This is the answer. CWD can be sun-clinical for as long as 3 years. The deer appears perfectly healthy. It’s really at the final stages that the deer becomes skinny and their behaviors change dramatically.

My advice is to agree to a schedule.

In our house we have the following:

“Clean 15”: after every meal, everyone takes 15 minutes to do as much clean up as possible in the kitchen and dining room. If there’s time left, you can tidy up elsewhere, do some dusting, whatever.

“Dirty 30” every other day, everyone does a half hour tidy up in the main areas of the house. Some reduce clutter, others may clean a bathroom. It doesn’t really matter what the specific job is, but it should take a focused effort of about 30 minutes.

“Hour of power” once a week. Everyone commits a full hour to housework. Whatever needs it the most, gets done.

The key rules are:

1. Everyone in the house participates at the same time.

2. Everyone gets as much done as they can in the time specified. No slacking.

3. At the end of the allotted time, everyone stops. - even if there is more that can be done, it can wait for the next dirty thirty.

Replacing the nose pieces on glasses that have them can renew their fit. Face oils pond to the plastic over time and make them slippery.

I have also had luck with Zen Optical. They are super cheap, but last for the 3-4 years that I need them between prescription updates.

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This is the real answer. Also drinking soda right before brushing your teeth diminishes the effect of brushing because of the residual sugars in your mouth.

MEC Frontenac is a great family tent. We’ve had ours for 14 years now.

It is hexagonal, and It is classed as a 4+ person tent, so it can handle 4 adults like a four person tent in the central square, with room for two kids or dogs or a ton of gear in the triangular spaces on the sides.

It’s also very solid in windy conditions, and has a full cover rain fly.

Alternatively, schedule your Sunday so you can sleep in a bit and go to bed early for a few days after DST kicks in.

The notes app makes much more sense. Finding all the emails over the course of a year just seems clunky AF.

Depending on the style of cooler, you may need to spray some expanding foam between the inner and outer walls after cutting the hole in the side. We did that and cut the bottom off an 8” plastic planter which we stuck into the hole to create a short tube that sticks out the side to maximize the insulating properties of the cooler and allow us to set it deeper into the stack of bales.

We found a large cooler at a thrift shop, and drilled an 8” diameter hole in the side. It is about the size of a small square bale of hay, so we stacked it in our hay mow with bales on top, bottom and three sides. A bit of chopped straw bedding and the cats are insulated and snuggled up together every night. No electricity necessary.

Tilley makes some good winter hats, otherwise stormy kromer is good too.

Delta has a great warranty if that matters to you.

Meindl. They use several different lasts (foot shaped forms that the boot is build around) so each boot model fits differently. That means that everyone can find at least one of their boot models that fits perfectly. I’ve had mine since 2004, and with regular applications of snoseal, they are still in great shape. Resole able too.

While not water/steam proof, I love the "Ove glove." https://www.ovenglove.net

We've had a pair of them for 10 years now, and they are fantastic! That said, I also have a pair of straight up Silicone gloves that I use for wet applications. They aren't as insulating as the Ove Glove, but work better in steamy/wet situations.