Well...

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I woke at about 10:30.  Seemed late, but.  Still, I couldn't quite get up.  I rolled a few times, then, did, finally, get up.  Seemed just a short time, so imagine my surprise when it was 14:20?  Wow.  Time flies when you are toasted.  Oh, but it was wonderful, and needed, sleep.

Not sore, but tired.  Not cold, not even cool.  It was 64/66 upstairs.  It is 72 in this front room.  I don't know about the rest.

I used the last eighth of a hank of a loaf of whole bread, and six slices of the salami, plus avocado mayo to make two sandwiches.  Quite good.  Sandwiches are rare delicacies.  And that genoa salami did well with it.  I'm not so fond of the mayo, but, it has no sugar, no soy, no... none of the stuff I really aim to avoid.

Does eating righter make a real difference?  I believe so.  Do I know how to eat correctly?  To... a degree.  But, then, if I ate perfectly rightly, I would never eat bread.  Still, if you are going to eat bread, make it real bread.  Simple.  If it has ingredients you are pretty sure are made in a factory, chemicals, of no known actual nutritional qualities?  Don't eat it.  If you are going to eat food that isn't the best for you, at least eat types that are actually made from food, not chemical waste.

Or even brush your teeth?  Fluoride only fights cavities in studies paid for the by industry which produces the chemical waste, and doesn't want to pay to have it properly treated.  YOU are the chemical waste management system.  In your water even.  Some day these people, and everyone they blackmailed or paid off to get that done are going straight to hell.

Anyway.  I do have an idea of how to eat correctly.  I just don't always have the will do so, or ability.  This salami, I thought it was a smaller roll.  Say silver dollar sized.  It isn't.  It is small plate sized, coffee saucer or so.  Even having given over half of it away, it is way too much to eat as a side, on a cheese platter.  Sandwiches are the only way.  Even then, I'm not sure I can eat that much, fast enough.  Could freeze some, may.  But... that leaves sandwiches.  And I don't want to waste this meat!  It isn't just the cost, it is the idea.  So... bread it is.  But, better bread.  See?

Oh, well, actually a bit achy.  I have pushed.  And I continue to do things.  While my body seems to have stopped repairing itself as it had been for that week.  It let me get well into torn muscle, pulled muscles, stretched tendons, and else, then it just stopped fixing itself.  It ran out of whatever it takes to do that.  Now I hurt.

I'll still try to do some things. daily.  But until I repair a bit more, that will be limited.

I did order the vacuum cleaner.  The one that parts, for easier vacuuming on the stairs, and is lighter in general.  I'll open it and get it together, if needed to be assembled, yet today.  I may even try to hit the stairs.  My last attempt at that was using the forty or fifty pound bull vacuum.  That was just a bit much.  A few other things arrived.  Not sure what, but will find out in a bit.  Need to get a knife, open things up.

Should have Sassy set up for food, for, say, six to eight months?  Would like to add more to that.  Get her to about a year.  At current feeding protocols, if I am also trying to cut her feed just a bit.  Down a can, or half a can, per day.  She has lost some weight.  With Sam eating all the time, there was always food.  Well, and Sam would regurgitate the dry food, process it for Sassy.  You know cat moms.  Bleh.  Still hefty, probably no real way to get much weight off, and some of it is from being fixed before having kittens.  That part is difficult though.  Dealing with a herd of kittens is... difficult.

Medicine in, food in, now to wake.  And, maybe, get to a few things besides the vacuum.  Hmm, won't actually vacuum today.  Still too sore.  But I will assemble it, if it came in parts.  Later.

Gifts given.

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There was way too much salami for one.  I would say probably too much for a small family.  So, portions were given for a larger family, a smaller family, and a single guy.  A bit of bread, too.  To make sure the bachelor might get some of it.  A dagwood, all genoa salami and bread, he suggests.  So be it.

I had several sandwiches today.  Since it was cut, and I had the bread.  Not thick, though, maybe tomorrow, I will make bigger sandwiches.

No more work done.  But, I did game for a reasonable amount of time, and am up at 18:27.  I'm about to go on to bed.  Sassy has been fed, so... all good.  Insulin, and regular meds.  And, shortly, on to bed.  Would like to have watered part of the lawn, but just can't keep awake.  I did a few things.  And a few other things.  And am awake to later, if I had to push on all fronts.  What was done is what could be done.

As mentioned, I am hopeful.  I want to work.  I like to work.  But if I can't stand, or even stay awake, that just isn't possible.  Goodnight.

Ah! Some of it.

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I did get the hoses drained and put up.  Though I found a reason to separate them.  One of them has fittings of aluminum, the other is of brass.  They don't go well together, for long.  They damage each other, and stick together.  So, yes, I took them apart, rolled them up, and got them away.

There was something else I wanted to do out there, but I couldn't remember what it was.  So?  So...  I decided to restack the medium lengths and thicknesses of wood yet to cut.  As it turns out, there were some that just need one cut, while two thirds need many cuts.  So I stacked them by that, into two rough piles.

I thought about cutting them, but not today.  I really do need some time off.  I have used and abused my arms.  I am thinking tomorrow would be a good day to do that.  But, I am all ready.  I had thought to water the lawn tonight, and might still.  Just not all of it.  The wood piles are in the way.  Which... would be a good reason to get them done tomorrow.  Though, perhaps, I could water part of the lawn tonight?  Maybe.

Next I have work in here, and dishes.  Perhaps a shower at some point.  I redid one of the litter boxes, and have been keeping up on that and feeding Sassy.  I think she has a boy, or two, who visits.  Between batting at the windows, strange meowling, and staying near the back door during the day, I am all but certain she has a boyfriend out there.  Platonic, but not unrequited?  She wouldn't, but would.  He would, most definitely.  She would prefer to say no, but would surrender... face to face.  You know how dames are.  Ha!  hahaha

Hmm... though there might be something to make for dinner.  Something easy, I am thinking.  Maybe eggs?  Or... something.  Or... not.  I just can't be sure.  A bit more gaming, then on to other things.  I am having trouble with the game I am playing.  It is an expansion, and not the best of them.  The game, and idea, and fundamentals, are good.  But figuring out what to do, and being able to do it?  It doesn't make sense, too much of it can be missed.  Even with helpful vids... it's a mess.  In some ways.  Still, I would like to finish it up.

Hmm... yea.  Surprised I made it to 16:11 already.  And did some work.  And might do some more.  Even gaming has been somewhat grueling.  Which makes a frustrating game much more frustrating.  Still... all good.  I'll keep at it.  Though, if I really need to go on to bed, at any time in the near future, I just will.  I have done well, given all the givens.  If too, I am hoping to do just a bit more work.  Dishes, or this room, or even just food.  But just to making it to this point, and doing some work, means the world to me already.  Later, or goodnight.

I made it a bit.

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Today it looks like just staying conscious is my ticket.  Not much else possible.  Why?  Can't be sure.  I did get medicine in.  Could that be the trick?  Some of it.  I am feeling a bit cold.  Not sure why, it's warmer, in here, than it has been lately.  I have the furnace on, and to 68.

Sure, this front room is even warmer and has been, I have often been in the other room, where it was only 63/66, yesterday, most of the day.  Oh well, I'll keep trying to push through.  Even if today that just means staying awake later afternoon or on into the evening.

Earlier, this morning, I was worried about this week.  About anything being done.  But, after making it to now, I have some hope.  Not really by making it to still being awake, more that my thinking has changed.  I won't get done what I did last week.  But I will get more done.  I am certain of it.

Just to get out, I will wrap the auxiliary garden hoses up, the two used just for general purpose water dispersal.  Though, should I separate them, then roll them up?  Nah, no real reason.  They are lighter, as a pair, than either of the ones used for the sprinklers.  Those I will do separately.  Roll them up, draining them as I do so, then put them in the garage.  I don't think I will need those again this fall.  But, I will keep the other ones out, and I plan to water the lawn a few times a week through this month, or until freezing sets in.

As well, today, if possible, I will do some work in this front room.  Cat food arrived, and needs to go downstairs.  Now that I have my food, mostly, set up for a few months, I'd like to get Sassy stuff stored.  Food, enough I think, for a while, this month.  Maybe a bit more next month.  And, then, cat litter.  As soon as a good price comes along for bulk.  I do have some, and with her... minor maintenance really keeps it lasting quite long.  Still, it... gets used quick enough.  Though what lasted Sam and her four months, may well last her alone a year.  I didn't mind the cost, of Sam.  She was worth it.  It was only the severity, and certain, that allowed me to let her go.  And, I was with her.  She was so... at peace.  She didn't die frightened, angry, or confused.  I was grateful to be a part of that, for her.  Oh, she has to be buried, I am thinking this week.  I know... I just... didn't want to let her go.  Just like when I took her in.  But, it's time.

On to the hoses.  Then some more gaming.  Then, hopefully, this front room.  Oh, and dishes plus the oven racks.  Yea.  Feeling better.  Feeling able.  Willing to push past any hesitations, aches, or else.  Yea.  Later.

Two hours.

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Give or take.  Awake.  So tired though.  It seems dark.  I looked outdoors, it isn't dark.  It was just at 68, outside.  So, not cold either.  So very strange.

I am hungry, but... not.  I've only had water, and medicine, this morning.  In some ways, I would like to eat.  In other ways, not so much.  Cooking, itself, just seems a bit much.  Though, too, digesting food sounds like more work than it is worth, in some part of my mind.  And, yet, my belly asks for something.  I'll have a fatted coffee and some meat sticks, shortly?  Something like that.

I may game a bit, in an effort to stay awake a while longer.  Hopefully the coffee and sticks will help as well.  Either allow me to game, or... figure out something else to do.  

Life can sure be tough.  And, yet, I have finally come to a point where I see past that.  I even have come to believe in life enough to embrace the suffering.  As mentioned, I remember being beyond the pains of this life.  Hunger, thirst, being tired (in any of the various ways) just didn't exist.  No stubbed toes, pulled muscles, aching heart, or other things would occur again, where I was.  And, for some years after that, I really wanted to go back.

Now?  Sure, when I go, that will be fine.  But I do believe simple suffering is a grace.  It offers opportunity to grow.  When you stub your toe, you can either choose anger, to a degree, or choose to figure out what caused the pain and how to avoid it.  Changing, possibly, your life and how you live and choose to live, right here in the flesh.  Other pains, aches, and such, provide other opportunities.

Even the suffering I can do nothing about?  That allows me to choose how to deal with suffering, pain, aches.  I can't bring back the dead, I can't undo the pains from too little blood flood, or too high of a pulse, or too little oxygen in the blood, so the pains those create.  But I can choose not to let that become my primary object in life.

I do wish, as today, that I could escape the exhaustion, and just get to work.  Or get past pain, to do work.  That just isn't up to me.  Nothing I do can change that.  I suppose there are more potent painkillers, but they come with their own problems.  I'd... prefer my problems as they are.  These I understand.  No more control, but less loss of control?  Instead of just being subject to pain, I would be subject to pain and addiction?  Right.  So it goes.  I have chosen.  And, relinquished any claim to ease, or else such.  But, finally, I do it gladly.

I realize the prize for suffering is life.  Which is why Christ will know it like no other can.  In this way, I attempt to follow in His footsteps.  Not... as a sacrificial, I'm not even worthy, assuming I could.  More as one who has been shown the way, and follows as able.

So tired.  Later, or goodnight.

Gruyere?

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As a raw cheese?  Not so much.  I tried a few cubes last night, while awake in the middle of the night.  I didn't get much for flavor.  I thought it a bit chalky.  To a degree, it reminded me of parmesan reggiano.  Actually, it has less flavor than that.  At least the one I tasted.

Now, that isn't a terrible thing.  It just means, to me, it isn't a... tasting cheese.  It, to me, is a cooking cheese.  I would not eat parmesan, or asiago, or several others, on their own.  They... taste like a form of cheese-chalk.  But, they do shave well, and blend into foods.  If, to some degree, even that is an acquired taste.

Now, that was just one of the cheeses.  Though, I suspect, from examining the others, that they are all going to be similar.  Very much an acquired taste.  And, an exceptionally mild flavor.  Heated up, it might provide more flavor?  Am I flavor tone deaf to this cheese?  Not sure.  Will... experiment.

One of the things I was able to obtain was eggs.  While they are more expensive, I had feared they would be beyond my reach, even beyond my willingness to pay.  While they are enough to ponder, once a month, buying some is still okay... just.  So, I will try some with eggs.  Which of those recipes, or another, I don't know.

Of course, that only after I learn to stand again.  I am really rough today.  Something is really off.  I did get started on medicine, so... maybe that will help.

Just got a delivery.  As I was thinking about getting the package, I heard a vehicle pull up.  One of them seemed to have a camera.  But... something else.  I get the feeling they were after a package, or trying to see me.  Something very strange.  They took off immediately, after I opened the door.  Yes, I heard them pull up, wondered, actually, if the UPS guy had returned for something.  Nope.  And they didn't look like locals.  Not from town.  Something was really off about them, just a feeling, and the avoidance of looking, and like a camera?  Strange.

Anyway...  Just at 10:42.  Still in rough shape.  Ill, like I'd like to go to the bathroom, after a night of drinking?  But not really needing to go.  Innards feel a bit squeezed.  Headache has backed off, but not really gone.  Just... back in the background.  The rest?  Life just got fuzzy.  I am not sure what hurts, or what even feels... anything.

I am thinking going back on to bed, for a bit, might be best.  Oh, but I will get insulin in.  Forgot that too.  Forgot that two nights running?  Maybe.  Beginning to lose track of things.  And, when I work hard, I easily forget as well.  Later.

Rough.

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Did I push too hard, recently?  Is fall hitting like a ton of bricks?  Something is really bad.  Hmm, maybe I have missed medicine?  A day of medicine has been missed?  But that isn't the problem, it is a symptom.  I think it was a mix of things.  

I pushed a bit too hard Monday.  I was trying to do what I did last week.  And I tried to do it all on one day.  The price was steep.  Then I missed medicine, which seems to be a problem, more the problem today.  Though having less sun is making my days and nights want to twist.

Up, at 09:30.  Down relatively very early last night, but I woke around 00:30, and was up to 3:30.  I would guess after being in bed for a few hours.  Strange.  But I woke, and couldn't get back to sleep, until I finally could again.  And, while I am awake, and wanted to be awake earlier just couldn't rise, it is a rough morning.

The headache, mostly.  Neck and shoulder stiffness.  It is just a rough morning.  It's one of those mornings which make death seem a good thing.  Then again, that has been most of my adult life.  When that goes away for a while, I... seem to try to forget it.  Enjoy the better times.  And, really, mostly, since spring, life has been fairly pleasant.  Perhaps exhausted at times.  But not pained.

Ah, painpills.  I'll have two of those, see if that helps.  And, get back on medicine.  Missing one day usually isn't a disaster.  Missing three days can be the start of one.  A week or more and it may be like starting over.  One day, I'll... get back to it.  Painpills may help.  But today is probably shot?

Oh, it's more than a headache.  Have you ever bumped your shoulder, into a doorway?  Numbed that and the surrounding body?  Now imagine you did that to both shoulders, and to a degree hips.  A bit oddly numb, pretty much everywhere.  Did I not roll enough?  Too much, incorrectly?  

If I can't get to anything soon, I'll go on back to bed.  It is a rough day.  Later.

Not tonight.

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Before I went to bed, I wanted to see which recipe to use the gruyere in.  I'm thinking one of these two.  Though, with the quiche, I may use a dish without the crust.  I may have a slice of gruyere, as I go on to bed, as well.  Not the fancier one, but they are all relatively decent.  I just don't know what it tastes like.  It is one cheese I haven't particularly knowingly eaten.  Of many, of course.

22:00

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Bedtime.  I have tried to do things.  I can't even play games.  Too tired, sleepy tired.

I have the heat down to 68.  Which is warm.  It is 75 up front, in the front computer room.  Not hot, but... warmer.

 I didn't have the fan on, last night.  I think I will turn it on tonight.  Only one window open.  But it was 68 up there, if the furnace was on 72.  Though, there isn't a way to get warmth up there.  With the door shut, and the small vent between the floors blocked, which doesn't offer much heat even when open.  Though, perhaps, the walls.  The second floor is from the original all rock, house, so heating that does probably take some heat on up.

So very tired.  I wanted to sleep for hours.  Wasn't sure if a visitor would be by.  Not tonight.  So, I've closed up and am going on to bed.  Goodnight.

So very tired.

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The neighbor visited.  While here, he added three containers of the aqua tar stuff.  And?  And it might well take four or six more?  We are both surprised.  I can't afford that, right now.  And, it did fill the hole to a degree.  It is amazing how big of a hole that really is.  It has taken three and a half bags of concrete, plus three similarly sized containers of tar.  I can only imagine, perhaps, that it had been stump, from a tree.  And, perhaps, they had filled it, deeply.  But, those things nearly create sinkholes.  Still, it is half full, leveled up well, and mostly done.  For the year, though, it is done.

I did get them some cheese.  But meant to get them salami.  I hadn't intended on salami, but the genoa I ordered ended up being a lot more than I anticipated.  So, I'd like to share that, rather than waste it.  Plus, it may go well with at least one of the cheeses.  

I am still rather sore, tired, achy.  I may need to take a day or two off.  If I can do some small things, I will.  But, most likely, not today.  

I dreamed, of hounds, last night.  Dogs, some of the dreams, and hellhounds in others.  The dogs were attacking various things, from sheep to bad men.  The hellhounds went straight after evil men.  I have dreamed that I was a hellhound, now reformed.  Not that I don't still hunt evil, just... for a different reason.  And, of course, with a very different Lord.

I wasn't involved, this night.  These were hellhounds of evil, not good.  And, I don't think God unleashes His hounds, in that way, in these, or any, days.

A lot tired, sore.

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Okay, boys and girls?  I have overdone things.  I feel like, say, if I were an arcade ball, of flesh, that has been hitting the rails, bumpers, and such, for a few days.  I haven't hardened, probably can't harden enough for that usage.  So, today, I will take it a bit easier.

I didn't get to bed until 03:30?  Or so.  I am up at noon thirty.  Given all, not bad.  Oh, it's just muscles which hurt.  Which is what I want to hurt.  But, you don't want to hurt your muscles every single day.  Not if building is the idea.  If stamina is the plan, then... maybe.  For me, it is more about what I can do.  I would like a mix, so would hit muscles daily, if I can.  Just hitting them more every other, or third day.  Coasting a bit on off days, but not just stopping.  If at all possible.

Today?  I think woodwork is out.  Seems like enough, but between stooping after, to pick it all up, to move the branches around, to handling the cutter, it's a bit much.  Tomorrow.  So, what today?  Dishes.  The stove exterior.  Maybe a load of laundry.  And work in this front room.  I can load out a few boxes, break down others.  And, really, when I say tomorrow, I mean, probably, more like Wednesday or Thursday.  I have pushed things well.

As to the asphalt mixture?  If I think that will go down today, I'll put it down today.  It's just one container.  Will see how well it fills.  I am all but certain it will take one or two more buckets of the goo.  Will find out, when I can get it down.

Why up, so early, and with pain?  Ah.  Heat.  I turned the furnace to 72, overnight.  I still have one window open upstairs, but had the door shut.  Even so, it was 66 near me, 63 out in the main.  And, downstairs was between 71 and 74?  Okay.  The sun hits one wall, which makes that warmer.

On the good side, the heat woke me at some point (remember, upstairs has been 63 most days, for the last week, or cooler).  So, a 66 is almost a heat wave, after getting used to cooler sleeping weather.  My bad, to one degree.  I think, at night, I'll lower the thermo to 66.  Maybe 68.  That's just too warm.  Actually, often, during the day, I may keep it at 66 or 68.  I seem rather comfortable with that.  Though I would really like to open up the living room, and get this computer in there.  With one couch gone, life is better for that.  This front room both gets rather hot, and rather cold, based on the season.  I don't mind the cold, save the hands.  It's too much.  While 68 would be quite fine, even 66 probably.

So, laundry, dishes, work in this front room, and tar filling?  Something like that.  As for food, I'd like to split, fry, then grill, the chicken.  Make some meat crumble, two parts beef, one part chicken.  And, maybe, something else?  Food for the week, so all I have to do is toss a few other things.

While I won't do this every month, I did order cheese and salami again, this month.  In part, because I could find the bet of greyer cheese, at a reasonable price.  And, have been meaning to find that since Jean suggested it.  The last time I looked, even the "cheap stuff" was $15 a six ounce pack!  The gooder stuff was $30.  The dop stuff, which is generally top of the line, was $14 and I found some less expensive similar, to compare.  Oh, and a few other cheeses, including more of the mixed milk cheese, plus a bit as a gift to my host family.  They do me gold, this is a... very little gift.  And they use it well.

I have the heat down to 68, the front door open, and the fan going.  For a bit.  It was 66 or so out there, though will probably warm through the day.  For now, this will do.  I am amazed at how well I am handling the cool.  Even if I strip down to just my skivvies, I am not cold even down to 61.  I do need blankets, but duh!  :p  But I don't shiver in them.  Very strange, but good.  Well... on to waking.  Have a great afternoon, day.

A bit sore, tired.

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Things I like, when I can get them.  Given all, not bad.  Especially with it getting darker and cooler.  I am amazed I am able to get back to things.  To wake.  And, in spite of, perhaps, going a little slower as it cools, I was quite warm this morning, at 63 upstairs and in most of downstairs.

Yes, moving a little slower, sleeping a little longer.  But not cold, or even cool.  Even without longjohns.  I have become quite comfortable, just as mentioned a bit slower to get up and get going.

Even today, it was a pretty good day.  And I did get a good bit done.  Not the best workday in the last week or so, but before that, probably the best workday since spring.  The heat sort of pounded me, certainly more than the cool is doing.

Tomorrow?  The last of the dishes.  I will check laundry.  Maybe the bedding out for airing, or sometime this week.  Perhaps work on the smaller branches and twigs, cutting and piling those... some in, some out.  As well, if it turns out I don't need water, I'll put up the general use runs of garden hose.  And, in finding out, I'll probably put the bucket of stuff in, see how well it fills.  It would be nice to set up the driveway, for winter, before it gets too cool.

Well, and of course, dishes.  Maybe for a shower later in the day, as I get settled in for the night, after I have done what I will do, and am preparing to sleep.

Well, and there are boxes, full and empty, in here.  I really would like to clear this room this week.  So, I may hit in here before other things.  In here, and the driveway, would be my top priorities.  Then the wood that is still outside.  That would be good to cut down.  I will compare the sawzall to the chainsaw.  I am sure the chainsaw weighs more, a bit.  But it would cut so much faster.  Will see, though, which seems easier to use.  I'm going for ease, though speed is a second factor.  I would give up some speed, but not much.  I want it done.

Yeah.  More gaming, then on to bed before long.  Clean, and ready.  I'll try to be to bed before midnight.  Or at least before 01:00?  We'll see.  Later.  Maybe goodnight.

Groceries and gas.

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Nothing fancy.  But, I had some hope to get to the store.  I stocked up, to a smaller degree.  But am hoping to get to the store around the middle of the month, to stock up more.  If not sooner.  I forgot to get pork roast, so... yea.  I may be in sooner.

I almost never seen ground chicken.  But they had that, so I got it.  Chops, and burger on a very good price, if limited quantity.  Plus a bunch of this and that.  Oh, they didn't have salad, either.  So... yea... I need to get back in.  Spent a pretty penny, but stocked enough for, maybe, a month of meat?  If I went really tight.  Forgot milk, too!  I need regular storebought milk to get kefir started more easily.  Then, after it is stronger, the grains, then I can use whole, unpasteurized, raw milk.

Still, it was about getting out, getting food, and getting started.  I needed to do that.  For a bonus, I got salsa, corn chips, and guacamole.  Oh, and a few beers.  I've... been a good boy.  I'll keep it to just a bit, but enjoy once in a great while.  Just my regular Bud.  No longer American, as if that even matters.  If oligarchs are going to hate us, might as well be foreign ones.

Ah, and one pack of the driveway tar replacement is here, as is the chain oil.  He must have dropped it on his way home tonight.  I'm trying to find out how much I owe.  Can pay him, and for dairy, with what I have on me.  All good.  I do my best.  Well... on to... something.  Some gaming, I think.

I have done well.  A late start.  But, wood stacked, chopped, stacked to finish.  The oven washed out a final time.  A shower, pans in soaking... as well as oven racks.  Groceries, and gas in the machine.  Not a bad thing at all.  Oh, and played some gaming.  Always good.

Ah, and two beers.  Life is good.  Later.

Well, I... did get to it.

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Not as much as I envisioned, say later last week, or over the weekend.  I had hoped to really... do a lot.  Still, I did get some things finished.

After the woodwork, I took that break.  Needed it.  Then, got the sawhorses in and stowed.  After that, I started tinkering with the dishes, actually mostly pans, and the oven racks.  No, I didn't get them washed, but I did get them reset, alone with what else needed washing.  Not much, but it is soaking.  I hope to get those done yet tonight, but they weren't even on the list.  They, really, were more in the way... of a shower... and of finishing the oven.

Back to the oven.  Scrubbed out one final time.  Dried out.  I thought I had to get paper towels, to finish pulling dirty water.  But, no.  Still, I got it down.  I was on my last roll, down here, so it was good to grab two more.  Then, dried out, scrubbing anything that showed through after the drying.  She looks pretty good.  Brand new?  Closer than I thought possible.  

Yea, actually.  But I don't use the oven daily.  More like weekly, or three times a week.  And, most of my food is well covered, or lightly open.  So, cleaning it quarterly would be enough.  And, it just wasn't all that bad.  I will continue to use tin foil on the racks, at least the bottom one, and changing that out fairly often.  But, yes, clean.  Nice.  There are things on the inside of the glass, I may see about how to get to those.  Just a few dribbles.

Oh, but I haven't cleaned the exterior or top.  That's... on the list.

Then I got the shower, and put the dishes back to a fresh soak.

Nothing fantastic.  But not bad.  I had hoped for a lot more done.  And, yet, had some worries that anything was going to be done today.  And... the day isn't over.  I might be able to finish the dishes, and the stove, yet tonight.  Perhaps some work in this front room?  Don't know, doubt that.  But... we will see.  Later.

A change of plans.

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Work, first.  Then a shower.

I got the cut wood piled, first into the wheelbarrow then onto the stacks.  Then I cut the last of the wood needing the chainsaw.  Probably.  I mean, I could use the sawzall of the rest of it, comfortably.  But, to be honest, I'm not sure the chainsaw weighs all that much more.  For some of it, I may yet use the chainsaw.  But... maybe not.  Will see when I get to that point.

Essentially, I had about a third of the bigger wood cut, on a pile, which had to be sorted and stored.  Then I had a third to cut, and then get that up.  I did it.  All of it.  Nicely.  Toward the end, a few logs fell off.  I... almost just left them.  But, no.  I have worked too hard to do it correctly to just leave a mess, even a minor one.  No.  So, I... picked them up, sorted them on the piles, and... know I did right.

Next?  As mentioned, tools were put up.  The wheelbarrow as leaned, the chainsaw has a spot... though I will probably get a plastic bag, for a box, into which it will go.  Oily bastard, leaky.  So, yes.  The sawhorses were brought over to the garage.  Ah, I do have to put those up, and will.

What next?  Just a tad of a break.  Then I'll hit the oven.  Perhaps putting the sawhorses away, in the garage.  The door was down and I didn't think lifting it was something I could quite do, right then.  So, probably the sawhorses away, first.  Then more cleaning in the oven.  And, then, very possibly, another break before a shower.

I must admit, I wasn't sure I would get to work today.  But I did!  I love it when I get to things.

What else this week?  Today maybe?  This front room is still on the list.  Primary.  Groceries are needed.  Working on the sewing areas is a strong contender.  The medium, and small branches and twigs are to be done, and hopefully before snow or too much cold.  More in the kitchen, the bathroom, and yea... those will be the projects for this week.  If I get those done, I'll add more.  Oh, raking, and watering the lawn.  Though I think I will start watering earlier.  Probably as early as 18:00, so I can get to bed earlier.  I start at 20:00, I end up not going to be until after 02:00.  Or not finishing the watering.  Besides, it is dark by 18:00 these days.

Oh, and I have gotten a lot of those stupid flies!  There are still some, but I'd bet I have gotten ninety percent, perhaps more.  But, they come back, from wherever.  I am just keeping them down to that ten percent of initial load.  I can't seem to rid more than that before replacements realize there is plenty of room and begin arriving.  It's... not a bad hobby, I guess.

Nice.  A good workout, right off the bat.  Oh, I had the chain on backwards.  I?  Well, I fixed it.  I was hoping that was the problem.  I had paid attention, when he put it on.  And I was able to get it flipped, on, and working, in a flash.  Now I know.  All very good.  Later.

Later, but a bit earlier.

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An hour and change earlier.  But, it's just... dark?  It seems darker.  Has it been partly cloudy or is it just a sense, that feeling during fall when it seems darker than it really is.  Fewer hours of sun, a change in it's pathing, along with a few more clouds?  Dunno.  Just... having some problems getting going.

All good, I'll get back to my feet soon.  And, do what I can.

First thing today, will be a shower.  Then on to cutting wood.  I'll take the wheelbarrow over there, and stack the wood that has been cut in it, first.  Whatever will fit.  Why stack it in only to stack it out?  Less stooping.  A lot less.  And, yes, that makes it a lot easier.  I hat the idea of moving it just to move it again.  But I have tried it both ways.  The longer way is far easier.

If I can get to that, I'll see about laundry.  I have the last of the dishes to do.  They have been soaking over the weekend.  I know.  But I wasn't able to get to things this weekend.  I am not sure when the filler material will show, but I am thinking at least two packs of that.  Hoping that will be enough.  It will, essentially, if it works like is presumed, fill about two inches, and be pretty much just like tar used on roads, save rated at slower speeds.  It is premixed, and works even in cooler temps.  So...  But, that has to be obtained.  This week, certainly.  I'll see when it might be delivered.  On the good side, that means I have six bags of concrete ready for any needs.  Or to lend out.

I need to get to the grocery store too.  Roasts and burger, chicken, salad, veggies.  Trying to keep it short, but actually get enough to begin stocking extra, just a bit.  I'm not sure the freezer works as well as I'd like, for storage.  Between labeling, and the freezer only storing so-so, If you really work, you can keep three to six months supply in, assuming electricity doesn't fail.  Still, there is that.

After I get to three to six months, I have to consider canning meats.  Which... isn't all that exciting.  It sounds like a lot of work, and with somewhat limited extension, reduced flavor, but... some really nice easy, longer lasting meats.  Another negative, is that fats don't last well in there.  But, I am considering, too, canning ghee, and maybe a bit of lard and tallow.  That would be after canning meats, so isn't going to happen really soon, though maybe around Christmas or New Years, or slightly after?  We'll see.

Strange... 63/63 upstairs, 63/72/71 downstairs, and 70 outdoors.  It's a very pleasant day, mind you.  But that is at about 13:30.  I don't think it will get much warmer out there, though this front room will take more heat.  Still, all good.  After this, and some waking up, I'll get to a shower, then to cutting some wood.  Good afternoon and day.

Very late.

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Not much done.  But, I did get trash and recycling together, to the barrels, and the barrels out to the curb.  Not sure if recycling is tomorrow.  There were three bags, so about a quarter full?  A third?  Something.  As for trash, I think there were two bags, but the hoses took up a lot of space, and there were a few other oddities which made it full, if not... well used?  Had to go.

No, I didn't get to the oven.  But... okay.  It will happen, soon enough.  I will shut most windows upstairs, tonight.  One window open, for just a touch of fresh air.  It's getting cool, cold really.  At mid to low 60s, that may be too cool.  Once I am up, and going, that isn't too bad.  But it can be a bit of a push to wake up through the cooler temps.

I had a heck of a time, this afternoon, and really morning.  I did wake, and check the times, and temps, several times.  I just could not push on through to get out of bed and get going.  We'll see.  Anyway...

I did some gaming tonight.  Not much.  Did it later, in the evening, morning really.  Couldn't sleep.  Just heading that way now, at 03:24.  Sleep well, I will.  I just hope to get up a bit earlier, and sort through some things.  Goodnight, morning, day.

Those flies!

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I've been crushing them, and they just... get up and fly off.  So, I hit them several times, if I can find them after the first swat.  Sometimes the first swat takes them out, sometimes they ignore it.  But by the third one, even the heartier of them is down.  I have no idea what breeds these are, but some of them are... amazingly resilient.

I had worried that it was just me.  My house, my yard, my problem.  I have heard, from others, that this isn't the case.  They seem to be in season, around town.  On the one hand, that makes me feel better.  On the other hand, not.  It is unfortunate that all need to suffer these pests.

Well, back to killing flies.  I have killed... dozens.  Just this morning.  Probably that many ever few hours.  At first I thought I was missing them.  Then, after finding fifty on the floor, around, I realized they are dying, it's just they are difficult to track after being hit.

Every time I clear the zone, they go away for awhile.  Then, the next time I am back, or later on, they return.  Sometimes a few at a time, but always then as a swarm.  Ugh.  I'll... keep killing them.  My guess is, it's like they know time is short.  Oh, and actually, my mother was talking about that recently.  Flies, even in Iowa, are bad this year, or were.  So... okay.  Still...  Bzzz  *SWATTTTT!*

Up very late.

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I think it was right at 14:30.  Down after 02:22 or something?  Body is a bit cranky, but a good type.  Still resting from this last week.  I still have some hope to be able to hit this coming week, hard, again.  Not that it won't be a test.  But, that's good.

Still, today, a few things.  Trash and recycling at least out to the barrels.  Trash probably out  to the curb.  One last major hit on the oven.  And, hopefully, pulling it if possible, and washing top, sides, front, and back.  Then getting it back in place.  And, probably, running it at 500 for a few hours to... get rid of any cleaning residue.  If needed, after that, a wipe down, out, dusting sort of thing.

If I can do anything else, it will be a bit of work in this front room.

It is 69 outside, 63/64 upstairs, 64/73/70 downstairs... cooler near the computer this afternoon, strangely.  All good.  Now to wake up.  Medicine in.  Ugh.  Later.

Well?

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No more cleaning.  But I did obtain some games.  Actually, dlc for games I have played, finished even.  And enjoyed.  I spent, I think, $4.50?  For all included?  Right.  I thought about some other down load content, for other games.  But, if a game's platinum (everything included) trophy requires online play, I don't bother.  So, I skipped some other options.

I notice games are going down in price very quickly.  No one can really get ahold of play station 5 consoles, or the other type.  If I had to bet, I would suggest they can't make them for their promised prices, at the volume wanted?  So, they are hijacking their own sales, and selling them at the required price.  But, now, if you sign up, you can get one... in a month or two.

For me?  I'm done.  They have gotten to the point where the games are all woke, and the consoles are between woke, and government spy systems.  No thanks.  I'll play my ps4 until it dies.  Then go on back to the ps3, if I still want to play something.  No use in getting a console, or even a computer.  Between the operating systems, limits, invasion of privacy, and else, it simply isn't worth it.  Toss in the woke content of so many games, and... no.  Just... no.

Milk and cream arrived.  I don't have kefir grains, and need to set them up with milder store bought milk initially anyway.  The grains are on the way.  I'll have to buy some storebought milk when I do other shopping.  I will just drink and enjoy milk, for a bit, before going back to kefir.  I have missed milk.  Though, I must admit, after having gone without it for so long?  I really?  Don't miss it all that much.  Just as I truly don't miss pasta, like I used to.  Still, I will use it up, in other foods, and drinking it.  Though the cream I did miss.  Just one quart a week, I am hoping, will be tolerable.  Will know soon enough.  If not, I'll just go to kefir.  That should be okay.

I am only awake because I got started on the game, then... got... eaten by it.  On the good side, the dlcs are rather short.  I doubt if they are five to seven hours, played through twice.  Though I might have to play them through several times, to get some trophies.  These are for a game I did platinum in.  I want to get that for the dlcs too.  Anyway... it's finally about bedtime, at 02:22.  Goodnight.