"Switching to a new journal format; cass still struggling to get stablized;
Weather: ice sleet snow, incessant, started up late morning and kept on going, still going strong past 9pm."
2/1/08
213.18
Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: framing
1.5
Cut wall framing boards
2/1/08
300.54
fix xpower batteries
1
Second unit is fixed
2/1/08
310.15
Shovel Park to Main
1.25
Cass shovels
2/2/08
0.00
Notes
0
Driveway is a sheet of frosted ice. Weather: cloudy and cool. We ate om the deck and were cold.
2/2/08
213.18
Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: framing
2
C&C get studs cut and stored; joist hangers piloted
2/2/08
288.08
Split & Stack Firewood
0.25
Chris splits some logs
2/2/08
310.01
keep deck clear
2.25
we have many sucky shovels and only one that works well on the deck
2/2/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
0.5
frosted ice
2/2/08
310.10
Shovel: main drive lower
2
snow covered ice; Chris plows and sands and shovels, then curses and gives up
2/2/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
0.5
sucks!
2/2/08
310.15
Keep Utility Shed cleared
0.25
Cass clears
2/3/08
0.00
Notes
0
xpower with newly changed batts used for yummy morning mochas! Weather: cloudy and warmer.
2/3/08
213.18
Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: framing
6.75
End joists hung before breakfast; C&C work on posts and framing boards; all posts are up.
2/3/08
213.36
Site Cleanup
0.25
Cass does some cleanup.
2/3/08
288.08
Split & Stack Firewood
0.5
Chris splits some logs
2/3/08
306.01
Cass Tasks
0.25
Planned for the week are we
2/3/08
310.01
keep deck clear
0.25
Cass gets last bit of snow that slid off the roof.
2/3/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
0.5
Chris attacks ice with shovel.
2/4/08
0.00
Notes
0
"Cass, armed with recharged oqo batts does more work on getting proj file updated. almost there! jan finalized. not so many hrs. last night c+c reviewed time and see that need to be doing AT LEAST 40 non-quacking hours per week, as well as getting done at or under estimates
Weather: ""warm"", i.e. above freezing at least. cloudy, gloomy, started flurrying in eve."
2/4/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
0.25
2/4/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
3.25
yuck, hard, jolting work, using metal spade and snowshovel. very slow going. c&c may have made wrong choice letting chris skip driveway work... cass unsure she can get it all done by friday (and/or before weather turns colder and makes clearing drive impossible)!
2/5/08
0.00
Notes
0
"Cass waits til rain stops to go out and work. Health appt preparations, and other chores.
Weather: rainy sleety noisy all thru last night and into morning. ""warm"" around 34-36."
2/5/08
300.40
cass phone
0
cass gathers order info and calls to find out what's hold up with phone order placed on 1/22. apparently had some wrong info and couldnt finish it, all straight and phone to arrive 3-5bus days.
2/5/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
2.75
use of metal flat spade and snowshovel. jarring work.
2/5/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
1
cleared last nights addition of white slushy icy, off what had shoveled yesterday
2/6/08
0.00
Notes
0
"Cass waits til heavy rain stops to go out and work. drizzly thereafter. driveway is wet icy treacherous; a large animal shit in the driveway several places; caterpillars in feb in snow? weird.
Weather: rainy noisy thru morning. ""warm"" around 36. begins flurrying in evening. winter storm warnings with several inches ice and snow forecast overnight into tomorrow. argh!"
2/6/08
213.18
Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: framing
2.25
got one frame flush and nailed sides in; had to redo ratchet strap 1st and add so could remove clamps; 3" nails are disgusting messy and prob not safe.
2/6/08
310.01
keep deck clear
0.5
cleared off mushy icy stuff
2/6/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
2
cleared more of white slushy icy, off thick ice layer, aiming to at least have microm wide path down. didn't get all done before ran out of time. maybe shouldnt have done wall work...
2/7/08
0.00
Notes
0
Weather: overnight: rain, ice, sleet, small hail, then snow both flakes and pellets. snowing through day. end up with 6-8 inches snow on top. temps hovering around freezing.
2/7/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
1.75
cleared snow layer. sooo much easier than shoveling ice! cleared afternoon's snow later in eve.
2/7/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
2
cass cleared one shovel wide path down, then later worked on widening it to micromoose width. got most of it done. heavy wet snow, due to slushy and icy under.
2/8/08
0.00
Notes
0
"Cass apparently had opened dome last night to air out smoke and forgot to close it. Combine that with wood that didn't stay caught, and a temp drop and a cold Cass overnight. And Chris not home! stayed at poocham due to icy icy treacherous roads.
Weather: much colder overnight and day. snow changed to lighter and fluffier with temp drop. very pretty with the dark skies and trees all in white."
2/8/08
310.01
keep deck clear
1.5
cleared off snow layer. icy pellet-y layer remains.
2/8/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
0.5
Cass shovels more
2/8/08
310.10
Shovel: main drive lower
0.5
shoveling wet snow sucks
2/8/08
310.15
Keep Utility Shed cleared
0.25
cleared off snow layer. icy pellet-y layer remains.
2/9/08
0.00
Notes
0
"C&C tired. Chris got back late last night from Po-o-cham. Breakfast together after AM chores and firewood. ""Warmish"" means icy-pellet-y stuff on deck is removable. Cass does, just in time for it to snow a whole bunch during C&C's lunch break down in yurt.
C&C want to keep working on loft and walls, but are conscientous and know that keeping after snow is what they should do.
C&C say the heck with getting in double hours! tis a very short weekend and they work together on same task while shoveling.
Weather: warmer than yesterday, hovering around freezing, more snow. "
2/9/08
213.18
Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: framing
3.5
2/9/08
288.08
Split & Stack Firewood
1
Chris splits some logs
2/9/08
300.45
Woodstove Maintenance
0.25
Chris cleans outside pipe.
2/9/08
310.00
Winter Access
0.25
2/9/08
310.01
Keep deck clear
1.75
2/9/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
1.25
2/9/08
310.10
Shovel: main drive lower
1.5
2/10/08
0.00
Notes
0
Weather: supposed to be clear, but too much snow falling to tell. C&C go sledding; no trees were hurt in the process. A giant tree branch falls across middle of driveway. Chris departs @ 7pm to drive to a new project 4 hrs south in NJ.
2/10/08
300.40
Cass phone
0.25
One last try of US cellular.
2/10/08
300.45
Woodstove Maintenance
0.75
2/10/08
310.01
Keep deck clear
1.5
2/10/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
1.5
2/10/08
310.10
Shovel main drive: lower
2.75
Chris plows once more.
2/10/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
1.75
2/11/08
0.00
Notes
0
"good thing we gave up trying to get the yucky stove figured out. why does it stink so badly after we just cleaned it huh? is it related to atmospheric changes, wind, draft problems, wood just fricking stinks, but smoke isnt supposed to be inside. argh.
Cass does small spells of work out doors. windy and cold.
Weather: Brrr! drastic drop last evening after chris left (unrelated, was on way down before). Strong winds and bitter cold. sunny today, but brr! Brr!"
2/11/08
310.01
keep deck clear
1.5
piled high at edges, still so much left to shovel, and more winter ahead. argh!
2/11/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
0.75
2/11/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
1.25
cleared yesterday afternoon's addition of white, and shoveled the deep snow off the lower part to end up with one wide swath for microm. that last segment unfortunately has few inches of immovable ice.
2/12/08
0.00
Notes
0
"Cass does smaller spells of work out doors again. still cold.
Weather: started sunny, increased cloudy. cold. still only 2F at 8AM. more snow forecast for tonnight, then warm-up and sleety rainy. argh! "
2/12/08
310.01
keep deck clear
1.75
hardened snow makes for sloow slow progress and headache, literal headache.
2/12/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
2.5
tackled upper middle, path up to gippee. is down to thick icy layer. started doing same to widen lower of middle
2/12/08
310.15
Keep Utility Shed cleared
0.25
2/13/08
0.00
Notes
0
"What a change. Ridiculous. Cass very sick and weather conditions have her working on non-site work most of day. Very difficult time encouraging herself to get up and tackle the chores yet again, and then to get out and tackle the mess that is outdoors. Messy! Snow, then icy yuck, then rain and rain and result is heavy heavy wet deep.
Weather: began snowing last eve after cass inside, around 7pm maybe. continued and never really finished precipitating as of 7pm today. switched over to rain in early early morning hours. "
2/13/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
1.5
2/14/08
0.00
Notes
0
Weather: sunny and temps around 30ish, but bitter cold wind
2/14/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
3.75
not too bad. snowy layer under helps, start at high sides and working way into middle where harder to chip away, got more difficult in afternoon
2/14/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
0.5
started to shovel single path down for chris' return at night, but not to be.... went back to park ave clearing
2/15/08
0.00
Notes
0
C&C work together in celebration of Valentine's Day
2/15/08
288.08
Split & Stack Firewood
1.25
Chop, chop, chop.
2/15/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
0.75
Cass finishes yesterdays work. Chris gives a bit o' help.
2/15/08
310.10
Shovel main drive: lower
3.5
Tis a frozen mess. Plowing sucks
2/15/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
6.5
C&C work on scraping a cart path
2/16/08
0.00
Notes
0
"chris does friday chores today. mailboxes inexplicably closed, c&c can't get their packages and mail!
because of schedule, getting chris out and then him being back early eve, cass can't go out and do third session of outdoor work.
Weather: sunny but brr brr cold cold brr brr. "
2/16/08
310.01
keep deck clear
1.25
how the heck are we going to get all the snow and ice off?! argh. if wasn't so darn cold, would have stayed up top and worked on walls instead, but brr.
2/16/08
310.10
Shovel main drive: lower
1
Chris finishes a single track to LAfNP
2/16/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
2.25
worked on clearing path from woodshed#2 up to gippee. very sore cass: has been doing only shoveling, heavy shoveling, all week.
2/16/08
666.00
Dealing with Problems at Hellhouse, Which We Can't Get Rid of Because We're Not F'ing Done Building Yet!
0.5
Remove downed tree branch and shovel out mailbox.
2/17/08
0.00
Notes
0
C&C trade two hours of sitework for a movie and chocolate because it was rainy, cold, Cass was hurting, Chris was wiped out and...gosh darnit...C&C never seem to get hangout time.
2/17/08
288.08
Split & Stack Firewood
0.5
2/17/08
300.40
Cass phone
0.25
Hooked up new antenna
2/17/08
310.01
keep deck clear
3.25
Chris takes on big compact snowpiles and Cass joins in to clear off the snowy icy mess.
2/17/08
310.10
Shovel main drive: lower
1
Chris tries some salt on driveway.
2/17/08
310.14
Snow off roofs
0.25
Storage shed
2/18/08
0.00
Notes
0
"Cass does lotta chores in yurt (laundry and poocham stuff away, dishes, coffee concentrate making cleanup, charging palms/phone, etc). when she's ready to go out, starts raining again! argh!
cass' side injury excruciating when doing firewood. very very ouch, had trouble finishing and straightening up. water and shower chores hurt lots too. try the hot coaster method but without her lovey chris to help it isn't as spiffy/doesn't work too well. has to go back to hot towel method later after pains are worse.
catching up on closing out 2007 money files, and starting 2008.
Weather: rain thru night, since yesterday around 2pm until mid morning and few scattered showers after. fog. ""warm"" but thermometer says 34 all day."
2/18/08
300.40
cass phone
2
hassle! cass unsure how to tell exactly what makes diff. phone sitting on table sometimes gets signal, no antenna, can send txt but not complete a call. antenna sucks for unicel too, so maybe antennas just don't make diff at all, except they used to work, and without them unicel never ever gets signal inside. signal seems slow anyway, even at door and/or window. can make calls at door or window, usually. battery hardly lasts, but maybe would go longer if not always searching for signal?
2/18/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
0.75
broke up ice, tried shoveling off... but can't lift it up to get it on or over the pile. ended
2/18/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
1.25
"tried getting this to break and it wasn't. too thick and ground too cold still maybe. started pouring and was soaked and stopped.
later, in eve, with headlamp, as temp cooled, went back at it and made progress. had to stop tho because had night chores and using the ice chopper was making side very sore. "
2/19/08
0.00
Notes
0
"cass' side injury even more excruciating this morning. chris tries to get her to say that she won't do any site work, but she can't honestly do so... wants to spend some time outside the shitty little fire-crappy-smokey yurt. maybe if the little yurt was relaxing place to recover it'd work, but no 'tis not.
chores hurt lot. moving hurts lot. up hill in snowshoes hurts lot. heck, just getting the darn things on hurts lot.
Weather: ""warm""ish. some sun. some snow. clearing skies, maybe."
2/19/08
213.18
construct 30' walls/loft: framing
1
"cass tries working, but lo and behold, chris was right about the hammer. urgh. ouch.
got cedar shims under one wall frame, but only installed 3 nails before realized can't do.
even moving boards and tools around to do marking hurt like hell. M is all marked and D and I redone except for reallocating studs, since couldn't lift to go thru pile."
2/19/08
300.40
cass phone
0.5
tried again, since no rain. doesnt want to stay attached, but can't really hook up in case are returning. signal constantly switching back and forth. couldn't complete a call. dropped both times tried. then phone just turned off in middle of transaction. perhaps hit end by accident.
2/19/08
310.01
keep deck clear
0.5
most of deck clear thanks to c&c's work on sunday and yesterdays rain and relative warmth. hacked away (carefully) at some icy chunks and pushed off but couldn't get most of back areas.
2/19/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
0
cass looks at last nights work and wishes soo much she didn't hurt. would be so easy to just chop and clear ice. she lifts ice chopper and does a few stabs and realizes she can't do it.
2/20/08
0.00
Notes
0
"fire went out overnight. brr. unlike past nights, this one was cold. less than 10.
cass is out getting firewood in pretty snow layer (from last night) and early presunrise orange sky. after fire started goes back out to shovel the layer and the morning plane goes by and holy ing! that was low. it always sounds loud inside but cass hadnt seen bfore. goes along ridge and if not under 500 then right at it! youd' think the trees could reach up and slap it. cass was going to keep shoveling but based on jan's backwards on treatments due to plane, went in. Cass heeding Chris' admonishments and not doing work she doesn't have to to live here. All that hurts enough. Getting up in bed to lie down hurts enough.
Lunar eclispe shared via phone C&C...wish they were instead finished and up on deck, bundled warm and appreciating the gorgeous clear sky and neat view of eclipse.
Weather: cold. clearing but cold."
2/20/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
0.25
shoveled porch and woodpile path, and solar panel. but no more.
2/21/08
0.00
Notes
0
"Cass 2nd day of heeding Chris' admonishments and not doing work she doesn't have to to live here. All that hurts enough.
Day of noisy irritations, with occasional respite. snowmobiles, and then guns late afternoon.
Weather: cold. sunny but cold windy."
2/22/08
0.00
Notes
0
"Chris says there were snowmobiles on Oregon Falls Rd. Oh no. Grrr.
Chris picked up unsafe -mega unsafe- substances this week at darn hotel. cass extremely ill last night(and this am, to be cont'd til recovers). Chris couldn't sleep on floor in 10F temps, so dons lots o layers and is on top of sleeping bag, cass under, protected better than if both inside. cass very cold but due to reaction. c&c organize in am while cass sick whole time, and chris does a shortened fri, minimal, since can't get up and down driveway. sat will be cleanup day, and then sunday finishing of normal fri chores.
Weather: snow"
2/22/08
288.08
Split & Stack Firewood
1.25
2/22/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
1.5
C&C shovel at different times
2/23/08
213.18
30' walls
0.75
a bit of progress.
2/23/08
300.40
cass phone
0.25
2/23/08
310.01
keep deck clear
1.5
C&C have a somewhat easy time with this.
2/23/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
0.25
Chris does a bit
2/23/08
310.10
Shovel main drive: lower
4
Chris uses a couple shovels, the plow, and a lot of salt to make the driveway passable. In finding out it is still icy he almost crashes the Xterra when it slips backward after losing traction on the initial steep part of driveway
2/23/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
1
chris slides downhill while shovelin'.
2/24/08
0.00
Notes
0
Weather: bright and sunny, a good day for relaxing. Oh well. Stupid rednecks shooting off stupid firearms are stupid.
2/24/08
213.18
30' walls
1.25
cass shims, chris finishes an in-prog frame, then they put it in place
2/24/08
288.08
Split & Stack Firewood
0.5
supplies getting low
2/24/08
300.45
Woodstove Maintenance
0.25
stinky stinky
2/24/08
310.10
Shovel main drive: lower
2.75
icy. salt only makes it slushy, doesn't break on thru.
2/24/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
1.75
holy sh*t, there IS a driveway under all that ice!
2/24/08
742.02
JaBoStH
0.5
Chris puts up No Snowmobile signs and ropes off ends of Oregon Falls Road.
2/27/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
1.25
2/27/08
310.10
Shovel main drive: lower
3
Chris shovels up to Park Ave
2/27/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
2
Chris shovels up to Park Ave
2/28/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
0.25
2/28/08
310.16
Shovel: Bridge
0.25
2/25/08
0.00
Notes
0
Weather: sunny warm, mid-30s
2/25/08
300.40
cass phone
0.5
"well... no signal inside but tried call outside. signal avail when no unicel, but call was dropped in middle and c&c had problems hearing. grrr.
c&c discuss possibility: using unicel basic svc for calls and us cellular for data?..."
2/25/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
1.25
Cass may suffer the "wrath of chris" later for being so stubborn but... she was walking outside and decided just to see how working the ice chopper felt. and then kept going, slowly and carefully, using right uninjured side and not extending. shoveling up chopped bits was harder. thick part up near woodshed was breaking apart nicely due to chris' salt usage and warm weather.
2/26/08
0.00
Notes
0
"
Weather: "
2/26/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
0.5
push shoveled -mostly - to clear at least one path down
2/26/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
0.75
push shoveled -mostly - to clear at least one path down
2/27/08
0.00
Notes
0
"Chris stuck at HH last night, shovels way back to Cass for lunch... their shovels meet at intersection of Park and Main, chris was singing a 70's ...'and I'll shovel my way back to you babe'...
cass really sick -unrelated detox from treatment.
since chris never got home last night, cass has to start day by shoveling to get to wood pile for fire. (chris had been doing firewood at nights for her)
Weather: strong cold wind"
2/27/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
1.5
"lotta lotta lotta lotta snow. chris never got home last night. cass has to clear out solar panel and surrounding to get cleared for power. and dig way to get firewood. carefully.
chris digs down sections of snowbank so cass can shovel"
2/28/08
0.00
Notes
0
"chris back to working today. cass stresses her side to do more shoveling. driveway can't be done by one person in a half a day (yesterday, chris)! the mla is still untouched and in need of shoveling. argh.
Weather: sunny but brr. cold wind. park ave thermometer says the snowbank outside is 32F. "
2/28/08
310.05
Shovel: Park to Main
2.25
"cass climbs snowbanks several spots and digs them down to make space for shoveling snow off park ave.
park ave is cleared and ready for tomorrow."
2/28/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
0.75
cass climbs and then cuts down the -higher than her- snowbank in two areas and shovels to widen part of driveway for micromoose tomorrow. she'd like to do more, but side is really hurting by this time. 3hrs of shoveling with a hurt muscle is prob enough.
2/29/08
0.00
Notes
0
"beautiful beautiful snowshoeing snow. clear blue sunny skies (except for the plane exhaust trails).
Weather: snowpile still is apparently 34F. outdoors much colder, with strong cold wind"
2/29/08
288.08
Split & Stack Firewood
0.25
2/29/08
310.01
keep deck clear
2.25
lotta shoveling, against wind but in sun
2/29/08
310.10
Shovel main drive: lower
0.5
2/29/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
0.5
2/29/08
310.11
Shovel Main Drive: Middle
1.25
in lieu of snowshoes and hiking uphill, cass works on driveway, widening -cause it has to be done eventually to get back on track - and cutting down a few sections of snowbanks for pending storm shoveling
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