A whole family in the flue? That's wild! Good call on the thick gloves like @green.river said, those little nips are no joke.

Did a monthly cleanup save you time like it did for me?

I used a plain notebook for my budget last year and it totally changed my game! Writing each coffee and grocery bill by hand made me way more careful before spending. That physical act really makes the numbers feel real, not just pixels on a screen.

My buddy was swapping a screen on an Asus Zenbook last year and missed the single screw hidden under a small rubber foot near the hinge. He was ready to pry the bezel off and everything. The manual had a tiny arrow pointing right to it. He said he would have snapped the plastic frame for sure without that page.

All that tweaking seems like overkill for just a wall of glass.