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Again at Fred's - helping with the roofing. Today we finished the putting the shingles down as well as placing the solar panels. They weren't hooked up yet, so we didn't have to mess with that. Moved Fred's website over to our servers, but had a little trouble. Nothing major - just need to fix some setting - will do tomorrow. I had to leave by 4:00 to get a shower and what not before the wedding rehearsal this evening. Nothing real heavy, but just had to run through some things to be sure. Friday, June 2, 2006 It was a busy day today - lots of running around. First went to Fred's to get his website up and working. Dropped off the dresses for the wedding, then Jay and I went to Bob's house to get the DVD player working. (All that I did was tighten up a cable in the back.) Once done, I went back to Fred's - because I didn't get his site up and running just yet. Then I went to Charter Oak to close my account. Then I went back to Fred's to clean up the deck, but Jan chased me out. I then went home and slept for an hour. Still had one job yet to do - to trim the trees by the pond. That took a couple hours, and got another tree trimming job lined up because of it. Saturday, June 3, 2006 - Darrell & Shelly's wedding Spent the night in the bunk room - just across the way from Dunk's folk's house. It wasn't the best sleep I'd had, but will have to do. We were trying to get things get things figured out for the day--are we having an outdoor wedding or indoor? Well, we got everything we could together, so that at 9:30 we would make the decision and stick with that. Unfortunately, part of the everything was setting up 200 chairs in the lawn! With Dunk, Larry, Chris and myself, it didn't take too long, but we got it done. Finally, they decided that it would be best indoors, because of the weather. No worries, just need to finalize that and we're ready. Got my suite on, and people started coming. We filled upstairs up pretty fast, and the overflow was directed downstairs. 3 people, I think it was, were out back grilling hamburgers and hot dogs. Lindsey and Brooke got the flowers on us guys, and then it was time to start. The wedding was short and quick, and I stood rigid by Darrell's side. Some later said that I looked more nervous than Dunk, but that's ok. After the ceremony, the reception line was just on top of the stairs, so folks would be directed downstairs to the chow line. Needless to say, it was a casual wedding - which was nice. I did some photos after that, and they changed and headed out. Some decorations were done up to the little truck, and Chris and I put a sign on the van - which was at the farm - their real get away car. Once they were off, now was the task of cleaning up the place and getting it ready for church the next day. We packed the chairs again (Lindsey and I went to get Dunk's truck for that.) Once done, I put the photos together for them on a CD, and headed home. Once home, I packed my stuff and headed out on the road - off to Illinois, making it to somewhere in PA for the night.
Sunday, June 4, 2006 Drove from PA to Grandma's house, arriving at around 9:30 central time. Later, I found out that Dwight and Josh had worked on the roof for about 14 hours that day. 815 miles, 14:53 hours. 
Monday, June 5, 2006 Started on Dwight's roof. The West side was under tar paper, and he and Josh were working on putting new fascia boards down the edge. There was enough started where I could lay shingles--which I did until about 6:00.
Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Dwight and I laid shingles all day. Josh didn't come in today, but Jamie did after supper, and with his help, we were able to finish the back side by 10:00 pm. (Dwight had his 1,000 watt mercury-vapor light on the end of 'Attachment A2' of the Dwight-o-matic. Wednesday, June 7, 2006 With Dwight saying he was going to take a day off, and a good chance for rain, I headed to Jamie and Chris' place to cut some trees. Originally they wanted 3 down, but when I left after supper, there were 4 on the ground. All of them had rotten bases, hollow inside, splitting, and plainly unsafe. It was good to get them down! It was a hot day, and I had a hard time keeping going. When I was done, I had most of the big stuff cut up for Jamie, and will let him take care of the rest. He has a lot of work ahead to clean all this up--I wasn't too happy leaving it all for him. That said, it was real good to have the trees down, though. *Watch a movie of cutting the trees** When I got back, Dwight and Josh had 1/3 of the east side ripped off. So, they didn't take it off as originally planned. NP
Thursday, June 8, 2006 We finished ripping the rest of the shingles off today, and got the roof under tar paper before dark. Josh came over again today. He works 2nd shift at the Toyota plant in Indiana, so he makes it over by 12:00 or so, and leaves by 5:00 I think it is. Friday, June 9, 2006 Dwight and I spent the day fixing the fascia down the east side today. It involved setting up staging, peeling back the decking plywood a bit, supporting the trusses that overhang, removing the soffit when needed to replace the 2x8 fascia boards. Then re-installing the soffit, the aluminum fascia, drip edge, moisture guard, edging, 6 rows of shingles--all before being able to move the staging down another 10-20 feet. I was hoping to get this job done today, but we only made it just over half way. Later, after supper, we put some stacks of shingles on the roof.
Saturday, June 10, 2006 I started on the shingles, while Dwight worked on the fascia. A little while later, Jamie came, and he and I put down half the roof. Josh came in a bit later still, and he and Dwight finished the edge work, and it was time for supper. I took off after that to visit Doug, Bob and Valerie--which was a good time. Doug is building a new house, to the roughed in part (tar paper on the roof, no electrical or plumbing in yet.) Bob is looking for a job, as he just moved into the area from DC a while ago. When I got back to Browns, they had shingled all the way to the one bottom corner, and was angled all the way up to the peak. It didn't take long before we had a real banging thunderstorm! I sat out on the front porch swing and took it all in. Sunday, June 11, 2006 First thing was to change the oil in the car. I wanted to have this done yesterday, but there were more important things to do. But a half hour later, over the pit, the oil was new and ready to go. After some quick breakfast and a shower, I headed out, somewhere around 9:00 am. I drove till I thought it best to not drive - stopping in Nebraska.
Monday, June 12, 2006 Wanted to make it home today if I could. I also wanted to go through Yellowstone National Park--which I did. I figured it would be a good trip as people talk it up pretty good. At first I was a little disappointed, because a fire had eaten most of the forest back in '88. So there were a lot of dead forests standing all around--all beckoning to be harvested. But, with the wrong world view, these were left to turn into a 'natural' forest--not realizing that the earth needs to be properly managed. Map. 788 miles, 16:24 hours. And crossed the Continental Divide 7 times today - without any backtracking.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 Made it home by 9:30 am, but quite tired. The Legers were off today, and this afternoon I went home for a nap. Map. 283 miles, 4:09 hours.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 In the office today, working on implementing the closed captioning changes on the Houston DVD I'm working on. It is suspiring how time consuming this is. I didn't even finish one hour's worth today. Also, I went to talk to Mimi about my phone--as it has been shutting itself off every now and again. After a hard-reboot, it does seem to be working fine. We'll see in a day or so. Also installed new wiper blades on the car. It rained almost all day--and has been very wet here the last couple weeks. Barney and family left today for Florida for a couple weeks, and so I moved into their place for the time being. Primarily to take care of the 3 cats, 1 dog, 5 fish and 2 turtles. It'll be an interesting couple of weeks. Friday, June 16, 2006 After work, I went down to the Car d'Lane - an annual car show on the streets of Coeur d'Alene. Tonight's the cruise, and ending with a flame throwing contest. I think there's over 13,000 cars ('78 and older) parading the streets. Since I had time, a camera, and lots of space on my cards, I shot a lot. There's about 30 posted if you want.
This morning, I went to Leger's and fixed the electrical for Tom. They were putting up some sheetrock on the garage, and screwed a 2x4 to the wall - but unfortunately, the electrical contractor didn't run the wires very well - and then one of the screws went through a wire, shorting it out. Once I found it, I was able to correct the problem. Took about 3 hours. This afternoon, I want down to the Car d'Lane in time for a few photos. Not too many today - too many people, and I didn't want to just take close ups.
Sunday, June 18, 2006 Went to church, Joshua 12 at Calvary Chapel in Post Falls. After that, I took a drive around the lake. Total distance was 143 miles, but 25 or that was on the bike. It was a good ride, but was a little much for me for now!
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 Finally finished off the changes for the Closed Captions - now it needs another proof, as there were many changes. Faith will be out, as they are leaving for the weekend early, and Chantal will be leaving on Saturday for a couple weeks. Might have to find someone else to work on that. Rachel is working on designing the cover of the album - based on the new And Beginning with Moses cover. I would like to use that design for the Menu structure of the DVD, so might be a little while longer before I can put that together. DC, CC, RB and I went to RS's for supper - MJ was making tacos, and some of the gang stayed behind to watch the ball game. Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Working on my website today - formatted things to as they are now (thumbnails, lightbox Javascript, etc.) Also, Derek and I wanted to see the difference between a 14mm and a 30mm lens. And for kicks, I threw in a 70mm and a 200mm in here as well:
Thursday, June 22, 2006 With the DVD on hold, (awaiting desing work) I've been trying to knock off some loose end projects sitting around. I ordered some Angel Awards for past videos, so we can have a complete set for the office here and up in Canada. Also put a DVD together for the folks in Chennai, India - something that is a little overdue. Also took about 100 photos for stuff here in the office - some things to sell on Ebay, some for product photography - new translations of The Stranger for the new website. Shooting is easy, it's working the photos over later that is take the time. Friday, June 23, 2006 Another day at the office--working again on odd jobs. The Budweiser Clydesdales are in town, so I ran over to get a couple shots. They are to be in a parade tomorrow in Rathdrum. Beautiful horses, so they are. I'm happy that someone is shoing the public the wonderful creatures (so as to give the Creator the glory)...however it's too bad a beer company is the one doing it! But still, I was thankful to get a good look at these huge horses.
Saturday, June 24, 2006 This morning, I took DC and CC to the airport. They are on their way to Czech Republic. I told them to look up my relatives - so we'll see what comes of that. OH, and for them to take lots of pictures. After working a bit at home on my finances, I decided to go for a bike ride. But before I could do that, Rachel called and said that she couldn't roll up her rear window. So, I went over there to help out. Turns out, (after taking just about everything out of the inside of the door) that the worm drive gear was cracked. This meant that when the worm drive pinion gear (whatever it's official name is) spanned the crack, the teeth didn't line up and was jammed. The trouble with this, is that the car is designed to be assembled with the window down - so with it up make it rather difficult to disassemble and re-assemble. But no worries, we got it up and then pulled the fuse so it would stay up. Sunday, June 25, 2006 Went to church at the new Calvary Chapel CDA church, meeting in a school room. It was a good time, this time out of Acts 2. After church, I went over to help Mike, from the church, who is moving his business into another building. A lot of work to do by next Friday--when is when he is supposed to be out of his old place. When I got there, it was basically a shell--a steel structure with 2 walls (side and back) of just insulation. We need to build walls over this, build a welding room (10'x28') inside here, complete with electrical, ceiling, and exhaust. That, and move all his stuff out of the other building by Friday. Monday, June 26, 2006 Office work today, and worked with Mike tonight. Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Today I figured that I would drive to Canada tomorrow. So it was last minute things that kept me busy. At night I cleaned up Barney's house and got ready for the trip tomorrow. Wednesday, June 28, 2006 Drove to Canada today. Left with about 600 pounds of books, which didn't fit very well, but managed. It rode just fine, though it wasn't as tall as it used to be. Crossing the border went well too. No hassle, just had to enter what I had into the computer so they could bill us the GST (7%). I drove through the Crowsnest Pass, which was light on traffic. But it put me through Calgary at just the wrong time. I forgot about that part this time. Wasn't too bad, but there were a couple accidents that slowed things down. I stopped in on Paul and Kathleen - which was a good thing, because they were just sitting down for dinner, and there was plenty to go around. Upon arriving in Olds, I stopped at Jim's to look over the basement. Hung out a bit and headed to Graf's for the night. Thursday, June 29, 2006 Up, unloaded the books at the office, then back to Jim's. We managed to get a lot done on the electric (he is putting in his basement - it wasn't finished when they moved in) but will have to finish up in tomorrow. John, Janice, Chantel came over for supper, which was wonderful. Friday, June 30, 2006 Finished Jim's electrical. It took longer than expected (seems like it almost always does), finishing at around 9:30. But with Jim's help most of the day, we were able to get things buttoned up quite well. I headed up North after that, and arrived at Friesen's by 11:30 or so. All was quiet, so I came in, went down and took a shower. When I was done, John was up and we hung out till 1:00 or so.
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