Ranger Hal Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 It's winter. This is a challenge. I'm not creative with challenge names. I need to keep doing the things. Some are old, some are new (or new versions of old things). Leave for work by 8:30 am Workouts - NF bodyweight 3x a week and jump rope 2x Readings Clean the kitchen counter every day Clean or put away, or repair one thing every day Brush teeth in the evening Adventures (hiking, climbing gym, geocaching, SAR training, etc.) at least one per weekend, other times optional Tracking table Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work Workouts Readings Clean Counter Clean / Put Away / Repair Brush Teeth Adventures 6 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Skywalker Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Ah, my challenge names are almost all interchangable. What does the SAR training involve? 1 Quote Skywalker Progress woot: Skywalker's success Character Profile: Skywalker Blog: Just Get Moving Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it! Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:25 am Workouts NF Level 2 Readings Day 8, 9, 10 Clean Counter Yes Clean / Put Away / Repair Package Brush Teeth x Adventures 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Skywalker said: What does the SAR training involve? Search and Rescue training covers a variety of topics: navigation, survival skills, search techniques, rescue equipment, etc. Most of that was covered in the basic training when I joined the unit, but we occasionally have refresher courses to practice our skills or learn more specific or advanced skills like snow skills, rigging (rope rescue), or how to use metal detectors. The rigging training is the most likely to come up during this challenge because we have a regularly scheduled evening practice session. Hopefully we will also get a weekend day practice in at some point as well. 3 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:25 am 8:45 am Workouts NF Level 2 Jump Rope 2 min Readings Day 8, 9, 10 Day 11 Clean Counter Yes Yes Clean / Put Away / Repair Package Sweep part of floor Brush Teeth x Yes Adventures 2 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Stronkey Kong Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Geocaching (I finally looked up the details) sounds fun! I might have to start doing this to get myself out onto the trails and such. 1 Quote ===================================================================================================== --Stronkey Kong-- Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 22 hours ago, Stronkey Kong said: Geocaching (I finally looked up the details) sounds fun! I might have to start doing this to get myself out onto the trails and such. It's a grand excuse to use billion dollar satellites to find Tupperware in the woods! 3 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
kcaleece Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 7 hours ago, Ranger Hal said: It's a grand excuse to use billion dollar satellites to find Tupperware in the woods! I've only tried it once a few years ago but remember it being exciting to find anything at all. Now that my kid is bigger, it might be fun to try again. He's really into camping and hiking so adding another outdoors activity would be great, but he's also still young enough that he loves the type of little trinkets people leave. Thanks for the idea! Also, I love your daily charts, I might have to steal that 1 Quote Mom. Teacher. Language Enthusiast. Wood Elf Current Challenge: KCAleece Lights the Spring Fires Alors je ne lui parlais ni de serpents boas, ni de forêts vierges, ni d'étoiles. Je me mettais à sa portée. Je lui parlais de bridge, de golf, de politique et de cravates. Et la grande personne était bien contente de connaître un homme aussi raisonnable. Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 11 hours ago, kcaleece said: Also, I love your daily charts, I might have to steal that Fine by me! I stole it from spezzy's last challenge! 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Artemis Prime Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 On 1/6/2022 at 9:11 AM, kcaleece said: Also, I love your daily charts, I might have to steal that 15 hours ago, Ranger Hal said: Fine by me! I stole it from spezzy's last challenge! And the vicious cycle continues... 1 1 Quote "For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline". - 2 Timothy 1:7 "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -Gandalf Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:25 am 8:45 am N/A N/A Workouts NF Level 2 Jump Rope 2 min NF Level 2 x sore foot Readings Day 8, 9, 10 Day 11 Day 12 at church Clean Counter Yes Yes nothing new Yes Clean / Put Away / Repair Package Sweep part of floor Got bolts put away stuff Brush Teeth x Yes Yes Yes Adventures 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:25 am 8:45 am N/A N/A N/A N/A Workouts NF Level 2 Jump Rope 2 min NF Level 2 x sore foot NF Level 2 Readings Day 8, 9, 10 Day 11 Day 12 at church x 1/8 Clean Counter Yes Yes nothing new Yes x Yes Clean / Put Away / Repair Package Sweep part of floor Got bolts put away stuff tire hoist repair put away tools Brush Teeth x Yes Yes Yes x Yes Adventures 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:25 am 8:45 am N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Workouts NF Level 2 Jump Rope 2 min NF Level 2 x sore foot NF Level 2 Readings Day 8, 9, 10 Day 11 Day 12 at church x 1/8 1/9 Clean Counter Yes Yes nothing new Yes x Yes Yes Clean / Put Away / Repair Package Sweep part of floor Got bolts put away stuff tire hoist repair put away tools x Brush Teeth x Yes Yes Yes x Yes x Adventures Beach, SAR Week 1 Summary Leave for work: I had several days off this week (needed to burn PTO so I don't lose it), so I didn't track this for most of the week. Workouts: Did good on the NF workouts. I'm a little worried that the jump rope was what caused my foot to be sore later. I'll have to take things slow there. Readings: Pretty good. Clean Counter: It's nice having only the day's dishes to do. Clean/Put Away/Repair: Got a couple of good things done. Need to keep up the work. Brush Teeth: Still needs some work. Adventures: The beach didn't really feel like an adventure because my church went there to do a blessing of the waters. I was only going to count it as half an adventure, but then we got a late evening SAR call, so I'm going to call it good for this week. I need to do better, though, because I can't count on last minute SAR calls to check this box. I think I'm going to add some stretching going forward. My knees are bothering me a bit. 2 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:32 am Workouts NF Level 2 Readings 1/10 Clean Counter Yes Clean / Put Away / Repair swept floor Stretching Yes Brush Teeth x Adventures 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:32 am 8:45 am 8:35 am Workouts NF Level 2 Jump rope 2 min Readings 1/10 1/11 Clean Counter Yes Yes Clean / Put Away / Repair swept floor garbage and yard waste Stretching Yes Yes Brush Teeth x Yes Adventures Hey, look! I did all the things yesterday! Oh, except leave for work on time. Oh well, I did almost all the things. 2 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:32 am 8:45 am 8:35 am Workouts NF Level 2 Jump rope 2 min NF Level 2 Readings 1/10 1/11 1/12 Clean Counter Yes Yes minimal new stuff Clean / Put Away / Repair swept floor garbage and yard waste truck window Stretching Yes Yes Yes Brush Teeth x Yes x Adventures Before I drove home from work, I decided to roll down the passenger side window in my truck to try and get some of the moisture on the outside off. The window was acting weird on the way down and got stuck, so I had to drive home with it a few inches open. Less than ideal, but at least it wasn't raining. I took apart the door when I got home and the problem was pretty obvious: the window had come out of the bracket on its bottom edge. However, getting the window back into the bracket was not so easy. I didn't think I'd be able to do it, but eventually worked it out. I'm not sure the window will go up and down smoothly, so it's probably not entirely fixed, but at least it's in the closed position now. I can live with that, especially in winter. I didn't create a lot of dishes, so the counter is pretty clean. I opted not to wash them today because I sliced my finger on something sharp (small cut, not serious) while fixing the window and didn't want to get the band aid wet for like one dish and a couple of utensils. I'm kind of short on band aids at the moment. 3 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:32 am 8:45 am 8:35 am 9:15 am Workouts NF Level 2 Jump rope 2 min NF Level 2 Jump rope 2 min Readings 1/10 1/11 1/12 1/13 Clean Counter Yes Yes minimal new stuff Yes Clean / Put Away / Repair swept floor garbage and yard waste truck window x Stretching Yes Yes Yes x Brush Teeth x Yes x Yes Adventures 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Mistr Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 I am impressed that you were able to fix the window on your truck. My experience with aging vehicles is that once the windows don't work right, they have to be left in position or else. Seeing your struggles with getting out the door in the morning makes me glad I can work from home. That is one of the major advantages to balance out the downsides. 1 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 4 hours ago, Mistr said: I am impressed that you were able to fix the window on your truck. My experience with aging vehicles is that once the windows don't work right, they have to be left in position or else. Your experience may be valid in this case as well. When I bought the truck, that window didn't work because the gear that connects to the handle that rolls the window up and down was stripped. Last summer, I decided to repair it and put in a new part (youtube was very helpful) and the window went up and down, but it wasn't smooth. I didn't worry about it too much because I rarely have passengers, so that window doesn't get used much anyway. And then the window came out of the bracket this week when I tried to roll it down, so clearly I didn't fix it as well as I should have. But it's in the closed position now and I can wait until better weather before deciding if I want to attempt further repairs. 4 hours ago, Mistr said: Seeing your struggles with getting out the door in the morning makes me glad I can work from home. That is one of the major advantages to balance out the downsides. I could work from home, but I really like keeping work and home separate. And living alone, it's not good for me to sit at home all day and evening by myself. Even if I don't see anyone in the office, it's healthier for me work there. Nobody at work has complained about my start times (if they even notice), but if I start late, I have to stay late as well and I don't like the way things have been trending later. Hence my halfhearted attempt to leave for work at a slightly more reasonable time. 2 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:32 am 8:45 am 8:35 am 9:15 am 9:05 am Workouts NF Level 2 Jump rope 2 min NF Level 2 Jump rope 2 min NF Level 2 Readings 1/10 1/11 1/12 1/13 1/14 Clean Counter Yes Yes minimal new stuff Yes Yes Clean / Put Away / Repair swept floor garbage and yard waste truck window x swept floor Stretching Yes Yes Yes x Yes Brush Teeth x Yes x Yes Yes Adventures 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work 8:32 am 8:45 am 8:35 am 9:15 am 9:05 am N/A N/A Workouts NF Level 2 Jump rope 2 min NF Level 2 Jump rope 2 min NF Level 2 Readings 1/10 1/11 1/12 1/13 1/14 x x Clean Counter Yes Yes minimal new stuff Yes Yes x x Clean / Put Away / Repair swept floor garbage and yard waste truck window x swept floor x x Stretching Yes Yes Yes x Yes x x Brush Teeth x Yes x Yes Yes Yes x Adventures Geocaching I have decided to drop stretching. I always seem to forget that I need to wear my knee wraps to remind my knee cap to stay where it's supposed to so my knees stop hurting. Stretching, while probably a good idea, isn't the solution to the problem I was having. 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Week 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work N/A Workouts NF Level 2 Readings 1/17 Clean Counter sort of Clean / Put Away / Repair Laundry Brush Teeth Adventures Well, yuck. My drain pipes are clogged and it's not the easy, if slightly gross, fix of a clog at the inlet baffle in the septic tank. My pipes don't have much slope on them, so they clog up every year or two, but after the plumber showed me the clog at the septic tank the first time, I was able to fix it on my own because the only tool required was a stick for poking icky things. This clog is somewhere in the pipe and fixing it is going to take tools that I don't have, so I will need to call the plumber. And until then, I'll have to use as little water as possible. Well, I can use all the water I want, I just can't put it down the drain. Sigh. 2 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Sloth the Enduring Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 Ugh. Plumbing is the worst. Quote “We might as well start where we are, use what we have and do what we can." – Caitlin Rivers Sloth: The Man with the Hammer battle log Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Sloth the Enduring said: Ugh. Plumbing is the worst. Yes, but I also consider myself pretty lucky. I just did laundry and I have enough clean dishes to last a few days. And while not having a functional toilet is a bit annoying, I live alone (I shudder thinking about having this problem with like 5 people in the house) and learned how to climb glaciers last year which includes having a dedicated container for taking care of #1 without leaving the tent and blue bags for #2 (although I'm hoping it won't come to that and I can just use the toilets at work). This could be so much worse. 3 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted January 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 Week 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Leave for work N/A 8:55 am Workouts NF Level 2 Jump rope 2 min Readings 1/17 1/18 Clean Counter sort of N/A Clean / Put Away / Repair Laundry Garbage / recycling Brush Teeth Yes Adventures Clean counter is going to be on hold until the drain pipe is fixed. 1 Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Link to comment
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