Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good morning! 50˚F heading to 70˚F, with cloudy skies South wind, a typical Texas December day.
The flu shot this year kept my shoulder sore for 3 days.
Mostly HR determined by age.

Foot Dr's appointment today to see why my L heel hurts. Most likely plantar fasciitis. Hope the dr. can prescribe something besides time. It actually is getting better than it was 6 weeks ago, I'm so tired of limping, last year it was the L knee this year the foot, I want to walk young again. I already have put in special inserts in all my shoes and am doing the foot exercises. The one thing I can't do is wear the brace at night, it interferes with my sleep.

I got the garage 4.5' Christmas star up yesterday and If my heel feels better I'll work on the yard lights today.

 

[Looking4new]

I was awakened at about 4am this morning by a text message from the generator telling me that there was a power outage and it was running. Got another one in about 45 minutes letting me know that the power was restored and it shut down.

That is what i want before I drop dead. I'm working on it slowly.

21 tonight and increasing cloudyness.

 

[KilroyJC]

16000 pages of GOOD MORNING!

Wow!

Happy Friday!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

i went back to the traditional wood stack in the woodstove and it burned all night just fine - electric heat never kicked in. It also helped that it didn’t drop below 28F. It seems that 25F is a trip point for having to add wood about 5am instead of 7am. I am still learning the idiotsyncracies of this stove. The old Fischer clone was much simpler, but I would have burned close to a cord of wood already! So far our wood consumption is somewhere between a third-cord and a half-cord.

Yesterday, while up at the woodlot, someone over the hill was hunting, and the pellets came through the trees overhead. I don’t believe we were in line-of-sight, but it was quite disconcerting to MrsKilroyJC. I loudly yelled “DOWNRANGE!!!” almost simultaneously with a second shot. After the second shot, I grabbed the snake gun and put three rapid shots into the ground, and then the direction of fire changed for several subsequent shots.

I was more annoyed at having to unnecessarily expend rounds than anything! Luckily this occurred just as we were finishing up for the day, not while we were loading up the truck with firewood or building the offcuts rack.

have a great weekend everyone!

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning! 50˚F heading to 70˚F, with cloudy skies South wind, a typical Texas December day.
The flu shot this year kept my shoulder sore for 3 days.
Mostly HR determined by age.

Foot Dr's appointment today to see why my L heel hurts. Most likely plantar fasciitis. Hope the dr. can prescribe something besides time. It actually is getting better than it was 6 weeks ago, I'm so tired of limping, last year it was the L knee this year the foot, I want to walk young again. I already have put in special inserts in all my shoes and am doing the foot exercises. The one thing I can't do is wear the brace at night, it interferes with my sleep.

I got the garage 4.5' Christmas star up yesterday and If my heel feels better I'll work on the yard lights today.

I have had several bouts with PF - it sucks.

The brace is a PITA in bed - I have had good results with a Strassburg Sock Buy The Strassburg Sock from Strassburg Medical

The worst part of the brace (for those who don’t know) is that it hurts the ankle bone on the OTHER foot every time you roll over, unless you are one of those people who can sleep on their backs and wake up in exactly the same position you went to sleep in. . .

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 21 with a high of 40 today under clear skies.

Yesterday’s weather was not kind to this tree at my son’s place. The overnight rain followed by 35 kt winds were the 1-2 punch. At least it didn’t take any wires with it.

The ground is obviously too wet to get to it with the tractor and grapple, so we will probably cut it up in place, or wait for a freeze. it’s not far from his firewood shed if we cut it in place.
Other than that, it was trash night, and did some more cleanup.

Today will start with a bowl of cereal, then I’ve got to get a pot roast started. I’m thinking about searing the meat over a flame on a hot grill instead of browning it in a pan. It will just be beef, potatoes, carrots, onions and some wine, maybe some peas as well.

Then I really should get to the tractor, I’ve got to push the manure pile back and get the oil changed and should start thinking about getting the snow blade mounted, and the driveway markers driven in before a hard freeze. You would think that after 40 years, I would know where the lane is, but without the markers, I always run off it when I plow.

That should be enough to keep me busy for most of the day, and then this evening I get to hang out with the band, eat pot roast and play music

 

[txdon]

16000 pages of GOOD MORNING!

Wow!

At this rate in the year 2077 we will hit one million pages, 10 million posts.

 

[m7040]

16000 pages of GOOD MORNING!

Wow!

Happy Friday!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

i went back to the traditional wood stack in the woodstove and it burned all night just fine - electric heat never kicked in. It also helped that it didn’t drop below 28F. It seems that 25F is a trip point for having to add wood about 5am instead of 7am. I am still learning the idiotsyncracies of this stove. The old Fischer clone was much simpler, but I would have burned close to a cord of wood already! So far our wood consumption is somewhere between a third-cord and a half-cord.

Yesterday, while up at the woodlot, someone over the hill was hunting, and the pellets came through the trees overhead. I don’t believe we were in line-of-sight, but it was quite disconcerting to MrsKilroyJC. I loudly yelled “DOWNRANGE!!!” almost simultaneously with a second shot. After the second shot, I grabbed the snake gun and put three rapid shots into the ground, and then the direction of fire changed for several subsequent shots.

I was more annoyed at having to unnecessarily expend rounds than anything! Luckily this occurred just as we were finishing up for the day, not while we were loading up the truck with firewood or building the offcuts rack.

have a great weekend everyone!

That is very concerning with the shoots fired in your direction. We have similar issues.
What stove did you get to replace the Fisher stove?

 

[Thomas]

Saw an “outdoors with Morgan’s” episode where he said he charges $300 cord plus delivery for firewood. Ouch. That’s north of Pittsburgh.

Around here $300-$315 cord depending on length wood and size with in 20 miles,least $75 cord for dry and they waiting list are growing.

 

[Thomas]

This will be first time with Christmas tree for both our cats. Wonder how they will do.

Hope anchor tie down well and broom dust pan are handy.

 

[daugen]

I committed to making chocolate muffins and blueberry muffins for school Snowflake Festival tomorrow but before I start baking,
I fired up the second inflatable.

you will see that Mrs. Claus complained over her seating comfort, so I had to give her a few more pillows. Happy wife, happy life.
now the five families going up and down the little private road close by can easily see this through the window.
And it stays clean and doesn't blow away.
though if I invite anyone over, they are going to get ejected to the outdoors.