Warmer, wetter, swamp-ier.<\/p>\n
Because yesterday wasn’t humid enough, it rained.\u00a0 And got to over 100F in my yard, even without sun.<\/p>\n
But I mostly didn’t do much anyway.\u00a0 Sometimes I hurt, sometimes I didn’t.\u00a0 Didn’t want to push it too much in any case.<\/p>\n
Cleaned the pool, opened a power supply that let the smoke out to show the daughter what magic smoke smells like, piddled around.<\/p>\n
I did get a crossbow pistol in an auction, and I got it together and shot it a few times.\u00a0 It says it is a 25 pound pull, and it looks like a toy, but it was putting quarrels 4 inches deep into the same target our little bows were putting arrows 2\u00a0 inches deep.\u00a0\u00a0 It is a toy, really, but I sure wouldn’t want to be in front of it.\u00a0 I’ll probably add a fishing reel and set it up as a line thrower for getting temporary wire antennas up into trees.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It’s really unpleasant to shoot, not fun at all.\u00a0 The frame is polymer, and the spring is a nasty piece of shaped spring steel.\u00a0\u00a0 Lots of sharp edges and it takes two fingers to pull the trigger.\u00a0 Using it once or twice a year sounds about right.<\/p>\n
Dinner was courtesy of oldest daughter.\u00a0 She wanted to make spaghetti and meatballs.\u00a0 Do we have any hamburger defrosted?\u00a0 No, but we do have frozen meatballs…. and lots of pasta.\u00a0 So she heated everything up and we had dinner from stores.<\/p>\n
I’ve done a pretty good job of stocking the larder.\u00a0 There are things that tripped me up, mainly when my wife wants to cook.\u00a0 She uses stuff I don’t even think about.\u00a0 Diced tomatoes for example.\u00a0 I have diced tomatoes with chilis.\u00a0 I have tomato paste.\u00a0 No plain diced, because I don’t use them.\u00a0 Same with Worcestershire sauce.\u00a0 I ordered a couple of bottles on my last HEB order because I had none on the shelves and she used the last in the cupboard.\u00a0 So if your spouse isn’t fully involved in your stacking, find some way to address the things s\/he uses and buys, that you don’t even think about, or you’ll be the goat and not the hero when the item is needed.<\/span><\/p>\n If you think you’re all set, and just need to add more of what you’ve already got, you’re probably missing something.\u00a0 So look for gaps, and keep stacking.<\/p>\n nick<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Warmer, wetter, swamp-ier.<\/p>\n Because yesterday wasn’t humid enough, it rained.\u00a0 And got to over 100F in my yard, even without sun.<\/p>\n But I mostly didn’t do much anyway.\u00a0 Sometimes I hurt, sometimes I didn’t.\u00a0 Didn’t want to push it too much in any case.<\/p>\n Cleaned the pool, opened a power supply that let the smoke out to show the daughter what magic smoke smells like, piddled around.<\/p>\n I did get a crossbow pistol in an auction,<\/p>\n