Another year of Covid, but still good outweighed the bad
Good
- retired in August
- a granddaughter in September
- a trip to Munich after Oktoberfest
- tulip picking at Holland Ridge farm
- a new tax man
- viewing NYC parade of ships (Fleet week)
- sumo tournaments
- Le Tour
- consistent 5 days a week exercise routine post retirement
- Foraging class at the Conference House as a BD gift
- trips to Conference House and Mt. Loretto parks
- get together with friends (K&M)
- get together with a cousin and his wife (J&Y)
- touched base with people from past workplaces.
- expanded take out (sushi, ramen, Chinese, shake shack)
- trips to Keyport Fishery
- 42 garlic bulbs harvested
- seeing seals off the Staten Island's coast with friends (G&D)
Bad
- Continued Covid
- People not wearing masks
- Uncle in Michigan aging and getting lost
- Ukraine war
- Volunteering postponed
- Supreme Court tossing out precedent (Roe v Wade)
- a trip to Michigan to sort out an Uncle's single wide trailer
- Spotted Lantern flies
- the economy
Fixed/Made/Improved
- small metal shelf under basement stairs
- replaced dryer control panel face-plate
- replaced kitchen sink spray hose
- re-glued 2 dining room chair legs
- extended life of backyard gate
- new toilet fill valves and flappers up and down
- kitchen faucet seals replaced
- bottle opener from railroad spike
- made a gallon of mead (just OK, maybe it will improve with age)
- made a 2'x2' soil screener
- made a small wood shelf
- cleaned and lubricated a bathroom vent fan motor
- created a gingerbread house, with just simple royal icing decorations
- made broom attachment for a Scott's garden handle
- made another carpenter bee trap
- re-soldered distortion box wires
- installed guard for table saw
- cleaned and repainted Japanese Lanterns
- fixed an old white-noise sleep bear
- made a personal fan using a box fan
- refinished BBQ grill handle and BBQ table top
- ash basket for grill, easier to clean out ash prior to each use
- planted 2 new peony(dwarf and blueish) and tulips
Songs Learnt
- Black coffee, Julie London
- a few Grateful Dead songs
- Carpe diem, Aldebert
- Two of us, When I'm 64, Yellow Submarine, Beatles
- Miles Beyond, Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Josie, Steely Dan
- Caught in a dream, Be my Lover, Alice Coopoer
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