{"id":10425,"date":"2023-11-17T05:13:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=10425"},"modified":"2023-11-17T01:30:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:30:17","slug":"fri-nov-17-2023-getting-ready-to-head-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2023\/11\/17\/fri-nov-17-2023-getting-ready-to-head-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Fri. Nov. 17, 2023 &#8211; getting ready to head out&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cool and overcast again, some possibility of rain.  It was misty in several places as I drove around Thursday.   No real rain though.  I don&#8217;t think it ever got hotter than about 64F either.   Pretty depressing and dreary overall.  And today should be the same, joy.<\/p>\n<p>Did my pickups in 3 of the 4 corners of Houston.   Lots of driving.  Almost all of it for resale, although a couple of items might end up in my stacks. Received some packages that I was waiting for too.  Mostly it&#8217;s stuff to fix stuff for resale or my use.  I like fixing stuff, but the endless list can be oppressive.<\/p>\n<p>Plan for today is try for a minor dropoff, try to take some stuff to my secondary, do one pickup, and load for the trip to the BOL for the weekend.   I scored another kayak, only $73, so I&#8217;ll be strapping that to the top of the other stuff on the truck&#8230; which will mostly be patio furniture, but may also include a loveseat.  I should be a right proper Fred Sanford, or Jed Clampitt when I&#8217;m fully loaded up.  Hope I can find enough straps.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be on the end of a thin pipe for a few days so if stuff is happening, go ahead and link&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a list of stuff I&#8217;d like to get done this weekend.  We&#8217;ll see what the universe has in mind.  I&#8217;m hoping to get at least <em>some <\/em>of it done but I never can predict&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I should hit Lowes for some stuff before I head up too.  I&#8217;ve got what I need for the main project, but maybe not for a couple of secondary options.  And my wife needs some 1\/4 round for her flooring project.  A right Fred Sanford&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Always be working to improve your situation.  Always be learning and trying new things.  Keep meeting new people.   And stack like your life depends on it.<\/p>\n<p>nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cool and overcast again, some possibility of rain.  It was misty in several places as I drove around Thursday.   No real rain though.  I don&#8217;t think it ever got hotter than about 64F either.   Pretty depressing and dreary overall.  And today should be the same, joy.<\/p>\n<p>Did my pickups in 3 of the 4 corners of Houston.   Lots of driving.  Almost all of it for resale, although a couple of items might end up in my stacks.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2023\/11\/17\/fri-nov-17-2023-getting-ready-to-head-out\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Fri. Nov. 17, 2023 &#8211; getting ready to head out&#8230; &nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,83,96,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-decline-and-fall","category-lakehouse","category-march-to-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10426,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425\/revisions\/10426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}