Most days I have been working on the path from the road up to the house. Dad and Dan dig out the stumps, boulders, and roots and do most of the grading. For me, "working on the path" pretty much means ridding it of rocks and poison ivy. So far I've avoided getting a rash, but Dad has it bad - blisters breaking out on blisters. He won't let me take a picture of it, but if you do a Google image search for "worst poison ivy rash ever" that would probably give you a good idea. Our rugged neighbor Billy who sets his own broken bones even suggested Dad should see a doctor. He finally got a Prednisone course today so hopefully that will help. The CVS pharmacist has a son who is an awesome rock climber, so he gave us his number so we can have a local show us some good spots. We got a nice shower system set up. We bought two garden sprayers and filled the first with water and a little Doc Bronner's peppermint castile soap to scrub with and the second with rinse water. It makes showers super fast and easy and uses hardly any water. Sleeping in the tent hasn't been too bad. I pass out every night shortly after dark and sleep right through the roosters crowing next door. Most of our meals have been tortilla, bean, and salsa based, rotating through eggs, hot dogs, canned chicken, and tuna for variety. We had a good mac and cheese with tomatillo salsa and chicken the other night. There are some good vines that hang from the trees for swinging, but they're hard and woody, not like the Tarzan kind. My favorite one broke the other day, but there are plenty more. Last night we went to Billy's house and I played HORSE with their son Isaac until it got dark. The ticks haven't bothered us lately. We seriously saw like a thousand the first few days, but I haven't noticed any since we've been working on the path. A neighbor said the ticks get excited for fresh blood but then they leave you alone. Weird. I have seen a bald eagle and several large falcons, which make the chickens go crazy. Today we went to Goodwill to find Dad some thick, long sleeved shirts for poison ivy protection, and to Radio Shack to get a cord to hook the computer up. Now we are hanging out at the Sequatchie Cove Farm. Since the path is pretty much done, we are working on clearing the footprint for a shed. Dad said that after we finish that, we can go to China Buffet to celebrate. I am really looking forward to that!
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Aunt Nita
5/22/2012 01:13:33 am
Isaac,
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Isaac
7/2/2012 08:35:00 am
Thank you for your kind thoughts. Once we started digging the excavation, we didn't get many ticks, and I haven't had much of a reaction to the poison ivy.
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IsaacI'm 13 years old, building our new house with my dad and Dan. I like to bike, play the guitar, piano, and banjo, build with LEGOs, compose music, and creating games. Archives
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