Aerie Report January 15, 2010

A rather dull day at the Aerie. The sky got cloudy over night and remained so all day. The winds shifted again so as to come in from the west instead of the southwest. As a result, we didn't see the over night low get below freezing but neither did we see the day time high get much above 36 degrees. All is supposed to be brighter, sunnier and warmer tomorrow, however, as we'll again flirt with that 40 degree mark.

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Terry spent the day reading, doing laundry, cooking (stir fry using some venison strips) and working on a needlecraft piece. I spent my time in the workshop putting together a rolling base for the band saw. It's one of the items purchased at Grizzly yesterday. Turns out to be just a teensiest too small for the flared legs of the saw but, since it was rated for a much, much higher weight than the saw, I managed to make it work. I also did some work on the jug saw cutting out patterns I had traced on Tuesday for some of next Christmas' presents. Still a few inside cuts to make and then sanding, fitting, and painting to do. They are table top cutouts of sleds, deer and Santa.

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Today is the DIL's birthday. Sandy is 26. Happy birthday kid!

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Talked to Terry's cousin and my hunting and fishing buddy who recently retired. They were going to move down to Virginia but then realized they had a married son (with one grandchild in hand) and married daughter in NJ. Virginia (the western, mountainous side) was starting to look like a long commute for grandma. Especially when newly married daughter asked about how often mom could come to visit when the grand kids started arriving. So, they started to look for a place around here. It's out in the country. Pretty much the right kid of politics. And still just four-and-a-half hours from their kids in NJ or the one (as yet unmarried) down in the Baltimore area.

They started looking just a few months ago but have found something they like and submitted an offer. I hope it's accepted. Be nice to have them in the area.