When I watched the noon news, the Dow was actually up. Four hours later, it had lost over 500 points! Pretty depressing.
Fortunately, I've been so busy all week, old man stress has stayed away. Again, apologies for not having time to read other posts. I promise to do better in several weeks. (BTW, I keep getting a blank screen at Steve's (looserobes) site. Anybody else having that problem?)

So what's keeping me so busy? The number one priority has been cutting and hauling firewood. Nearly every day after morning golf (yes, another priority), I've gone to the woods and busted my butt. I won't go into details, but you can't always drive your truck right up to the cut wood. I've carried it, rolled it, even wheel-barrowed it. Might have to split the larger chunks before lifting them onto the truck bed. I figured I often pick up a piece of wood 8 times before it actually burns in my stove. Quite exhausting. But I beat the rain before the ground got too wet to get into (and out of!) the woods. I've been stuck before, and that's no fun.

I also made a batch of "freezer" slaw, sliced up a gob of apples to dehydrate (in my new dehydrator), and been gathering/husking black walnuts to crack this winter. On my to-do list is dig sweet potatoes and clean up the garden. So much to do, but if the stock market crashes, I've got heat and food!