Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

31F and partly cloudy @ 22:30, high only hit 38F here today. And today was likely be the last appearance of Old Sol for a few days. WU says we are under an active Storm Warning.

Saturday's high temp will not make it out of the single digits ...

Hopper feeder and two suet feeders refilled yesterday, plus cracked corn scattered on the ground. Woodpeckers seem to be enjoying that new tail feeder. Two very fat looking squirrels out there this afternoon, along with the usual assortment of birds.

Woman ran out to grocery yesterday to "get a few things" ... mainly marshmallow sauce, so She could make some kind of fudge. That ended up costing over $100 ...

She didn't have much luck with Her other shopping though.

Got the fishies fed while She was out and met her at the door when She returned to help unload the groceries.

Another 2" panel glued up and braced as well, really amazing the difference in temps between the panels and wall itself ... basically the panels are at room temp while the wall itself is probably at least 20F cooler. Should make things cozy once it's finished.

More sanding done.

More tools hauled down to the basement from the garage, think I've finally managed to collect up all the SDS Max bits in one place.

Late last night Woman said I should go out and get my "Christmas gift" from the trunk of the car since She wasn't able to sneak it in the house unobserved so I did.

Bottle of Kahlua ...

She even decided to get frisky and have a little nip herself ...

Researched casters for the woodworking table, along with the rest of the materials for the base.

Today She requested some some assistance with Christmas shopping so I got cleaned up and drug the razor across my face. Slid over to the barn before we headed out to TSC AND Menards and grabbed the measurements on that table top. Almost 40" wide by 72" long.

Did fairly well at both picking up some Christmas gifts.

Also picked up these casters for the woodworking table:

4" soft elastic rubber (non-marking) rated for 265 lbs. The locks stop the wheel from turning and the caster from spinning. Possible added bonus: matching blue plastic hubcaps to keep the dust out of the bearings.

Probably still need to go back down with the van to pick up the rest of the materials for the table base.

Headed over to Eadies Fish House after that for some dinner, was good as always.

On the way home we drove through a neighborhood down in Jackson Township and looked at all the lights. One house had what I would term "dripping icicle" light strips on their small trees out front ... they turned on and off sequentially from top to bottom. Kind of cute.

When we got home there were a couple more packages on the doorstep waiting for The Woman.

Hope everyone had a good Wednesday ...

 

[Looking4new]

buppies, I need to go out tomorrow about noon, so will turn on the block heater for the Dodge when I get up.
At least we are still above zero. 74 in my man cave.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 26ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze, Light wind, overcast with fog mid morning, clear afternoon, and high temp was 46ºF. Men's Meeting to start day, rekindle fire in insert, putter,, then hook boat batteries up to charger, fill wheel barrow with wood, fill out golf club membership and wife wrote check, Bike ride, could not get good power output so slow time result. No nap . After dinner, check batteries, they were charged, secured boat top, filled little wood wagon, replace tarp strings to get ready for wind. With wheel barrow and wood wagon full I have enough wood for 3 + days. Now if I could work out moving more warm air into master bedroom.
Randy(wag) I got one if those super folding ladders. It had 6 or 8 positions an an owners manual. I only use 3 positions.
Drew good to hear mouth is improving. Hope you get your fixings for cider. I hear you about not eating everything that comes your way, being farther from family and long time friends has helped. At least the heater has a thermostat. and nit running full bore.
Ron good to hear you are ready for storm. Nice 2 for one pic.
Drew I have ridden by several large feed lot in Western Kansas, Yup they smell, if 2 or 3 adjacent they get really strong. Sorry about the cold and your arthritis, my wife says same thing.
Bill I trust 1 inch is not enough to plow. enjoy your slow day.
Billy hope rain does not turn to ice. Glad you got tanks swapped for newer ones. I have 2 chains to sharpen, may get done while inside.
Paul sounds like your cold air is hanging around longer than ours. Glad you got to spend time with family after funeral. Enjoy GS time at Peddlers village with GS.
Jim hope you get stakes in and survive the shopping. Good to SWMBO happy with music arrangement.
Bird I hope you don't lose power either, we have wood stove to help warm house.
Frits neat pic have not been to Amarillo.
Drew if you have the fluid film in sprayer already why not give it a try?
Kilroy good to hear grit down, hope it lasts till new steps. Sounds like you are getting dangerously close to new toy, er tool Good to hear new stove burning half the wood of old stove.
Don glad you missed nothing Monday, and shutdown for the cold weather starting tomorrow.
Ken sorry you could not sleep in this morning. Good to heat the panels are almost up. Nice pics
Scotty nice weather forecast.
Drew glad you had good morning.
Davip good to hear progress on flailing, and hope good new on eye lid surgery.
Kyle one of our fill in preachers had 3 of 4mostly black congregations he went to, or preached at.
Drew yes they love their hype.
Frits do you have table for saw in pic?
Thomas glad short day at work, prep done for storm.
Kilroy thanks for memory refresh. Thanks for info on stove operation.
Randy(wag) good to hear town run successful. Should tempt Murphy to mess with you by saying you have enough rum Hope mow and trim went well.
Dennis congrats on being epic.
Bill enjoy the cold and snow. Should get some plow time in.
Dennis glad son getting close. Sorry about dentist.
RS Good to hear feeders have food and panels going up. Nice early Christmas present. Nice castors. Glad you got to do some light peeping.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Don /brother medical procedure, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes and fall, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, /uncle's surgery, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou /eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /coughing, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's surgery, Scotty, /back pain, Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[txdon]

BRR BRRR BRRRR, Just too cold at 47˚ during tractor time. But I'm off till Christmas and I topped off the diesel on the tractor for the other shift in the morning. I need to get some warmer clothes for after Christmas. The first part of December was so warm that the strawberries started producing.

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Evening

checking in, busy few days, mostly home office work, glad to be inside though

-35C to -38C (-37F to -38F) for the past 3-4 days.

screaming cold, snow, and windy. ... so cold that for the first time since early March i'm actually wearing Pants, and also socks. (i must be a bit "lazy" ... because due to motor vehicle injury, I save 30-45 minutes every day just gettting dressed with shorts and no socks).

too cold to start the tractor these days, i'll wait for the warmer days on the weekend

i received a new Printer for my home office the other day - YAY

planning to see Daughter, Son In Law, and 10 month old Grandson, on Friday morning, for breakfast in town. very excited about that, they live an hour away.

should be able to get my truck back on Fri or Sat (YAY) - has a new fuel pump, some wheel spacers etc. i want them to test drive it first though

still struggling with the shoulder / arm / hand recuperation, physio exercises continue

still planning all of the changes, finances, of recent Separation - that is certainly the biggest thing on my mind

i'm not able to catch up on this post, however i will try to keep up now

have a good day everyone

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp was 3 and the high going to 19°F. Wind E 8 mph. 60% chance of flurries, none yet.

We got an inch or so the other day, not enough to plow, but there is another 8+ inches coming starting tonight. I will leave the V-plow on until after this snow 'event' then will swap it for the bucket.

Dump and town run today and that is the last of me going anywhere until the 28th.

mostly; IF you sleep with the bedroom door open you could try putting a fan up high pointing towards the door from the warmer part of the house.

scaredy; I never start the tractor when the temperatures are -20F or lower. Steel for all of its' strength breaks easily in extreme cold. Besides, my previously frost bitten & arthritic fingers don't like the cold.

Have a safe day all

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 28° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 36° with rain/snow mix. New lock showed up yesterday. Trying to save some $$ I ordered it from Amazon Warehouse. Mounting bracket was missing. It's on its way back to Amazon. New one will be here next week. Thought I was all done shopping. But have a list. Already in my wallet so I do not forget it. Then back home and wait for the forecasted bad weather.
Couldn't resist taking a picture thru tree branches of sunrise yesterday.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
those of us in the East are waiting on a very wet couple of days, almost two inches of rain predicted over next day.
Wow....if this had been snow.
but temps are rising with rain, so snow will be North of us.

have to pick up the house, bake some cranberry orange muffins, make some warm cider this afternoon and will watch the rain come down.

PJ, hope your new job continues to satisfy.
Buppies, hope you are feeling better

 

[Bird]

I mentioned yesterday that we have some cold weather in the forecast, and I hope we don't lose power, and this morning I see that mostly_gas said, "Bird I hope you don't lose power either, we have wood stove to help warm house."

This house actually has a wood burning fireplace in the living room. The prior owner had been using it. But when we bought the place 17 years ago, I thoroughly cleaned out the fireplace and closed the flue, but I bought a big box of artificial logs we could burn in an emergency. Well, that emergency never happened, and after several years, I sold that box of artificial logs in a garage sale. So we no longer have any backup heat source.

It's 43° here this morning, but the NWS says it's going to be falling during the day, wind picking up from the north, a low of 10° tonight and not get above freezing until Christmas Day. I joined the huge crowds in the grocery stores yesterday and think we're stocked up enough that I shouldn't have to get out until at least a day or two after Christmas. Son-in-law, daughters, and granddaughter are coming here for Christmas, so I hope the weather and traffic aren't too bad.

 

[riptides]

33 outside this AM. With slushy/icy stuff coming down. Lower 40's today and rain expected.

Did final shopping yesterday for food stocks and whatnot.

Will make the trek up to Baltimore in the next few hours. Wife's surgery is early tomorrow.