Good Morning All. Mostly clear and 38°, mid-60's later on. Once again the wind is 0 mph out of the SE? Warmer at night and cooler in the day for the next week or so. Good fall weather pattern developing for now.
Yesterday was a mixed task day, with household duties in the morning, and having another round with the chainsaw and that pile of trees that I have. That pile is close to the easement road to all of the neighbors homes, so my 82 year old neighbor stopped to talk and gave me a break. Yesterday, I only got about 5 days worth of wood cut; today I will load it up and move it to the woodpile.
The Christmas tree got it's decorations yesterday evening, so it's time to move all of the totes and boxes to a spare bedroom for a few weeks. I'm hoping to get the tiller back from Bubba today so I can do the fall tilling in advance of early spring planting. That's just 6-7 weeks away for me.
I ran some trains yesterday out in the train shed, as well as continuing on the truck painting. At this point, all that's actually left besides touch up is to paint the two kerosene lanterns and one empty box.
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David - I can certainly relate to bringing in the wood and feeding the fire. I have heated my house exclusively with wood for 43 years until recently when I got a couple of electric space heaters to use intermittently. Now instead of starting and restarting a fire every night in fall and late spring, I just use the heaters. Just don't really need heat on days like today is going to be, just overnight.
Tom O - Hope that you had a safe trip. Good luck with the golf tournament.
Other than the fact that not everyone accepts the AMEX card, I never had any problems with them. We always call and notify them when going on an out of area trip, not required but helpful.
Mike - Right now I probably have 8 hours time painting the truck. But I am a perfectionist with that kind of stuff. It's also hard to estimate, since whenever I open a particular color paint, I also do some painting on the stone pillars for the cemetery where appropriate. I am examining photos today to see if there are any additional "fixes" to be made. Despite the time involved, I am really enjoying the experience. My only wish is that at least some of the figures could be in a seated pose to add back in.
Troy - Carpet cleaning video is just too long for me!
Curt - My wife claims that my hearing aids don't work either. I consistently have to point out that they just don't work when she is facing away from me, or when I am next to something else that's making noise, car radio for instance that she turns up loud!
Thanks for the comment on the truck.
NFL - Even though I am no longer as interested in the NFL as I once was, an interesting thing about the playoff picture has emerged. The NFC South! Since the winner of that division will probably have a losing record, currently tied with three teams at 6-7, they still get the #4 seed. Which means the #5 seed (wild card team, currently either the Cowboys or Eagles) with a much better record has to play an away game at the #4 seed's home field. Kind of odd.
Everyone out there have a great day.