We finished burning another week here in Roseburg . . . (Random Tara)
Anna kept us busy again this week. Tuesday Anna played on the pep band at the last basket ball game of the season. It was the first game we went to this year where Roseburg won. They were over Grants Pass 59-55 and actually played a pretty good game. The pep band has dwindled to just a few kids as the season has gone on. Just the die hard band members I guess . . . unfortunately their instructor is pretty bad and has managed to run most of the kids off.
Anna tutored the little girl in Winston a couple of times this week and then was out of school on Friday for teacher in-service day. She worked at the doctor's office for most of the day. Friday evening we took the horses out to Dodge creek for a workout. I got Dustie all sweaty from loping and Anna got Brazo all sweaty too. She got on Lacey at the end of the evening and loped her a bit but I never saw Lacey break a sweat. It was fun!
We managed to watch American Idol this week but no movies or any other TV. Maybe this evening we will set home and vegetate and watch movies. We're all tired and we aren't taking the horses out so we can relax and rest a bit before next week starts. Next week ought to be interesting since Delaine is going to San Francisco for a medical convention and Anna and I will have the ranch most of the week . . . just the two of us. Delaine's birthday is this next Tuesday by the way so we will have something to celebrate this week.
Saturday I went in to work for a while to do a last check in with the three millwrights we a laying off. I wanted to be sure they had everything they needed from me and I wanted to make sure I had their current phone number so I can stay in touch with them. It's pretty sad that we are having to lay off millwrights . . . this is the first time in my history that I've seen this without actually shutting operations down. The plant was down this past week but will be back up next week and we are planning 8 days down in March. All based on market pull. I got notified that all admin employees are getting a 20% cut in vacation time this next year and we're losing our two floating holidays as well as our 401K match and the ability to carry over unused vacation days. Tough times . . . The cut in vacation will mean I have 12 days instead of the 17 days I had previously earned including the floating holidays. It might make it tight for time off this summer. Aside from the negative there we are going to start producing thick LVL in the new cold press this coming week. Must of the debugging is complete and we are ready to start using the equipment for production. That is when there is any demand for product out in the market place. We won't produce to build inventory just as needed for orders. I know we will make it through and it will get better . . . just don't know what it will all look like when we come out on the other side of this down turn.
Mel, I'm glad you started to post on your blog again, I was wondering if you had given up on it. Have you ever read about the affect of periodic fasting on diabetes? I read an article in the Eugene news paper that was touting the good things periodic fasting can do for the human body and human spirit. Funny really that our church leaders have known that for many, many years.
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