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YIPPEE Volume 51
November 2008

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November: dang its chilly!

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November Journal

Date	Task-No	Task-Name	Time	Text
11/1/08	213.141	Wood Shed: Roof repaired and finished	1.5	roof panels in place
11/1/08	288.11	Park Ave Firewood Yr 4	1.75
11/1/08	330	Leaf Removal	0.25	woody walk
11/1/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	2.25
11/1/08	213.12	Utility shed built	5	cutting wallboards and installing floorboards
11/1/08	213.69	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: floorboards	0.25
11/1/08	239.12	Solar: source to Power House	0.75	cleaning up for wiring trenches. Chris breaks the rake.
11/2/08	288.11	Park Ave Firewood Yr 4	1.25
11/2/08	300.55	Woodstove, Heat & Showering '08	0.5
11/2/08	288.09	Cut and store downed trees	0.25
11/2/08	213.12	Utility shed built	4
11/2/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	0.5
11/2/08	306.01	Determine tasks she can do during week alone	0.5
11/2/08	323.01	Rodents Under WC	0.25	set more traps
11/2/08	742.01	JaBoSTH: Non-Quackers	0.75
11/2/08	0	Notes	0	chris leaves early for Buffalo/drive to work. CnC cold. As usual, getting stride and have to quit
11/3/08	0	Notes	0	"cold grey day. if cass not reactive to smoke, would be warmer. even smelled like woodsmoke outside with evryone elses stoves.cass so cold hands she accidentally drops thermos top into tea cup, tipping over and hot water spills all over table and site notebook. brrr. back to heating shower wateron stove at night: it sucks"
11/3/08	213.12	Utility shed built	1.5	insulation work. wore bughat to sortof attempt protect eyes/face? had mask on so couldnt wear glasses too. sucks. cass sick
11/3/08	742.01	JaBoSTH: Non-Quackers	0.25
11/3/08	213.36	Site cleanup (general and for Cass safety)	0.25
11/3/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	2	last board across arc installed. one along side (cant go further til electric done). started going thru long boards for bath wall. couldnt see well enough.
11/3/08	213.69	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: floorboards	2.5	rasp. fitting boards. installing boards. only one long one left (requires cnc toogether)
11/4/08	0	Notes	0	warmer. filtered sunny. cass struggling but due to woodsmokes n such, and also insulation, molds, all kinds of stuff. need a home so she can get immune system healthy!!!!
11/4/08	213.12	Utility shed built	7.5	installation of wallboards
11/5/08	0	Notes	0	a lot warmer. misty, foggy damp sun. cass struggling but due to woodsmokes n such, and also insulation, molds, all kinds of stuff. shaky bad today. bugs attacking! skeeter tried to attack! hot and smelly in yurt in eve due to hving to run stove for shower. grr.
11/5/08	213.12	Utility shed built	0.75	touching up paint started. wasnt sure re doing 2nd coat since looked like rain. warm enough but hmmm....
11/5/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	4.25	wallboards in bathroom
11/5/08	213.36	Site cleanup (general and for Cass safety)	0.25
11/6/08	0	Notes	0
11/6/08	239.12	Solar: source to Power House	1.25	found place for buying pole locally, got weight price etc
11/6/08	861.39	Movin' Stuff Around	1.25	pantry stuff moving to new location
11/6/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	1
11/6/08	213.7	#N/A	0.5	door casings
11/6/08	213.36	Site cleanup (general and for Cass safety)	0.75	up on loft
11/7/08	288.11	Park Ave Firewood Yr 4	0.75
11/7/08	288.09	#N/A	0.25
11/7/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	0.75
11/7/08	861.39	Movin' Stuff Around	1.5
11/7/08	0	Notes	0	warm. misty, foggy, gross. cnc hadnt gotten to bed til 2am from chris getting home late last night, up late in am
11/8/08	329.01	Plumbing rough-in MLA: DWV	3	the bathroom sink is chosen
11/8/08	213.24	TV loft adaptation	1	progress....
11/8/08	275.04	Materials transport/inventory	1.5
11/8/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	0.5
11/8/08	213.7	#N/A	0.5
11/8/08	213.12	Utility shed built	0.5	caulk roof
11/8/08	213.69	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: floorboards	1.5
11/8/08	329.05	Loft Bathroom Windows	0.25	last pane fits!
11/8/08	213.65	Electrical rough-in (30' yurt)	1
11/8/08	0	Notes	0
11/9/08	306.01	Determine tasks she can do during week alone	0.5
11/9/08	288.08	Split and stack wood	0.25
11/9/08	323.01	Rodents Under WC	0.25	we've got another head-eater lurking about
11/9/08	329.01	Plumbing rough-in MLA: DWV	0.25
11/9/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	0.75
11/9/08	213.12	Utility shed built	5.25	paint touch up on door: installed more floor.
11/9/08	213.69	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: floorboards	1.25	cutting wallboards and doing some installs.
11/9/08	300.45	Woodstove maintenance/problems	0.25
11/9/08	213.36	Site cleanup (general and for Cass safety)	0.25
11/9/08	213.5	Construct power house	1.25	south door is in place and partly affixed.
11/9/08	0	Notes	0
11/10/08	0	Notes	0	cold grey day. cold. cold hands, cold toes. hail midday. skies cleared in eve. no help at all!!!
11/10/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	5.25	figured out way to fix pantry corner, not great but will hardly be seen, is in pantry. boards that avail are up in pantry and on bath half wall.
11/10/08	329.05	Loft Bathroom Windows	1	aspen work, fitting, marking, drilling, nailing
11/11/08	213.5	Construct power house	0.25	south door installed
11/11/08	0	Notes	0	turned into a terrible day. cass had planned on getting out and into sun for warming and tasks before cranking out work in US.....but the weather wasnt like that at all: was very grey and very cold and cass got extremely cold and was forced into doing a fire, then had to deal with being sick, recovering and warming up before could begin site work. extremely cold site work. eventually warmed a tiny bit to tolerable but what a horrible dreary difficult miserable day
11/11/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	0.75	aspen measure mark figure re: electronics cabinet and desk "windows"
11/11/08	742.01	JaBoSTH: Non-Quackers	0.25
11/11/08	213.12	Utility shed built	4	cleaned up and did wallboards work.
11/12/08	0	Notes	0	sun. ahh. well....clouds n sun til got packed and up top. but still....no frickin woodsmokey nasty start to morning. yeah!
11/12/08	213.12	Utility shed built	4.75	wallboard work, hand cutting and fitting. all that can be tacked up are. need rest of floor finished and more wallboards.
11/12/08	329.05	Loft Bathroom Windows	1.75	wanted to say task done, but one aspen cracked ggggggrrrrr!
11/13/08	0	Notes	0	"red fingers morning (cold) smoke stench fire yucky morning. log didnt burn last night and contributed to cold eve and am. really frickin grey miserable weather and the start of havingto start mornings with creosote burnt wood stench and smoke and itchiness and sickness....and being cold, because that beast doesnt work right. so mornings are red finger cold cass zero site work due to combo of lots of tasks in PA, feeling sick and rain"
11/14/08	275.04	Materials transport/inventory	2	stuff to mla, pickup solar panel rack pole
11/14/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	4	marking boards
11/14/08	213.12	Utility shed built	0.5	marking boards
11/14/08	213.36	Site cleanup (general and for Cass safety)	0.5
11/14/08	0	Notes	0
11/14/08	0	Notes	0
11/15/08	213.65	Electrical rough-in (30' yurt)	5.25
11/15/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	1
11/15/08	213.12	Utility shed built	0.75
11/15/08	329.01	Plumbing rough-in MLA: DWV	3.25	we have faucet
11/15/08	0	Notes	0	Rainy and very warm outside. cold inside yurts. Fire needed for warming of yurt and shower water, but then in evening yurt gets reallly really hot miserable hot. 65 outdoors. Geesh.
11/15/08	0	Notes	0
11/16/08	288.08	Split and stack wood	0.5
11/16/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	0.75	cutting boards
11/16/08	213.12	Utility shed built	2	cutting floor & wall boards
11/16/08	329.01	Plumbing rough-in MLA: DWV	1.75	prep for install
11/16/08	306.01	Determine tasks she can do during week alone	0.75	tasklist, window review and wiring walk thru
11/16/08	306.02	Test on safety: materials and tools	0.25
11/16/08	213.65	Electrical rough-in (30' yurt)	1.25
11/16/08	742.01	JaBoSTH: Non-Quackers	0.5
11/16/08	213.94	Kitchen Cabinets: Installation	0.5	sketches and list to begin possibility for self-build "cabinets" aka wall type under counter
11/16/08	0	Notes	0	CnC very tired cause terrible night, extremely hot, Chris' belly very upset. The Cs try having breakfast up top but sun hides, theres wind, clouds, very cold wind. Eventually get their day combobulated and lovey. Chris leaves early for Buffalo/drive to work. CnC cold. Nice send off though.
11/16/08	0	Notes	0
11/17/08	0	Notes	0	cold hands, cold toes. working while seeing breath. snow is laying. cass wanted to work long hours to make up for next week but wasnt able to
11/17/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	1.5	half wall + pantry boards, markingboards
11/17/08	213.12	Utility shed built	3.25	vac then wallboards. couldnt start because access panel board chris did yest isnt wide enough.
11/17/08	213.65	Electrical rough-in (30' yurt)	0.75	running wire
11/17/08	742.01	JaBoSTH: Non-Quackers	0.25	tasks org and figuring out work
11/17/08	0	Notes	0
11/18/08	0	Notes	0	cass wants to work long hours to make up for next week but isnt able to! argh. no fire in AM. sun was shining at first, enough to decieve cass into packing and getting up top and then clouds. very cold. had to go down to PA and do fire midday. very bad off and sick. extremely cold, extremely sick.
11/18/08	329.01	Plumbing rough-in MLA: DWV	4.5	building frame, removing blocking, installing new blockings, start installing frame, eff the floor because too cold and workingin dark by headlamp but so cold and metal tools not good
11/18/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	0.5	pantry board
11/19/08	0	Notes	0	another very cold horrible day. water froze last night. midday break to try and warm up. cass very sick again. dangerous cold. fingers n toes hurt
11/19/08	329.01	Plumbing rough-in MLA: DWV	1	finishing install for sink frame
11/19/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	2	markingand cutting boards, half wall install
11/19/08	213.12	Utility shed built	1	markingand cutting boards
11/20/08	0	Notes	0	sunny. finally sunny and guess what...wayy too cold. terrible day.
11/20/08	300.48	Get water flowing again	1.25	trying to direct sun onto pipes in hope of warming them. carried frozen insideMLA water jug down to begin thawing for use.
11/20/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	1
11/20/08	213.12	Utility shed built	2.25	wallboards
11/21/08	300.48	Get water flowing again	5	big freezy freezy is gone for now...
11/21/08	275.04	Materials transport/inventory	0.5	solar rack pole unloaded
11/21/08	288.11	Park Ave Firewood Yr 4	0.5
11/22/08	213.5	Construct power house	3.5	installing north door. its in, as are both door locksets.
11/22/08	300.48	Get water flowing again	0.25	dripping
11/22/08	213.12	Utility shed built	1.25
11/22/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	0.75
11/22/08	330	Leaf Removal	0.25
11/22/08	288.11	Park Ave Firewood Yr 4	1.25	done!
11/22/08	288.08	Split and stack wood	0.5
11/22/08	213.94	Kitchen Cabinets: Installation	1	figgerin out
11/23/08	288.11	Park Ave Firewood Yr 4	0.5	had to move trailer from last night's unload. NOW this is done
11/23/08	213.5	Construct power house	2.5	cut corners off fascia and install corner moulding
11/23/08	329.01	Plumbing rough-in MLA: DWV	0.25	review options
11/23/08	300.55	Woodstove, Heat & Showering '08	1.75	solar heater tubes drained and stored. this task is done.
11/23/08	213.12	Utility shed built	1.75	soffit prep. there's black stuff on the wallboards
11/23/08	213.36	Site cleanup (general and for Cass safety)	0.25
11/23/08	288.09	#N/A	1
11/24/08	288.09	#N/A	0.25
11/25/08	310.05	Shovel: Park to Main	0.75
11/27/08	310.1	Shovel Main Drive: Lower	0.75
11/27/08	742.02	JaBoSTH: Quackers	1.5	We anticipate the arrival of Jacque le Shaque, and mourn the loss of SIPPEE2 (Bathhouse) and SIPPEE4 (Staining & Sealing) and wait with baited breath on the status of GIPPEE guest tent and SIPPEE5 @ PA. Chris performs a handle-ectomy on some old shovels in prep for snow.
11/28/08	288.08	Split and stack wood	0.75
11/28/08	310.01	Keep deck cleared	1.5
11/28/08	742.02	JaBoSTH: Quackers	1	taking down staining screenhouse
11/29/08	275.04	Materials transport/inventory	0.5
11/29/08	742.02	JaBoSTH: Quackers	2	Jacque le Shaque and shovel repair
11/29/08	226.36	Shutdown SIPPEE	0.75
11/29/08	226.33	Shutdown GIPPEE	0.25	removing ice from sleeping tent. the tent survived, one pole broke but should be repairable.
11/29/08	310.01	Keep deck cleared	0.25
11/29/08	213.12	Utility shed built	3.25	access panel floorboards
11/29/08	306.01	Determine tasks she can do during week alone	0.75
11/30/08	742.02	JaBoSTH: Quackers	1	more work on Jacque le Shaque.
11/30/08	306.01	Determine tasks she can do during week alone	0.25
11/30/08	226.36	Shutdown SIPPEE	0.25	packed up tent for drying @ hellhouse
11/30/08	226.33	Shutdown GIPPEE	0.5	packed up tent for drying @ hellhouse
11/30/08	300.55	Woodstove, Heat & Showering '08	0.75	cass takes down the solar doo-hickey.
11/30/08	310.02	Plow and chains on Vermoose	0.25	since they are still on, Chris checked other things like the battery. which needs a charge. and oil and tanny fluid. which seem fine. there is a mystery part laying in the engine compartment, hope it is optional. and the air intake hose needs a replacing.
11/30/08	288.08	Split and stack wood	0.75
11/30/08	300.45	Woodstove maintenance/problems	0.75
11/30/08	213.36	Site cleanup (general and for Cass safety)	0.75
11/30/08	329.02	Construct walls and loft - 30' yurt: wallboards	0.25
11/30/08	213.12	Utility shed built	2	access panel floorboards
11/30/08	310.01	Keep deck cleared	0.25	snow flies at 1pm, turns icy rainy around 6pm
11/30/08	310.05	Shovel: Park to Main	0.25

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