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Carl (carma48) posted an update Monday, May 9, 2022, 1:39pm EDT, 2 years ago
'Afternoon All: Just checking in to say "Hi" and catch up.
Gorgeous weather here, sunny & in the 60's. Going to get into the 70's & then 80's before the week is out. Been doing a little yard work (with the help of young handy-man) & getting things ready for summer. Also the planking has been ripped off the back deck & will be replaced within the next couple weeks.
Another ongoing project is completely redoing the back room (my office & the mud room). It's going to get a new suspended ceiling, a new paint job & new carpeting. It's kind of being transitioned from a business office to a more casual "civilian" office, now that I've closed the business & retired. I've been culling down my antiques reference books by a huge margin. I had somewhere between 300-400, but that's getting culled down to about 100 that I'll keep. Kind of a sad state of affairs on those. You can't get any money for them & the cost of shipping them now is way more than they're worth. I even checked the sizeable library in Rumford & they don't even want them! So, I've been putting them by the box full up in the "Free Shed" at the recycling center & people are grabbing them up fast. so at least they're being saved.
DW is going to go down to PA for Marley's graduation this coming weekend. She's riding down with daughter Amy. We simply both cannot go. I can't do that long a drive anymore (over 1,200 miles round trip) and the cost is prohibitive. Gas is $4.30 a gallon here right now & higher further south. It would cost over $500. just for gas, another $500. for hotel room for two nights, then the cost of food, tolls (a zillion of 'em) and all in all, likely around $2,000. for the trip. Just can't do it. So, Amy is going anyway & DW will ride down with her & they can share a hotel room. Won't cost us more than a few hundred that way. I'm very saddened not being able to see my girl become a doctor, but that's just the way things are right now.