Vacation week coming! I’m off until the 6th of November. We have the new front door installed, and I’ll be painting it tomorrow as the temp here approaches 80°F ( Read more... )

Nothing exciting this week. ( somewhat wordy )

The family has traveled to San Diego, and it’s just me and the pup until Saturday. I’ll admit Sophie’s a bit confused over this, but I won’t let my wife know: it would upset her ( Read more... )

Oh, the mundanity ( Read more... )

Today is the last of my two week vacation. It’s been great to be home, regardless of mice and washer issues, and I’ve given very little thought to my job during this time. It’s a four day work week (Thursday is, of course, Veterans Day) and Wednesday I have a dental visit for cleaning, and a broken off tooth looksee, in the morning.

I have another ( Read more... )

So Jerry Jeff Walker has passed. I knew little of his music and only found out a few years back that he wrote Mr. Bojangles. Great song, that.
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Vacation projects took a bad turn. My dump cart got a flat tire after hauling too many logs, and required my ordering tubes, tire irons, and a patch kit. That's all fixed now. The floor in the half- ( Read more... )

Vacation week! This is the first stretch of days I'll have had off since my knee injury in March. I have lots I can do to prep for water, and for Winter. If my body holds out I may get some done.
The contractor told me he's waiting on a part that no one carries locally and has to be shipped in from Texas. After he gets that he will be able to start ( Read more... )

Back to work tomorrow. So excited ( Read more... )

Today began my last week of vacation. I finally got the tree up and partially decorated.


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It’s just past mid-week, and though I do not have a lot to show for my letting-go attempts I have made some headway. I organized some boxes and got them stored under the stairs. I was able to get these placed because I pulled out several computer items I forgot I had there. I also found some boxes and bags of old financial records ( Read more... )