Few things can fill out the dead air of a quiet morning like watching baseball recaps every 30 minutes on SportsNet. Leave out all the inbetween moments and focus on the interesting stuff. Fascinating to see what gets trimmed from a three hour game to get through it in 22 minutes of every half hour of television. And one full game doesn’t even fill the whole 30 minute time slot. I wonder what the shortest recap ever done is? Eight minutes, five minutes or less? I suppose if it was a one nothing game the highlight reel could be under three minutes if you cut it fast enough to show strike outs, fly outs, and runners caught at first base.
The cool weather is settling in for the week. I need to check the exterior drainss, so maybe after I eat breakfast I’ll go tackle the gutters and downspouts this morning. Brrr. Not looking forward to it though. Numb fingers and all that mess. Best to beat the rains and possible snow come November 1st.
I managed to get Hellboy properly baked yesterday, with no major cracking or issues that I saw upon closer inspection. Chose the larger of the two Walnut bases to hold it. Now I’m down to one swanky Walnut base left. What to put on it? I just don’t know.
The kids are going mental these days for this Rainbow Loom toy. Making wrist bands, necklaces, rings and key chains with their fingers. Good for fine motor skills. It keeps them busy and quiet for the better part of an hour. I just know I’ll be vacuuming up tiny rubber bands for the foreseeable future. Small price to pay for some quiet time without fighting and bickering. They both seem to get a kick out of creating this stuff, which is nice to see.
Gave the freezer a nine hour defrost yesterday, and it finally dumped about 2 litres of water out the bottom. I feel as though I rushed it last week, because I remarked to my wife about the lack of water on the floor. So hopefully now we will get another month or two out of it before it goes all shitty again. Luckily we are inbetween grocery shops so I didn’t have much to move, and little left in the fridge to spoil. Would be good to know what is making the ice kick off, I keep the freezer between 4°-6° to try and avoid any ice build up. Sometimes it works, and some times it does not.
Took the time to also put away all of the patio furniture, Noma lights and kids stuff. Still have a few items left, like a small table & the garden hose. But water is shut off, I should drain the hose just in case. AC unit is covered too. Getting outdoor jobs struck off the list before we have to tackle the inlaws property. Even after two stints doing leaves we are back to looking like nothing has been done – again. Too wet to use the vacuum bag mulched, my new favourite outdoor toy. Only good when the leaves are dry & crispy. Then it works wonders. Wet leaves gum up the works, and make it a hassle to use. I find it works best if I rake dry leaves into semi coherent piles and chug away at sucking them up in the vacuum, rather than walking the whole property swinging the nozzle to and fro. Feels quicker to just down a pile from one location. We have the inflatables up for Halloween so now I need to work around those three things, plus the light up pumpkin and all of the extension cords. No grass cutting until November! Unless we get snow really early again. It’s southern Ontario so anything is possible.
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