Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Good recovery Bird!!!

I just read from a FB friend of their Dr friend who is in ICU after getting the vaccine.

all a matter of timing, may be from what they had unknowingly already when they got the vaccine.

Everything has risk, I see a lot more risk in not getting vaccinated. I hope the good doctor gets well soon.

off to feed the birds, looks like they cleaned me out again

blue sky, windy and very cold

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning all, 17 going up to 26, windy, sounds like a train and the trees are smacking into each other - loud clacks all night and this morning.
I'm sure I'll find some more branches down this morning if not whole trees.
Wife got her Covid test yesterday and she is negative, so all good there. She is back at work today for a few hours.

Did not get to put planters out yesterday, worked late. Feels so cold with the wind.

Haircut appointment this afternoon - When I got the haircuts on base they were around $2 if I remember correctly.

I have one bank that I can only pay by check. I have asked over and over for the capability to wire funds to no avail, and no on line payments unless I open a bank account with them...

Alien - hope the shot helps with your hand numbness.
Ron - squirrel looks very happy - have black and grey here. Lots of grey-they like to hang out at the top of the curvy hill road- Vultures always up there to clean up Have to play dodge squirrel
Bird-glad you're feeling better- need to extend your birthday celebration

Some of my seeds arrived. Time to get them going in the basement window.

Stay safe and be well all.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 30˚F heading to the mid 60s, lots of sun no wind. After finishing my taxes yesterday two new things to report. 1. if you take the standard deduction you can still deduct up to $300 for charitable giving (new for 2020).
2. Both stimulus are not taxable.

Looks like I'm going to have to hunt for that second vaccination. They no longer are giving it where my appointment was suppose to be, and of course trying to get info on the phone is impossible with 136,156 people still on the waiting list trying to get their appointment to get the first shot.

Made a dump run. Pushed the garbage can with built in wheels to the curb. brrrr.

Another day next week working on the new overlook in the park and it will be ready for a pic.

You guys up North stay warm.

 

[PJSprog]

16°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 39° today.

The boy was there when I got home from work yesterday evening. He's been sticking around for dinner this week. The garage mess still hasn't been cleaned up. Looks like I'll have to do it myself this weekend ... again. (sigh)

Wife noted that the internet was working faster yesterday. I checked it when I got home. We were previously getting 1-3 Mbps download speed, and are now getting 15-17 Mbps. She said she hasn't called them yet to find out what the problem was, so I reminded her to note that we've been paying them for many years for a service they did not provide. And, since the problem was obviously on their end (likely a throttle-down setting), we've been overpaying for the service. For years. She didn't seem real comfortable with that idea, so I'm probably going to have to call them myself.

Drew, as Paul noted, Sweetwater is one of the big players in the catalog/mail order/online music equipment retail industry. Probably second only to the Guitar Center / Musician's Friend conglomerate. Better than them, though, because they have the undisputed best customer service in the industry. AND ... every order ships with a handful of candy tossed in the box. When St Louis Music was closing their manufacturing operations in St. Louis back in '03, I got a letter from Sweetwater asking if I'd be interested in coming to work for them. It was very tempting. The only thing that steered me away was my knowledge of winters in Ft. Wayne. My younger sister lived there for a few years, and I already knew I had no interest in living there. Great town, just too cold for me.
The speaker cabinets they sell are no competition for the kind of stuff Paul makes. Everything they sell is mass produced assembly line stuff. Nothing wrong with it from a general user point of view, but nowhere near the quality of stuff built to order or in small batches by someone who's doing it for more than just a paycheck.

 

[pennwalk]

24 degrees now. 20 mph NW wind. Today will test my resolve to walk every morning. Some kind of winter event coming this weekend.

Have you been following the How's Eddie thread? Scary! Hope all those folks have a full recovery.:thumbsup:

Chris

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
Currently 7 above with heavy winds! Looks like a possible storm again early next week.
Driveway is getting filled in with drifts. Not going out till Monday if I can help it.
Decided to make cookies ( 4 dozen oatmeal raisin)and feed the pellet stove today.
Made another string project also. Finished up a cedar blanket rack for my sister in law that she wanted. Did a test fit.
Conserving energy till needed.
Wife is gone to work for a few hours. Should be back early. Hopefully we can do something together.
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!

 

[daugen]

Phil, oatmeal raisin, my favorite... wish I could grab through the screen and sneak one off...
I'll swap you for a few cranberry, apple and mandarin orange muffins.

taking a break, then will make a batch of blueberry apple muffins and then tupperware them for delivery tomorrow.

 

[LouNY]

Well morning all;
It's warming right up today all the way up to 5F now.
Been a puttery day so far, refrigerator got delivered yesterday.
Meet them down at the road loaded it in the pickup brought it up to the house,
then around to the deck and in through the big sliding door then into the kitchen.
I had put down ice melt and sand along the outside walkway because the eves drip on it
to take care of the ice the floors sure show it mud and grit all over.
ran the vacuum over it guess I need to damp mop the hard wood.
Need to go outside and fill the two suet feeders I see they are empty.

 

[sodamo]

63°F and .04 inches rain. Something of a pause in the rain.

Somewhat unexpected the cottage hot water heater was user unfriendly yesterday. Replaced it. Of course even though it was the manufacturer replacement was not a drop in swap. Ended up taking almost 2 1/2 hours as I had to keep looking for fittings and had to reposition. Got it done but the electrical connection needs to be properly redone and don’t have those parts on hand.

3.5 hour Zoom class on Little Fire Ants this morning. Seems a bit long, but hopefully will be time well spent.

Not making plans beyond that

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[PJSprog]

Have you been following the How's Eddie thread? Scary! Hope all those folks have a full recovery.:thumbsup:

I hadn't followed either thread. I've always liked Eddie's contributions to this site. Seems like a great guy. Glad he and his wife are doing better.