Justyn's Trip

Justyn had Wonderful time on his 4 day 3 night Boyscout trip to Beals Island

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Photos of Camp

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Haunted hayride

Haunted Weekend!!

Our Seasonals really did a wonderful job with the decorating and haunting of the camp for our Halloween themed Columbus Day weekend.
They worked hard and the reward was all the screaming kids and adults. Even the over "nighters" got involved, with decorating their sites, themselves, and joined in with the "haunting" as the hay ride passed by.

Here's a copy of an email we got afterwards:

Scott and Kerry,

Just wanted to congratulate you on the BEST haunted hayride ever!!!

To you, and all those gremlins who helped to plan, setup, and provide all those screams and fast beating hearts, your efforts were AWESOME!

The hayride was definitely excellant! And I think we had almost as much fun listening to screaming fellow campers for 2 hours or so and watching all those black-cloaked ghouls gliding thru the darkness.

We appreciate your efforts and the memories you provided!

Linda Cornish and family


We had goblins, witches, ghosts, hangings, electric chairs,and the ever favorite "Chop Shop"
The hay ride started off with a passenger being hauled off by the mad butcher who needed a victim. Really got the adrenaline pumping in all those who dared to ride.

Tah Dah!!

We folks, there ya have it..... the Siding job is complete!!
SRC and John did the rest of the siding themselves. The price quote we got from the guy who did the rest of the house for the remaining side...worked out to like $100.00per hour (after the cost of materials) So SRC being the handy sort of guy that he is, said heck, I can do this...and Did!!!

Now, this book has a nice cover to judge!

We still have to re-shingle the roof, but that has to wait until next year. And the chimney needs to come down, but that is doing it all on it's own. Hopefully no Large chunks come crashing down on the new roof of the office before we get to it.

Beal Island, Maine

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Please click on the blue "View Larger Map" for a better view. I can't seem to get rid of that white "thought bubble"

Beal Island is shaped like a
crooked "h". It's about 65 acres and has a trail that circumnavigates
the island.

This is where Handsome Man will be spending his Columbus Day weekend (Fri.- Mon.) with the Boy Scouts, Troop 2
Tonight the boys will be going shopping to purchase all the food they need for the menus they had prepared at last week's meeting.

Needless to say HM is so very excited!

The camp out he went on a few weeks ago, he had a great time, rain not withstanding, and earned his Indian Lore merit badge.

Good Morning!!! Okay, maybe not! (I think SRC would have sold this place on the spot had there been an offer.. he was so mad) Plans were made yesterday, for this morning to be cutting up the big logs into "stove legnth" for our Free wood give-a-way listed on Craig's List.
Well, Murphy had other ideas..... A water Main break. Here's a picture of our faithful seasonal crew rendering assistance putting in a new line!
While all this is going on, I am directing people to the wood pit. Fortunately SRC and John had already cut up a whole pile before hand.
Trucks, and trucks with trailers had started coming in droves. The water line is now fixed and all the guys are down at the work pit, cutting and loading everyone's vehicles. I did just see a truck and trailer leave without any wood. I wonder if they were expecting hardwood?!? The ad clearly states softwood. but, Why else would they not take any? It's not like we were out...there is still plenty of wood. Oh well, not gonna lose sleep over it. (but I swear, people just don't read)
The big plus side to the water main breaking this weekend is we only had a couple of "overnight" campers. Most had either cancelled or rescheduled to next weekend. Thank goodness it didn't happen Columbus Day weekend!!!
Whew!

Tenderfoot

My Handsome Man has joined the Boy Scouts! He is working on the first rank.... Tenderfoot.
Today he leaves on a weekend campout. (Nice, his first one is in the rain. but he is undeterred)
This campout will coincide with the 3rd annual NE Powwow. Tamagua Native Gathering at a recreation area right here in town. The boys will be earning some sort of badge, for this. ( I didn't get to see exactly what) JSC had "homework" to do about this Indian tribe before setting off for this adventure.
He only just joined Wednesday!!! He's pretty excited. I am glad to see that he is involved with scouting again.
He was, we all were, involved in the cub scouts while we were on the Cape. That was an amazing Pack there.
JSC joined cub scouts when we moved up here, but it wasn't really like scouting, SRC said it was more like a daycare. JSC lost interest.
Now that he is boy scout age, he has a renewed interest.

Before and After

Here's a before and after picture of the room we've been working on.
The before picture isn't that great Tugga had messed around with the settings, and I hadn't realized it until after taking the picture. Anyway, you can see where the wall once was making this two rooms. (look on ceiling and wall)
The after picture shows it now as one room. The paint color is called "Calming Retreat" Most appropriate I'd say!!! Cuz that is going to be my "happy place" lol
The best part about this room is what You Can't see. All the insulation in the walls AND Ceiling!!
This room is warm! We've had left that work light on all night ( to help dry the mud) and boy, what a temperature difference it was walking in there than the rest of the house!
This old place will never have it so good once we're done!

Almost One year later

Well, It's been almost one year since we tore apart the two back bedrooms, and just this past Friday we got a couple of coats of paint on the new walls and ceiling!

The room is now One bedroom with a big walk in closet. However, the closet still needs to be finished sanding. Then primed and painted. The window and door trim, and the baseboards need to be made, stained and installed. Then ! finally carpet can be put down. After that, our stuff can be moved in, and I can "get away" from the boys.
Then we can get started on the middle bedroom, then the front bedroom. And the monsters, i mean boys, can then have their own rooms. Sigh I could use a magic wand right about now!!! poof! all done!

We still have the one side of the house that needs to be finished with the siding.
SRC got the new roof on the side room(our office) and new windows and doors.
Just need to finish barn boarding the side of the store, then the vinyl siding guy can come back and finish the house. (they're attached)
Got a new propane furnace to install. To be used as a "back-up" heat source.

hmm, lost my train of thought, cuz I'm feeling guilty about being on the computer when dishes need to be done, and Tugga is screeching!!

Soon....... I will have some real time to write. No guarantees on when, just stay posted!!!

Patience and Neatness

Sigh!! That pretty much sums up my thoughts and feelings.
Lately I haven't the words to write about what's going on here.

I am trying to be positive, and patient. But honestly, I am neither. My fuse has become oh so woefully short, much to the detriment of my men. I am tired, and I just want to sleep. I want to move out of the house and live in the camper....... it's peaceful and Clean in there!!!!

There is now not one room in the house that hasn't been torn apart, in preparation for all the siding work for the outside.
The bed room that has been sheetrocked and mudded still isn't finished!!
In fact SRC has gone out tonight to Home Depot to get another pole sander. Seems the one we had is now MIA. ( be it Tyler or someone stole it) John will not be here this week, so I told Scott that I am going to leave a note in the store, not answer the phone. (return all messages later) and get that room done and ready for primer and paint!!

The biggest issue, that's bothering me is keeping the house clean!! It just can't be done with the work going on. I absolutely HATE feeling the grit under my bare or stocking feet!! and It's there five minutes after vacuuming!!!!
My house in Harwich I could get away with vacuuming once a week. Here, I HAVE to do it everyday!!! And dusting?!?! My kid gets dirty from playing with his toys INSIDE the house!
What? Am I supposed to dust and wash his stuff every night?!! that's absurd!
Then there's the mold!!!!!! It's freakin' growing on all the wood work, including the This End Up furniture in the living room!!
I will say, steps have been taken to remedy this problem, and it is getting better.

SRC tells me to calm down, and let things go.... and not be so anal about cleaning, but I feel like I am the only one doing battle with this..... I have to remind everyone to take shoes off, pick up their discarded wrappers, stop leaving their "trash" on any available horizontal surface!!! Put their damn laundry away!!! All the way away! Not just carried up stairs to be left ON the dresser to be put away later.....which it almost never does... it gets worn again before that happens. then dirty laundry is left on the floor!!! We're living in one freakin' bedroom!!! I NEED neat and orderly! Some more cooperation would be welcome.

SIGH!
Now see, how I just vented!! I feel like a heel. My life isn't that bad, really. There are way more other people that would love to even have a house to work on. and here I sit and complain about it. Pretty selfish of me.
Like the saying goes.... Rome wasn't built in a day. So neither will this house.
I'd hire a maid but the place is CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over) a cleaning person included

Sigh.......

Life's a Ball

Greetings

Greetings..... I'm just getting started here.... so bear with me as I squeeze in some time here amongst everything else right now