Should be warm, and damp, and there\u00a0 is some chance of rain.\u00a0 I just don’t want it to happen today.\u00a0 Yesterday alternated between part sun and light overcast, but we didn’t get any rain.<\/p>\n
I got a few things done.\u00a0 Got the plumbing parts I needed to send with my wife, to get the master bath sink drain finished.\u00a0\u00a0 Tried to take back a bunch of plumbing parts to Lowe’s but shockingly\u00a0 it’s been more than 90 days.\u00a0\u00a0 Freaking time flew by.\u00a0\u00a0 I guess I’ll use them eventually.\u00a0\u00a0 Probably here when I re-pipe this house.\u00a0 Or maybe the rent house…\u00a0 but it sucks because I was planning to take back what I didn’t need, and it’s hundreds of dollars.<\/p>\n
I did take a bit of time and put out some Christmas decorations.\u00a0 I’m pulling back this year, but I definitely want stuff out.\u00a0\u00a0 I want to take some lights to the BOL and dress up the dock too.\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, I’d like to start a tradition of dressing up the docks for Christmas, with judging and prizes.\u00a0 I’m\u00a0 a bit surprised that they aren’t already doing it, as it seems like a naturally fun thing to do.<\/p>\n
I also did some more auction sorting.\u00a0 I’ve been picking up partial sets of the elinco “snap circuits” electronic learning sets, and they sell really well at this time of year, even used.\u00a0\u00a0 But I have to go through them and make sure all the parts are included, which is a bit of mix and match from all the random bits I’ve collected over the year.\u00a0 Still, got about 4 full sets, and I have the big 750 project set ready to go, missing only ONE piece.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll have to order the piece though, as it is very uncommon.\u00a0 I should have done that last month.\u00a0\u00a0 I think I’ll end up keeping that one set for me, and working around the missing piece until I can get it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It’s funny that I’ve got three more sets almost complete, but a very common part is missing from all of them, yet I’ve got extras of some uncommon parts that only go in a few sets.\u00a0 Luck of the draw I guess.<\/p>\n
Feels like I did more productive stuff, but I can’t remember any of it.<\/p>\n
Oh well.\u00a0 Today is my non-prepping hobby potluck Christmas dinner at 1pm.\u00a0 I’ll have some time to work on getting more lights up in the yard, finding some to take to the BOL, and wrapping a ‘white elephant’ gift for our gift exchange, before heading out.\u00a0 I’ll swing back by the house before heading to the BOL to load the truck and get the frozen food into a cooler.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then it’s off to the lake for a day.\u00a0\u00a0 If I’ve got stuff to do, I might stay through Monday.\u00a0\u00a0 Kids, wife, and in-laws will be coming home Sunday night.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll play that by ear.<\/p>\n
There is a great cast iron wood burning kitchen stove in one of the auctions and I expect it to go cheap.\u00a0 It’s complete, not in horrible shape, and a nice size.\u00a0 If I had a cabin, I’d be all over it.\u00a0 No way I can justify it to the wife though.\u00a0 It’s an awesome prep…<\/p>\n
But you can’t stack EVERYTHING, or cover every base, so you have to do what you can.\u00a0\u00a0 Being cast back to a point where we’re burning wood to cook daily is pretty far down the list of stuff I’m expecting, but not completely outside the realm of possibility.\u00a0 Concentrate on stacking to cover your most likely needs, then head off into the sticks.\u00a0\u00a0 But definitely, keep stacking.<\/p>\n
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Should be warm, and damp, and there\u00a0 is some chance of rain.\u00a0 I just don’t want it to happen today.\u00a0 Yesterday alternated between part sun and light overcast, but we didn’t get any rain.<\/p>\n
I got a few things done.\u00a0 Got the plumbing parts I needed to send with my wife, to get the master bath sink drain finished.\u00a0\u00a0 Tried to take back a bunch of plumbing parts to Lowe’s but shockingly\u00a0 it’s been more than 90 days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n