I hear occasional vehicles crunch and slither past on the street out front. I sit at a T in the road, and it is possible for cars that are supposed to stop the intersection to slither into my front yard instead. I built the berm and rock wall because of that possibility. Fingers crossed it is never put to a test. The street is a sheet of bumpy ice from freezing rain that might not thaw till Tuesday.

Sold an item on eBay that will ship tomorrow. Working on several more and tonight I'll turn on the Oscars in a couple of rooms and go back and forth and watch them while I work. I'm not good at sitting down for really long programs, especially if they have commercials. Right now I'm formatting old 100mb zip drives to list on eBay, then to the packing and describing. And clearing more in the sun room so I can work there.

I put pea soup in the crock pot this afternoon but it is a very slow cooker and everything was done but the peas were pellets. I put it in a dutch oven on the stove for 20 minutes where they could actually simmer and now they are mush. Dinner of hot soup and maybe salad or a toasted bagel. I got a lot of work done in the yard yesterday and was able to treat it as a fasting day: exercise plus fasting equals weight loss. I think the next couple of days will be too cold to for it. But I'm getting slowly back on track, 20 pounds to go.

SRS