More snowblower ugh.

The temperature hadn't yet fallen off a cliff on New Year's Eve, so I decided to go out and do some of the maintenance I had neglected.  I kinda wish I had neglected it though.  I got the tractor greased up for the winter, and thankfully I did the tractor before the snowblower.  I got about halfway through the snowblower and then this happened.  I tried to get it back in, but it wouldn't go.  Ugh.

After I got the fitting out of the grease gun, I got another two fittings in and another chunk broke off.  I couldn't get it out, and I am pretty sure I destroyed the end on my grease gun trying.  

I did remember to do one thing that I forgot last year, I put the feet down.  

I also got the PTO shaft connected.  What a major pain in the neck that was.  It took me almost an hour to figure out how things had to aligned, and to get it set up correctly with no level ground was a major pain.  I did eventually figure it out though.  

I had enough of outdoor stuff at this point and it was nearing the end of daylight, so I shifted to indoor stuff.  I started with the bathroom faucet.  I had previously wrecked the aerator screen when attempting to clean it, so it shot sideways out of the faucet.  The new one is installed.  It was kind of a pain getting the drain lever to work (which is normally the case if you don't replace the drain, they are all ever so slightly different and only kind of compatible), but a few "tweaks" later everything works.  

I was surprised at the amount of dirt in the pipes.  This looks like sediment, which makes me wonder if my water filter isn't doing so great anymore.

I pulled out the kitchen faucet.  I apparently bought one with more bells and whistles than I thought.  I was surprised to see batteries and all that in there.  It has a proximity sensor so you can turn it on without touching it or something like that.  I got ready to install it, but then realized that I had started the dishwasher which branches off the kitchen sink.  Oops.  

Today is back to the drudgery at work unfortunately.  I really need to make a dump run, I have a pile of boxes that is taking over my living room, but I need to clean out the back of the truck first, so maybe that will be tonight's project, so I can go to the dump tomorrow on my lunch break.

Winter Projects:

• Build shelving for second room
  
• Design deck
• Eliminate cap
• Install whole house filter.
• Install new faucet in kitchen
• Install new faucet in master bath
  
• Access panel upgrades in master closet
• Cut trails, or at least mark paths.

2025 Projects

• Insulate the water lines
• Take scrap metal to Buffum.  Clean up trash.
• Storm doors
• Gravel the driveway
• Side yard drainage
• Build Deck
• Add the roof over to rocks
• Move carport up hill
• Smooth grade to shed.