Category: lakehouse

Hot and humid in Houston and at the BOL. I’m sure we’ll get to 100F here today. Forecast has us on the edge of the “t-storms and rain possible” zone, but the lake has its own little microclimate. Summer in Texas.

I did computer stuff and office stuff in the morning yesterday, then loaded the truck and ran errands before heading to the BOL. W and D2 will follow today, I think. D1 will be working and staying with her best friend, and then going to their lakehouse for the holiday. Got here and mowed the grass. It was knee high in most places. I’ll have to mow again in a couple of days to get all the blades that just bent over.

Today, I’ll see what the heat is like and what I can do besides finishing the grass cutting and decorating for the holiday. It would be nice to get a couple of things off the list, but we’ll see how motivated I am and how hot it is. I should be able to find stuff to do to keep moving.

Always be working, right? And stacking. Time to pull out the canned tomato products and rotate them before the cans rupture….

nick

Not the weather silly, my task list. The weather will probably be the same, hot and humid, although the national forecast has us in the “could be t-storms and rain” zone. It certainly got above 100F yesterday afternoon. I’m hoping there won’t be rain today or tomorrow, but I’d rather get it out of the way before the weekend if we have to get some.

I spent the morning doing auction stuff. There was one item I really wanted, but I came to my senses and tapped out. It ended up going for one bid past my high bid. If it wasn’t north of Austin, and didn’t have to be picked up today, I might have gone a bit higher, but the pickup was obnoxious given my plans. I’m also pretty sure that I noticed an issue that can’t be fixed at any cost, that would have ruled out spending a bunch of money on restoration. Even restored it would have been on borrowed time.

Then I went to work getting the rest of the stuff out of my storage unit. That took a trip at 1pm, followed by a bunch of organizing at the shop to make room for the 5pm trip, and I went back at 8pm for the last scraps. They’re still in the truck, but I’m out of that unit, and only 6 months later than I should have been.

Today I’ll deal with the stuff in the truck, load up for the BOL, hit a dumpster, two pickups, and then head to the lake. If it’s not raining, I’ll probably jump on the mower and do what I can before losing the light. I want it mowed before any rain we might get.

Then I’ll do my decorating for Independence Day, and start working on the list…

Always be working to improve your situation, whether it’s your fitness, health, finances, or physical surrounding.

And of course, stacking is the easiest part.

nick

Cool and damp, changing to warm and damp, and later hot and damp. Yea Houston! Swamp life rules. We did get a tiny bit of relief for a short time as the fronts moved past us in the early evening. A little cooler air mixed with our hot stagnant air… but it didn’t last.

Did my pickups yesterday. Chatted with one of my long time auctioneers. He and his wife are still plugging away at it. We were talking about changes in the reselling landscape and he thinks the big money has already started to move into the space. I thought they hadn’t moved quite yet, but he sees a couple of other auctions at a higher level than I do. One is massive and conveniently right next to an Amazon warehouse…

Cha- cha- cha- changes….

It’s like when house flipping went hedge-y.

Anyway, today I’ve got a service call at my client’s house, and then I’ll do a pickup on my way to the BOL, unless rain happens. Then I’ll just do my service call and pickup.

Money is a prep.

Stack it up if you can.

nick

Warm and moist, possibly actually wet. It did end up with a little misty drizzle yesterday. The day was overcast (although my neck still got burned) until evening when it cleared for a bit. Then is got cloudy again. For the next couple of days the national forecast has us in the ‘rain and t-storms’ zone. We could use a little.

I didn’t get much done beyond yard work yesterday. String trimming, debris blowing, some tree pruning… Set up a fuel tank for the boat with a dispenser just like the gas station has. If the gas station’s was 3/4 size and plastic. Managed to get sunburned through the overcast. Kids played pool, swam, and messed around in the water. A good weekend.

Today I’ll start with some office work, maybe some auction stuff. I might do a pickup depending on weather. If we’re supposed to get rain for a couple of days, and it’s clear, I’ll do the pickup that needs the truck bed. The others will fit in the cab. Oh, and I need to get both trucks smogged and registered this week. And maybe reschedule the jury duty I missed.

Not an awe inspiring day, but they can’t all be.

Stack something.

nick

Cool to start, and windy, but warming throughout the day. The strong, gusty breeze helps keep the ‘felt’ temperature down. It’s definitely feeling like Summer is getting started.

It took me a fair bit of time to get my truck loaded, make a stop at Academy for boat stuff, make a stop for an auction pickup, and make a fuel stop to fill 5 cans for the boat and gennie up here. I made it in time to mow the grass though.

In theory, I’ll work on the list today. In practice, other than using the string trimmer and maybe doing some tree pruning (so branches aren’t in my face while mowing), I’ll probably be doing boat stuff with W and the kids. No time for a big project like organizing the storage shed, or finishing the electrical work, but maybe I’ll find something small and quick to knock out. We’ll see. Dad and husband duties might just take priority…

I’ve already added to the stacks this trip, so there is that.

Keep stacking while you can, and while our fiat currency is still worth something.

nick