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Well I've been busy. I love spring. Working on the water lines to the trees, tree trimming and cutting.

I started on a tree a couple of days ago and totally botched it. I did my cuts in the reverse order. I did my backcut first then started on the notch and prompley jammed the chain. Took the motor off and put it in the shed.

Yesterday I went to town and got a new chain for the electric saw. This morning I checked my mail. Yea I got a response from Mr. Steve Nix About.com: Forestry http://forestry.about.com who is a real tree expert.

He needed a picture to see what was going on.. So I took the photos. Looked at the tree. Realized I just needed to start all over about a foot higher. So I put the new chain on the saw.

In less than 5 minutes the tree was right where I wanted it. I spent the last several hours delimbing it.

No papercrete today. The downed tree is in my drive thru path.

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Time to Start

Well so far this year I have made 3 loads of papercrete.

Time to get busy I guess. The shed is full of newspaper and magazines. I'm not "working" so I've got lots of time.. And that does not mean "time on my hands".

I mean the house is clean, everything in it's place. The shed's are all clean and organized. The walkways are clean. Mainly because that is where I want to put paper crete.

My plan is around the shed. And on every path, around the fence line. That will most likely take me the rest of my life and I've got company coming at the end of March.

Then in July - England is coming. Oh dear and I don't have the pool ready yet.. Guess I've got a couple of months to work on it.

Yesterday we put an a/c unit in the bedroom.
Last week it was a new floor in the laundry room.
Next week it will be a thru the wall a/c unit for the living room.
And the little window unit will go back up to the sewing room.
I still have the new sand filter for the pool sitting here in the entry way.. Cannot afford sand for it. So here it sits.

AT the moment cannot afford cleaner/sanitizer for the pool anyway. So that will be an interesting mess when I remove the cover.

Me Stop Smoking - Why should I

Ok, I'm sitting here wondering Why I want to stop smoking. It's not because my mom died of Brain Cancer less than a month after being diagnosed with Lung Cancer. I mean she had Emphazemia for over 10 years and that was not from smoking she did a chemcical burn on her lungs.. (Watch the oven cleaner)

I'm not quitting because my step dad, ass-wipe that he is hates smoking and he burned me to “force” me to stop.

I'm not quitting because my best friend died of Lung cancer.

I'm not quitting because my sister is taking drugs to make her stop smoking.

I'm not even quitting because my mate does not smoke, heck her mom and her daughter don't smoke either..

No I think It has more to do with the fact that I tried running up a mountain the other day while chasing the dogs. I had to stop gasping for breath. Got dizzy and almost fell off a ledge.

So today is day 3.

Other than that I'm sitting here looking at my webpage. My Mug is missing. The explanation for the picture is ok. Then Magpie, Viral Ads Unleased (Free) My Twitter Widget. A little “Peel Away Ad” up in the corner. Then the tweetergetter link. All above the fold line.

So I need to figure out how to add tabs to my page. And I think change my background picture I used a picture from the “snow storm”. Now for me the webpage works fine. I just go to it. And then click on a link to go directly to that site to work on my ads.
However everything is out of order. And some of the stuff is not centered properly.

So today is going to be busy.

1. Make a couple loads of papercrete.
2. Hike the mountain and get pictures. (Flowers and cactus blooms)
3. Work on website.
4. Vacuum
5. Dust.

So if you have any suggestions or code for working on my website send me a twitter.

Oh yeah, I use My Free WebSite Builder software or I use the edit function on CPanel.

I TWITTER DO YOU

I twitter do you? I enjoy twitter and all the tools offered by 3rd parties. Like tweetergetter, backtweets, mosaic, timer and others.

Pretty cool stuff. Plus it makes it a lot easier for me to keep up with my mentors and for others to keep up with me.

Well short post I guess. I did papercrete today. I'm taking an online test at the moment and my love is about to get home.. Just buzzed me on the radio..

Sunday's Trip to Arches

Foot Sore Dog
Sunday March 8 2009
Well I reached the mountain at 1:00PM got home at 4:59PM hey my sister called while I was gone. My guess is her roommate told her about the email I sent to HER!..

Anyway I have two main area's that I climb in. The first area starts out with nice round river rocks and is easy for the dogs. They just don't like me using them as canary's in the mine shafts.

The second area I climb in is volcanic rock with violent upthrusts. I have to wear gloves. I did NOT THINK before taking the dogs with me.

Ok, so everybody made it to the top of the mountain ok. I got some great pictures. Now I need to find the camera cable. I forgot to put in a memory chip. (Maxtor external H.D. cable works)

Now on the way down the mountain I found out dogs don't like climbing down - really rough cut your hand kind of rock. The two boys made it all the way down no problem.

Gave them some water and emptied my old "alice" backpack. Took a little water, a lease, and my empty pack about a 1/4 of the way back up the mountain where Misty was stuck on a ledge.

1st I gave her some water. Lifted her off the ledge and she collapsed under a bush. Coaxing did not work. Tried some Beef Jerky no go. Took the collar off Charlie and put that on Misty.

Dragging was not going to work. She rolled over and played dead.
Last resort. Pick her up and stuff her in the backpack.. Head out, pull the drawstring tight so she cannot get out.

She did not like it when I put the pack on -- rolled over and stood up. It took me a minute to get my balance and for her to stop trying to jump out. I did not much like it either. She weighs over 50 pounds.

Ok, we got her down to the truck and out of the bag. Gave the dogs a big bowl of water and I started picking up the wood that someone had dumped in the area. Hey gotta get firewood - wherever you find it in the desert.

Misty could not even jump into the truck when I was ready to leave. Had to pick her up. As soon as we got home she jumped out and is now snoring on the floor beside me. I think all 4 dogs are now sleeping.

Misty was limping and whining, the boys are out in the Living Room and Lady the old girl is so close to my chair I dare not move. Well that's it for this update.

TUES March 10 - Misty still limping, Duke cut his paw pad here at the house and is now doing the 3 legged dog trick. Charlie is his bouncy, dancing self.

Crazy Ideas & Questions

I forgot to check my forex account on Sunday. Better open that up in a new window. Ok, That's a yippie I made money. Which begs the question

I have a managed forex account. I put money in. I check it and watch it grow. I do not touch it or withdraw any money. Do I have to declare it on my IRS taxes?

I get up a lot and walk outside to look at the trees in the day and the stars at night. I do some of my best thinking then. By the time I get back inside I forgot what was hot!

I need a wireless headset so that if I talk while I'm outside it will WRITE the info for me. Not a voice recorder I've got a ton of those.

My Vista Speech engine is driving me crazy. I've got it set to autostart with the PC but every single time I have to go into the control panel and set options and run through the tutor to get it to work for this session.

Reboot and it's not where it should be. Anyone got any ideas.

Well I got my mates taxes done. Now I have to do mine.. Nightmare time. All those online business expenses. Oh don't forget the state business license. Then I need the credit card statements. The 401K statements. The IRA statements. The home office deductions.

Oh deductions for when I have to drive to town to get an intenet connection. The extra dial up connection for when the satalight goes down.. Busy busy busy...

Foot Sore Dog

Well I reached the mountain at 1:00PM got home at 4:59PM hey my sister called while I was gone. My guess is her roommate told her about the email I sent to HER!..

Anyway I have two main area's that I climb in. The first area starts out with nice round river rocks and is easy for the dogs. They just don't like me using them as canary's in the mine shafts.

The second area I climb in is volcanic rock with violent upthrusts. I have to wear gloves. I did NOT THINK before taking the dogs with me.

Ok, so everybody made it to the top of the mountain ok. I got some great pictures. Now I need to find the camera cable. I forgot to put in a memory chip.

Now on the way down the mountain I found out dogs don't like climbing down really rough cut your hand kind of rock. The two boys made it all the way down no problem.

Gave them some water and emptied my old "alice" backpack. Took a little water, a lease, and my empty pack about a 1/4 of the way back up the mountain where Misty was stuck on a ledge.

1st I gave her some water. Lifted her off the ledge and she collapsed under a bush. Coaxing did not work. Took the collar off Charlie and put that on Misty.

Dragging was not going to work. She rolled over and played dead.
Last resort. Pick her up and stuff her in the backpack.. Head out, pull the drawstring tight so she cannot get out.

She did not like it when I put the pack on -- rolled over and stood up. It took me a minute to get my balance and for her to stop trying to jump out. I did not much like it either. She weighs over 50 pounds.

Ok, we got her down to the truck and out of the bag. Gave the dogs a big bowl of water and I started picking up the wood that someone had dumped in the area. Hey gotta get firewood - wherever you find it in the desert.

Misty could not even jump into the truck when I was ready to leave. Had to pick her up. As soon as we got home she jumped out and is now snoring on the floor beside me. I think all 4 dogs are now sleeping.

Misty was limping, the boys are out in the Living Room and Lady the old girl is so close to my chair I dare not move. Well that's it for this update.