The New Year is always seen as a fresh start by me and seems to be true for most other people. I know it is just a convenient calendar thing but it is as good a reason as any. I have an excuse to start the year with a fresh beginning. How well I stick to that resolution is another story. I approach and somewhat hide from the fact that I am getting near the...
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We Have a Break
I have been blogging about the Texas heat all summer. Now I have the break for which I have been praying. This week has ushered in some fall weather. The home A/C has been shut off and we were coasting in neutral until last night. At that point I turned on the heat and set it for 71 degrees. The house had become cooler than that set point. This morning (5:30 AM) the OAT (Outdoor...
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I got some de-hoarding done in the workshop. (Is there such a word?) I am motivated by the disturbing thought of compulsive hoarding illness (I hoard, but not compulsive). I don’t want to keep too much “this might be useful someday” stuff packed into my workshop. Ha! I just re-read the last line. The stock excuse is in the parenthesis. I am not going to explore the separate (illness) condition of compulsive hoarding as it is off topic...
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