Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

66°F and .07 inches rain

Drew, do you hold the record for new vehicles since joining GM?

My tractorshed cleaning has taken on a life of its own. Should. Be a trash run today. Maybe put up a couple new shelves.

Prayers for all

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[jbrumberg]

Good afternoon everyone. A decent line of Storms has arrived and I decided to take the opportunity to check in. This thread requires a lot of reading. I need to catch up.

Wifey is still the the immobilizing sling, and as most of you know from your own spousal duties the additional household duties make for challenging timeframes for property maintenance and staring blankly at a computer monitor :embarrassed: . The equipment that I have checked so far is operational, I made some decent progress on the yard work, and the tiller is on the tractor (minus PTO driveshaft). It looks like a small garden for 2 will be happening this year.

Historically people plant their gardens around Memorial Day, and I am no different. I have no clue as to when gardeners north of/colder than here plant.... July?

I have been religiously recording all daily caloric intake and taking my blood sugars 3X/day now. My blood sugars have been all over the place since "The Self Improvement Plan" began. First I was high (for me) requiring more insulin, and now I am consistently not taking lunch time insulin. I do not know why this is happening? Reduction in consumed alcohol? The strict adherence to the anti-inflammation diet/Mediterranean Diet? The increased physical activity? The CBD? The ginger root & honey? I have bloodwork ordered and a physical scheduled for early May. I have not found much understandable information on how/why ginger root affects sugar levels?

David an Sophie- I hope that you maintain power and are still out of harm's way.

Rswyan- I hope your doctor visit went well and w/o surprises.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

 

[daugen]

66ｰF and .07 inches rain

Drew, do you hold the record for new vehicles since joining GM?
possibly...?
2012 Cadillac XTS (wife)
2013 Toyota Avalon (sold to close friend, hard for me to get in after neck operation)
2014 Ram Cummins dually (never bought the fifth wheel rv to go with it, bought this farm instead)
2015 Ram 1500 most comfortable Ram after least comfortable Ram.
2017 Subaru Outback because 2 years ago the Q5 still didn't have latest safety tech

I admit it is part of life's entertainment.

What is not good is serious rise in loan interest rates. My bank line of credit keeps going up and new car loans are in the 4 percent range now.
Gasoline is up half a dollar a gallon. Lot of cost of living impact.

I hoed all my beets and melons and carrots today. Mowed most of the lawn.
Ran the sprinklers, almost forgot to turn them off, just ran out to the garden and threw the main lever.
Need to put the inline water timer on that line tomorrow. Of course soaking the garden like I just did will bring
on rain tomorrow for sure. But it was dry today...


I've been looking at Google Maps trying to figure out where David could get his car moving with any speed, I'm guessing through those nature preserves and forests.
Are there motorcycle cops behind every coconut tree?

 

[daugen]

this morning in Ram dealership while waiting for car service I strolled into showroom, new weird green Challenger Demon on showroom floor.
Really does look like a race car. Regular Hellcat is pretty tame compared to this thing. 92 grand. At least I didn't see a markup sticker.

 

[toppop52]

this morning in Ram dealership while waiting for car service I strolled into showroom, new weird green Challenger Demon on showroom floor.
Really does look like a race car. Regular Hellcat is pretty tame compared to this thing. 92 grand. At least I didn't see a markup sticker.

And the Camaro Exorcist will still out run it.

 

[toppop52]

Mounted my sprayer today, only to find I lost another wand to freezing this winter. I drain them, hang them up and they still freeze and burst. I think next winter I’ll take it off and bring it in the house!

 

[ronjhall]

All 4 bee traps are up. Nothing in them yet. Did get rid of 1 bee and a wasp. Used my old way of doing them in. Spray can of CRC Brakeleen.

 

[hawkeye08]

Daughter running weed wacker was short lived.. I purchased fresh non ethanol gas last night and mixed up some fuel for it, but did not purchase any trimmer string because I know I have two rolls, one that I had with older trimmer, and a new unused package that we bought with the new trimmer last summer. I could not find any more line for it anywhere so she ran until it was empty... too hot today to do more anyway. I'll get some more and after filling the spool on the trimmer, will find the rolls I lost when I put the new stuff away.. all good fun.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Pouring down rain right now. Eating at Bdubs. Ordering dessert, since we will be awhile. Hen party at home
Massive hail storm now.
Flash flood warning popped up on my phone.

 

[daugen]

Hawkeye, don't you ever wonder how you can lose something that orange? I do it all the time...
Have learned to buy things like gardening tools with bright colors on them. It helps...

I got a lot done today and feel good about what was accomplished, particularly before the rains come in. I had to pull out all the soaker hose today
on two long lines of carrots and beets and melons in order to hoe around them. Hoping the coming daily thunderstorms will provide some relief from watering.

Be careful Buckeye and others. Flooding in NW too. Spring thaw and big storms are doing their thing.
Plus the high setting on the global Instapot is keeping the weather very active.