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So How Are You Spending This Free Time... so to speak

My life hasn’t really changed a lot with the pandemic, just where I do things not what I do. Unfortunately I am not yet at the ripe old age of some of our more respected elder forum members so retirement is still a few years out, I just do all my work (I.T. project manager) at home now instead of just a day or two a week. Still take care of the plants as everyone here does, clean up the yard now that winter is moving on and hanging out with my sons who are university age but back home for a while because classes are all online now. Harvest is about 3 weeks out so lots of trimming in my future (my least favourite part of the process).

Let us know where and I’ll happily join a room to room pub crawls and all the other fun... although I may take a pass on the belly-button chocolate making, I just cooked up some weed krispys. 😜

And of course, a group effort looking after a very high energy pooch.
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SoOrbudgal last summer I grew a bunch of potatoes in cloth pots, it worked pretty well. You should also take a look at the cloth pots that have a Velcro flap on the front to check on the growth, and if desired harvest a few at a time. They are designed for potatoes and other root veg where having a look at progress can be helpful.
 
I have a rust free 1990 Chevy PU it decided to die last fall, it was close to time for it to go into storage so said fuck it I'll fix it in the spring and put it in garage. Springs here so now I have it to work on. I got my daughters car out of storage middle of last month, last week she told me she was going to start driving it and park her van it was making noise may need brakes so I now have it to work on. The oldest grand kids boy friend couldn't figure out how to press the studs out that needed replacing in the rear axle hub and pounded them out warping the hub of her Jeep so I get to fix that. I still need to prep snow removal equipment for storage and get summer power equipment out and running for this year. Have a concrete block retaining wall and foundation topped with a concrete slab needing repair or prep done. I'm going to put a 10 x 20 shed up on the slab this summer. A neighbor a couple of doors down I got into growing last year needs some help updating electrical in their basement to supply his setup. I have arranged to barrow a friends welder to build new scrog net supports for my totes that will mount to the lids over being attached to the trolleys making accessing the reservoir easier. Planning to rent a man lift to trim trees that hang over my garage and some trees at a few of the neighbors property's especially the ones at back of property to south of mine, long about 5 years ago they started to interfere with my satellite radio antenna once leafs form. Then there is always shit that comes up that needs to be taken care of. But one thing I can grantee I will be doing this year is fishing, me and a couple of friends of 40 & 60 years have all got our shots we plan to set in a boat drowned bait, get high and talk shit. All I can say is it's going to be a better year than the last.
 
Get her done and have a ball Poppa don't let nothing stop ya from having fun now. LOL sounds like your way to busy in the auto repair shop :)
 
He really is a great dog. Smart, energetic, and great with people. If he has one fault it is his stubbornness. If he makes up his mind on something it is hard work shifting him. He is definitely trainable, we just have to make more time to do it. It is my first dog ever and I am afraid that I have started seeing him as a furry baby lol. I am such a sap - it is tough being a manly man around little kids and cuddly dogs... my rep is being ruined! 🙂
 
During the beginning of the pandemic I filled my time with my grow but when that was over in October I needed something to occupy my time. My grandson was given a Honda Civic but had not yet gotten his driver's license so I was storing it in my garage for a number of months. I began doing body work on damage down the entire length of the driver side when I had idle time. When that was done I decided a small spoiler on the trunk would make it a little sportier. Then I noticed the door speakers weren't working so I tackled that. Sewed on a new leather steering wheel cover. The power side mirror was having issues that weren't repairable so I replaced that. The car by this point was looking pretty good but the rims were scarred and pitted so one by one those came off and got cleaned, grinded, and polished. Every time I would move the car there was a tear in the driver's seat would eat at me. Found an OEM seat cover online for a reasonable price and learned a little about upholstery work. Looked great but now all the other seats and carpet looked dingy in comparison so then each one came out and got a steam cleaning. New plugs, fluids, and filters (Thank God the timing belt was relatively new) and I was all done just in time when he got his license and came to pick it up. He had no clue that I was doing all this work to his car so when I sent him down to the garage to move it out he honestly didn't believe it was the same car. Made all the effort so worth it.
 
Not much changed in my routine: doing spring cleaning at my backyard, gardening, enriching my library as far as my budget allows to. Oh, also adopted a cat. Guess he'll enjoy my idea to add a fireplace to our living room as much as I do!
 
I put a wood stove in my fireplace cavity 10 years ago: the best investment I ever made!! I can't live without it in the winter.
 
Hey alltatup we call them " inserts" woodstove inserts that's what we have in our fireplace. It's 50yrs old still going strong. I've not had a fire in it for near a week. We do have forced air heat now new whole house system about 2yrs old. It's real nice but love our wood heat, glad not to clean it out every week for 6months. :)
 
Same here. Going on 15 years with our insert. Only turned on the heat 3 times this year. Even my cat on the foot rest likes it.
 

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