Daydreaming (part 2)

I've been dreaming of the actuality of how things would work. I decided to write it down.
Here's Part 1.

There's going to need to be a shop. One fairly large for welding things and woodworking things and a place for all the making everyone wants to do.

The kitchen will also be for dining and gatherings. (The Gathering Hall?) Sometimes we could work together and cook dinner for everyone, maybe a once a week thing. If it becomes a success and we have the people for it, we can have sign ups for the different jobs and cook more than that, even do meal prepping for those who choose to work outside jobs.

Maybe there should be some sort of points system. Because everyone has their strengths so, someone who's building something like a home would get lots of points so they can exchange them for cooking duties or something.

There's a 16 acre lot I've been eyeing up. I just finally found it online and its a bit out of reach financially. I did find an 8.5 acre lot that is way more affordable not too far from the first one, and another 8.2 acre lot on a main highway type road even better priced.

So the ideal lot would be something with easy access to the electricity/sewer/water etc. The first one was on municipal sewage so would be easier for the rest than some place out in the country. It's like somehow finding the happy place between in "town" and not.

Neon Nats

New Hood

This year CNN was really on me. The Prez and DCO were really unavailable at all to help or attend. I luckily had a friend willing to help out and managed to pull things together.

I had a brilliant idea this year, that I would introduce secret judges. With cell phones being such a big thing, people are always on them. Facebook, texting, twitter, email. I got a couple of helpers and got them to download an app that would help me achieve my goal.

I have got quite a few good comments on my way of doing things. It was a little tricky at the end when I was waiting for one judge to finish up so I could tally up the scores. I definitely have some ideas on what can be done better next year. I mean, we have this technology, why not use it?

Cruise down to SPARTA, ON

All in all, I had a good weekend. I heard a lot of positive feedback from people (even some first timers), so that really helps me feel like I did a good job.

We did our quarter mile foot race again this year down the track, and a newbie took the title. We finally had another chapter win the participation award, and we had a pretty epic marshmallow battle. I'll share a few pics.

Battle aftermath

Progress Report

Well, have I been a busy bee lately? Why, yes, yes I have.

The unfortunate part is that I've been feeling very unproductively busy. The kids were at their father's for a week and I really felt like I didn't get anything done. I told my new work that I could work anything they wanted me to that week. A guy quit, and a guy was on vacation, so I was picking up hours. I worked my sweet ass off.

On top of that, I had some welding work to do. Most of which did not get done.

A couple of weeks ago I pulled out the clarion 7" fold out screen deck out of my car because the touch screen was no longer working and I couldn't deal with it anymore. I had a few friends up and we tried putting in another deck that was lying around here, which ended up not working. Another friend loaned me another one until I can afford a new one, and I wired it up myself. Which I decided I never want to do again.

Last weekend some friends helped me put the newly rebuilt rack in my car and the door speakers.

I had some unfortunate luck to have my car not start on Thursday night and had to get a tow home. Luckily it was only a few blocks, but I was without the car for almost 24 hours. After troubleshooting (wrongly) the car just started again. I'm pinning it down to wiring. Which is great.

The parts that really piss me off is that it was booked in to get the alignment on Friday, which I had to move to Monday. Also, I thought I could possibly get the pigtail to the fuel pump from work and what is listed looks absolutely nothing like what I need.

The next most shitty thing is that yesterday I ended feeling very unaccomplished because everything I tackled was a waste. The pigtail was not what I needed. I had ordered in a cam sensor in and it was the wrong one as well. I made two trips up to work, and had nothing to show for it. Yesterday felt like a complete waste.

So it was good that today was not. Although I wasted the first half of the day, and didn't even get to sleep in, I got the hitch fixed (hopefully) and the bumper sanded with a coat of the plasti-shit.

And now. It's late, and I have to work in the morning, after I drop my car off. Hopefully it's not too much of a whore, and it would be nice if it didn't need any work before the alignment.

One can hope.