Lazy weekend…
Wow, I didn’t get much at all done this weekend.
Ok, we did get up before dawn to go on our annual pilgrimage to Wimberly Glassworks for their annual 2nds sale. All the glass they’ve blown all year that wasn’t quite good enough for the showroom floor is saved and they have a huge sale the first weekend in January. We have been first in line every year but one since their first sale. The owner, Tim, expects us to be there and we stand out front before they open catching up on the year. I look forward to the trip every year. We have lots of glass we’ve gotten there over the years. Our prized possesion from them is a great lamp we have in the living room. After that we dropped by the giant Cabela’s store in Buda and browsed to waste time while waiting on our son to get done with his Young Marines drill day. That evening I played poker and had a really good start to the night. The books I’ve been reading have really improved my game. The last 2 hours of the game I could not catch a hand to save my life. I coasted from my dominant chip lead into the money and was eventually blinded out. Such is life. I did make enough to cover my entry so I guess it was just a free night of BSing with friends and playing poker.
Today I tried to fix our broken garage door opener to no avail. Time for a new one. 🙁 When I gave up on that I noticed that sitting in the garage was our new pressure washer I hadn’t yet tried out. I fired it up and washed the siding on the front of the house. Damn, where was this thing all my life? Between that and the vinyl siding on the side of the house it made for quick work. I’d rather pressure wash vinyl every year or so than paint wood siding every 10 years. I also did the sidewalk out front. You think you’re looking at a freshly swept walkway and when you hit it with the pressure washer it’s like night and day. I also cleaned up a Dogloo that we’re storing for a friend of ours. I was walking past it and hit it with the jet and my eyes about popped out. By then I’d screwed up and was dedicated to cleaning it. I planned on working on the dead truck but between my allergies and asthma the coughing/sneezing fits were going to make working under a truck very difficult.
This evening after a nice dinner with the family we headed down to see the UT Tower all lit up to celebrate UT’s winning of the Rose Bowl and BCS Championship. It’s awesome seeing it all lit up orange with the giant #1 in the windows. Definitely something every Austinite should see. I am still pissed at myself for not bringing my film camera and tripod. Next year. 🙂