Still getting started, but the main thing today was to stain the concrete upstairs, so we can then seal it. Once this is sealed (hopefully it’ll be done tomorrow,) we’ll be able to move the stuff in from the other half of the room over, and repeat the process. We’ll also be able to start framing once the crete is finished.

We have no heat in the building yet, and hopefully that won’t take too long, as it was snowing just about all day today! I do hope the photos will make sense. I didn’t get exterior shots, possibly do that tomorrow. Too much snow if you know what I mean…

Well, at least that what it seems like. I went out to the office this morning to unload the truck (just a half-skid) and proceeded to install Snow Leopard on the Mac. During that, it was time to read the Safety Manual, of which I am going to be an overseer of the volunteers in this area, among others.

After lunch, I headed out to buy boots (which was needed based on the Safety Manual) w/ a hard hat as well. Don't get me wrong, it's all good stuff, and fully ready to work.

We cleaned out some of the remaining left-over parts / pieces from that the owner left in our bay, which wasn't too much. Swept the floor, vacuumed the dust up and started to get the windows for the interior walls moved inside, just as the wind picked up something fierce. It threw so much dust in the building that it looked like we hadn't done anything! And it's been blowing ever since, but it did rain a little, so there's not as much dust.

Basically, I got my tools in, overlooked the job and hopefully start building some walls upstairs tomorrow. I need to get some pictures before we start, and hopefully I'll get it done...

Today was a multitude of projects. First, it started out with packing the tools in the truck, along with everything else I’ll be needing for the next 9 weeks. Then to the office where I loaded a half-skid of books. Paperwork soon followed to get through customs / immigration. After, or during, was trying to finalize the paperwork for the skid of books going to Australia. All in all, it was a pretty hectic morning, but able to get the things done that needed doing.

Then I left, right around noon. Drove about an hour and a half, before I realized I had left the paperwork I prepared earlier on my desk! So Russ grabbed that and headed North, as I drove South. We met south of Sandpoint, adding at least an hour’s drive to my already 8 hour trip.

The border crossing was seamless, other than than getting a rookie officer who wasn’t real sure of how to go about things. Which wasn’t a problem, just took longer is all.

When all is said and done, the trip lasted much longer than I expected. But that’s ok, as I arrived only 12:30 at my destination, safely. Very thankful for that!

I find it hard to recount the day’s events, projects accomplished, without the notes that are sitting on my desk! The days all blur together, so individual tasks are not easily remembered. However, at 1:00 pm, Russ, Norm, Nate and I took a trip to Quest, to see the production of the new Kodiak airplanes. The plant is the only airplane manufacturing plant in Idaho, and are now producing a new plane every 7 days. That to me is quite impressive for what small shop they have. Here are some photos from the day’s tour:

Today ended up being nice (if you like 50’s). I ran 5 miles this morning (41:04) which was good I thought. It was a tough run, however, and only saw 3 deer. Drove the truck today to run a load of old pallets to the dump. Being Wednesday, or my day to pack books, that’s what I did, though it wasn’t an overloaded pile of work today. Barney came over and helped figure out the Access file to pull the new emails of people registering at the GoodSeed Site, and then Russ, Tom, Barney and I had to do Chinese for lunch…  I finalized the skid going to GoodSeed Australia, and hope to see that leave tomorrow (some problem with getting a quote, so I had to email the info in and expect it’ll be ready tomorrow AM.) I was dragging some, probably because of running in the morning! I’ll have to try that at evening to see if it helps. At the end of the day, I started counting inventory, probably my least favorite job. But it does help me keep the warehouse in order (found 8 cases of Spanish Stranger I missed last count!) All in all, left at around 9:00 pm, and bought a day-pack on the way home from Barney.