Thursday, December 2, 2004

Well, today's the day. Andrew got his first buffalo.

Friday, December 3, 2004

I went up to Wetaskiwin, to help Friesen put some walls up on a shop he's raising. It's a 60x30 shop, and the owner needed to raise it 4' so he can get his trucks inside.

Well, everything's ready and the company to lift it came and got all set up. But they didn't want to raise it today because of the wind (50km gusts.) It would have been nice if he checked the weather before so I didn't have to come up for nothing.

Oh, well. We spend the rest of the day working on Friesen's car - altinator / battery / lights / and some other odds and ends.

Wednesday, December 8, 2004

Today the rest of The Lamb children's book came in today. 480 books. We have orderes for 100, so these won't last too long. We would have printed more, but just a cash-flow that prevents it at this time.

Sunday, December 12, 2004

Today was the dedication for The Lamb. I had spent 4 days last week putting together a video that we played in church. The good thing was that it wasn't only used here. It's actually now on the web and people can watch it to get a pre-veiw of the book - as well as some background information as to how it came about. Here's a link to that (11mb).

Between and after services, we had a 'book signing' - everyone that was present and involved in the production of The Lamb got together and signed books for anyone who wanted it.

Then we had choir practice.

Then we had our Christmas Sunday School special.

Needless to say, it' was the busiest time of the year for running the sound. I sure was ready to get home.

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Today I couldn't get the Closed Captioning onto the DVD. I burned a sample of the first one, but for some reason the Closed Captioning didn't make it over. Come to find out, Cleaner (a program I use to compress to MPEG 2) doesn't keep the Closed Captioning data. I do have a copy of Canopus ProCoder2 on it's way. It's supposed to keep things in order.

Thursday, December 16, 2004

Working on making a master tape - finished Tape #2. It turns out to be more work than it seems like it should!

Saturday, December 18, 2004

Had a hard time working today, so I did what I could.

This evening was the first choir performance, to a pretty-much packed out house.

Sunday, December 19, 2004

Again, the choir sang two times this morning. I was on the sound as I was last night. It went very well, for which I was thankful. Well, except for the time I played the wrong track. I think everyone forgave me for that.

Afternoon was off for the most part, and went to Miles' place in the evening.

Monday, December 20, 2004

A full day, starting at 5:30 AM. Lots of things to do to get ready for the holidays. As I write this a couple days later, I can't remember all that happened. Worked pretty well till 5:30 PM, then headed to the church to run the sound for a Community Choir.

That night was a neat night - being able to record the audio for them. I wasn't able to burn a CD for them, but will do it when I get back from Wetaskiwin.

So, after the choir was over (9:00) I went back to the office and packed up to head North. After stopping at Bills to pick up John's spare tire. By the time I got there it was 12:30, no one up. That's ok, my room's ready and the doors are unlocked. Even if they were locked, the key's right there.

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Got things packed in the Dodge Cummins Turbo Diesel. My stuff was in the box as the tool box was already full. Tended to be a long drive - the 3 of us up front, and Lewey and Nicki in the back. I think the total trip was 8 hours, though I don't totally remeber.

We arrived, and Helen was making Vreniki (cottage cheese in pasta pockets.)

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Sat around the house. Worked a bit on the computer. The 'fun' for the day was to take the truck into town and pick up Jake. This is where we washed the truck and drove a bit. But this was all, because we needed something else to do the next day.

Thursday, December 23, 2004

Up late today - again. But John and I went down to see the ice bridge that Jake built. He gets phone call after phone call asking if they got the bridge open. But today was the day - it was good enough to get across. So, we crossed and then just decided to take the long way home - through High Level and Fort Vermillion.

Friday, December 24, 2004 - Christmas Eve

Went to the river with Jake at 8:00. We dragged the ice bridge (I beam towed behind the pickup truck) to knock down the high spots. It was still dark when we got there, and -14°c. Funny thing was that it was 0° here at the house (about 20 miles away.) The river is coming up a little, so you have to make sure the shore is still ok.