Category: lakehouse

Cool and wet this morning. Friday was beautiful until just after dark, then it stormed. Even that was nice as it stopped by 10pm and left everything smelling clean and fresh. Also wet, which is why this morning is wet. Hopefully it didn’t rain more overnight.

I didn’t quite get the trench drain cut yesterday. I am about 2/3 cut but the saw died and wouldn’t restart. I didn’t have the energy to try for more than half an hour. I’ll put a new air filter and add oil next time I’m up here, and hopefully it will start so I can finish the cuts. I spent the rest of the day cleaning up, putting away, and getting ready to leave.

Which is what is happening today. I’ll leave here for a series of pickups, then home before the end of the day. I wouldn’t have minded staying at the BOL for a couple more days, but I’ve got plenty to do at home too.

Pickups are mostly for home, but with two birthdays and a wedding anniversary coming up, I’m on the lookout for presents too. The intarwebs say that “china” is the traditional gift for a 20th wedding anniversary, but I’m pretty sure that won’t fly at Casa De Nick… so I’m keeping my eyes open. And my options.

Meanwhile, stacking and working continues apace. At the pace of a turtle, but even turtles make progress.

Find your pace, and work at it.

nick

Cool and damp at the BOL. We had a beautiful Wednesday, until just after dusk when a storm ripped through. After it passed, it was wet but nice. A bit of fog, a bit of mist, but bright with the almost full moon. Today should dry out a bit.

Did stuff around the house yesterday, then fished for a bit. Went to look at a boat with W, but while the price is very good, it’s too big for our slip and lift. Rebuilding the dock is on the list, but not modifying it to the extent needed. Seems that boats, like most things, get bigger every year and a dock built to accommodate a bowrider boat from the late 70s won’t fit the same class of boat from the 2000s. We’ll keep looking as W is determined that we need a watercraft.

Didn’t get up into the attic so that might happen today. I really would like to get a bunch of attic stuff done before it gets hot. I just don’t know if the motivation is there. Wife is working from home, so I can’t take down the power to make final connections, but I can get all the runs and outlets in. Or I could work on exhaust fans… they need attic work too.

There’s always more to do.

And always more to stack.

nick

(and there might be fish that need to be teased with plastic bait)

Mid 60s to start and warming later, with clear skies. That was yesterday, and today, I hope. I could do with a lot less wind though.

Made my pickups, and got to the BOL eventually. Took about an hour extra due to accidents and road work. It was relaxing for me, as I didn’t have a schedule to meet once I got my stuff, and I rolled the windows down and cranked the stereo. A beautiful day to be out driving.

Today I’ll start working the list… which will involve going to look at a boat for sale. I’ve got a wedding anniversary coming up, and a wife who REALLY wants a boat. The local repair guy has one he’s selling for client that isn’t pretty but is in good running order. We don’t need to pay for pretty. Like everything, we’re looking for a bargain.

After the boat adventure, I’ll probably start on electrical in the attic. Don’t know how many more cool days I’ll get before summer kicks in. Best to get out of the attic before that happens.

Always be working. Always be stacking…

nick

Cool, cold even but not end of the world cold. It’s winter. The world has been so focused on the AGW scam they seem to have forgotten winter exists. And sometimes, winter is cold. Morons, deluded, or lemmings, who knows?

I had a pretty good day yesterday. Said goodby to visitors and got the RV stuff wrapped up. No evidence of flooding after using the unknown drain… looks like I have an additional septic system, of unknown design, age, condition, and capacity.

Spent the afternoon knocking little things off my list. Tree trimming. Work on the front walk. Work on the plantings. Work on the dock (replacing rotten deck boards). Work on the dockhouse (install and trim out threshold, which now finishes my part of the flood restoration.) Clear a path for the tree guy. Put some stuff away… All needed doing, none critical or high priority, but solid work off the ToDo list. It felt good to do a bunch of things.

Today I’ll be closing up and wrapping up this stay. I’ve got some stuff to put in the freezer, and some stuff to bring back home. I’ll fold my clean laundry, and put it away. Domestic bliss, can’t escape it.

Later I’ll head home, stopping for a couple of auction pickups along the way. I’m combining trips and saving gas and time. Go me!

The rest of the week I’ve got stuff to do at home. Like always. And maybe a couple of things I don’t usually do. We’ll see.

Don’t stop stacking, unless you are working to improve your situation… then you can shift focus!

nick

Chilly willy. It was 35F and falling when I went to bed. I expect it to be COLD this morning. Forecast calls for freezing again. It was chilly and clear yesterday. Really a nice day for working outdoors. I had a very light second layer on and that was enough.

I spent the morning with family. Spent the afternoon doing small tasks outdoors. I ran the string trimmer, and the blower. Cleaned up the leaves, and weed whacked the weeds in the wildflower garden, the vegetable garden, and the bulb garden. Blew leaves and raked twigs out of the dirt areas between the retaining walls. It’s the perfect time to do it, cool enough to do hard work, wet enough to not have dust, but dry enough that the blower moves a lot of it.

Met with the tree guy too. He’s finally got time to remove the remaining problem trees. Not the cheap guy, but the expert guy. He’s going to try to get them down this week.

Family is headed home later today. I’m staying another day. I’ve got pickups in Conroe that I can grab on my way home Tuesday, which saves an hour and a half round trip. It’ll give me time to get a few more jobs done too.

If you can’t stack, always be working to improve your situation…

nick

Cold, or maybe just cool, but certainly still wet. It’s been dreary here at the BOL. Yesterday wasn’t as cold as some days last week, but it was misty and drizzly all day. Sun finally broke through just before dusk, which was nice. Forecast is calling for lower temps but I am hoping it’s wrong.

Did some more cleanup, but mostly stayed inside and chatted with our visitors. Did a crockpot brisket for dinner, then played games for a while. It was too nasty out for a fire so I called it an early night.

Today I’m going to do some more cleanup, play some more games, and spend more time just chatting. If it’s not raining, we’ll do hamburgers for dinner. A simple easy day.

Sometimes that’s the best kind of day.

nick

(stacking up time with family, it’s important too.)

Chilly. I’ll check to see what the overnight low was, but I don’t think it will be freezing. It was a beautiful sunny clear day yesterday, which made the chill tolerable. I hope for some more sun today.

Got the electrical done, and the RV hooked up to power water and sewer. We’re just putting grey water in the mystery sewer line, not black. We’ll see if it fills up or if I’ve got an undocumented septic system for the RV pad. I suspect a septic system, or at least a buried tank. The previous owner put it in for his fifth wheel trailer…

Full moon and patchy clouds meant no good stars last night, even though the air was pretty clear.

Today I’ll be chilling with our guests, and maybe getting some more cleanup stuff done. I want to edge and blow the yard and weeds, and finish cleaning up some of the leftover building material that has been just stacking up under the carport. There are other things on the list too. There always are.

I might even bait the crawdad traps and get them in the lake. It’s the season. Lake is half a foot high, the rain must be working its way down the watershed.

Oh, I have cupcakes and cards for the girls for Valentine’s Day. Happy Feast of St. Valentine everyone. Eat some pink icing on some baked goods!

The heater worked well in the garage and I’m very glad I took the time to install it. I’m finally pulling stuff off the stacks. Gas line and a heater, electrical boxes and outlets, drinking water hose… and food.

I like to eat, and I like to be warm. Stacks are helping with both.

Stack some of your own…

nick