Lovely Weather

The weather has been absolutely beautiful the last couple of days. It was sunny and in the 50's yesterday. After taking the cat on it's last ride, I needed something to do so I tackled a couple of little chicken shit jobs around the shack. I had installed and caulked the new trim over the service door previously on another nice day, so I touched up the red paint around the trim covering up the caulk seam. Looks A-OK now. I'll paint the grill come springtime. It doesn't look like it but I put a coat of spar varnish on the door itself last fall. I should probably put another coat on that in the spring as well. I also caulked the holes the woodpecker made on the house trim and painted over them. I don't need water getting behind the trim and rotting things away.

While doing my inventory on the fire extinguishers recently, I figured I should have one on the old tractor. I don't have any in the barn where I keep it, so this way there will be one handy in there if ever I need one. I made a little back-up plate with threaded holes that goes on the inside of the frame rail. The spot I chose to mount it was a place where there was already a couple of holes in the frame. Easy enough.

Took the new motorcycle out for a little spin as long as it was nice. The manual gives the break-in speeds and revs and they are pretty low. Especially the mph. Might be a while before I can run it at highway speeds but that's alright. Put-puttin' around on the backroads or chasing parts doesn't require any blistering speed. It's supposed to be warm again today, so maybe I'll get it out again and put a few more miles on it. I did get my plate transferred and the insurance taken care of Friday so I'm set for at least a year in that regard.

Friday I also got the truck washed and cleaned out after making a trip north. Picked up a few things at Harbor Freight and Menards. Friday was my last paycheck for awhile so I figured I should stock up on some of the items that I had coupons for at Harbor Freight - like flap discs for 99 cents each - and a couple of sale items at Menards. Lots of running around but pretty productive couple of days. It's supposed to be warm again today and Monday, so I'll tackle a couple more things outside and then work on finishing up the machine work on the job for the high school.