Here you go, Ilsa!

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I started it at 7ish this morning, on a medium fire at the lowest setting recommended for an initial fire: Cone 04 to (sputter) 1946 degrees. Takes 7 hours and I did everything right EXCEPT for looking at my manual after it hit 1000 and realizing the lid needed to be propped open by about 2 inches until it had gotten to that temp. Woo!
Nothing's blown up! There are also birds flying around on the fence occasionally and none of them have ignited yet :)

BB meets the turkey

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So, Tom takes Hannah and Beebs for a 5k turkey trot. At the end of the day, Hannah is sore all over and has a blister on the bottom of one foot. BB comes home, goes straight to his bed, and can't get up, not even to eat. $365, 2 vet visits and a set of x-rays later we find he's probably just pulled a muscle, the big baby. Tom? He outlasted a puppy and an 8-year old.

Library!

Is now installed at the Sanitarium. It won't be there long, so drop by this weekend and borrow a book!

1716 Osos Street
San Luis Obispo, California
http://www.thesanitariumspa.com/

Read about the Sanitarium in the New York Times Travel section:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/travel/escapes/15Sanluis.html

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