Four Days of Miscellaneous

I haven't posted in the last several days because most of what we have been doing has been pretty mundane--not too surprising to most of you, we are sure.  It has been "typical nasty weather"--Neil's Dad has a dirty joke that uses that line; some of you will remember it.  Anyway, it has been cool with temperatures in the upper thirties at night and only mid forties during the day.

Does This Make You Feel Better about YOUR Weather - We Hope So!

Pamela has been working on her Creative Memories projects and with several of her clients.  She is working on some calendars to sell at the Juneau Public Market in November, where a lot of people shop for their Christmas gifts.  Neil has been working on a few garage and RV projects, including replacing the RV water heater anode, filling the propane tanks, and doing some sorting of gear to put in the RV.  He also emptied out the truck box in the pickup, made sure that the Yamaha generator was ready to run, and did some touch up painting on some tools.  He found a couple more things to put on the SE Alaska Craig's List (a ladder, a trailer hitch step, and an adjustable hitch ball stinger).

This is the Little 2000 Watt Generator We Travel With - Compact and Quiet

Today, we also took the VW in to have the oil changed and getting it ready for winter.  We also balanced and rotated the tires, trying to get rid of an annoying vibration at 45 mph--we think that this did it finally.  After dropping off the VW, we went to the Sandpiper Restaurant for a leisurely breakfast and then to our eye doctor for our two year exam.  All is well with both of us, so we should be set for another couple of years.

This weekend, we have tickets for the Juneau's Theater in the Rough presentation of A Midsummer's Night's Dream.  We have been to their presentations over the years, and they are always fun.  These presentations are in the new McPhetres Hall in the Holy Trinity Church.  The church burned down in 2006, and has been rebuilt with a special space for theater and other presentations--we are looking forward to it.  More Juneau culture for the HagaFinn's!

We have also made plans to go up to Haines for the Bald Eagle Festival in Haines in early November.  Each year, about 1500 bald eagles converge on the Chilkat River because of the warm water that has resulted in a late chum salmon run.  We will go up there for the festival, take some pictures, and have some good meals we are certain.

For information about the Bald Eagle Festival and the American Bald Eagle Foundation, you can go to:  http://baldeagles.org/

Well, this should catch you up on our lives a little bit.  We have another Open House scheduled for October 29, so maybe we will get some house sale nibbles from that.  Wish us luck!

Neil and Pamela