Good morning!!!!

[Alien]

Excellent result Buppies. You must be very relieved.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-12-22, 0537

32° right now...high in the upper 30's. Also, possibility of snow, sleet and freezing rain this morning...ugh!
I do want to make a dump run this morning, if possible

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot cup of coffee. 22° with cloudy skies and wind. Heading to 27° with sun in afternoon. Found the LED parts I was looking for. USPS delivered Sassy's meds. Tried to return meds to Amazon. Not returnable. But they gave me my money back. Got last of my shopping done for Christmas at Sam's club. I like using their Senior shopping time at 7 am on Tuesday mornings. 5 cars in parking lot. Workers seem to be very friendly at that time in morning. Or maybe they have not woke up yet.
Need to wrap last of my Christmas gifts. Mostly putting them in a gift bags.
While letting Sassy out the other morning. I saw a small opening in clouds and got a picture of the full moon.

Buppies, good news.

Don, good you got staples out. No pictures needed.

Mostly, I only Rap when I am in a hurry. After that I Wrap the stuff.

Drew, since I live in one of the high Covid case number area's. I have already stayed away from 2 invites. Take care when attending get togethers.

Thomas, a day off with pay. Perfect.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

41 ‘this morning downright breezy high in 40s

Prayers for all

 

[riptides]

30 outside this AM. Heading to lower 40's. Feels warmer than yesterday afternoon. That's odd. Maybe I was just in a cold spell body wise yesterday. Anyway, looks to be a good day.

Since the plumber came in at what I think is just a way off price, I attempted to do some work myself. Water and electricity are not my strengths. I managed to disassemble one shower, but the cartridge just will not come out. So a trip to the hardware store is in order for today. Jeesh, I said that yesterday too. Anyway, if I can pop the filter out, and I think I can, I think I can, that's a significant savings on the work quoted. We shall see.

Need to stock up on some food too. Looks like I am out of coffee again! The horror....the horror. I think I need to get into a pattern on things. Everything is like a crisis this month. I think back to four years ago today, and we were in NY watching my wife recover from her 12 hour back surgery. Yeah...THAT puts things back into perspective.

I hope all have a good day. And the health news just gets better for all. Stay positive. Be safe.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, 19 going to a high of 25°F. Wind WSW 13 gusting to 21 mph. Snow.

I guess I should turn the block heater on. There is only 1.5" of the stuff, maybe I will let it lay, there is more coming tomorrow. I think I am going to have a white Christmas.

All I want for Christmas is a turkey dinner. As long as I get turkey for thanksgiving and Christmas I am happy.
The goodies I am looking for I can get myself, after a lot of research. Which I haven't done yet.

Alien, when I saw your stone pile I thought that it looked like 3/4" washed stone. After doing the math, it is 0.78". Close enough for the girls I go with.
Good luck getting ALL of it off the grass.


Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

Good morning all.
Yesterday's trip to Newark airport went fine. Had forgotten what a miserable part of the country that is, smoggy, and you could even
smell the pollution in the car. Drove up back way through Frenchtown to 78, came home down 202, a very busy road with lots of stoplights. Once we got to airport, took almost
half an hour of crawling along before we got to gate. Didn't see much courtesy on the road. And coming out of the airport, signs are terrible and all kinds of large roads merge near there.
Simply an unpleasant drive except for the first part through NJ farmland. But it was worth it to do a favor for a friend.

37 going up to 44 today.

Received a nice xmas card from new neighbor nearby, said "we are new here but we wanted to tell you how much we appreciate your
Christmas lights. They are so festive" That was sure nice

Ted, good to hear from you. I think you have the world's unhappiest knee, what that has put you through. May Santa bring you some relief.

Ron, very good chance I will cancel out on anything other than dinner with my brother.

I'm off to church this morning to meet a landscaper there, otherwise not much planned other than cleaning up the house.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 41F @ 3:45AM. Rain. High 51F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall around a half an inch.
Forecast also calls for another inch of rain tonight. And there's only one dry day in the 10-day, a week from Thursday. Not good weather for being outside, but the gentle showers and generally light winds are just what we need to replenish the aquifers and put a good blanket of snow for next summer up in the mountains.

Good to hear from you, Ted. Sorry to hear more patience is required for the knee. I'll do what I can to shoo some of this moisture down your way.

Nice moon shot, Ron. Thanks for sharing.

I've been nibbling away at a similar gravel pile here, Doug. It's called three quarter minus road base out here, and has lots of powdered rock in it to help the stones bind together. But it gets pretty dusty in the summer months.

My record for a plumbing project is half a dozen trips to the hardware store over a two day weekend, Mike. When I replaced all the faucets in the house, the fella behind the counter at the plumbing supply house was very helpful steering me to the right ones. And after that, getting parts when they needed repair. Cost a bit more than at the big box store, but the advise was priceless, and he almost always had everything in stock so I only had to make one trip.

Sounds like good news on the vaccine front, RS. Hope it turns out to be true.

I didn't find any more downed trees yesterday, and got quite a few branches cleaned up with the grapple without getting stuck. I did get into one soft area, but was able to back up onto firmer ground before it was too late. The pile in the wood yard is the biggest it's ever been, ensuring I'll have plenty of wood gym workouts far into the New Year.

Right now the rain is giving the tractor a bath, and after a week to ten days it should look brand spanking new. Might have to wax it once it stops raining...

Back to inside jobs, housework, paperwork, and keeping the wood stove stoked.

Happy Hump Day, folks!

 

[wngsprd]

35 going to 50. Rained lightly most of the night. Should get sunny by afternoon.

That's such good news, Buppies.

RNG, glad you're getting the rain you need.

Wife and I went for a nice day strolling around downtown Culpeper yesterday...an interesting choice of eclectic shops and restaurants...everyone friendly and in the spirit. Had a nice wood-fired pizza and some oysters.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 33 out and the rain has ended. We got .44 overnight, and todays high will be under 40.
No snow or deep freeze in the forecast, so the tractor will just be parked at the ready. The yellow on the blade is a Urethane cutting edge so I can run the blade right on the pavement without hurting it. It’s 2” thick, and can lowered when it wears, and then flipped over to start over.

Yesterday was busy. Breakfast, meeting, booster, another meeting, and then a little bit of desk time. After that, we went to Peddler’s Village with son, DIL and grandson to see the lights.

Stopped for Mexican food for dinner on the way home. So far only side effects was heartburn from the burrito, nothing from the booster vaccine.

Today will be farm chores, moving hay and grain as well as organizing the alpaca goods for the farmers markets. I’ve become the strong back and weak mind in the alpaca operation, with the wife’s disc issues and being empty nesters. Youngest son was a big help before he got hired to do design work on submarines for the department of the Navy. But I’m proud of him and happy to see him move on.