I don’t have much to report for October. Partly because I got lazy. lol. Doing whatever I want (or nothing at all) when I want, is one of the best aspects of retirement. I’m guilty of having spent several days in October, where coffee and reading the internet lasted all morning, and most of the afternoon. No regrets. Life is good, and I am having the time of my life.
So… did I accomplish ANYTHING in October ? That’s a valid question with my confession above. Yes. I rented a stand-on small excavator/loader. I’ve never operated a machine like it. It made sense for several reasons. I didn’t have a lot of crushed stone to move for the shed foundation, it only weighs 3000 pounds, so I could use the smaller tilt bed trailer to haul it, and it’s very maneuverable. That quality came in handy because I corrected some grade work under the deck, and that’s where this little machine shined, and… the daily rate was much less than a typical loader/backhoe or skid steer loader. I will definitely rent that machine again.
As promised, I have attached a picture of the slab from a very large sycamore tree intended to be a future coffee table and end tables. Now that I have coffee & end table raw material… I will easily ignore that project until winter is raging outside (or longer… lol). I accomplished some scheduled maintenance on a couple of the BMW’s. While I am still behind on the maintenance of my small collection, it is in the best condition since we relolocated from Wichita in 2000.
I got started with winter preparations, by properly stacking the leftover firewood purchased last January when the radiant heat went tits-up. Also cut up several trees I felled during the summer. That wood is piled up and waiting for me to split into suitable firewood.
Finally… I got a building permit for the lawn equipment shed I’ve been trying to get built for over a year. We will get underway in November, weather permitting.
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