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Forward planning
Feb. 8th, 2021 03:38 pmThis month I hit a big milestone--I have finally paid off the first $150K of my mortgage. Whee! Just 9 more years to go for the remaining $200K. Probably less, actually, since I can funnel more money into it starting next year, after I pay off my car in December.
It's time to begin getting back to work in the garden. I did some pruning over one nice weekend in January, but it has been super rainy since then, so I haven't completely finished that task yet. I planted a bunch of cold-weather veggie seeds last week, so those should be ready to go in the ground before too long. I'm probably going to plant fewer beans this year, as I have picked up a ton of tomato, squash, and cabbage varieties that I want to try, and I only have so much space.
The city has had a lot of issues with package thefts and car break-ins over the past few months. I decided to invest in a couple of security cameras, one for the porch and one for the driveway. They seem to be working well so far, though they mainly just pick up random stray cats and raccoons cutting through my front yard at night.
We had a bunch of issues with getting management approval for a new schedule at work, which put a lot of stress and uncertainty on the whole team, but it has settled for the time being. As the handler with the least seniority, I'm stuck on the least desirable shift for the foreseeable future. The new hires still don't have dogs, though there are rumblings that the training center might try opening on an experimental basis soon. Fingers crossed that they can get training classes up and running before too long.
Not much else is going on around here. Reading, writing, watching TV, and cooking take up any free time that's not monopolized by the dogs. I did put together a recipe for whole grain vegan bread that has turned out very well, so I'll post that next.
It's time to begin getting back to work in the garden. I did some pruning over one nice weekend in January, but it has been super rainy since then, so I haven't completely finished that task yet. I planted a bunch of cold-weather veggie seeds last week, so those should be ready to go in the ground before too long. I'm probably going to plant fewer beans this year, as I have picked up a ton of tomato, squash, and cabbage varieties that I want to try, and I only have so much space.
The city has had a lot of issues with package thefts and car break-ins over the past few months. I decided to invest in a couple of security cameras, one for the porch and one for the driveway. They seem to be working well so far, though they mainly just pick up random stray cats and raccoons cutting through my front yard at night.
We had a bunch of issues with getting management approval for a new schedule at work, which put a lot of stress and uncertainty on the whole team, but it has settled for the time being. As the handler with the least seniority, I'm stuck on the least desirable shift for the foreseeable future. The new hires still don't have dogs, though there are rumblings that the training center might try opening on an experimental basis soon. Fingers crossed that they can get training classes up and running before too long.
Not much else is going on around here. Reading, writing, watching TV, and cooking take up any free time that's not monopolized by the dogs. I did put together a recipe for whole grain vegan bread that has turned out very well, so I'll post that next.
