An unmistakable sign of age, but...

[LWolf]

45. I can pay for some things, but not for all.

So some I still do myself, and some just doesn't get done. Picking and choosing what to get done and what to leave until next year has become business as usual.

I can still haul and split wood. I can't fix the roof. I paid someone to fix a broken water line outside, but am trying to fix the broken pipe under the kitchen sink myself.

I no longer stack my own hay, but I still manage to haul single bales around myself. Downed trees stay where they fall until I pay someone with a better chain saw to cut them up.

Snow doesn't get shoveled; I tromp through it, and after a few days, I've created a path. My 4wd tacoma is high profile enough to do the same down the long driveway, so I can get in and out.

I can get my son and grandson to help with heavier things sometimes, but I've got them focused on helping my mom, 50 miles in the other direction, in their free time.