John has finished putting up the panels on the walls of the garage, and now for the final cleanup and the last painting chores.  I have just 3 more panels to paint.  The side walls are 5 panels each, and each side took 1 gal. of paint.  I have 2 more gallons, 1 will cover the back wall, plus.  I will have that leftover and 1 more gallon to finish the peaks, but that will have to wait until next spring, at least.  Now, I can begin pulling things out of the garage.  I can put in windows and doors.  I'm covering the peaks with plastic sheeting for this winter.  It has taken me so much longer to do this much.  But I have had to learn, the hard way, to slow down and take it easy. 

My daughter picked me up and took me to the coumadin clinic to check my level of blood thinner.  They found the reading to be very much higher than it has been - could it be because we ate before we went to the clinic?  But they have ordered me to cut in half my medication for blood thinner.  That's fine...I look forward to the day when I hardly need medication at all...will continue though, as long as they tell me to. 

It still has not rained here in the northwoods for the entire month of September, and the leaves are barely turning color.  They are just withering and falling. 

My son was featured in a photo session of the local newspaper.  It was the show about exotic food, hosted on the Travel Channel.  I can't remember the name of the show or the host's name - will have to find out and post it later, but Snowshoe Baseball in Lake Tomahawk was the subject, and one picture was of my son.