It’s not a jacket, but it is lightweight, vented, and has long sleeves. It’s a Magellan Lake Fork Fishing Shirt, and I found it at Academy for $19.99. It should serve to protect my arms from foliage as we work to clean up the overgrowth behind the shop. We’ll see. … Continue reading →
Our neighbor came over this afternoon to let us know there’s an opossum in the neighborhood, and there’s a good chance he’s taking refuge under our shed. Time to pull out the mothballs and spread them near all the entrances under the house as well as tossing some under the … Continue reading →
My Bloglines reads are piling up again. I read certain ones but am letting others sit. My Lexulous and Scrabble games are staying current. I need to finish Week 4 of HTRYN. There’s a lot of stuff going on. The roof installation is complete at the shop. Hubby and I … Continue reading →
I attended InnoTech San Antonio today. I haven’t been to a technology conference for a couple of years, and I wanted to see how much I was missing. I felt pretty comfortable, but I’d thought I might see more of my former military colleagues (either military or civilian). I ran … Continue reading →
The roofers arrived right on time this morning to begin re-roofing the shop. This daunting task will cost almost as much as buying the building, but it has to be done. Without a roof we can trust, well, the building doesn’t matter. We still have lots more work to do, … Continue reading →
Cell phone reception in the Central Texas house is iffy at best. We’re about a block outside the range of really good ATT Edge service (to get 3G, we have to be closer to Temple). Inside the house, the house structure tends to make reception spotty. Since we get free … Continue reading →
We took a dozen bags of leaves, two buckets of rocks, and four buckets of dirt out to the ranch today to continue our road re-enforcement project. We trimmed back some foliage. All is well in the road department. Our roadbed building efforts, coupled with fewer trips to the ranch … Continue reading →
I’ve been pulling boards out from under the house. The previous owners stored them there, and they need to be put in a safer place — both for the boards and the house. Our termite guy says they have to be moved, and he’s right. We don’t have termites, and … Continue reading →
2009 has been an interesting year. It’s my first full year of retirement. There’s still no time for boredom. We experienced some sadness. My paternal grandmother died in February — complications of old age. She was my favorite grandmother when I was younger — she was a kid’s grandmother. She … Continue reading →
I knew you were wondering. You weren’t? Then I know you’re not reading this, so I’m going to tell you anyway. NaNo 2009 is done and won. Check. (It doesn’t matter that I produced the singularly worst writing I think I’ve ever done. I may have gotten enough character development … Continue reading →