Good morning!!!!

[WayneB]

18 degrees F this morning calling for mostly sunny today and then dipping down toward zero tonight. We got 3 - 4 inches of snow yesterday at least things are back to white for awhile.

 

[txdon]

TxDon good news on your diet, did you get all the way off the statins?

I reduced my Cholesterol a lot and low enough on the LDL (less than 100) not to take a statin IF I HAD NOT HAD THAT HEART ATTACK. But now the lower limit for people with confirmed heat disease is less than 70 and that is less than my body normally makes (hereditary) so I am still taking a low dose statin. My LDL is hovering around 60. The Doctors really don't care about the HDL because it acts as the garbage truck and if there is less trash to remove it is lower and more trash to remove it is higher.

However, the statin is the only med I'm taking and my wife who is also on the diet also takes no meds at all. Our weight is in the correct normal BMI range for our height and has stayed constant without counting calories and eating as much as we want. 22 mo post heart attack and no problems and I'm doing physically as much as before. Blood test levels are all in the normal range - including protein - I take no supplements.

There is one more aspect to this diet I have not mastered and will try but this will be hard. All unprocessed foods. I think I can get there now that I don't miss the animal products and oils. Last weekend I learned how to do it that made it seem easy without feeling completely deprived. I might get off statins yet....

 

[txdon]

Good morning #1. ? 37˚ and dark and too early. Going back to bed now that the dog stopped barking and another log is in the WB Stove.

 

[Thomas]

27F Cloudly temps remaing upper 20's daytime than dropping.
3 inches falling snow plow time this evening.

 

[sam5570]

good morning everyone 40 degrees alot of flooding around snow suppose to be here around 1 pm bring it still raining some areas over 6 inches rain

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Good night, gotta go to bed and rest up, now we're supposed to get 4-5" of wet snow tomorrow evening and my tractor is in the shop, hope it's ready tomorrow!

Yes, I hope so too. You need to get more pictures of it up here...
David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

42 and raining at 0500... Snow is forecast for this afternoon & evening, with a low of 28... Might get 1-3" they say...

Girls are excited cause Santa delivered cool new sleds this year... I fear the snow will not last due to sleds, and also my yard is so saturated. parts of the grass are like sloppy sponges, everything is squishy

Yesterday in PA I was supposed to get 1" of wintry mix, and got 6" of snow... I wonder how accurate my current forecast is...

Be well y'all,
David

 

[JDgreen227]

HERE is my weather report and a list of mundane chores, hope JoeMD11 appreciates the gesture: 29 degrees here, supposed to warm up to 35 degrees later today. Just finished the dishes and cleaning the litterboxes, now I can fry bacon and eggs for breakfast then continue rebuilding the oak bookcase I salvaged from Goodwill yesterday. Everybody got that?

Oh, and 300Uguy....what hamster site are you referring to? Does this look like a hamster to you? Why would I be looking at a hamster site?

 

[ronjhall]

Trying to drink my coffee without choking. To many references to Hamsters and Under Garments. 41 degrees with clouds this morning. Heading to 69 with lots of sun. Good day to trim the lawn. Then sit in sun and enjoy the some adult beverages.
Good news Don.
Good Morning All.

 

[toppop52]

HERE is my weather report and a list of mundane chores, hope JoeMD11 appreciates the gesture: 29 degrees here, supposed to warm up to 35 degrees later today. Just finished the dishes and cleaning the litterboxes, now I can fry bacon and eggs for breakfast then continue rebuilding the oak bookcase I salvaged from Goodwill yesterday. Everybody got that?

Oh, and 300Uguy....what hamster site are you referring to? Does this look like a hamster to you? Why would I be looking at a hamster site?

That mouse does nothing but crap! You must be feeding him well.

 

[toppop52]

Raining steady for 4+ days now, everything is a sponge around here, helps loosen the few spots of clay I have left at the surface though, maybe I will disk, rake and re-seed those spots this weekend and cover with straw before the cold snap Monday. It will depend on how much snow we get tonight, looks like less than they were thinking, we'll see.

 

[JDgreen227]

The entertainment that mouse provides my cats is priceless...he is in one of those semi-clear plastic crates with the fold down top closures. Sometimes all four of the cats are staring at the mouse at the same time...the biggest cat will push the crate along the floor in his efforts to get at the critter.

 

[sam5570]

well im bout out wood in the wood box been pouring rain all morning so i get out the old rain coat and getter done they have raised our snow amount to possible 1 foot these people will go bannnas alot of that have just been a couple years not seen that i can here them now where is road plows why are they not cleaning our road im going to call richmond and on and on i just laugh and say it will probably be a day or 2 before they get to us then i watch the steam come off their head

 

[txdon]

Good Morning! #2 37˚now, sunny up to 60˚ this afternoon, nice day!

Whipper did not eat all her food yesterday so by the sounds last night - something jumping over the porch railing and something not backing down from Whipper, I'm thinking there's a bobcat out there that is full of leftover dog food.

Our VFD voted to buy an AED, so I got one ordered. Next month CPR/AED/First Aid classes are scheduled, we are entering a new realm. Next month our VFD celebrates it's 30th year in existence. For those not familiar with this central Texas area we are unincorporated, our VFD is runs on donations from fundraisers, and the "town area" consist of three structures: a wooden 140 year old, high steepled, Lutheran Church, a beer joint and the VFD.

 

[deerseeker001]

its sunny and cold 8 degrees this morning with a high only getting to 10.

 

[joemd11]

Good morning! About 30˚ here and overcast. I have to find some newer style rims that will fit on a 1946 1.5 ton truck. The original rims are the old "suicide rims" and nobody will work on them anymore. The tires are 7.00-20 and they are obsolete also and difficult to find. Have a good one!

Don, sounds like your VFD is pretty well equipped for a small operation. It is great that the locals appreciate the protection and are willing to support it.

JD, nice to see you back on topic!

 

[Mousefield]

Cloudy with a high of 5C/41F. Got 2 hooks welded on my bucket so will be interesting to see how they work when I get my big round bales in 10 days.

 

[pennwalk]

Good Morning, Cold and gray here. Thermometer says 38 but it feels colder. I've been wanting to get out and do some outside stuff but finding a nice day has been rare since Christmas. Maybe Saturday.

Holy Cow Don unprocessed food??? My diet had really changed in the last 4 years now you are hinting there could be even more change? OMG.
There is a Wendys right across the street from the farm. Every time I drive past that place the burger fumes make me want to howl. I guess it is hard to overcome a lifetime of sinning.

Chris

 

[sodamo]

63F and that big red ball in the sky is giving me hope I can get my other 2 walls framed today.





David Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

 

[txdon]

Holy Cow Don unprocessed food??? My diet had really changed in the last 4 years now you are hinting there could be even more change? OMG.
Chris

I know! I know!
Even eating only plant - base - no oil you can pig out on unhealthy junk food - think pretzels and jelly bellies. When the unprocessed dimension hits, you pretty much run out of loopholes. With that said, at the cooking classes they made a delicious chocolate candy that fit all the categories. One of the Chefs there wrote an entire cookbook with the limiting factors. It can be done and it taste good. Amazing. I'm eating corn chips now - whole kernel corn off the cob - blended, smoked paprika, baked. I have another batch in the dehydrator. The chocolate candy uses blended dates and coco.

I like what she said in her cookbook - "....I don't expect you to do it all at once...unless you have a serious disease like cancer, heart disease, or diabetes....I wouldn't encourage you to do it all at once unless you are one of those all or none personality types..... My best advice to you is to do something. Just because you can't do everything doesn't mean you shouldn't do anything." - Chef Abbie Jayne

Unfortunately, I know they are right. Now on to research and educate myself. Dr. Michael Greger M. D. was there also and luckily he has done the much of the research and has a website which is a good place for me to start. He is very entertaining so it's fun to learn.
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