0940 Wed 03.03.10
Gutters Down Showing Damaged Facia
House Sitting
An interesting turn here in Sanford. Last month, the fellow that’s had an offer pending on Todd’s house since September, stopped by and told me his arrangement for storing his belongings was about to expire. His name is Calin. Calin asked me if he could store some things in the garage.
I told Calin that I was still using the garage, but that no one was using the house. I suggested that if he wanted to, he could just move in early— since closing was supposed to take place on the 26th of February.
Pile of old gutters
The closing didn’t take place on the 26th, but Calin has moved in early. Caiin already has a job in Sanford and was commuting from Durham. He said that it was costing him a Cnote a week to drive back and forth.
Calin is a nice kid. I call him kid, but he’s 23. He’s bright and well spoken. Doesn’t sit still much and is already fixing things on the house. His first project is the gutters. After he did a good job replacing the section of gutters on the back over the deck, I went ahead and tore the rest of the old gutters off the house.
After living here for a couple years by myself, it’s nice to have some company again. We’ve also had some fun sharing meals.
Stella in the snow
Power Failure
Last night, we got snow! Started coming down during my monthly Sons of the American Legion meeting, but didn’t start sticking until later. About 2200 it started piling up and we got several inches over night.
In the middle of the night I woke up cold. I realized that the power had gone off and come back on, which reset my electric blanket. I turned it back on, and about the time I was getting warm again, the power went off again about 0400— this time it stayed off, and as of 1000 is still off.
I’m powering my laptop off the battery banks in the Prairie Schooner.
The good news is that it looks like it’s melting pretty fast.
Learning 'Stay-Inside'
New Dog
Calin has rescued a dog from a life all alone in a garage somewhere. It looks like a young Staffordshire Terrier— I’m guessing she’s about a year old and weighs about 40 lb. Size wise, she’s not very big, but she is quite a muscle butt.
Her name is Stella— which she doesn’t recognize. She doesn’t seem to know anything. I gave her some tests and rate her an extremely affectionate type A. Her teeth look good and nearly straight.
I am concerned Stella might have a skin condition. She’s had a bath and still stinks, she scratches frequently, and there are a couple spots on her back side that don’t look right— the hair is thin.
For some reason, I told Calin I would help him train Stella. What that really means is training both Stella and Calin, but I will say this, Calin is very receptive. That’s more than I can say for Stella!
Luckily, Stella came with an inside dog kennel. So we can keep her out of trouble when unattended.
Calin would like to get Stella trained, then use her as an example dog for another mutt that would then become Stella’s companion. I think that is a good idea. If you are going to leave a dog home alone, it’s easier to have two than one because they socialize with each other and aren’t lonely.
