Accomplishments: Work Week 2004
- milk house wired for continuous electricity
- milk house cleaned and water trough emptied, scrubbed, bleached and refilled
- milk house roof torn off and shingles thrown in dump
- milk house roof vacuumed, insulated, critter proofed, decked, new tin put on, and nails picked up
- old ice box in milk house replaced with working coke cooler
- mortared and pointed around windows and wall outside middle bathroom and Adeline’s room
- middle bathroom window redone to open
- screen made for tin bathroom
- two dinning room chairs rebuilt
- new water heater installed in kitchen
- new kitchen facet installed
- shower curtain made and hung
- curtains hemmed and re-hung
- two long serving mats made
- sheets in Nana’s room mended
- new wheels put on Electrolux vacuum cleaner
- weeds whacked all around the house and drive
- ivy trimmed in the courtyard
- trees trimmed
- weeds over septic tank chopped and ground prepared for planting flower seeds
- drought resistant plants planted around drive
- refrigerator in barn filled with R-12 refrigerant
- new batteries put in self-dumping rain gauges (Alamosa, Paynes, Wild Horse Flat, and Red Mill)
- barn cleaned and reorganized
- dirt built up around barn and roof run off directed to freshly diked trees
- seven ex-closures built near existing monitoring transect lines (Nana’s, Creek,
- Dad’s Runway, Alamosa, Wild Horse Flat, Red Mill, and Campana)
- extension made for mesquite sprayer wand
- mesquite sprayed in field around barn and Gail’s house
- Steve and Polly’s ashes spread and their names carved on Alamosa Point
- 12 delicious meals prepared and successfully devoured
- arroyo and gully erosion control workshop attended
NEW ITEMS DONATED to Nana’s :
- fantastic outdoor gas grill from John and Linda
- router with bits from ranch
- table saw, miter saw and router bits from John and Linda
- Joy of Cooking from John and Linda
(The twenty-seven people who made this long list possible were: Sally, Kelly, Eric, Christine, Colton, Dorothy, Jory, Coby, Stephen, Whittle, Kristen, Richard, Caitlin, Hilary, Tom, Effie, Edward, Ellen, Linda, John, Robin, Meade, Laura, Elliot, Annette, Glenda, Margaret, and to keep the ball rolling Sasha, Lucy, and Texas.)