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  • Yet Another Update The Gutter Blaster You'll need to take a few minutes to read the previous two posts if this is your first visit for a day or two. Alrighty then. Not to be defeated, I have one last strategy to clea…

  • UPDATE to my earlier post today (Gutter Blaster Saga Prologue) If you popped over to Kathy's page, you heard the saga and saw the photos of my excursion up the ladder. The ladder is too short to reach--I did manage…

  • Home Improvement: The Continuing Saga Storm Drains are Open To start off with, many of you not into house stuff might want to skip this. I've been in remodeling, maintenance and repair mode for weeks and weeks. Th…

  • Dinner, but first plumbers and home improvement! This morning (7:00AM Sunday Morning) the plumbers are here to try and complete our pipes etc. The water is going to be off until the afternoon sometime. We were up earl…

  • my votes http://premium.xanga.com/Private/xtools/xtoolspremium.aspx?uid=137101724 people-- I have no idea who most of the little guys are. its hard for me to vote for nearly any democrat in oregon because they are so f…

  • Gutter rat update [NOTE: Kathy's managed to have the camera and photos accounted for, so I'm left to talk about grimey stuff like gutter. For a report of our student activities, check out her page!] Well actually not…

  • Just a note to say I'm here and alive. Everyone is down on campus for new student orientation today. Except me. I got a phone message reminding me to attend a meeting in Salem today. It always takes place on this Tue…

  • Continuing Gutter-Downspout saga So the Roto-rooter guy came out today and looked at the main drainage culprit. I hadn't noticed the drain was packed with Grade A Primo composted dirt from years of leaves piling in the…

  • Brief note here. We returned from Prineville today after opening a missions convention last night. That was fun. Central Oregon is exceptionally beautiful. My calendar is becoming quite full with airport pickups. Ton…

  • Happy Birthday to a Man of Much (or Many) Character(s) We get to rub shoulders with some pretty spectacular people for time to time. There have been various leaders--an ambassador here, a senator there, and of course…

  • Register to Vote This is just a reminder for everyone out there to register to vote. States have varying deadlines in order to qualify for the November elections. In Oregon the deadline is October 12th. Please enco…

  • Hi everyone, Just want to introduce you to a really good friend of mine from Germany who is new to Xanga. Say "hi" to Bolognar! Rick has been home in Portland for the past month to deliver his daughter at Seattle Paci…