Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Looks like our PA folks will be wanting some crampons! Y'all be careful.

Good Morning from Central Texas.
5:15am and 70.2 degrees and 67.1 dew point. A little muggy feeling, but will try and build a compost pile area today with some wire mesh fence for the 1 million leaves yet to clean up. Average high temp around here is low 60's so a little warm and definitely TOO DRY.
Hope all have a great day !

Only a million? HA! I have acres and acres of them....
Around the yard, I will mow them into long rows and keep going over them to mulch to fines. Then I'll put on my leaf bagger and pick up some fines. But many will be left to decompose.

Isabel wore a beautiful Christmas outfit and big smile.View attachment 4642800

What a cutie! Love the dress and the smile. Blessings my friend.

Well, our Speed Queen washer is starting to make a squeak when it is agitating, not while spinning. I will try the cheap way to fix it first which involves taking off the front cover, tilting it back and pulling out a bolt on the bottom of everything to lower the belt pulley. Then applying some grease to the stand off washer. If that doesn't work, I'll consider a rebuild kit with new bearings/seals. My friend just drove round trip 600 miles to buy a like new SQ washer for $800 used on FB marketplace.

Just ordered 2 new wood duck houses and conical pole protectors from these folks. Designed to mount on 2" EMT galvanized poles. This is for a wildlife exemption on our property.
DuckHut - Plastic Wood Duck House

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Our house A/C just turned on...

 

[WinterDeere]

Our house A/C just turned on...

I'd bet mine is frozen solid, caked in 1/2 inch or more of ice.

 

[sodamo]

64°F and .34 inches rain

Sophie had a really good ophthalmologist visit yesterday. Could actually see his face light up as he reviewed her pics and measurements. Decided to take her off the steroids and return next month.

Otherwise another day of on and off rain, so pretty much energy conservation. I got a nice afternoon nap.

Wx today looks like a repeat

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great tractor day

 

[two_bit_score]

Cloudy here and 74F. Might fair off after noon.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Prayers for our Nation!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Not too much ice here. heard there was lots of accidents last night. 33 deg all morning, now a little warmer.

Breakfast with the gang. Funny story, One of our gang collected money for the waitress's at our saturday breakfast place (we did same for our sunday spot) and last saturday our waitress was given the card, and told to split it with the other 2.... Only he forgot to include the money we collected. After he got home, he found the money in his coat pocket, so he ran back to give it to them... We all got a good laugh over it when he told us. Today I asked the waitress what they thought when he said to split it, did they cut the card into thirds? lol.

Oldest son went to visit a friend,

 

[PJSprog]

46°F and foggy again this morning, going up to 64° today. Some rain expected tomorrow, the the bottom falls out overnight, and we're back in the teens and 20s for lows next week.

I guess being away from the forum for awhile, I must have missed the rollout of the new "AI" moderating. Can't say I'm a fan of it, but I understand. I know in the past Muhammad has had trouble getting volunteers to help as moderators. I was just surprised when my post in Todays' Gun Time was "awaiting moderator approval." Weird that that's even a thing in a gun thread. So it goes, I guess. (of course, now this post will be held up as well)

You guys out east stay safe.

Good afternoon, gents.

 

[m7040]

good afternoon, 40 the high for the day, feels much colder

Breakfast with 2 grandkids was fun and lots of laughing. 14 year old had a laugh attack when we looked at some old pictures from when they were small

GD is doing well at college and likes her courses and ready for next semester. Her room mate is from Tanzania and is going all out at college having been kept very strict at home. She told her take it easy we have 4 years here. Her father works for the International Monetary Fund

remember Christmas in Houston burning logs in the fireplace and having to run the AC to stay comfortable

Need to move some firewood and refill kindling bucket. The mini split can maintain the 70 degree set point but the wood stove just feels much more comfortable. Only used the oil burner a few times this year. Power bill was paid, 134 dollars