Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

54F and mostly cloudy @ 19:30, overnight low will be 53F.

Ran Cub over west side and back this afternoon, grinding and blowing the last of the leaves. Also did the north end of the east side that I didn't get to yesterday plus about 1/4 to 1/3 at the bottom end of the lower front. Woman assisted by picking up sticks and branches. Used the Stihl to blow off the Cub when I was finished.

Pretty much all the leaves are down now, so that should be the end of it ... but unfortunately the big storm that's headed our way has high winds accompanying it, so unless it rains first (not likely according to the forecast) we may wind up with more on the lawn.

Also got the last tensioners taken off the two bottom rows on the electric fence. Was not able to pull the t-posts with the Cub ... will require the loader on the Kubota for vertical lift. The "Plan B" at this point is to just grab a couple more t-posts out of the barn tomorrow morning and use those.

More evidence of digging out in the planting this afternoon so need to get the electric fence up plus other counter-measures. I think it is the deer since it seems to occur at night.

Deer corn I put out yesterday was all gone by the time I got up today.

Woman also worked on cleaning up the pots I brought in today and trimming up the plants.

She made spaghetti and garlic toast for dinner, was good.

Big Orange cat seems to be doing ok.

Got email sent to customer service on the eight hosta that are still MIA.

Heading down here in little bit to staple screen on back wall of roost box, stain mounting board, and feed fish.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[txdon]

Our Applesauce Christmas Cake

2 Cups Sugar (Substitute 2 cups blended dates)
1 Cup Butter (Substitute 1 cup unsweetened applesauce - so a total of 3 cups)
2 Cups Applesauce (canned sweet) (Unsweetened)
2 Cups Raisins
1 Cup Walnuts or Pecans (chopped)
2 Tablespoons Cinnamon (ground)
2 Tablespoons Cloves (ground)
2 Eggs (Large) (Substitute 4 Tbsp ground flax seed soaked in 4 Tbsp water)
3 Cups Flour (Substitute Whole wheat flour - may need 3 1/2 to 4 cups because of date substitution will have more moister than sugar)
2 Teaspoons Baking Soda

And Don, I look forward to hearing how you'd replicate it to fit you diet; just might be a recipe we'd want to try.

I would first change it to the substitutions in bold above and the tweak it as I go for consistency and taste. I can see the cinnamon, cloves and pecans giving it that Yule time flavor.

Oh, I sat next to a guy in our plant based group that had a heart attack when he was 39 years old. He is 83 now. He said he did not have the option of a stent or bypass in his hospital back when he had his heart attack and basically they just put him on bedrest with one foot in the grave. (The same was done with my grandfather in the late 60s) he had 90% blockage in one of his arteries. He found out about the Pritikin clinic from some of the rich people in Florida (he was a school teacher) and he went there for several months learning how to re-eat and cook whole food plant based meals. After 4 years of the diet and biking like Mostly (130 miles a week) he was doing good and his cardiologist wanted to do another coronary angiogram, he told his doctor he really did not want to but his doctor insisted and said he would not be charged. So for a free angiogram he went ahead and did one. He said his Doctor compared the before and after and the 90% blockage was reduced to 40% blockage, The doctor was blown away and signed up for a class at the Pritikin clinic. He told the Dr. to be prepared to be brainwashed but it works. He is still in good health but no longer rides on the roads. I think he will be a speaker in one meeting next year, he really has an amazing story.

 

[Buppies]

Toppop prayers for results

Don prayers for your knee and recovery

Happy Birthday Mrs PJ wish I was still 29

Happy Birthday Rich tomorrow

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 68F for the start, overcast, windy. Windy today, sky cleared to mostly cloudy and high temp was 78F, DP 60F. Men's meeting to start day, then putter in garage, made 1/2 gal of premix gas, serviced golf cart, did nap after lunch.
Covid update: Cooke 4274 confirmed cases, 72 active cases, Montague 2750 confirmed cases, 70 active cases, Grayson, 16,710 confirmed cases, 241 active cases. Cooke 2, Montague 3, Grayson 6, new cases.
Buppies prayers for surgery and bathroom issues.
Ron nice job on meters. have fun cleaning up shop. nice feeder shot
Bill enjoy the fact you can stay inside
Roy get the snows on! good luck with webinars and audit
Drew good luck with delivery and pickup. hope you get a good quote on shed.
Mike are you a glutton for punishment?
RNG sorry about your feeders and live oak. have fun with wood stove and inside work
Thomas hope you got the branches done
Ken good to hear rack is filled. Nice pic
Rich glad the shipping issues are so entertaining. Neat story about the racer. Happy b-day
Billy glad you had good visit with mom.
Paul bet it is nice to get bunch of little jobs taken care of. Have fun with FAA stuff
PJ happy b-day to your wife. Hate when I stay up too late and have to get up in morning.
Don sorry about not getting home yesterday prayers for knee recovery. Peugeot now over 2K miles
Dennis thank for the Bio on your dad.
Desert nice pic and cold.
David thought you might enjoy a few distractions hoping for good progress
Bird we had similar tradition with fruitcake. I did most of the heavy lifting for several years, now wife younger sister is doing it.
Rand hope you take care of mm mower soon
Don good to here ice machine working, sorry about pain, prayers sent
Bird thanks for recipe
Don thanks for the substitutions and the the guy nest to you story. One of the Saturday morning group is 80.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery /ring bearer/back broken & infections, Don/ neighbors with Covid, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL covid, /cancer surgeries, PJ/FIL death, Dennis /wife wrist surgery and recovery, Roy/ palpitations/ angina, wife/ankle recovery, Billy/ wife fall, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies/new cancer on face /dehydrated, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, RS wife/ dog bite recovery, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Bill/ getting care for DIL and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 71˚F at 3:30A.M. Trying to get the pain management on less than maximum dose is not working for me. Waiting for second pill to take effect then hopefully back to sleep. PT comes here at noon, I hope she is easy on me the first day, I plan on having pills on-board during her session, just trying to time them right. The first two weeks are the most important, she needs to let me know how much to do without doing any damage. I can get around easy enough with the walker but can't carry anything but have realized from the coffee machine to the table I can move things on a trail along 4 countertops.

I was going to post a pick of the knee but did not want everyone to flinch besides I like the serenity of Ron's pics much better.

Everyone have an interesting day with projects and returns - still waiting to see if Drew gets two more rubbermaid sheds.

 

[txdon]

Don thanks for the substitutions and the the guy next to you story. One of the Saturday morning group is 80.

One more thing thing he told me that will be of interest to you. He believes along with the diet the vigorous bike riding also help his body grow collateral arteries around the blockage as the angiogram showed. However, exercise cannot do it alone. My marathon/triatholon training and competition was not all that was needed to prevent my heart attack. That is one thing we both agreed on completely and both referenced Fixx, who wrote "The Complete Book of Running" but died at the age of 52 from a heart attack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fixx

 

[daugen]

Good morning all. A warm nice day today, 50 out now going up to 60.
Need to run a few errands today, get a quart of oil for both vehicles to keep in trunk, but not before
I wait for the shipper from Rubbermaid.
So since it's nice out already, think I'll wash the car this morning waiting for shipper to show up.

Don, hope you got back to sleep, I saw your post and wondered why it wasn't Roy...you are up way too early.
Hope you feel much better soon. You too Buppies and Toppop.

Hands and wrists very sore from all that flagstone scrubbing yesterday. I may take a run over to church this morning on way back from errands
to inspect my work, since hard to tell when it's wet. I sure hope it looks better or my first attempt at grouting will not end well. sure learned one thing, more time
with the wet sponge at the end means a lot less time doing what I'm doing now... Live and learn.

currently at a loss for finding someone to play Christmas carols Sunday night. I guess less and less folks are learning how to play the piano, and I got feedback from one
person that playing an electric piano/keyboard is different than a piano. Ok, but for Christmas carols? We are going to sing outside, 35 degrees, brrrr, but kinda like the old
days when we went caroling. In years past the program went for about an hour, but I think folks this time will be frozen after half an hour.
My next challenge is finding someone to bring hot chocolate in a thermos to keep it hot.
Plus some apple cider and ginger snap cookies. And I bet the ladies will bake a whole bunch of stuff.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-12-16, 0529

40° right now and raining fairly steadily. Should hit the mid-50's today.
Today, pretty much a repeat of yesterday...webinars, webinars and webinars

Added:
Truck's in the shop...snow tires are mounted (might be a good thing since the latest forecast is for 7" of snow this weekend), front brakes and rotors (no complaints as they have 137K plus miles on them) and a tune up.
Should pick it up later today or tomorrow

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 50° with cloudy skies and wind this morning. Heading to 60° by noon with winds and clouds. Temperatures will drop to 40° by late afternoon. Got tools put away and shop cleaned up. Not sure what I will do today. May be a conserve energy day.
If I had not seen this Hawk fly into the pile of limbs. I would not have know it was there.

Rich, Happy Birthday !!!

Drew, have you tried local high school for piano player.

Don, hope the pain goes away soon. Are you using blue ice packs in your ice machine?

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

34 high of 68 today

Prayers for all