Monday Monday

ENT ONLINE
 and printed out

A copy of the campground at Huntington Beach SP, my sister made a reservation for me Nov 1 - 4 they are bringing their camper over and visiting family this fall...I found my spot on the map...I think it backs up to some trees not sure there is any side privacy tho...
I am looking forward to it, but I don't know how it's going to be with my 2 dogs.  Their camper is large 26 ft, so if we want to go take a walk they can stay in the camper but they may bark...they are always in protect mode when left in my van in campgrounds.  I used to always take them with me when I went for a walk in a campground but now except for short bathroom breaks, they really get lame if they do a lot of walking.  We will be sleeping in my van and I will make my coffee in there and make sure I have some lunch food, but I guess we will make dinner in their full kitchen!!  

So today is one of those days when I am just not into it.  It being many things...I took a walk but wasn't really excited about it, just did it for the movement.  I did a little watering of my plants and tossed out some seed on the lawn, some winter rye...but I wasn't really doing it with enthusiasm.  Checked the mail was able to rip most of it straight into the trash can. Came in and did a little plundering I am looking for something that I can't find in my house no clue where I put it.  Still no clue but cleaned out a few old papers.  

Then I went back out to finish   up my yard projects weed eat the parking area, and trim the foundation hedges in the same area.  Back inside because it got too warm to enjoy being out there.  Came in and watched a couple Youtubers, Slim Potatohead has a wonderful project he is about to dive into ever so slowly...wish I had a project like that one, but even that may not motivate me.  He bought a cabin probably built  in the 70's on a nice piece of waterfront property in New Brunswick Canada.  Its a mess and it will be mostly off grid although he did mention he wants electricity but also mentioned an outhouse.  I think IF it's allowed I would dig my own septic system.  He can still have a rain water system...and I've thought of doing a rain water system for my toilet.... thing is IM getting old.  I have a great idea of how to do it....but Im not sure I could do it. A simple gravity barrel placed on a stand on the ground only needs to be higher than the toilet...I would collect rain water from the roof with a little gutter to funnel it into the barrel.  I could save about 10 gallons a day or 300 gallons a month from my water bill...

It will be fun to see what he comes up with for his cabin to make it livable.   In an old DO it Yourself book I have there's a chapter on setting up your own septic system.  Of course location is key on a sloping away grade is best...you must do a perk test to see how much drop your drain line would have to be for the leech field.  In the book they dug a spot and put in a 50 gallon barrel, and and used it like a septic tank. They filled the hole around it with large stones, and small stones and put in a piece of the black drain line I have a professionally installed septic tank. But the DIY one could be perfect for a cabin in the woods..

Later....today I picked 8 Jalapeno pepper off my plant and decided to make some poppers.  I didn't use cream cheese or anything,,,but I made some breadcrumbs and sprinkled it on the peppers...then baked. Quite good.  Also I cooked a pot of lima beans. I can eat 3 or 4 meals off this pot full...and I think I will make some corn fritters to go with it...

SO one of those do nothing piddle around kind of days when I could not get motivated to really take a stab at anything.