Cabin Log
1948
6/1 Bulldozed road - Ed Malm - $75
7/1 Poured foundation for log cabin - Cliff Malm - $376
7/1 Hauled cabin logs from Sanders road - Ed Malm - $84
9/1 Carpenters finished log cabin
1949
10/1 Built log cabin fireplace - Olaf Solo - $162
1953
11/1 Installed buried electric cable
1954
2/1 State electrical inspector OKed electric line
1955
10/1 Installed outdoor flood lights
10/1 Installed electric lights inside log cabin
1956
6/1 Bought Aluminum canoe
6/1 Poured foundation for hill house
6/1-6/22 Built hill house
6/22 Built rock wall behind hill house - Al Entwistle
10/30 Big Mantrap lake improvement association incorporated
1962
7/4 Poured boat house foundation
9/14-9/18 Built boat house
1963
8/2 Brought in-board boat to the lake
8/12 Poured concrete floor for the boat house
1964
6/21 Installed Moore - Vlcek telephone line
1966
8/16 Put up paneling hill house
1967
9/9 Bill & Sue drive the jeep to the cabin
10/17 Concrete poured for hill house addition
10/17 Carpet laid in hill house
1968
5/16 Mom and dad retired and moved to the lake
7/1-7/16 Hill house addition built
1970
6/29 Rewired the hill house
7/1-7/3 Ran water line from hill house to log cabin
11/1 Plowed in phone line
1971
5/14 Re-shingled log cabin
1972
2/1 Installed Rockcrete septic tank for hill house
8/29 Built fireplace in hill house - Herm Heitman
1977
8/2 Pulled submersible pump - water is 33'10" below grade
8/2 New pump - $158
12/25 Mom & dad spend first Christmas at the cabin
1978
8/8 Re-shingled hill house - Packers - $325 for shingles
10/9 Installed two new windows
1979
7/18 Installed new water in hill house - $250
10/1 Sold aluminum canoe to Jerry Ratigan - $200
1980
8/ Installed new deck on hill house - $521
8/ Replaced pump in hill house - Rommel Plumbing - $236
12/3 Dad died (73)
1982
7/15 Built new gas storage shed - Bill & Uncle Al
1983
8/1 Built new dock - Bill & Jim - $70
1986
7/8 Re-shingled log cabin
8/4 Painted log cabin - Packers
1989
5/26 Bought chain saw - Bill's Farm & Garden - $220
8/1 Built addition to log cabin - bathroom & new bedroom
1991
9/1 Installed French drain around hill house
1992
6/1 Installed new gutter drain pipe in log cabin - Jim
7/1 Repaired concrete step in front of log cabin - Rob
1998
7/1 Replaced pump hole cover in garage - Jim & Rob
2001
5/19 Fran, Bill and June arrive
5/20 Bill and June leave
5/26 Bill, June and Chris arrive
5/29 June leaves
5/30 rebuild fish cleaning table
6/1 June arrives
6/4 Bill, June and Chris leave
6/23 Bill and June arrive
6/23 lake association meeting
6/24 Bill and June leave
6/27 bear in yard
6/30 Jim and Kay arrive
⅞ Jim and Kay leave
⅞ Chicago Jim and his girls arrive
7/14 Chicago Jim and girls leave
7/14 Bill and June arrive
7/16 Bill and June leave
7/16-7/20 Pickett works on road - $4,560
7/23 Elsie died
7/23 Bill and June arrive
7/24 Fran, Bill and June leave for Arkansas
7/28 Fran, Bill and June return
7/29 Bill and June leave
8/4 Bill, June and Dorothy arrive
8/9 new stove for log cabin (Harvala) - $745
8/11 painted west side of log cabin
8/12 Bill, June and Dorothy leave
8/17 Bill arrives
8/18 lake association meeting
8/19 Bill leaves
8/29 Rob and Terri arrive
9/3 Rob and Terri leave
9/10 Bill and June arrive
9/17 Bill and June leave
9/21 Bill and June arrive
9/23 Bill and June leave
9/23 Chuck, Ruth, Janet, Calan and boys arrive
9/28 Chuck, Ruth, Janet, Calan and boys leave
10/6 Bill and June arrive
10/7 Bill and June leave
10/13 Bill arrives
10/14 Bill leaves
10/19 Bill arrives
10/21 Fran and Bill leave
2002
5/18 Fran and Bill arrive
5/23 Fran leaves for Charles and Amanda’s wedding
5/25 Chris arrives
5/26 Fran arrives from wedding
5/30 June arrives
6/2 June leaves
6/3 Bill & Chris leave
6/21 Bill Arrives
6/23 Bill leaves
7/3 Bill, June & Dorothy arriveBill, June & Dorothy leave
7/27 Bill arrives
7/28 Bill leaves
8/9 Bill arrives
8/11 Bill leaves
8/23 Bill & June arrive
9/1 Bill & June leave
9/3 Severson grades road
9/8 Ruth & Chuck arrive
9/14 Bill arrives
9/15 Bill, Chuck & Ruth leave
9/28 Bill & June arrive
9/29 Bill & June leave
10/6 Snow
10/12 Log cabin closed
10/20 Fran leaves
2003
5/24 Bill, June & Fran arrive
5/26 Chris arrives
6/2 Bill, June & Chris leave
6/14 Bill & June arrive
6/15 Bill & June leave
6/22 Rankins arrive
6/27 Rankins leave
6/27 Bill arrives
6/29 Jim arrives
6/30 Bill leaves
7/6 Jim leaves
7/17 Rob & Terri arrive
7/25 Rob & Terri leave
7/25 Bill & June arrive
7/28 Bill & June leave
8/16 Dorothy & Mary Anne arrive
8/19 Bill & June arrive
8/21 Dorothy & Mary Anne leave
8/23 Bill & June leave
9/16 last Hummingbird seen
9/16 Bill arrives
9/20 Bill leaves
9/26 Bill arrives
9/27 Bill & Fran leave
2004
5/26 Fran arrives for the summer
6/11 Arden Severson grades the road
6/19 Lake association meeting
6/21 Bill & Chris arrive
6/21 New bunk bed mattresses
6/22 Shelves that slide in Hill House - $190
7/1 Chris leaves
7/1 Beth & Dustin arrive
7/4 Bill leaves
7/6 Beth & Dustin leave
7/16 Bill arrives
7/18 Bill leaves
7/21 Rob, Terri & the boys arrive
7/30 Jim arrives
7/30 Rob, Terri & the boys leave
8/6 Bill arrives
8/8 Jim leaves
8/16 Severson grades road
8/20 Bill & Dorothy arrive
8/29 Bill & Dorothy leave
9/8 Severson grades road
9/10 Bill arrives
9/17 Last hummingbird seen
9/17 Severson grades road
9/24 Bill arrives
9/26 Bill leaves
10/11 Bill arrives
10/12 Close cabin
10/12 Bill & Fran leave
11/27 Mom died (88)
2005
5/27 Bill arrives at the cabin for the summer
6/7 Bought new bed and mattress for the hill cabin from Bemidji
6/8 Paid Arden Severson $160 for road grading
6/18 Lake association meeting
6/19 Finished installing new flooring in hill cabin bedroom
6/20 New bed, mattress and side tables delivered for hill cabin bedroom
6/29 New water softener installed in hill cabin
7/1-10/22 Painted lower half of hill cabin
7/22 Chris leaves
7/26 Ordered shingles for the boat house from Nevis Lumber
7/29 Boat house shingles arrive
8/5 Rob, Terri & the boys arrive
8/6-8/12 New shingles installed on boat house
8/7 Bill leaves for Plymouth
8/13 Rob, Terri & the boys leave
8/13 Bill & Dorothy arrive
8/21 Dorothy leaves
9/7 Last hummingbird seen
9/21 Rob & John Gunther Arrive
9/25 Rob & John leave
9/28 Arvig plows in new phone line for 1 st half of road
10/28 Cabin closed and Bill Leaves
2006
5/4 Bill arrives at the cabin for the summer
5/4 New TV
5/4 New bookcases in hill cabin
5/15 Dock in the water
5/31 Chris arrives
6/5-9/20 Paint upper portion of hill cabin
6/6 Bought new 9.9 Mercury motor from Johnson on the Water - Dorset ($2,290)
6/9 Burned brush
6/17-6/19 Installed new support posts in the boat house
6/21 Chicago Jim and the girls arrive
7/24 Cleaned out log cabin septic tank
7/27 Bill wins bass patch: 135.1 to 122.7
7/28 Chris leaves
7/29 Dorothy arrives
8/6 Dorothy leaves
8/7 Rob, Terri, and the boys arrive
8/18 Rob, Terri and the boys leave
9/1 Jim arrives
9/9 Chuck and Ruth arrive
9/10 Jim leaves
9/14 Chuck and Ruth leave
9/18 Burned brush
10/20 Dock out of the water
10/23 Closed up cabin - Bill leaves
2007
4/25 Bill arrives at the cabin for the summer
4/27 DirecTV installs R15 receiver (DVR)
5/3 Dock in the water
5/5 Closed estate checking account
5/5 Ordered new deck chairs for the porch from Home Depot ($330)
5/8 First hummingbird sighted
5/9 Raking done
5/15 Property taxes paid
5/25 Chris arrives
5/25 Ordered new Fridgidaire from Harvala’s ($744)
5/26 Picked up new deck chairs from Home Depot
5/31 Bought dehumidifier from the Fleet store ($150)
6/2 Burned brush
6/3 Paid Arden Severson for road grading ($160)
6/7 Ordered new mattress for log cabin - Chris paid ($476)
6/15 New mattress arrived
6/25 Bill goes back to Plymouth for doctor’s appointment
6/26 Bill returns to the cabin
6/26 Arden grades road
6/27 Bought new battery for boat from Walmart ($75)
6/30-8/10 Tore down old outhouse and rebuilt it ($300)
7/6 New refrigerator arrives
7/9 Disposed of old cabin refrigerator
7/19 Had 6HP Johnson motor repaired in Dorset ($84)
7/20 Bill wins bass patch: 184.9 to 142.1
7/21 Dorothy arrives
7/22 Burn brush
7/23 Chris leaves
7/29 Dorothy leaves
7/29 Rob, Terri, Andrew and Brandon arrive
7/30-8/9 Put rock face of boat house wall
7/31 Arden graded road
8/10 Rob Terri, Andrew and Brandon leave
8/31 Jim and Angel arrive
9/9 Jim and Angel leave
9/9 Chuck and Ruth arrive
9/14 Arden graded road
9/15 Janet, Calan and the boys arrive
9/17 Chuck and Ruth leave
10/6 Chicago Jim and the girls arrive
10/8 Chicago Jim and the girls leave
10/21 Dock out of the water
10/24 Closed up hill cabin - Bill leaves
2008
4/25 Bill arrives at the cabin for the summer - well frozen
4/25 New kitchen cart
4/26 12” of snow - well OK now
5/8 New sofa for the hill cabin from Family Furniture ($850)
5/14 Lake association meeting
5/16 Chris arrives
5/19 Removed old gas storage shed
5/22-8/25 Build new shed ($3,000)
5/24 Paid Arden Severson for road grading ($175)
5/24 Arden graded road
5/25 Replaced cover over hill cabin pump
6/3 Burned brush
6/27 Burned brush
7/10 Arden graded road
7/23 Chris wins batch patch: 158.0 to 149.1
7/24 Chris leaves
7/29 Arden graded road
7/31 Bill goes back to Plymouth
8/1 Bill comes back to the cabin
8/10 Arden graded road
8/12 Rob, Terri, Andrew and Brandon arrive
8/17 Rob, Terri, Andrew and Brandon leave
8/17 Bill cuts his finger on the table saw
8/29 Jim and Angel arrive
8/31 Arden graded road
9/5 Dorothy arrives
9/7 Jim and Angel leave
9/11 Burn brush
9/14 Dorothy leaves
10/14 Log cabin closed
10/17 Dock out of the water
10/29 Hill cabin closed - Bill leaves
2009
4/25 Bill arrives at the cabin for the summer - all is well
5/18 Paid Arden Severson for road grading ($175)
5/18 Arden graded the road
5/24 Chris arrives
6/2 Broke the chain saw. Repaired at Ace for $120.
7/9 Burned brush
7/10 Burned more brush
7/10 Arden graded road
7/13 Installed yard light on pine stump in front of hill house.
7/16 Chris leaves
7/16-8/13 Built new kitchen cabinets for the hill house.
7/27 Arden grades the road.
7/28 Bought new microwave for hill house - Home Depot - $294.
7/31 Rob, Terri & Brandon arrive.
8/2 Chicago Jim, Aubrey & Taylor arrive.
8/4 Bill leaves to go back to Plymouth.
8/5 Bill returns to the cabin.
8/6 Jim and the girls leave.
8/8 Rob, Terri & Brandon leave.
8/26 Chris arrives again.
8/28 Ran electricity out to the shed.
9/2 Arden grades the road.
9/3 Chris leaves again.
9/4-9/26 Built bench.
9/5 Dorothy & Jennifer arrive.
9/11 Bought router at Acme Tools - $220.
9/12 Dorothy & Jennifer leave.
9/13 Chuck & Ruth arrive.
9/18 Chuck & Ruth leave.
10/27 Hill House closed - Bill leaves.
2010
4/22 Bill arrives at the cabin for the summer - all is well
4/23 Arvig installs DSL
4/23 fixed copper pipe behind shower
4/25 Arden grades road
5/15 Sprayed waterproofing on dock
5/18 Chris arrives
5/19 Bought new trolling motor at Gander Mountain - $110
5/24 Bought new recliner at Family Furniture - $550
5/27 Arden grades road
5/27 Paid Arden for grading road - $170
6/7 Linda (Chris’ friend) arrives
6/13 Linda leaves
7/5 Got building permit for shed - $25
5/14–7/12 Built a bookcase for the hill house - $330
7/13 Got building permit for deck extension - $40
7/15 Bought DeWalt Miter saw at Fleet - $300
7/15–8/7 Built deck extension - $830
7/19 Arden grades road
7/30 Rob, Terri, Andrew & Brandon arrive
8/1 Chris leaves
8/4 Jim, Aubrey & Taylor arrive
8/6 Arden grades road
8/8 Rob, Terri, Andrew & Brandon leave
8/9 Jim, Aubrey & Taylor leave
8/14 Dorothy arrives
8/21 Dorothy leaves
8/25 Jim & Angel arrive
9/4 Jim & Angel leave
9/26 New gutter installed on hill house by D&S Seamless siding - $550
10/7 Cabin closed up
10/19 Hill house closed up – Bill leaves
2011
4/21 Bill arrives at the cabin for the summer - all is well
5/11 1 st hummingbird
5/14 Chris arrives
5/26 Replaced boards on back of boat house
5/28–6/23 Remodeled hill house kitchen:
o replaced wall oven and cooktop with smooth top range
o new cabinets
5/30 Clean moss off hill house roof
6/11 Beauty dies (Ruth’s cat)
6/15 new range for hill house – Home depot: $1,463
6/20 Painted south side of boat house
6/20–9/27 Painted deck
7/3–7/8 Stained south side of log cabin
7/11 New shelves in storage room
7/12–8/4 Built porch swing
7/16 Arden graded road
7/20 Took 4-stroke to Dorset for repair – water in the gas -$92
7/21 Chris leaves
7/22 Rob, Terri, Brandon & Ashley arrive
8/3 Andrew flies in to Bemidji
8/7 Rob, Terri & kids leave
8/8 (Chicago) Jim & girls arrive
8/11 Dug up and cleaned out clog in lower septic tank
8/12 Jim & girls leave
8/15–9/4 Built miter saw cart
8/16 Stain deck (Benjamin Moore – semi-transparent – Oxford brown)
9/3 Dorothy arrives
9/8 Installed electrical outlet on deck
10/5–10/13 Refinished boat seats
9/10 Dorothy leaves
9/16 Planted creeping phlox on south side of log cabin – Heubner’s - $100
9/24 Built shelf for old clock from Grandma Allen
10/10 Bought side table for hill house - $55
10/17 Closed up log cabin
10/24 Hill house closed up – Bill leaves
2012
4/19 Bill arrives at the cabin for the summer - all is well
4/22 New toaster for hill house - $50
5/1- 6/16 Remodel hill house bathroom
5/2 Remove wallpaper from hill house bathroom
5/4 Paint hill house bathroom
5/9 Sprayed water sealer on dock boards
5/9 Put dock out
5/10 First hummingbirds
5/10 DNR put walleyes in the pot hole
5/13 Installed new faucet on utility room sink
5/17 Removed linoleum from hill house hallway
5/18 Chris arrives
5/19 Installed new bathroom fan - Menards - $100
5/20 Installed new bathroom light – Menards - $80
5/21 Planted more creeping phlox on south side of log cabin
5/24 Patched and painted the bathroom ceiling
5/24 Installed new flooring on the hill house hallway
5/28 Replaced rotted boards on the bathroom floor around toilet
5/28 Installed new flooring in bathroom
5/28 Installed new bathroom vanity and top
5/28 New toilet from Menards ($210) does not fit
6/6 Installed whole house water filter in hill house (R50-BBSA) - $100
6/7 Re-plumbed hill house toilet – removed mixing valve
6/8 Cleaned mercury carburetor
6/16 Reinstalled original 2.5 gallon toilet – returned new toilet to Menard’s
6/22-6/23 Installed new floor in hill house kitchen
6/24 Sprayed Wet & Forget on log cabin roof
6/25 Stained north side of log cabin
6/25 Sprayed bleach on hill house roof
6/25 Planted grass seed behind log cabin
7/9–9/10 Build sofa table for hill house
7/28 Chris leaves
8/5 Rob, Terri & the kids arrive
8/12 Rob, Terri & the kids leave
8/25 I fly to Atlanta for Aunt Eleanor’s 100 th birthday
9/4 Hummingbirds are gone
9/9 Dorothy arrives
9/14 Removed bookcase from log cabin bedroom
9/16 Dorothy leaves
10/13 Brought in dock
10/18 Closed up log cabin
10/25 Bill leaves
2013
5/1 Bought Porter-Cable drill press from Lowes - $252
5/7 Bill arrives at the cabin for the summer – parks at widow’s point and walks in
5/10 Drive to cabin – snow mostly gone
5/11 Ice-out
5/17 Bought Dust Deputy from Amazon - $100
5/19 First hummingbird
5/22 Chris arrives
5/24 Bat in cabin – Chris got rabis shots
5/29 Tore out old work bench in garage
5/31–7/1 Built new work bench in garage - ~$1000
6/7 Buried Ethernet cable to the log cabin - $50
6/12 Got Puller Bear - $125
6/14 Got new lawn mower from Home Depot - $300
6/15 Planted creeping phlox in triangle by boat house
7/3 Stained deck
7/4–7/9 Replaced shelves around new workbench - ~$100
7/12–7/19 Stained west side of log cabin
7/15–7/19 Built vacuum cart for Dust Deputy
7/26–8/27 Built woodworkers bench - ~$150
7/25 Bought chim-a-lator from Volko Supply Co - $202
7/30 Cleaned log cabin chimney and installed chim-a-lator
8/7 Chris leaves
8/17 Dorothy arrives
8/24 Dorothy leaves
8/25 Rob, Terri & Brandon arrive
8/29 Andrew arrives
9/2 Rob, Terri, Andrew & Brandon leave
9/2–9/21 Made table saw out-feed extension
9/27 Installed a heater in the hill house bathroom
9/29 Winterized log cabin
1024 Closed up and left
12/13 Jim died (70)
2014
4/26 Bill arrives at the cabin – all is well
5/7 Bought electric service panel and breakers from Home Depot - $250
5/7 Found first tick
5/11 Saw first hummingbird
5/12 Bought 46” Samsung TV for hill house from Amazon - $510
5/23-5/27 Built router fence
5/28 Water softener fills with water – disassembled, cleaned and reassembled
6/3 Chris arrives
6/5 Bought Keurig Coffee Maker from Amazon - $112
6/6 Rebuilt car port
6/12 New HD DirecTV dish and receiver installed - $100
6/19-6/29 Installed new electric panel in hill house
6/23 Paid Arden Severson for road maintenance - $225
6/24 New fluorescent lights in garage
6/24 Echo Water fixed water softener – missing O-ring - $66
6/25 Planted ferns on east side of log cabin bedroom
6/26 Davis Electric hooked up new service panel in garage - $293
6/27 Ehresmann Plumbing got well working: 120v -> 240v - $153
6/29 Windstorm blew down car post
7/2 Carport back up with better tarp clips
7/8-7/19 Built new steps from hill house to boat house
8/1 Bought Rigid sander from Home Depot - $200
8/2 Chris leaves
8/2 Rob, Terri, Andrew, Brandon & Kait (gf) arrive
8/2 Rob brought a new trolling motor (Prowler)
8/5-8/14 Built new rolling shop cart for planer
8/6 Rob bought and installed a ceiling fan in log cabin
8/9 Rob, Terri & kids leave
8/14 Bought Dewalt planer from Amazon - $550
8/18- ? Started building band saw
8/23 Dorothy arrives
8/31 Dorothy leaves
9/4 Fire in Dorset destroys Dorset House & Companeros
9/9 Hummingbirds are gone
10/8 Winterized log cabin
10/8 Replaced pad on random orbit sander
10/14 Brought in the dock and boat
10/18 Closed up the hill house and left
2015
4/3 Built new boat seat
4/14 Ruth died
4/27 Arrived at cabin – no water
4/28 Louie Ehresmann replaced split poly pipe in well pit - $150
5/2 Old pressure broken, bought new one from Amazon - $154
5/7 1st tick
5/8 Pressure washed dock boards
5/12 Bought Amazon echo - $100
5/15 1st hummingbird
5/17-5/26 Removed paneling from hill house
5/21 Sprayed water repellant on deck boards
5/21 Arden Severson grades road - $225
5/22 Dock is in the water
5/26 Ordered new carpet and blinds for hill house
5/30 Order 18 sheets of ¼” dry wall from Home Depot for hill house - $150
5/30 Order 4x6’s and rebar 600from Home Depot for replacement steps - $180
6/4 New drywall installed in hill house by Doc’s - $
6/5-6/10 Re-installed molding around windows and doors in hill house
6/19 New carpet installed in hill house - $1,533
6/19 New blinds installed in hill house - $1,759
6/28 Tom Barta’s 80th birthday party
7/5 Chris arrives (he bought a townhouse in Venice FL)
7/10-7/24 Re-built steps from hill cabin to log cabin
7/23-7/24 Kelly installed new floor in log cabin - $3,765
7/29 Replaced Screen in log cabin door
7/31 Chris leaves
7/31 Rob, Terri, Andrew, Brandon and Kait arrive
8/1 Rob takes 3 old mattresses to the dump and buys a new queen
8/1 Fischer’s 4th annual lake party
8/3 Rob and boys cut down big pine next to log cabin
8/4 Changed in-line fuel filter on Mercury outboard motor
8/6 Re-built router table
8/9 Rob and Terry et al leave
8/13 Replaced ceiling light in log cabin - $32
8/18 Bought new lighted mirror for hill house bathroom - $100
8/22 Dorothy arrives
8/28 Dorothy leaves
9/4 Replaced fuel pump on mercury outboard motor - $157
9/5 Jim and the girls and their boyfriends arrive
9/8 Jim and the girls leave
9/13-10/3 Re-built one of the log cabin bunk beds
10/10 Closed up the log cabin
10/12 Car port blew down
10/24 Closed up the hill house and left
2016
4/23 Arrived at cabin - everything OK
4/29 Put dock & boat in the water
5/5 Companeros re-opens in Dorset
5/9 Installed new timer for outside lights
5/10 5 yds of black dirt delivered from Pickett - $85
5/10 Dump truck broke through top of septic tank cover
5/12 Bought new printer from Amazon - Epson XP 330 - $55
5/13 New septic cover installed by Backhoe Pete (Dave Hacker) - $185
5/16 Arden Severson graded road - $225 for season
5/16 Planted hostas in front of garage
5/17 Septic tank pump out by Kountry Kare (Ken Gabriel) - $280
5/17 Dock and boat in the water
5/21 Bought wench from Fleet - $75
5/21 Replaced plastic tube for Yankee bird feeder
5/29-7/6 Built 2nd bunk bed for log cabin
6/3 Bought new Mercury 20 HP outboard from Johnson on the Water in Dorset - $1,500 plus trade-in
6/24 Dorothy arrives
6/25-7/14 Created fish mosaic in triangle of death by boat house
7/1 Dorothy leaves
7/21 Bad wind storm - BIG BLOWDOWN
7/21-11/2 Cleared trees form around houses
7/23 Bill Vlcek brought me his new Stihl MS271 - I bought him a new one from Ace - $416
7/24-7/28 Cleared trees from road
7/24 Geoff arrives to help clear trees from the road
7/25 Geoff leaves
7/28 Justin Fischer used bobcat to finish clearing road and get trees off hill house - $1,400
7/29 Rob & Terri arrive
7/30 Andrew arrives
8/4 Andrew's girlfriend Crystal arrives
8/7 Chris arrives
8/8 Rob, Terri, Andrew & Crystal leave
8/26 Backhoe Pete takes away 3 dump truck loads of stumps away - $1,610
9/4 Chris leaves
9/6 New slab poured for Hill House stair landing
9/8 New stairs for hill house by Larry May - $1,070
9/13 Hummingbirds leave
9/21 Beth & Rick arrive
9/22 Dick & Adair (friends of Beth) arrive
9/23-9/24 Landscape Accents plants grass seeds on hill in front of hill house $2,344
9/25 Beth, Rick, Dick & Adair leave
10/2 Geoff arrives again to help
10/2 Finish clearing trees off the path
10/2 Put guy-wire on tamarack by boat house
10/3 Brought dock and boat into boat house
10/4 Geoff leaves
10/10 Log cabin closed
10/19-10/21 New roof on hill house - $3,300
10/20 DirecTV repositions dish to south side of roof
11/1-11/17 Dukek logging start clearing blowdown in the woods
11/2 While clearing trees south of the hill house the power line was severed
11/3 Using the generator I closed up the hill house and left
2017
11/2016 Early wet snowfall brought down many trees across the road
4/7 John Graham cleared trees from road - $1052
5/2 I arrive at the lake – staying at The Pines until I have power
5/3 New power line installed byItasca Mantrap - $16,680 + $564
5/8 Davis Electric finished power connection - $687
5/8 I move to the HILL HOUSE
5/14 Trish and I built new mailbox stand - ~$150
5/10-6/10 Planted 100 trees – BMLA $96
5/18-10/10 Filled in lakeshore in front of boathouse to stop erosion
5/24 Dragged old wooden dock up behind hill house
5/24-5/30 Chris Farden cleared some of the logging debris north of cabins - $1,937
5/29 Hummingbirds are here
6/1 Log cabin open
6/2 Replaced light above hill house table – Lamps Plus - $317
6/4 Put boat in water (I put the motor on first and then slid the boat in)
6/14 Transplanted balsam south of hill house
6/16 New Pier Pleasure dock from Timber Creek - $4,559
6/24 Dorothy arrives
6/25-6/30 Built microwave cart/garbage bin for log cabin
7/1 Dorothy leaves
7/9 Attended Aubrey’s beach wedding in St Joseph MI
7/10 Baxter’s arrive: Janet, Calan, Kyler, Matt, Alyssa, Chuck + 2 dogs
7/11 The Baxter’s replaced the light shade and bulb on the outside light north of the cabin
7/14 Baxter’s et al leave
7/16 Bought bird bath for deck from Amazon - $50
7/18-7/23 Painted deck railing
7/28 Rob, Terri, Andrew, Brandon, Kaitlin + 2 dogs arrive
8/3 Rob & the boys moved the old dock to the pothole
8/4 Chris arrives
8/5 Rob and Terri and crew leave
8/6-8/30 Built new carport - $300
8/16 Replace bathroom light above mirror in log cabin
8/18 Replaced outside light by log cabin door
8/21 Solar eclipse clouded out
8/29 Year end looner meeting at Laskey’s
8/25 New water softener – Eco Water $1,495
9/4-9/8 Moved outside light by carport to head of stairs
9/13 Chris leaves (he had no damage from hurricane Irma)
9/17 Hummingbirds are gone
9/20 Wind storm blew the top of a white pine onto the car port
9/20-9/28 Repaired car port
9/27 Closed up log cabin
10/7 Planted three lilacs by hill cabin
10/13 Brought in boat and dock
10/22 hill house and left
2018
5/1 Arrived at cabin - everything OK
5/3 Dock out
5/10 Boat out
5/14 Put new tarp on the carport
5/14 Planted seedlings - 10 red pine & 10 white pine
5/21-5/26 Primed and painted hill house stairs
5/23 Dave Barrett cleaned up logging mess north of cabin
5/23-6/21 Rebuilt rear boat seat
6/14 John Graham repaired the gate
6/?? Chuck died
6/25-6/30 Trip to Denver: Chuck’s funeral and Brandon & Kaitlin’s wedding
7/2-8/5 Repaired hanging bench swing
7/7 Dorothy arrived
7/27 Dorothy left
8/4 Fischer’s 7th annual lake party
8/8 Stained the deck (I ran out stain)
8/15 Chris arrived
8/16 Installed NEMA 14-50 outlet in garage
8/23-9/5 Made Dorothy’s glider
8/24 Installed new kitchen faucet in log cabin - Home Depot - $33
9/7 Installed new front door on hill house - Menard’s - $708
9/11 Installed new screen door on hill house - Home Depot - $217
9/12 Hummingbirds have gone
9/12 Chris left
9/20 New Tesla Model 3 in carport
9/22 Finished staining deck
10/3 Closed up log cabin
10/7 Brought in boat and dock
10/21 Closed the hill house and left
2019
5/1 Arrived at cabin - everything OK
5/1 Carport survived winter nicely
5/4 Dock in
5/4 Boat in
5/10 Planted 10 white pine seedlings
5/10-5/31 Opened path to widow’s point
5/12 First hummingbird
5/30 Bought new Epson XP-440 printer - Amazon - $50
6/3 Opened log cabin
6/4 Replaced log cabin shower faucet
6/12 Painted deck railing
6/15-6/21 Prepped log cabin for staining
6/29-7/6 Stained boat house
7/6 Bought hedge trimmer - Amazon -$115
7/7-7/25 Ron Harlow stained log cabin - $537
7/13 Dorothy arrives
7/25 Dorothy leaves
7/26 Rob, Terri, Andrew, Brandon & Kaitlin arrive
7/29 Installed telephone pole water break in front of log cabin
8/3 Andrew, Brandon & Kaitlin drive back to Houston with big boat
8/3 Rob & terri drive back to Denver
8/5 Tree fell on Fischer’s cabin and on The Pines
8/24 Taylor and Casey’s wedding in Beloit WI
8/16 Closed log cabin
9/18 Last hummingbird
9/29 Boat in boat house
10/7 Dock out of water
10/17 Closed the hill house and left
2020
4/25 Loon raft all out
5/7 Arrived at cabin - everything OK
5/12 Dock out
5/12 Oil leak under Mercury motor
5/13 First hummingbird
5/17 Stihl 025 chainsaw died - needs new cylinder & piston
5/18 Opened log cabin
5/23 Changed oil & filter on Mercury motor & cleaned up oil leak
5/27 Bought Stihl 025 replacement motor kit from Amazon - $35
5/27-5/31 Refinished center boat seat
5/31 Boat in the water
6/3-?/? Rebuilt Stihl 025 chainsaw motor
6/5 Rear boat seat broke.
6/11 Bought Stihl 025 carburetor kit from Amazon - $16
6/13 Replaced boat house overhead light
6/13 Bear in the yard
6/17-6/26 Camry towed to Warren’s to replace right front shock spring
6/19-7/19 Water leak under hill house bathroom sink - new faucet from Amazon - $90
7/3 Installed electrical circuit for upcoming AC
7/9 Bad wind storm: tree in front of log cabin, carport tarp damaged, many trees on road
7/12-7/20 Repaired carport
8/9 Light north of log cabin needs a new socket
8/15 Chris Farden graded the road
8/22 Rob and Terri arrive
8/25 Andrew and Banzai arrived with his new camper
8/27 9th annual Fischer block party (scaled back)
8/29 Install whole house water filter bypass
9/2 A/C heat pump installed in hill house - Samuelson & Laney - $4,754
9/6 Rob & Andrew transplanted 7’ balsam in front of hill house
9/9 Birdbath froze over last night
9/9 Bought new rear boat seat - Walmart
9/10 Rob & Terri reupholstered old boat seat
9/12 Burned large pile of trees cleared north of log cabin
9/22 Rob, Terri & Andrew leave
10/4 Helped Fischers install new garage opener
10/4 Winterized log cabin
10/5 Put boat in boat house
10/21 Closed the hill house (6” of snow) and left
2021
4/30 Arrived at cabin - everything OK
5/7-6/20 Refinished upper cabinets in log cabin
5/22 Installed Starlink Internet - SpaceX - $500 + $100/mo
6/2 Dock and boat out
6/21-6/22 New electric lines to log cabin and hill house - Avenson - $5,700
6/28 Chris arrived
7/7-8/8 New well behind boat house
7/11-8/18 Redid triangle of death by the boat house
7/13 Bought Bosch angle grinder - Amazon - $62
7/14 Put second Alumacraft boat in the water
7/18 Bought new Black & Decker weed eater - Amazon - $100
7/21 Rob, Terri, Brandon, Kaitlin & Rhys arrived
7/24 Andrew, Crystal, Banzai and Addy arrived
7/30 Andrew, Crystal, Brandon, Kaitlin & Rhys head back to Houston
7/31 Rob and Terri head back to Denver
8/15 Replaced socket on outside light north of log cabin
8/18 Installed pavers in triangle of death by boat house
8/21 Chris leaves
8/24 Dorothy arrives
9/4 Dorothy leaves
9/9 New cell phone - Pixel 5a
9/11-8/25 Stained & painted the deck and stairs and railing
9/22 Road graded - Chris Farden - $400
9/23 Closed up log cabin
10/7 Boat and dock out of the water
10/19 Closed the hill house and left
2022
3/19-3/31 Make steel boat seat swivel
5/6 Arrived at cabin - thousands of dead Asian beetles
5/11 First hummingbird
5/11 Dock and boat out
5/24 Echo repaired water softener - $200
5/27 Repaired facia on hill house
6/2 Replaced the tree on the deck
6/3 Planted a replacement lilac bush from Burney
6/11 BMLA meeting
6/16 Canceled DirecTV
6/23 Pump in log cabin leaks - repaired by Echo
7/6 Dorothy arrives
7/9-8/5 Repair one shed door
7/16 Dorothy leaves
7/21 Moved log cabin pump outside - Echo $610
7/21 Water softener installed in log cabin - Echo $2,070
8/6 Fischer’s annual party
8/19 Bought roomba 694 - Amazon $200
8/21 Andrew and Crystal arrive
8/23 Built framework for pump enclosure
8/27 Andrew and Crystal drive back to Houston
8/30 Chris arrives
8/31 New TV and stand for hill house - Amazon $280 & $60
9/10 New cabinet for log cabin - Wayfair $150
9/14 Moved Starlink antenna to roof
8/12-9/17 Built log cabin pump shed
9/18 Dorothy sent new pictures for log cabin
9/19 Hummingbirds gone
9/20 Chris leaves
9/30 Closed log cabin
10/2 Boat and dock in boat house
10/7 Last lunch with the guys
10/19 Drove back to Plymouth
10/24 Rick Ronnebaum closed hill house - $175
2023
1/14-4/11 Built Little Free Library
5/4 Rick Ronnebaum open hill house
5/6 Arrived at cabin
5/9 Open up log cabin - all is good
5/11 First hummingbird
5/11 Dock in the water
5/12 Boat in the water
6/1 Little Free Library planted
6/3 Inaugural block party for LFL
6/9 New shingles on log cabin - Braid Roofing $7,845
6/10 Lake Association meeting
6/11-6/22 Built pull-outs drawers for log cabin
6/25 Rob, Terri, Brandon, Kaitlin & Rhys arrive with big boat
7/1 Painted deck railing
7/2-7/16 Sanded and stained deck
7/5 Rob & Terri leave
7/7 Brandon, Kaitlin & Rhys leave
7/11 Dorothy arrives
7/19 Dorothy leaves
8/3 In PR: Little Shop of Horrors
8/7 Magnetic roller - Amazon $70
8/8 Changed LC outlets to 4-plex
8/13 Patched rotted window sill on HC window
8/14-8/22 Replaced right-hand shed door
8/25 Moved Starlink dish
8/27 Andrew and Crystal arrive
8/30 Rob and Terri arrive
8/31-9/7 Replaced gate
9/2 Andrew and Crystal leave
9/9 Rob and Terri leave
9/15 Chris arrives
8/21 Hummingbirds gone
9/17-9/24 Rebuilt boat seat #2
9/26 Installed new 12v battery in Tesla
10/1 Matt & Marrilynn's wedding
10/1 Trish arrives at The Pines
10/7 Brought in boat & dock
10/7 Pressure washed boat & dock
10/9 Chris left
10/18 Drove back to Plymouth
10/20 Rick Ronnebaum closed both cabins - $325
2024
5/4 Rick Ronnebaum opened both cabins - $325
5/6 Arrived at cabin
5/18 New mattress for hill house - Slumberland - $1,050
5/31 Andrew Rockensock put boat & dock in the water
6/4 Repaired the Little Free Library