"Weekend Doin's" - Memorial Day Edition

[Karl Laustrup]

Friday May 23rd, 2008

GOOD MORNING "CREEKERS"!

This marks the official beginning of the summer season here in the "Dells" and the weather is co-operating. Supposed to be in the 70's all weekend with a thunder storm possible on Sunday afternoon.

I don't have much planned for the weekend, but I'm sure we'll be grilling something at some point. Of course there are a couple of races to watch Sunday. In between, maybe I'll get some more cleanup done in the shop/garage. Our grand daughter is marching with the band in the parade on Monday. Don't think I'll make it with my foot though. Foot doctor today to see what else he has in mind.

What's up in your neck of the woods? Anyone traveling for the long weekend? Or just staying home and saving some gas?

Please take a moment to remember our service men and women, past and present, for their sacrifice in helping to make this weekend possible.

Have a great weekend and please be SAFE.

Karl

[John Keeton]

Good Morning Karl!!

Chance of a stray shower or TS today, but the rest of the holiday looks great. Taking the day off today, will check in at the office to confirm that the world, in fact, does just fine without me. Going to continue the rearranging in the shop and begin work on a miter saw station. Organizing the thousands of screws, nuts, bolts, nails, etc. that I have ended up with over the years of hording and auction "box and contents." The auctions in earlier years were addictive, and I ended up with stuff that no one else had used and died with. Now I am not using it and looks like it will be here when I die unless I clean up!!

Will do some more honey do projects, help clean the outside of our windows as they are hard to reach. Do some mowing with the Massey. Clean up the barn a bit and set the trap for my annual invasion of groundhogs in the barn - and will grill something during the weekend!

As you say, we will take at least a few moments and remember the sacrifices of many that made this country great - and stay home in protest of the albatross of oil dependency that is killing our economy.

Hope all have a safe weekend!

[Rich Engelhardt]

Hello,
@ some point over the next three days, I've vowed to put together my Ridgid TS that's been sitting in the garage for nearly a month.
Ditto the DeWalt CMS - that's been sitting beside it for nearly 6 months.
Ditto - ditto the DeWalt 734 planer - which has been sitting in the dining room since last August.

I figured out that between May 2nd and May 18th, between working on the rental and work, I'd put in over 300 hours - including 3 straight ~21 hours days. (2:30am till ~ 11:00pm).
I need a break bad.
I found myself looking at a dead fly on the window sill @ the rental when I was putting in a new mini blind - and thinking to myself how lucky it was.. It looked so peaceful, I was envious. No way, no how would anyone let me get away with just laying around like that .


Sunday - I plan to get medieval on a 30 pack and some Brat's & Vidallia's & burgers and dogs.
My plan is to resurrect the old and respected past time known as "quaffing and debauchery"

[Guy Germaine]

We have a dog show this weekend, so we'll be out of town Saturday and Sunday. Probably get a little shop time on Monday (that is, until my Social Activities Director changes that )

TRYING to get the second plantation shutter put together. Seems like I keep getting re-directed! Had an Obedience Trial last weekend, dog show this weekend, and next weekend, then we'll start water rescue training again.

[Glenn Clabo]

Here's the plan...the good Dr and I are over cooked from this work thing so we are going to do NOTHING!

Well...actually we are going to clean the yard...read a book...ride the bikes...sit by the ocean...cook a steak...drink a few...and sleep as much as we can.

[Matt Meiser]

Lots of yard work. We need to get LOMLjr's garden planted, plus we are planting some corn in the back 40 for the deer. If the place I buy my mulch is open I need to pick up a couple trailer loads and get it put down. And LOML will probably want some help planting.

In the shop, I plan to work on my workbench.

[Al Willits]

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Please take a moment to remember our service men and women, past and present, for their sacrifice in helping to make this weekend possible
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You got it Karl, wife works at the local VA credit union so we have the vets in mind all year long, funny how we can spend millions on aid to foregn countries but we have vets that can't make it.

This weekend we're gonna finally try and make that recipe you sent me Karl, doing that and lettuce wraps, ought to be interesting..

Finally got the TV cabinet done and will try to get that into the house, I have a bunch of apple wood given to me and I need to cut up for smoking and then clean the garage again.

And we'll prob get out for a bit of golf and hopefully get the new boat on the water for a day if all goes well.

You all have a safe and well weekend, and if you see vets in a resturant or bar, buy them a round and says Thanks, it'll put a smile on their face, and yours.

Al

[Jeff Clow]

I'll be picking up all the tree parts that the tornado blew all over my yard this week. Luckily no damage.

[Greg Cole]

I will be working on the fence I started last weekend. With all the grunt work with a manual post hole digger & mixing-pouring the ceeement done last weekend I framed everything during the week this week.
Just started hanging pickets last night to give LOML a look at what it'll look like when done. Can't WAIT to get it done & not have to worry about my little dog meeting a car again.
MIL is also coming to town this weekend, her first trip to see us in 9 years since we moved to Kansas City so LOML is pretty excited (shows excitement in an odd fashion by cleaning all week?)
Weather permitting I might even spend a little time lazing around in the pool......

Cheers. Be well & definately tip your hat to anyone who's served this country of ours!

Greg

[Mike Wilkins]

Not going to stray far from home this weekend. Temps in the high 70's/low 80's. Got to do some minor repairs on the house trim/fascia in preparation for the roofers coming next week.
Planned to do the roof myself to save $$$. But my knees and back had a conference call with my brain, and together they decided it was not a good idea. Smart guys.
Time to fire up the grill.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Tonight we baby sit little Riley, now that she's recovered from pink eye!

It'll be interesting. My Granddaughter has started working at a day-care center and so little Riley is going to "school" with Mom. Great-Grandma is going to pick little Riley up at "school". Little Riley fusses with her Mom when she leaves school and at 22 months she's become attached to ne Mom.....So Great-Grandma is going take her away from school and from her Mom. This could make for an interesting evening.

This weekend.....once little Riley leaves....the weekly yardwork....plant 1 rose-tree and hang my first wall cabinet in the shop. Probably will get a 2nd on made and hung now that I've got the process and tools worked out.

Maybe a little NASCAR.

[Jim Becker]

Well, busy weekend for me. Lawn mowing, painting some trim work, pre-finishing some other trim and then getting that up, the karate run to the YMCA, moving more stuff around in the house, helping 'Creeker Joanne Adler hang her Gorilla Sunday morning, a picnic with friends here on Sunday afternoon and who knows what else...{edit} oh, yea...I need to deal with some communication cable terminations this weekend as we're giving Comcast the boot and getting DirectTV next weekend.

And for once, we're going to have about 4 days in a row with nice weather. I'm tired of the rain and too-cool temps!

[Craig McCormick]

We were headed to our cabin, but the temps have dropped and it will be too cold for Jill and I.

I hope to get some shelves set up in the shop so I can get more boxes unpacked and off the floor so it is easier to move around in there.

Also need to finish the tile on the steps into our sunken living room.

Be safe,

Craig

[Jared Minor]

I don't have the three day weekend, as I am a school teacher. However, in 6 days counting today I will have about 2 1/2 months off. This weekend we are going to buy the LOML a new sewing machine. She really likes to sew and has been using an old hand me down that needs to be put out of its misery. That will pretty much eat up the power tool budget for the summer. Going to try and catch up on yard work and siding our storage shed. Temperatures are supposed to be in the mid 90's from now until November so spring is gone and hello summer.

[Greg Hines, MD]

The only definite plans we have involve the dark room and big screen for Indiana Jones, of course.

Doc