Cool and clear to start the day but getting hot later.\u00a0 Monday was gorgeous.\u00a0 I know the dry spell is killing us and crops, but it sure is nice weather otherwise.\u00a0 And nice not to get rain when I’ve got 27 holes, 4ft deep around the perimeter of my house…<\/p>\n
My foundation work definitely got pushed back to next week.\u00a0 Supply chain issues, and a critical adapter part they need is weeks overdue.\u00a0 I’m headed back to Houston later today and will work on stuff at home for the rest of this week.<\/p>\n
Yesterday the main thing I got done was to connect the master bath pex to the pex trunk line in the attic.\u00a0 The lines to feed the kitchen are in place but not stubbed out.\u00a0 Working under the sink just wasn’t going to happen, I hurt too bad from the attic crouching and crawling.\u00a0\u00a0 I got foam rubber insulation over the parts of the trunk and branches that I’ve connected so far too.\u00a0 I do need a couple of parts to tie the new service into the pex and old piping.\u00a0 I’ll bring them back with me later.<\/p>\n
I spent the rest of the day on little tasks and cleanup.\u00a0\u00a0 Wife and kids went home yesterday evening.\u00a0\u00a0 That left me to have a fire and listen to the radio one last night this week.\u00a0\u00a0 The moon rise was later, so I did have some nice dark sky before the moon washed everything out.\u00a0\u00a0 It was bright enough to cast shadows and if I had a large print book, I could have read by the moon light.\u00a0 No shooting stars last night though.<\/p>\n
Today I’ll wrap up a few small things, and pack up for the week.\u00a0 One auction pickup on the way home (an antenna) and then I’m back to normal routine.\u00a0\u00a0 It will be a change getting up to get the kids out the door.<\/p>\n
I’ve decided to move a bunch more food and supplies up here.\u00a0\u00a0 The goal is to get out of Houston if there is an issue, and it would be better to have more of my stacks up here.\u00a0 Can’t move them all, because of the possibility of needing to stay in town.\u00a0 Also doesn’t make sense to have all my eggs in one basket.\u00a0\u00a0 So I’ll move about half, then rebuild the stacks in both places.\u00a0 I’ve still got stuff at my secondary too, that will probably stay there.\u00a0 Backups to the backups.<\/p>\n
I need to get serious about getting a full set of tools up here too.\u00a0 I’ve got enough dupes to do it, but haven’t done much to organize it.\u00a0 Right now, if I had a plumbing issue at home, I’d be out of luck as all my supplies are here and if I had a mechanical issue, all my real tools are in Houston.\u00a0 That’s not a great state of affairs.<\/p>\n
Ditto for medical.\u00a0 Some of the stacks need to move, not just first aid kits.<\/p>\n
Your stacks aren’t big enough.\u00a0\u00a0 Neither are mine.\u00a0\u00a0 Get to stacking!<\/p>\n
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Cool and clear to start the day but getting hot later.\u00a0 Monday was gorgeous.\u00a0 I know the dry spell is killing us and crops, but it sure is nice weather otherwise.\u00a0 And nice not to get rain when I’ve got 27 holes, 4ft deep around the perimeter of my house…<\/p>\n
My foundation work definitely got pushed back to next week.\u00a0 Supply chain issues, and a critical adapter part they need is weeks overdue.\u00a0<\/p>\n