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Nicholas arrives tomorrow and will be around until Tuesday, I think. This is a very good thing. We have many ideas but no plans, which is typically how everyone around here likes things. He is bringing our kayak and some paddles, but we have nowhere to store it and no roof rack to actually get it to water. We're hoping to replicate Steve's "hang it from the garage rafters" scenario for storage. Of course we got a car that doesn't come with roof rack as an option, so we'll have to dig up the cash for a custom fitted one. We'll see how all that goes.**************
We are going through the Anglican class, which ends in Adult Confirmation. In order to be confirmed, you have to have first been baptized. There has been a family story that said when I was an infant, a Catholic family member got permission and a vial of Holy water and baptized me in the kitchen sink, since there was doubt about my continuing existence. My parents (being of the 'baptizing is for adults' vein) taught me that it didn't really count. They also taught me that communion was acceptable to take when I was old enough to understand it. In the church we currently attend, they accept infant baptisms and require baptism for taking of communion. I've been content with that thus far. However, because the Confirmation is a rite with the Bishop that requires having been baptized, and I was becoming more and more uneasy about not knowing for sure, I called the family member related to the story. Who has no recollection whatsoever and after lengthy discussion it was all agreed that even if it had, the situation 32 years ago would not have warranted the church having any record of it.I ended my last class with a 98.23%. It's sufficient. *heh* Started a new one this week on "Children, Family, and Community", and it seems to be ok... though repeating a lot of stuff we've already had, and not to much more depth than the first time. But we'll see. It's an instructor I haven't had, and she seems to be rather hands-off right now. It's her first term teaching for Walden, though she's taught many years in a community college. I wish I was more optimistic.
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The moral of the story is that next Saturday we will be Dave Ramsey "Sell so much stuff the kids think they're next"ing at Wescott from 7am to 10:45, leaving the table to Jen and running to church for the 11:00 Confirmation rehearsal, running back to Wescott to clean up by 1:00, running home to meet my parents who are driving in from Charlotte, hitting the road for Seabrook by 2:00, and by 4:00 I will be immersed for Baptism in the Atlantic Ocean. Then Sunday morning Lanse and I will be confirmed.
Anyone who wants to come is welcome, but let us know because Seabrook is gated and we'll need to call in a pass for you.
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Adoption homestudy update! Which adds a trip to Columbia to the list of things to do in the next two weeks.**************
We also needed to have physicals redone for the homestudy. I called and made the appointment Tuesday morning, went to bed Tuesday night with a sore throat, woke with a fever, and went to the appointment Thursday feeling horrid. Still feel horrid. I'm going out this morning (when I stop typing) to get my medications.**************
Things to do by next Saturday:- Pick up meds and med equipment (need a mask for the nebulizer)
- Get better
- Finish up stuff to sell at the sale
- Wrap up last month's budget info and complete this month's (which already started)
- Write two papers by Sunday night
- Clean the house for Nick (which is a disaster because of crafting stuff for the sale)
- Get groceries (we're out of everything)
- Bake bread (see previous)
- Do stuff with Nick
- Purchase and install kayak storage system
- Possible going away party for a friend tomorrow night
- Church
- Tuesday night class
- Meet with Doug about the baptism
- Do Week 2 homework (readings, discussion posts x3, 2 papers)
- Clean the house for my parents
- Host my parents
- Travel to Columbia for homestudy stuff?
- Survive through next weekends' schedule
- NOT PANIC
That is all.
1 comment:
1) Kayak-hanging system: (Or at least, what we did for our canoe) We put a loop of thick cord for the bow, and then a pulley at the other end with a rope and a loop in it, plus a hook to tie off. That way, I can load/unload it by myself (though it's easier with two people. First I put the bow into the loop, resting the stern on the ground (on a pad if desired for nonscratchiness) when I get it in. Then I carefully walk toward the stern, and get it in the other loop. Then I use the pulley to pull it up & hook the small loop in the rope to the hook.
We use additional stabilizing bungee cords to keep the canoe upside-down (since it's supposed to be stored that way) something you probably don't have to worry about with the kayak.
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? = hook
* = pulley
v = optional stabilizing bungie cords
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(Dunno how the ascii art will come out on a website, but I s'pose you can copy-paste it to notepad)
2) Kayak-roof-rack, homemade version, plus using ropes (ratcheting kind are nice):
Take long PVC type pipe things about 1-2 inches thick. Find some good solid foam, stuff that won't squish much but also won't scratch.
Cut 2 pieces of foam in this shape:
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|_____________|
(the kayak will sit in the upper "dent", so you may want to size it appropriately and/or round it a little). Attach poles for stabilizing purposes, so that the foam pieces are as far apart as you need them to be to sit on your car:
_ _
| |-------------| |
|_|-------------|_|
^foam ^poles ^foam
One ratcheting strap around the middle, through the car, and one on either end to the front & back of the car and you're good to go. We use these with the kayaks on the vineyard.
3) Hooray for baptism, and it's cool you get to do it in the ocean.
4) Hope you feel better & good luck with everything!
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