Month: August 2025

Hot today. Humid too. Rain in the forecast, but that’s generic for Houston anyway. It certainly did get hot yesterday, well into the 90sF. And the humidity was higher than a humidor. Pretty unpleasant outside.

So I stayed in. I needed to find and sort a lot of stuff that I’m taking to my sale. I spent the afternoon doing that. I spent the morning doing other stuff. Like working with the buyer to get shipping worked out for the item I sold. It’s 3ftx3ftx7ft and weighs about 400-500 pounds. I don’t have a dock or forklift. Fortunately, the LTL trucker they hired can provide a liftgate pickup. FWIW, if you get something big delivered, you probably want a liftgate delivery. That will get the thing into or out of the truck and onto the ground. After that it’s all on you.

Today I’ve got to pickup my rental trailer, which is a half hour away. Then in no particular order, shop for drinks for the crew, load my stuff into the trailer, get the kid to her Thursday activity, and make something for dinner.

Busy day. And then the weekend is non-stop. And it turns out the kids have stuff that they are doing so IDK if anyone is going to the BOL this weekend to get ready for next weekend…

Too much to do. Not enough time or energy.

But I can stack…

nick

Should be a little cooler, after the rain yesterday. But I’m betting it isn’t really, and I’m sure it will be just as humid. I was soaked to the skin yesterday before the rain came. And it wasn’t that hot, just humid and stifling.

I got some stuff done. Ordered my trailer for the weekend. Ordered a conversion kit for one of my generators. I really should get the receptacle installed for my NG whole house genny too. I’ve got the stuff, just working in the sun and heat is daunting. When sweat is dripping from your fingers, it’s hard to do fiddly bits.

I moved a bunch of my hobby sale stuff to my shop, and did some more electrical troubleshooting. Now that I have power, but still don’t have half the stuff working, it was time to meter some stuff. After lots of poking around, I’m pretty sure one of the supply legs has a failing fuse. I’ll look at replacing it today or tomorrow. Good voltages coming off the meter, and into the disconnect, but bad coming out of the one fuse.

Did some domestic bliss yesterday too. I’ll have to fold the laundry today, but at least I’ll have clean socks. Oh, and coordinated with the buyer for shipping of the big item I sold. I need to buy straps and get the thing onto a pallet, and stretch wrapped. He’s looking at a pickup next week.

All the while I’ve got more prep to do for my weekend show. Today it will be moving the bins out of my office. I might have a bin or two in the attic too.

Lots to do. A grocery and Costco trip should be in there too. I need to stack another bale or two of Charmin while it’s on sale.

There’s always something to stack, something to learn, or something to repair or replace. Get busy.

n

Rain. And maybe a bit cooler? We eventually got pounded last night after hours of grumble and flash. It was hot and dripping all day before that. Dunno which we’ll get today, hot and humid or cooler and humid.

I got a fair amount of stuff done yesterday, at least by my modest standards for success these days. I returned the plate compactor, and then I took all the BOL trash and got rid of it. Picked up a couple of things for my show this weekend. Did an auction pickup for another AED. I’ll need to order a battery. And I got home without going thrifting.

Did some auction stuff, and worked with my buyer to arrange local pickup of the big thing he bought. I’ve never done that with ebay, and it’s a new process for both of us. Hopefully we can get the details settled and I can get paid, and get the thing out of the shop. Next up, sell more of the stuff.

I do have to write some checks this month and that’s gonna sting. Not much incoming this month. Good thing I married up. Choosing your life partner is the single most important thing you can do to determine your success or failure in life. Choose well.

Hurricane coming for some folks. If you are in the target zone, get your preps ready. Report back on your experiences. We learn as much from failure as success.

So stack up a few failures. You aren’t trying enough if you aren’t failing, and the beauty of failure is now you know one more thing that won’t work. We learn as we go.

Stack what you can.

nick

More hot and more humid. Quantity and quality. We did get some clouds yesterday, with the occasional drop or two hitting the windshield, depending on where you were in town. We even had thunder and lightning in the late evening. The east coast may even get a hurricane in a few days. Good times, right?

I did some of what I needed to do. One pickup. Contact with two potential buyers for the stuff I’ve got on craigslist. Some time at my buddy’s shop. Figured out why there was no power– 5 dunning notices, culminating in disconnection were sitting at the bottom of the mailbox. I guess I’ll be getting an account set up myself.

Kids’ first day of school went well. They both have friends in classes and they can eat together at lunch. D2 has math in the same class as D1’s bestie. Kid is up two grades in math, since elementary school, and she’s keeping up. She’s got a lot on her schedule with band, theater, and debate…

Today I’ll be doing two more pickups on the other side of town, and making a run past my secondary location. I’ve also got some office stuff to do, and some more domestic bliss. And it’s kid taxi day too.

It’s all good. Still leaves time for stacking.

Which everyone should be doing, right?

nick

Hot and humid. Again. Because I still have brain that hasn’t melted out of my head. Yet. But if this weather holds, I’ll be wiping brain off my shoulders…

It was hot yesterday. Really, no surprise as it’s Houston, and still summer. We were blessed with a long mild Spring, so I really shouldn’t complain, but… it’s sweaty hot.

I did get a few things done. I got the trash from the BOL and from the last trip to the BOL finally disposed of. I moved some stuff to my buddy’s shop. I answered a couple of questions about stuff for sale. And I picked up the kid from band practice. Not really very much when I look at it.

Today, I’ve got a pickup or two. I wasn’t going to bid on stuff but I backslid. But whatever I do it will be AFTER sending my kids off to high school for the first day of school. Time is flying by. I’ve got to do some domestic bliss and I really should list a few more easy and high dollar listings. End of the month is coming up too soon.

I’m also hammering out statements like a machine gun, without enough connective phrases, so I better stop now.

Things to do, people to see, preps to stack…

nick

Hot. Oh my hot. Mid 90sF in the afternoon, no breeze, but at least there was some overcast. That’s what today will be like too, probably.

I hid indoors. My back was killing me. Standing. walking. sitting, all hurt. Eventually I got the shiatsu machine to work on it, followed by a hot shower and stretching, then more stretching. It finally moved, and felt good for about an hour. Not much productive happened. I think it was caused by the time I spent standing on the sloped roof, pressurewashing. That was very awkward and I did it for a couple of hours. In any case, it really hurt and I didn’t feel like doing anything more than catching up on paperwork and online auctions.

Today I’ll have to do some stuff. I’ve got a craigslist guy and an ebay guy that need more info about stuff I’m selling, so I have to go figure out the answers to their questions. Fortunately I told them I’d get back to them on Tuesday.

I’ve got kid taxi, and domestic bliss to do today too. No rest for the wicked. Or wrest ‘or the wicket. Sticky or not.

Today is the 7th anniversary of my dad’s passing, and I miss him. I’ve been thinking about him a lot this last week, when I wasn’t focused on the job. His legacy is me, my siblings, our kids, and a some things he made for us. I feel like I’ll have done pretty well if I turn out just like him.

In the mean time, I’ll keep working. And stacking. And hoping.

nick