Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Good morning all.
72 going up to 88 today, dry day, rain coming back in tomorrow.
For the first time I left the awning out over night, thinking nah it won't rain...well you can imagine what it did briefly last night...
but it will dry out and I suppose there is some mother nature washing action going on.

Forest River, the big rv company that owns Dynamax, has a forum that sends me updates and I had to laugh at what I got this morning.
A whole thread on guys and wives complaining about how to get fitted sheets on "walk around" queens that really aren't, you only can walk around about
half the length. It is a serious PITA to get the fitted corners put on the top end of the bed, had the same problem with the queen bed on my big boat with a queen berth
that was flush up against the wall. You have to crawl on top of the sheet you are trying to install, and by the time I'm done, I'm soaked in sweat. I went to bed last night with an unmade bed I was so demotivated to go through that again, but...will start on it shortly. Apparently the trick is to pull the mattress down a ways, exposing ends better, so you can get the sheet corners all the way down and around the ends, instead of just stuffing them in. But it was good to read dozens of guys complaining about the same thing that has frustrated me. Almost makes me want to go to all flat sheets... Life's little challenges, emphasis on little...

I appreciate all the positive thoughts. Interesting that my siblings, none of them, were supportive, met with dead silence, which is their way of expressing disapproval.
I love them dearly but they worry too much about me, I guess thinking I'll have another stroke.(riled up, yes Kyle...
The farm was a wonderful experience with a poor ending, for a number of reasons. I'm determined to only focus on the wonderful experience.

Next week I get chemo again and my second PT scan. Hopefully the latter will once again show no cancer spread and further reduction in tumor size. Then I will truly
start to worry less and look forward to the next chapter up North.

Ted, glad you got your welder to work better. You have some very creative, talented projects.
Pictures of bears are fun

RS careful around the wires, positional awareness...light up your life in other ways...

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, ditto Roy's temperatures, with plenty of rain in with the predictions.

Interesting that my siblings, none of them, were supportive, met with dead silence, which is their way of expressing disapproval. I love them dearly but they worry too much about me

Drew, if your family are Quakers, they are bound to be exceptionally good at silence !
That cottage looked to be in a nice location, hope there is still a chance of it meeting your expectations for a few years.

LS, looking forward to seeing a pic of the fence unroller in action.

As the sheep went through the sorting race yesterday, the guillotine style gate came apart. Previous owners have done a variety of repairs over the years, I think I need to start afresh, even if I do have lots of baler twine :laughing:

 

[daugen]

Drew, if your family are Quakers, they are bound to be exceptionally good at silence !

Eric, thank you. My sister and I are but not the two older brothers.
And they are not hesitant about giving their opinions...having an oldest brother who is an attorney and thus feels
that in itself bestows almost unlimited intelligence and unimpeachable opinions...
For decades I was told "when you get old enough you'll understand this". Really?...
When I was 59 and he was 64 I finally had enough, and asked him if I was old enough now.
Never heard that again :thumbsup: My siblings are incredibly well meaning and basically supportive and did so much for me in the last four months
I just keep my mouth shut at times. They aren't perfect and neither am I.

I think I really scared them for the first couple of weeks after I had my stroke and was hospitalized, my thoughts were confused, I was having some entertaining hallucinations, and they worried if I would come back. Well I did, and it's taking them awhile
to get a grip on that. That three week period when I was mentally challenged was why I finally agreed to the heart monitor. One just never knows and I sure don't want that experience again. Of course I was told repeatedly the stress of my body fighting the cancer was what gave me the stroke.
So the plan is no more cancer, no more strokes. Plan A...

Bed is made, phew... and I'm off in a bit to deposit a refund check from assisted living where they billed me/deducted from my brother's checking account for the month after I left. Before that, having a breakfast of waffles, maple syrup and veggie sausage.

 

[Thomas]

59F cloudy chance pass showers this morning upper 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today... :confused3: other than that pick and putter.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 56ｰ with clear skies this morning. Heading to 76 with plenty of sunshine. Did a clean up of my equipment with gas engines on them yesterday. After not being used for over a year. They cleaned up and ran good. Back to window frame project today. Cut lawn while primer is drying.
My neighbor brought their SIL's dog over yesterday. Sassy and Roxy played for hours. SIL has cancer and is not expected to live. Need a forever home for her in the future. I said OK if they need someone. Sad. SIL is only 58.


Hawk on top of barn.

Drew, glad you siblings are coming around to you moving out of assisted living. Good luck with house.

Eric, looks like scrap metal to me. I still have lots of tubing from the crates that Woodmaxx packed my chipper and fail mower in to make a new gate out of.

Roy hope audit goes well. I need a Dr. visit soon for BP meds. During the CV shut down I was able to get by on 1/4 the meds I was taking. Dr. did not believe it. Took my machine to compare with their machine. They agree. My problem is with side effect of these meds.

RS, sorry I cannot keep up with you. :tractor: But like reading your post.

Buppies, good plan with Bear.

Buckeye, good flower pic.

David, King of the Hill. :thumbsup:

Kyle, good to hear DD is doing better.

Mostly, Covid numbers make headline news. My township/village posted that new case count went up 15% in one week. Actual count was 75 to 86 over a 7 day span. :confused2:

RNG, hope you do not need to test your power system and safety upgrades because of a fire.

Randy, right after a deep cleaning may be the best time to go.

MFW, I have heard they want to put things away for showing and pictures. Along with many other things realtors have on their wish list. Enough, hard to find a realtor that can do much more than list house. Remember, when your realtor list your house. That is the last time they are on your side. My :2cents:.

Bird, little early for Flu shot. I usually do it early October.

Everyone be safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

65 and fog has burned off, going to 84, and the weatherman promises low-for-summer humidity.

Hopefully the grass will dry for its first cutting since the week of deluge. RS, I'm with you...definitely heard the grass growing yesterday. It dried enough to run a full battery down on the string trimmer, and to prune some holly bushes. I have a manual pair of Fiskar hedge shears...really enjoy the motion of trimming. But it started raining before I could mow.

Ted, glad to hear you are almost complete building your fence roller.

Scott, looks like you are getting your fire truck ready just in time...that smoke doesn't look good, especially with your high temps.

Kyle, as far as I know, that bear family has stayed back in the woods...that trail cam is down the hill at the fox den, but only about 150 yards from the house.

David, you are the Kuke King!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Poured first cup of coffee. 56ｰ with clear skies this morning. Heading to 76 with plenty of sunshine. Did a clean up of my equipment with gas engines on them yesterday. After not being used for over a year. They cleaned up and ran good. Back to window frame project today. Cut lawn while primer is drying.
My neighbor brought their SIL's dog over yesterday. Sassy and Roxy played for hours. SIL has cancer and is not expected to live. Need a forever home for her in the future. I said OK if they need someone. Sad. SIL is only 58.
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Hawk on top of barn.

Drew, glad you siblings are coming around to you moving out of assisted living. Good luck with house.

Eric, looks like scrap metal to me. I still have lots of tubing from the crates that Woodmaxx packed my chipper and fail mower in to make a new gate out of.

Roy hope audit goes well. I need a Dr. visit soon for BP meds. During the CV shut down I was able to get by on 1/4 the meds I was taking. Dr. did not believe it. Took my machine to compare with their machine. They agree. My problem is with side effect of these meds.

RS, sorry I cannot keep up with you. :tractor: But like reading your post.

Buppies, good plan with Bear.

Buckeye, good flower pic.

David, King of the Hill. :thumbsup:

Kyle, good to hear DD is doing better.

Mostly, Covid numbers make headline news. My township/village posted that new case count went up 15% in one week. Actual count was 75 to 86 over a 7 day span. :confused2:

RNG, hope you do not need to test your power system and safety upgrades because of a fire.

Randy, right after a deep cleaning may be the best time to go.

MFW, I have heard they want to put things away for showing and pictures. Along with many other things realtors have on their wish list. Enough, hard to find a realtor that can do much more than list house. Remember, when your realtor list your house. That is the last time they are on your side. My :2cents:.

Bird, little early for Flu shot. I usually do it early October.

Everyone be safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

Ron, good for you to offer taking the dog. Hope it works out well.

Prescription Meds. A big frustration. So I've ran out of one drug, but thankfully have the main one for my BPH. The website has a place to ask questions of my doctor, but they say, don't ask for prescription renewals, that you have to see the doctor in person. I tried to get an appointment, first offered one on Sept 9th, then an email came back and offered one on Sept 1st. Still 2 weeks out. If it was my main prescription, I'd have to resort to drastic measures.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, hope you do not need to test your power system and safety upgrades because of a fire.

I agree, Ron. But for the past few days, I've been getting warnings from the electric utility that there will be rolling blackouts due to high electrical demand and low supply. They're doing a very good job of stirring people up; I got a text message at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, an email from them at 6:30PM, and then a freakin' robot phone call at 9PM, just as I was trying to drift off to sleep. So it looks like I'll get to test the power system even if there's no fire, all due to PG&E incompetence and more mismanagement.

Just to add more salt to the wounds, I got notice yesterday that the trust PG&E set up to pay fire survivors from the bankruptcy has a new questionnaire ready for us to fill out. I submitted a fully documented claim first time around, so why the heck should I have to submit it again? More incompetence and mismanagement.

Sorry to go off like that, but their behavior just makes me sick to my stomach.:yuck:

 

[txdon]

Good morning! A cool 70˚F this morning and with 87% humidity the wet bulb temp is 67˚F, clear skies heading to the high 90s. Yesterday's after sunset walk with Whipper was the first in a long time the temp was below 90˚F (87˚F). No rain for August.

The garden okra is in full protection so will be heading there this morning. The tomatoes are still producing but very few, just too hot. I'm trying to keep the tomatoes going through August so they will start producing again in September, but more limbs are turning yellow every day.

At the park they have some remote camping spots that need to be cedarcided so the large oak trees can be enjoyed. They are still hopeful that the park can be open to the public at the end of 2020. My chainsaw and metal blade weed eater are ready for the assault tomorrow. It will be a few degrees cooler than it has been. Last week was the hottest session and we still had 10 people show up and worked on the new overlook trail. I need to find out if we will continue to work when the park is opened. Tree lovers will just see us cutting down cedar trees and not realize we are saving the Oaks.

Ron, Sassy has a playmate, nice. Whipper still does not like other dogs. We take off the bark collar and let her run back and forth barking at the neighbors dogs through the fence. Yesterday Whipper was shocked when the little dog stuck her head through the fence and bit her tail.

 

[daugen]

Yesterday Whipper was shocked when the little dog stuck her head through the fence and bit her tail.
Whipper still does not like other dogs.

and getting bit in the tail and shocked at the same time isn't going to help one little bit...:shocked: Sorry that happened.

Ron, marvelous pic of hawk. Sorry about your SIL. Keep your spirits up.

made my bank run, got E0 at local station, 2.59 for 89 octane vs same price for 93 octane E0 at my old station in Washington. Next time I'll wait...
Audi wants premium gas anyway but half a tank of 89 isn't going to hurt anything.

Then did a maintenance run on rv gen, little 3600 watt Onan never gets used ,has all of 5 hours on it. Turned off campground power, ran the a/c on high and let the
gen get warmed up. Turned it off and that was it. It starts in two seconds every time, propane fuel is such an improvement over gasoline.