1,000 Already getting ready

It's only about seven months until there's a possibility for snow, so preparations are under way now.
     Two new bulletproof gallon jugs for maybe finally getting gallons of milk down the trail without breaking, leaking or freezing; a new tougher, more efficient cooler as well. Actually the way I use it, it's to keep food from freezing, reverse cooling. Then there's a long-range antenna to bring in a TV signal; XL frogg toggs recommended by my friend Joe May to pull over my winter wear when working in wet sloppy snow (last winter i soaked through a suit of insulated Carhartt; coverall, a wool shirt, heavy pants, base layer and into my t-shirt shoveling the roof one day); a new pair of slip-on shoes for those mid-dark excursions outdoors; a new Clive Cussler novel and the last season of Shameless. All vital equipment for a pleasant winter at the East Pole. Now settling in to wait. Two of those items are the ones I wrote about earlier whose manufacturers won't ship to Alaska. Well, my niece took delivery for one and forwarded it and Amazon came up with the other, neither of which charged what I would have had to pay the makers. I hope they lost money on the deals.
     Of course there's more to purchase, but buying a little at a time seems better than those huge spirit-bruising long lists of supplies at the end. Less painful this way and also helps keep up the optimism. Also as I look over what's there, it tells me I already have most of the important stuff to live out there (not counting food). It's like now I am adding comfort gear. I hope my kids enjoy their inheritance LOL.
    Lots of time to go and lots more to purchase but it's a start.
Now, about that number 1,000. Did anybody guess? There's a nickel in it. If anyone figured it out.
If not, here it is: This is the 1,000th post I've made on this blog. Damn that's probably a couple of books' worth of words at least, maybe not book quality but there are lots of reasons. Anyway this is it, 1,000 posts, holy crap on a cracker.
    I hope it's been a happy ride and offered some humor, some insight, some steam blowing and the music, yes, of course the music. Thanks to everyone who gave it a look and especially those who chose to comment with a few kind words. For a person who lives like me, you are my society, you are my dinner companions, you are my Algonquin Roundtable, and yes, now and then my adversaries; perhaps most of all you are the person at dinner whom I get to tell how my day went. So it goes.