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Monday, Jun 1 <\/strong> <\/p>\n

\"\"Snipped from after weekend storm 3-D photo published on Visual Delight\u2019s Kittitas County Facebook site, taken by Tamie Schaut.<\/p>\n

Blog published before 11:00 last night, but was still up at 11:30.
\nI awoke not feeling well and am slow starting, but just loaded a sink full of dishes to soak for the dishwasher. Now to address other concerns. Diuretic day, I\u2019m not ready for running up and down the hall to the back of the house.<\/p>\n

I asked Kaylein (my PCP’s nurse) to ask Chelsea about my Vitamin D intake, being very high, and affecting bone mass.
\nShe reported back later, and ordered a Vitamin D blood test.<\/p>\n

House: Walter arrived before 8:00 with another part, the swinging door for our new room. Allen Aronica will soon be here to dig post holes.\"\"Left image: Opening for swinging door (SD) into utility area, white pine left, animal paneling behind, hickory panels beyond stepladder. Right side image: SD frame not quite finished, using knotty pine and select white pine. <\/p>\n

Allen came down with his track excavator at 9:00 a.m. The guys discussed the need, location, and depth details. Below: Top left has a wood frame on the ground to show locations. \"\"Top two, discussing the plans, and looking at the last two holes in very rocky ground (alluvial fan), very different from the first holes, mostly dirt. Bottom photo was the first hole dug. A video of that follows below:<\/p>\n

First Hole Dug for Posts to Hold Covered WalkwayTrusses<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Now I can rest, maybe and drink my nutrition drink, which I feel I badly need. Then Allen went out to our old barn and dug more holes for posts. A RR-cross tie holding a gate rotted after 25 years. Three new holes out there.<\/p>\n

Below are pictures of one of the new windows, I had ready to go in last week\u2019s blog and left it out in the rush of finalizing. \"\"Top- progress on 2 new front windows; the room shown has Hickory panels with knotty white pine above and below the windows. Molding is not completed. Floor is not down \u2013 boxes of flooring tile on the left side covered with plastic. The wall on the right is a new wall, behind which is the utility room to house Culligan water treatment, freezer, and refrigerator.<\/p>\n

That wall will get white pine panels you\u2019ll see above in that photo. A different paneling will be inside the utility room \u2013 on the 2 small ends, rest will be painted a pale yellow. John has a couple of panels called “Hunter’s Forest” that have a scene with deer and trees; just enough to do the two small ends of the room. Actually, you can see one panel above through a hole in the wall for a swinging door.
\nJohn bought the panels in November, 2015 thinking he’d cover about half the interior walls of the house \u2013 dining area and living room. That project stalled when he seriously contemplated moving all the furniture around.
\nFive years ago each panel was $35. Now they are $70. John wonders what the cost was when his Dad did the walls of his home in Clarion, PA.<\/p>\n

Action is also moving to the outside. Some of the material is already here \u2013 posts and beams for the covered walkway. Trusses (the A shaped frame of a roof) should be ready (pre-built) \u2013 photo after they get here. They are 6 feet across; the walkway will be 4 feet across.<\/p>\n

We made it through all the livestreaming lectures planned for this week. \"\"<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Jun 2 <\/strong> <\/p>\n

Forgot to take my Alendronate !! Take tomorrow.
\nCall from Kaylein with PCP Chelsea\u2019s decision about my consumption of Vitamin D3. Lower (because of bone density issues by 1000 units, so I will only take 4000\/day).<\/p>\n

Tuesday, picked up several pairs of 38×30 pants from Laura & Johnny\u2019s place, plus had a nice visit looking at her flower gardens. Some cool purple flowers I know nothing about; their leaves are prettier than their flowers (which are quite small). Coral Bells, I think. <\/p>\n

Laura’s shade plants?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Picked up my Atorvastatin from Safeway and John two medications from Fred Meyer Pharmacy, while in for the 10% off Senior discount, (1st Tues each month), for his 10 2-liter bottles of diet and regular cola. While there we also bought a bunch of Reece\u2019s Peanut Butter cups for .33\/each (a very good deal).<\/p>\n

Finally, back again for my blood draw (for an INR and Vitamin D test), which I went for first, but there were 10 people ahead of me, so left and went back as our last stop.<\/p>\n

We were away from home for almost 4 hours. Actually, our last stop was the Yellow Church Caf\u00e9 for a late lunch, using our $25 gift certificate, my last \u201cwin\u201d in the COVID Bingo 3 challenge. The prices are quite high there, but we don\u2019t eat out much, so guess they are high everywhere. John\u2019s \u00bd pound hamburger cost $15, within a house ciabatta (bread bun), Tillamook white cheddar, garlic aioli, lettuce, tomato, onion and a pickle spear. Also, came with a choice of potato salad or clam chowder. I picked the chowder, then he didn\u2019t want it so I enjoyed it (he\u2019d have preferred French fries). I got a Cobb salad ($17) made with Iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, chicken, avocado, purple onions, hard-boiled egg, bacon bits (homemade), and blue cheese dressing. I got three meals from it, and John got 2 meals from his burger.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t get my INR report (2.1) until Thursday, because of a miscommunication at the doctor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

This morning the latest highlights of Episodes of Nick from Home arrived from Kathy Williams-DeVries in Australia: this is really only going to be appreciated by regular viewers of his livestreams. We\u2019re sort of an \u201cin group\u201d with known repetitions and instances that happen during the talks.<\/p>\n

This has the background recorder music (up to 40 recorders in concert) playing music behind the highlights. Kathy explains this merging creation of the sound tracks in the video Friday night this week.<\/p>\n

Nick from Home Highlights Livestreams 41-50, 6-2-20 (4 mins)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tonight is a talk by Nick on a topic north of us:<\/p>\n

\u2018Nick from Home\u2019 Livestream #56 – 6-2-20 British Columbia Geology? starts 5:20 minutes in<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, Jun 3 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Took my Alendronate at 7:30 a.m. Couldn\u2019t eat until after 30 minutes passed, but took me so long to clean up dirty dishes & pans that I was almost an hour having my French Toast breakfast, with maple syrup. I haven\u2019t fixed that in many years. <\/p>\n

Then I finished the PDF for suggested background materials regarding tonight\u2019s livestream (Geologic Mapping), and it didn\u2019t get it sent until 10:30, because of interruptions with the house remodeling project going on. It\u2019s going to get worse because the insulation contractor was here this morning, and they determined the skylights must be finished (opened through the ceiling into the attic) in our living room and den before the insulation in the attic can occur. The den is where I am setup with my laptop. So, today, I must finish those suggestions to send out early morning to the study group.<\/p>\n

John is going to move all things out of the room into the pickup with canopy until they are done opening up the area for the Skylights, which were installed in the roof in 2010 without any shaft work. <\/p>\n

Just had to break to consider the remodeling project and hear the plans of proceeding inside the house.\u00a0 This may really mess up my morning tomorrow for accessing\u00a0my\u00a0computer.\u00a0 Guess I have to get readings ready today to suggest for the next lecture, tomorrow.\u00a0 I’m running out of steam and time, and computer\u00a0time on my laptop.\u00a0 This is nuts.\u00a0 They are going to move me totally out of the den, so today, I have to figure what I need in here for the next 3 days, as it will be moved out to cut holes in the ceiling, to go through to the roof. <\/p>\n

Tonight is a presentation with Nick and his guest speaker, Andrew Sadowski, Washington Geological Survey (WGS) Statemap Geologist: (Geologic field mapping, structural geology, neotectonics), who is a staff member of the CWU geological sciences department, out of (WGS).<\/p>\n

\u2018Nick from Home\u2019 Livestream #57 \u2013 6-3-20 Geologic Mapping Today starts 4 minutes in <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Supper: 3rd part of Cobb Salad from Tuesday\u2019s purchase at the Yellow Church Caf\u00e9. John had something else.<\/p>\n

Thursday, Jun 4 <\/strong> <\/p>\n

Wild day today. Much cleaning up and sorting very early this morning, then visits from contractor\u2019s crew, and request to take photos of the cementing of footers for the walkway poles. Then people in the house to cut out the ceiling to reveal the skylights. I took photos and a video of the living room too, but still cleaning up the den to allow access to cut that one tomorrow. Other work is occurring in the new room (old garage) simultaneously. <\/p>\n

Need to work on loading the dishwasher that got waylaid early morning. John has watered onions, tomatoes, and more.
\nI had to have a nutrition drink early to tide me over. Then, later we had a bowl of chicken soup with added chicken, wild rice, carrots, and tomatoes (Progresso).<\/p>\n

Biggest time sink for me today was calling 8 places, to check if they were registered through the bad credit card account, or through the routing number of our bank\u2019s checking account. <\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s livestreaming lecture by Nick:<\/p>\n

\u2018Nick from Home\u2019 Livestream #58 \u2013 6-4-20 \u2013 Wenatchee Geology (field trip)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s supper after Nick\u2019s virtual field trip is a beef stew which cooked a long time since yesterday (in a crockpot). Dessert: Chocolate ice cream with strawberries.<\/p>\n

Spent the rest of the evening sorting through receipts and checking for payments to warn people about on Citi Bank statement that come out automatically. Thought of two more tonight, and still need to check through more statements.<\/p>\n

Friday, Jun 5 <\/strong> <\/p>\n

Concentrate on trash under the table in the den, for skylight opening; alternate with dishwasher loading, and fixing the fraudulent VISA card payment notification.<\/p>\n

As you all know, we are in the process of a major house remodeling project and spending much time cleaning out contents of rooms. After 40 years, the house insulation needs rejuvenated, and there never was any above the garage ceiling.<\/p>\n

I’m continuing to work on receipt organization and filing, and now 2 days ago added the problem with a stolen ID (fraudulent payment) on a credit card, which I\u2019ve been busy notifying places about the newly changed number.
\nThey replaced my card only a couple days ago, with a totally new number. Contacting the businesses has been a big chore. No easy way, except for a few places. Even my medical health insurance through the Public Employees E Board, took 2 days. I went through a telephone robot (after a long wait) to a series of buttons to push to finally get to billing, only to be told to call back later because they were busy with their workload. So I wrote an email letter to the Board of directors, and receive an acknowledgment last night I would be contacted in person. Finally, this morning, a person called and helped fix the issue. I’ve been this morning on the waiting for the WSJ (for now 33 minutes, waiting for an agent).\u00a0 This is driving me bonkers.
\nThey just answered and said they were having communication issues and couldn\u2019t help people and to call back in a couple hours. Jeez.. what a waste of MY TIME. I\u2019m to ask for billing (print edition). I just logged on to my online account looking for a solution and found that I can go to the customer care center and change my credit card information. Phew. So, I did.<\/p>\n

No livestreaming video lecture from Nick Zentner tonight; his day off (along with Monday). So in the time slot at 6:00 p.m. PST, we\u2019re going to enjoy music virtually, with our study group member, Kathy from Australia.<\/p>\n

Kathy Williams-DeVries from Brisbane, Australia: Her Recorder music background creation for Nick Z video starts with volume better at 7 minutes in<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Supper was a bowl of chili. <\/p>\n

Saturday, Jun 6 <\/strong><\/p>\n

On for capturing comments and conversation around the world at 8:00 a.m. John left shortly for grocery shopping today.<\/p>\n

Guest this morning: Colville Confederated Tribal member Randy Lewis (K’ayaxan) – a descendant of the Wenatchi\/P’squosa, Methow, and Okanagon bands – joins Nick for a very special live broadcast. Excellent presentation. Preceded by a video produced a couple years ago by both men.
\nIt covers the legends of the local Native Americans, and anyone will enjoy it. So many of us have ties to Native Americans in our background (mine is Cherokee), that it\u2019s a moving experience for many of the viewers. This was a virtual field trip to Wenatchee where many of the Indian legends are revealed in the geology of the area, particularly the rocks.<\/p>\n

Check this for sure, before watching the next.<\/p>\n

(You may need to enter the password ‘Spexman’ (with no apostrophes<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The Winter’s Tale; Dragon Spexman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Nick from Home\u2019 Livestream #59 \u2013 Native American Geology <\/strong><\/a>
\nThe morning was busy with John assisting and my videotaping some and photographing the opening to the attic for the one skylight in our most used room. I had to move to the back of the house to our old computer table to set up my laptop.<\/p>\n

Walter came to finish the skylight in the den. John helped by capturing dust from cutting the sheet-rock ceiling. He used Walter’s shop vacuum. Photos next week.<\/p>\n

We each broke for our own lunches, and John spent time helping Walter and alternating with working in the yard on various projects. (One major project is building a taller fence and gate to keep the deer out of the garden).
\nIt was cool and windy today. I managed to load and wash most all of the dishes we\u2019d dirtied. Most of my time was spent on planning for the livestreaming geology for tomorrow, when the subject is the San Andreas Fault of CA.<\/p>\n

Supper: Baked chicken breast, with red potatoes. John hit the hay, and I\u2019m not far behind. I had to take care of the last two cats out front and bring in the food that might attract raccoons. <\/p>\n

Sunday, May 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Nick from Home\u2019 Livestream #60 \u2013 6-7-20 San Andreas Fault<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I was working this morning multitasking several projects, all with time deadlines. We had 1,292 watchers at 9:55 a.m. this morning from around the world. I think that\u2019s the most I have seen.<\/p>\n

Unannounced, Walter brought 48 stone panels (2 per package; heavy) that John helped unload. They had arrived late Saturday at the local dealer who wanted them off their inventory. Still packed, so no picture.
\nSupper: for me chicken breast and fried onion rings.<\/p>\n

Hope your week was fine.<\/p>\n

Nancy and John
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