years and I suspect this year I will get another one. My wife and I are fairly generous with donations to charitable organizations we support – including her church. This year the total is higher than normal which will probably trigger an audit on those donations. I don’t mind as it is quite straight forward – and I have all the receipts.

   Lake level rose about another foot since yesterday. The water is now very close to the base of the wall so definitely no more work from the water side this year.

   Happy Sunday!

9. 10 days ago on Cathy Classics

   Rather creative deductions there Cathy. Nice try.

   MarshaOstroff I would gladly send you some of this rain. It turned to snow last night and stopped about 3 ours ago but not soon enough. The lake rose over a foot overnight so the crew was out this morning to remove everything from in front of the wall including some of the stone that was going to be used for backfill. Although the water is still a little way away from the wall the beach in front of it is so waterlogged the excavator had problems just moving. There is no way it is going to dry out – the clay under the sand is now clay soup – by Monday so we don’t know when and how we are going to get the stone in. We will probably have to wait until the lawn dries up and then transport the stone a bucketload at a time from our driveway since we cannot use the neighbour’s road to the beach any more. All we needed was one more dry day. Ah well, at least the blocks for the wall are in place and the waves will soon smooth out any tractor ruts left.

   I hope everyone is enjoying this fine Saturday.

10. 11 days ago on Cathy Classics

    My taxes help employ a whole army of people at both the federal and provincial governments – way more than should be needed. It is a lose-lose situation. Save money by eliminating all those jobs but that costs money to pay their unemployment benefits. Both levels of governments have had hiring freezes in the past – but still hired to fill ‘necessary’ positions during the freeze. Cannot trust politicians or senior government bureaucrats. (end of today’s rant)

    karlykry – glad to hear the splint is off. Take care walking so you don’t cause any more damage – or pain.

    The current wind is from the north – which is blowing the ice away from our shore – so hopefully it will blow the rain all the way to Mexico City.

    I hope you are having a fun Friday today.