Now that it's getting warmer I've resumed near daily exercise-walks. Two of those were in constant drizzle, nothing an umbrella couldn't handle. I also now keep a 10lb dumbbell at the computer (in addition to the 143lb dumbbell) and do periodic sets of curls and a few other lifts.

Prepared this month's State internet purchase tax payment for mailing out tomorrow.

Was gonna mow, but decided to wait until tomorrow afternoon.

Haven't yet missed an exercise-walk. Might tomorrow due to early Dental Exam/Cleaning. (I suspect it'll be too hot by the time I get back from that and a grocery run.)

New project: Replace beloved Logitech MX518 mouse due to dead wheel. Ordered a G703 off Amazon while ago. Paid extra to get it this Wednesday. I NEVER pay for speedy shipping. Never. Shows how important a functional PC mouse can be.

Started doing arm lifts with VERY light weights. Do four sets of ten curls each per arm using a 10lb dumbbell. Also four sets of 10 each per side lifting that same dumbbell to my side with arm held straight and palm facing down. Lastly four sets of 10 each per side lifting straight to the front with arm held straight and palm facing down. This last is the hardest for me. 10lbs is too much for my left arm, so do that lift with 5lb. My left arm trembles even then!

Good to know you're not skimping on the exercise like a certain Crow does, Decrepit!

Missed walking yesterday due to an early morning dental appointment and needing to stay "clean" for a second dental appointment that ended up being postponed until sometime tomorrow TBA. Alas, yesterday was our last non storm day for quite some time. Daily walking is gonna be iffy. I'm gonna try my best to squeeze it in, but it's mostly out of my hands.

New PC mouse arrived yesterday late morning. Set it up as a wireless mouse and ran it that way until this morning, when I converted it to a corded mouse. For the first time I actually prefer it wireless, but need to invest in its somewhat expensive charging "pad" before that's practical.

Need to research this coming Tuedsay's primary Ballot options so I can make informed decisions at the poling station.

Added another dumbbell lift to my exercise routine, this one requiring both dumbbells. (Or all three, myself included.)

This post has been edited by Decrepit: May 18 2018, 10:29 PM

Tell me about it. I had to use my old junker mouse because the battery in mine died while I was in the US and the junker mouse was replaced because the left click and wheel are bad.

Projects? I picked up knitting. Made a blanket for my sister's baby even!

For me it's often the side "page-back" button that goes for some reason, at least those on the el-cheapo mice used on my secondary PCs.

I like this G703 quite a lot. Ended up going cordless after all. Its cord is braided, normally a good thing. But, the braiding all too frequently catches on the sharp edge at the rear of my computer desk mouse tray. When that happens mouse movement becomes erratic. So it's cordless for me. No big deal so long as I remember to connect the mouse to its charging cable every few nights after shutting down the PC for the day.

See, I don't shut down. >.>

Mine runs on AA batteries and I need the one I pilfered from the thermometer(got an exterior thermometer in our window) replaced Monday when we hit the store.

Ten more bushtrees planted! And next weekend it'll be another ten. And by my estimates it won't end there; will need another 30 at least to cover where I'm planting them. Good thing they weren't so expensive and that I get a huge tax return this year

Pics or it didn't happen ....

Are you challenging me, mALX?

You should know better by now

Awesome !!!! I absolutely LOVE seeing your work!

Today's lawn mow, rather partial lawn mow, was a struggle. I originally intended to mow Saturday evening. Went outside to begin...to be greeted by water standing on the road and my walkway, water dripping off the roof, and a thoroughly soaked yard. Must have had an un-predicted rain squall not long before. (With my hearing as it is, you can bet I never heard it.) So much for mowing that day.

Next day my brother visited and stayed the night, ruling out a mow.

Yesterday it was too darn hot, and briefly rained again early evening in any case.

Went out this evening, hoping the grass was dry enough. It seemed to be. But no, only the upper part was dry. Still, as high as the lawn had grown and with storms predicted tomorrow, I decided to mow what I could. It was a pain. The mower conked out periodically, and took forever to restart after each stop. Still, I eventually got all the front, both sides, and a decent portion of the back. The rest was both too high and too wet to attempt. Gotta hope it doesn't get super high before a sufficient dry spell hits.

Took a heart reading soon as I was back in the house and out of mowing attire. Blood Pressure 107/61. Pulse 83. Not bad at all under the circumstances.

Forgot to mention that the circa 2 1/2 foot high stump in front of my house, last remains of a large Bradford Pear partially destroyed during our 2009 severe ice storm and taken the rest of the way down to its stump by me, finally rotted to the point it came loose from its also rotted roots. While out mowing yesterday the neighbor lady offered to let me add it to her burn pile. Her son carted away with my wheelbarrow. Good riddance! That thing was a pain to mow around. (Kind of hard to image that less that ten years ago we still had occasional severe winter weather!)

Added several exercises to my daily routine utilizing an ancient el-cheapo Vitamaster rowing machine. First off, my knees don't allow me to do the full body rowing exercise the machine is designed for. But it's perfect for doing what I call "half-arsed" sit ups. I strap my feet in place, position myself so that my rump rests partly off the seat, and do three sets of twenty first thing the morning before turning on the computer. It's about the only way I can do sit ups without a lot of pain in my tailbone area.

Right after lunch I do another three sets of twenty sit ups each. I also do three sets of ten each underhanded arm pulls and three sets of overhanded pulls on the machine before returned to the computer room and doing my dumbbell exercises.

Haven't needed to miss and exercise-walk in ever so long, knock on wood. Need to start out by 0630-0700 to avoid unpleasant heat. I suppose I could do 'em evenings, but I'm just not an evening person. Evenings are devoted solely to vegetating in front of the PC until bedtime, when I retire to the couch where I now sleep and read until nodding off.

Finished mowing the back yard yesterday evening. Despite predictions to the contrary, we had no storms or rain yesterday, allowing grass an extra day to dry. Though rather tall, it cut easily. Had weather been accurately forecast I could have saved both the mower and myself a lot of wear and tear mowing the entire yard yesterday rather than battle tall, somewhat wet grass day before.

Still awaiting USP package delivery. They officially have until 2000, so I can't complain. (Didn't I just?)

ADDENDUM:
Haha. Not five seconds after pressing POST I hear a knock at the door. My package has arrived. Too near supper to mess with it now, other than open the shipping box and make sure all's well.

This post has been edited by Decrepit: May 31 2018, 09:49 PM

Today I dug the remaining holes for the Thujas so now I can say for certain how many in total I need. I said about 70 but I was a bit off. When all is said and done I will have planted 54 of them so a bit less than expected. The real issue though is no rain and the fact I have to fill up a watering can five billion times per day and constantly walk back and forth. Ugh.


Seriously need to get a hose I can lengthen.

I cannot for the life of me find someone to put this porch on the house.

This is ridiculous.

Man, I can't believe grass grew so quickly! Needed to mow yesterday evening, and it was last mowed only 5/6 days ago. As it was, thanks to a bit of unexpected dampness and grass height the mower conked out periodically, slowing me down. Was spent by the time I finished. No energy at all, and my ankles were killing me. Woke today still feeling somewhat rundown. Surprisingly, this morning's exercise-walk went splendidly. Lots of energy and a faster pace than usual. Go figure.

Can't Mikael build it?



I've done another change to my carport. Those side beams I put up? Gone. Instead I decided to put thicker ones right under and along the existing thinner ones to support the roof that way. Seems to work great, and now I don't have anything in the way

Mirocu would build a wonderful porch!

Most general contractors have people who do their porches; and if you can ask the contractor to talk to the person who does their decks = they will usually enjoy making some extra funds on nights or weekends.

If you have any neighbor that works construction, they might do that kind of work on the side. Our area has a website for local neighborhoods that lets neighbors offer their services (or sell items, warn of suspicious people, etc).

Even places that sell house trailers have a company that they contract with to do their porches; and will give out their names = those contractors are always looking for work on the side and would be willing to take on extra work.

Also, on Saturdays or Sundays in the newspaper they always have listings in the classifieds for people who do that kind of work.

If your old porch is in dangerous shape and the cost of repairing it is too high for a person's funds, there are numerous government agencies and churches all over the country that do that kind of work for free; and usually supply the materials as well.

I am actually having my front porch done too = June 21-25th; so just got through what you are now = trying to find someone to do the work. Now if I can just find someone to build a retaining wall! I need a Mirocu for that!












A certain crow gets plenty of exercise working around his property, lol.







This post has been edited by mALX: Jun 6 2018, 03:18 PM

I live in a rural municipality and don't speak Swedish so actually finding someone is on the shoulders of my bf. He called one place today, they can't do it til August. He's trying to see if someone he goes to dialysis with's son knows anyone(he's a painter, paints houses) that we can call. Next up is to try the phone book. I don't think there's any groups like that. House trailers aren't very popular here that I've seen(and I live in the type of place you'd find house trailers). Everything here is so formal.

I also don't want Joe Random doing it... I want someone that's done this kind of work before and can have it done in a professional manner. If I wanted Joe Random doing it, I'd do it myself, blind bat and all. Seriously, left eye doesn't work, no depth perception, really poor vision left over... and bf's on dialysis, doesn't have the energy to do much at all, much less a project like this.

We're looking at a deck extending halfway across the front of the house. House isn't that big. So probably a good 15 feet wide(4.5m) tops. Probably little bit less.