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I did get out. Sure, I couldn't get everything I wanted, do everything I wanted, but I could get some food. I wasn't sure if a suitable restaurant would be open but I knew I could at least get some groceries. So out I went.
As I was driving through town, I noticed one of the previously 24-hour restaurants was closed for the night. That didn't bode well. There was, after that, other than McDonald which I have sworn off, nothing else that I could think that might be open. The economy, stupid. As luck would have it, they were open. And, for their size, moderately busy. Denny's.
I wasn't sure if the hunger I had... have... was more illusory or quite real. Eyes, stomach, it happens. Still, I ordered with my eyes. A large omelet meal and a t-bone and eggs meal. HUNGRY. Or... so I was thinking? I started in. I ripped through the first meal with ease. Unfortunately, at least gastronomically, I became engaged in a conversation.
A younger man beside me liked the cut of my order jib and said so. Well, yeah. This is Doom, not some fly by... Wait. Anyway. Yeah. Eventually we discussed a number of topics. I still, mostly, finished both entrees, and probably, without the discussion, could have polished off a third. Seriously. HUNGRY. Still a bit hungry. Will eat more later. Lots more, for the next several days. My corpse is trying to build. I am working it, but it needs a lot of a lot of food. Yeah, true.
I paid for his meal. Can't... remember his name. I will know him if I see him again, thought probably won't. ARK... act, random kindness. I don't get the chance often. Man, woman, child, I do when I can because when I do what I really do... cosmic or mundane... It's good to be kind, it just isn't always the option available or how things have to happen.
On to shopping. Cat litter... always cat litter. Milk, and some regular foods. Cheese is so much cheaper by the block... just grind yourself. Yes, a bit of work, but well worth it. At least with better cheeses. Middle priced or better, or just skip it. All save kraft, for preshredded, to me, aren't worth the money. But still, at such a premium. Oh, and cat treats too, so I can cut down on feeding. Dry food on demand, one can of cat food, or two if I don't have treats. I know. But they aren't just house animals. We have become friends.
I also bought houseshoes, slipons. They last a year, maybe two if I go full-on Scotch. :p I have learned to control odor. I have tried expensive to cheap and all between. It just... doesn't matter. They all begin to stink without a lot of care, sometimes with it. Two pair minimum, so as to change them out every other day... give or take. Bomb them with foot powder, spray them with anti-bacterial and anti-fungi once or twice a week, and pray. Well, and do that to my feet after every shower/bath... or every other. All give and take. More maintenance, unless you come down with something. Then it's feet, socks, and shoes, bombed and sprayed, showering or bathing daily, for two to six weeks, until... until you get back to maintenance from exhaustion. Bleh.
Well, not a bad thing. Later.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Too late.
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I just couldn't get going. Faster, my mind kept saying. The body just would not budge. I finally got in to the bathroom. I was thinking I would do the dishes, but looking at the time, realized that wasn't possible... if I still wanted a chance to get to town. So I emptied the bin of water, removed the bin of dishes, and showered. *tick-tock* Always, the clock, in spite of it truly meaning nothing... oh... you'll get that when you get that.
Out, but I have a scratch on my leg that is not healing well. I have given it a good opportunity to heal on it's own, it just isn't healing fast enough. Before something goes bad... and yes I watch... I wanted to dress it. After a shower is the best time. So... a couple of bigger bandages and a medium... wasn't sure which size would do, though one of the bigger ones would work as a cleaning sop along with alcohol. Then the triple antibiotic cream, tape... other bits? Anyway... So I dressed that right out of the shower. In two days, unless it feels funny between, I'll strip that and redo. I hate peeling scabs, but if I feel the need, off it goes. Done for now.
Then I looked at the time... right at 22:00. I thought I would check what time one of the places closes. I thought they were open to midnight. Sure. The economy she sucks. They close, now, at 22:00. Oh well. HUNGRY. Did I mention that? I've got to do something and I can't cook. I'll... figure something out.
Being that time had timed, I did set the dishes up for a wash later. I will also do a load of laundry in a bit. I should look through the freezers to find food I could grill. I don't want to cook any other way until I catch up. Too much, for now, is too much. And I have many other things that I really need to do. I need food to do it, but I can't really spend time cooking. Even grilling takes time and energy. And, as my food regimen is changing, meat is not enough and not quite absolutely right, for me, at this point. Gah but I hate that. So... I'll have to figure something out. And will. HUNGRY. Hungry beyond hungry, and not just for food... but food will do, for now. Hunger... isn't what is seems. Play that the world is all and the truth and you will lose this game.
Right... Later.
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I just couldn't get going. Faster, my mind kept saying. The body just would not budge. I finally got in to the bathroom. I was thinking I would do the dishes, but looking at the time, realized that wasn't possible... if I still wanted a chance to get to town. So I emptied the bin of water, removed the bin of dishes, and showered. *tick-tock* Always, the clock, in spite of it truly meaning nothing... oh... you'll get that when you get that.
Out, but I have a scratch on my leg that is not healing well. I have given it a good opportunity to heal on it's own, it just isn't healing fast enough. Before something goes bad... and yes I watch... I wanted to dress it. After a shower is the best time. So... a couple of bigger bandages and a medium... wasn't sure which size would do, though one of the bigger ones would work as a cleaning sop along with alcohol. Then the triple antibiotic cream, tape... other bits? Anyway... So I dressed that right out of the shower. In two days, unless it feels funny between, I'll strip that and redo. I hate peeling scabs, but if I feel the need, off it goes. Done for now.
Then I looked at the time... right at 22:00. I thought I would check what time one of the places closes. I thought they were open to midnight. Sure. The economy she sucks. They close, now, at 22:00. Oh well. HUNGRY. Did I mention that? I've got to do something and I can't cook. I'll... figure something out.
Being that time had timed, I did set the dishes up for a wash later. I will also do a load of laundry in a bit. I should look through the freezers to find food I could grill. I don't want to cook any other way until I catch up. Too much, for now, is too much. And I have many other things that I really need to do. I need food to do it, but I can't really spend time cooking. Even grilling takes time and energy. And, as my food regimen is changing, meat is not enough and not quite absolutely right, for me, at this point. Gah but I hate that. So... I'll have to figure something out. And will. HUNGRY. Hungry beyond hungry, and not just for food... but food will do, for now. Hunger... isn't what is seems. Play that the world is all and the truth and you will lose this game.
Right... Later.
Sometimes it is luck.
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It is a very good thing, as this morning is turning out, that I didn't do much yesterday. I woke with a massive headache. To go with it, it feels as if I was smacked where the head and neck join with a 2x4. I'm taking anacin first thing. I should have taken anacin earlier, then attempted to sleep through some of it. I just couldn't get it together enough to reason that through then do it.
I stayed up later today. I am trying to push through a bit. That isn't going well. I seem stuck, mostly, at going to bed a few hours after dawn and waking up a few hours before dusk. I have reasons to want to be awake in the day though, so... on I push. When it warms up perhaps that will change... if for miserable reasons. I truly despise heat.
I don't know if I will get to much, but I would still like to get a few things done. I might have to consider a few tricks, regarding food. Since keeping up on cooking is proving elusive, and falling behind on dishes even beyond, I think, perhaps, doing minor, inexpensive catering might be a way to go. Just for a week or two, until I am back on my feet and things are back in order. Nothing fancy, just... some of those bbq and square fast mexican food joints... you can order enough for, say, six or eight people.
That will last a week, nearing two if well preserved. Oh, and a bucket of chicken. I need to eat but can't do it. It seems expensive, but if done right it shouldn't be too bad. Especially considering I have a ribeye, these days, about every other day or more... along with other meats, then veggies too. Disposable dishes, a microwave, and boxes of food. I can't do keto all that well. I can aim at it, but it won't be perfect. I might be able to work intermittent, at least daily, in. Ugh. Life is messy when you can't always stand on your own two feet, and do it all yourself. But then who can? Messy, any way you look at it.
I think, with these notions in mind, I may attempt to finish the dishes, so as to get a shower then get out. I can order a bucket of chicken before leaving, if the timing is good, then stop at the other two places I sort of trust on my way through. I might pick up a menu, if they have them, for calling in pickup orders in the future. I may simply have to... alter how I do things. If it is price competetive, or better? I may more go that way. I'll still do steaks, but just grill those. Or bake, first, then store in the fridge, grilling to finish as needed.
Once partially cooked and spiced, they will last longer. Huh? Yeah, trust me. Same with burger and other meat. Rather than let meat go bad, if you aren't crippled up as I can be, or not too busy or forgetful (will happen, won't it... *shrud*)... if you happen to realize you have meat thawed, but won't have time to do it properly, just partially or even fully cook it, spice it with salt, pepper, and some other spices but at least those, then store it. Cooked and seasoned, meat lasts a week or two. If it is raw, it'll go bad in a day or two. And it is so damned expensive! The elites, your government, and academia, don't want you eating meat... it makes you think, and makes you assertive. That's why you shouldn't trust vegans, or even vegetarians. They are, knowingly or not, enemies. Directly.
Oh, well... anacin down. I'll give it time to work, while looking around the interwebs, then try to hit the dishes, then a shower, then some food. Still HUNGRY! Later.
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It is a very good thing, as this morning is turning out, that I didn't do much yesterday. I woke with a massive headache. To go with it, it feels as if I was smacked where the head and neck join with a 2x4. I'm taking anacin first thing. I should have taken anacin earlier, then attempted to sleep through some of it. I just couldn't get it together enough to reason that through then do it.
I stayed up later today. I am trying to push through a bit. That isn't going well. I seem stuck, mostly, at going to bed a few hours after dawn and waking up a few hours before dusk. I have reasons to want to be awake in the day though, so... on I push. When it warms up perhaps that will change... if for miserable reasons. I truly despise heat.
I don't know if I will get to much, but I would still like to get a few things done. I might have to consider a few tricks, regarding food. Since keeping up on cooking is proving elusive, and falling behind on dishes even beyond, I think, perhaps, doing minor, inexpensive catering might be a way to go. Just for a week or two, until I am back on my feet and things are back in order. Nothing fancy, just... some of those bbq and square fast mexican food joints... you can order enough for, say, six or eight people.
That will last a week, nearing two if well preserved. Oh, and a bucket of chicken. I need to eat but can't do it. It seems expensive, but if done right it shouldn't be too bad. Especially considering I have a ribeye, these days, about every other day or more... along with other meats, then veggies too. Disposable dishes, a microwave, and boxes of food. I can't do keto all that well. I can aim at it, but it won't be perfect. I might be able to work intermittent, at least daily, in. Ugh. Life is messy when you can't always stand on your own two feet, and do it all yourself. But then who can? Messy, any way you look at it.
I think, with these notions in mind, I may attempt to finish the dishes, so as to get a shower then get out. I can order a bucket of chicken before leaving, if the timing is good, then stop at the other two places I sort of trust on my way through. I might pick up a menu, if they have them, for calling in pickup orders in the future. I may simply have to... alter how I do things. If it is price competetive, or better? I may more go that way. I'll still do steaks, but just grill those. Or bake, first, then store in the fridge, grilling to finish as needed.
Once partially cooked and spiced, they will last longer. Huh? Yeah, trust me. Same with burger and other meat. Rather than let meat go bad, if you aren't crippled up as I can be, or not too busy or forgetful (will happen, won't it... *shrud*)... if you happen to realize you have meat thawed, but won't have time to do it properly, just partially or even fully cook it, spice it with salt, pepper, and some other spices but at least those, then store it. Cooked and seasoned, meat lasts a week or two. If it is raw, it'll go bad in a day or two. And it is so damned expensive! The elites, your government, and academia, don't want you eating meat... it makes you think, and makes you assertive. That's why you shouldn't trust vegans, or even vegetarians. They are, knowingly or not, enemies. Directly.
Oh, well... anacin down. I'll give it time to work, while looking around the interwebs, then try to hit the dishes, then a shower, then some food. Still HUNGRY! Later.
Dindu.
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Nuffin. Only really. On the good side, didn't feel bad all night to add injury to insult. I did get some food in. Not enough, but enough that I wouldn't do more for more. What about dindu don't you understand? I am monstrously hungry. I'll have to figure that out. But it's a picky hungry. Only... something something will serve it. I'll have to figure it out, maybe find what else might do, and then something else beyond... then stock up and tackle bits and pieces. I don't think one feeding, or even two, will do. HUNGRY!
Anyway.
I did research through the night. Looking at how to apply laminate, viewing other sorts of counter top material... and general wood treatments, such as varnish. Woodworking is a bit off. I could use the circular saw and other tools I have. It just becomes really tight trying to get accurate precise cuts. Some of the more technical cuts are simply out of reach in practical terms for a noob with simpler tools. Hmm... maybe I never purchased a router? I don't know, though I am starting to wonder. Whenever I think something dark has happened, I look into it. I am not seeing anything, on this regard. So, if I had one, and don't now, that would have been something I did. Oh, why I can't see what I might have done? While I am from the dark, and can see into it, I am no longer of the dark. Well, that and one, with the sight, of whatever sort, has the most difficult time seeing ones own self... unless that is... meant to be, by a greater power.
Whatever is haunting me is still here. Less so, over time. Or I am focusing well enough to block some of it out? I crumpled the paper wrapper for a pound of hamburger. It was dry, as the hamburger was in a plastic bag too. I set the crumpled paper on the counter, as I was going to then pour tea into one of my half-gallon mason jars, for the refrigerator. Just as I was about to pour... the paper was thrown at me. Really. I don't get the feeling that there is anger. More... mischievous... playful... a bit lonely. Wants my attention, and to be a minor pest. Makes me smile.
Believe as you like. In a bit, when time has gone by and these things stop, again, for a while... I'll join you in disbelief. The certainty of simple observation, the freshness of the experiences, at the moment, doesn't leave me with much of a choice. I know these things are happening. Could they be wanting me to return? Or telling me that I might? No... I just don't think so. However, it may mean others are about to cross. Many? If they do, yes, many will die. Oh... you'll know. It won't be a rash of car accidents, unless caused by a minor nuke, or massive shelling, or... some such.
I think elites are willing to pull the plug if they can't get what they want. They really will. This is not going to go well for them. Houses, royal and other families, and companies, will not just prove there isn't such a thing as too big to fail, they will cease to exist down to manservants and maids. *blink* I don't think it matters if they unleash the dogs or not. Some of the dogs will be going right after them. It's a double blind thing God arranged. Being blind to God is... problematic. Anyway... Time will tell. Though, I think, as they keep it up... too late.
Good night.
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Nuffin. Only really. On the good side, didn't feel bad all night to add injury to insult. I did get some food in. Not enough, but enough that I wouldn't do more for more. What about dindu don't you understand? I am monstrously hungry. I'll have to figure that out. But it's a picky hungry. Only... something something will serve it. I'll have to figure it out, maybe find what else might do, and then something else beyond... then stock up and tackle bits and pieces. I don't think one feeding, or even two, will do. HUNGRY!
Anyway.
I did research through the night. Looking at how to apply laminate, viewing other sorts of counter top material... and general wood treatments, such as varnish. Woodworking is a bit off. I could use the circular saw and other tools I have. It just becomes really tight trying to get accurate precise cuts. Some of the more technical cuts are simply out of reach in practical terms for a noob with simpler tools. Hmm... maybe I never purchased a router? I don't know, though I am starting to wonder. Whenever I think something dark has happened, I look into it. I am not seeing anything, on this regard. So, if I had one, and don't now, that would have been something I did. Oh, why I can't see what I might have done? While I am from the dark, and can see into it, I am no longer of the dark. Well, that and one, with the sight, of whatever sort, has the most difficult time seeing ones own self... unless that is... meant to be, by a greater power.
Whatever is haunting me is still here. Less so, over time. Or I am focusing well enough to block some of it out? I crumpled the paper wrapper for a pound of hamburger. It was dry, as the hamburger was in a plastic bag too. I set the crumpled paper on the counter, as I was going to then pour tea into one of my half-gallon mason jars, for the refrigerator. Just as I was about to pour... the paper was thrown at me. Really. I don't get the feeling that there is anger. More... mischievous... playful... a bit lonely. Wants my attention, and to be a minor pest. Makes me smile.
Believe as you like. In a bit, when time has gone by and these things stop, again, for a while... I'll join you in disbelief. The certainty of simple observation, the freshness of the experiences, at the moment, doesn't leave me with much of a choice. I know these things are happening. Could they be wanting me to return? Or telling me that I might? No... I just don't think so. However, it may mean others are about to cross. Many? If they do, yes, many will die. Oh... you'll know. It won't be a rash of car accidents, unless caused by a minor nuke, or massive shelling, or... some such.
I think elites are willing to pull the plug if they can't get what they want. They really will. This is not going to go well for them. Houses, royal and other families, and companies, will not just prove there isn't such a thing as too big to fail, they will cease to exist down to manservants and maids. *blink* I don't think it matters if they unleash the dogs or not. Some of the dogs will be going right after them. It's a double blind thing God arranged. Being blind to God is... problematic. Anyway... Time will tell. Though, I think, as they keep it up... too late.
Good night.
Hungry.
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Yeah, nothing much. I'm not quite feeling as good as I had been. I am not as bad as I was though either. One thing has changed, in spite of already having eaten. Yeah.
Seriously. I'm going to go see what I can stack and cook and then eat. Pardon, it's... a family thing I think. I could probably eat a couple pounds of meat. Beans would be good but the time it would take to prep is too long. Later.
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Yeah, nothing much. I'm not quite feeling as good as I had been. I am not as bad as I was though either. One thing has changed, in spite of already having eaten. Yeah.
Seriously. I'm going to go see what I can stack and cook and then eat. Pardon, it's... a family thing I think. I could probably eat a couple pounds of meat. Beans would be good but the time it would take to prep is too long. Later.
Feeling almost good.
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I wasn't sure how tonight would go. The prospects were ill. I am still a bit sore, but the anacin helped. Actually, I am feeling much better. Not enough better to have gotten to anything. I am not sure I will get to work, either. Well, maybe a bit. I don't truly mind, so long as I am feeling better.
I did make a bite to eat, and will make another shortly. Nothing fancy, I don't have anything fancy to prepare. Hmm... could do snails though. Yeah, I keep a few odds and ends in the cupboard. Do snails go with hamburgers? Hmm... maybe some other time.
I would like to get into the bathroom a bit. The thing with the drywall removal is I would want my chalk line device. Perhaps I can easily find it. If so, then that would go forward. Otherwise I might just do up dishes, shower, then finish the dishes, and give the toilet a rough, better clean, then rinse. I'm not sure about the rest of it... if I can't find the chalker.
You know, there are some things I have always wanted to do. I am not sure I need knew cabinets. And, yet, maybe. Some of the cabinetry, to the right of the stove, needs at least tacked in. I think they had to remove some of it, and pull some of it, to get a modern stove in. They never got it tacked back... though that does make it easier to change stoves. Or pull the stove for cleaning. *cough* Even so, with the right tools, new cabinets are not that expensive... and could be done over time even so. To gauge the task, I could do a few things in the garage. A double hanging cabinet, perhaps a couple of floor based drawer cabinets, just to see. Plus, with the counter tops and perhaps the addition for the table saw, maybe putting laminate on some things.
Honestly, I am curious about how these things work... how to do things. I love making things, doing them right, learning from mistakes, taking risks with ego and coin to improve and learn. Yeah. While I'm not, so far, able to do much, I can look over some of these things, see how others do them, and pick up a bit here and there. Yeah. Later.
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I wasn't sure how tonight would go. The prospects were ill. I am still a bit sore, but the anacin helped. Actually, I am feeling much better. Not enough better to have gotten to anything. I am not sure I will get to work, either. Well, maybe a bit. I don't truly mind, so long as I am feeling better.
I did make a bite to eat, and will make another shortly. Nothing fancy, I don't have anything fancy to prepare. Hmm... could do snails though. Yeah, I keep a few odds and ends in the cupboard. Do snails go with hamburgers? Hmm... maybe some other time.
I would like to get into the bathroom a bit. The thing with the drywall removal is I would want my chalk line device. Perhaps I can easily find it. If so, then that would go forward. Otherwise I might just do up dishes, shower, then finish the dishes, and give the toilet a rough, better clean, then rinse. I'm not sure about the rest of it... if I can't find the chalker.
You know, there are some things I have always wanted to do. I am not sure I need knew cabinets. And, yet, maybe. Some of the cabinetry, to the right of the stove, needs at least tacked in. I think they had to remove some of it, and pull some of it, to get a modern stove in. They never got it tacked back... though that does make it easier to change stoves. Or pull the stove for cleaning. *cough* Even so, with the right tools, new cabinets are not that expensive... and could be done over time even so. To gauge the task, I could do a few things in the garage. A double hanging cabinet, perhaps a couple of floor based drawer cabinets, just to see. Plus, with the counter tops and perhaps the addition for the table saw, maybe putting laminate on some things.
Honestly, I am curious about how these things work... how to do things. I love making things, doing them right, learning from mistakes, taking risks with ego and coin to improve and learn. Yeah. While I'm not, so far, able to do much, I can look over some of these things, see how others do them, and pick up a bit here and there. Yeah. Later.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Some thoughts.
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It is about time to get to it. I did purchase an oscillating saw, and will use it to cut drywall in the bathroom... before cleaning in there. Seems a reasonable way to go. The removal is the only part of that job which will be messy. I also looked for ideas as to removing the floor/wall trim. That is why I am removing some drywall, because I didn't remove that trim correctly. However, the drywall may have been wet, so there might not have been a good way to do it. The trim I will be removing is on dry drywall. Even so, it's good to have a better idea of how exactly to do it, and see it done that way and successfully.
Beside, finally, getting to a task that has been on my mind for a very long time, I love getting to use new tools. Want me to do something? It needs to be simple enough, I need to have all that is needed, and if a new tool is included? There you go. I try to remember, when buying a power tool, to buy a hand tool while at it. I would like to have mechanical drills, hammers and sledge hammers, saws, chisels, and wood planes, to go with the electric tools. Both for emergencies, and because, sometimes, just picking up and using, say, a chisel is a lot more time and energy efficient then get out a router and figuring everything out with that.
Oh, but... some ideas. Not sure from where ideas spring, only that when they arrive, I often put them here. Why? Well, mostly, for me to entertain and consider... at a bit more distance than right in my brainpan. When I find myself IN the idea, I can't always sort the meaning or emotions well. When I take them out of my mind, put them to music sometimes, then stick them here? I have a bit more of a chance to figure things out. More, I can release my mind to get to other things as well. Having a storm in the mind is... not good for production. Perhaps you all benefit from it. Entertainment, I think, is what some suggest. True, false, weird? I don't care. It's not... for you. Enjoy or not. Ah, anyway, back to it. Here you go. Figure it out on your own, or just enjoy.
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It is about time to get to it. I did purchase an oscillating saw, and will use it to cut drywall in the bathroom... before cleaning in there. Seems a reasonable way to go. The removal is the only part of that job which will be messy. I also looked for ideas as to removing the floor/wall trim. That is why I am removing some drywall, because I didn't remove that trim correctly. However, the drywall may have been wet, so there might not have been a good way to do it. The trim I will be removing is on dry drywall. Even so, it's good to have a better idea of how exactly to do it, and see it done that way and successfully.
Beside, finally, getting to a task that has been on my mind for a very long time, I love getting to use new tools. Want me to do something? It needs to be simple enough, I need to have all that is needed, and if a new tool is included? There you go. I try to remember, when buying a power tool, to buy a hand tool while at it. I would like to have mechanical drills, hammers and sledge hammers, saws, chisels, and wood planes, to go with the electric tools. Both for emergencies, and because, sometimes, just picking up and using, say, a chisel is a lot more time and energy efficient then get out a router and figuring everything out with that.
Oh, but... some ideas. Not sure from where ideas spring, only that when they arrive, I often put them here. Why? Well, mostly, for me to entertain and consider... at a bit more distance than right in my brainpan. When I find myself IN the idea, I can't always sort the meaning or emotions well. When I take them out of my mind, put them to music sometimes, then stick them here? I have a bit more of a chance to figure things out. More, I can release my mind to get to other things as well. Having a storm in the mind is... not good for production. Perhaps you all benefit from it. Entertainment, I think, is what some suggest. True, false, weird? I don't care. It's not... for you. Enjoy or not. Ah, anyway, back to it. Here you go. Figure it out on your own, or just enjoy.
Not doing well.
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Awake. I have been awake off and on all night. I simply didn't get to sleep, not well, not for long. Sore, stiff, off-key, out of sorts, call it what you will. If those are all considered different, they are true. There are probably a few other descriptions which could be used. I just don't feel well, rested, or orderly. I slept without the girls, initially, but that didn't help. Letting them in was actually pleasant... if perhaps I did need to try to sleep alone... just to be sure.
I am hoping to do a few small light things today. First thing, I'd like to get out and water the plants. Perhaps dig that flower out and replant it over. That would be it for outside. The sun has been out. It would have been nice to be up for it more of the day, and to be outside to help condition myself for the coming change of season. I suppose, as with slowly hardening plants, people or whatever I might be, could use some slow but steady hardening to the weather as well.
My neck is out, the back feels as if there is a kink in it, muscles are sore, a headache is brewing. Anacin might fix some of that. Tea, first thing.
The main focus is on getting the kitchen and bathroom back in shape. One big push could get it all back in order in one night. At least to where I had it. I am not sure I have that. If I can just get one room completely fixed up and screwed down I will be happy. Anything extra would be welcome. The bathroom, of course. Though I would like to take the trash out and clean countertops and the stove while working with hot water and other cleaning in the bathroom. Yeah... we will see.
I did clean the new water system for the girls the other night. They suggested cleaning it out monthly. I think every two weeks would be best, especially in the summer. Though, really, I think, year around, every two weeks would be best. It wasn't terrible, it just isn't something I'd like to drink. Though, I have to say, even as it was, it was better than trying to keep up on a bowl daily. Cleaning when I noticed, just filling sometimes either way. I have noticed that the girls keep their coats even more pristine than before. Oh, and far fewer hair balls. Yeah... more fresh clean water seems to really do them well. And they never smell dusty anymore. The fifteenth(ish) and the first(ish), and that will be that.
You know, I have been thinking about several projects. I sort of gave up on some older notions, because deeper post hole digging just seemed... a bit much. And I really don't like to rent equipment. You can't be sure of the equipment, there are responsibilities, and blindsiding, the cost, and return timing... it's troublesome. While looking around, as I do, and on topics I review, I noticed something very interesting. Of course, I don't know how much it costs... but an earth auger which would attach to my chainsaw? Who knew. They have one for ice and for drilling in wood, and in various sizes for all of those things. I can't find a price. Might be too much for standard use. But... it does offer an option that I didn't know existed. Here, watch. Awesome.
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Awake. I have been awake off and on all night. I simply didn't get to sleep, not well, not for long. Sore, stiff, off-key, out of sorts, call it what you will. If those are all considered different, they are true. There are probably a few other descriptions which could be used. I just don't feel well, rested, or orderly. I slept without the girls, initially, but that didn't help. Letting them in was actually pleasant... if perhaps I did need to try to sleep alone... just to be sure.
I am hoping to do a few small light things today. First thing, I'd like to get out and water the plants. Perhaps dig that flower out and replant it over. That would be it for outside. The sun has been out. It would have been nice to be up for it more of the day, and to be outside to help condition myself for the coming change of season. I suppose, as with slowly hardening plants, people or whatever I might be, could use some slow but steady hardening to the weather as well.
My neck is out, the back feels as if there is a kink in it, muscles are sore, a headache is brewing. Anacin might fix some of that. Tea, first thing.
The main focus is on getting the kitchen and bathroom back in shape. One big push could get it all back in order in one night. At least to where I had it. I am not sure I have that. If I can just get one room completely fixed up and screwed down I will be happy. Anything extra would be welcome. The bathroom, of course. Though I would like to take the trash out and clean countertops and the stove while working with hot water and other cleaning in the bathroom. Yeah... we will see.
I did clean the new water system for the girls the other night. They suggested cleaning it out monthly. I think every two weeks would be best, especially in the summer. Though, really, I think, year around, every two weeks would be best. It wasn't terrible, it just isn't something I'd like to drink. Though, I have to say, even as it was, it was better than trying to keep up on a bowl daily. Cleaning when I noticed, just filling sometimes either way. I have noticed that the girls keep their coats even more pristine than before. Oh, and far fewer hair balls. Yeah... more fresh clean water seems to really do them well. And they never smell dusty anymore. The fifteenth(ish) and the first(ish), and that will be that.
You know, I have been thinking about several projects. I sort of gave up on some older notions, because deeper post hole digging just seemed... a bit much. And I really don't like to rent equipment. You can't be sure of the equipment, there are responsibilities, and blindsiding, the cost, and return timing... it's troublesome. While looking around, as I do, and on topics I review, I noticed something very interesting. Of course, I don't know how much it costs... but an earth auger which would attach to my chainsaw? Who knew. They have one for ice and for drilling in wood, and in various sizes for all of those things. I can't find a price. Might be too much for standard use. But... it does offer an option that I didn't know existed. Here, watch. Awesome.
I suppose.
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Bedtime. Well past bedtime. Or, actually, not near bedtime? Well, yes. I had been staying up later, perhaps until 10:00. But something went wrong, and I have been needing sleep. The nap wasn't enough. I should have been to bed long ago. So, yes, bedtime, much past bedtime, and way early for bedtime. I think I'll sleep shortly.
I have decided not to spend anything unusual (on tools or etc) until at least the middle of the month. Mostly. There is one thing that has been on my mind for a long time. The mirror in my en suite is glued on. It is a bigger mirror, 3'x5' or 4'x6'... it's been a while since I looked and I have never measured. Before I take the vanity out I want the mirror down. I think the two, even if separated by a bit, could react badly. The mirror might even just fall from vibrations, bumps, etc. So... yeah. I finally looked up a way that might be done. Damned dangerous work, really, but... such is life.
Which means? Well, if I can get my sh*t in one sock, and get ready and be able to get out before long, I will place one unusual purchase before the middle of the month... shims... if I can find long ones. Unless I can find material that will work in the garage. I'd like at least four, and at least two to four feet? Something like that.
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Bedtime. Well past bedtime. Or, actually, not near bedtime? Well, yes. I had been staying up later, perhaps until 10:00. But something went wrong, and I have been needing sleep. The nap wasn't enough. I should have been to bed long ago. So, yes, bedtime, much past bedtime, and way early for bedtime. I think I'll sleep shortly.
I have decided not to spend anything unusual (on tools or etc) until at least the middle of the month. Mostly. There is one thing that has been on my mind for a long time. The mirror in my en suite is glued on. It is a bigger mirror, 3'x5' or 4'x6'... it's been a while since I looked and I have never measured. Before I take the vanity out I want the mirror down. I think the two, even if separated by a bit, could react badly. The mirror might even just fall from vibrations, bumps, etc. So... yeah. I finally looked up a way that might be done. Damned dangerous work, really, but... such is life.
Which means? Well, if I can get my sh*t in one sock, and get ready and be able to get out before long, I will place one unusual purchase before the middle of the month... shims... if I can find long ones. Unless I can find material that will work in the garage. I'd like at least four, and at least two to four feet? Something like that.
Napped already.
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I might end up just calling it a night, or something, going on back to bed, and finding out where that leads. Tired. I have eaten. I turned up the furnace. It just doesn't matter. I can't seem to get going. No worries. I have been working fairly well for a while... at least relative to my more distant past, probably even my nearer past. Perhaps I have simply run out of steam for a bit... at least until the weather reforms.
There are ideas that keep me thinking. I would like to call about a larger dumpster, so as to clear out the cave. Of course, before I do that, I would like to get about half of what I suspect will be going ready to go. Perhaps more if it seems to take a long time to get things ready. If it takes a month to get half of what I plan to remove ready to go, for example, I might try to get two thirds of it ready. I don't want to keep the thing for more than a month. In, filled as needed, dumped as required, then out... efficiency. I might be able to call so as to know the costs involved.
There are some things which have been on my mind for many years. A computer desk, for example. I have two, sort of, at the moment. Neither are quite what I had hoped. More, I would like one which can be raised and lowered. Do I really want to stand to compute? Maybe. I don't think it would be terrible to give it a shot. As well, it would be a fun project to attempt. There are several ways to go about it. Which is cheapest isn't always the way, but comparing costs is worth the time... along with a few other variables to compare.
Now, I have actually foundthree four ideas online (while collecting the vids, I saw an awesome new vid). I believe there are a few others I might consider, and have considered on my own. Beyond the idea of an adjustable computer desk is, as shown, the idea of an adjustable tool bench... allowing for tools to be neatly tucked away, or brought out and up for easy use. It isn't even the idea of getting older and not wanting to lift or lower tools, it's also the idea of using more brain than brawn. On any given day a simple project, just for the effort, for anyone, might seem a bit out of reach... just that bit extra is enough to cancel something. I hate canceling things. So... think ahead.
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I might end up just calling it a night, or something, going on back to bed, and finding out where that leads. Tired. I have eaten. I turned up the furnace. It just doesn't matter. I can't seem to get going. No worries. I have been working fairly well for a while... at least relative to my more distant past, probably even my nearer past. Perhaps I have simply run out of steam for a bit... at least until the weather reforms.
There are ideas that keep me thinking. I would like to call about a larger dumpster, so as to clear out the cave. Of course, before I do that, I would like to get about half of what I suspect will be going ready to go. Perhaps more if it seems to take a long time to get things ready. If it takes a month to get half of what I plan to remove ready to go, for example, I might try to get two thirds of it ready. I don't want to keep the thing for more than a month. In, filled as needed, dumped as required, then out... efficiency. I might be able to call so as to know the costs involved.
There are some things which have been on my mind for many years. A computer desk, for example. I have two, sort of, at the moment. Neither are quite what I had hoped. More, I would like one which can be raised and lowered. Do I really want to stand to compute? Maybe. I don't think it would be terrible to give it a shot. As well, it would be a fun project to attempt. There are several ways to go about it. Which is cheapest isn't always the way, but comparing costs is worth the time... along with a few other variables to compare.
Now, I have actually found
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
They are still here.
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I avoid looking, mostly. When I see something out of the corner of my eye I simply avoid looking, if I remember. I was starting to get jumpy. Ghosts don't really frighten me these days. Enough... encounters... though... and I was starting to become unnerved. I must have done well. But that didn't end the events. Now, ever few minutes to hours I hear a thump. At first I thought it was the cats. Then I realized it couldn't be. Sometimes the girls were with me, when I was sleeping last night. As well, unless the girls gained fifty pounds, I don't think they can thump like that.
I started ignoring that. Now there are a few other odd noises. As well, things are being tossed, sometimes at me. It's not as if I am being attacked, it's more that something(s) want attention. I simply don't know how to give that. I'm sure there are various things here. Some of them seem to know me. Yeah, I could be telling you stories. I'm just not.
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I avoid looking, mostly. When I see something out of the corner of my eye I simply avoid looking, if I remember. I was starting to get jumpy. Ghosts don't really frighten me these days. Enough... encounters... though... and I was starting to become unnerved. I must have done well. But that didn't end the events. Now, ever few minutes to hours I hear a thump. At first I thought it was the cats. Then I realized it couldn't be. Sometimes the girls were with me, when I was sleeping last night. As well, unless the girls gained fifty pounds, I don't think they can thump like that.
I started ignoring that. Now there are a few other odd noises. As well, things are being tossed, sometimes at me. It's not as if I am being attacked, it's more that something(s) want attention. I simply don't know how to give that. I'm sure there are various things here. Some of them seem to know me. Yeah, I could be telling you stories. I'm just not.
Holy flagpole, Batman!
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I suggested that, in a dream recently, putting up a flag was... encouraged. Among other things. I have been looking at temporary and longer term fixes for this idea. For now, a smaller flag, and a new or repaired bracket, is the way I would have to go. However, I have been reviewing taller flag poles, from 20 to 30 foot. Well... that... is both expensive and quite a chore to install.
I haven't found a simple formula for how much of a ground must (should?) be added to a flag pole, which would go deeper than the buried depth. I have found how deep the pole should be buried in order to obtain the greatest strength, after which diminishing returns would eliminate any additional strength... 10% of the height is the simple bury depth (if that can be a bit more complicated for various reasons, perhaps).
The thing is, beside digging, to a degree for both the flag and possibly a bit for the ground, there is: adding a sleeve, surrounded by the concrete; filling the sleeve with the pole and then sand; and a few other things. And it takes a lot of concrete and at least some decent amount of sand. Really? Yes. It's a heck of a job. Well, not this year. But at least I have some idea about just how much work that is. The cost, however, is still... an unknown. In part because I am not sure whether steel or aluminum is best, what exact height I do want, how much concrete and sand... exactly... is needed or even how much per bag... My guess is even a 20' flag, done correctly, is a small fortune. Oh, and while I have seen flag poles in the $50's (never go with the cheapest?), I have seen other poles being offered in the $400~$500 range, and higher. Really? *sigh* I'll get on the standard, small, side pole soon enough. The other pole might be a year or two off. Now, I am excited, a bit, about the work. It's the costs which have me twitching.
Oh, the other thing? Looking at the calendar and reviewing the particular saint for a day. I am not certain there is a saint for every day. Though some saints are doubled, or more, on single days. As well, there are new and old saints' days. Depending on your source, you might find there are, in a way, many saints on a given day. The saint for today is St. Athanasius. A bishop, doctor of the church, and all around good guy. *smile* I have read about him, from several sources. I have a general sense that... I appreciate him and his work. He even found peace in his time, and left in peace. Pretty fly... for a saint. It's good when, from time to time, a saint doesn't have to be martyred to make the headlines. Amen.
Later.
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I suggested that, in a dream recently, putting up a flag was... encouraged. Among other things. I have been looking at temporary and longer term fixes for this idea. For now, a smaller flag, and a new or repaired bracket, is the way I would have to go. However, I have been reviewing taller flag poles, from 20 to 30 foot. Well... that... is both expensive and quite a chore to install.
I haven't found a simple formula for how much of a ground must (should?) be added to a flag pole, which would go deeper than the buried depth. I have found how deep the pole should be buried in order to obtain the greatest strength, after which diminishing returns would eliminate any additional strength... 10% of the height is the simple bury depth (if that can be a bit more complicated for various reasons, perhaps).
The thing is, beside digging, to a degree for both the flag and possibly a bit for the ground, there is: adding a sleeve, surrounded by the concrete; filling the sleeve with the pole and then sand; and a few other things. And it takes a lot of concrete and at least some decent amount of sand. Really? Yes. It's a heck of a job. Well, not this year. But at least I have some idea about just how much work that is. The cost, however, is still... an unknown. In part because I am not sure whether steel or aluminum is best, what exact height I do want, how much concrete and sand... exactly... is needed or even how much per bag... My guess is even a 20' flag, done correctly, is a small fortune. Oh, and while I have seen flag poles in the $50's (never go with the cheapest?), I have seen other poles being offered in the $400~$500 range, and higher. Really? *sigh* I'll get on the standard, small, side pole soon enough. The other pole might be a year or two off. Now, I am excited, a bit, about the work. It's the costs which have me twitching.
Oh, the other thing? Looking at the calendar and reviewing the particular saint for a day. I am not certain there is a saint for every day. Though some saints are doubled, or more, on single days. As well, there are new and old saints' days. Depending on your source, you might find there are, in a way, many saints on a given day. The saint for today is St. Athanasius. A bishop, doctor of the church, and all around good guy. *smile* I have read about him, from several sources. I have a general sense that... I appreciate him and his work. He even found peace in his time, and left in peace. Pretty fly... for a saint. It's good when, from time to time, a saint doesn't have to be martyred to make the headlines. Amen.
Later.
Awake but rough.
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Why, I ask. I simply do not know. The work yesterday was exceedingly light, and I had help. I ate reasonably well. It is warming, every so slightly, if it is rather dark still. I think, actually, it was darker yesterday than usual. Maybe more or harder weather came through. Or, sum total, over time, I have worn myself out. Oh, and I have fallen off medication again. Gah!
Today? Dishes, laundry, a bath maybe if later, working in the kitchen and bedroom. If I do something outside, it will be replanting that flower, oh and I need to water everything. Yeah, I will get outside. I am not quite up getting the ladder out to clean the gutters, but that is on my list for this week.
For some reason I am terribly hungry. As I said, I ate well yesterday. Not sure what is up with that. Still, a quick bite to start things off.
Oh, one other thing interior... my oscillating 'saw' arrived. I may attempt to cut drywall in the bathroom that needs changed. I also need to decide if I can simply replace trim that had to be removed, or if I need to remove all of it and start over. Ugh... I will surely like it to be done though. I will just... feel better? In several ways, yes. Hmm... if I have to remove the rest of the trim, which is as I suspect, I might as well paint in there. I was thinking a light pink. Hahahaha Just wanted to see you choke. No, either (and really this time) a mild yellow, a baby blue, a bright white, or a brighter eggshell/taupe. I'm... just not sure.
Well, on to a snack. Later.
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Why, I ask. I simply do not know. The work yesterday was exceedingly light, and I had help. I ate reasonably well. It is warming, every so slightly, if it is rather dark still. I think, actually, it was darker yesterday than usual. Maybe more or harder weather came through. Or, sum total, over time, I have worn myself out. Oh, and I have fallen off medication again. Gah!
Today? Dishes, laundry, a bath maybe if later, working in the kitchen and bedroom. If I do something outside, it will be replanting that flower, oh and I need to water everything. Yeah, I will get outside. I am not quite up getting the ladder out to clean the gutters, but that is on my list for this week.
For some reason I am terribly hungry. As I said, I ate well yesterday. Not sure what is up with that. Still, a quick bite to start things off.
Oh, one other thing interior... my oscillating 'saw' arrived. I may attempt to cut drywall in the bathroom that needs changed. I also need to decide if I can simply replace trim that had to be removed, or if I need to remove all of it and start over. Ugh... I will surely like it to be done though. I will just... feel better? In several ways, yes. Hmm... if I have to remove the rest of the trim, which is as I suspect, I might as well paint in there. I was thinking a light pink. Hahahaha Just wanted to see you choke. No, either (and really this time) a mild yellow, a baby blue, a bright white, or a brighter eggshell/taupe. I'm... just not sure.
Well, on to a snack. Later.
Research.
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Not all research is fruitful. That is with the given that even the best research needs to be reviewed with great skepticism. Even if it is true, it may not apply. How a Floridian plants and tends an orange tree has no linear or parallel application where I live. True, but with the givens, useless. As many variables as can be found need to be compared for acceptance or elimination. Even if the writer does his level best, and I do mine, it doesn't always work even so.
What I have been researching is wiring. I want at least one, and maybe two, sub panels in my garage. Perhaps a single, 125a, 240v, panel would do. So long as I don't run several bigger devices at once. I have no plans for a whole shop dust collection system. And I think that panel would have enough room for a couple of 220v, 30a outlets, plus a double 20a, several 15a, and maybe lights... if those could go on one of the 15a circuits. The only other thing would be a garage door. But that could probably go on one of the 15a circuits too, more so since it would be only used when all else is off. Different 15a circuits, of course. I don't think any of the equipment I am looking at requires the 220v, 50~60a service.
What I am looking to find is the gauge of wire. I won't go with aluminum. I, and many others, simply don't trust it. I believe I need 2-2-2-4? 2 gauge, four wire. It's under a hundred feet. Still, that's, give or take, between $4.50~$8.50 a foot... if I have some trouble finding it by the foot. Unless I am seeing something wrong? I can't find the exact wire though, and sources are proving to be problematic. Some are suggesting I need 4, or 3, 3/0 I have seen or 2/0 if it is home... Now, there might be another way to do it... perhaps running two milder runs? I am sure that wouldn't pass inspection though. And I'm not sure that would be wise. Perhaps it is never done?
I have some ideas about how to learn more. I am pretty sure there are some shortcuts. Some much more safe than others. The internet just isn't my friend on this topic. Is it purely a safety issue? No. It's a money issue as well. There are complications involved, and danger. But they don't help by overcomplicating things, making instructions and rules both obscure and regional (if one way was truly safer, it should be uniform... which tells me much). No, this is an attempt to keep certain people in business. I'll... keep looking.
I have a few things to do, not sure if I will get to them yet today. There is always tomorrow. I didn't get to the dishes, kitchen, or anything else. Oh well, as I said, tomorrow. Good night.
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Not all research is fruitful. That is with the given that even the best research needs to be reviewed with great skepticism. Even if it is true, it may not apply. How a Floridian plants and tends an orange tree has no linear or parallel application where I live. True, but with the givens, useless. As many variables as can be found need to be compared for acceptance or elimination. Even if the writer does his level best, and I do mine, it doesn't always work even so.
What I have been researching is wiring. I want at least one, and maybe two, sub panels in my garage. Perhaps a single, 125a, 240v, panel would do. So long as I don't run several bigger devices at once. I have no plans for a whole shop dust collection system. And I think that panel would have enough room for a couple of 220v, 30a outlets, plus a double 20a, several 15a, and maybe lights... if those could go on one of the 15a circuits. The only other thing would be a garage door. But that could probably go on one of the 15a circuits too, more so since it would be only used when all else is off. Different 15a circuits, of course. I don't think any of the equipment I am looking at requires the 220v, 50~60a service.
What I am looking to find is the gauge of wire. I won't go with aluminum. I, and many others, simply don't trust it. I believe I need 2-2-2-4? 2 gauge, four wire. It's under a hundred feet. Still, that's, give or take, between $4.50~$8.50 a foot... if I have some trouble finding it by the foot. Unless I am seeing something wrong? I can't find the exact wire though, and sources are proving to be problematic. Some are suggesting I need 4, or 3, 3/0 I have seen or 2/0 if it is home... Now, there might be another way to do it... perhaps running two milder runs? I am sure that wouldn't pass inspection though. And I'm not sure that would be wise. Perhaps it is never done?
I have some ideas about how to learn more. I am pretty sure there are some shortcuts. Some much more safe than others. The internet just isn't my friend on this topic. Is it purely a safety issue? No. It's a money issue as well. There are complications involved, and danger. But they don't help by overcomplicating things, making instructions and rules both obscure and regional (if one way was truly safer, it should be uniform... which tells me much). No, this is an attempt to keep certain people in business. I'll... keep looking.
I have a few things to do, not sure if I will get to them yet today. There is always tomorrow. I didn't get to the dishes, kitchen, or anything else. Oh well, as I said, tomorrow. Good night.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Awesome.
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Beside getting in the raspberry and other berry bushes, a bit of conversation and company was good. I asked about a number of things beyond. Garlic, when and how... and grocery variety. And a flower I would like to move, before it gets plowed. I have another like it on the side of the house. I have the plans, and will do it tomorrow. I am finished with outdoor work for the night.
Everything is planted. I think it was all in good shape when it went in. Other than having to fiddle with the asparagus, and perhaps get ready for some flower beds later... and a few fiddly bits beyond, such as watering and minor weeding, I am done until fall and trees. Pears and apples, perhaps. I'd love peaches but those are rather... we are pushing it to try them here. Even so, it would be wonderful.
Perhaps a few raised beds this fall, a few more in spring, eventually a minor area of raised beds, surrounded by a narrower raised area. Then experimenting with planting this and that, here and then, and mixing and matching. I don't need all that much on my own. Though if I wish to store some of it, perhaps more would be good. If nothing else, it might well get me outside a bit more often. Which may, actually, lead to more.
Oh, shortly, I need to get ahold of a local gent, and have him show me where the trailheads are for several paths I mean to climb this year. I won't say I'll finish anything. I am sure, however, if I can find the trailheads, I will, from time to time, make my way toward trouble. I think even I, from time to time, will surprise myself. The quick path to the top, and getting there in an hour or three? Just maybe. I'm not always fully human. Even partly, or mostly, dead, I... do well, from time to time. UP!
I am thinking about the lawn mower. I've got a couple of weeks to consider it. I need to check money, check this, check that... It will help with some of the work, such as clearing the old henhouse and the two little barns, and setting those back up. I might even attempt to mildly electrify the henhouse, after the new roof *cough*. Instead of trying to run electricity that far out, I may begin tinkering with solar. Just enough panels for minor lighting and maybe water heating, but enough room to add more panels for the little barn out there, for heat and larger water heating capacity. Who knows. Some years I get to things, it seems I am getting to more each year, but there... isn't always more going on.
Hey, life is good. Work is good. Figuring things out, growing your own, tinkering, figuring, doing... all good. I did want more from life, but this isn't bad. And, I suspect, I have much more to do and a long time to be doing it yet. On the good side, I think what I am doing, and hoping to do, is much more to the wise than what I had in mind. If... that might be part of why I ended up how I am. Better to be humble, loving, kind, than to be king of all the world, prince of armies, lord of lands and people who don't wish to be free. Odd, though, how sometimes... one can still end up, for a time, in some places, and for certain reasons, being the same.
Later.
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Beside getting in the raspberry and other berry bushes, a bit of conversation and company was good. I asked about a number of things beyond. Garlic, when and how... and grocery variety. And a flower I would like to move, before it gets plowed. I have another like it on the side of the house. I have the plans, and will do it tomorrow. I am finished with outdoor work for the night.
Everything is planted. I think it was all in good shape when it went in. Other than having to fiddle with the asparagus, and perhaps get ready for some flower beds later... and a few fiddly bits beyond, such as watering and minor weeding, I am done until fall and trees. Pears and apples, perhaps. I'd love peaches but those are rather... we are pushing it to try them here. Even so, it would be wonderful.
Perhaps a few raised beds this fall, a few more in spring, eventually a minor area of raised beds, surrounded by a narrower raised area. Then experimenting with planting this and that, here and then, and mixing and matching. I don't need all that much on my own. Though if I wish to store some of it, perhaps more would be good. If nothing else, it might well get me outside a bit more often. Which may, actually, lead to more.
Oh, shortly, I need to get ahold of a local gent, and have him show me where the trailheads are for several paths I mean to climb this year. I won't say I'll finish anything. I am sure, however, if I can find the trailheads, I will, from time to time, make my way toward trouble. I think even I, from time to time, will surprise myself. The quick path to the top, and getting there in an hour or three? Just maybe. I'm not always fully human. Even partly, or mostly, dead, I... do well, from time to time. UP!
I am thinking about the lawn mower. I've got a couple of weeks to consider it. I need to check money, check this, check that... It will help with some of the work, such as clearing the old henhouse and the two little barns, and setting those back up. I might even attempt to mildly electrify the henhouse, after the new roof *cough*. Instead of trying to run electricity that far out, I may begin tinkering with solar. Just enough panels for minor lighting and maybe water heating, but enough room to add more panels for the little barn out there, for heat and larger water heating capacity. Who knows. Some years I get to things, it seems I am getting to more each year, but there... isn't always more going on.
Hey, life is good. Work is good. Figuring things out, growing your own, tinkering, figuring, doing... all good. I did want more from life, but this isn't bad. And, I suspect, I have much more to do and a long time to be doing it yet. On the good side, I think what I am doing, and hoping to do, is much more to the wise than what I had in mind. If... that might be part of why I ended up how I am. Better to be humble, loving, kind, than to be king of all the world, prince of armies, lord of lands and people who don't wish to be free. Odd, though, how sometimes... one can still end up, for a time, in some places, and for certain reasons, being the same.
Later.
A bunch in a hurry.
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At least along my lines of regularity, action, and time. The bushes have had their roots trimmed and are being watered. A bit of very minor cleanup in the kitchen, very minor but ongoing. Then a shower. After that I cleared some dishes, along with what was in there, got them into the big bin and they are now soaking. There is always more to do.
I just wish I could figure out a way to get the place to 'tare' to zero, so I would always start from clean. I have known some people who can, mostly women though, and not all or many of them. The guys who have women like that often take that for complete granted. Then again, I also think there is something to it. If you worship a woman for something, she goes one of two ways. Either she begins to want to renegotiate or she see you as beneath her... or both. It's a complicated system. Made impossible by modern politics, ethics, and moralities... which are usually counter to the real terms they have replaced.
Oh, raspberry bushes are about on the way. Dinner arrived, so I best eat that and get ready. It looks like, with the raspberry and other bushes in tonight, everything, for this time of year, will be planted. Awesome! Now I just have to water from time to time, watch, and do a little burying with the asparagus. Well, and maybe put in some bulbs or other flowers when it warms, and maybe some trees this fall. I'm on the way to being, if a minor one, a homesteader. Even if I don't eat, it is there. Strawberries and replacements for anything that fails, next spring. Fun. Later.
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At least along my lines of regularity, action, and time. The bushes have had their roots trimmed and are being watered. A bit of very minor cleanup in the kitchen, very minor but ongoing. Then a shower. After that I cleared some dishes, along with what was in there, got them into the big bin and they are now soaking. There is always more to do.
I just wish I could figure out a way to get the place to 'tare' to zero, so I would always start from clean. I have known some people who can, mostly women though, and not all or many of them. The guys who have women like that often take that for complete granted. Then again, I also think there is something to it. If you worship a woman for something, she goes one of two ways. Either she begins to want to renegotiate or she see you as beneath her... or both. It's a complicated system. Made impossible by modern politics, ethics, and moralities... which are usually counter to the real terms they have replaced.
Oh, raspberry bushes are about on the way. Dinner arrived, so I best eat that and get ready. It looks like, with the raspberry and other bushes in tonight, everything, for this time of year, will be planted. Awesome! Now I just have to water from time to time, watch, and do a little burying with the asparagus. Well, and maybe put in some bulbs or other flowers when it warms, and maybe some trees this fall. I'm on the way to being, if a minor one, a homesteader. Even if I don't eat, it is there. Strawberries and replacements for anything that fails, next spring. Fun. Later.
Never a dull new day.
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Down late, up late, it's just how it is working for now. I don't mind as long as I get my licks in. Work, work, work, and play. It's the other way around, but for health not will. On a very good note, Taking Friday off, then Sunday, even with the heavy work(tm) Saturday I am in good shape. Now to figure out what to do.
I didn't finish the dishes, didn't touch laundry, though planting is primary. I dug the initial holes for the bushes. I will need to dig those deeper... a good bit deeper. Thus, perhaps, wider. Before I mess with that, if I think I can get that done, I need to trim the roots and put those starters in water. I think, something like, a four to eight hour soak before planting is what was suggested. Oh, hey, about those suggestions? Just understand that, give what dirt is, and the limits of sight to eye measuring (or even with measuring devices, given all other variables), and such... I do my best, that is all. It won't be exact, some of it will be very off. Just saying.
So, first thing I will do is trim the roots and set them in room temperature water... actually let me do that right now, before I even start really waking. ... Done. Given all the givens, they probably won't get to soak as long as indicated. On the good side, they are beginning to green out, as is. I think this will work just fine. It should be warm enough to water them. If not, I will do that first thing tomorrow. I will water everything, first thing, tomorrow while at it. Yeah, that is how it will go.
With that done, and a while to go before finishing, I would like to do up the few dishes in the soak and a few utensils. Wash, again, rinse, and dry. As well, I'll look over the laundry, for sure, this time. Cleaning in the kitchen and bedroom are also on the list. What order? No clue. What happens, happens, as it happens. Details tend to themselves, devil haunted or not. Hmm... perhaps a shower first... soon. Yeah. Later.
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Down late, up late, it's just how it is working for now. I don't mind as long as I get my licks in. Work, work, work, and play. It's the other way around, but for health not will. On a very good note, Taking Friday off, then Sunday, even with the heavy work(tm) Saturday I am in good shape. Now to figure out what to do.
I didn't finish the dishes, didn't touch laundry, though planting is primary. I dug the initial holes for the bushes. I will need to dig those deeper... a good bit deeper. Thus, perhaps, wider. Before I mess with that, if I think I can get that done, I need to trim the roots and put those starters in water. I think, something like, a four to eight hour soak before planting is what was suggested. Oh, hey, about those suggestions? Just understand that, give what dirt is, and the limits of sight to eye measuring (or even with measuring devices, given all other variables), and such... I do my best, that is all. It won't be exact, some of it will be very off. Just saying.
So, first thing I will do is trim the roots and set them in room temperature water... actually let me do that right now, before I even start really waking. ... Done. Given all the givens, they probably won't get to soak as long as indicated. On the good side, they are beginning to green out, as is. I think this will work just fine. It should be warm enough to water them. If not, I will do that first thing tomorrow. I will water everything, first thing, tomorrow while at it. Yeah, that is how it will go.
With that done, and a while to go before finishing, I would like to do up the few dishes in the soak and a few utensils. Wash, again, rinse, and dry. As well, I'll look over the laundry, for sure, this time. Cleaning in the kitchen and bedroom are also on the list. What order? No clue. What happens, happens, as it happens. Details tend to themselves, devil haunted or not. Hmm... perhaps a shower first... soon. Yeah. Later.
Sunday, April 30, 2017
While resting, planning.
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Okay, sure, I actually need to figure out how to wire the garage before I can truly get going with a shop. I would like to get some heavier outlets, and regular outlets, out there, then split them around the garage so as to be able to plug something in almost anywhere... after which an automatic garage door, better lighting, and then insulation and rough finishing can go forward. Of course, while all that is going forward, the shop will, itself, come together a tool, bench, or system at a time. In theory? If I live long enough? Yeah.
Some things have been on my mind for a long time. Some specifically, such as the need for certain tools. A table saw is primary. I'd love to purchase a true cabinet saw. If I got the wiring right, the power shouldn't be a problem. However, the real deal cabinet saws are not really meant to be moved. Nor would there be a good place to move the saw aside. Most things I purchase will need to be made so that they can be moved aside, put up, etc.
Beside tools, there are often systems into which tools can be fit which would make the tools much more useful. An example would be a router table, for a more powerful router. A hand router is good for some things. To do serious routing for heavy or deep designs, hand routers would be difficult, imprecise, and perhaps dangerous. Some of these tool cabinets can be hand made. Even a ripsled for the table saw, until a crosscut saw could be afforded... if that would ever be possible. Negotiations, between want, cost, space, and a few other things, will be an ongoing thing.
Still, I keep thinking about making stuff with what is on hand in order to use tools more fully. Here are a couple of variations for a router table, an option for dowel instead of screw jigs, and a side work table if the main table isn't available or is otherwise employed. A boy can dream. Enjoy.
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Okay, sure, I actually need to figure out how to wire the garage before I can truly get going with a shop. I would like to get some heavier outlets, and regular outlets, out there, then split them around the garage so as to be able to plug something in almost anywhere... after which an automatic garage door, better lighting, and then insulation and rough finishing can go forward. Of course, while all that is going forward, the shop will, itself, come together a tool, bench, or system at a time. In theory? If I live long enough? Yeah.
Some things have been on my mind for a long time. Some specifically, such as the need for certain tools. A table saw is primary. I'd love to purchase a true cabinet saw. If I got the wiring right, the power shouldn't be a problem. However, the real deal cabinet saws are not really meant to be moved. Nor would there be a good place to move the saw aside. Most things I purchase will need to be made so that they can be moved aside, put up, etc.
Beside tools, there are often systems into which tools can be fit which would make the tools much more useful. An example would be a router table, for a more powerful router. A hand router is good for some things. To do serious routing for heavy or deep designs, hand routers would be difficult, imprecise, and perhaps dangerous. Some of these tool cabinets can be hand made. Even a ripsled for the table saw, until a crosscut saw could be afforded... if that would ever be possible. Negotiations, between want, cost, space, and a few other things, will be an ongoing thing.
Still, I keep thinking about making stuff with what is on hand in order to use tools more fully. Here are a couple of variations for a router table, an option for dowel instead of screw jigs, and a side work table if the main table isn't available or is otherwise employed. A boy can dream. Enjoy.
Not a bad start.
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I thought I would be a bit rough this morning. I pushed through a lot of work after needing a break from serious discomfort just the day before. Oh, well, I am not completely pain free. And my muscles are a bit rigid. Nothing that would be noticed, however. I may take anacin just because, or maybe because I am pleased with what I have done. I have earned it, as I see things.
While I was asleep I dreamed a notion right about the time I was waking. I, now, purchase two calendars every year. One of pin-up girls, one with the Catholic holy days. And, outside, I think I saw a mount for a flag. Now that life has improved, and I can, mostly, know one day from another, both of these can become useful. Something, back in my mind, suggested that I make the attempt to put out the flag on the prescribed days, and begin studying the saints on their given holy days. I might not be in great condition, or always able to get out and celebrate holy and national holidays, but perhaps these little things might... be meaningful. To myself and to others.
I would, probably, need to get a new post, for now, and a flag. Though, to be honest, I would like to get an actual flag pole. Oh, I'd love a fifty or hundred foot pole with a huge flag! Thing is, I suspect it would take a number of folk to change that flag anyway. And the neighbors just might grumble? There are... limits. Anyway... But a fifteen or twenty foot pole, with the US and Utah flag? Winter to summer and back? I don't know. I've been thinking of that since I moved in. I simply haven't gotten to it, yet. My dream said it was time. Time for it and more.
Later.
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I thought I would be a bit rough this morning. I pushed through a lot of work after needing a break from serious discomfort just the day before. Oh, well, I am not completely pain free. And my muscles are a bit rigid. Nothing that would be noticed, however. I may take anacin just because, or maybe because I am pleased with what I have done. I have earned it, as I see things.
While I was asleep I dreamed a notion right about the time I was waking. I, now, purchase two calendars every year. One of pin-up girls, one with the Catholic holy days. And, outside, I think I saw a mount for a flag. Now that life has improved, and I can, mostly, know one day from another, both of these can become useful. Something, back in my mind, suggested that I make the attempt to put out the flag on the prescribed days, and begin studying the saints on their given holy days. I might not be in great condition, or always able to get out and celebrate holy and national holidays, but perhaps these little things might... be meaningful. To myself and to others.
I would, probably, need to get a new post, for now, and a flag. Though, to be honest, I would like to get an actual flag pole. Oh, I'd love a fifty or hundred foot pole with a huge flag! Thing is, I suspect it would take a number of folk to change that flag anyway. And the neighbors just might grumble? There are... limits. Anyway... But a fifteen or twenty foot pole, with the US and Utah flag? Winter to summer and back? I don't know. I've been thinking of that since I moved in. I simply haven't gotten to it, yet. My dream said it was time. Time for it and more.
Later.
Surprised.
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It's a bit before I have been normally going to bed, several hours early. I believe I will be able to go on to sleep. A good think I suppose. Then again I know my days are tilting, so going to be early means getting back through to days is going to take longer. I did earn it, with the work today.
My legs are, so far, just fine. They aren't sore, stiff, or going to concrete or rubber. Generally I am feeling good as well. Not too tired, stretched, or the like. Yet I worked and have a normal good want for rest. Tomorrow is a day of rest. I'll try to keep it that way. Food making, but no more. Hmm... you know though, I should get around to figuring out how to cook only during the weekdays, coasting on the weekends somehow. Or just have foods on hand that don't need much work. Yeah, I'm... right on that.
I hope to be ready to work Monday. With everything planted I want to begin working on the gutters, getting them cleaned, and assessing what I might want to add with regards to those and water collection. Then, and mostly, getting back to work inside.
Inside? Two areas of concern, if many actual areas, projects, chores. I'd like to get the kitchen and bathroom back into trim, cleaning and clearing wise. I would also like to work on several plumbing projects. Replacing the kitchen plumbing, the bathroom sink plumbing, and working on the dripping faucets. Then on to finishing the laundry, catching up on dishes, and getting back into the bedroom.
Beyond that, tearing out some things in the bathroom and beginning to work in there. It's still a bit cold. A frost could be a problem while working in there, still. I'd like to save the mirror, as much as possible, that is glued to the wall. Perhaps I could cut the drywall out with it, then work to get that off. Why? I saw a neat project... an inset shelf with a mirror back. Why waste? The cabinet in there, however, is toast. There really isn't much there worth saving.
I am planning to order a few tools this month. But with plans for the lawn mower I have to go easy. Next month I am hoping to buy a smaller, portable, but powerful enough table saw. Ugh... but it's time. Other than a router, and maybe a set of more powerful cordless power tools, I am mostly set up for pretty solid woodworking and home care. I would like to learn more about electrical work though, and be able to run some lines, check lines, and rewire a few runs that don't work... plus make sure I have enough power, and have it safely run, in a few areas. Perhaps, with a few small jobs, I might figure out how to do a larger one or two runs to the garage.
Yeah... well... I am doing things. Things are getting done again. I'll keep at it, as I can. It's pleasant to work well enough that a day off a Sunday, a holy day, is needed. Good night.
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It's a bit before I have been normally going to bed, several hours early. I believe I will be able to go on to sleep. A good think I suppose. Then again I know my days are tilting, so going to be early means getting back through to days is going to take longer. I did earn it, with the work today.
My legs are, so far, just fine. They aren't sore, stiff, or going to concrete or rubber. Generally I am feeling good as well. Not too tired, stretched, or the like. Yet I worked and have a normal good want for rest. Tomorrow is a day of rest. I'll try to keep it that way. Food making, but no more. Hmm... you know though, I should get around to figuring out how to cook only during the weekdays, coasting on the weekends somehow. Or just have foods on hand that don't need much work. Yeah, I'm... right on that.
I hope to be ready to work Monday. With everything planted I want to begin working on the gutters, getting them cleaned, and assessing what I might want to add with regards to those and water collection. Then, and mostly, getting back to work inside.
Inside? Two areas of concern, if many actual areas, projects, chores. I'd like to get the kitchen and bathroom back into trim, cleaning and clearing wise. I would also like to work on several plumbing projects. Replacing the kitchen plumbing, the bathroom sink plumbing, and working on the dripping faucets. Then on to finishing the laundry, catching up on dishes, and getting back into the bedroom.
Beyond that, tearing out some things in the bathroom and beginning to work in there. It's still a bit cold. A frost could be a problem while working in there, still. I'd like to save the mirror, as much as possible, that is glued to the wall. Perhaps I could cut the drywall out with it, then work to get that off. Why? I saw a neat project... an inset shelf with a mirror back. Why waste? The cabinet in there, however, is toast. There really isn't much there worth saving.
I am planning to order a few tools this month. But with plans for the lawn mower I have to go easy. Next month I am hoping to buy a smaller, portable, but powerful enough table saw. Ugh... but it's time. Other than a router, and maybe a set of more powerful cordless power tools, I am mostly set up for pretty solid woodworking and home care. I would like to learn more about electrical work though, and be able to run some lines, check lines, and rewire a few runs that don't work... plus make sure I have enough power, and have it safely run, in a few areas. Perhaps, with a few small jobs, I might figure out how to do a larger one or two runs to the garage.
Yeah... well... I am doing things. Things are getting done again. I'll keep at it, as I can. It's pleasant to work well enough that a day off a Sunday, a holy day, is needed. Good night.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
I wouldn't have believed it.
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So, out I went. Oh, but I had to come back in, find the instructions, read them over a bit, and then get to it. I had all the tools I needed, where I needed them. I just could not remember how, distance, depth, and such. Rhubarb first. I only have six of those, and they just go into a pit. Nothing fancy, and not to full depth or more. I cut the plastic around, as well as the cardboard, then dug a good nine inches of dirt out. More than needed, but I hate ending up having to dig more while in the process. Plus, it loosens the soil. All good.
I did each kind at it's own end. I fudged distances a bit, but then their notions were ridiculous for my setup. I suppose commercial farmers would be more attuned to their odd ways. Then again, I guess we will see. At least two should be fine. I left an area in the middle I am hoping to plant garlic and maybe daikon radishes, if they will grow. They may be a bit too water needing to do well here. Still, I'd like to give it a shot.
Then out to the asparagus bed. I dug three cross-angle trenches, to see if that would work. With 25 (plus one extra) root bundles, I would need to dig another nine if I was going to plant them all, done all today, dug and planted some today some later, or what, I did not know. I decided to go with the dogs to the butt. If they started barking I would give it a rest... or at least if they barked and bit beyond my tolerances.
The angled trench was perfect for two to three root systems. I also cut the roots back just a bit before putting them into the ground. I had needed to do nothing with the rhubarb. Still, no fuss... save that I was on my knees, crawling around. Oddly my knees didn't bug me. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Of course I was wearing knee pads. Not that that always helps. I finished the three trenches then reassessed my situation. Good! So, on I went. I dug the rest of the trenches, unsure if I would be able to finish the planting. On I went, trimming the roots, burying as I believe the instructions suggested, on down the line.
Done. Before I knew it they were finished. Well, for now. The instructions suggested digging a six inch trench, putting them in, but only burying them to two inches, at first. When/if the bulbs shoot up, then when ready, bury them to near the surface but just another two inches. Finally, when they are ready, bury them the rest of the way. They say it could take four to six weeks. Okay. Reminds me of women. Only they are never done. :p
Finished? No. I was still doing well. So... I grabbed the spade and root shovel to begin digging starter holes for the other other bushes. Six holes. I don't think they are deep enough, but they are mostly dug. When, probably Monday, I get out to finish those, I will trim their roots, set them in water for four, six, maybe eight hours, then dig more... if I think, where they are, I will need the pick-awl. I'd like to get about a foot maybe up to half more diameter hole at least a foot deep. After they have been watered in preparation, then I'll put them in.
Anyway, not bad. I can handle this well. My legs are slightly stiff, but not back to a full on concrete feel. I have a reasonable sweat going. And I feel like I did a bit of work. Digging is work, but the heaviest thing, for me, is going down to a kneel and getting up from it. Actually, the whole process of working on the knees, digging, and all... it's all a reasonable effort. On the good side, I can do it fairly well, when I can do it. Tomorrow will be a good day down.
Later.
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So, out I went. Oh, but I had to come back in, find the instructions, read them over a bit, and then get to it. I had all the tools I needed, where I needed them. I just could not remember how, distance, depth, and such. Rhubarb first. I only have six of those, and they just go into a pit. Nothing fancy, and not to full depth or more. I cut the plastic around, as well as the cardboard, then dug a good nine inches of dirt out. More than needed, but I hate ending up having to dig more while in the process. Plus, it loosens the soil. All good.
I did each kind at it's own end. I fudged distances a bit, but then their notions were ridiculous for my setup. I suppose commercial farmers would be more attuned to their odd ways. Then again, I guess we will see. At least two should be fine. I left an area in the middle I am hoping to plant garlic and maybe daikon radishes, if they will grow. They may be a bit too water needing to do well here. Still, I'd like to give it a shot.
Then out to the asparagus bed. I dug three cross-angle trenches, to see if that would work. With 25 (plus one extra) root bundles, I would need to dig another nine if I was going to plant them all, done all today, dug and planted some today some later, or what, I did not know. I decided to go with the dogs to the butt. If they started barking I would give it a rest... or at least if they barked and bit beyond my tolerances.
The angled trench was perfect for two to three root systems. I also cut the roots back just a bit before putting them into the ground. I had needed to do nothing with the rhubarb. Still, no fuss... save that I was on my knees, crawling around. Oddly my knees didn't bug me. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Of course I was wearing knee pads. Not that that always helps. I finished the three trenches then reassessed my situation. Good! So, on I went. I dug the rest of the trenches, unsure if I would be able to finish the planting. On I went, trimming the roots, burying as I believe the instructions suggested, on down the line.
Done. Before I knew it they were finished. Well, for now. The instructions suggested digging a six inch trench, putting them in, but only burying them to two inches, at first. When/if the bulbs shoot up, then when ready, bury them to near the surface but just another two inches. Finally, when they are ready, bury them the rest of the way. They say it could take four to six weeks. Okay. Reminds me of women. Only they are never done. :p
Finished? No. I was still doing well. So... I grabbed the spade and root shovel to begin digging starter holes for the other other bushes. Six holes. I don't think they are deep enough, but they are mostly dug. When, probably Monday, I get out to finish those, I will trim their roots, set them in water for four, six, maybe eight hours, then dig more... if I think, where they are, I will need the pick-awl. I'd like to get about a foot maybe up to half more diameter hole at least a foot deep. After they have been watered in preparation, then I'll put them in.
Anyway, not bad. I can handle this well. My legs are slightly stiff, but not back to a full on concrete feel. I have a reasonable sweat going. And I feel like I did a bit of work. Digging is work, but the heaviest thing, for me, is going down to a kneel and getting up from it. Actually, the whole process of working on the knees, digging, and all... it's all a reasonable effort. On the good side, I can do it fairly well, when I can do it. Tomorrow will be a good day down.
Later.
I hate when I can't get to bed well.
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I kept thinking about bed. Between the sore legs and that keeping me from burning much energy, I couldn't get to sleep well. It was well after 4:00, possibly as much as two to three hours later. Annoying. Of course, when I go down late I often can't wake for six to more like eight and sometimes up to twelve hours later... depending on how much I have been working before having the problem. I think I hit about eight hours this time, about where I want to hit though. Too little and I can be (more) tired all day. Too much sleep can have a similar affect. Silly but that's how it works. Even with eight hours I can be a bit groggy all day, but over time that will work itself out whereas other sleep times will just get worse. I still remember, until I was on some heart medicine, sleeping many hours, even days, and sometimes for nearly weeks and months, and never even coming close to feeling rested. That went on for decades, that was a little form of hell... like being in a lake, but in such a way that the only water you could drink was from rain... whenever that would fall. Water, water, everywhere but nary a drop to drink.
Life is still a bit tough, at times. But now I can push through, do things, and willingly pay a price for goods... not just suffer whatever exists. I can barter, push, pull, make things happen... if not as much as some, more than even others. I don't understand why people don't... do more... or try for more. Maybe not every time, every year, in every way, but something new, something old, some borrowed, something blue. Not just a marriage thing (though I think something to keep in mind... did I ever mention, blue is my favorite color?). Be wed to life. Explore in it, through it. Be curious, inventive, creative, procreative. "Do!" Amen.
Anyway, I just think, whatever else you are doing, are required to do, should just be the start. Find other things to do, figure out how to get beyond your means without going bankrupt. Meet people who can and will teach, then learn enough to pass that on. My sleep pattern problems make it difficult for folk to be my friend. I end up seeming like a terrible friend. So, often, I avoid involvements. Folk don't understand. Life has them cowed and they are trying to avoid involvements as they can... for their own reasons. Anyway... worth a shot if you can do it.
Today? Well... I think I might try to plant some things. The rhubarb, then what of that asparagus I can get in. Yeah, I know. But my legs are feeling much better. I can rest tomorrow, and will probably have to rest. I am surprised they are eased and ready to work today, or seem to be. I don't know that I will be able to work all that long. I'll do what I can. I just know, when things are finally all planted and dug in, I can take some time off from heavier work, just do cleaning, and... get ready for the next push into plumbing and maybe some woodworking and carpentry. Yeah... I'll plant what I can today. If I can get it all, I will. I just... don't think so. This is going to hurt tomorrow, but I will have both chosen, and earned, it.
A Sixpence in your shoe. Later.
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I kept thinking about bed. Between the sore legs and that keeping me from burning much energy, I couldn't get to sleep well. It was well after 4:00, possibly as much as two to three hours later. Annoying. Of course, when I go down late I often can't wake for six to more like eight and sometimes up to twelve hours later... depending on how much I have been working before having the problem. I think I hit about eight hours this time, about where I want to hit though. Too little and I can be (more) tired all day. Too much sleep can have a similar affect. Silly but that's how it works. Even with eight hours I can be a bit groggy all day, but over time that will work itself out whereas other sleep times will just get worse. I still remember, until I was on some heart medicine, sleeping many hours, even days, and sometimes for nearly weeks and months, and never even coming close to feeling rested. That went on for decades, that was a little form of hell... like being in a lake, but in such a way that the only water you could drink was from rain... whenever that would fall. Water, water, everywhere but nary a drop to drink.
Life is still a bit tough, at times. But now I can push through, do things, and willingly pay a price for goods... not just suffer whatever exists. I can barter, push, pull, make things happen... if not as much as some, more than even others. I don't understand why people don't... do more... or try for more. Maybe not every time, every year, in every way, but something new, something old, some borrowed, something blue. Not just a marriage thing (though I think something to keep in mind... did I ever mention, blue is my favorite color?). Be wed to life. Explore in it, through it. Be curious, inventive, creative, procreative. "Do!" Amen.
Anyway, I just think, whatever else you are doing, are required to do, should just be the start. Find other things to do, figure out how to get beyond your means without going bankrupt. Meet people who can and will teach, then learn enough to pass that on. My sleep pattern problems make it difficult for folk to be my friend. I end up seeming like a terrible friend. So, often, I avoid involvements. Folk don't understand. Life has them cowed and they are trying to avoid involvements as they can... for their own reasons. Anyway... worth a shot if you can do it.
Today? Well... I think I might try to plant some things. The rhubarb, then what of that asparagus I can get in. Yeah, I know. But my legs are feeling much better. I can rest tomorrow, and will probably have to rest. I am surprised they are eased and ready to work today, or seem to be. I don't know that I will be able to work all that long. I'll do what I can. I just know, when things are finally all planted and dug in, I can take some time off from heavier work, just do cleaning, and... get ready for the next push into plumbing and maybe some woodworking and carpentry. Yeah... I'll plant what I can today. If I can get it all, I will. I just... don't think so. This is going to hurt tomorrow, but I will have both chosen, and earned, it.
A Sixpence in your shoe. Later.
Fair is fair.
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Normally, when I wake sore, stiff, or both, time is good to me. Unless I really overdid things. It seems I really overdid bending, kneeling, lifting, and all else. My legs started out a bit sore and stiff. Now they are concrete. I have, mostly save for cooking, been off my feet. That usually helps. My legs aren't cramping, if in part because I take vitamins and double down on electrolyte types. Well, not a pure doubling down, just an additional extra of b vitamins, calcium, potassium, zinc, and some others... not quite doubling, but probably, save for a lot extra potassium, 150% of the normal vitamin and mineral intake in those areas. The water pill makes that advisable, anyway. I know if I weren't taking those, at the doses I do, my legs would be cramping harshly, and would have been for days now.
Yeah, okay, a day or three off is just how it has to go. I even gave in and finally, for the first time in some time, took anacin. My legs are like not-quite-set concrete. And when there is some movement in there, it hurts in a ticklish manner. Have you ever eaten sweet and sours? Right, like that, only inside my legs. Not sure, quite, what that is all about. It's... different. I am sure it is because of something I am eating, or missing, in my diet? Almost sure, I'm just not quite sure.
Sometimes, even with the anacin taken an hour ago, I still... sort of wince. They are almost cramping. It's a good thing, if inconvenient. It means I have worked them and well. I will skip doing dishes tonight, or much else. Hmm, it's about bedtime anyway. Good night... uhrm, day.
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Normally, when I wake sore, stiff, or both, time is good to me. Unless I really overdid things. It seems I really overdid bending, kneeling, lifting, and all else. My legs started out a bit sore and stiff. Now they are concrete. I have, mostly save for cooking, been off my feet. That usually helps. My legs aren't cramping, if in part because I take vitamins and double down on electrolyte types. Well, not a pure doubling down, just an additional extra of b vitamins, calcium, potassium, zinc, and some others... not quite doubling, but probably, save for a lot extra potassium, 150% of the normal vitamin and mineral intake in those areas. The water pill makes that advisable, anyway. I know if I weren't taking those, at the doses I do, my legs would be cramping harshly, and would have been for days now.
Yeah, okay, a day or three off is just how it has to go. I even gave in and finally, for the first time in some time, took anacin. My legs are like not-quite-set concrete. And when there is some movement in there, it hurts in a ticklish manner. Have you ever eaten sweet and sours? Right, like that, only inside my legs. Not sure, quite, what that is all about. It's... different. I am sure it is because of something I am eating, or missing, in my diet? Almost sure, I'm just not quite sure.
Sometimes, even with the anacin taken an hour ago, I still... sort of wince. They are almost cramping. It's a good thing, if inconvenient. It means I have worked them and well. I will skip doing dishes tonight, or much else. Hmm, it's about bedtime anyway. Good night... uhrm, day.
My first shot at artichokes.
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Actually this is my second time. The first time I ended up having no idea how to work them. Sometimes you just think cooking and eating something will make sense, right until it doesn't. I ended up just tossing it, partially in embarrassment a bit from anger if with some strange hunger. Sour grapes? Of a sort. Unwilling to give up I decided to do some research and eventually give it another try. So it went.
I must admit I was not extremely pleased. Then again, I am not sure these were the best artichokes. As well, I am not sure I cooked them just right and I didn't have a good sauce for them. I attempted to make mayonnaise. I am beginning to think that the eggs I have used before may be different. Perhaps they have started pasteurizing them. My guess is that would make it impossible to make homemade mayo. It wouldn't surprise me if just reading my blog would be enough to cause a change in behavior. Lawsuits, but also a want by growers and such to band together to stop people from doing things on their own. It almost doesn't matter what it is, from cooking to preps like this, to carpentry, electrical work, and plumbing... they don't want you to do it yourself and have set things and changed things to work against you.
Anyway, so no mayo. I may see what options exist for purchasing fresh eggs I can trust... which haven't been 'cooked'. Of course, if I find a source, I won't be writing about it. Even red states are much more blue than they seem. Frustrating.
I fixed the lamb shoulder chops, going with a spice mix more akin to a pumpkin pie than a shank of beef or ham... nearly sweet. Baking them to make sure they were done, then pan searing two of them, and it worked well. For a sauce to go with the artichokes, I melted butter and added lemon and lime. It was a decent sauce. It isn't as if the artichokes were horrible, it's just that they weren't... all that much. Think of something with the consistency of mashed but then formed avocado, but without all that much flavor. The citrus butter was good, and the artichokes weren't bad, it's... just... a lot of fuss for not much. Still, it was a bit of a unique and special meal. Overall it worked well.
Hmm? I don't know. I might get in and do the dishes yet. I am, especially after dinner, falling behind. It would be good to do the dishes and clean up the kitchen to catch back up. Then do a bit more, like vacuum seal the salt and sugar jars and put those up, sweep, get the counters back in order, and who knows what else. A few steps more than where I was at. Later.
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Actually this is my second time. The first time I ended up having no idea how to work them. Sometimes you just think cooking and eating something will make sense, right until it doesn't. I ended up just tossing it, partially in embarrassment a bit from anger if with some strange hunger. Sour grapes? Of a sort. Unwilling to give up I decided to do some research and eventually give it another try. So it went.
I must admit I was not extremely pleased. Then again, I am not sure these were the best artichokes. As well, I am not sure I cooked them just right and I didn't have a good sauce for them. I attempted to make mayonnaise. I am beginning to think that the eggs I have used before may be different. Perhaps they have started pasteurizing them. My guess is that would make it impossible to make homemade mayo. It wouldn't surprise me if just reading my blog would be enough to cause a change in behavior. Lawsuits, but also a want by growers and such to band together to stop people from doing things on their own. It almost doesn't matter what it is, from cooking to preps like this, to carpentry, electrical work, and plumbing... they don't want you to do it yourself and have set things and changed things to work against you.
Anyway, so no mayo. I may see what options exist for purchasing fresh eggs I can trust... which haven't been 'cooked'. Of course, if I find a source, I won't be writing about it. Even red states are much more blue than they seem. Frustrating.
I fixed the lamb shoulder chops, going with a spice mix more akin to a pumpkin pie than a shank of beef or ham... nearly sweet. Baking them to make sure they were done, then pan searing two of them, and it worked well. For a sauce to go with the artichokes, I melted butter and added lemon and lime. It was a decent sauce. It isn't as if the artichokes were horrible, it's just that they weren't... all that much. Think of something with the consistency of mashed but then formed avocado, but without all that much flavor. The citrus butter was good, and the artichokes weren't bad, it's... just... a lot of fuss for not much. Still, it was a bit of a unique and special meal. Overall it worked well.
Hmm? I don't know. I might get in and do the dishes yet. I am, especially after dinner, falling behind. It would be good to do the dishes and clean up the kitchen to catch back up. Then do a bit more, like vacuum seal the salt and sugar jars and put those up, sweep, get the counters back in order, and who knows what else. A few steps more than where I was at. Later.
Friday, April 28, 2017
Not going to happen.
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As I was going about getting food for a meal and just setting up my waking time, I realized work was not going to happen. I have micro and mini cramps all through the largest muscles in my legs. From my calves on up, including my sweet cheeks, pain ripples when I kneel, bend, or stand up from those. It isn't brutal, per, but in combination it is more than I wish to suffer. So, today is a day off. If I can sit and fold laundry, then stand and hang what needs that, I may. Although, beyond the leg cramps, I am truly tired. It is difficult to focus.
I never did find the screening for the worm bin. However, I have an empty water jug which fit just about perfectly. There are still, say, three to four inches to either side of the jug, lengthwise, to allow air in. It is too heavy for the girls to move. And it seems to be the perfect method for keeping them out, in the short term.
I haven't been able to find my router. I just don't know where it might be. There are only three places it has ever really been... the garage, the back cabinets, and the back hallway. It is in a heavy plastic case, green I think. I won't look more today, I... it drives me to distraction when I can't find something. It's not the best. I may end up buying a new, more powerful, one. But it would be nice to have one, a much more powerful one, for a cabinet and one for simple freehand work. Things do disappear here, from time to time, just not expensive stuff usually. I'll keep looking, when I am doing better.
Oh well, a day off isn't a horrible thing. Even if I don't, can't, get back to work until Monday, I can live with it. I keep doing more, and trying to keep up. I need time down from time to time, more than not at times. All good. Hmm, I think I could cook though. I believe I have lamb shoulder chops ready to be cooked. Baking them for about ten to fifteen minutes, then frying them to finish, works well. It's more work... or fuss anyway. I have learned to use aluminum foil in a 'glass' cake pan for easy cleanup. As long as you don't run temps near aluminum's melting point, you shouldn't have a problem with poisoning. If you think that way. Oh, and I have what I need to attempt making mayo, and I just bought fresh artichokes. I'd like to steam those and try it with fresh mayo, as a side to the lamb. It's... a thought.
Later.
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As I was going about getting food for a meal and just setting up my waking time, I realized work was not going to happen. I have micro and mini cramps all through the largest muscles in my legs. From my calves on up, including my sweet cheeks, pain ripples when I kneel, bend, or stand up from those. It isn't brutal, per, but in combination it is more than I wish to suffer. So, today is a day off. If I can sit and fold laundry, then stand and hang what needs that, I may. Although, beyond the leg cramps, I am truly tired. It is difficult to focus.
I never did find the screening for the worm bin. However, I have an empty water jug which fit just about perfectly. There are still, say, three to four inches to either side of the jug, lengthwise, to allow air in. It is too heavy for the girls to move. And it seems to be the perfect method for keeping them out, in the short term.
I haven't been able to find my router. I just don't know where it might be. There are only three places it has ever really been... the garage, the back cabinets, and the back hallway. It is in a heavy plastic case, green I think. I won't look more today, I... it drives me to distraction when I can't find something. It's not the best. I may end up buying a new, more powerful, one. But it would be nice to have one, a much more powerful one, for a cabinet and one for simple freehand work. Things do disappear here, from time to time, just not expensive stuff usually. I'll keep looking, when I am doing better.
Oh well, a day off isn't a horrible thing. Even if I don't, can't, get back to work until Monday, I can live with it. I keep doing more, and trying to keep up. I need time down from time to time, more than not at times. All good. Hmm, I think I could cook though. I believe I have lamb shoulder chops ready to be cooked. Baking them for about ten to fifteen minutes, then frying them to finish, works well. It's more work... or fuss anyway. I have learned to use aluminum foil in a 'glass' cake pan for easy cleanup. As long as you don't run temps near aluminum's melting point, you shouldn't have a problem with poisoning. If you think that way. Oh, and I have what I need to attempt making mayo, and I just bought fresh artichokes. I'd like to steam those and try it with fresh mayo, as a side to the lamb. It's... a thought.
Later.
Darker, slower, later.
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It is difficult to push through the dark and cool. More so when after a mild uptick the dark comes back twice as strong. As well I am rather sore and stiff. It wasn't that much work, but enough. Two days in a row, doing as much as I can, and tinkering with other projects, have left me on an edge. Even so, with the hand clippers found, and everything ready, I am hoping, perhaps, yet today, to get out and plant some or all of it.
I don't mind working to this point. I'd like to push more. I am doing more than my body would suggest I should. I know that is the only way to get stronger though. I know the sun would help. At least right up until it became another sort of problem. All good, then I'll work more inside.
What today? Mostly just planting asparagus, rhubarb, and those bushes. I doubt if I will get to the bushes today, actually. I'll scratch those for now, because I have to do some work with them ahead of planting. I'll plant rhubarb first, then do what of the asparagus can be planted. If I still have energy, and light, I might dig where I will be planting the bushes tomorrow. At least where those will be going, sod isn't so much of an issue.
Finishing the dishes and taking a shower are also on the list, as well as a review of laundry. I don't know how much of it will get done, though dishes and a shower are higher priority. I have sure enjoyed working as I can. A bit warmer and sunnier would be nice, up to a point. I'll do what I can with what I have. Later.
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It is difficult to push through the dark and cool. More so when after a mild uptick the dark comes back twice as strong. As well I am rather sore and stiff. It wasn't that much work, but enough. Two days in a row, doing as much as I can, and tinkering with other projects, have left me on an edge. Even so, with the hand clippers found, and everything ready, I am hoping, perhaps, yet today, to get out and plant some or all of it.
I don't mind working to this point. I'd like to push more. I am doing more than my body would suggest I should. I know that is the only way to get stronger though. I know the sun would help. At least right up until it became another sort of problem. All good, then I'll work more inside.
What today? Mostly just planting asparagus, rhubarb, and those bushes. I doubt if I will get to the bushes today, actually. I'll scratch those for now, because I have to do some work with them ahead of planting. I'll plant rhubarb first, then do what of the asparagus can be planted. If I still have energy, and light, I might dig where I will be planting the bushes tomorrow. At least where those will be going, sod isn't so much of an issue.
Finishing the dishes and taking a shower are also on the list, as well as a review of laundry. I don't know how much of it will get done, though dishes and a shower are higher priority. I have sure enjoyed working as I can. A bit warmer and sunnier would be nice, up to a point. I'll do what I can with what I have. Later.
The ghosts that haunt me now.
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Some things are truly with me now. They have been with me, in significant numbers, for a week or more now. It has been some time since their presence has been known, even as individuals. Now? It almost seems as if there are more dead in my area, than living. They are showing themselves in many ways, most commonly as shadows.
Even when listening to music, I sense when the girls are near. Their 'non-verbal' communication, that which they use with each other, I have learned to appreciate to some smaller degree. Even without light, or with bright lights from the computer which should blind me to their presence in darker areas, or simply when they are coming up from behind... I often take note of them anyway. Well... these... ghosts, spirits, or other things... they have been throwing me for a loop, taking the place of my girls. Only when I reach down there is nothing there.
My dreams, too, seem to be filling with human and other loves, family, friends, even enemies, who are lost... of flesh. If I suspect some of them are not from this time of flesh, for me. Not a few, not many, hosts of hosts. What is happening? I really can't say. Many, many many, here, now. One of my cousins, while not here this time, one who recently visited... she is... remembered by some of the others. Why? I just don't know very much.
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Some things are truly with me now. They have been with me, in significant numbers, for a week or more now. It has been some time since their presence has been known, even as individuals. Now? It almost seems as if there are more dead in my area, than living. They are showing themselves in many ways, most commonly as shadows.
Even when listening to music, I sense when the girls are near. Their 'non-verbal' communication, that which they use with each other, I have learned to appreciate to some smaller degree. Even without light, or with bright lights from the computer which should blind me to their presence in darker areas, or simply when they are coming up from behind... I often take note of them anyway. Well... these... ghosts, spirits, or other things... they have been throwing me for a loop, taking the place of my girls. Only when I reach down there is nothing there.
My dreams, too, seem to be filling with human and other loves, family, friends, even enemies, who are lost... of flesh. If I suspect some of them are not from this time of flesh, for me. Not a few, not many, hosts of hosts. What is happening? I really can't say. Many, many many, here, now. One of my cousins, while not here this time, one who recently visited... she is... remembered by some of the others. Why? I just don't know very much.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
It is dug.
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The sod has been removed, along with many weeds and their roots... or what I could get of them. Then I went back over it all, digging again. I didn't double dig, and probably won't. I will hit where I am planting, digging down more if needed. Otherwise that is that. It was a lot of work. While it was much less than what I did yesterday, I was worn from working yesterday. That is that for outside for tonight. The cool is taking it out of me too. The sun was out, not that it seemed to matter. As I was coming in I checked the temp... right around 36~38. Yeah.
After a break, I will get in and do the dishes. Perhaps then a shower. After a break from that, maybe I'll do some laundry... mostly just clothes to be put up. Actually I think that is all there is to do regarding laundry... unless some of the older stuff needs washed, I never did end up checking that. Dinner would be good too. I just don't know what to make or heat up. There is ham and bean soup, but... maybe not.
This week seems to be going fast. I think it is more from wanting to get things done and not having the energy. That is what eats times, if it causes grief as well. We'll see, I'll do what I can as I can. Later.
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The sod has been removed, along with many weeds and their roots... or what I could get of them. Then I went back over it all, digging again. I didn't double dig, and probably won't. I will hit where I am planting, digging down more if needed. Otherwise that is that. It was a lot of work. While it was much less than what I did yesterday, I was worn from working yesterday. That is that for outside for tonight. The cool is taking it out of me too. The sun was out, not that it seemed to matter. As I was coming in I checked the temp... right around 36~38. Yeah.
After a break, I will get in and do the dishes. Perhaps then a shower. After a break from that, maybe I'll do some laundry... mostly just clothes to be put up. Actually I think that is all there is to do regarding laundry... unless some of the older stuff needs washed, I never did end up checking that. Dinner would be good too. I just don't know what to make or heat up. There is ham and bean soup, but... maybe not.
This week seems to be going fast. I think it is more from wanting to get things done and not having the energy. That is what eats times, if it causes grief as well. We'll see, I'll do what I can as I can. Later.
Take care.
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Can't say it will, can say we haven't been closer in a rather long time. Just... don't be surprise. Have a plan, some medicine, and take care. Reminds me, I need to get water in and down, and do a few other things. Yeah. Really.
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Can't say it will, can say we haven't been closer in a rather long time. Just... don't be surprise. Have a plan, some medicine, and take care. Reminds me, I need to get water in and down, and do a few other things. Yeah. Really.
Ah, yes.
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I've been awake for about an hour, maybe two. It's been a slow go at it. Just that bit of work removing sod sort of beat me up. In part because the cold has been making me move less and work less. Without using muscles, those muscles shrink, maybe atrophy to some degree. So I was a bit stiff and sore through the night on into waking.
Even so, I am hoping to get things together and get back out today. The sun has been out, off and on. Two hours? I think maybe three hours now. Yeah. Well. As I was writing this, I ended up doing this and that, then the machine crashed, I had to go to the bathroom. Focus? Both of us? Never mind. I mean, humorously for my part, something or other.
How does one know one should participate in a particular field? For me, for example, woodworking? Ah. By who else seems to be involved in the field. Now, of course, there are always exceptions. Even so, you can sort of tell. Find out what is, generally, right with those folks... and what is wrong with them... in the both good and bad sort of ways, then take a personal inventory. Do you fit? I do, to a degree. There is room for someone like me, if I am more of the milquetoast variety. Examples?
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I've been awake for about an hour, maybe two. It's been a slow go at it. Just that bit of work removing sod sort of beat me up. In part because the cold has been making me move less and work less. Without using muscles, those muscles shrink, maybe atrophy to some degree. So I was a bit stiff and sore through the night on into waking.
Even so, I am hoping to get things together and get back out today. The sun has been out, off and on. Two hours? I think maybe three hours now. Yeah. Well. As I was writing this, I ended up doing this and that, then the machine crashed, I had to go to the bathroom. Focus? Both of us? Never mind. I mean, humorously for my part, something or other.
How does one know one should participate in a particular field? For me, for example, woodworking? Ah. By who else seems to be involved in the field. Now, of course, there are always exceptions. Even so, you can sort of tell. Find out what is, generally, right with those folks... and what is wrong with them... in the both good and bad sort of ways, then take a personal inventory. Do you fit? I do, to a degree. There is room for someone like me, if I am more of the milquetoast variety. Examples?
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
More.
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While I had dug the asparagus bed well it has rained every day since then. In one way I was surprised at how well it was still dug, but some of it had clumped. Further, the dirt is much heavier being about as sodden as it can be. Any more moisture and it would fall apart.
As it went, I was able to de-sod and redig about half of it. Oh, and it is chilly out there. Between the damp, the lack of sun, and all else, my fingers are chilled. My body is okay. Chilly, even very cold, sub-zero, weather doesn't bother me, unless my hands are wet or working with whatever might be cold. Both, wet and working with the cold soil, this time. Even so, that isn't what got me. It was the dark, if anything, and the weight of pull the sod and separating the dirt from it. While I didn't finish removing the sod, as a last effort, I did dig up the rest of the sod again, in hopes I can finish it tomorrow.
I am hungry, but not for ham and beans. That is good from time to time, but not even daily. I have hamburger thawed, but I don't feel like cooking. I think I'll do a drivethrough somewhere. Yeah.
I am hoping to do any laundry that is left, finish the dishes, and perhaps do some work with the cast iron. Oh, and I'd like to find screen material to hot-glue to the worm bins. While the worms don't get out, the girls... are curious. Yeah, I'll get some sort of screen on there, tonight. I did find a worm on the ground. I know it didn't get there on it's own, or it wouldn't have been alone. I am not interested in offering the girls another kitty litter pot, or live toys.
At least some things are going on. I was surprised the sun is still, sort of, up. It's a bit past 20:00. It's more a heavy dusk, but how much of that is from overcast, and how much from the sun being over the 'hills', I can't quite be sure. Still, it was easily bright enough for me to work, and still work for a bit I would guess. If I could work.
Oh, as I think of woodworking, several tools I had heard of were brought to mind. I have heard of the kreg jig, of various sizes, for... a very long time. The problem with anything like that is that it is proprietary. The screws, the drill bit, and who knows what else. I hate "subscribing". Now, I really hadn't thought of finding another way. But, while looking at general tool instructions, build projects, and such, several videos popped. And, yes, I am going to give the non-joiner method a shot. I suppose if I had hundreds or thousands of holes, and was making money from it (saving money does not count), than... I might consider something faster. But I don't so... I would at least like to give the diy jig a shot.
Yeah. Later.
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While I had dug the asparagus bed well it has rained every day since then. In one way I was surprised at how well it was still dug, but some of it had clumped. Further, the dirt is much heavier being about as sodden as it can be. Any more moisture and it would fall apart.
As it went, I was able to de-sod and redig about half of it. Oh, and it is chilly out there. Between the damp, the lack of sun, and all else, my fingers are chilled. My body is okay. Chilly, even very cold, sub-zero, weather doesn't bother me, unless my hands are wet or working with whatever might be cold. Both, wet and working with the cold soil, this time. Even so, that isn't what got me. It was the dark, if anything, and the weight of pull the sod and separating the dirt from it. While I didn't finish removing the sod, as a last effort, I did dig up the rest of the sod again, in hopes I can finish it tomorrow.
I am hungry, but not for ham and beans. That is good from time to time, but not even daily. I have hamburger thawed, but I don't feel like cooking. I think I'll do a drivethrough somewhere. Yeah.
I am hoping to do any laundry that is left, finish the dishes, and perhaps do some work with the cast iron. Oh, and I'd like to find screen material to hot-glue to the worm bins. While the worms don't get out, the girls... are curious. Yeah, I'll get some sort of screen on there, tonight. I did find a worm on the ground. I know it didn't get there on it's own, or it wouldn't have been alone. I am not interested in offering the girls another kitty litter pot, or live toys.
At least some things are going on. I was surprised the sun is still, sort of, up. It's a bit past 20:00. It's more a heavy dusk, but how much of that is from overcast, and how much from the sun being over the 'hills', I can't quite be sure. Still, it was easily bright enough for me to work, and still work for a bit I would guess. If I could work.
Oh, as I think of woodworking, several tools I had heard of were brought to mind. I have heard of the kreg jig, of various sizes, for... a very long time. The problem with anything like that is that it is proprietary. The screws, the drill bit, and who knows what else. I hate "subscribing". Now, I really hadn't thought of finding another way. But, while looking at general tool instructions, build projects, and such, several videos popped. And, yes, I am going to give the non-joiner method a shot. I suppose if I had hundreds or thousands of holes, and was making money from it (saving money does not count), than... I might consider something faster. But I don't so... I would at least like to give the diy jig a shot.
Yeah. Later.
Well, a bit.
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Something to eat right out of the gate. Ham and beans. It works. I left one meal out, in the pot, the rest I put up last night. Yeah, I can get away with that in the very short run. Then I checked some specialty items I had put in the wash last night. I have been considering using microfiber wash clothes and towels for various things. Before I went with better ones I bought cheaper ones to give a go. Well, they had been put up.
As I was finding tools and such, I found these. They seemed fussy, so I hadn't bothered with them, then the project ended up buried in confusion and exhaustion. I gave them a wash, to begin using them. They were dry. I pulled one for use today. I can't tell from one use if it will do. I will know soon enough. There are several issues with them, of course. One is, they need to be washed with likes. They work on a principal of being able to pick stuff up... through loops of the material, piled, which grabs dirt and moisture. If you wash them with things that have lint, like cotton or wool or such, that lint will diminish the ability of the fabric to work, mechanically. I'll see if it works as I hope. The thing is, you sort of have to have a lot of them to be able to wash them as a special group. And you need to dry them before putting them in to launder, and it will take a while to collect enough to wash on their own. Lots of little complications. I'll see if it is worth the effort.
Next I got a shower in, then set the dishes to soak. There aren't that many dishes, I just don't want them to blindside me, as they often do. Even the bean pot went in, pretty much right away. With the fridge clean and being kept up, it's easy enough put foods up right away. Next I plan to get out and work on the sod. I think I can get much of that done. If I run out of time, I'll simply put the rhubarb in, perhaps the bushes. I need to find a trimmer, to cut the roots a bit, then soak them before going out to dig the holes for the bushes. As to asparagus, I'll cut those roots, perhaps, a bit, but as they go in. Yeah.
It's still dark and wet out. Oh well. I'll give it a whirl anyway. Later.
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Something to eat right out of the gate. Ham and beans. It works. I left one meal out, in the pot, the rest I put up last night. Yeah, I can get away with that in the very short run. Then I checked some specialty items I had put in the wash last night. I have been considering using microfiber wash clothes and towels for various things. Before I went with better ones I bought cheaper ones to give a go. Well, they had been put up.
As I was finding tools and such, I found these. They seemed fussy, so I hadn't bothered with them, then the project ended up buried in confusion and exhaustion. I gave them a wash, to begin using them. They were dry. I pulled one for use today. I can't tell from one use if it will do. I will know soon enough. There are several issues with them, of course. One is, they need to be washed with likes. They work on a principal of being able to pick stuff up... through loops of the material, piled, which grabs dirt and moisture. If you wash them with things that have lint, like cotton or wool or such, that lint will diminish the ability of the fabric to work, mechanically. I'll see if it works as I hope. The thing is, you sort of have to have a lot of them to be able to wash them as a special group. And you need to dry them before putting them in to launder, and it will take a while to collect enough to wash on their own. Lots of little complications. I'll see if it is worth the effort.
Next I got a shower in, then set the dishes to soak. There aren't that many dishes, I just don't want them to blindside me, as they often do. Even the bean pot went in, pretty much right away. With the fridge clean and being kept up, it's easy enough put foods up right away. Next I plan to get out and work on the sod. I think I can get much of that done. If I run out of time, I'll simply put the rhubarb in, perhaps the bushes. I need to find a trimmer, to cut the roots a bit, then soak them before going out to dig the holes for the bushes. As to asparagus, I'll cut those roots, perhaps, a bit, but as they go in. Yeah.
It's still dark and wet out. Oh well. I'll give it a whirl anyway. Later.
Sigh.
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I simply don't seem able to push on through. The weather is not helping, though maybe, at this point, going back on medicine is part of the problem. It can take a day or two for that to have an affect. I still think weather is the biggest problem. It's just a bit too cool to kick off. If it had been cool the whole time, that would be one thing. But we had an early warm spring that went away. You would think I would be over that by now. Nope.
A bowl of soup, first thing. Then a shower. Then, hopefully, finally, out to sodding and then planting. I think I can. If I get that done, I really want to track down my router. I have found all of my other tools. I have want of that beyond simply figuring out what functions it has, or can have. If it is static, there is a possibility a plunge portion can be purchased for it. I am hoping to put together a nesting screen system by which to separate worms, from casting, from composted earth. Worms will not overpopulate. So, if I want more worms I have to, at some point, create more bins. I have no idea how many worms, or of these particular worms, can live in an 18 gallon bin (if it isn't close to full, though nor should it be). I am thinking that, perhaps, 1k~2k would be about maximum, for the amount of peat and paper I would be willing to have in there.
Yeah, lots of things on my mind. Never quite sure what to hit first, when any particular thing will be tended, and such. Feeding, and checking a few things, are on automatic. The worms will get fed today. Every two or three days, and about half a pound of shredded foods. Though they seem, as noted previously, to be consuming paper too. Interesting creatures.
I found some bubble warp that arrived with an order, a lot of it. I figure, as I vacuum seal the two salts and sugar I will pack those quart jars wrapped in bubble wrap pockets, then stow them in boxes. Hmm... mice tend to rip boxes down. I might just put them in pockets and stack them in that way? I'll... figure that out when I get to it. I do hope, if I finish planting and find the router, to store and tend those items yet today.
Later.
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I simply don't seem able to push on through. The weather is not helping, though maybe, at this point, going back on medicine is part of the problem. It can take a day or two for that to have an affect. I still think weather is the biggest problem. It's just a bit too cool to kick off. If it had been cool the whole time, that would be one thing. But we had an early warm spring that went away. You would think I would be over that by now. Nope.
A bowl of soup, first thing. Then a shower. Then, hopefully, finally, out to sodding and then planting. I think I can. If I get that done, I really want to track down my router. I have found all of my other tools. I have want of that beyond simply figuring out what functions it has, or can have. If it is static, there is a possibility a plunge portion can be purchased for it. I am hoping to put together a nesting screen system by which to separate worms, from casting, from composted earth. Worms will not overpopulate. So, if I want more worms I have to, at some point, create more bins. I have no idea how many worms, or of these particular worms, can live in an 18 gallon bin (if it isn't close to full, though nor should it be). I am thinking that, perhaps, 1k~2k would be about maximum, for the amount of peat and paper I would be willing to have in there.
Yeah, lots of things on my mind. Never quite sure what to hit first, when any particular thing will be tended, and such. Feeding, and checking a few things, are on automatic. The worms will get fed today. Every two or three days, and about half a pound of shredded foods. Though they seem, as noted previously, to be consuming paper too. Interesting creatures.
I found some bubble warp that arrived with an order, a lot of it. I figure, as I vacuum seal the two salts and sugar I will pack those quart jars wrapped in bubble wrap pockets, then stow them in boxes. Hmm... mice tend to rip boxes down. I might just put them in pockets and stack them in that way? I'll... figure that out when I get to it. I do hope, if I finish planting and find the router, to store and tend those items yet today.
Later.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Well, so much for plans.
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I am continuing to do little things. Not everything even on that list, though some things randomly get done as well. The weather, really, simply has me stymied. No great worries, it will happen, weather, health, overdoing things, or a host of other problems will end up kicking my legs out from under me. I'll get up when I can, do what I am able to do, and figure things out along the way. As should be obvious, I really shouldn't be alive. Some suggest, in ways, I am not.
I need to put the ham and beans up, though I may part the ham down plus separate beans for use with the hamburger. I didn't finish the salts and sugar sealing, but it is ready. I may take a look in the garage, to see if the router is out there. Perhaps I used it and tucked it away out there. I have kept up on cleaning, and am gaining just every so slightly... until I make a mess of beans or cook something else. If it warms up I may do more cooking on the grill. Some things, however, simply do not do well on the grill. Meats and some vegetables, with or without a pan, might do well on the grill. A small cast iron pan, some veggies, and butter, would go a long way. Beans not so much.
I will most likely be getting to bed early. Even though I haven't done much I'm hitting a wall. Medicine? Yeah, maybe. If I still think weather is the major headwind I face. No problems. I will get a shower in, after checking for the router. After those, I may do just a bit of research on my tools. I would like to see if my circular saw will take dado bits, and whether that is worth my time even if so. Perhaps just driving cuts, with a little care and maybe a minor jig, would do a better, safer, less expensive, job.
I am learning much, even if some of it gets lost in time. Some of it comes back, or even if not fully, leads to future questions and then answers more quickly. I love figuring things out. Good night.
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I am continuing to do little things. Not everything even on that list, though some things randomly get done as well. The weather, really, simply has me stymied. No great worries, it will happen, weather, health, overdoing things, or a host of other problems will end up kicking my legs out from under me. I'll get up when I can, do what I am able to do, and figure things out along the way. As should be obvious, I really shouldn't be alive. Some suggest, in ways, I am not.
I need to put the ham and beans up, though I may part the ham down plus separate beans for use with the hamburger. I didn't finish the salts and sugar sealing, but it is ready. I may take a look in the garage, to see if the router is out there. Perhaps I used it and tucked it away out there. I have kept up on cleaning, and am gaining just every so slightly... until I make a mess of beans or cook something else. If it warms up I may do more cooking on the grill. Some things, however, simply do not do well on the grill. Meats and some vegetables, with or without a pan, might do well on the grill. A small cast iron pan, some veggies, and butter, would go a long way. Beans not so much.
I will most likely be getting to bed early. Even though I haven't done much I'm hitting a wall. Medicine? Yeah, maybe. If I still think weather is the major headwind I face. No problems. I will get a shower in, after checking for the router. After those, I may do just a bit of research on my tools. I would like to see if my circular saw will take dado bits, and whether that is worth my time even if so. Perhaps just driving cuts, with a little care and maybe a minor jig, would do a better, safer, less expensive, job.
I am learning much, even if some of it gets lost in time. Some of it comes back, or even if not fully, leads to future questions and then answers more quickly. I love figuring things out. Good night.
Little things.
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While figuring out how to get started, I am starting with side shows.
I am gathering my power tools. Locating each, then putting them in a general area. I would like to put them all together, and explore each so that when I go for a tool I will know which tool is which, and know it in their cases by their cases. As well, as I begin considering working, I would like to explore each of my tools.
I bought each in it's own time, for specific considerations including price and particular specs. I have learned more since then, though I probably was 'heavier' on any particular tool topic at the point of purchase than I am now... unless it was an immediate need... though even then I usually steeped well into research. However, what I knew then and now... Anyway, as I begin considering doing some woodworking and carpentry, I would like to review the tools I have. I am not sure where my router is. My biggest questions are whether it is a plunge router and what size collet it takes. I know it runs on 120v/15~20a, easily. I'll have to do more looking for it, however. Not sure where it might be, exactly.
As well, I set up the salt containers for more filling. I found the vacuum sealer and attachment for wide-mouth jars. With the counters clean, and mostly clear, doing that, and the sugar, should be easy enough. Eventually. Ugh... it's difficult to get going. I am doing these little things, and other small chores and jobs, in order to attempt to prime the work pump. Oh, and I found the instructions for cleaning the oven. I'll read that shortly. Bleh.
I love doing something if I can't do what I want. In time I will get all of it done. I just added the ham to the beans, which seem nearly done. In an half hour I may have a bite of that. Just a nibble, as dinner will be coming. I just want to make sure it is done, then putting it up for food for the week... then cooking hamburger, spicing that, and putting it up for the week. I'll check the eggs. If they are good, I may boil what little I have left. Yeah.
I'll keep at it. Later.
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While figuring out how to get started, I am starting with side shows.
I am gathering my power tools. Locating each, then putting them in a general area. I would like to put them all together, and explore each so that when I go for a tool I will know which tool is which, and know it in their cases by their cases. As well, as I begin considering working, I would like to explore each of my tools.
I bought each in it's own time, for specific considerations including price and particular specs. I have learned more since then, though I probably was 'heavier' on any particular tool topic at the point of purchase than I am now... unless it was an immediate need... though even then I usually steeped well into research. However, what I knew then and now... Anyway, as I begin considering doing some woodworking and carpentry, I would like to review the tools I have. I am not sure where my router is. My biggest questions are whether it is a plunge router and what size collet it takes. I know it runs on 120v/15~20a, easily. I'll have to do more looking for it, however. Not sure where it might be, exactly.
As well, I set up the salt containers for more filling. I found the vacuum sealer and attachment for wide-mouth jars. With the counters clean, and mostly clear, doing that, and the sugar, should be easy enough. Eventually. Ugh... it's difficult to get going. I am doing these little things, and other small chores and jobs, in order to attempt to prime the work pump. Oh, and I found the instructions for cleaning the oven. I'll read that shortly. Bleh.
I love doing something if I can't do what I want. In time I will get all of it done. I just added the ham to the beans, which seem nearly done. In an half hour I may have a bite of that. Just a nibble, as dinner will be coming. I just want to make sure it is done, then putting it up for food for the week... then cooking hamburger, spicing that, and putting it up for the week. I'll check the eggs. If they are good, I may boil what little I have left. Yeah.
I'll keep at it. Later.
Sort of?
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Yeahhes. *blink blink*
Bits and pieces of this and that, if nothing big, are going forward. A meal was had, a good one. Meats were brought out to thaw. Some that is thawed will be cooked later. Food is more than just important, it is vital for work. And, yet, it is work itself. It gets deep, quickly. I can go without food. I simply cannot go without food and work, or well. Too many details for singles, to be honest. It takes two just to get one to work well. Something lost in and to modernism.
Beans are cooking. On cool to cold days, especially in dry areas, cooking beans is a wonderful thing. Are beans keto? No, not really. But perfection is for another time. If I am doing more work, I need to tiptoe out past keto a bit, from time to time. The thing is moderation as well as the right stretch. Avoid true sugars, go with natural starches and carbohydrates. Beans, rice (whole), potatoes, and the like. These are, like or not, real foods. Mixed with a gooder portion of proteins (I don't count even rice and beans as a true protein... just a partial) and solid real animal fats, and these foods will do you well. As is, I plan to use most of the beans with ham. Some of them, however, will be cut out and mixed in after frying up hamburger. The smell of cooking beans is a good thing.
Then again, I am a bit unique. Beans, as a general rule with exceptions just to prove I am not wholly inhuman, do not give me gas. Nor do most things which disturb most people's gastrointestinal workings. Cabbage, from time to time, will. Radishes, beans, hot food, almost nothing else does. Overeating, actually, is the greatest risk. It makes enjoying beans, and the cooking thereof, quite a bit more pleasurable.
I have the furnace at 74 F and it still seems a bit chill. Even with the beans going, and the oven earlier, at 350 F, and... a persistent chill remains. I am hoping that all these things, plus a shower, and I might warm up. If that doesn't do it, perhaps working might help.
I do hope to get everything planted that I have today. Which will require removing sod and digging down. I spoke with my neighbor about the bird house that was blown over. He thinks just burying it is the way to go. Well, and rewiring with "bailing wire", or what passes for that these days, onto the heavy duty t-post. The thing is I would like to scrape it, sand it, then paint it before putting it back together and then back up. Perhaps a waterproof sort of paint. I may trim some of the bottom off as well. See if I can get to good wood quickly. So, that won't happen today. Though I might move it over to where it can be worked on more easily... and perhaps get it out of the rain.
A shower first. Then on to work? That is the hope.
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Yeahhes. *blink blink*
Bits and pieces of this and that, if nothing big, are going forward. A meal was had, a good one. Meats were brought out to thaw. Some that is thawed will be cooked later. Food is more than just important, it is vital for work. And, yet, it is work itself. It gets deep, quickly. I can go without food. I simply cannot go without food and work, or well. Too many details for singles, to be honest. It takes two just to get one to work well. Something lost in and to modernism.
Beans are cooking. On cool to cold days, especially in dry areas, cooking beans is a wonderful thing. Are beans keto? No, not really. But perfection is for another time. If I am doing more work, I need to tiptoe out past keto a bit, from time to time. The thing is moderation as well as the right stretch. Avoid true sugars, go with natural starches and carbohydrates. Beans, rice (whole), potatoes, and the like. These are, like or not, real foods. Mixed with a gooder portion of proteins (I don't count even rice and beans as a true protein... just a partial) and solid real animal fats, and these foods will do you well. As is, I plan to use most of the beans with ham. Some of them, however, will be cut out and mixed in after frying up hamburger. The smell of cooking beans is a good thing.
Then again, I am a bit unique. Beans, as a general rule with exceptions just to prove I am not wholly inhuman, do not give me gas. Nor do most things which disturb most people's gastrointestinal workings. Cabbage, from time to time, will. Radishes, beans, hot food, almost nothing else does. Overeating, actually, is the greatest risk. It makes enjoying beans, and the cooking thereof, quite a bit more pleasurable.
I have the furnace at 74 F and it still seems a bit chill. Even with the beans going, and the oven earlier, at 350 F, and... a persistent chill remains. I am hoping that all these things, plus a shower, and I might warm up. If that doesn't do it, perhaps working might help.
I do hope to get everything planted that I have today. Which will require removing sod and digging down. I spoke with my neighbor about the bird house that was blown over. He thinks just burying it is the way to go. Well, and rewiring with "bailing wire", or what passes for that these days, onto the heavy duty t-post. The thing is I would like to scrape it, sand it, then paint it before putting it back together and then back up. Perhaps a waterproof sort of paint. I may trim some of the bottom off as well. See if I can get to good wood quickly. So, that won't happen today. Though I might move it over to where it can be worked on more easily... and perhaps get it out of the rain.
A shower first. Then on to work? That is the hope.
Is there a better way?
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I don't care what it is that I am doing, I always wonder, in the back of my mind, if there isn't a better, faster, more sure, cheaper (less expensive), and/or easier way to do it. Three might be other qualifiers for, in essence, optimization. In many cases, with some limits due to scale, there is usually a trade-off. Expense for speed, or strength for weight, etc. You can have some of what you want, just not all of it. How much strength does the item being produced need? How much can it reasonably weigh, cost?
Is there, truly, a perfect way? I honestly don't think there is, for example, a perfect way to make a dresser. Add in time... not the time (mostly) to produce the good, but time as in the passing of large amounts of time... years, decades, centuries. At one time, lumber was expensive. But that no one had much wealth, it was offered in trade or procured as part of one's life. You had help as you helped others, with some grants for rank and popularity. Fifty years ago, wood was rather accessible. It is, pretty much, all that was available but it was very available. Today there are many sorts of items, but wood has become dearly expensive. So, over time, things change as values and costs change.
Now, in a given time bracket, say over a decade, or maybe two, there are probably methods that are better. Although one has to still plug in the variables and their priorities. Cheaper, heavier, longer lasting, solid woods or other, just how exacting are you willing to be? Or do you just want to make a simple dresser or desk? Is it cheaper to just buy? Easier? Even if it is junk-in-waiting, $150 and immediate use, to many, beats procuring tools, the skills to use them, the materials to do the construction, and then the time to do it.
The same can be said of every activity in life. From food production to processing... is it better to grow your own? Cheaper? When all is said and done, I really don't know... not about costs... certainly not with the time added in. Though there is something to be said about using your time in real efforts rather than "making a dollar" with which to spend. In a perfect world, where things only "get better (easier?)", earning the dollar is probably more sure. But with any drastic change in the value of that dollar, the ability to earn that dollar, and so on... having real skills is far superior. More? I would say building your own life by using your own time to make things in, an grow things for, your own comfort and living, is far superior. You aren't just a cog, you are. Not because you think, but because you make it so.
A bit of this, a mix of that... I can't say working for a dollar is the worst, or is to be avoided. I am, more, suggesting that mixing and matching, some of this and some of that, is the better way to go. Learn to learn, and do. Perhaps keep that day job, so long as it is of value, but do more for if that option goes away or the value disappears. Who can work if they literally can't afford to work. I have known many who have worked at a net loss, but that usually fixes itself much more quickly than not.
A perfect way? For life, a particular project, foods to eat, or anything? Well, don't stop looking. If you find something that might ease something, and it doesn't cost too much or require too much care? Go for it. But don't expect, not here, not now, not in the future, to find a definitively best way. Just find a way that is good enough for you, doable, repeatable, reliable, and affordable, then do it. It's a fallen world, I don't think these things can absolutely be known. I do believe it will be better, first in heaven, then after.
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I don't care what it is that I am doing, I always wonder, in the back of my mind, if there isn't a better, faster, more sure, cheaper (less expensive), and/or easier way to do it. Three might be other qualifiers for, in essence, optimization. In many cases, with some limits due to scale, there is usually a trade-off. Expense for speed, or strength for weight, etc. You can have some of what you want, just not all of it. How much strength does the item being produced need? How much can it reasonably weigh, cost?
Is there, truly, a perfect way? I honestly don't think there is, for example, a perfect way to make a dresser. Add in time... not the time (mostly) to produce the good, but time as in the passing of large amounts of time... years, decades, centuries. At one time, lumber was expensive. But that no one had much wealth, it was offered in trade or procured as part of one's life. You had help as you helped others, with some grants for rank and popularity. Fifty years ago, wood was rather accessible. It is, pretty much, all that was available but it was very available. Today there are many sorts of items, but wood has become dearly expensive. So, over time, things change as values and costs change.
Now, in a given time bracket, say over a decade, or maybe two, there are probably methods that are better. Although one has to still plug in the variables and their priorities. Cheaper, heavier, longer lasting, solid woods or other, just how exacting are you willing to be? Or do you just want to make a simple dresser or desk? Is it cheaper to just buy? Easier? Even if it is junk-in-waiting, $150 and immediate use, to many, beats procuring tools, the skills to use them, the materials to do the construction, and then the time to do it.
The same can be said of every activity in life. From food production to processing... is it better to grow your own? Cheaper? When all is said and done, I really don't know... not about costs... certainly not with the time added in. Though there is something to be said about using your time in real efforts rather than "making a dollar" with which to spend. In a perfect world, where things only "get better (easier?)", earning the dollar is probably more sure. But with any drastic change in the value of that dollar, the ability to earn that dollar, and so on... having real skills is far superior. More? I would say building your own life by using your own time to make things in, an grow things for, your own comfort and living, is far superior. You aren't just a cog, you are. Not because you think, but because you make it so.
A bit of this, a mix of that... I can't say working for a dollar is the worst, or is to be avoided. I am, more, suggesting that mixing and matching, some of this and some of that, is the better way to go. Learn to learn, and do. Perhaps keep that day job, so long as it is of value, but do more for if that option goes away or the value disappears. Who can work if they literally can't afford to work. I have known many who have worked at a net loss, but that usually fixes itself much more quickly than not.
A perfect way? For life, a particular project, foods to eat, or anything? Well, don't stop looking. If you find something that might ease something, and it doesn't cost too much or require too much care? Go for it. But don't expect, not here, not now, not in the future, to find a definitively best way. Just find a way that is good enough for you, doable, repeatable, reliable, and affordable, then do it. It's a fallen world, I don't think these things can absolutely be known. I do believe it will be better, first in heaven, then after.
Raining, I think.
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Dark, cool, it's just how it has been lately. No worries, I think I'll be able to figure things out today. Rain seems to be letting up in the afternoon. The sun has been making weak brief appearances as well. Though I may attempt to work earlier, I'll simply want to have a rain coat on if I do.
I woke to a terrible racket. I wondered if they were digging the phone line in. Nope. The water fountain, for the girls... cats... was too low. I know it wasn't rumbling all night, just, at most, an hour or two this morning. I filled it. I'll have to pay closer attention. Though, perhaps, that will just happen from time to time. There isn't a really good, or easy, way to tell the depth. I bet I can fix that without too much work.
With the dishes caught up and the tub/shower clear, getting a shower right away... or... as a first thing in a bit I mean... should make the rest of the day move along a bit better. Oh, hey! It looks like the sun is peaking out. Anyway... a shower first. Then some air dry time, maybe breakfast, and medicine. Then to work. If I can get a clear shot at things, I should be able to finish all the tasks that remain on my planting, growing, digging list. If so I might just get to working on clearing gutters.
With those things done, I'll get back to housework. I have been keeping up with where I got, at peak. So digging further will be simple enough. The kitchen and the main bedroom are the focuses. Though, as I found, other things often either get in the way or work as change of pace. The main back hall, for example, could be cleared and cleaned as I clean the other areas. As well, bringing the back freezer into use, emptying and cleaning the main freezer while at it, might also be an ongoing task. As well as any number of other small chores, such as getting the hoses in the basement, and the basement itself, back into order, might be another little thing.
While cleaning is good, I like to mix in other sorts of chores... if I can. I would like to work on the bathroom and kitchen sink drains, work on the dripping faucets, spray for bugs and weeds when the weather deigns to allow the sun to shine, and perhaps polish some of my leather boots.
The goal isn't to work myself to death, it is to catch up, keep up, and advance... to a point where keeping up and doing other things is in the playbook. Learning as I go, improving my home, organizing my life and tasks so as to simplify them and other tasks in the future. Work, work, work, work, work. It's not all I ever wanted, but it is a solid part of it. I like to work, I like to do things, make things, improve my lot, learn, and experiment. I may never know much, but I sure enjoy realizing how much I don't know. *grins*
Good day.
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Dark, cool, it's just how it has been lately. No worries, I think I'll be able to figure things out today. Rain seems to be letting up in the afternoon. The sun has been making weak brief appearances as well. Though I may attempt to work earlier, I'll simply want to have a rain coat on if I do.
I woke to a terrible racket. I wondered if they were digging the phone line in. Nope. The water fountain, for the girls... cats... was too low. I know it wasn't rumbling all night, just, at most, an hour or two this morning. I filled it. I'll have to pay closer attention. Though, perhaps, that will just happen from time to time. There isn't a really good, or easy, way to tell the depth. I bet I can fix that without too much work.
With the dishes caught up and the tub/shower clear, getting a shower right away... or... as a first thing in a bit I mean... should make the rest of the day move along a bit better. Oh, hey! It looks like the sun is peaking out. Anyway... a shower first. Then some air dry time, maybe breakfast, and medicine. Then to work. If I can get a clear shot at things, I should be able to finish all the tasks that remain on my planting, growing, digging list. If so I might just get to working on clearing gutters.
With those things done, I'll get back to housework. I have been keeping up with where I got, at peak. So digging further will be simple enough. The kitchen and the main bedroom are the focuses. Though, as I found, other things often either get in the way or work as change of pace. The main back hall, for example, could be cleared and cleaned as I clean the other areas. As well, bringing the back freezer into use, emptying and cleaning the main freezer while at it, might also be an ongoing task. As well as any number of other small chores, such as getting the hoses in the basement, and the basement itself, back into order, might be another little thing.
While cleaning is good, I like to mix in other sorts of chores... if I can. I would like to work on the bathroom and kitchen sink drains, work on the dripping faucets, spray for bugs and weeds when the weather deigns to allow the sun to shine, and perhaps polish some of my leather boots.
The goal isn't to work myself to death, it is to catch up, keep up, and advance... to a point where keeping up and doing other things is in the playbook. Learning as I go, improving my home, organizing my life and tasks so as to simplify them and other tasks in the future. Work, work, work, work, work. It's not all I ever wanted, but it is a solid part of it. I like to work, I like to do things, make things, improve my lot, learn, and experiment. I may never know much, but I sure enjoy realizing how much I don't know. *grins*
Good day.
Things are going.
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Outside, however, is at a standstill. It is, and has been, raining. Perhaps it has let up, I haven't checked in a bit. I am still hoping to get out and clear the ground and plant yet today. I won't do it in the rain though. Probably. ~~ As things turned out, by the time it stopped raining it was simply getting too dark. I could have gotten a lantern of some sort going. I simply wasn't in the mood for it. I knew it would be wet and cold.
I did carry on with the dishes, and making several meals... keeping up on dishes the while. As well, I worked on the laundry. I put the whites through a second time. I had set the washing machine to a setting I thought worked one way. It seemed to leave the laundry sopping wet, so I had to wash them again anyway. Those are in the dryer finally. I haven't folded or hung the clothes from the last two loads. I just... yeah, no.
I had the furnace jacked up to 74. While that made life... better... it wasn't quite enough to kick over. I'll keep at it. A shower in the morning, then, if I can, rain or shine possibly, I'll get back to work. Hmm... if I wake early enough I will try to make it to the post office. Something that was supposed to be delivered to my home has not arrived. Perhaps it, somehow, was sent to the post office... it's just unusual for that carrier.
I'll be heading to bed shortly. I am back on medicines, and am actually feeling better, oddly, for it. Or so it seems. Whatever. Good night.
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Outside, however, is at a standstill. It is, and has been, raining. Perhaps it has let up, I haven't checked in a bit. I am still hoping to get out and clear the ground and plant yet today. I won't do it in the rain though. Probably. ~~ As things turned out, by the time it stopped raining it was simply getting too dark. I could have gotten a lantern of some sort going. I simply wasn't in the mood for it. I knew it would be wet and cold.
I did carry on with the dishes, and making several meals... keeping up on dishes the while. As well, I worked on the laundry. I put the whites through a second time. I had set the washing machine to a setting I thought worked one way. It seemed to leave the laundry sopping wet, so I had to wash them again anyway. Those are in the dryer finally. I haven't folded or hung the clothes from the last two loads. I just... yeah, no.
I had the furnace jacked up to 74. While that made life... better... it wasn't quite enough to kick over. I'll keep at it. A shower in the morning, then, if I can, rain or shine possibly, I'll get back to work. Hmm... if I wake early enough I will try to make it to the post office. Something that was supposed to be delivered to my home has not arrived. Perhaps it, somehow, was sent to the post office... it's just unusual for that carrier.
I'll be heading to bed shortly. I am back on medicines, and am actually feeling better, oddly, for it. Or so it seems. Whatever. Good night.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Down late up later.
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I think it was around noon when I finally woke. I had an opportunity at about 6:00 but knew that I would be exhausted all day so I went back to sleep. It was well after 2:00 when I went to bed, perhaps as late (early) as 4:00 or 5:00? No worries, it just... the weather is a bit part of it. It became overcast yesterday and has just stayed that way. The cool came in and that just did things. Well, I did start medicine back up, but it doesn't seem as if that is the problem. Not yet anyway.
I am thinking of getting a shower in. Perhaps that will help. Making breakfast while I am at it, give or take. Then out to the asparagus bed. Hmm... I think I forgot to move the whites over to the dryer. I'll do that too, as a first thing.
With a lot of the little things, mostly, managed, I am hoping to get sod removed and complete planting today. It's not bad, really. Later than I hoped, if I think it will work out. I have let the neighbors know that, whenever it is convenient for them, I would take those berry bush starts. Everything should be ready for those, too... just a cut through the plastic and some digging through pre-loosened soil, and a bit of watering perhaps.
If I can get those things done today, I might begin working on clearing the gutters I do have. They are all full of dirt, leaves, and... who knows. Oh, and I'll finally take down the Christmas lights... rightly. :p Yeah, yeah, I know. Things are improving. I hope to not get so far behind on things from now on. Later this spring I may end up climbing to remove a few of those branches I didn't finish with last year, in the evergreens... and with some help, plan to trim some of the leafing tree branches. I'd like to figure a time with both the electric company and some help so that the wires will be undone while I do some of the work, then put back up afterward. I don't want the risk of playing around the wires or even going without power for a day or five. They get fussy when you don't include them in your plans.
Yeah, not bad. More things to do than what I can do in any sort of short order but much has happened, much is happening, and I am becoming more able to do more and more. I think that is part of the trick to life... to always have more to do but not so much more that you get buried in it and not so little that there is no drive... purpose... You must have it. Just don't let it choose you, you must manage it, even if handing it off to God when you aren't sure. He really doesn't want us to be His slaves though, He wants us to begin learning to choose rightly, then doing so... only returning to Him for advise, or when we fail, or even to share in the joy of a reasoned purposeful existence.
Later.
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I think it was around noon when I finally woke. I had an opportunity at about 6:00 but knew that I would be exhausted all day so I went back to sleep. It was well after 2:00 when I went to bed, perhaps as late (early) as 4:00 or 5:00? No worries, it just... the weather is a bit part of it. It became overcast yesterday and has just stayed that way. The cool came in and that just did things. Well, I did start medicine back up, but it doesn't seem as if that is the problem. Not yet anyway.
I am thinking of getting a shower in. Perhaps that will help. Making breakfast while I am at it, give or take. Then out to the asparagus bed. Hmm... I think I forgot to move the whites over to the dryer. I'll do that too, as a first thing.
With a lot of the little things, mostly, managed, I am hoping to get sod removed and complete planting today. It's not bad, really. Later than I hoped, if I think it will work out. I have let the neighbors know that, whenever it is convenient for them, I would take those berry bush starts. Everything should be ready for those, too... just a cut through the plastic and some digging through pre-loosened soil, and a bit of watering perhaps.
If I can get those things done today, I might begin working on clearing the gutters I do have. They are all full of dirt, leaves, and... who knows. Oh, and I'll finally take down the Christmas lights... rightly. :p Yeah, yeah, I know. Things are improving. I hope to not get so far behind on things from now on. Later this spring I may end up climbing to remove a few of those branches I didn't finish with last year, in the evergreens... and with some help, plan to trim some of the leafing tree branches. I'd like to figure a time with both the electric company and some help so that the wires will be undone while I do some of the work, then put back up afterward. I don't want the risk of playing around the wires or even going without power for a day or five. They get fussy when you don't include them in your plans.
Yeah, not bad. More things to do than what I can do in any sort of short order but much has happened, much is happening, and I am becoming more able to do more and more. I think that is part of the trick to life... to always have more to do but not so much more that you get buried in it and not so little that there is no drive... purpose... You must have it. Just don't let it choose you, you must manage it, even if handing it off to God when you aren't sure. He really doesn't want us to be His slaves though, He wants us to begin learning to choose rightly, then doing so... only returning to Him for advise, or when we fail, or even to share in the joy of a reasoned purposeful existence.
Later.
Not quite ready for the next area.
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This year it's lawn, garden, and the final kitchen appliances. Next year, perhaps, I may dig in, more heavily, into woodworking. I am, from time to time, buying bits, pieces, tools, here and there. Next month I might be buying a jigsaw and a oscillating saw, for example. Then again, I don't have the electric hooked up in the garage yet. *shrug* Always something. I... may... well... I can't afford to mess with that as is. Maybe that will be my first paid project for next year? Maybe.
I would like to get a couple of 220~240, perhaps one by 60 amp, one by 30 amp, then a number of 20 amp outlets... an half dozen or so? Well, and a new shop light, or lights, a driveway light, and then an automatic garage door... the electric first, possibly two panels, maybe three? Ugh... The garage door will probably be another year, or two, out.
Bit by bit, this and that. With a home, to a degree, you are always behind. The bathroom, the kitchen floor, the electric to the garage, raised beds and starters, trees planted, trees down, tools, equipment, etc. On the good side, there are much worse things you could be doing with your hands. Idle hands lead one astray. Though, that really isn't a problem for me. I am having to use every ounce of my ability just to... lift a hammer, shovel a plot, or sort out a worm farm. Even so, I like to, when possible, keep my hands busy anyway.
I suppose I could do as this fellow suggests, and start out with, basically, scrap equipment. I would rather not. If I won't be able to start out with a room full of $3k pieces, I wouldn't mind a couple of machines at about half that cost, the rest as I may, more on the cheap, if I have some numbers of those already. A good table saw would allow me to begin making some of the other pieces, such as a jigsaw table, or router table, as starters or even final products.
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This year it's lawn, garden, and the final kitchen appliances. Next year, perhaps, I may dig in, more heavily, into woodworking. I am, from time to time, buying bits, pieces, tools, here and there. Next month I might be buying a jigsaw and a oscillating saw, for example. Then again, I don't have the electric hooked up in the garage yet. *shrug* Always something. I... may... well... I can't afford to mess with that as is. Maybe that will be my first paid project for next year? Maybe.
I would like to get a couple of 220~240, perhaps one by 60 amp, one by 30 amp, then a number of 20 amp outlets... an half dozen or so? Well, and a new shop light, or lights, a driveway light, and then an automatic garage door... the electric first, possibly two panels, maybe three? Ugh... The garage door will probably be another year, or two, out.
Bit by bit, this and that. With a home, to a degree, you are always behind. The bathroom, the kitchen floor, the electric to the garage, raised beds and starters, trees planted, trees down, tools, equipment, etc. On the good side, there are much worse things you could be doing with your hands. Idle hands lead one astray. Though, that really isn't a problem for me. I am having to use every ounce of my ability just to... lift a hammer, shovel a plot, or sort out a worm farm. Even so, I like to, when possible, keep my hands busy anyway.
I suppose I could do as this fellow suggests, and start out with, basically, scrap equipment. I would rather not. If I won't be able to start out with a room full of $3k pieces, I wouldn't mind a couple of machines at about half that cost, the rest as I may, more on the cheap, if I have some numbers of those already. A good table saw would allow me to begin making some of the other pieces, such as a jigsaw table, or router table, as starters or even final products.
That's better.
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I did, finally, get the worm farm constructed, mostly. I still need to cut an airhole in the lid. For now I may just go without a lid. Hmm... I wonder if that billhooked utility knife would work? If so, I may be done with that. I simply don't want to find, set up, then take down, a heavier saw, like the reciprocating saw. I really need to get a jigsaw for little jobs. It's... yeah... on the list.
I also found scraps to chop for worm food, the last of three heads of romaine. I also added a bit of gardening lime and eggshell, plus some water, straight out. As to worms? I must admit, there are more in there than I thought. They simply don't clump, like red wrigglers. There is no place without worms.
I didn't add more "dirt". It does look like they do more than simply tunnel through the shredded paper, they seem to be eating that just as if it was any other food. All good. I mixed what was in the buckets in with the dirt, then added what I had left of shredded paper. I seem to be doing well with it. Though, when it starts to warm, I am probably taking them on down to the basement. I would like to figure out how much to feed them, and then do that about every third day. If grass trimmings work for them, I will use that as well.
Experiments abound. I ended up spending more money than I thought though. Ugh... I am going to have to start being more careful. I do want the riding lawnmower though. I think I can. But after that I believe I will take a month or two off from spending. Saving up for this fall, for a snowblower attachment, then near Thanksgiving, for a new refrigerator and/or dishwasher and microwave in a group buy again? Something. Then I have to begin saving for a trip in the spring. It's never just gas, who knows what the cost will be, and it is always more than all indications suggest. Always.
I also got the last load of laundry. There are a few wool socks, lost halves of pairs, but not enough for a load. It was just whites, cottons, dish towels mostly. I might be able to finish laundry and regular dishes yet tonight, cut out airholes in the worm bin, then be ready for a shower and work on the asparagus and alt-berry beds tomorrow. Yeah, maybe. I just hope there is a little more sun. Just not full blast! Ugh.
Good night, or later.
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I did, finally, get the worm farm constructed, mostly. I still need to cut an airhole in the lid. For now I may just go without a lid. Hmm... I wonder if that billhooked utility knife would work? If so, I may be done with that. I simply don't want to find, set up, then take down, a heavier saw, like the reciprocating saw. I really need to get a jigsaw for little jobs. It's... yeah... on the list.
I also found scraps to chop for worm food, the last of three heads of romaine. I also added a bit of gardening lime and eggshell, plus some water, straight out. As to worms? I must admit, there are more in there than I thought. They simply don't clump, like red wrigglers. There is no place without worms.
I didn't add more "dirt". It does look like they do more than simply tunnel through the shredded paper, they seem to be eating that just as if it was any other food. All good. I mixed what was in the buckets in with the dirt, then added what I had left of shredded paper. I seem to be doing well with it. Though, when it starts to warm, I am probably taking them on down to the basement. I would like to figure out how much to feed them, and then do that about every third day. If grass trimmings work for them, I will use that as well.
Experiments abound. I ended up spending more money than I thought though. Ugh... I am going to have to start being more careful. I do want the riding lawnmower though. I think I can. But after that I believe I will take a month or two off from spending. Saving up for this fall, for a snowblower attachment, then near Thanksgiving, for a new refrigerator and/or dishwasher and microwave in a group buy again? Something. Then I have to begin saving for a trip in the spring. It's never just gas, who knows what the cost will be, and it is always more than all indications suggest. Always.
I also got the last load of laundry. There are a few wool socks, lost halves of pairs, but not enough for a load. It was just whites, cottons, dish towels mostly. I might be able to finish laundry and regular dishes yet tonight, cut out airholes in the worm bin, then be ready for a shower and work on the asparagus and alt-berry beds tomorrow. Yeah, maybe. I just hope there is a little more sun. Just not full blast! Ugh.
Good night, or later.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
There is always hope.
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I ended up napping. I can't tell you how long I napped. I do know that even when I woke I wasn't very awake. I did get a shower in, then set the few dishes to be washed in a hot soapy soak. Then I started the last load of regular laundry. I might have a load, perhaps two, of synthetics. I might get to them yet tonight. Then I decided to wash the counters and stove. All in one quick effort.
I will look over the instructions about how to clean the oven compartment. It has an automatic cleaner system. I think adding water in a container, or just in the a basin at the bottom, then having it steam out, is the way this one works. Though I might have mistaken this model for another one. I'll need to remember to removed the tin foil on one of the racks. I'll replace that, on both racks, when the cleaning is finished and the oven is cool enough.
It is too cool for me to mess around with much else outside. I will, however, put the worm bin together. Which order things go I can't say. Though I think I will be doing the worm bin first. Though, really, I could probably start the oven and then hit the worm bin, all at once as with the other work. Neither task, other than figuring out what the instructions actually say for the oven, is difficult in any real way.
I hope, tomorrow, to be able to get right out and plant things. Well, after finishing removing sod for the asparagus beds and the plots for the other berry bushes. The rhubarb will go in easily. I won't get strawberries in this year, but maybe next... if all this works out. Along with a few other things. Money, time, and energy keep pulling up a bit shy. Still, not a bad grouping this year.
Later.
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I ended up napping. I can't tell you how long I napped. I do know that even when I woke I wasn't very awake. I did get a shower in, then set the few dishes to be washed in a hot soapy soak. Then I started the last load of regular laundry. I might have a load, perhaps two, of synthetics. I might get to them yet tonight. Then I decided to wash the counters and stove. All in one quick effort.
I will look over the instructions about how to clean the oven compartment. It has an automatic cleaner system. I think adding water in a container, or just in the a basin at the bottom, then having it steam out, is the way this one works. Though I might have mistaken this model for another one. I'll need to remember to removed the tin foil on one of the racks. I'll replace that, on both racks, when the cleaning is finished and the oven is cool enough.
It is too cool for me to mess around with much else outside. I will, however, put the worm bin together. Which order things go I can't say. Though I think I will be doing the worm bin first. Though, really, I could probably start the oven and then hit the worm bin, all at once as with the other work. Neither task, other than figuring out what the instructions actually say for the oven, is difficult in any real way.
I hope, tomorrow, to be able to get right out and plant things. Well, after finishing removing sod for the asparagus beds and the plots for the other berry bushes. The rhubarb will go in easily. I won't get strawberries in this year, but maybe next... if all this works out. Along with a few other things. Money, time, and energy keep pulling up a bit shy. Still, not a bad grouping this year.
Later.
I couldn't.
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I did finish the one load of dishes. I collected the dishes from this week... fewer than I thought though as I am keeping up on them, mostly, as I go. That was it. I couldn't even get a shower in. Why? Tired. It isn't something that is felt, it just is there. Focus is a problem, but after I worked to see past that, I realized I am physically, bodily, tired too. Having the sun come out would help... at least so long as it doesn't come out and bake the world. Ah well.
I went to bed early. Even so I woke late. I saw an opportunity to wake at about 6:00~6:30. Normally that would have been the right time. I just couldn't. An hour or two later I was able to wake. Though, honestly, I am still just on the edge of going back to sleep. I realized that I have been missing medicine, for days. I'm never absolutely sure if missing medicine is the problem, though, or a symptom. I'll get back on them today.
I don't know if I can get to work today. I'll find out in time. I am hoping to get a shower in shortly. That will help by either tiring me for a nap or waking me for the day... I hope. Later.
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I did finish the one load of dishes. I collected the dishes from this week... fewer than I thought though as I am keeping up on them, mostly, as I go. That was it. I couldn't even get a shower in. Why? Tired. It isn't something that is felt, it just is there. Focus is a problem, but after I worked to see past that, I realized I am physically, bodily, tired too. Having the sun come out would help... at least so long as it doesn't come out and bake the world. Ah well.
I went to bed early. Even so I woke late. I saw an opportunity to wake at about 6:00~6:30. Normally that would have been the right time. I just couldn't. An hour or two later I was able to wake. Though, honestly, I am still just on the edge of going back to sleep. I realized that I have been missing medicine, for days. I'm never absolutely sure if missing medicine is the problem, though, or a symptom. I'll get back on them today.
I don't know if I can get to work today. I'll find out in time. I am hoping to get a shower in shortly. That will help by either tiring me for a nap or waking me for the day... I hope. Later.
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