Well, nice. I just ordered something from Amazon with amazon prime and it appears it shipped out from Houston, so this "Two day delivery" is really "next day" delivery for me. It'd make sense that Amazon would have a warehouse here with the permissive business culture, what I assume is a large customer base that likes to spend (An average wage of $15/hour, as compared to the USA's $10/hour, might do that) and the affordable real estate (Also a port city.).
Okay, need to prioritize this list.
kayak ($300)
trailer ($450)
gravel/crushed-conrete ($150)
dog ($600)
fence ($500)
water drum barrels ($240)
trees for the fruit garden ($500-900)
22LR carbine rifle ($250)
greenhouse ($$$)
shed ($600)
The priorities are...
Kayak
Dog
Fence
Water drum barrels
Trees for the fruit garden
Carbine
The priorities among that are...
3)Kayak
2)Water drum barrels
2)Trees for the fruit garden
1)Carbine
4)Fence is the next priority.
5)Dog after that.
For the driveway, I figure I could get 2x 4x8s and lay at the edge of the driveway and park parallel to the street.
And, I think it's getting to be a high priority to create roofing for the tornado shelter, so that I have a weather protected observation post right next to it. (I take up the observation post when I get a tornado warning. My RV makes a poor observation post because I can't really see the tops of the trees from the windows without great difficulty.)
And, applied to the geraniol lotion and sure enough, found a mosquito sucking my arm. Killed it while it was sucking. So, I think I'm going to wear my jacket in the morning for all outside stayish-in-place-ish light work, then for heavy work where wearing a jacket isn't a good idea, I'll apply my DEET. If I'm lucky, I can possibly get my flying-insect-free-zone deployed soon enough, and many portable tasks can be done without DEET or my jacket.
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/glass-bottom-pool-40-stories-051239062.html
If you have a fear of heights, avert your eyes: A glass-bottom pool in a skyscraper in Houston extends 10 feet beyond the building, 40 stories over the street below.
Oh, cool, maybe I can see this pool sometime. Something tells me it probably doesn't have public admission though, lol.
Appears it's an apartment complex. Might need to get an invite from one of the renters, lol. Or maybe tip off one of the renters to let me into the pool. I was going to suggest "Just wait by the front door, and just go in when someone leaves" like I did back in college, but there's likely multiple card scanning devices throughout the building en route to the pool (Like, the pool itself, lol.).
Anyway, it was rather wise of Amazon to let me retry out the Amazon prime program. This next day delivery is really nice, I might actually get a subscription. Maybe not now with these more immediate large expenses on the horizon, but very possibly in the future.