Good evening all. 50ºF for the start, overcast, breezy. Light to Moderate wind. up to brisk gusts, overcast with some drizzle, and high temp was 58ºF. Made coffee to start day, bike ride morning, after lunch started prep for hanging lights outside and putting tree up. She was late and had dinner plans , but got tree up, and lights on one gable up(nobody wants me on roof unless there is a spotter to call ambulance). Finished hooking power switch and ran extension cord and they are working. Hope to rest of outside lights up Sunday afternoon.
Jim good to hear from you. Thanks for the follow up on the three missing people. Feel free to contribute more even if you are upside down

Enjoy your cruise.
Mike hope you got your lights up, got half of my outside lights up. I hear you on the wood shop. Glad you could enjoy ogling the wood. Hope morning chores went well. I have owls on occasion here.
Ron plenty cold there, please don't open the door and let it out here "). Doesn't sound like good day to fuel up the car. Nice ice volcanoes

Thomas hope day goes well, Mrs came this close to getting to give you wish list.
Drew hope the fence estimate comes in close to your number. Hope storage rack assembly goes well. Good luck finding glasses, I had hunt up BP monitor, took way too long to find

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Phil glad good visit with friend. Hope he recovers from stroke soon. Glad the trees were loved. Hope shop time was productive and you sold plenty of woodwork. Sorry lathe is delayed

Happy(NC) hope the dog enjoys running with the 4 wheeler. You could take notes as you evaluate the rail buggy. Hope rail buggy and shop cleanup went well.
Dennis nice story getting to play with the lathe.
Dennis I understand about Christmas coming in too fast, I am not ready and probably won't be in time. Good luck rehabbing the TV cabinet. Hope you get bathrooms painted, happy wife happy life

Scott(vt) hope you got presents wrapped, good luck with monument, do you know what he has in mind?
Dennis awesome carving!!
Bill hope you can get chains straightened out. Hope you were able to conserve a lot of energy.
RNG glad you now have better way to haul firewood in van. Glad Xfinity store was able to help with phone. Hope you can get ducts cleaned out soon.
Paul good to hear progress on getting home more livable. Sorry ribs not as good as you wanted. Hope Lexus works out.
Buppies sorry no more sleep, hope better sleep tonight. prayers sent.
Ken some days are like that.
Friend(trac) Nice gifts are worked out, hope you can get the unorderable ones in time. Hope you keep warm and survive.
Lou hope you can get wife's new charging station done soon. On the range of an EV, summer and winter put additional loads on battery because of heater/AC. Not surprised at the actual range given the parameters in battery usage that are recommended. Glad wife's usage well within car's capabilities
Drew glad fence is coming along. Hope you are ready for install when they are ready to start.
Drew sorry too cold to work.
David hope trip to Hilo went well, glad Christmas cards done, have not started mine

. Sorry guys lost at H&F.
Bill nice they cut the bigger stuff into 16" rounds, would be nice if they did more with the slash.
David that is a cool story about the LP box.
Phil Looked up the lathe, looks really nice, hope it does everything you want it to do. Cute thing ornaments.
Dennis sorry about your shopping experience, hope you were able to got the Costco gas. Hope you are able to finish the upstairs room. Glad only one cut.
Randy(wag) glad to hear sister is doing well. Prayers for speedy recovery. Glad mowing/trimming went well. Glad you now approved for OPA. Have fun at afternoon Christmas party.
Bill that is down right cold

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