Warm, sunny, hot, overcast, and rainy. Probably all in one day. That’s what yesterday was like. I let the cells chase me all over town and despite street flooding in parts of Houston, I barely got wet.
Took the kid to her band thing, then did some auction stuff, and some office stuff. It’s time to renew several of my insurance products, which isn’t hard, but does take a phone call. Also did two loads of domestic bliss and started the Crockpot. After I got the kid home, I went out and did my pickup, followed by a bit of thrifting as I was in an area I don’t usually get to. That was followed by a stop at the reStore. I didn’t find anything I needed, but they were crazy full up with really high end kitchen appliances, like wolf, thermidor, miele, electrolux, and any other “chef” quality cooker you can think of. The only thing they didn’t have was an Aga. They also had dozens of toilets for some reason, and about half were Toto brand. If you don’t know, Toto is what you want. Even used they are $100 and that’s a good price.
I stopped in to look for cabinets for my laundry area at the BOL. No luck. They have a bunch of big windows though. Big windows are something they seem to always have which is good, since I will need a big window at some point. I’m taking out the fireplace and chimney to improve the view of the lake, and I think I will be putting a big window in its place. I originally thought I’d put in a sliding patio door, but if I use a window instead, that gives me some other placement choices for the [eventual] woodstove. All of this is long term prep for something I know I will eventually do. I like to get stuff in order and keep my eyes open for the bits and pieces far in advance of the actual work.
Today I think I’ll do a bit more at home and try to get some stuff ready to list on ebay. I will have to take a bunch of stuff to the shop, and move some stuff around. Later I’ll probably fit in a pickup or two. It should be a busy day.
Probably not going to the BOL this weekend. We will definitely be up there next weekend, and I need to keep working on stuff here. Maybe I can get the W and the Ds to go…
I did pick up a bucket of salt and one of sugar to add to the stacks. One of my sellers got an estate that had a lot of preps. They sold off the buckets of rice, flour, salt, and sugar, but threw out the beans. For some reason they thought the beans would have gone bad…
Even if your stacks don’t benefit you, they might benefit someone! So get busy and stack.
nick