Last Tues & Wed were pretty nice but Thursday was the official First Naked Day of 2018. Got to over 80 degrees so me and the Dog went for plenty of walks. Nice. Of course it changed back to rain off and on and high of 58 degrees starting Friday. Joy!

SWMBO and I have been doing our usual Saturday dates. I hardly do anything that I enjoy more than just being out with her.

Never did buy a roto-tiller; but got a thingie that looks like a mini-roto-tiller. Tears up ground pretty good! (Senior Moment. I cannot remember what the thing is called.) Started buying more blue berry plants to plant out in the side-front yard. Got two and need about 6 more. Next week!

The “New” MCARC repeater sucks. The signal at my house is so bad I’ve quit listening in or trying to talk on it.

Some logging going on around us. You can hear someone cutting down the trees and it’s slowly moving towards us. I’m hoping me and the Dog can watch and film when they get up here by my house.

SWMBO called needing a ride so we got to pick her up at the QFC. Always a pleasure!

NMARES Monday Night Net went well with 11 check-ins. Cool!

I’m going to bed.

And I really couldn’t tell you why. Bored? Tired? Depressed? All those things most of the time. But, still, I used to post a bit more often and regular. I think maybe it could be cause it’s towards the end of a long, dark, winter too. Getting to stay outside a bit later. Which I like. Sick of the damned cold and wet and that’s pretty much how the week has been. Except yesterday. Which was almost nice.

Not a whole hell of a lot going on around here. The Renter is settled down and working out just fine. The Old Renter (I did tell y’all all about this, right?) paid half the months rent. Forgot to get his keys from him. Doesn’t matter though cause I changed all the locks. She already has a new room mate and we’ll see how that works out.

Have almost quit the MCARC. That’s another long story for another day though.

I keep getting weaker. Start out okay in the morning but feel the need for a nap by 1030. The first walk up the hill I do okay; the second is  harder. The third is really hard. Part of it is my foot hurting, but the weakness is the worrying part. By the third walk I feel like I’ve already run a marathon and have to force myself to do the walk at all. Getting OLD I guess.

Got busy watching “Adam Ruins” with SWMBO.

WAY too much wind and rain over the past 4 days or so. Our property is absolutely flooded. Can’t walk anywhere here without my heavy boots on. Dog has to wear his rain gear (which he hates) or he’s soaked by the time we get to the end of the driveway. Same with me. (Except I wear MY rain gear and not his.)

Ordered myself a new Kindle Paperwhite the other day and it came in today. I like it! Really nice backlit screen with readable type. Needs the buttons on the side to change pages so you can just squeeze to do that; but not too bad. Already downloaded some of my books onto it. Will experiment to see how many I can put on the thing.

Date day with SWMBO last Saturday went well. We tried a new (to us) BBQ place in Shelton (almost right across the street from Sister’s). Good Food! SWMBO really enjoyed her ribs and I had so much (good) blackened Catfish on my plate I had to bring half of it home. We’ll be going back.

The NMARES 2-meter Monday Evening Chat Net (Rag Chew) went well. Had a check-in from Gig Harbor and Port Orchard. Cool!

And that’s pretty much it. SWMBO is home and fed and about to go into her room for the evening. I’m gonna finish this up and go lay down and read using my new Kindle Paperwhite.

Buttermilk. I don’t know if it’s because she’s from the “North,” just doesn’t like “spoiled milk,” or what. She’d have to be on her deathbed with no sewage water available before she’d drink it though. Doesn’t mind baking with it but, drink it? No thanks! For me: A chunk of cornbread and a tall ice-cold glass of buttermilk is dinner!

Not a lot going on around here. We’re kinda sorta battening down the hatches for a blow tomorrow that’s supposed to last overnight. Chance of high winds so I’ve loosened my long wire antenna and (hopefully) fixed anything that could be lobbed around by wind. We’ll see.
Tried making a cake in the convection oven yesterday. Not gonna work. About the time the inside is getting done the outside is starting to turn brown. Wait a minute. Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to work? The cake I made tastes good and appears to be done throughout so, …

My DataDrive has finally given up the ghost. Can’t read anything from it now. Will be glad when my new drives get in tomorrow.
My first batch of rocks should be ready tomorrow also! Cool!
Got to pick SWMBO up tonight at the QFC. Nice! It’s already starting to rain and get a bit windy out there. How much of a “storm” will we have?