Monthly Archives: October 2008

We’re back!  Prince Albert was raining, the road back was wind-whipped, and now we are preparing for an evening’s rest.  It’s all good!

Well, we made it to Prince Albert by 3:00.  The church where we are renovating was open and supplies were just being delivered.  By 6:00 we had things cleaned up and some junk removed to the dump. 

Part of the fun is ripping out walls and imagining what needs to be done.  After supper we actually got to building a wall.  We thought we had it figured but were out a little bit — nothing we can’t fix but after all that measuring . . . And I had set it up to have studs going one way instead of the other.  Again, it can all work, which is the fun of renovating.  Sometimes innovation is the word of the day.

And so, Saturday we are off to “innovate” some more.  Oh yes, we do have plans, but there is a bit of “squeeze” room to make things work.  Or should I say “hammer” room.  Sometimes a bit of persuasion does amazing things!!

And you thought I was done with all that! 

Well, early this morning I tried another tactic.  When you combine all the tactics together you get a war that you win.  And this evening I have a full DVD of pictures that works with a menu and plays well on the TV.  That’s an accomplishment — not one I’m celebrating (OK, maybe a little), but an accomplishment nonetheless.

And tomorrow is another new adventure.  Our church is off to assist another church (New Life Indian Alliance Fellowship – NLIAF) with some renovations.   We’ll be back Saturday night.

Harvey went up early to set things up. 

Three of us are to follow tomorrow morning.  Well, maybe only two.  One possible renovator had his truck catch fire (a truck used constantly for his self-employed work).  The insurance adjustment may need to be done tomorrow.   And a new vehicle will need to be purchased as soon as possible.

Starting with a possible seven of us a few weeks ago, circumstances lead us to a group of three or four.  The tasks are not hard, so we will enjoy our time together, and together with members of NLIAF.

Oh, by the way, my wife is accompanying us and will spend most of the time visiting with our daughter.  For me, it will be a working holiday — and one I am looking forward to!!

OK, so yesterday I wasn’t going to tell you if I found a way to export my video in the format I wanted.  Well, I found out one of the software programs I picked up a few years ago did the job just fine.

Then, the question was how to set up titles on a DVD.  I looked inside a movie making program.  No there.  Logically the next step was to check the internet.  As it happened, after a little searching I found out that I was barking up the wrong software tree.  Once that was figured out, the rest was fairly easy.

So, now I have a set of movies and slideshows ready to be send to DVD.  The only question I have is how well my computer will perform — this is not an easy task.  Tomorrow morning will tell!