Three months since I posted here. I'll write a few things that happened in those months.
I'm still playing/practicing guitar. I'm a bit better than I was 3 months ago. I hope to be even better 3 months from now.
My younger sister, her BF and Ember have been visiting just over 2 weeks now. We went to Rosa's tonight for dinner to celebrate our friend John's birthday. Our other friend Tom joined us. We had a very good time and good food.
I traded in my 2017 Chevy Equinox for a loaded 2021 Chevy Equinox Premier. It has a better Sirius XM radio with navigation capability, too. Mainly I wanted AWD (all-wheel drive) after skidding down Nicholson Hill Road toward US-23 after a bare inch of snow. I wasn't going fast but the car nearly didn't stop. Now I have fog lights again, too. It was an unexpected purchase, they cold called me, and it just seemed the right time. It's silver instead of dark red. Leather interior is nice, too.
We haven't done anything much on the house. Still waiting to get some HVAC guy to fire up the system. Of course, hunting season and Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year has kept that from happening. I'm sure there will be more excuses next year. Got to still love this gas cast iron stove and the 2 bathroom space heaters.
We had the usual crowd for Thanksgiving, John, Tom and Hal's older brother who was up from Texas. Christmas of course, we exchanged the brother for my sister and her BF.
Christmas was fun. I had bought an Alexa Pop on Black Friday and Hal got 2 more for Christmas and we got one for my sister. The boys, especially Hal has been having a blast getting it to turn on things, tell bad jokes, etc. They came with smart bulbs and then Hal bought 4 smart plugs. It is kind of fun. (But who is listening in? BWAHAHAHA.)
At the beginning of November Hal, Ziggy and I went to Massachusetts. Hal and M went hunting for deer in Maine while I visited with my 2 sisters. I hadn't seen my older sister or my best friend in 7 years, the time we've taken to build the house. With all of Hal's hunting clothes, etc. there was no room for Kaylee even with getting a cargo carrier for the roof. So, Kaylee stayed with John, Oakley and Seamus. A good time was had by all. Hal did not get a deer. M did.
There might be more, and there needs to be photos uploaded at some point, but that's for another day.
Happy New Year.
