Mr. T has been retired for nearly 2 months now. I never before realized that he must have adult-onset ADD. He still gets up and has most of the known world organized for the day. So far, he has injured his rotator cuff and managed to get a pinched nerve in his neck. I wonder if it has anything to do with joining a local ping pong club and trying to get a year's worth of yardwork done in a week? So far he's had about 3 doctor appointments and at least as many physical therapy sessions! I'm convinced he sees retirement as something to get checked off his list rather than a new state of being.
He has also figured out how to use the Rat Zapper and caught the nasty rodent--electocuted that Norwegian roof rat as soon as it went for the bait. 
Work around the house? To the left is the "before" shot. And after all his hard work? The "after" shot. "Holmes on Homes" would be so proud!
He's also replaced the broken sliding screen door that the dogs went through trying to catch the same roof rat. If Byrdie were smart, she would be a dangerous dog! Talus would never be dangerous--he just stays annoying. When Byrdie spied the rat she just lunged for it--screen door never figured in her calculations of a battle plan. Talus never saw the rat but takes the lead in plunging and yapping. (He didn't really have to worry about the screen door since Byrdie had flattened it already.)
Talus headed around the corner away from the rat because he remembered a part of my garden he'd torn up and wanted to finish that job. Byrdie, seeing Talus having a plan, abandoned the rat destruction mission and followed him around the corner. Sigh....At least Mr. T. was able to get the Zapper up and running in Lethal Mode and replace the door.
I've noticed the beer consumption is going up.
