And it will be hot again. I have to wait for afternoon so that I’m working in shadow, because that sun is broiling hot when it’s 100F and humid. Today should be the same as yesterday. HOT. And soaked to the skin from sweat in this Houston humidity.

Unfortunately my evaporative cooling vest doesn’t do much in high humidity and my ice pack based one is at the BOL. I did bring a bouncy house fan and having the moving air helps a lot. That fan is small but moves tons of air.

I spent yesterday afternoon and evening moving stuff from the last of my storage units to the shop, and stacking and organizing to make room for it. I found some stuff I’d forgotten about, both for my ham radio swapmeet and for my non-prepping hobby. You’d think I couldn’t misplace and forget about several black bins full of stuff, but I could and did.

There is a lesson there that is probably something like “you should go through all your stuff at least once a year to remember what you’ve got and where it is.” There was far too much stuff I set down and never got back to.

And that friends, is one of the drawbacks to focusing on stacking. I’ve got the stuff, but do I really have it if I don’t remember it, and can’t put my hands on it?

Nevertheless, having it is better than not having it. Stack!

nick

Another fine day Ollie. If by fine you mean hot and humid. And sunny. The overcast didn’t last long and the sun was trying to cook my brains in my skull, but I fooled it, I don’t have any! Ha, take that sun. Seriously though, it did get a bit cooler in the afternoon and the breeze was nice. I hope that continues as it is very hot at the shop.

I did do a couple of pickups, kind of ‘clearing the decks’ before the weekend and getting ready to head to the BOL in a couple of days. Then I went to the shop and started plugging away at clearing enough space to get out of the storage unit. I did get distracted toward the end and spent some cool down time going through 5 boxes of LP records I picked up. There are a surprising number of $20 and $30 records in what was a random lot without even genre descriptions. If I can get moving on listing stuff, it’ll be a great purchase.

There is a box full of jazz and blues 78s on the Decca label that might even have some more valuable records in it, but I ran out of time to look them up. I really need to start listing stuff. And I need to sort and stack the stuff I’m keeping. I am making it a point to listen to a couple of records most days. Great stuff. Day before yesterday it was two very early Kinks records I hadn’t heard before. I like their later stuff better, so I should sell them, but I’ll probably keep them out of a need for completeness.

Little stuff to fill in around the bigger stuff…

Oh, and some other auction stuff arrived in the mail that will go into the armory stacks. Never know when you’ll need some parts.

Today I’ll be working on the shop and the storage unit. If I can get that albatross off my neck, I’ll count it as major progress along that path. Just have to stay cool and hydrated.

Baby steps are still steps. And adding to the stacks doesn’t hurt.

nick

What’s not a secret is that Houston in Summer is HOT. H-O-T hot. Well, not as hot as some years but still hot. 100F and 80+ % RH is hot. And that’s what we’ve had, and are gonna have. Sunny too.

Spent yesterday doing pickups, mostly, but some household stuff too. Got back early enough to make dinner for the wife.

Today I’ve got a couple more pickups, and they are dispersed. Not disbursed, like I typed the first time. Although I guess technically someone might be disbursing my goods to me…

I need to decide if I’m headed to the BOL this weekend or if I’m just headed up before the rest of the family for the 4th. A couple of days won’t matter but a week will. So much to do though, and never enough time to do it.

‘Course that’s true at the BOL as well as here.

Easier to just say “STACK”.

But then you all know that.

n

And another hot day. Pretty much should be like yesterday, and if we don’t cross 100F in the afternoon, I’ll blame global cooling. It’s still cooler than several years in the last 10, but 100F and humidity in the 90%RH range is plenty unpleasant, especially if you are in the sun.

Which I tried to avoid, but was somewhat unsuccessful while teaching D1 how to pull the door card and change out her mirror. The fusion blast was especially strong on my head yesterday. D1 actually did part of the work, fastening and unfastening bolts and screws. She put most of the door back together.

Then I took some stuff to the shop and puttered there for a bit. Found two computers in a box lot of junk electronics. I’ll have to power them up and see what I got. Also received the luggage I bought on ebay. It was in like new condition… so I’m very pleased. I had to disassemble part of the handle mechanism and put it back together, it had become jammed, presumably in shipping. Took a little time to figure it out, but it went back together easily enough.

Today I’ve got an appointment in the morning to get the new tires put on D1’s ride, then I’m doing pickups. It’s mostly household supplies and stuff for the BOL. The auctions are spread out around town which is annoying and will take longer than I’d like. Still, the savings are significant.

I’m slowing down, but still filling in gaps in the stacks. It’s easy and FUN!!111!! Get you some…

nick

Cool, but getting hot later. And probably sunny all day. Yesterday was sunny, humid, and hot. The shady side of the house read 99.5F in the afternoon, so it was at least that hot. Officially it wasn’t, but all that means is at the airport it was cooler.

I spent Monday in domestic bliss mode. I cut my hair and shaved, wiped some stuff in the bathroom, cleaned up and moved stuff around the house, did a load of laundry, did my pickups, did the grocery shopping (meat was a little cheaper, but nothing great was on sale, and 80-20 hamburger was $5.50/pound still.) Fed one kid and an extra for dinner…

Today I’m taking D1 to get tires for ‘her’ car, the Odyssey. We’re also going to tackle replacing the side mirror she wiped out on a trash can. I’ll be doing some sorting and taking some stuff to the shop later in the day. I may even do one local pickup too. We’ll see about that though.

It’s all stuff that needs to be done, but it also doesn’t really advance any of my other projects. I’m an extra 20 days behind between being sick and the trip. Some stuff is going to have to slip.

All we can do is what we can do. Keep working. Keep stacking. Keep living.

nick

Cool, mid 70sF to start but warming to over 100F by afternoon. That’s my guess anyway. Yesterday was sunny and hot. Really a pretty nice day if the humidity wasn’t so high. As it was, you could hurt yourself outside in the sun. Nice at night though.

Did my dad taxi in the morning, with a pickup included. Got some stuff for the household, the BOL, and to sell at my non-prepping hobby show in the Fall. Then I was kinda stuck close to home all afternoon with more taxi duties. I did get a few housekeeping and office things done.

But today, I’ll be running around doing pickups in various parts of town. At least gas is back down to $3.37. Every little bit helps.

I’m gathering supplies for fixes and improvements at home and the BOL, and I’m adding to the stacks. Which is something you should think about doing… hurricane season is coming.

nick