Clearing out the clutter

We've been cleaning out the clutter for two reasons: one is because we have to before it eats us and the other is that as I get close to retirement we're not sure if we'll be here all the time, part of the time or sell the joint.

So what we're doing this week is cleaning out the shelf side of the battery building including the shelves. First we had to clean out the storage container, then rearrange everything that was left in the storage shed. After that we went through the battery building and hauled everything we could to the storage container. Following that I dismantled the shelves I built 9 years ago and cleaned up the room.




Now Crystal is working on destashing all her excess fiber stuff. So she spent today sorting and setting up for that.

I spent the day in the greenhouse, pulling everything out and then putting down weed barrier and hardware cloth to stop the rodents and the weeds. With any luck I'll get the roof vents installed this next weekend.



One of my less favorite things is cutting hardware cloth. It tends to be a little bit stabby. But I got it done, so now I can move on to building some infrastructure in there. That might well be kinda fun.






Updates as conditions warrant. :D

The work world, but only for a few more months

This week has been busy at work. It always picks up in the spring. Friday and Saturday I spent the day trying to ride out the line to Summitville mine, since they were out. It's a 13 mile power line through some pretty rough country. This time of year, we go up in snowcats and snowmobiles. I snowcatted on Friday and snowmobiled on Saturday. Friday was much easier on the old body.

Friday we got turned back part way by a continual white out. The pic is from part way down when we could see again.  

Saturday dawned bright and clear, and I know 'cause I was up at 5 to head up the mountain.



It was a pretty day all day. Today we went to Hooper pool to soak out some of the soreness. Now it's TV time. Life is good.

Winnings from Diet and Exercise

We're on week 2 of the 6 Week Cure For The Middle Aged Middle. We've been dieting and working out with a goal since last June. We've both lost a good deal of weight and we've moved around a lot more body mass in the process.

I got Crys a new 1mm scuba suit to celebrate,



It'll work under her other suit if Bonaire is colder than we anticipate.

I finished up my last dietbet today. I won it, though I was doubtful that I would. Somehow this new diet we're on started working in the last few days and helped me make it.



Back to the grind. We'll start a new round of LIIFT4 next week. This week we're finishing up a hybrid calendar of it so we're on the final (week 8). It's kicking our ass, and it's all less fun with no caffeine or alcohol. :D

Updates as conditions warrant.