Good morning!!!!

[Eric Salop]

After enjoying a few hours of bright sunshine yesterday we are back to dull and wet today. I am still recovering from a cold donated by my wife and my legs are still reluctant to do more than a short walk, so am quite looking forward to a day working inside with occasional stops to feed the woodburner.

CWB, I am not familiar with block heaters and was surprised to see how many different types there are. Out of curiosity, what model are you using ?

Drew, Christmas carols in your cab - what a fitting way to start to get to know your new tractor :thumbsup:

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 22ｰ with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 33ｰ with cloudy skies. Nice day yesterday. But chilly. Spent more time on phone getting final papers sorted out for end of year. Went mostly smooth except for having to spend more time on hold. Some places have the worst hold sounds. It may be music. But not to my ears. Makes me more irritated because I had to wait on hold. Haircut for me. Grooming for dog. Doctor appointment. That's enough for today.

Kyle, anymore I do not hold phone to my ear when at home. I use the speaker on phone.

Roy, glad Bella is going to OK.

Drew, like your tractor pictures. My 52" reverse tine tiller is the best. Except when it tries to bring up a 10" rock to the surface. I have learned to set depth at about 4" first pass. Then make another pass at a deeper depth. My tractor needs the bucket on and 4WD to pull the tiller forward. Looked up Jimmies. We called them chocolate sprinkles. :confused3:

Farmer, Prayers for you and your son that therapy works.

RNG, glad you are getting things back to normal. Worst place for out of date food is our 2 freezers. :ashamed: We have 2 pantries. I am sure there is stuff in them that needs to be thrown out. Check out a neti pot or a electric one for your head cold. Works wonders for me.

Don, maybe all you need is some pedals on that golf cart. Cheaper than batteries.

All those down south getting snow. Thanks for keeping down there. Got just enough up here to make it look like winter.

Good Morning All.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 30 going to 36 with a 90-60% chance of snow. Most surfaces are white, grass is still poking through pretty good. Calling for 1-2 in today. Nothing planed for today will see.

Farmer prayers for your son.

Prayers for all, have a great day. Ed

 

[Thomas]

11F now might reach 30 for couple hours than head for another chilly night.

While sanding driveway yesterday afternoon 9 turkeys decided to help by scratching pecking the grit about :laughing: turkeys were rewarded w/pail bird seed.
Good news indeed for Bela...get some rest pup.
E muffin feed little critters slow roll to work.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Buppies]

33 high of 39 more base asphalt too windy for anything else and cold

Prayers for all

Wife put up Christmas Tree yesterday

Great news about Bella

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, I bet just standing in your house and looking around gives you a special feeling after all of the anxiety producing days of fire.

The only feeling I get right now is how much work it's gonna take to get the smoke smell out of the house. I might even have to call in professional help. Yes, it's better than coming home to a pile of ashes, but I wasn't counting on the breathing problems I'm having...

 

[wngsprd]

33 and snow flurries, going to 39.

RNG, sorry about that smell. Try the ozone machine that Kyle (or was it Rick?) suggested along with your planned cleaning. I've seen them work wonders.

Roy, glad Bela is okay.

Thomas, cool story about your turkeys. Your place sounds like a real wildlife paradise.

Don, I had some time last night to look at your San Gabriel trail...looked really interesting. Georgetown must be a great town.

How is that bed holding up, Freedom?

Went to the gym yesterday while my wife hosted yoga and lunch at our house. Came home early afternoon and got back on the window trim project. Primed and painted the boards laying across sawhorses, but will wait until warmer to nail them up and caulk. Today will focus on firewood and paperwork.

 

[wngsprd]

If the weather is decent, I plan on practicing some pew pew pew, need to pick up some large targets and hang a wire also. I saw on the interweb someone had put up a wire between two posts and hung pop cans on it with small S hooks on the pull tabs.. I should be able to figure that out easy enough.

I looked up pew pew pew...is it a laser gun? Sounds like fun.

 

[ronjhall]

The only feeling I get right now is how much work it's gonna take to get the smoke smell out of the house. I might even have to call in professional help. Yes, it's better than coming home to a pile of ashes, but I wasn't counting on the breathing problems I'm having...

File a claim with your insurance company?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 51F @ 3:45AM. Cloudy. Periods of light rain this morning. High near 50F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.

Woke up coughing and then started sneezing; I think I did too much yesterday and the cold has relapsed. That's a new one for me.

Glad things went well with the new tractor, Drew. No stiff neck this morning?

There have been turkey sightings in the neighborhood here after the fire, Thomas, and deer are already browsing the new sprouts in my upper meadow. Wonder how they evaded the flames.

Pulled the memory card from the game camera Monday, but the batteries had died before the fire hit so no new info to be had about when it swept through. Lots of pics/video of me at the BBQ, though.

Busy day yesterday: Blood draw first thing, but learned the hard way that the place I've been going to for years had moved, and the new one required use of local hospital's parking structure. The beams are so low inside that the antenna on the truck was dragging, and I kept ducking my head. Breakfast at Mom's was delicious, more than I could eat, too. Then a cluster f*** at BestBuy when I went to pick up the dryer for my friend. They eventually found it, but it took the better part of an hour. Installation went smoothly on the other end, but it was a tight squeeze. Thankfully, nobody got any pinched fingers. Dropped old dryer off at recyclers, but they wouldn't take the foam packaging. Not sure what to do with that, as my garbage can is full of spoiled food and trash service doesn't start back up 'till next Monday. Picked up one motorcycle and got it home; body shop neighbor that arranged storage was tweaked I didn't come at his lunch break so he wouldn't get in trouble with his boss, but I was told to come "anytime":confused2:. Got it home OK and back on the lift, hopefully to finish it up once the dust gets cleaned out of the house. Then back to town to pick up the other motorcycle, and ran errands until it was quitting time for my neighbor. Then one last stop at the post office to mail my property taxes before heading home. Unloaded bike in the dark, an interesting experience, but everything went OK. Pizza for dinner, and no heartburn for once. I'm thankful for the small things, and the big ones, too.

Happy Hump Day, folks!