Saturday, November 27, 2004
Thanksgiving redux
Had a great meal with the family for Thanksgiving at the farm. the 10-11 lb. turkey is in the right range - I just forgot to add the egg to the stuffing recipie - probably won't ever forget that now. Dad is still here - we cut some trees down that were either in the field or hanging down enough to prevent the farmer from driving his equipment underneath it. We waited until the rest of the family left (and had Thanksgiving dinner redux) before heading out but still go in 3 good hours before we lost daylight. I saw the deer several times as well as the turkey crossing the road. Gun season starts December 1. Assume my cousin isn't coming down but the fireman will be out and have the whole 160 acres to himself. The bowhunter has already been out here quite a bit for both turkey and deer.
The satellite guy is supposed to be coming to set up the dish for local channels (difficult to get on an antenna when you're in 30-foot tall trees) and trying to clean up from the bad install job to begin with. Hope he ends up coming but we'll keep an eye out for him. I'm learning that people showing up when they say they will is always a 50/50 proposition. Two weeks ago the office arranged for him to be here yesterday but when he called Wednesday, he said he was heading 4 hours into Missouri to set up the wiring and inhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifstallation for a new restaurant. He was going to try to get by here in the evening - not sure how you work outside with wires in the evening. So we set it for today. Maybe that was a mistake but there was no way to get it all done late in the day anyway. Also have to find out why my bedroom connection only works when the connection is barely touching instead of screwed in.
This has been a good break - time with family and the physical work outside. Hopefully Dad makes it out here again this winter - usually he's been able to make it before now but retirement keeps him busier than when he traveled 50,000 miles a year calling on bedding and furniture manufacturers. (The day after I graduated with my MA in History I went to work in the bedspring factor since the were on strike and Dad had nothing to sell and had just been paying my tuition. Standing on concrete under a tin roof in the heat of August was an experience I'll never forget and one which still makes me cautious of getting overworked in the heat since I found out you can faint from heat exhaustion well after you're out of the heat if you overdo it.)
Going to finish wacthing and then outside in the wind and ten degrees colder. But that should help burn off more of the turkey dinners . . . .
The satellite guy is supposed to be coming to set up the dish for local channels (difficult to get on an antenna when you're in 30-foot tall trees) and trying to clean up from the bad install job to begin with. Hope he ends up coming but we'll keep an eye out for him. I'm learning that people showing up when they say they will is always a 50/50 proposition. Two weeks ago the office arranged for him to be here yesterday but when he called Wednesday, he said he was heading 4 hours into Missouri to set up the wiring and inhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifstallation for a new restaurant. He was going to try to get by here in the evening - not sure how you work outside with wires in the evening. So we set it for today. Maybe that was a mistake but there was no way to get it all done late in the day anyway. Also have to find out why my bedroom connection only works when the connection is barely touching instead of screwed in.
This has been a good break - time with family and the physical work outside. Hopefully Dad makes it out here again this winter - usually he's been able to make it before now but retirement keeps him busier than when he traveled 50,000 miles a year calling on bedding and furniture manufacturers. (The day after I graduated with my MA in History I went to work in the bedspring factor since the were on strike and Dad had nothing to sell and had just been paying my tuition. Standing on concrete under a tin roof in the heat of August was an experience I'll never forget and one which still makes me cautious of getting overworked in the heat since I found out you can faint from heat exhaustion well after you're out of the heat if you overdo it.)
Going to finish wacthing and then outside in the wind and ten degrees colder. But that should help burn off more of the turkey dinners . . . .
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