Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

ok I am officially coming off the block. the shoulder is a bit sore and I can do all my homework exercises un-assisted, all fingers except thumb has feeling again and I can squeeze the rubber ball so it looks smashed - could not do that this morning. I can do the beer mug raise lift un assisted (without the weight of the mug or beer). yea!
just took one pain pill (half prescribed dose) before the hurt gets out of hand. total time of honeymoon pain block 19.5 hours. too bad I was awake all but one hour this morning.

Kyle we got the Giddings paper with the football players pictures. Which number is you son? in JV?
Giddings V is playing right down the street in Jarrell and was temped to go before the block wore off.

 

[Looking4new]

Good Evening,
We got to our new home on the beach about 5, a little late but at least we didn’t overlap our boys unloading their vehicles!


Really nice place, but very restrictive on what is allowed etc !

A couple of pics !

No midnight skinny dipping?

 

[daugen]

Wow PJ that's awful news sorry step son went through that ,and the whole family. Seems a miracle he survived, hope it inspires in some way.

 

[plowhog]

California is what worries me, $5+ regular gas

I saw $7.29 in Truckee, CA not long ago. So gas up in the major cities. And Truckee isn't exactly small ....

 

[plowhog]

Long recovery road ahead for him, but he's still young, so he'll bounce back just fine.

That is terrible and prayers for him and your family. Modern prosthetics are amazing, but you never want to have to find out.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Took Mother in Law out for her 80th bday. Went to German restaurant.
Then went to wife’s sister’s camper they live in, which was close. They sued and won against manufacturer of their previous camper over defects, and have another new one. Huge.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening,
Bill,

No midnight skinny dipping?

It’s a bit cool here tonite ! And my DIL’s along with wife would probably not approve!

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 72ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, sky clouded up and saw rain on windshield but no damp pavement, and high temp was 90ºF, HI 98ºF. made coffee to start day, puttered then bike ride, 25 miles today. Nap after lunch no string trimming today. Was going to try new BBQ place today but already sold out of BBQ Rib Crib was good though. Bike ride in the morning, rain expected about nap time
NHBX glad yesterday went as expected. Sorry about squash and cukes. Hope puttering went well.
Ron good to hear you survived with no Internet, and just a few limbs down. Hope mowing and heat avoidance went well. Pretty flowers
Don sorry no sleep. Sorry to hear swelling still increasing. Glad to hear wife doing good job. Look forward to pic
Bill sorry to hear about helicopter, hope all is ok.
Drew great to hear you are sleeping and doing better.
Thomas hope you day goes as planned.
Mike hope no damage to your place by the storm. Hope roads opened soon. Hope sticks and wall work went well.
Drew hope you can get better thermostat, and brother brought grandson. Hope dumping had no issues.
Buppies sorry about more Drs. prayers sent. Hope you got some rain.
Scott(vt) good luck with mowing and beach travel.
Plowhog good to hear Rigby new enclosure coming along.
Dennis hope you get some lake time. Sorry about not finding pics, you have spent some time organizing them.
RNG glad concrete work is done. Sorry about no dinner. Hope hot tun fixed the kinks.
Ken nice to have day off. Hope you get some rain. Nice pic.
Paul sorry about minimal rain. Glad you got to meet Scott and have good pizza and conversation.Hope today's trip was smooth. Nice progress on home.
Billy sorry about loss of Internet. Glad you didn't have to wait till the 5th. 2.5 inch impressive rain, would love to have that over 4 days.
Scott(vt) hope there were clothes for you packed
David glad Spark gone. Sorry Guy got hammered, I presume that refers to the score and not alcohol level?
RS glad cylinder reassembled and on tractor, hope you get pins replaced. Hope you got grass mowed.
Rand(wag) hope trip no problem.
Drew glad meet up went well. Glad you got a good parking spot for meet. Sorry about not good spot tonight. Nice pic but no shade.
Frits glad you didn't have to cut your way out. Big tree down hope you get help with it. Wonder if all the work will affect pond overflow.
RS lot of work on cutter, maybe you can fab some of it. HI of 107 now that's hot
Don glad PT went well and not sister of Igor Hope not a lot of pain and quick and complete healing.
Bill who said you needed to accomplish anything today?
Don hope no more ventilators
Drew glad you are getting better site. 250 mile drive should not be bad.
PJ WOW! prayers for the young man's recovery. Hope you wife recovers from the last 3 weeks.
Scott(vt) nice place! hope restrictions don't cramp your style too much.
Don hope not too much pain coming off block. Hope you get sleep. prayers sent.
Dennis happy b-day to wife's mom. Hope food was good. And good visit with Sis in law family.
Scoot(vt) Sound like good reasons not to skinny dip.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

PJS, sorry about stepson's bad accident. Sounds Horrible. Prayers.

62.8 high of 91 today mid 90s Wednesday maybe high heat index. Went to funeral home yesterday employee who worked for us over 20 years died he will be buried today. He caught Covid then pneumonia 77 years old going to miss him great sense of humor

Sorry about your friend's passing. Prayers.

Oh, I wish I had it on video. Wngsprd-- what snake is that?

Rigby earned a "Novice Trick Dog Title" ribbon. He is not enrolled in that class, but twice we have let him watch the other dogs from the sidelines to give him positive exposure around other dogs.

Yesterday, half the class participants did not show. So, the instructor let us into the arena so he could try out the obstacles and challenges. To our surprise he was succeeding at each one without any practice-- we are guessing it was from watching the other dogs from the sidelines and then copying that?

The instructor noticed and said: "wait a minute." She brought out the final exam scoresheet, ran him through about 8 of the challenges, and said he passed the course. Even though he was not enrolled and it will be another 2 weeks before he completes basic puppy obedience. LOL. That was fun, but more important, we are appreciative the instructors and staff have taken extra steps to help break down his fear around other dogs. It is working and he is now having fun with other dogs and pups.

So, I now have a dog that is more polished and accomplished than me!
Everyone have a great day !!!

Congrats Rigby! Those sharp toenails will be great for digging under that fence! (run a hot wire just inside about 4" above the ground)....

Good evening all. 72ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind, sky became mostly cloudy, and high temp was 95ºF, HI 100ºF. Humidity was higher today, and forecast to stay up through early next week. 6 days of rain and 1 inch total accumulation also in the forecast. Made coffee to start day, then off to Grief share, Bike ride, then productivity fell off. Trying to work through some things said at Grief Share. Did get nap in.

Prayers mostly.

good morning, 80 going to 94 today much warmer

A bit of good news yesterday when D9 visited. Earlier in the day she took GD to Johns Hopkins for check up on her autoimmune illness and the blood platelets were within acceptable limits and only two infusions per year going forward. D9 also wanted to come out and help splitting an stacking firewood

The backup alarms from neighbors property are back this morning. How much can you do to a 5 acre piece of land? Seems like a good size dozer would have this done in a short period of time.

Maybe a good day for a drive around the property on the RTV to check for trees down

Glad GD immune system is better.
I had a nice home in a new neighborhood. The city bought the big piece of land behind me. They built a huge highschool which was very noisy....for over a year. I was a 2nd shift employee at the time and the noise woke me up every morning... THEN, when they finished the school, of course the marching band had to practice the big bass drums right behind my home, everyday at 7 in the morning before and during football season. It sounded like one of those cars with 15" speakers. And they played the same song....over and over and over and over and over again. Never would have thought a high school would be such a noisy neighbor...Once I got on dayshift it was better. I believe a mom with 2 young kids complained to the school about the bass drums, as they seemed to subside.

I was tempted to sell lit cigarettes through a knot hole in the fence to the dudes in PE class (just kidding)...There was a 30 foot native tree/shrub/grass barrier behind my wooden fence.

This one says to drive it a bit to get it up to temp, then drain. Being the Jeep has been neglected big time, and the heater core is probably 85% clogged, I was hoping to let it stay in there and eat the corrosion.

I hope the stuff works. Not sure how long to leave it in there for.

out of surgery, dr said went well, at home typing with one hand so no caps. 90 with heat index of 96.
block still working so no pain.
Ron when will the block wear off I'll need to have a pain pill on board but need to conserve because of Labor Day pharmacy is. closed and that's when I run out

The light show here was vivid and wild here as well not so much wind but a few miles down the road lots of wind damage as well. Blood work revealed high Calcium is back not good more doctors.

66 presently high of 86 50 percent chance of more storms today tomorrow and Sunday

Prayers for all our Country

Prayers Buppies and wifey.

Good Morning
65° and overcast, but no rain. We got less than 1/10” overnight.

Yesterday was pretty much consumed with my trip to CT, which was a good time. Scott met us at the airport and took us out for some excellent pizza.
It was great to meet him and have some conversation. I think he was surprised about how tight it is getting into the cockpit, planes are definitely designed to make the people in the back comfy. The cockpit is comfortable once you get in your seat though.

Today is off to Portland ME, then I’m done for a while.

The stone masons were busy in my absence yesterday though, so were the tile guys.

Looking better by the day! Glad you and Scotty were able to meet and enjoy pizza together. Better never meet me in person, I'd ask you a million questions about your Montessa alone...

ok I am officially coming off the block. the shoulder is a bit sore and I can do all my homework exercises un-assisted, all fingers except thumb has feeling again and I can squeeze the rubber ball so it looks smashed - could not do that this morning. I can do the beer mug raise lift un assisted (without the weight of the mug or beer). yea!
just took one pain pill (half prescribed dose) before the hurt gets out of hand. total time of honeymoon pain block 19.5 hours. too bad I was awake all but one hour this morning.

Kyle we got the Giddings paper with the football players pictures. Which number is you son? in JV?
Giddings V is playing right down the street in Jarrell and was temped to go before the block wore off.

Hope your surgery went well. Time will tell. You always are your own worst Helga, but it pays off for you. So, keep up that PT!

Son is frosh, no pic in the paper as far as I know of. They did win their first game against Jarrell here in Giddings last night 0-16. Frosh and JV play on Thursdays in opposite field of where the Friday night's Varsity game is played.

mowed lawn, and maybe a acre and a half with the small tractor. In between all the trees like a slalom ski run on a flat area.

Drew, glad you weren't part of an rv bed toaster event. That really could have ended up bad. Hope meeting with grand niece goes well and your journey keeps rewarding you.

Prayers team.

 

[sodamo]

Mostly, not quite, tech did put an inline filter in the rerouted fuel line, but did run 10-15 minutes before without the filter.

 

[sodamo]

Nice to read of your progress, Don. We know you are a good patient and it pays off.

 

[sodamo]

Prayers for your son’s recovery, Paul

 

[masseyrider]

It's aboot 4am.
Can't sleep.
Wimpy thunderstorm going on. No real cool thunderbolts. Just distant flashes.
On and off sprinkles.
Aboot 72-74F over night so AC is on.
No real plans for the day. Always something to putter on, just no drive.
Debating a hot milk.
Heck with it, I'll have a nap later during the day.
Be good everyone.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 70° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 80° with plenty of sun. Got grass mowed yesterday. It was already hot when I finished at 1:00. Did a some cleanup of mowers and got back in house out of heat. Today is going to be cooler. I need to conserve energy today.
Cleanup crew taking a break.

PJ, prayers for Stepson.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
up too early, and not a great night
at 1:05am BANG BANG BANG on rv door
I groggily get up and find the Loves employee with a switchboard
outside saying I was in someone else's spot. Tough, you put me there.
He agreed totally and put the guy in the next spot.
never again Loves.

these spots apparently are for folks still driving into the night and you can get in here all night long. Otherwise it's a noisy parking lot

making coffee, headed to St Louis this morning later

 

[daugen]

and the question of the hour is
what time is it?
The time zone line is about ten mile West of here it seems, so St Louis
isn't 5:28am it's 4:28am. I can't get there before noon so looks like a slow start to morning.

maybe I'll wash the bugs off the front. The top brow has really accumulated them and I like a clean machine. Not on this trip, most places forbid washing. Somehow I don't think Loves has that restriction and frankly I don't care. Let them ban me from all Loves rv stops...the truck noise and the drivers jake braking everywhere is enough to keep me away.

Don I hope you feel good today and continue to heal.
I need to email PJ and see if he wants to cancel. Maybe it will be good to
get away...

 

[NHBX]

Good morning,
50° now highs in the upper 70’s and partly cloudy today. Winds S 5-10 mph, DP’s back into the low 60’s.

Productive day yesterday, mowing and most of the trimming done, easy and pleasant with low temps, humidity and a nice breeze.

Usual dump run this morning and not sure what else for today.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

 

[txdon]

good morning! 72 heading to 90 partly cloudy, 10% chance of rain - % will increase a each day with Tuesday having a 50% chance.

still typing with one hand as arm is still in protection mode in a padded sling.

the surgery spinal block is completely gone, no more numb thumb, woke up with pain at 3am took a pill, pain subsided slowly over the next hour, so I got up early. will have to take full dosage at night to get sleep. I'll try to take half dose during day time to see if it is tolerable. I sleep in our bed with my shoulder on a body pillow on my surgical side, seems to work ok. the body pillow keeps me from rolling on my side.

next PT is Monday, they work on Labor Day. She gave me homework to do three times a day,
I can take off the big bandage today and get the surgical site a little wet so showering will be easier.
recovery priority each day, calendar is cleared for PT which I have already scheduled for September, out-patient starting the 16th. no stitches or staples to be removed surgeon used dissolvable stitches inside and steri strips outside to close.

Enough of shoulder talk back to tractors and mowers and RV travels.

 

[Buppies]

PJ prayers for your stepson wife family and you I am so sorry

66.7 presently high in upper 80s maybe storms maybe not.

Drew sorry about campsite sounds miserable

Bone density scan reveals bone loss more doctors

Don hope shoulder heals quickly been there done that.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Thomas]

59F cloudy mid 70's for high,rain arriving after sunset.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Around 9pm last night heard wind chime bur there was no wind Boo was standing kept lightly hit chimes...guess music does smooth the beast.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,afternoon need to sharpen mower blades give rider good cleaning,one section of the lawn near road has lot fallen leaves pine cones so some backpack blower time.

Enjoy your day all