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  • Truck Waxed & Other Chores

    I got a little more finalization work done on the bricks today. Also moved furnature in the master bedroom so painting can commence, the painting will happen tomorrow so I’m not sure where we’re sleeping tonight.

    Did the annual cleaning of the AC compressor too, should be good to go for the summer.

    I also got the truck washed and waxed and I forget just how big that truck is. I’ve been meaning to do that as we haven’t detailed the truck since we went on the epic western adventure. And we did minor trips since then. So the outside and undercarriage are done, still need to do the glass and the inside and that’s probably another day of work. Also need to do the Xterra and it’s in need of some TLC considering it’s 151k miles old. The tires were all 10PSI low for some reason. As previously mentioned, the TPMS is out and I’m not paying the $260 to replace at this time.

  • Retail Therapy

    I started the day at the gym, it was a nice morning so after a 30 minute walk, I took the long way back to the truck by the Hurst river. It was pretty, with all the rain we’ve had it was flowing and it was nice to hear the waterfall.

    On rare occasion, I do/need retail therapy. My retail therapy is relatively cheap, I started at Ollie’s where they have ‘good stuff cheap’. I don’t really buy a lot, I mostly shop and make mental note of where cheap stuff is. Ollie’s has it for car wash stuff and painting supplies. I did find hooks I’ve been needing for the storage shed half the price I’d pay at Lowe’s so yey for me. Finished up by heading to Aldi’s and shopping there, more cheap stuff and it’s eatable.

    Finished off the evening by burning the dead wood that I packed into the burn barrel, beautiful night for it.

  • Lazy Day

    We were due for some rain today so I got up early and got some stuff done and even had breakfast. Did some work on podman and Sandy and I walked the mall to get some steps. It was a nice lazy day and I hope to get some more done tomorrow.

  • Brickwork Mostly Complete

    Bit the bullet and got the rest of the bricks mostly knocked out. I’ve proved that I don’t have much of a career in landscaping and that I mostly don’t know what I’m doing but I’m happy with it.

  • Last Groundwork Proceeding

    Made it to the gym this morning for another 5k start to the day, that’s 5,000 steps not the 3.1 miles. Came home and took a nap. Got up but didn’t feel like doing much of anything but I finally got up and got Sandy to go to Walmart to get Spackle as we’re painting the master bedroom at some point.

    Got home and we went for a bike ride (Sandy had a rider) and when I got home I started the process of cleaning up the last area that needs to be bricked. Hopefully I can make quick work of it as it’s going to rain on Thursday. PaiWei for dinner, way too many carrots for my tastes but the chicken was good.

  • Monday 6mo + 3

    So as the old saying goes, nothing changes if nothing changes. So today it was back to a bit of a routine. Made it to the gym at 5:30ish am and had all three rings closed by 6:30 am. I got home and got my USA Jobs profile set up and was going to apply to the IRS position but got side tracked on if I have enough statistic credits from school. Did get an app sent in for a CA company for data scientist intern. Will do Workday tomorrow hopefully.

    Got home around 7 am and woke Sandy up. She had exercise class at 8:30 am so I told her I’d hold off until 9:30 for breakfast. I really enjoyed sauteing the mushrooms, I do like cooking.

  • Lazy Sunday

    We didn’t get a whole bunch done today but we had a good time. It rained and it does that so infrequently that it’s so nice when it does. Between showers we got to take a bike ride and found the most beautiful wisteria that’s in the parking lot of my dentists office.

  • Sweet Condensed Milk > Caramel

    This is one of those things I ran across on Facebook but never thought much about it until I thought about it when I was at the store in the baking aisle looking at the sweetened condensed milk and remember it.

    We used this recipe from this site and it’s spot on. Super easy to do and it comes out amazing. I did brand name and store brand. The one thing that I really want to figure out how to do is salt it.

    I did try to add salt and butter but it doesn’t really heat up well, not in the microwave anyways.

  • 6 Months Anniversary

    Today, it’s been six months since I left ThinkTalent. That means that it’s time to go back to work. I’ll be back in the office for 9-2-5 come Monday and start looking for work in earnest as well as finishing up the RHEL certification training. It’s been amazing to have the time off but it’s time to find the next gig to get me to the next level.

    Today I tried the dough program on the bread maker and we got edible bread. While it still doesn’t look like what you’d expect it works. We’ll try if for French bread medallions for breakfast tomorrow and see. This is good progress.

    Also got a 5 mile bike ride between the rain, love the smell after a rain, smells clean:)

  • Shed Cleaning

    As we move into real springtime here in TX, we’re due for some wonderful weather in the form of tornado’s, heavy winds, rain, and hail. To that end it’s good to be able to hanger (garage) anything you can and hope for the best when the bad weather outbreaks hit. So I spent the day organizing the shed so I could store all the stuff in the garage so I could park another vehicle in the garage.

    Oddly enough it’s the Ram that has to contend with the outside even though you’d think that the Xterra was due for it. But the truth is the Xterra isn’t covered for anything more than limited liability. The truck is fully covered, ergo a hail storm would be a $500 deductible to fix the Ram, and everything out of pocket for the Xterra.