Snow is piling up.

Last week was  bunch of paper work, things like filing taxes, renewing my license, and so on.  The weekend was rather snowy though, so I was inside pretty much all day Saturday.  I am debating on moving this and putting it up in the project room above the work bench.  

I also got around to making the flaps that hold the two different access panels in the closet closed.  I am still debating on putting a clear panel in the one in front of the water filter, that way I can see the display on it, but for now this will suffice.  

My "wingnut" is actually just some mending braces with spacers...

I also went and took a look at the back deck design.  You may recall I at one point looked into it before.  

I have two finalists for arrangements, which will impact the design.  The one on top basically has the deck be large and go all the way back.  This would give me a monstrous deck, but means I am sacrificing yard for the pool.  The second option basically cuts the deck short, but instead I would level the area with pool sand and put the pool behind the deck.  This means the pool size is essentially fixed, but I don't think that really bothers me.  If I want more pool, I am more likely to want depth than diameter.  

For reference this is my current pool.  If I am not mistaken, it is the same size pool that I brought down to KY, though I don't think it was ever set up down there.

Sunday was pretty peaceful.  I did pick up some pizza and stuff for the game, but I didn't actually watch the super bowl.  I had the game tracker up on my phone and finished up the game I bought for this year (Celeste in case anyone has heard of it).  I typically buy one game a year for something to do when I don't want to go outside.

The only other thing on Sunday was to clear the snow.  I have to say though it is nice that clearing snow takes the same amount of time whether there is 3" or 12".  We got more than expected; these are 12" boots.

But the snowblower didn't flinch.  I did have a few minor traction issues, but it handled it no problem, still full speed.

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.