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It was hot by summer standards yesterday, I had to go in for supplies and an appt to have a cv joint replaced in the driveshaft of the truck. I waited in the mall and had a burger and an ice tea for $14 lousy dollars, highway robbery, the repair bill look small by comparison. Came home and sat...

I only go to the dentist if it hurts. I used to go regularly, and my teeth constantly crumbled, and hurt. As the cost of living outstripped income I simply stopped going and my teeth stopped crumbling and hurting. The cleaning only served to speed up tooth erosion. Remicade, cipro and Aza made...

Looks like another dandy summer day coming up, I moved one load yesterday and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon in the sun. It hurts when the weather turns for the worse, at this time of year summer is limited, for Tony summer might be done, we are next so enjoy it. Carol, I have to agree, but...

The weather is warming up again, but not as warm as last week as winter draws nearer. Glad you found your phone sooner than later Carol, its almost impossible to get by without one these days. I moved another two loads. I'm glad I cut the extra wood prior to the surgery last spring, or I would...

I moved another two loads of wood, I would figure that its about a cubic meter and a half in volume Then I was invited over to the neighbor for fish n chips ending a good day. They sell wood cut n split in small quantities but it would not be cost efficient, more than oil by quite a stretch...

0C this morning with frost. Back to reality with the temperatures. I moved two loads of wood. I should post a picture of my wood pile to give you all an idea of what life is like over here. People compare their wood piles like city folks do with their gardens and cars. My issue is the...

That wood splitter in the video you posted Tony would be the perfect speed. It looks fast at first but if you watch, the speed is just right. I would be very happy to have one. I'll give the one I have a go, but I may have to get something like that. My wood pile averages 4x5x1.5 meters I burn...

Hope your feeling better Tony, not sure about the masks, seems I picked up more bugs when I wore the thing than when I took it off. I blamed it from the germs on my hands getting on my face when making adjustments when it itched. I put the log splitter together, and while it works well on...

Yesterday was a hot one, but the heat is on borrowed time, by the weekend reality will return and so will the hum of the wood furnace. 22C and rising.

We had another summer day reaching 28C and the airconditioner got a good run, and the deck chair too. We could really use this kind of warmth in June when the furnace often has to run. Fall makes up for the miserable spring weather that in some years overtakes the summer like Tony witnessed...

Good weather continues here too. It went up to 29C, I spent the afternoon reading on the deck. I enjoy 'do nothing days' as they don't come around enough. Today appears to be a repeat. I will take it for in other recent years its been cold enough for a flurry or two or worse cold soaking rains...

I enjoyed the summer day and sat out on the dock doing some reading and day dreaming. I didn't want to lift the canoe, so I felt like a pilot on a clear day without a plane.

The late season warmth continues, I have been using the airconditioner and it continues to be very August like, temps up in the twentys. As you say Tony, let the axe do the work. I felt the hernia when I was forcing the axe on some stubborn rounds rather than letting it do the work which is when...

The problem I have is that I don't have a woman policing me, and living rural asks a lot from my body. I wonder how I managed to avoid hernias in my first 23 years with the first stoma. Maybe it was the tough love of physical work on my body that toned my muscles. But it was clear that I could...

The warm weather continues, temps expected to be in the mid 20's again, and I'll take it. I ordered a log splitter as it looks like my days of splitting wood with an axe are over now that I have a hernia. Not looking forward to using it as they are slow, but that is what its come down to.

Summer is holding on with temps well into the 20's I went in and got measured up for an ostomy hernia belt. They don't come cheap but I need one as the body is not as resilient after the last operation.

Carol, its good to have a little celebration however so small or life would get dull pretty fast. I don't celebrate the big national holidays like christmas and newyears, but birthdays and the sort are a good excuse to knock glasses and have a toast or two, or maybe even three. What the heck...

While the nights are cooler the days are warm in the 20's. Today looks like a good day to do the wash and hang it out on the line.

A warmer day coming up with sunshine. Yesterday while sunny felt more like a day in October, Maybe today I will just sit back and take it easy, my body is asking for a break from it all. 14C

It went down to -1C during the night with a thin layer of ice in the bucket in the morning. It is a bright sunny morning, looking like a good day to work on wood.