Day One Hundred Eighty Five

Up and at'em early this morning!  Lisa went to school early.  I did my 3 miles.  Feelin great too.  Those walks really get my heart going and fully wake me up.  I gotta say though, it's getting pretty nippy out there in the mornings.  I could sure use some gloves because my hands get pretty cold heading out there.


When I got back from my walk, I started cleaning my front yard finally!  I'd been wanting to do that for a while now.  Being as how tomorrow is Halloween, I really need to finish it all up.  There are so many weeds that popped out everywhere in my front yard mainly because of all that rain we got not long ago.  Anyway, I did that immediately after coming home from my walk.  While working, Lisa came home and that's when I stopped.


I got cleaned up then she and I were supposed to go out and shop for a Wood Pellet Stove.  I really wanted her to be there since it would be hers too.  I wanted her to have a say in which one we get.  Well we ran out of time so we didn't get to do that.  I figured that maybe tomorrow morning we could go and do it since she doesn't have class.  Well, that plan was shot because before Lisa went to work, my mom called me and asked me if I had looked around for one.  I told her not till tomorrow and she seemed disappointed.  So, since I'm a nice guy lol, I went out this afternoon by myself and checked around for a good one.  Man those things are expensive.  My dad was also out there looking himself.  He's off all week and since he already got his deer on Tuesday, he's free to just goof off the rest of the week until next Thursday I believe, then he goes back to work.  Anyway he was out there too.  He looked around.  The only one we saw that looked like a good deal was at Lowes.  It was a pretty nice stove and was on sale for $991.  That's pretty cheap.  These crazy wood pellet stoves run between $1600 and $4000.  Damn things are not cheap!!  So that one was good.  What happened next was a true blessing from God.
My grandpa decided he wanted a NEW pellet stove, so he went out and bought a brand new one.  He's gonna sell his old one for just a couple hundred.  We're talking $200 to $300 bucks.  That's it!!!  And he heard we were looking so he mentioned it to my mom.  They gave me the option so I took it!!!  This evening, my grandparents held a birthday dinner for my mom and my aunt.  Today is one of my auntie's birthday.  Mom's was yesterday so they had both their birthday dinner's together.  That was really fun!  Not the whole family was there, but a lot of them were.  Of course, again my sister didn't show up.  We've gotten so used to her not being there though that in a way she's just becoming a memory.  Someone we once knew. 
Anyway Grandpa told me about his pellet stove and how to take care of it.  He's gonna clean it up good and put a new gasket on it, then when he's ready, he's gonna take it out and put his new one in there.  Then, they'll help me install it here at my place.  So, hopefully in a couple weeks, I'll have a toasty warm home and really enjoying a warm winter ;)  So can't wait! 


The dinner went great!  My mom and my auntie got lots of presents.  Everyone bought them gifts.  They had good food, but I didn't eat that much.  I'm still watching what I eat and I don't eat that much.  I totally discipline myself when it comes to food and sweets, especially sweets like birthday cake and stuff like that. 


So yup, that was my day.  Gonna relax the rest of the evening because tomorrow is HALLOWEEN!!!  OooOOOoOOoOOOooo I'm lookin forward to it ;)  Ok, Goodnight!