Suiting up for a Spring Siege (of Chores)

 

 

With all this talk of omicron we decided to make one big shopping trip, get supplies, then stay put for a while.

To be honest, it’s not that we’re worried about the latest mutation, but there’s no point in getting sick either, especially at our age.

Anyway. It’s cold. We have work to do in the house. It was a perfect time to buy some goodies and isolate for a while.

I have absolutely no more room in my freezers. I bought a lot of fish, bagels, cream cheese, and as many fresh veggies as I could fit in my fridge.  I’ve been on a Mediterranean kick lately and I’ve been doing a lot of recipes with olive oil, lemons, chickpeas, lamb, and fish.

We’ve been having mini freezes overnight here and there. Not horrible weather, just inconvenient. I managed to harvest the last of my broccoli, but my Brussels sprouts didn’t have enough time. They’re still alive but I don’t know if they’ll make it. We continue to have overnight mini freezes.

I cleaned out my asparagus bed. I’ll top it with some compost on our next nice day. Hopefully in a few weeks we’ll start getting fresh spears.

Any perishable plants in pots are indoors under a grow light. My peppers are still producing, but my tomatoes look dormant.  Last night I started seeds under grow lights too. March 15^th through the 21^st are my usual dates to start putting seedlings in the ground so I have two months to get ready.

We’ve been remodeling a bathroom of late. The new floor is in. Now we’re waiting on quotes for the new shower door and a half wall. I want a frameless glass enclosure this time so we’re farming that job out.

Greg did the floor which saved us a ton of money. We were going to have it done, but when Greg heard the quotes he insisted on doing it himself. I think he did a really nice job.

After the shower I want to replace some molding in various places around the house where Odin left his teething marks “artwork” when he was a puppy. I tried several times to sand, putty, and repaint it, but he just went at it again and made it worse. It has to be replaced.

Lastly, it appears this blog is not moving. I tried every which way to redirect links to my old Blogspot blog but nothing worked. I think I know why, but I'm too tired to find a work-around.

I guess I’ll keep paying for this domain.

What’s new with you? Any plans for this year? 

PS   I put a new masthead on this blog. New chicks with a bad-ass mojo going on. What do you think?