I just realized I haven't seen my jeans since about the early part of May and I can't find them. I've been in shorts pretty much since then.

Other than that, not a whole lot, unless the forecast is for snow, whereupon I laugh and watch the natives attempt to drive in the snow.

- Clean the chimney
- Replace top/vent chimney some kids shot it before I moved in...
- Make a patio cover then roof it
- Replace window in 2nd story of garage
- Get firewood (more)
- Build wood shed
- Possibly paint side of garage
- lots more

FUN STUFF!

I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, so winter is more like the rainy season than winter (I've lived in North Dakota [4 years] and Pennsylvania [~20 years], so I know what winter can be like).

We'll add some fleeces to our change of clothes in the van, along with waterproof windbreakers, and that's about it. Nights in the summer are cool enough for long pants and shoes, so we have them in the van already.

We've live here since '94 - never been below freezing, no snow shovels, no cat litter/gravel, no chains, no ice scrapers. My winter coat is a windbreaker with no lining.

(When we get to summer prep, I'll tell you we've lived here since '94 with no air conditioning, but that's for another season. :->)

Well last winter I finally put the shorts and short sleeve shirts up around the end of November. Had to heat the pool if we wanted to swim, but usually just the DW and I used the hot tub.

This winter:





Uh, can I get back to you on that?

Load up rifle ammo; dress warm; go hunting.

Pretty simple.

Check every-day, reserve, and vehicle clothing to make sure there are, present, clean, in good condition:
Rain jacket with hood.
Rain pants.
Poly fleece jacket
Poly pants
gloves
socks
rain/sun hat
insulating watch cap similar.

In the house check reserve appliances for function:
Propane single-burner stove
Propane heater
Propane lantern

8 or more one pound bottles propane on hand and full (by weight).

Pots with lids, coffee pot (percolator), mantles, spare gaskets, etcetera on hand, in good condition, and accessible.

This is also a good time to inventory and evaluate FAK and survival kits.

Usually I just look for my long pants and jacket.

But this year is different: I'm going to have an arborist out to inspect the trees. We had a bad drought in the summer and are forecast to have a wet winter, and I'm worried about an ice storm knocking over trees. I have a heavily wooded lot with 30+ trees within easy reach of the house, perhaps a dozen with limbs over the house. I like the rural/wooded feel, but the price for that is that the trees need a lot of attention.

I am with Ed, I go so hard throughout the fall hunting season that before you know it Christmas is here. I do not really think about winter until it is early January and I have to accept that there will be snow and ice till sometime in May.

Frost tonight and the bull moose are rutting, too bad I have to work tomorrow!

Mike

I used to live on a heavily wooded lot. Hurricane Ivan took care of that. Three trees hit the house, two the pool, numerous fences damaged, etc. The cleanup was huge, and the repairs were expensive. You're wise to get that under control in advance.

Clean out the cave.

Oh, and get the sign repainted.


The one that say's:

Do Not Disturbe.....