Warm and damp. Possibly partly cloudy, possibly raining. We’ll see when it gets here. It was sorta nice for Christmas, but I mostly stayed in anyway. Today I have to leave the house, so weather will matter at least a little bit.<\/p>\n
Didn’t do much except Christmas stuff yesterday. For us, that means “stocking” and “santa” gifts are opened, and then the rest of the presents. Then it’s food, food, and more food throughout the day.<\/p>\n
Cooking dinner took up most of my afternoon and evening, and I spent the rest of the day puttering around the house and watching youtube videos. My back was killing me so that was about all I felt up to. By bedtime, I was feeling much better. We’ll see how today goes.<\/p>\n
Today, despite the prospect of crowds, I would like to get some shopping done. The sale items at Costco change, and it’s stuff I need this month, so I’d like to at least hit those. And I’d like to hit the Lowes for the stuff I need to finish my project in the dockhouse at the BOL. I need some panel adhesive and some trim for the chair rail. We’re headed to the BOL for a couple of days, then visiting family for a few, then we’re headlong into the new year… without a lot of time in between to shop. Hence the need for today’s trip to the stores.<\/p>\n
Given the dire state of retail, maybe there won’t be crowds. I can hope. Or I can push it off to Friday morning. I’ve got a appointment Friday afternoon that I can’t miss, so I won’t be headed to the BOL until after that anyway. Realistically though, I’ll use Friday morning to load the truck. <\/p>\n
Three 55 gallon drums for rainwater collection. Three 3ft sections of stove pipe. A couple of new string trimmers. Some other stuff for the solar system, and the woodstoves… It’ll be a pretty full truck. Oh, almost forgot the kayak…<\/p>\n
Stacks. I got ’em. <\/p>\n
Get ready for the new year by deciding what you <\/strong>need to stack. Then get started.<\/p>\n nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Warm and damp. Possibly partly cloudy, possibly raining. We’ll see when it gets here. It was sorta nice for Christmas, but I mostly stayed in anyway. Today I have to leave the house, so weather will matter at least a little bit.<\/p>\n Didn’t do much except Christmas stuff yesterday. For us, that means “stocking” and “santa” gifts are opened, and then the rest of the presents. Then it’s food, food, and more food throughout the day.<\/p>\n