Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

My morning didn't go as planned either.

Helped wife take cats in to get nails trimmed at petsmart. Wife had called yesterday to confirm the hours.
We always have to drug tiger, so he doesn't throw up in the car.
Pebbles rides good in a carrier, Tiger doesn't, so we let him ride free.

Well, tiger threw up about 2 miles from the house, even with the meds. so we pull off, clean up some, head home. He poops and pees. We do have a litter box in the back, and when we put him in the car, we place him in it so he knows it. At least we had old sheets down, that took the most of it.

Got them home, cleaned everything up, decided, might as well try again. This time they did good. Carried them into petsmart and they had a sign on the door, walk ins cancelled today due to lack of help.

All I could think of is, Whoever heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving?

At least they rode home ok.
Stopped at Chick fil a for lunch, wife saw online they had chicken salad sandwich, kid working there had no idea, but this one didn't have chicken salad.

I have no desire to run back into town looking for batteries.

 

[rswyan]

89.F and sunny @ 13:00, calling for a high of 89F so we’re there.

Slow getting rolling this morning.

Got Menards order made up and placed yesterday afternoon.

We headed out after that with the idea of maybe finding some garlic at a roadside stand.

Stopped by the bank and hit the ATM for some cash as neither one of us was carrying any.

Got a text that the Menards order was ready for pick up as that was happening so headed on down to pick it up.

On the way we discussed the 2 items we had forgotten to order and whether we’d go in and pick those up after getting the order loaded.

We did opt to go in after getting loaded … and the 2 items morphed into about 25 things we needed (or wanted) … the bill for that was about half again as much as the original order …

The Woman has warmed up to the idea of purchasing certain items She would normally get at the grocery store from Menards.

When I first suggested it She was like: “I’m not buying … X, Y, or Z … from a building supply store !”

Definitely had a strong opinion about the propriety of it.

But now she’s seen that the stuff is of good/decent quality … and has commented on how certain things are much cheaper than the 2 grocery stores where She primarily shops.

Stopped by Dunkin on the way home to get Her an iced Butter Pecan and some Munchkins.

I had been on the wagon and being good until that …

Then hit Aldi for the garlic (next door to Menards) … wound up with some ginger root … ostensibly because it was called for in some recipe She had been reading about ...

Once we got home and unloaded I started working on prepping the cukes while She cleaned up the kitchen.

Got 7 quarts of Kosher Dills (6 spears and 1 chips) packed and water-bathed before we called it a day.

Each jar got 3 - 4 cloves of garlic, a few heads of fresh dill, and an Early Jalapeno pepper that I had packed and frozen last year on October 30th:

Remembered to add an additional 5 minutes processing time for our elevation (1137’) … so the jars were in the bath for 20 minutes total:

All are still setting on the counter and seem to have sealed …

Still have a few cukes left over that we need to do something with:

... and a whole bunch of summer squash:

Today marks the 11th straight day with no precipitation (entire month of August) ... the longest period so far this year.

So watering out in the garden is on the agenda for the rest of the day.

Thankfully it looks like there is quite a bit of cloud cover ...

Hope everyone is having a decent Monday ...

 

[rswyan]

Two of our three hanging baskets made it thru the heat one died. Two hummingbirds come by three times a day very enjoyable to see.

We got couple three hanging baskets last year at the end of the season from nephew and his wife.

She didn’t want to try to overwinter them (space, bugs, something)

We put them in pots and managed to get two of them through winter.

They’re now blooming …

Some big auger rswyan

24”, Tractor Supply.

IIRC, it was as much (or more) as the PHD itself was. Had to be special ordered as they didn’t stock it in the store.

It’s the most used auger bit I have.

Hope Holly and the new pooch are doing well.

 

[Thomas]

90F now reach 96F.

Morning went well Met Mrs. Boss had long talk he has old school thoughts and ways I mention no more than 20hours a week he was okay with that,company doors are open 130 hours week 6days I can pick hours days I wish to work I like to start next week he said you start tomorrow $7 more an hour I only report to him with audit finds of expire total and questionable trans actions...could be interesting.
Purchase couple Stealth game cams,guess I better pay youngster setup game cams.
Plans for the evening deck feet up enjoy lime popsicle wait for the critter stroll by.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Found batteries I needed at Hanover pa, they are in and the golf cart now runs again. Charger working also. Also found that Rural King has golf cart batteries also

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Overnight Low of 4.6C and it's presently 15.4C, partly cloudy & calm. There was 3.0mm in the gauge @0900.

Well I discovered that my Winter's lethargic session is over as I checked my calendar to find that my mate Jim from Brisbane (+ his housemate) are due this Friday.

I also remembered/thought that a wreath had not been ordered for this coming Monday (18th), which is Vietnam Veterans Day in Australia. Our Anglican Priest has been tagged as the 'Padre' (just as I'm the perpetual 'Parade Commander' for these events )... and, yes, I'll need to order a wreath for the ceremony.

Just as well, I can stop off at the PO followed by the hardware store as those sawhorses I ordered last Tuesday should be there.

That's about it, take care all.

I pay my taxes the full amount, and early to get the discount. paying half and half means more money to them.

Same here Mate and for the same reasons. The discount here is 2% BUT this time they'll have to re-calculate my "Rates" as I'll get to have my Federal Age Pensioner concession applied. YAY!!!

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 74ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind up to brisk gusts, afternoon buildups, and high temp was 96ºF, HI 102ºF. Made coffee to start day, oatmeal for breakfast, Changed A/C filter in attic, Fish club work, bike ride, cool off, mow back yard. Found 3 balls, lunch nap, office work, didn't get bills read for pay yet .
Buppies no rain here for a couple of weeks lawn drying out in patches in spite of irrigation. Sorry you are up so early, hope you get more sleep. prayers sent.
Drew I vote you chop and freeze tomatoes
Ron glad you got some pond maintenance and feeder filling done. Glad new shield working on trimmer. Cute fledgling pic
Frits sorry variable intensity no longer works. Glad you getting old logs cleaned up, 3 tanks lot of gas. Hope chimney work and kitchen cleaning went well. Nice saw setup
Bill glad you could move power washer along. Hope you got your password reset.
Scott(vt) glad good day at beach and concert great. Hope traffic not back getting back to CT.
Thomas like you home security. Hope good meet with critter food and CEO,
Happy sounds like good progress on heater flushing. Glad mowing height should be better, hope you can test soon.
Mike sorry chiggers in full bloom, they can really itch. Locking and gate look good. Hope you can adjust to MIL.
Buppies how did you know the chigger belonged to Mike? .
Billy glad you got hike in, hope foot heals soon, why not have multiple grease guns to reduce grease change outs.
ArlyA glad less heat, getting too hot to work outside gets old before summer gone .
Dennis nice 611 pic.
Ken glad trip went well and stiltgrass wilting
Friend(trac) I use phone calendar for reminders stuff that is months or years out. Hope weekend goes well.
Bill glad bills paid, hope you were able to stay cool, big challenge down here.
Paul glad you had lunch with wife, nice you could catch bass off the dock. Hope FAA inspection goes well.
Peter(pony) good horse story.
Dennis glad new batteries got golf cart going, and charger working.
Drew sorry about needing to fire landscaper. Hope you can get more help soon.
David glad progress mowing, and good HH in town.
Dennis sorry Tiger did worse than usual in car. Sorry your wife didn't get her chicken salad sandwich.
RS sorry about expensive trip to Menards. Good to hear you are getting cukes pickled and canned. Hope you got squash taken care of.
Thomas glad good meeting with CEO. Hope job works out better than last one.
Randy(wag) Hope good visit with friend. Hope Vietnam Veterans Day goes smoothly.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, 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, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /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, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[Looking4new]

My township insists that we pay our taxes in two to four installments. I tried paying them all at once when I was working and the excuse they told me was the adjustment comes out in June and they never know how much they will go up. So it is the first 6 months and then the second 6 months. The only reason I split this bill up into two payments is because I didn't budget enough and came up $300.oo short. I've increased the property tax holding deposit (comes out of my pension check automatically) to $125.oo/month. In 6 months that'll give me $750.oo minus about $647. = $103.oo extra/6 months. The front struts on the Dodge are what put me behind the 8 ball. The tractor repair didn't help either.
The temperature at noon today on the East wall was 92°F. Didn't do anything except put the A/C (furnace blower) on at 8 P.M.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has finished brewing. 68° with partly cloudy skies. Heading to 87° with chance of thunderstorms in evening. .31" rain from yesterday's afternoon thunderstorms. About all I got out of Dr. appointment was another visit in 1 month and a Handicap Placard paperwork. I need one in order to take my Mule to Tractor show this coming weekend. Then a visit to SOS (Secretary Of State, Michigan DMV) for the Placard. Finally got front yard grass cut.
PT this morning then back in shop to finish couple of projects.
Soaking up some morning sun.

Everyone stay well and safe,

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

No rain in our forecast.

The 611 is running again this fall on the Virginia scenic rr.
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Michigan Polar Express tickets are available also.

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[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
70 this morning with high in the mid 80s, cloudy with a chance of rain.
Yesterday they were calling for spotty showers. We must have been the "spot". Ended up with a little over 4 1/2"!!
Spent the day in the shops bathroom doing some reconfiguring and much needed cleaning.
Have no idea what todays holds. But I should get started.

Time for a second cup
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[daugen]

good morning all
looks warm and steamy out there, temps are on the rise,
going into 90's today. A sweaty day for many folks.

I guess I got the hummingbird mixture right because fun now that two or three hummers
are flying about. Birds don't know how to relax...either going full speed or fighting with others.
not exactly the kind of birds that sit around at a Cheers bird bar and yack together...like my little birds, where
they like to get six birds on one feeder, all chattering at each other. Hummers are more like jet fighters on patrol.

Ron, what tractor show are you going to?

lawn is starting to dry out a little here. 4 inches of Happy's rain would have been a flood here.

 

[masseyrider]

My township insists that we pay our taxes in two to four installments. I tried paying them all at once when I was working and the excuse they told me was the adjustment comes out in June and they never know how much they will go up. So it is the first 6 months and then the second 6 months. The only reason I split this bill up into two payments is because I didn't budget enough and came up $300.oo short. I've increased the property tax holding deposit (comes out of my pension check automatically) to $125.oo/month. In 6 months that'll give me $750.oo minus about $647. = $103.oo extra/6 months. The front struts on the Dodge are what put me behind the 8 ball. The tractor repair didn't help either.
The temperature at noon today on the East wall was 92°F. Didn't do anything except put the A/C (furnace blower) on at 8 P.M.

Yep.
I pay my taxes twice a year even when they're only due quarterly.
Somehow I got it mixed up this summer and when I went to pay I had missed the first quarter by a month. Summer, cottage visits etc. Dinged me just over $80 extra.
Hot today and the heat warning goes on. They're threatening us with a chance of rain this morning, but I doubt it.
It's like this spring. We didn't need any more rain. It rained every day or two.
They'd predict 10% chance and it poured all day.
Now this summer and we could really use some moisture and they predict a 90% chance and we get blazing sun and extreme UV.
Best job in the world is weather person.
If you messed up like they do you would be fired by Wednesday morning working any other job.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 64 to start going to 90. Clear skies but the heat is coming in shortly.

Thomas congrats on the new job. Hope it works out for you.

I forgot to tell the guys on here that when we were at our friends beach in Sound Beach that my wife misplaced her watch and we couldn’t find it. She does this a lot We looked all over with out much success and finally I asked our friends if they had a hard tinned rake and I would come back to the beach and take over the area. On the 3rd pass I found the watch
Kathleen was overjoyed Of course I was quite proud of myself for finding it when I really thought the odds were against us

I listed my 1949 Super A a week ago and it appears that I have a buyer. He is supposed to come by Friday with the money. I hate to give it up but it’s sitting in the corner of the garage collecting dust.
Let someone else have the joy of owning it. I completely went through and rebuilt that tractor back in 2006. It’s never really been worked very hard. But I think it’s time.

Swim lessons today, so we only have 2 sessions left after today’s lesson weather permitting.

Hope to get out to a park this morning and make some contacts, the rest of the week looks busy and on Thursday a chance of some thunderstorms.

Hope all have a blessed day

 

[wngsprd]

72 and maybe T-storms as we climb to 89. Fully back to August weather.

BEF, nice to see the 611 is coming back. Our son and DIL want to take their daughter on the Christmas train this year.

Went to Kubota dealer and bought some filters and Super UDT2...a 2.5 gallon jug is now $74.53.

 

[ArlyA]

63 in Houghton MI this morning with a high of 76 predicted which is close to normal temps. Might mow the yard again for the billionth time with all the rain we've seen this late summer. Do love the ego mower.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 71 and going up to 86°F. Wind SW 7 mph. 30% chance of showers. Rained about 01:30 this morning.

A few years ago when I would be parking in blackfly and mosquito infested gravel pits all day, I had Permethrin treated shirts, well now I cannot get them anymore. Now that I am parked at home I don't have a need to go out and feed the bugs.

I think today will be another day of energy conservation.

Have a safe day all

 

[Buppies]

70 this morning very foggy more rain in forecast .75 in last night flood warning issued. More of the same today. Rhododendrons growing like crazy must like the rain.

Thanks rswyan she and pup get along well even if she calls it by wrong name

Good luck on new job Thomas sounds interesting

Mostly been up since 3:45 just can’t sleep

Sorry about help Drew

Prayers for all our Country

 

[ronjhall]

Drew, Mid Michigan gas tractor show. Oakley, Michigan. They have 140 acres for show. I cannot walk it.

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[m7040]

good morning, 73 going to 88 sunny conditions

Pushed the rounds into a pile with the blade on the excavator. Now if I could arrange some help for splitting? Maybe a splitting party

Chimney was swept. Interesting how they used a cordless drill to run the bush up and down the 35 ft high chimney. The bad news was that there is deterioration the mortar and joints on the 3 chimneys that need repairs. Reviewed the drone videos of the condition. Repairs scheduled for next month

Took another look at the damaged ramp. It was likely damaged because I drove up too far and pushed the end stop