Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

2020-06-11, 0333

62 right now...high in the low 80's and a god chance of thunderstorms and rain.
The truck is going in for an overdue oil change and other service today...

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. Was hoping for a drop of rain overnight, unfortunately it looks to have missed us.

Just before total lockdown I took the Subaru in for a service. A new battery should have been fitted, but got missed and by the time I noticed two days later they had been shut down. Yesterday was my first chance to go back and get it fitted. Instead of being annoyed at having to make the almost 2 hour round trip, it was a real pleasure to be back on the road again, I had forgotten what fun it can be to drive a car. I came back on country lanes that were this time devoid of cyclists, possibly because it was lunchtime. Seemed strange to pass normally popular pubs that are all closed, as are cafes and restaurants and drive through a village that usually attracts lots of tourists without having to navigate through chicanes of parked cars.

Newbury, you are lucky if your wife can't snap her fingers - you don't have to jump like the rest of us

"Here are five words and I'm going to ask you them again in ten minutes after discussing all this other stuff"
Drew, if they were five random words, I would have to get a pencil out and write them down. Ten minutes later I would be wondering where I left the paper ...

 

[Bird]

Temperature dropped 24ｰ in little over 1/2 hour. 1 of rain. Now 66ｰ. Worst of the storm hit to west of me. Do not see any damage at my place. Power was out for a few minutes.

The only thing that dropped around here yesterday was ME. We got our annual expected rainfall in the first 5 months of the year, so the lakes and reservoirs are full. But no more rain in the forecast for the foreseeable future. Our electricity was off from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. night before last for unknown reasons. Anyway, I didn't get much sleep so was a bit tired yesterday, but I strung out my garden hoses and watered the lawn a good part of the day. But I tripped on one of the hoses and did a nose dive in the back yard. Fortunately, it was nice clean, dry grass that I fell on, so no serious damage; just a bit sore today.

 

[Buppies]

72 high of 76 lower humidity today last of rain just leaving no storms this go round

Prayers for all

Prayers for Drew

 

[Thomas]

mostly_gas.
"Thomas wonder why peanut late?"

Not sure but she was good half early last evening,notice her this morning checking out wild strawberry plants side field.

 

[Thomas]

59F cloudy low 80's for high rain showers late morning t-storms afternoon.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...Dump run,Home Depot items for the next 2 projects,do some touch up around storm door install yesterday.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[daugen]

good morning all. 75 degrees in Greenville NC, going up to mid 80's in thunderstorms this afternoon, which looks like the ten day forecast on out.
Summer time.

Bird, hope you are feeling ok this morning. This hospital is absolutely paranoid about falls, seems to hurt a lot of folks and keep the insurance claims up.
I always worry about slippery floors in showers. Particularly if at home without grab rail. They really ought to make grab rails mandatory, then you get the non slip plastic floor mats that seem way too slippery. I want all the grip I can get.

Ok night, spent half of it peeing in urinal and losing sleep, gosh I'm sleep deprived, maybe getting one hour here and there. Hope that improves when I move out.
Until then, another day full of walking, balance tests and mental agility tests. The latter I like the least. I have a big pad where I write everything down, sure works for me. Once a day I call in meal order for next day, but first I write it down. Done it enough times I can look back at past meal orders and just order same thing. Not like there's that much on the menu. Tonight will be NC pulled pork and mashed potatoes again. Not worrying about fat or salt content for now, just trying to find something edible. I really want to get on a scale, think I will be surprised how much weight I've lost.

I dream of fresh vegetables, fruits, none of which I can eat because it doesn't go well with chemo, seems counterintuitive to not eat good food while trying to get well but that's the body enzymes I guess. Extra mashed potatoes and gravy? You bet...

You all have a great day, on this June 11, 2020. I get asked what the date is every day. Been here one month today. Onward.

 

[riptides]

75 outside this AM. Heading to upper 80's. Humid out. A/C has been running all night, upstairs. T-Storms moved through late yesterday. Micro-bursts of wind and fire hose like rain. Did not amount too much.

Electric guys showed up yesterday. Part of the tree work campaign. They cut some branches away from the powerlines up to the house. Left me a nice pile again. Did not take the tree down though. They never do. I think this one in particular, they could have made one cut, felled it and moved on. But they spent an hour topping it and piling it up for me. The wife actually said "...we should get a grapple for the tractor...". I must have had heat stroke, cause I did not say anything about grapples to her. But, ahh....with all this tree work...I told her I agree. It was a one bottle of water, two bottles of gatorade job just moving that stuff to the burn pile. I completely lose my appetite when working outside in this heat, so dinner was light.

Looks like pool cleaning is the order of the day. Still thinking about the front porch.

Neighbor on my back forty just put his house on the market. Just shy of seven figures with 1/10th our land. Wife, this is her farm, told me about it as she saw me working up a sweat with the trees. Our little space is getting super expensive. With all the development around us, busy too. Times are changing. Wonder how long before I cannot keep up or cannot afford it. LOL.

Have a great day all. Be safe. Get well soon wishes for you guys. Seems a lot of us are in a minor health rut right now. Keep pressing forward!

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 58° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 77° with partly cloudy skies. Had a couple more power outages after storms passed. Woke up this morning at what I thought was 5:30 am. Clock next to bed must need backup batteries. It was actually 1:40 am. Never went back to sleep. Take dogs into groomer and do some grocery shopping today. No other plans. USPS finally delivered a package that was shipped March 31.
Butter fly trying to dry out after storm.

Drew, had to do some checking what 400 square feet is not that small. I could survive in that. About double the size of my motorhome. I remember you said you were getting a microwave. Look into adding a Induction plate. Can cook things that microwave cannot. Will need pans with steel bottoms. Keep on getting better. Special prayers on the way.

Bird, be careful.

Eric, my Diamondback hybrid bike has that same angle top bar. Much easier to get on and off bike for an older guy like me without buying a ladies bike.

RS, my feet have been very sore lately. Your post reminded me that I was not wearing my inserts in the shoes I wear the most.

Randy, hope med changes help.

David, glad day went well for you. Any idea when filter will show up.

Wngsprd, lots of clover seed.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[toppop52]

Hey Randy,if I remember right you are on blood thinners after your valve job. When I had a botched stent procedure I was put on thinners and really went down hill almost daily. After about a month my primary doc looked over my latest blood work and said " You're anemic and need a transfusion A.S.A.P." I fought this for a little over 2 years getting 10 transfusions, probably 15 iron infusions and several other treatments until I finally saw a cardiologist who knew what he was doing and told me to stop the thinners immediately. I did and now my hemoglobin is normal again and I feel much better.
Just a thought that may have something to do with your feeling lousy.

I don't know how long you have to stay on the thinner after your procedure but with my stent it was only 1 year.

It’s a year for the stent, should be able to lose Plavix soon. But I don’t know about the valve I’ve got to ask that question. They put put me on Eliquis and stopped the aspirin about 2 months ago when I started Afib problems, they also put me back on Amiodarone and then doubled it, it’s a very unsafe drug and they since cut it back to half.