more education

thursday I started the day out in the cave .. and at the lunch break moved to town

it's eerie seeing how similar both of my desks have become

well, 3rd street has windows ...

two more education gigs and I'm done with them for the year .. 

minnnesota next thursday

more minnesota (from mn rev) the following week ..

 

11/09/23 time ...

the normal inbound commute

the cabin had a visitor yesterday

and the view from this morning's commute .. I'm in day two of a webinar and going to view it from home .. Mom isn't feeling well and neither am I ... fortunately, unfortunately opposite ailments ... 

she as a sore throat and no fever and so far negative ... 

I have tummy troubles - I think life/chaos has caught up with me -- usually the result -- but then again the salad I had for lunch yesterday from gypfoods might have been the culprit -- it didn't go down very well and I kept eating it .. yesterday was just a goofy day ..

 

living life large

it is important

be active be respectful of others choices

so I left the office at 9:00ish

1   went to Mankato to Green Tech Appliance Recycling

2   what a shit show -- but I got rid of a truck load of dead appliances 

3   stopped at the hardware store on Riverfront - bought rakes

4   the hoarder had no leaf rakes amid his treasures -- for real 

5   stopped at the grocery store .. cookies on sale

       raspberries and 1/2 price Halloween candy 

6   dashed to Johnson Hall to VOTE

returned to office - 10:40ish

that's living life large ... 

and then met mom and the aunties for lunch at the DQ ... 

and today's Amazon deliveries:

swiffer and supplies for home ... it is good to be me

Conference Wednesday and Thursday -- Individual Income Tax -- back room dude was going to sit in .. he's (or was - not sure) in the hospital with pancreatis (cannot spell it) .. things were looking better yesterday -- he may make part of it .. sitting staring at a screen might be okay .. the manual/book is 1,063 pages .. huge ... 

holy shit it's 3:45 already and frankly other than the mad dash to mankato I haven't accomplished a whole lot of anything today ... there will be homework in my future ... again, yet, still ..

 

pffft goes the weekend .. eh?

a weekend of labor camp:

1   lawn/yard/driveway got mowed at the farm
2   blew out the leaves/dust from the showroom
3   stacked up pallets for disposal
4   loaded truck with stuff for appliance recycling
5   took a drive to the cabin - just because
6   cooked
7   laundry
8   tossed all the flower pots and planters
9   moved the hose carts to storage
10 took down the screens 
             (porch/front/patio door)
11 went to work (not for long)
12 took returns to Kohls & Old Navy
13 had some retail therapy (see below)
14 bonded with the vacuum cleaner 
15 finished my book
16 listed treasures on ebay 

I'm now plotting and planning my week .. I have a two day conference/webinar on Wed/Thur and prepping work before/during and after ... and just attempting to control my general chaos

and after Kohls (returns) and shopping -- scored a Nike tunic sweatshirt -- warm and comfy for winter -- mom hit the lode of deals ... and the idiots moved stuff around again in the store .. argh ... returned a sweater to Old Navy and didn't buy anything .. but 

Joann Fabrics -- had their calico on sale for $4.99 -- last day ... lots of pretties -- 12 yards ( she grins) and the yarn bargin bin had some treats too ... need yarn to crochet during the conference ... 

before snow happens
I still need to:

1   take down the clothes lines
2   get snow plow on truck and ready to rumble (shit)
3   get leaves to driveway from front yard and burn
4   cat shack needs to come down and dumpster filled
5   Ruby needs oil change and bath
6   truck needs to be vac'd and bathed
7   Jeep needs to have weather techs ordered
8   my starlink receiver needs to get moved
9   trees need to be cut down
10 mow grass at office (hopefully this week)
11 clean office garage 

and then this shit starts all over in the spring ... 

I never ever

coming home and mowing the lawn for 3 hours in 45' weather might not have been my best idea -- but the job got done -- some of the leaves got chopped .. I spiral mow the "big field" like this pic .. no tree ...in the middle ... but it takes less time -- no turning of the corners ... ( the big field is 1/2 acre ) .. lots of deer nesting happening and lots of deer poop

I'll be shivering and sneezing for the next 10 days ... 

get tired of the views from the lake -- whether in person or via the camera ...

I spent a lot of time out here but it never seems like enough 

it was the summer of projects and adjustments

need to adjust to more lake time

we drove out last night -- before supper and impending darkness

hate that damn darkness

checked out the tree project

and came home to this

the dang thing kept eating even

while parking and yelling at 'er

 

egads

new rug -- seems appropriate for me

squirrel is missing his/her/its tree .. 

not a good sight ... to be fair -- all the kohls arrived in separate packages

1 - amazon

4 kohls

1 lands end

there may have been an earlier amazon (too)

(filters for the well, underwear, cutting boards, gel pens, t shirts/mock necks for mom, shoes, dress, blazer, polar fleece sweat pants, fleece tunic, rechargable puck lights for above the copier, double faced tape for window kits, mattress pad, toner cartridges for the fax machine) 

missing the swiffer and supplies (for home) - plastic window kit and insulating blanket for back door 

it was a productive shopping trek from the chair on Saturday morning ... 

frankly, the dress looks fabulous :) I waited for the sale and it was worth the wait ...

 

Halloween Change

it was a busy day on Maple Drive 

the big maple had a nasty crack in it near the V .. well, it was hollow from the crack down ... and "smelled" according to the chainsaw dude ... 

not sure how he could smell anything -- it was 30' with a 35 mph wind blowing off the lake -- he had to be frozen solid

and it's gone

we'll miss the shade 

we will not miss the leaf raking, the falling d

ebris after every wind event

new possibilities for landscaping 

new sunset views 

never get tired of 'em