Some thoughts
Ah, tomorrow is payday. First I have to pay my cable bill, then buy a phone card, then deal with the exhaust system on the Blazer.
I have checked into it and it will cost $130 to have it done at the cheapest place in town, or $100 for the parts to do it myself. If I had the funds that would be a no-brainer, but I do not have the funds, I can live for a week on the difference. They weld the system, and in about two Boone winters the exhaust system will rust through at the welds. If I do it myself with clamps it will fall off in about two years. Hard to tell, which to do. In any case I intend to put the under body protection (Skid plates) back on, that may help with the salt problem.
After a winter of poor health I finally have started cleaning the place up again. The bedroom/photo-studio is about 85% straightened up only a couple more hours work figuring where to put the remaining junk. The living room, I have managed to keep no less than 85%, so it is not going to be a problem. The bathroom only takes a couple of hours at its worst. So that leaves the kitchen the other catch-all room, I have to find a place for a lot of junk in there too.
The old sailors saying “A place for everything and everything in its place” is great if you have someplace to put the stuff. When I first moved into the apartment it was easy, I had little, and there was what seemed like plenty of storage. The big closet at the head of the stairs was turned into a laundry, the only place there was to put in the washer and dryer where it would not cost a fortune to run water and electric (The closet is directly above the breaker panel in the kitchen downstairs, and right next to the bathroom sink), so that space was lost. Then as I got into more hobbies, and the remaining space filled up. I really need to cull some stuff, but as you all know from personal experience, if you toss something you have not used in ten years, you will need it the next week.
I did rearrange the bedroom furniture a bit, and now have about a 9×14 clear area for the studio. The lighting equipment and backdrops are stored along the wall when not in use as a studio. The area will do double duty as a sewing area.
lets see, two bicycles, four sewing machines, five computers, three stereos, a console TV, 3 bookcases (full), a closet full of darkroom gear, two big tool boxes, plus all the usual furniture, all in a 4 room apartment. No wonder there is no place to put stuff…
At least the past week I have been waking up without my head all stopped up, that is a major improvement. It is kind of warm right now. Supposed to hit 80 today. The air kicked on yesterday. Weird Weather is the only kind we seem to be having anymore. I did get out and walk a couple of miles yesterday, I have not been getting enough exercise what with the weird weather and my weird health. At least, I can walk a couple of miles even out of condition. When I first moved up here in 2002, I could not walk a mile. I helps to keep things in perspective, things are not as bad as the were at one time.