Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 18°, only going up to around 40°. Light breezes, but sure is chilly! The next 5 days won't get out of the 40's for highs.....

Another shock About Roy's passing. He really wasn't complaining about anything recently.... I guess one really doesn't know when the time is up.
RIP Roy -- you will be missed.

I missed posting yesterday... too much going on. Had to take Max to the vet, then had back to back eye dr appointments for the wifey and I, then had to run into town to return all the old wireless internet equipment. Then pick up Max later in the afternoon. He has a nice bright white smile now!

New fiber internet is fantastic! No glitches, no down time, super fast! Have had up to 6 devices all using at the same time, download speeds hanging around 960mb, upload around 850mb. Very happy with it.

Decided to box up my desktop PC, I haven't used it for almost 2 years. It definitely cleared up some more desk space! I still have to box up the cables and peripheral stuff.

The wifey's new Kitchenaid "Pro" mixer got delivered yesterday. Unboxed it this morning, went to put it on the 'fold down' mixer shelf (that lowers down into the cabinet), and it hits on the top of the cross stile under the drawer. Need to lower the mounts about 2 inches. This WILL get done today.

Not sure what else I will get into today.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[sodamo]

Just read of Roy’s passing. Feeling a bit numb.
RIP, Roy. You will be missed, my friend.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

BEF, if it is at all possible, retire NOW! Look at it from a different perspective.... time is flying by at an exponential pace.....You can MAKE it work.

When I had my cardiac arrest 8 years ago, I came back with a very different perspective of life. A really different way of thinking. Went back to work 3 months later.... nothing had changed for the better, only got worse (work stuff). It was hard to deal with, but I persisted to overcome 'working', trying to adapt my new 'outlook on life' to fit.
It wasn't until my injuries to my knee made me realize that I was pretty much "spinning my wheels" in place still working. The decision to retire was essentially made for me (no longer able to perform my work duties). My salary had been cut to 40% of what I had been making. Within 6-8 months, we 'learned' how to live on that reduced salary. Are there challenges? Absolutely yes.... but they can be overcome.

I don't know anything about your personal situation, but just offering my experience. I would have never thought that we could pull this off.... at the time, we were planning on me working another 8 years.

I hope you can come up with a plan that works for you!

 

[sodamo]

think I’ll be retiring very soon.

After just reading of Roy’s passing…

I suspect you’ll retire comfortably.

 

[rswyan]

36F and cloudy @ 12:00 ... only heading up to around 39F for the high for today ... with the chance for some snow ...

LWS reports that total precip from the remnants of Nicole was 1.35" ... so everything got a good watering.

Yesterday ended up being a Recovery/Energy Conservation Day, outside of moving the Woman's car out of the circle so the Amazon driver could pull through and getting a couple of bills scheduled for payment.

Was nice to take a bit of a break. Woman did the same.

Today She is cleaning out the hall coat/boot closet after I suggested yesterday that I was going to get into the bedroom closet and start going through my old clothes to see what could go to Goodwill.

I probably have close to a dozen jackets and coats in there (hall), most of which I never wear ... somewhat puzzling how I wound up with so many. At any rate, I certainly don't have a real need for all them so it will be good to get them packaged up and sent off to new homes for folks that really need them.

I guess yesterday marked the start of Winter Hibernation Mode, where most of our time will be spent here inside the house.

Some discussion about heading over to the barn to work but I seriously doubt that's going to happen given the temps. Might go over and blow out the water line with the new air drain valves/fittings that Amazon dropped off yesterday.

What will happen in the coming days will be the (long, painful) process of gathering up most of the tools over in the barn and bringing them back over to the house. Along with finishing cleaning up the outside and getting stuff put away.

Ten Day forecast is calling for 7 days with low temps in the 20's, 1 day with a low in the teens, and the other 2 in the 30's. Nothing higher than the low 40's for high temps. Not much in the way of precipitation after today though.

Probably head out at some point and check the hopper feeder, suet feeder outside kitchen window needs refilled.

Very sad to hear of Roy's passing, will definitely miss his contributions here ...

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .29 inches rain.

Never rained hard yesterday, just in an annoying on and off way all day.

Trip to town was a success, but forgot being a Fed holiday the PO would be closed. Still a good stop as our state tax rebate was in the box.

Took advantage of the wx and set up my new MacBook Air to replace my 2013 model. The fact I had upgraded the hard drive to 1T years ago made Migrating to a 256g drive a challenge, but I finally got it done (I think)
If this one last me 9 years I wonder what computers will be like?

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[PJSprog]

It was 29°F and snowing this morning. SNOWING! There was the possibility of some snow in the overnight forecast between 2-4pm, but it was still snowing at 8am. We ended up with 7 inches. I can't remember the last time we had this much snow this early. To think we had a record high of 84° just three days ago.

Got the top of the driveway cleaned off after breakfast, had a phone interview with a placement consultant about another job, then cleaned off part of the deck for the dogs to get out to the yard.

Guess it's time to put the heater back in the chicken coop, so I'll do that today as well. Not sure what else I'll get into beyond that. Limited outside options today.

Wife finally got her new KitchenAid Classic mixer earlier this week. She's been talking about wanting one for years, but never thought we had the space for it. A little creative rearranging of the countertop occupants fixed that. She's loving it. Can't say that I hate it either, as her mashed potatoes are a whole new level of creamy now.

Still not caught up with the reading here yet.

Good afternoon, gents.

 

[txdon]

Look who just got to the "Farm".

 

[Thomas]

It was 29°F and snowing this morning. SNOWING! There was the possibility of some snow in the overnight forecast between 2-4pm, but it was still snowing at 8am. We ended up with 7 inches. I can't remember the last time we had this much snow this early. To think we had a record high of 84° just three days ago.

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No thanks passing the left overs of storm my way.

 

[Thomas]

When I had my cardiac arrest 8 years ago, I came back with a very different perspective of life. A really different way of thinking.

Had my cardiac arrest 10/15/10 it was bad,also and still do "very different perspective of life".