Good morning!!!!

[mpham]

Morning all!
50 going to a sunny 80 with low wind.
Sorry to hear all the health issues going on! Hoping for a full recovery for all!
Going to get the garden all planted today. Might try and get some of the grass mowed if time allows.
Niece is supposed to come over for a headlight swap on her car this afternoon.
After 34 years it's time for a new furnace and hot water unit. Been shopping around all week at different companies.
Nothing in the shop this week. With visitors staying over and family coffee day Thursday things got away from me! Oh well. Maybe next week.
Monday looks wet around here. Hopefully will hold off long enough for the festivities to be held. This might be the last year for our great nephew to participate so don't want to miss it. He goes to a different school next year.
Enough rambling...
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[Thomas]

43F clear sky mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,afternoon final touches on garden and flower boxes before planting tomorrow.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
53° and a bright sun shining. High of 85 and mostly sunny forecast.

Yesterday’s trip to FL went pretty well, good weather at both ends, some storms over MD and the Carolina’s, but we were on top of it all. Ate lunch over the Atlantic on the way home, car was back in the garage by 2:15.
Contractors were all gone by then, but I can see that they were productive.

I did some checking on the best pricing for the hePEX for the radiant heat, not surprisingly, SupplyHouse.com was better than the local plumbing supplies. You do have to be registered as a contractor with them to get that price though.

Didn’t accomplish much else. Watched the grandson make the first plunge into the just opened (and cold) pool. Was in bed by 8.

No construction until Tuesday, not a lot planned for today, maybe take the little plane out to lunch, maybe get some RC flying in. Maybe sit around in the shade and do nothing, but that’s unlikely as I always find something to keep me busy.

Just remembered that a neighbor wants me to charge up the AC on his 140hp New Holland tractor, so that might be the first order of business after breakfast. Wife is at a Farmers market, daughter is getting around pretty well, usually without even a cane, so maybe we will go out for breakfast.

 

[plowhog]

Here's the whole house reversed,

BEF,

We built a residence recently. At framing stage, the owner of the construction company walked through it with us. He suggested enlarging the master bedroom window and I'm glad he did. So we had it re-framed for a larger window. Upsizing a window is relatively inexpensive but you enjoy it forever. Another consideration is whether to use a fogged glass type window in the bathroom. We did that for one of the bathrooms for privacy. Good luck!

Heading to a sunny 66F today. We are off for another puppy visit today. Lots of driving for a short time with pups but worth it.

Everyone have a great day !!!!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 45 to start going to mid 70’s. Another beautiful sunny day ! Kathleen and I got out on Lake St. Catherine for a short ride later yesterday afternoon, but had to get back to the house for the youngest son and his family ! It was quite windy but still nice out on the water !

Phil, good luck in search for a new furnace. Are you looking for a boiler?

Ron beautiful picture this morning!

Had to cut the lawn pretty much twice yesterday, and will have to cut again on Sunday! I also took my weight barrel off of the 3 pt and put the bush hog on. I like to trim each side of the DW with the bush hog to clean it up a bit !

I noticed that my boat registration will expire by the end of June, so should be getting something in the mail shortly!

No real plans for today, maybe a little time in the shop to work on those oak sawhorses that I started a few weeks back. I need to be up here alone to concentrate on building those rockers, and I’m definitely not alone this weekend!

Bill, glad to see your much improved on your health !

Hope all have an excellent Saturday!

Remember our Veterans!

 

[LouNY]

Good Morning,
Vt, 45 to start going to mid 70’s. Another beautiful sunny day !

Remember our Veterans!

That's a nice thought but this Memorial Day is about the ones that didn't make it back, Veterans Day is Nov 11th.
Thanks

 

[txdon]

Good Morning! 77˚F heading to 97˚, S wind.
The old house was listed yesterday, today will be the open house. My wife bought a pretty yellow hibiscus plant for the front door. The ring doorbell caught a deer eating her hibiscus to a nub last night.

At the new house found 4 more light bulbs to replace, The one in the shower was a hard one till I figured it out. Took off and cleaned the outdoor kitchen vent hood filters. Easy Off oven spray and a hard water blast made the job easy. The water temp was 84˚ so I went for my first swim, refreshing. Then back to the old house to mow the yard for the open house - heat index 102˚ when I finished at 8pm. Don't know how many people will show up today for the open house being a holiday weekend, but we will be counting via ring from our new house.

 

[riptides]

63 outside right now, heading to upper 80's.

Lots of walking yesterday. Memorial event and weed whacking. More of the same today. First time ever, pool is not open on this holiday coming up. I should tackle that today. Maybe.

Hope all have a good weekend. Remember those who paid the price for our country. Be safe. Those ailing, get better.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 51F @ 5:15AM. Sunshine and clouds mixed. High near 75F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.

Beautiful goldfinch, Ron. Haven't seen any out here yet to tell if they've changed out of their winter coats yet.

Yesterday I caught two young bucks sleeping on the front porch, Don. Their mother looks like she's about to drop another couple fawns, and she's the one that taught them to do that. Good luck on the open house. I don't think the holiday will deter a serious buyer from attending, but it may weed out the Lookie Lous.

Pretty much finished mowing yesterday morning, but I have to confess that I mowed less of the property than ever before. I didn't mow under the trees on the steep hillside, partly because the oaks tend to keep the grass from growing, but mostly because of low hanging limbs and steep slope. I also didn't mow as far down hill in the back as before, mainly because the grass is pretty dry and very high, and I didn't like the idea of sliding downhill on the slippery clippings. I'll end up using the weed wacker to get at the stuff on the steepest parts, but once I get 100' defensible space from the house, I won't cut it.

I also ran into some problems with the tractor stopping, not responding at all to the Speed Control Pedal. Engine runs fine, just no motion. Sometimes stepping on the pedal to reverse direction gets things moving again, sometimes turning the steering wheel from side to side works, sometimes I have to kill the ignition and restart. Started another thread here to ask opinions, and have a few things to check. Was going to change the HST filter yesterday only to learn that the oil filter wrench is down south. Maybe next trip.

I did finish wire wheeling the inside of the trailer, but by then the wind was blowing pretty good and the temps were up, so I'll get the Metal Prep on this morning and finish painting tomorrow.

The unauthorized charge on one of the VISA cards posted yesterday, so the bank is reissuing the card with a new number. That charge came from temu.com, BTW.

A couple days ago I started watching the HBO mini series on the WWII Pacific theater. It follows several characters through their own personal experiences during the war, and really brought home how horrific those battles were. An appropriate way to remember and appreciate those sacrifices on this Memorial Day weekend.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 72 going up to 86 and sunny.
Early morning run to pick up salt and chemicals for pool.
Swapped out to heavier springs on garage door opener, ordered new gear kit, that was <$20, much cheaper than 200+ for a new opener.
Not sure why the last set of springs lost their spring. :-(

Lost one of the bolts, then found it later in my pocket, what's the chance of that!

Finished pw the pool surround and started putting out furniture.

Ordered 5/8" anchor bolt to see if I can use that to hold on mirror for BMW.

Somewhere yesterday I found time to mow a few of the lawn areas. Weld held up fine on deck.

Sorry you can't get through the DOT physical Lou.

Popgadget - glad to hear your daughter is healing up fast. Walls look great.

Remembering my coworkers in the AF who died on duty. That was one of the saddest days in my life. We did a lot together as a group when in the theater and got close. Great people to have your back.

still need to pw top and bottom back decks. less of a rush than pool was.

BEF - making the doors wide enough for a wheelchair? If you plan for that, then hopefully you'll never need one

Be well,

Umbrellas etc. will be up later, just shocked it to be ready this afternoon.

 

[Buppies]

Great pool picture Ken

After last post laid back down just got up, lazy I am

Remembering the fallen this weekend my father as a lot of WW2 veterans saw a lot of death to maintain our freedom let’s not let their sacrifice be for naught

 

[Buppies]

Good morning rswyan have a wonderful weekend

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Lou,

That's a nice thought but this Memorial Day is about the ones that didn't make it back, Veterans Day is Nov 11th.
Thanks

You are 100% correct !

 

[sodamo]

64°F and .25 inches rain.

Strange day yesterday. Eye Dr had car issues. Couldn’t get and Uber either so was 1.5 hours late getting into office. A whole gaggle of folks all prepped by the time he arrived. I was there over 2 hours.

Must have been the holiday weekend as Safeway and Walmart were a challenge just finding parking. I did get new glasses ordered. Settled for chicken sandwich at McD for late lunch.

30mm socket worked great, but sky opened up before I could get 3rd blade on. Will finish up this morning and go for a test mow

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

78F and mostly cloudy @ 11:30, heading up to around 80F for the day's high temp. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon, gusty winds and small hail possible.

Looks like most of the rain is off to the south and east at the moment though.

Ten Day showing unsettled weather for the next four days.

LWS reports yesterday's high hit 87.3F here.

Got potted plants on shelves watered yesterday first thing.

Then finished up mowing the front lawn. Ride was pretty bumpy.

After that I helped The Woman plant some French Marigolds from starter trays into pots.

She also got Her Asiatic Lilies planted into pots. They really need to be replanted somewhere in the ground.

Amazon finally showed up with the order that was MIA.

Finally connected up with accountant and got appointment scheduled.

After that I planted more tomatoes along the vertical trellis: 2 more Crimson Cushions for a total of 8 there ... plus 2 more Trip-L-Crop. Should still have room for 4 more Trip-L-Crop there.

Used up the last of 3' tall welded wire fencing to protect those, after unrolling it and straightening it out.

Got some step-in posts and put up a 2-wire monofilament fence on the eastern side of the vertical trellis as an additional impediment to the deer.

Helped Woman tie up the blooms on another peony plant.

Got the mud hosed off of one (of the four) shorter t-posts.

And then called it a day.

Woman fixed BLT's for dinner, I had 2 ... plus a leftover hard taco She had gotten from The Bell ...

Agenda for today:

Dole out meds for this coming week.

Schedule one bill for payment.

Hose off the rest of the short t-posts.

Relocate one (shorter) piece of weed block fabric in the middle at the north end of the garden to accommodate planting space on either side of the arched cattle panel trellises.

Work on making up a Menards order: more mulch (while it's still on sale), hoops for the new netting, maybe some foam-filled tires/wheels for that little rolling seat that Kyle correctly predicted would be hard to keep the tires inflated on ...

If storms actually develop, then back up to the shop and work on finishing lift cylinder rebuild. Plus live trap repair and weld cross bar on the masonry ladder I broke.

Maybe work a haircut in there somewhere too.

Hope everyone is having a decent Saturday ...

 

[rswyan]

Good morning rswyan have a wonderful weekend

Good day to you sir, same back at ya !

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 45°, heading up to 78°. Wind is already here, started around 08:00. Supposed to be at 25-30 mph, gusts to 50.

L4N, glad you are back home. Take care and don't push it too far.
When I was a medic, I was always amazed at how bad physical shape people were in, some were 10 years younger than me and looked 20 years older.....
Made me feel good anyway.

Dennis, nice plan. Simple straightforward construction. I agree that 'air infiltration' is more important than just R-value.

Paul, nice progress on the foundation. That crew isn't messing around. How long do you anticipate the completion time?

Don, hope you get a quick sale! Will be interesting to see how much traffic goes through this weekend. Sorry about the deer eating the plant.

Drew, nice spread for the pancake breakfast. I used to enjoy cooking the pancakes for our VFD. I can't explain why... it was just fun I guess....

RNG, never had any fraudulent charges from Temu. We did find out that they will keep your card "on file" automatically. You have to go into your account settings and remove the card info manually. And, you have to do it EVERY time....

David, glad you are done with the dental work for the time being. Hope you don't struggle with the BX blades getting changed. I think the same gorilla puts on the blades that puts on the filters. Hopefully the LS has no more issues when you get it back.

Thomas, sorry to hear about your upcoming surgery. Hope it goes without issue and you have a quick recovery.

Ken, pool is looking good! You going to try it first?

Yesterday, decided to tackle cleaning out the pond. YUK! The bottom was coated in about 2" of thick black muck! Didn't smell too good either.....
Took much longer than expected. Knee was complaining during, back was complaining last night and so far this morning. Ahhh, the pleasures of getting old. At least it's done for another year. New pump is working great!

Today will be an energy conservation day. The only thing going to happen is watering the plants in the greenhouse. Not too hard to do at this point.

Going to grill some salmon burgers later. Not sure what sides are going with them.....

Everyone have a great weekend and please take some time to to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice given by our fallen heros.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF - making the doors wide enough for a wheelchair? If you plan for that, then hopefully you'll never need one

As you recall I was in a wheel chair for awhile, and have one. So yes, making most doors 3' wide, 2nd BR is 2'8'" (still wide enough).

LS, thanks.

Breakfast with most of the usual gang at a place close to me for once. Prices a little higher, fried potatoes the frozen kind, not as good. The rest was ok. More expensive.
Just finished mowing all the yard down to the creek. 2.5 hrs on the clock and on the meter. Dry here, haven't been getting the rains, I watered garden before mowing. Might go back out and spray some weed juice, and trim some limbs I keep forgetting to trim.

 

[Popgadget]

Popgadget - glad to hear your daughter is healing up fast. Walls look great.

BEF - making the doors wide enough for a wheelchair? If you plan for that, then hopefully you'll never need one .

She is doing great. She got in and out of my Prius effortlessly, and walked into the restaurant for breakfast with a cane.

I would imagine that Dennis is doing the ADA thing, I sure am, even a curbless shower so that I can roll into it!

I learned the hard way with my motorcycle accident a few years ago what life without mobility is like.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

She is doing great. She got in and out of my Prius effortlessly, and walked into the restaurant for breakfast with a cane.

I would imagine that Dennis is doing the ADA thing, I sure am, even a curbless shower so that I can roll into it!

I learned the hard way with my motorcycle accident a few years ago what life without mobility is like.

Not a curb less shower right now on the plans, but I do want one. If we decided to move to the house, the goal would be to add on a 2nd master bath with all that stuff. Did put in 3ft door to bath.