New Year?

When The Fuzz stepped out in the yard tonight, this is what he saw.

He's not real sure about that "Jupiter" one, but he thinks he did recognize the Moon.
But being as it is New Year's Eve and all, I got to wondering. If this Calender is based on the Sun and stuff like that, why does the year end (or start) now, instead of at the Solstice? I mean, wouldn't that make more sense? Is there something here I don't know about? Undoubtedly, I mean, like The Fuzz, I'm just a dumb ass garbageman. But sometimes I wonder about this stuff.

But since we're discussing planets and spacey stuff like that, here's one we all have a certain attachment for.
But we would like to take this opportunity to say Good Bye to 2008, it's been a heck of a year!

But is it Art? - Mystery Pix

This one shouldn't be too hard.

But I have to ask, Is it "Art"?

Tea Party

This is an actual picture of the first pot of tea being brewed in our future home.

Here on the 4th day of Christmas, The Fuzz and His Sweetie went out to the Trailer hoping to get a little work done.
The Fuzz wanted to slip a little flashing under the edge of the roof to help keep the rain away from the door. He was only marginally effective in this. Trailers, it seems, have no eaves. I suppose this is because they have to somehow be able to fit on the road. The Fuzz likes eaves. The long-term plan calls for covering all this with a tin roof. The Fuzz likes tin roofs. That will be one of the first big projects. But first we will need power, a well and somewhere for the toilet to flush to.
But since there is no power for the stove yet, we broke out this little feller for a hot cup of tea.

Christmas Events '08

Here's Young Daughter's new Christmas Ornament. This little guy likes cold weather I'm sure. But we didn't have it for Christmas Day. In fact, it was quite warm. The sun was out and we opened up the doors and windows. No snow of course.
But we did have a good day. We actually slept in a bit after our Christmas Eve partying.

Whilst The Fuzz was mixing up the eggnog, there was a Jenga tournament going on. Here's a shot of the Jenga Tower, Electrified! This would have been a great Mystery Pix, but we'll just leave it here.
After the eggnog and cookies, and maybe just a little rum, we were getting ready to hang it up when the 2nd party arrived. So we got the goods back out and did it again. Santa still hadn't got by here when we went to bed though.
We weren't in a big hurry to get up, but fortunately the young'uns have been trained well and that was OK. We had coffee and our traditional Cinnamon Rolls that The Fuzz's Sweetie makes so well, and then opened the gifts.
As I mentioned, the weather was quite warm and here is a shot of the open kitchen window in Holiday Trim.

Christmas Tree '08

Here it is! Our *Christmas Tree for 2008. The Fuzz used to insist that it not go up 'till Christmas Eve. But he finally caved into the pressure. Especially when His Sweetie got in on it. But, It's all good, as they say. And today is Christmas Eve, so it's OK now.
We'll have some of the Family here, most of the rest later.


Ah, that Mystery Pix. Well, it was tricky. All it is is a close up of some sort of fungus on this exposed root out in the yard. I think the wet weather had something to do with it. It's nice that everyone was so honest and nobody cheated.


*It seems that this Christmas Tree is too big to fit on this blog. This is an illusion caused by The Fuzz's technical ineptness. He will try to do better in the future.

Bad Kitty

Bad Kitty
Bad, Bad Kitty.

This is a Bad Kitty.
This Kitty used to be welcome in the house.
But this Bad Kitty decided that pooping in the Cat Box was too much trouble.
When The Fuzz had to crawl around under the couch looking for Kitty Poopie he was not happy.
But this Bad Kitty runs into the house when the door is opened.
The Fuzz then catches this Bad Kitty and throws the Bad Kitty outside.
Here you can see the Bad Kitty attempting to Bite The Fuzz.
This would be a bad idea, resulting in serious injury to the Bad Kitty.
But fortunately, this Bad Kitty was not successful in the attempt and was able to continue it's new life as an Outside Cat.

Mystery Pix

Here's another for you.

Mystery Pix 2

Happy Hanukkah

Happy Hanukkah

36 Years

These old Hippies recently celebrated 36 years together.

Christmas Prep

We went out and met the Electrician at the Trailer. He needed to see just what was what. We'll need Professional Help here so we can get everything satisfactory for the County Guy.
After we talked to him (a nice enough fellow), it seemed like a good idea to throw a little Firewood on the truck to take back to town.
Tomorrow we plan to start with the Christmas Decorating. Since we were out here in the woods, The Fuzz suggested we grab some Holly, for hall decking. We found this Bough of Holly across the creek and it seemed like just the thing.

A Pre-Dawn Departure

Here's a shot of the Sunrise, looking across the road from the front yard.

Even if the sky had been clear this morning, The Fuzz would have missed this view, since he was on the road way before dawn. He hit the road early to bring home that Scholarly Son for the Holidays. We are happy to report that he (Scholarly Son) is doing well out there in that Big City.
The Fuzz's Sweetie recommended an early start for the avoidance of nasty traffic. As usual, her advice was excellent, and except for a bit passing though the Other Big City, he had the roads pretty much to himself. I'm not saying he broke any laws, but he did seem to be just a bit ahead of schedule.
Tomorrow, it is back to work. This week is "the lull before the storm" as it were. Next week we only work 3 days, but of course all the work still must be done. Then after that, another "short" week, with super garbage. The Fuzz has been doing this stuff for going on 30 years now. He used to let it get to him, thinking of all that extra Christmas Trash. But eventually he realized the best thing was just to forget about it all, and enjoy life and all these Good Holidays. As the Good Book says, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof".

She Might Be Cold

It was a Frosty morning.
Is much Frost on Truck.
Dancer is not from around here.
I think she must be cold.

Dancer came from that Tropical Paradise.
She is not dressed for this weather.
But heater in truck works fine.
She will be OK.

About that Mystery Pix, this actually was an unsuccessful attempt at shooting though one of those "peepholes" in a door. Sometimes The Fuzz gets a little bored. Since the pix was useless as it was, he decided to play with it and this was what came out.

Mystery Pix

The Mystery Pix of the day.

How Many..........

So, how many bloggers does it take to change a light bulb?
The Fuzz can do it by himself. But sometimes it can get complicated. Take this situation for instance. You will note that this light bulb seems somewhat damaged. We have had frequent trouble with these lights on our ceiling fan. This one kept going out, usually at an inconvenient time. The Fuzz had discovered that if he screwed around with the bulb, he could usually get it to work, at least temporarily. It must be admitted that if he can do this much, the problem is seldom actually fixed.
It had finally come to the place where no amount of "screwing around" would make things work. and the screwing around had a new feel to it. In fact when he tried to remove the bulb, all he got was the glass part. He was appreciative of the fact that the glass had not shattered in his hand embedding numerous glass shards in his fingers. But the remainder of this now useless bit of low-tech technology still needed to be removed.
Remembering our motto, "Safety First", he made sure the switch was off, and got out the needle nose pliers. This was no time for power tools. It was beginning to get dark, so haste was in order. Unfortunately, haste was not achieved, and the remains were removed bit by bit.
But in the process he discovered much corrosion there in the socket which was removed with a bit of sandpaper. And, with a brand new light bulb installed, everything is good- even better than before.

The Next Event

And now it was time to prepare fore the Next Event.

The Next Event was a Wedding Reception. Here you can see a Wedding Present being readied for this event. You are too late to see what this is, since it is already pretty much rapped. But take my word for it, it is a nice present, the sort of thing one might want for oneself. But this one made it to it's proper destination.

The reception was for a Nephew and New Wife.

We got lost on the way there and almost crashed someone else's Birthday Party. But things got straightened out before we turned over the Present. , so all was well. When we finally got to the right place, we found out it was quite a big deal.
Here is a rather blurry picture of what was going on there. This took place in a large heated tent. This tent was not like The Fuzz's tent that he sleeps in on camping trips. In the far back right hand corner you can make out the Bar. On the left, you may notice the Dance Floor. What appears to be carpet is actually the Bride's Father's front lawn. I don't know what kind of shape it was in the next day.
But we had fun and The Fuzz's Sweetie even managed to entice him out to the dance floor where they made a spectacle of themselves. But why else were we there, but to celebrate.

Big City Tradelot

During our excursion out into the wide world last week, we slipped into the State Capital. This was not for any "official business" or anything like that, but to hit the Big City Trade Lot.

Unfortunately, it was a rather cold and gloomy day.

But there was a lot of stuff there. We checked everything out and picked up a few items. One does have to be careful in these places though. Sometimes you can find the things cheaper in a regular store. The Fuzz picked up this Doggy Bottle Opener there. The guy had a whole trailer full of this stuff. The Fuzz thought it was cool and might come in handy since real beer usually comes out of a bottle.

But the weather was rather unpleasant and after meeting up with Schoolteacher Daughter, we soon cut a trail out of there to get ready for the Next Event.

Little Cannibal Critters

It was time to go out of town again. On this trip we spent some time at one of those Big Cities, this one the Home of a Famous University. Whenever we're there, Young Daughter and The Fuzz's Sweetie have to slip into town for some of these little critters.
The Fuzz tells me this has something to do with cannibalism, or something. He doesn't really understand it all, but as soon as they hit town, they were off in search of these Funfairs.

Cute Dog Picture

From time to time we post those "Cute Kitten Pictures" here.
Well so as not to be unfair to all the dog lovers out there in the cyberworld, it seemed to be time to get a "Cute Doggy Picture" up.

So here is the pooch- post bath.
The Little Bitch gets to smelling a bit stout sometimes, and the only thing that will help is a good bath. But in this weather it would be rather cruel to hang her out on the clothesline to dry. That's when the Blow Dryer comes out.
So here is a shot of Young Daughter Blow Drying the Little Bitch.
A "Cute Doggy Picture" for your enjoyment.

Chainsaw Repairs (Again)

Remember that "Little Green Chainsaw?
Remember how bad things kept happening to it?
Well, as The Fuzz's Sweetie and The Fuzz, himself, were involved in the final preparations, making a way for their new home, there was an other problem. As he went to tighten the chain (quite necessary) The Fuzz found that the little screw (A) for this purpose was gone. Zip, Nada.

But the ever resourceful Fuzz was not to be thwarted again.
You see, in this pix, a piece of the first Little Green Chainsaw. Not being the sort to throw out a perfectly good ruined chainsaw, he still had this part on hand. And as can be seen, it contained both (A) the screw in question, and that little thing (B) in there for engaging the bar- thus tightening the chain.
And so, our Little Green Chainsaw is still cutting and cutting and cutting.

In other news, The Seagulls have returned to the landfill, a sure sign of the approaching winter.

Fortunate Misfortune

Perhaps you recognize this little feller. Well, if not, he is the reason The Fuzz was so late in getting that new door up. He had Big and Evil Plans for the other day, but there was a delay.
It seems that Bambi here met with an accident involving a 30-30. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or maybe the right place at the right time, depending on one's point of view. Well, at least he is in the right place now, in The Fuzz's point of view.
It should be noted that The Fuzz was not directly responsible for young Bambi's misfortune. In fact the only deer he's ever killed he killed with his motorcycle. But he does have connections. And said connections are responsible for The Fuzz's happy freezer.

Our New Door

We finally got our new door installed.

The Old Door (A) has been removed. This went pretty well, at least it didn't fall apart.
Here the New Door (B) is ready for installation.
It fit perfectly and now we finally have a door we can lock and not have to worry about it falling apart.

And here is our New Door installed!
Why was a New Door needed?

Note here at the Arrow how this old one is disintegrating. This was not good. And besides all that, we had no Key for it.
But now every thing is OK. We have a locking door that is not falling apart.

The Old and the New

With all this business about a new place, It seemed like a good time to have a look at a bit of the old place.

And so, The Fuzz would like to present this sketch by one of our lesser known local artists. He thinks it is pretty nice.

We are still a long way from moving though.
But things are moving along. Today, The Fuzz picked up our new back door. If he gets lucky he may get it installed tomorrow. There are lots of screws involved in that, and since his trusty cordless screwdriver/drill thing is history, he made a trip over to the Super Big Home Improvement Place.
They had sent him a flier informing him of a great deal on a new screwdriver/drill. This piece of power equipment came with not 1, but 2 batteries, and even a flashlight! But when he got there he found that alas, there were none. There was, of course, a more expensive model available. He tried to buy the display model, but they seemed unable to find the batteries. The Fuzz figured the thing wouldn't be much good without those things and so gave up on that.
But he did find and purchase a (hopefully) suitable substitute, which is at this moment being charged up in anticipation of tomorrow's door replacement.
If it doesn't snow.

Getting to the Bottom of Things

Well, over the weekend we did get out to do bit of work at making this trailer habitable.
It needs a new door, but that had to be ordered. So in the meantime we decided to tackle the carpet.

It was pretty bad and we don't care much for carpet anyway. Some had already been stripped out by the previous inhabitants, but it was still in a couple of rooms. This also gave us a chance to see just how much work will be needed on the floor.

The Nasty Old Carpet was then drug out and loaded on the truck.
The Fuzz hopes to get the new door on later this week. Eventually there will be some major carpentry, but we'll want some electricity for that so we can use Power Tools!

The Big Day- Revisited

I promised some more pix of the move, so here we are.

As you can see, it was a tight situation. But these guys are professionals. They took their time and eased it though the woods without any major damage.

Here, they've gotten it off the road and are backing it down though the woods to it's new home.

We didn't make it easy for them. In order to position things like we wanted, it was necessary to back this 70ft. behemoth all the way in from the dirt road. And the "Driveway" had a couple of turns in it. The place is sort of a clearing in the middle of the woods.
It always helps to have the right equipment for a difficult job. This is the hitch on their truck. It will move from side to side in addition to up and down. And they had to use these features in some of the tight maneuvers.

But just because the thing was in the right place didn't mean the work was over. These guys wanted their wheels back, so the *Trailer would have to go up onto these blocks. Actually, that was part of the deal.

The Fuzz didn't really want to swap places with these fellows. They had to dig out the places for the blocks with little short shovels underneath that thing. But they finally got the thing up on the blocks, and got their trailer wheels back. They are Hard, Hard Workers, everyday.
So now the Trailer is in place, and the movers payed off. We still need a Well, Septic Tank and a bunch of inspections. Plus, there is plenty of work on the Trailer itself. You may have noticed, this is not an Expensive, New Trailer, but, an Old Trailer, in need of some repairs. But that is the way we do things here. And so, we will keep you all posted as things progress on our move to the country.


*It should be noted, that we realize that this is not a "Trailer", but a "Mobil Home". But The Fuzz insists that anything pulled behind a truck like this is still a "Trailer". It's just common sense.

The Big Day- Successfully Moved

Well, Here it is!

We've been quite busy the last few days. But we finally got our New (old) Trailer moved. And here it is, set up here in the woods, right where we want it. This is a big step in what remains a big project. But at least we have it, and it is on our land.
The move was, thankfully, uneventful.
These guys are good, and there were a lot of tight places since we were trying to minimize the tree loss. But they worked with us and Got-R-Done.
It's leaveled and up on the blocks. Now we need a well, septic tank and all that stuff. And there's plenty of work to do on the Trailer itself.
The Fuzz has more pix of the move, and I'll try to get him to post some up here soon. But it's getting late now, so Good Night to all our Loyal Readers.

The Big Day

If all goes as planned, we hope to move the Trailer today.

Serious Power Tools

I've mentioned how busy we've been, cutting trees and all that. Well it came to the point where the stumps had to be removed. This was a job for some Serious Power Tools.

As you can see even with equipment like this, it wasn't easy.
Note how the rear end of this mighty machine is losing contact with the earth under the strain of trying to pull this stump. It reminds me of The Fuzz's last trip to the Tooth Dentist.
But the skillful operator succeeded with this and a number more. After he finally got one out of the ground, he would drop it several times to get some of the dirt out of the roots.

Once those stumps were out of the ground we had to put them someplace out of the way. He pushed them over in the woods where nothing is planned for right now.

And here is the place prepared for our future home.
If the weather cooperates, we hope to get it moved out here this week. Then the real work begins.

Here's an Action Shot of the work. (I hope)

New Drawing Table

The Fuzz has been kinda busy these days what with clearing a forest and all.
So maybe it's time to change the subject for a bit.

When the UPS truck pulled up the other day, the Man In Brown gave The Fuzz a couple of boxes. Here you can see one of them and it's contents.
The Fuzz is one of those "I can fix that, let me get my tools" guys. And this even involved Power Tools, or at least a drill. He is also a bit unusual in that he will at least briefly glance at the directions.

And so, may I present to you, The Fuzz's Sweetie's *Brand New Drawing Table.

*This wonderful Drawing Table even folds for storage which may be a handy feature when we move to our new facilities.

Have Splitter, Will Travel

Agile Son had carried a large trailer load of wood home with him. And so, toward the end of the week, we hitched up the old Log Splitter and headed over his way. We found quite a pile of wood already there. But that was a project for the next morning.
But now it was time for a delicious dinner.
Later, we watched a flick from the infamous Netflix, "Good Bye, Lenin!". This was billed as a comedy, but I'm not quite ready to call it that, myself.
The next morning was coffee and Home Made Donuts.
And then it was time to tackle that wood pile. "Many hands make light work" as they say, and we've always found that true. All that wood was busted by lunch time. The above picture is the finished job.

Tropical Skills

We've been staying pretty busy getting a place ready for our future home.
Last week, Agile Son and Daughter in Law came out to help out. This tree had to come down, but had the potential to take out the electrical power for the neighborhood. We deemed it best to tie it off to make certain there would be no unpleasant circumstances as a result of our efforts.
Here you can see that Agile Son applying a skill he picked up getting coconuts on a visit to that Tropical Paradise.
Apparently, the trick is to tie the ankles for a better grip.
I am happy to report that our efforts were successful, and the tree came down with no damage to the power grid.