Another nothing day.

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*sigh*

Almost.

I woke late, ran slow, but at 15:00 I called to check on my home insurance. It looks to be going through. They received the inspection and have sent it on to the underwriter. As far as I know, that is it. I let another hour roll by, then almost another. But there have been things on my mind. With a little work and some concentration, I finally got off my butt. At first I was a bit overwhelmed with the number of things to be done and a number of additional items on top of those things.

What to do first. So many things needed tending that I simply decided to dive in and see where I got and then make plans. I decided to see what was in the laundry room and figure that out, plus some towels. While I was at it, I finally put up a retractable clothes line. I had a bathroom rug and a runner rug Sam had... despoiled... in various ways. They had been soaking. Along with the towels, a half cup of vinegar as some of the towels were sour, and the towels and washcolths, I put in the first load. There were towels in the dryer. I worried that they would be a bit sour, but they were fine, so I folded those and the jeans that were in there. I also took the shirts I had put on hangers from my last wash day to my bedroom. A few last towels from the last load and the jeans need to be put away, but they are on my bed so that will be easy.

After that, I began soaking dishes. Those things really creep up on a guy. As I was doing that, I realized the beans needed to be cooked and I had meant to clean the grill. I also remembered I needed to fertilize the plants and clean my guns. It was getting late though. I decided to take one job at a time and see how far I could go. I rinsed the now well soaked beans, remembered the ham bone and some side pork I had recently purchased. A quick searing of the pork fat, and thawing of the ham bone, a fresh load of water on the beans, a combination of all that, and I started cooking those. Fertilizing the plants was an easy and quick job, so I did that. Then I realized the cat and kitty litter really needed hit. So, I did that, sweeping everywhere afterward. Since I have double kitty litter tubs for each size, this time when I switched them out, I cleaned the used tubs and set them to dry.

Then I grabbed the degreaser I had recently purchased, and to the grill I went. I need more degreaser and will need to spray off that area before I let Sam out tomorrow. I am not sure how she is with that stuff, but knowing cats, I will err on the side of caution. Of course, the job will not be completed without a lot more degreaser. Still, I gave it a hearty go, using all the degreaser I had, using the steel brush as well, between spraying. I then came in and got to work on cleaning my guns.

I cleaned my .45 spic and span clean. The .22s are a pain to clean. Simply put, getting cloth down the barrels is proving impossible with the equipment I have. I do have a bore snake for that, but it is not the same. At least with the Henry, it is not so vital. Actually, cleaning it then oiling it makes it somewhat sticky. After a hundred rounds the Henry gets cranky when levering the action. If I do not clean her for a couple hundred rounds, she then cycles easily no matter how many I put down her tube. Still, I prefer to at least give her some care. The .22 pistol has to be kept clean. Ruger makes a good pistol, but it is a semi-auto and a picky one. I get more misfires, rare as they are when clean and probably due to the "quality" of standard .22 ammunition. If the pistol is not clean, I think it becomes a 'dirt' issue. She is as clean as I was willing to do tonight. She really needs stripped down and hard core cleaned. However, there is a trick to reassembling this pistol. I have forgotten it. It is on YouTube, but I do not currently have sound on this machine, so... That is another job for another day.

I never did get to the dishes. I will reset the soak, take out anything wooden for the overnight soak, and get to that tomorrow. I also need to pay my final bill tomorrow, call the V.A. for an appointment (standard checkup), call around to see if I can get a better number to call for a V.A. rep to get my files transferred and obtain proof of my V.A. disability for tax purposes, call my chiropractor as nothing is set up and should be, and maybe get to town for some hard water conditioning stuff to try and open the cold water in my washing machine, buy some more degreaser, and maybe go shooting. Well, we will see about all that. Then again, I did not think I could do what I did today either, not in the time allowed.

Hey, have a good night. You know some of you are still heavily on my prayer list. It is good to see checks coming in again for you and life getting back to normal after the scare with the pox on your house for you. And of course, we all need prayers in these times, as we prepare for what is to come. Yes indeed. Good night.

Addendum:

I had hoped to work up the energy to do the dishes before going to bed. That did not happen. However, I did scratch one major and long time itch. I went through old emails, cleaning my main system to a mere fifty or less. I had to go through nearly a thousand emails. Some I want, and had been looking for. Most were needing to be circular filed. I had not gone through them because of time and because some were necessary for a dozen bits of business, including buying this house. I have been wanting to dump those for so long. I think, I say I think, I can safely dump those. Either way, that itch has been scratched. Of course, it is nearly 4:00 here, now. Oh well. Tomorrow starts early... afternoon. I will get done what I may. Good night.