23 April 2011

A rainy, nasty day, PERFECT for staying inside the nice warm RV and figuring out how to figure out how much concrete will be needed when we pour the strength walls behind the between-column rock walls, which is exactly what I did in the morning.  The problem, of course, is that the exterior sides of those rock walls are very uneven, meaning the concrete that will be poured against those surfaces will have widely varying thicknesses.  After some head-scratching, came up with a statistical sampling technique using Excel’s random number function.  At 1 o’clock, went over to Lynne & Perry’s, where Perry and I spent some quality time reviewing the Fern Lake house specifications document.  Shortly after 3 we left for my brother Steve’s place in East Calais, where we enjoyed the last sauna before Steve does a major renovation of his sauna room.  Then Steve made his famous fondue for dinner.  After the sauna, enjoyed the first sleep in months free from back pain.