It's been a year, 2022, amiright"!  Ciao, buddy!  I don't even speak Italian.  Either way, I thought I'd close out the year with a spiffy Variety Pack.
In reflection, as one is wont to do this time of year, again and as usual, it feels like a mix of lots and nothing got checked off the ol' to-do list.  Confusing for sure.
Weirdly, I don't write anything down on a list anymore.  And honestly, I haven't even looked at my list binder in probably years which is extra weird as I nevertheless rely on handwritten paper lists.
Well anyway.  Let's see what's on the docket for today!
Ah, an update on the ol' metal front stair steps as, if you remember this past spring, some rust came back.  I finally got it cleaned up and patched prior to the winter yuck. Pretty much did the same as the original clean-up, prime, and paint though here I stuck mainly to areas that had failed.  
First, and key to our outside survival, slather on the Picaridin.*  This stuff is the schnizz, like, ain't no mosquitos getting through this barricade.  It's one of the very few things that work for me.  That and a Thermacell.*  
Get the lotion version of Picaridin.  There's no odor, you're not sticky or gross, it lasts hours, and it works.  Trust me.  Mosquito magnets, we are.
Right, ok, first bug stuff then grinding* away at the parts that rusted or peeled, a little steel wool...