Lockdown day 5 need professional help

Well looks like my wife is slowly getting better. She most
always stays sick longer than mist, so a lengthy illness is
nothing new. Still coughing and having trouble breathing but
no fever and not getting worse. She has been a lifetime
smoker so she is at higher risk, but so far not really worse
than most colds with cough for her.

Yesterday started as cleanup day, spent most of the day cleaning up my shop and yard from over a year of accumulating garbage. Which is why I've come to the conclusion that I need professional help. Lol. How can anyone collect so much junk in a year? I'm not a hoarder because I know it's garbage. Hoarders stuff is valuable stuff, at least in their mind.I know it's garbage and have every intention of picking it up, throwing it out, putting it away, disposing of it properly.............tomorrow.........or next week......... or when it warms up, or some other time. Lol. I picked up cardboard boxes that stuff came in, seed and fertilizer bags from last spring, an inch of dirt on the floor tracked in on tires, just to name a few. I'm sure a bonafide head shrinker could cure me of it, given enough time and with enough motivation. This is the result of most of a days effort.





This is the reason the 400 is back in the shop.



When I checked the oil it was over full and creamy, and that came out of the drain plug. Kinda expected that as that engine sat for a few years dry and the seals on the sleeves can dry out and leak. So it was back in the shed for some more lovin. Got it apart yesterday after the cleanup.



The engine is in great shape other than a cracked head which is not uncommon for these. It has no ridge on the sleeve tops and the bearings show almost no wear. So looks like I'll get by pretty reasonable this time.

Cattle are enjoying their new space. Now I just have to clean out their pen for the last time and the hog pens again, that will likely be tomorrow since it's supposed to rain. I think I'll work on the manure spreader project today.

your place not bad at all just needs organization. I can take you to place where it is good black flat farm ground just covered in sale items, semis, tractors, tanks, implements of all kinds it over would guess 10 acres and you can only get to the house by walk path. his pickup is always full, its 4 door dually and you can not see out the windows only driver seat all you can see. his wife just retired how she gets in house I do not know. he is neighbor on south side of my inlaws farm.

I can identify on the trashed shop, I'm the same way, always have been.

When I moved in to the new to me house 15 years ago, I promised I would keep the garage a workable shop, not a junk storage area...

Well, it's a little of both. Not so much full of junk, but just not organized.

My goal here in a year or so, depending on work and health, is to clear it out, scrape down the peeling popcorn ceiling, remove the paneling (gift from the previous owner), add receptacles, paint, go back with more storage, throw out all I can force myself to.

One of these days!

Yep, I had a three-STAR day, as well.

Tree fell down out of the neighbor's place and smashed my fence- STAR.

Chainsaw would not run without choke, carb must be dirty-STAR.

Workbench is so full of mid-completion projects that I have no where to even set the saw down, much less work on it-STAR.

Spent first five hours of my day COMPLETELY clearing the workbench- finished projects, threw projects away, sorted nuts and bolts, put stuff in marked baggies, cleaned tools, you name it! Felt really good, removed everything down to one container of mixed small screws, etc.

Tore into the chainsaw, realized I had never removed the carb from this one (Husky 455), so had to stop for lunch and YouTube video on how to tear it apart. Saved me a ton of time!

Pulled the carb, took it apart and cleaned it all out, reassembled the saw, and it ran GREAT!!

Had to finish the service on the loader tractor and reinstall the loader to get out to the tree. Standing in water, I decided to just cut it clear of the fence and wait until drier conditions to clean it all up. Didn't even need to sharpen the blade.

The only thing that kept it from being a four-STAR day was the cattle were not able to access that pasture and get out and tour the woods on their own.

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Hang in there, prayers for the misses.

Your positive outlook has always been inspirational to me, thank you.

Let me understand. You work for TKI An area rolloff service, it seems to me there is an at hand solution! Keep your chin up, it is going to be at least warm today, I get the weather your are going to get in a few minutes. Jim

My dad saved a old starter he replaced with a new one. When I asked him why he said it may have some good parts I can use one day.

My son in law brings home stuff he finds in the trash pile. Problem is he puts it in his yard out in the weather to rot.

I will just leave myself out of the conversation.

Good news on your wife. We?re all pull in? for you. Thanks for taking some of my hoarder?s stuff and making it your hoarder?s stuff last fall. That helped me out more than therapy

Glad to here your wife is doing better! Also glad to know my place isn't the only one that's a mess. Atleast you have a shop you can get in.

You are not a hoarder-just a procrastinator! Good news about your wife. Mark.

Hey Jon I have that same problem only worse. I never get around to cleaning it up. I think o need a dumpster. Problem is once I do toss something I need it the next week. I still have some of my parents and grandparents stuff.
Phil

Praying you don?t get it