I had planned on going to the store straight after work this afternoon and getting that out of the way and over with, but I got so excited about being off until next month, I completely forgot and came home. Oh well, I can always go one day next week -- except that I'm out of milk, so I guess I'll go tomorrow.
Except that it's supposed to start raining tomorrow, and rain off and on for the next five days. Then it's going to get cold again, so I got my little piece of visqueen out of the shed and put it onto my wood pile.
It wasn't big enough. I have a whole roll of the stuff somewhere, but I can't remember where I put it. No matter, I still have all of this wood from the last batch I bought and the little tree I got cut down last spring, which I'm going to use up first.
By the way, I got my Voya claim back, but instead of buying another garden bed, I bought a firewood rack. I haven't put it together yet, because I want to move all of that wood on the right up to the house and stack it near the back door. Then I'll clean that side out really well and put the rack there. I'll feel better with the wood in a rack so that the stack is more stable than it just being piled up there with nothing but hope to hold it in place.
As soon as I get that done, I'll start moving the new wood into the rack, and by the time I need it, it'll be good and dry. I mean, it's already well seasoned. My coworker told me it's been in a barn for about 7 years. His son is the maintenance man/caretaker at someone's deer camp. He takes care of the cabins and grounds, and whenever he sees a fallen tree, he cuts it up and puts it into a barn on the property. When he has time, he cuts it up and splits it, then my coworker sells it for him.
Heh, he told me when he pulled into the parking lot at work, he had people coming up to him asking how much he wanted for that wood. He had to tell them that wood was already sold. I told him, "See, I'm drumming up new business for you."
Speaking of projects, today's project was to move the pile of dirt that used to be here and I didn't think to take a before photo until it was too late,
and combine it with this larger pile of dirt. Size 9.5 women's house shoe for scale.
So now, I only have one pile of dirt instead of two. It's the little things. I still need to get a dirt work guy to come take down the high spots, but that isn't going to happen today. Maybe one day this week, I can get that call made.
You know what isn't a little thing? Goofball sized hail.
Yes, this is a real tweet. I went to NWS Memphis X account and verified it. And yes, I do know it's a typo, but it's still funny. Of course, my first thought was, "Hail as big as my cat??? WOW!" Because she's a goofball, you know.
When I got home this afternoon, I posted these glasses in the local free-bees group, and got a bite on them pretty quickly.
She said she's going to come get them tomorrow afternoon, so fingers crossed that she shows up. She also asked if I wanted a kitten, to which I said, "No, thank you."
That's about all I have for today. I've found a new season of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test on Hulu, and I need to watch it. This season has Johnny Football (Manziel), Jusse Smollett, and Kody Brown on it.
That ought to be interesting.
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