Day 2561

 I woke up at 7:30, played games for a while and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After taking out the garbage and a little surfing we left to do some errands.

We needed a safety certificate for the Audi.  We drove towards Dripping Springs.  We stopped at three places including two we'd stopped at before.  None of them were doing testing.  We drove all the way to Dripping Springs and mailed Hooch's package.  On the way back we found a place to do the testing.  We had to wait a while to do it.

On the way back we stopped at ACE for some Christmas lights and Torchy's for lunch.  Then it was all the way to Costco so I could get my glasses.  They're really nice.

When we got home I just felt like surfing for a while.  Eventually I put some stuff away and cut out the B74.1 body that came a couple of days ago.

Ellen fixed clam chowder for dinner.  After dinner it was movies.

Day 2560

 I got up about 7:30, played games before pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast it was some surfing to kill time before the stores at the Domain opened.  Then we left for the Domain and got there about 10:30.

It was a nice day, sunny but a little humid.  We walked through most of the Domain.  We stopped at Swarovski, Yurman's, Coach, and a couple of other stores.  One interesting thing.  As we were walking by a cosmetic store a lady walked out in front of us.  She was obviously going somewhere, but when she saw me carrying the Yurman's bag she turned around and dragged Ellen into sell her some cosmetics.  She wasn't successful.

We ate lunch at the Japanese place by the grass.  It was great.  There was enough food left over to make a good dinner.  The only thing we bought was a bracelet at Yurman's.  It cost $650.  We had a $500 credit from Yurman's and a $50 gift card from somewhere.  We're going to give it to Alicia when she graduates.

We left about 1:30 because Ellen had to go to the club.  We did stop at the post office and HEB on the way home.

I put up some more outside lights and took some things to the garage while Ellen was gone.  Then it was videos.

Dinner was Japanese leftovers.  After dinner I watched a movie - Fury.  It was a war movie I'd been meaning to watch for a ling time.  It was pretty good, but very long.

Day 2559

 I woke up about 8, played games for a short time, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing I started to tackle a cores list.

I took a bunch of stuff out to the garbage/recycle.  Then I went to the garage.  I got a tape measure and the micrometer and went to the trailer.  I measured the space we had for the kitchen light fixture, the size of the shower head, and the size of the shower head bracket.

While I was doing that Ellen was cutting the heron print so that it would fit in the frame we bought.  She wasn't completely done when she had to leave for her haircut.  While she was gone I took got out all of the Christmas stuff.  I put the tree together, but left everything else to her.  I also wrapped up the present for Hooch that we'd bought a few days ago.

When Ellen got home she had four boxes.  One was from Amazon and two were from Amain.  It was mostly RC stuff.  The last was a pocket drone that John and Patty gave me for Christmas.  She finished the heron picture and started on the tree.  She didn't have dinner because her asshole was bothering her.  I had a frozen dinner.

I got hooked shopping on Amazon for Cyber Monday stuff.  Except for a few videos I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening on Amazon.  Ellen joined me for a while.  We both found some bargains and ended up ordering $200 worth of stuff.  I kind of enjoyed it.  I also found a present for John and sent it off to him.

Day 2558

 I woke up at 7:30, played games for a short while, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing I started to work on finishing the lights on the small power wagon.

It was one of those times when things fought me at every step.  I had problems with soldering and materials.  I must have made at least 5 trips to either the garage or the wellhouse.  At least the weather was nice.

The whole thing took all day.  I didn't get finished until almost 4.  It's nice to have it done though.  I was too tired to actually drive the rig, but I'll do that tomorrow.

I surfed for a while waiting for some packages to arrive.  I mainly watched videos concerning the Arrma Fireteam, the new basher I ordered on black Friday.  It's due next week.  Eventually the three packages arrived.  One was a present for Ellen.  The other two had miscellaneous stuff that I ordered on Black Friday (mainly RC stuff).

Ellen fixed sausage and waffles for dinner.  After dinner I turned on football and surfed.

Day 2557

 I woke up at 7 today.  The mask on the CPAP had been giving me trouble during the night.  It woke me up and I just didn't bother to go back to sleep.  Lee called me while I was playing games to say that someone had raided all of the mail boxes overnight.

I did a little surfing after pet stuff and breakfast.  Then it was off to do errands.  There was a package at the gate.    The first stop was the post office.  There were a lot of things there, including three packages.  We also stopped at the home products place to get a frame for a painting of a heron that I bought last summer.

We stopped to buy cat food and had lunch at Cheddar's.  The last stops were Walgreen's and HEB.  It was almost 3 by the time we got home.  I took a while to put everything away and open the packages.  Two were CPAP supplies, 1 was a Christmas present, 2were RC things, and the last was cat toys.

After that I surfed until dinner - leftovers from Cheddar's and Thanksgiving.

After dinner was videos.  I found some really cool stuff to watch.

Day 2556

 I woke up at 8, but spent a long time playing games.  It wasn't until about 10 that I was up for pet stuff and breakfast.

It's Black Friday, so I spent 4+ hours on the internet shopping.  I ended up buying a bunch of RC stuff including another big basher.  This one is RTR, so the only other thing I'll need to buy is batteries.  I also came up with a few small RC items to put on a Christmas list.

The shopping was pretty engrossing.  I didn't eat lunch until after 3 (leftovers).  After that it was time to catch up on videos.  I ran into a couple of really interesting geopolitical videos.  They agreed that the US is in a good position.  However they ignored the internal rot that is so pervasive in the country.

I got the connectors for the power wagon.  It was late though, so I didn't feel like doing any soldering.  Tomorrow I'll go to the post office.  There's a package there.

Ellen fixed shrimp for HEB for dinner.  After dinner it was more videos.

Day 2555

 And it's turkey day - up at 8 for pet stuff and breakfast.  Ellen immediately started cooking.  I watched videos.

After a while I turned on the football game.  I didn't really watch it.  It was noise while I read magazines.  Tony called and we had a pretty good talk.  Apparently he's actually interested in keeping in touch.

We ate about 1.  It was all really good.  Ellen did a great job.

I did accomplish two small things.  I ordered some more membrane switches for the trailer locks.  I also installed the new bent handle connector on the trailer shower head.  It looks good, but I won't be able to test it until next spring.  I will try to find a holder that holds it better.

After that it was more videos until the evening football game came on.  Then I surfed while it was on.

All in all it was a pretty good Thanksgiving.

Day 2554

 I woke up a little after 8 and played games before getting up for pet stuff and breakfast.  Ellen planned to spend the day preparing for Thanksgiving.  That meant we weren't going anywhere or doing anything.

The connectors are delayed until Friday.  That means I can't work on the small power wagon.  That in turn means I don't have anything to do.  Queue the videos.

I still watch videos about Ukraine, but I also watch a bunch of other things - history, automobile stuff, funny videos, etc.  The Ukraine ones have been pretty upbeat until today.  A couple of them featured experts that say Ukraine is close to defeat this winter due to the destruction that Russian missiles have caused.  I hope not.

I got tired of videos and watched a couple movies.  The free movie channels have a lot of movies that never made it to the theaters.  I was watching one today that had a couple of main characters that couldn't act any better than I could.

Dinner was leftovers.  After dinner was more videos - ponds overflowing and removing huge trees that had hit houses.

Day 2553

 I woke up at 7:30 and played games for quite a while.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was a little warmer, 50 - but it was also raining a little.

The first order of business was to replace the battery in the UPS.  There were 7 devices plugged into it.  I unplugged them all and labelled them.  Replacing the battery itself was a little difficult because the manufacturer used very short battery leads.

After that I did a little surfing and then started working on the lights for the small power wagon.  I ended up making three trips to the garage to get parts and tools.  Poor planning.

I really didn't want to work on it when I started.  It was almost like a chore.  I warmed up to it and actually started enjoying myself.  I soldered the resistors to all 4 LEDs.  I also wired up the taillights and installed them.  I would have done more, but I have to wait for the connectors.

That was pretty much it for accomplishments today.  The rest of the day and evening was spent looking at videos.

Ellen fixed salmon for dinner.  It was great.

After dinner I ended up watching a 2 hour long video of a crew cutting down  huge dead maple tree.  It was overhanging two buildings.  A guy climbed up in the tree, tied ropes to the branches, and cut the branch loose.  They used a large crane to hook up to the branches and lift them away.  It took them 3 days to cut it down.

Day 2552

 Again it was wake up at 8, play games and then get up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It's getting to be a habit.  After that it was a little surfing before we left to run errands.  It was raining.

We stopped at Costco to get eye glasses, water, and probiotics.  The place was mobbed.  We had to park by Whole Paycheck.  They had all of the registers open though and we didn't have to wait too long in the checkout line.

The next stop was the post office and the last stop was HEB.  HEB was as crowded as Costco.  We had to park by the bank.  That would have been OK except that it was raining even harder.  After that it was home for lunch.

After lunch I started to look at Amain's black Friday sale.  I almost bought another car, but thought better of it.  I did buy some paints for Ellen to do the large Power Wagon.

After that it was videos.  That lasted until after dinner (leftovers).  I got tired of videos and started a movie.  I quit halfway through.  I'd seen it before and it was time to go to bed.

Day 2551

 I woke up at 8, payed games for a while, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was cold again today, but at least it wasn't raining.  After breakfast I went out to the garage.  I took the small power wagon with me.

I brought the LED cases from the well house to the garage.  then I closed the door because it was really cold.  I used the small bench heater to keep warm.  It worked well.

The workbench was stacked with stuff I'd been too lazy to put away, so I put it all away.  Then I rummaged though the LED cases until I had two 3mm white LEDs with holders and two 2mm red LEDs, along with 4 220 ohm resisters.  

I measured and drilled two holes in a wooden stick for the 2mm LEDs.  Then I stained it to match the rest of the truck bed.  I also drill two holes in the front bumper for the fog lights.  I couldn't do anything else until the connectors arrive next week.

I went back to the house about noon.  That started a marathon video session that lasted until mid afternoon.  After that things didn't change much except I switched to the TV.

Ellen fixed chili dogs for dinner.

After dinner I surfed while the football game was on.  Amain sent me a email of a sail that starts tomorrow, so I did some shopping.

Day 2550

 I woke up at 8 and played games for quite a while.  It was nice not to have anything that had to be done.  I got up, did the pet stuff, had breakfast, and did a little surfing.  It was in the mid 30's and raining heavily.

I decided I needed to do something, so I got out some RC car stuff.  I filled the shocks of the small power Wagon with oil.  I was going to put lights on it, but I didn't have the right connectors.  I searched on Amazon and got the right connectors ordered.  I also ordered headlights for the large power wagon.  They aren't due for a month.

That was about it for accomplishing anything.  I did a lot of surfing and video watching.  It never got up to 40 degrees today, so going outside was right out.

Ellen fixed meatloaf for dinner.  After that it was more videos.  I'll probably mess with the small power wagon again tomorrow.  I can't install the lights, but I can get them ready.

Day 2549

 I woke up at 8 and played games for a while.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that it was outside to finish the edge trimming.

It took about an hour to finish the trimming and blow the grass off the rock edges and the front entryway.  It felt very good to be done with that task.  I'm now officially done with the "todo" list.

I went back inside and surfed until lunch (a sandwich).  After lunch it was time to go to the eye doctor.  That was just the standard trip.  The good news is that my eyes have no problems.

When that was done I had a craving for coffee.  We stopped at the coffe place even though it was in the 50's.  Then we stopped at HEB for a couple of items.

When we got home I started watching a soccer game.  Tony called.  Amazing.  He talked for about an hour about essentially nothing.  At the end he said he wanted to talk on the phone more.  I said I would call him, and I will.  I quit the soccer game a little after halftime because it was one of those boring defensive games.  I watched a movie instead.

Ellen fixed frito pie for dinner.  After dinner it was a lot of videos.

Day 2548

 I woke up at 8, played games for a short while, and then got up to do pet stuff and have breakfast.  After that I went outside to clean up brush.

There was a lot more brush than I remembered.  It took 45 minutes or more to clean it all up.  Then I got out the new DeWalt trimmer.  It worked great.  My back didn't.  I spent about 45 minutes cutting grass.  I got everything except the back yard and the section by the trailer.  Then it was time to go get an estimate on the truck.

The guy spent quite a bit of time looking over the truck and taking pictures.  When that was done we went to an estate sale nearby.  It had some interesting stuff, but it was all over priced.  We might go back on Sunday to see what's left.

We stopped at Well's Cargo to get money.  We stopped at a sandwich shop next door.  We hadn't been there before.  Then sandwiches were good and the have pink stuff to drink.  We'll be back.  The last stop was HEB for bread, bananas, and orange juice.

By the time we got home I was really tired.  I think the high dosage BP pills are causing it.  I'd been meaning to finish the edging, but I was just too tired.  I surfed for a while.  When Ellen went to the club I turned on the TV and watched videos.  I may have napped.

Dinner was a HEB salad.  After dinner I watched videos.  I turned on football for a while, but the game turned into a laugh-er so I turned it off.

I'll finish the edging tomorrow.  When I do that will officially end my arriving back chores.

Day 2547

 I woke up about 8 and played games for a while.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I went outside.

I called the CPAP people and got a human.  The lady said I'm not eligible for a new mask until November.  Oh well.  She is sending me some filters.  I didn't even know the thing had filters.

I put gas and the battery in the mower.  Then I started to mow.  Everything went well.  It also went fairly quickly because the grass was not high.  The dry summer didn't do it any good.  There were a lot of bare spots.  I will need to do a lot of edging.  It seemed like all of the high grass was along the edges.

I got finished with the mowing at noon.  I was tired, but I wanted to get a little more done.  I got out the shears and cut a bunch of dead branches off the trees and cut down a couple of dead bushes.  By then I was really tired and my back was starting to hurt.  I quit.

I went inside for lunch (leftovers).  After a little surfing it was time to turn in the Amazon package from yesterday.  The lady at UPS says it happens.  We also stopped at ACE to get some bird seed.  I also got some lights to replace the ones that burnt out last year - I had a coupon.

The last stop was SPECs.  I got some Mojito mix.

When we got home I surfed some of the afternoon away.  Then I watched TV with Ellen, which turned into a nap.  Dinner was a frozen pizza.

After dinner was a lot of surfing.

Day 2546

 I woke up at8. There was cold, raining, and there was no reason to get up so I played games until after 9.  then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.

I surfed for a while, but that got boring.  I decided to cut out the power wagon body that I have for the scx 10 build that I did.  I got the body from the car and the tools from the bedroom.  The body sure is big compared to the smaller carpet cars that I'd been working with in Oregon.

I cut out the truck bed.  I was a little rusty about my technique, but it came back quickly.  It was almost 1 by then so we went out for lunch.  I wanted to stop at a new place at Nutty Brown Road and 290.  It turned out that the place is only open in the afternoon and evening.  We drove in to Jim's instead.  It was a good choice.  After that it was the post office and Walgreen's for Ellen's drugs.

I cut out the truck cab when I got home.  The body is going to be neat.  After that I put everything away and went back to surfing.

Ellen left for the club.  I watched videos and fixed myself surf and turf for dinner - leftover steak and leftover shrimp.

After dinner I watched videos until it was time for bed.  I think I'll have to start accomplishing something tomorrow.

Day 2545

 I woke up a little before 6:30, got up and fed Devon.  Then we put Cooper in the bin and took him to the vet to have his teeth cleaned and one pulled.  Then we went back home for breakfast.

It was cold and raining all day.  I could have done something like work on RC cars, but instead I spent the whole day surfing.  I watched music, comedy, and informational videos.

The house alarm guy was supposed to come between 1 and 4.  He didn't make it until after 5.  That meant Ellen and to get Cooper herself.  It turns out the vet decided not to pull his tooth.  That's good.

The alarm guy fixed the alarm.  He changed the phone connection from Verizon to ATT.  Verizon just change the tower here to 5G and the signal sucks.

Ellen fixed round steaks and leftover spaghetti for dinner.  After dinner I watched a movie, read a magazine, and watched a few more videos.

Day 2544

 I woke up at 8 and played games until 9:30.  There was no point in getting up, it was too cold.  When I di did get up it was pet stuff and breakfast followed by a little surfing.

About 10 it got warm enough (almost 50) to consider going outside.  I tested conditions by taking out all of the household garbage.  It was sunny with no wind, so it was bearable.  The next order of business was to drain the trailer's pipes.  That took some time, but there weren't any problems.

Next I got the key to the Polaris and started it.  It started almost right away.  I let it idle while I cleaned the seat and the window.  The seats were covered with mildew.  I got as much off as I could with window cleaner.  It was all I had.  When it was warmed up I gave it an initial run by taking the garage garbage can out to the gate.  It worked fine.

I took the Polaris down to the deck and loaded up two of the old deck chairs.  I took them to the back storage shed.  They stacked nicely in one corner.  I did the same with the second two chairs.

After that I went back to the garage and got the boards for the storage shed.  I used the Polaris to take them to the back.  It was good that I did.  It turned out that I had measured the short boards incorrectly.  I had to get back to get a saw and a tape measure.  Using the Polaris made it quick and easy.

I measured and cut the four short boards to the correct length.  Then I screwed all 8 boards to the storage shed.  I messed up again.  I should have had an additional 2 boards.  I'm not sure I'll bother to get them.  The real problem areas have been addressed now.

By the time I was finished it felt comfortably warm.  I was feeling good about all of the stuff that got done.  I parked the Polaris and went in for lunch.

After lunch I put the tires back on the Ryft and put away the tools.  I really didn't feel like doing anything else, so I surfed and watched videos.  That got old, so I turned on football.  I didn't really watch it.  It was just on while I read magazines.  I got through a lot of the pile that was in the box when we got here.

When the magazines ran out I went back to videos.  Ellen fixed orange chicken for dinner.  After dinner I started a movie.  I got bored with it and started another.  I got through part of it before I decided to go to bed early.  We have to get up at 6:30 tomorrow to take the cat to the vet.

Day 2543

 I woke up a little before 8 and played games for a while.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was cold outside, 42 degrees. I surfed for a while while it warmed up to 52.  I also did a few small tasks that needed to be done like cleaning up some paperwork.  Then I went to the garage to disconnect the battery charger and get some RC car supplies.

I went back to the house and removed the tires from the Ryft.  They hadn't been glued well and were coming off.  Don't always follow instructions from the web.

By then it was about 1 and not getting any warmer.  We got in the car to go get the mail.  We also stopped to get gas for the car and fill a can for the Polaris.  The final stop was HEB.  We were out of bread and bananas.

I'd planned on starting up the Polaris when we got home,, but it was too cold.  We did go out to the deck and Ellen cut my hair.  It was very long.  It's much better now.  Then I went back inside and watched videos.

Ellen fixed coconut shrimp for dinner.  After dinner it was more videos and a movie.

It's down to freezing at 10 tonight.  I haven't drained the trailer yet.  In fact I hadn't thought of it.  I hope I'm not going to regret that.  It's going to be colder tomorrow, but I'll get out there and drain the trailer.

Day 2542

 I woke up about 8, played some games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I went outside to unwrap the Polaris and put the battery charger on it. 

Ellen came out while I was doing that and started to finish the painting.  I hooked up the charger to the Polaris.  Then I got the battery out of the mower and put it on another charger.  I also had to use some Gorilla tape to patch a tear in the Polaris cover.

I got finished before Ellen did, so I took the recycling to the dumpster and hung up the second mosquito trap.  When she was finished we got into the truck and went to Lowe's to turn in the shower head we bought yesterday.  We stopped at HEB on the way home for some frozen food. 

When we left the house it was 82% and humid.  When we got to HEB it was windy, raining, and 54 degrees.  It was still raining when we got home.

I removed the charger from the Polaris and put the cover in the garage.  By then it was raining harder.  Unfortunately my attempt at fixing the gutter over the walkway didn't work.  I continued to rain and get colder.  Eventually it got down to 42.

I spent some of the afternoon surfing and some of it installing parts in a RC truck.

Ellen fixed spaghetti for dinner.  After dinner I watched some TV shows and 1 1/2 movies.

Day 2541

 I woke up about 8, but played games until 9:30.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I gave Ellen a choice - painting or washing bugs off vehicles.  She chose painting.

We went out to the garage and I set up the work benches with plastic underneath and the boards on top.  I handed her the paint brush and paint.  I got out the trailer washing stuff and pulled the hose over to the trailer.

It was hot and humid.  I scrubbed down both the front of the trailer and the truck.  I also wiped down the truck with a towel to avoid any more water spots.  We both finished our tasks at about the same time - noon.

We went back inside and had lunch.  Then we killed time surfing until 3:00 when the alarm company tech called.  She was on the phone with us for over half an hour.  Then bottom line is she couldn't fix the problem.  They are sending out someone on Monday.  It's going to cost us $100 or more.

The new rack I ordered to hold RC cars came.  I put it together while Ellen left for the club.  When it was constructed I took it to the garage.  It worked perfectly.  I was going to do a little more, but the mosquitoes ran me out.

I went back to the house, surfed, and then had a frozen dinner.

After dinner was videos.

Day 2540

 The low battery alarm on the house alarm went off at 7:30.  Ellen heard it, but I couldn't.  Of course she woke me up.  I couldn't get back to sleep, so after some gaming I got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that was surfing until it was time to take Cooper to the vet.

The vet said Cooper was healthy except for his tooth.  Apparently the only cure is extraction.  It will be done next Monday.  From there we had a lot of errands.  We stopped at Tomlinson's for cat litter followed by the deck chair place to buy a cover for the new chairs.

Ellen broke the shower sprayer last night, so we stopped at Home Depot for a new one.  They didn't have one in stock even though the web said they did.  We got on at Lowe's instead.  I also got a smoking deal on DeWalt batteries.  After that we stopped at the Brodie donut place to pick up lunch and the battery place for an alarm battery.  The last stop was Randall's so I could get bananas.  Cooper was not happy with all of the traveling.

When we got home I got out the ladder and cleaned out the gutter.  It was totally clogged.  I took the opportunity to remove all of the sand from the entire gutter.  I also tried to fix the leak over the walkway with undercoating.  We'll see how that works.

After that I was hot, tired, and hungry.  I decided to take a minute or two to change the alarm battery.  That turned into a cluster fuck.  I had to get tools and a connector from the garage to change out one of the battery connectors that wouldn't fit the new battery.  Then the low battery indicator was still on and a fault light was flashing.  Ellen called the company.  They tried to fix it remotely, but couldn't.  They're coming out tomorrow.

I finally got lunch and did a little surfing.  Then I decided to replace the shower sprayer.  When I took the old one off, it was clear that the new one wasn't the right type.  Ellen was playing with the old one and it came apart.  When it did i saw how to fix it.  I fixed it and put the new one back in the box to return.

By then it was mid afternoon and I was tired of doing things.  I surfed for a while and then started watching a movie.  After that it was videos.

Ellen fixed coconut fish for dinner.  It was really good.  After dinner was more videos.  I even got Ellen to watch a couple of things that I'd found - removing beaver dams and cleaning sea turtles.

Devon has been growling at Cooper since we got home.  I hope he gets over it soon.  I'm afraid he might start pissing on the floor again.

Day 2539

 I woke up about 7:30 and played games for half an hour.  Then it was up for pet stuff, no breakfast.  After a little surfing we left for the doctor.

I got to the doctor with about 5 minutes to spare.  I had to sit around for about 15 minutes before they saw me.  The bottom line is that my PSA is down significantly.  According to the doctor their model shows that I've got a 25% chance of having cancer.  That's good, next test in April.

After that we went to Home Depot to buy a box of DEF.  I wanted one on hand.  Then we stopped at the donut shop on Brodie for a late breakfast.  Their stuff is really good.  After that it was home.  Ellen started the wash.

I went out to the garage and glued the door of the bread box together.  Two of the corners of the frame didn't have any glue.  Then I went back inside and searched Amazon for a small cart to put RC vehicles on.  I ordered one that I think will work well.

That was pretty much it for useful activity for the rest of the day.  Hooch called to say he's sending what should be the last piece of paper to be signed concerning the estate.  I sure hope he's done with it.  We had a long talk about a lot of things.  It was nice.

After that Ellen went to the club and I watched a couple of movies.  Dinner was a frozen dinner.  After that it was more videos and a little surfing.

Day 2538

 I woke up about 8, played games for a short while, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I went out to the trailer.

I took some t-shirts with me that we'd washed last week.  There were way too many in the trailer, so I spent a lot of time sorting them.  I took about 10 back to the house.  I also recycled a whole lot of old magazines that had been in the trailer for years.  I also brought back some papers that we should have gotten earlier.  Finally I brought back three bottles of booze.

I'd really been avoiding the main job of the day - making phone calls and appointments.  I called the doctor about my drugs - they did increase the dose.  I called about the CPAP, left a message and they never called back.  I called the body shop and made an appointment for an estimate and Audi for an appointment to get the recalls done.  Finally I renewed my CHL.

All of that took until almost noon.  The last things on the list were Goodwill to drop off stuff and Costco to get glasses.  We left to do both.  Goodwill went well, but Costco wouldn't do glasses for me unless I had a prescription.  Assholes.

We stopped at the pet store for cat food and Kerby Lane's for lunch.  I like Jim's better.  The last stop was HEB for drink ingredients.  

It was raining hard when we got home - yellow.  We stayed in a car, but i wasn't letting up.  I had to change my shirt when I got inside.  It had been raining off and on all day.  I think we got at least 1.5 inches total. 

I fixed a drink using Veev when we got inside.  I sat in the recliner and fell asleep in front of the TV.  When I woke up it was dinner time.  Ellen fixed a pizza.

After dinner was videos until I got tired of them.  Then it was surfing.

Day 2537

 I woke up at 6:30 due to time change), played games for an hour and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  When I was finished I went out to the garage.

My intent was to return the garage to "everything is put away" status.  I started by replacing the router on the top shelf.  Then I took some stuff down from the shelf and sorted it into what to keep and what to get rid of.  The next step was installing some hooks above the shelf for the bicycle stand.  I also put a brace on the end of the shelf so I could put heavier stuff there.  The final step was to arrange everything on the shelf.  There's now about 4 feet of empty shelf.

The next task was put away the RC stuff.  I rearranged the contents of one of the cabinets and managed to fit some items in the cabinet.  More stuff went on top of the cabinet.  There's still a couple of items on the tool cabinet.  I'm happy with the result though.

The final activity was to arrange the board for the back shed so that they can be painted.  I was planning to paint them, but I ran out of gas.

I went back to the house and reset the time on half a dozen clocks.  Then I did a little surfing and had lunch.  Amazon delivered the bread box and the gate opener.  I put the breadbox together.  It's great.  I also went out to the gate and installed the new opener.  By then it was too hot to do any painting.

I went back to the house and spent the rest of the afternoon surfing and watching a soccer game.  Ellen fixed hamburgers for dinner.  After dinner was more surfing.  I also turned on the football game.  I didn't really watch it.  It was on for the noise and to see how the streaming worked.

Day 2536

 I woke up at 8, got up and did the pet stuff and had breakfast.  Then I went outside to prepare for the deck chair delivery.

I cleaned off all of the leaves from the deck.  There were quite a few of them.  I also had to cut the wisteria back on the upper deck.  I threw two loads of branches over the back fence.  I also removed all of the leaves from the front entryway.  They'd been bothering me since we got home.

After that I went out to open the gate for the delivery.  I took out some batteries to replace the ones in the outside keypad.  When I pulled the old ones out the battery connector broke from corrosion.  There's now way to fix that, so Ellen ordered another from Amazon.

The delivery guys weren't there yet, so I got out some wire mounts.  I used them to nail down the new flamingos to the deck and to put up the new icicle lights on the deck.  Still no delivery guys, so I went back to the garage.

I put away all of the stuff for the second storage cabinet.  I also put away all of the other stuff that had been left out and swept out the place.  The only thing left to do is rearrange the things that used to be on the high shelf.  It was getting warm and the mosquitoes were coming out, so I quit.

I went back to the house and did a little surfing until the delivery guys came.  Whey wouldn't take the old chairs.  I'll have to haul them to the back shed.  I'll put them outside to rot.  The new chairs look great.

When the delivery was done we went out to eat.  CVS had sent me a text to pick up drugs, so we stopped there.  The new prescription doubled my dose.  I'll have to call to find out if that's correct.  We also stopped at HEB for some distilled water.

When we got home I sat down to videos.  In a short time it turned into a nap.

Dinner was leftovers.  After dinner was a movie and more videos.

I finally solved the mystery of the boards stacked in the garage with screws in them.  They are to repair the back shed.  I need to paint them and then put them up.

Day 2535

 I got up a little before 8, did the pet stuff and had breakfast.  Then it was out to the garage to work on the cabinets.

The whole project seems snake bit.  I started to install the doors and misplaced/lost the clip to the lock.  That actually turned out to be good.  I ended up using locks from the old cabinets.  They did need some messing around to make them fit though.  That's how a task that should have taken a couple of mintes turns into an hour plus.

Once I got the two cabinets complete I tore down the old cabinet that I took off the wall yesterday.  I loaded the pieces into the garden cart.  Then I unloaded the second cabinet and took it off the wall.  All of that went without any drama.  Yeah.

When that was done I carefully measured where the new cabinets would go.  Then I cut the shelf above them and removed the part that needed to go.  By that time it was 1:30 and time for lunch.  Did I mention that it was a steam bath in the garage and had been all morning.

I ate lunch and did a little surfing.  Then it was back outside.  After some careful measuring and cutting I attached the mounting board to the wall.  Then I hung the two new cabinets.  I'm proud to say that they fit perfectly.  After that I broke down the second cabinet.  It took two trips to the garbage can to haul all of the pieces.  I did a little cleanup and then called it quits.  It was 4:15.  

I still have to reload the second cabinet and do a few small tasks before I'm finished.  I am happy with the result.

I went inside, surfed and watched videos until dinner.  Ellen fixed steaks on the Traeger.  After that it was more videos and a little nap.  A thunderstorm came through and dumped half an inch of rain.  That added to the drizzle we had in the morning.

Day 2534

 I woke up at 8, did the pet stuff and had breakfast.  After a little surfing and a couple of email responses I went out to the garage.

I started to put the second storage cabinet together.  I made good progress, but time ran out.  I had to go to the doctor's.

The trip to the doctor was a quick one.  Traffic was moving very fast.  When I got there there was almost no wait before they took my blood and I was out of there.

We stopped at Lowe's on the way back to get some mounting boards for the new cabinets.  I've decided that's the easiest way to do it.  Then we stopped at the post office.  The box was full.  The last stop was HEB.

When we got home I went back to the garage.  I got almost all of the second cabinet assembled.  The last step is the doors.  That's when I discovered that the asshole that packed it had put in 2 left doors and no right door.  To fix the problem I had to cut off a 2 foot long tab on the door.  I also had to drill a hole for the lock and use the Dremel to shape it.  This all took a long time.  The last step was repainting the door so it wouldn't rust.

I couldn't finish the cabinet because of the wet paint.  I decided to remove one of the old cabinets instead.  I unpacked it, unscrewed it, and took it down.  By then it was 5 and I was hot and tired.  I went inside and took a shower.

Ellen had gone to the club.  I surfed until she got home and fixed ham and mac and cheese for dinner.  After dinner was videos.

Day 2533

 I woke up about 8 and played games until almost 10.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  I spent the time until my doctor's appointment reading through the mail that had piled up.

The appointment was at 11:45.  I waited about half an hour and then Dr. Cox removed the things on my head.  He used some sort of burning thing on some of them and nitrogen on the rest.  He also hit several places on my face.  All in all I'm a little sore tonight.

I tried to get a yearly appointment with Dr. Cox.  He's booked until the end of May.  I'm going to end up seeing a PA at the end of January.  It's hardly worth it.

After that we happened to stop by a patio furniture store.  They were having a big sale.  We bought 4 new deck chairs at a really good price.  The ones we have are disintegrating.  Then we stopped at Lowe's so I could get a couple of garage cabinets.  The ones I have are press board and can't handle the weight.

The final stop was CVS to get some petroleum jelly for the burn spots on my head.

When we got home I took out the garbage and recycle cans.  Then I went to the garage and put together one of the cabinets.  I unpacked the other one so I could take all of the packaging to the can.  The mosquitos ate me alive both in the garage and at the cans.

It was after 6 when I went back to the house.  Ellen fixed BLT's.  After that it was videos and a movie.

Day 2532

I woke up about 7:30.  I played games for quite a while, then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast it was more unloading of the trailer.  I finished moving all of the stuff out of the trailer.  It felt good to close the door after the last trip.

I opened the garage and washed the windows on the car.  They were so dusty that you couldn't see out of them.  Then I started it and let it idle for a while.  Finally I repositioned the truck and backed out the car.  It's ready to go.

I continued to do a lot of miscellaneous things.  I assembled and put up the two new pink flamingos and the new wind spinner.  It turns out I already had the flamingos, so they'll go in the back yard.  I made several trips to the garbage and recycle cans.  I pulled some weeds and cleaned up some fox shit.  Finally I cut back the Azalea.  By then I was too tired to clean up the debris.  There's a lot of it.

Ellen spent the morning in the trailer cleaning.  There was much more to do, but by then it was noon and I was tired.  She also did the wash.

I surfed for a while while Ellen did some more work.  Then we left to get a Roku for the LG at Best Buy.  We also stopped at a pizza place for lunch.  I didn't feel like doing anything else, so we went home.

We both spent the rest of the day watching videos.  Dinner was another frozen thing.

Day 2531

 Ellen woke me up at 6:30.  I couldn't get back to sleep, so I played games for quite a while.  then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast it was more unloading of the trailer.

I made several trips back and forth from the trailer unloading things from all the rooms.  While I was doing that Ellen cancelled DirecTV.  She also turned off Star Link.  The assholes are going to charge us for November even though we cancelled in October.  Oh well, that's what you expect from Elon.

We left to do errands a little before noon.  The first stops were ACE for bird seed and turkey pellets and Dunkin for donuts.  Then we stopped at a place to get a safety sticker for the truck.  After that it was the county office to vote and get the truck license.  Ellen stood in line for the license and I stood in line to vote.  I got to the front first, so I let two people go by.  Then Ellen finished and we voted.  It was very efficient.

The next stop was the post office.  It was a long drive with lots of traffic.  We must have stopped at almost every light.  Surprisingly there wasn't much of a backup at the Y.  We had a huge bunch of mail.  They crammed it all in the box.  I almost couldn't get the box open.

We stopped at Costco for water and a couple of other items.  The last stop was HEB for bananas and bread.

When we got home I backed the truck up to the back porch.  The Azalea is overgrown, so getting back there was difficult.  I moved two water packages, two 40 lb bags of bird seed, and a back of pellets to the porch.  Then I emptied the bags into the plastic cans.  When i was finished I could barely walk.  I was in serious pain.

I went back inside took pills, had a drink, and collapsed in the recliner.  Then I went to sleep.  There wasn't any lunch.  While I was asleep Ellen went out and cleaned the refrigerator in the trailer.

Dinner was a TV dinner.  After dinner I went through a little bit of mail and then watched a movie and some videos.  I'm not missing DirecTV at all.