doing stuff

i've actually thawed out enough i think to attempt to do a few things today. (round of applause) it's not everyday i go out of the house, let alone the bedroom, and today just feels different.

it's sunny. warmish. i went outside. basked in the sunshine. wandered around a little. there are four acres to walk on and i might have gone...oh, maybe 100 yards or so away from the house. lovely! poked around to see how much propane is in the tank. 20%. not bad. we use wood mainly for heat with a couple little electric heaters for the bedrooms when the temps hit the teens or below. unless the power's gone out. then we don't use them, but wish we could. the stove and hot water heater are the only things that use propane which is fortunate during a power outage, and as i mentioned, wood for heating. bad side during a power outage is that the well won't work, so no water. kinda frustrating during the winter when you know you have hot water, but no access. oh well, part of living in the country.

dug around in a shed, re-discovered headboard, foot board and a bed frame. don't remember it being there, but it's been ages since i've done any wandering so to speak. after a little clean up, will bring them in and put to good use in one of the bedrooms where there is just a mattress on the floor. dunno how that happened, but will rectify while i'm feeling this unaccustomed spurt of energy. plan on taking sheets, towels, and blankets to a laundromat. the washing machine i have works fine, but the plumbing has problems and doesn't want to drain except all over the floor. not up to babysitting the washing machine today. i need to get that stuff loaded into the car before it gets much later and i'm all tuckered out. shower comes first though. right after a pain pill. that little bit of walking, and dragging stuff around is already letting me know i'm behind schedule for the pain pill. sigh. hopefully will still get the car loaded before i run out of steam again.