Pondering what to do next in GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA!

Mark Saiger

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Woke up to ugly cold weather, so posted whiny post about the weather on Mikey's board to start the day....

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Then our Grandson shows up a bright ray of sunshine with his new sunglasses...they really go well with his nook :)

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We go clean carpets in this weather and in the back of our minds telling ourselves, there are not too many that are crazy enough to do this...let's do this!


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Then went to the hospital as I was thinking I blew my knee out the week before I came to California....

did my Xrays, Doesn't look blown say my surgeon, and he recommended a cortisone shot....Better than another surgery I guess at this time!


Then knocked off early with the guys, told them take the last hour off on me, go home to your families, because we don't get too many days to do that!

And me and the wife went to happy hour for margaritas and reflect on our California trip and the great Mikeysfest 10!


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So we thought we would have little fun showing all the snow we just received and try and celebrate our area too! It's only about -10 below during these pics...wait for the picture honey!

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There are businesses behind these mounds of snow!

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Heading down hill to cross the Mississippi river during Grand Rapids, MN rush hour....LOL!

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Our Paper mill

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Some of our downtown

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Had to do a selfie....wife not happy...she didn't do anything with her hair today she said :)

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We have a VFW too...I know I could get us in here for a Fest....LOL!

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Crossing the Mississippi in downtown

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Snow...snow...snow....we were shoveling, plowing and snowblowing into jobs the past 2 days!

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Road towards home with the bridge crossing our Lake Pokegama....we live off to the right on the lake

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Our house is right under the sun

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That is the frozen lake with snow drifts and of course ice under the snow

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Local neighborhood watering hole with great microbrews on tap!

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Got to shovel out the mailbox to get your mail these days

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Our plow truck and a trailer as well as house and shop behind the snow

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Time to call it a day, put on the sweat pants, post to Mikey's Board and "Chill" with the puppies and Shari....

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Lola on my lap helping with the post and other office paper work...

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Stay warm everyone!

Mark & Shari (with pups Lola, Baya Boo, and grandson Logan)
 

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Great pics Mark.

It got down to -4 to -15 last month out here and we might've gotten 15-25 plus calls for frozen pipes in 2-5 days times, I can only imagine what a steady -25 would do.
 

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Mark,

I guess the only answer to living in that environment is a great attitude and you are loaded with that. And tell Shari she looks great no matter what she does with her hair.


Thanks Billy,

I will pass it on to Shari and see if I can get out of the Dog House! :)

Time to go make the donuts....er...I mean, get the truckmounts ready. It's a balmy -11 today!

Take care,

Mark
 

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I sure do miss the beauty of MN but the weather was what drove me to Reno/Tahoe. My favorite route when I repaired furniture back there was the Brainerd to Grand Rapids area. Great fishing!
 
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What do you do when the cold pounds you day in and day out in Northern Minnesota?

Your daughters keep dressing up your grandson to look like you...and posting to Facebook!

Poor Logan....he is such a good sport!

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only -17 below....the kid needs to get some pants on! :biggrin:

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View out bedroom window this morning...Crisp!!

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I’ve decided to summer in one place and winter in another. Neither will be where I currently reside. I was approached to run for public office and my response to the committee was - “this is where I currently live, not my hometown or where I choose to call home”. amy
 

Mark Saiger

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Heading out to pull water equipment off a loss that should be dry today.

Was -26 again today....DANG! Think it is up to -11.

Hate this cold and dragging the stuff through all the snow banks....

Think I might be charging a bit more for time today :)
 

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I hear ya Mark . . .

12 degrees here in Dallas tonight, will make shipping chemicals hazardous tomorrow.

A 220 Gallon tote of water-based Dynachem Ultraseal protector needed to ship Monday.

Larry

P.S. Expecting several pieces of frozen equipment to repair tomorrow.
It was 80 degrees on Saturday !
 
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It's supposed to be -7 tomorrow when I start my first job, that probably means Mark will be sitting at -30. These are actual temps without the windchill! It will feel SO GOOD to have Spring finally get here. I think I need to have my head examined...


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We are supposed to set a record low of -7, with a windchill of -25.

That's about what I have to look forward to also Richard. 3 jobs can feel like an eternity on days like tomorrow. Usually that first set up is the one where you'd better hustle...

We had a decent week last week and this week is looking okay so far too. I think people are getting antsy and starting to have me in regardless. I have a feeling this Spring/Summer is going to be BIG!

I'll probably be glad to have 2 trucks...


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