Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

Thanks for all the Birthday wishes, guys!!!

 

[sodamo]

Happy New Year
65°F and .03 inches rain.

New Years Brunch at friends this morning. The. I have to troubleshoot the on demand hot water heater that decided to take vacation last night. This is the one that heats for our bedroom bath so not entirely verify of hot water. Hopefully something simple and repairable.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Kekoa thanks you for the Birthday wishes. A big 3 now.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy New Year to all my tractor friends! Happy Birthday also.
27 here going to around 33. Had some more light snow overnight, not enough to clean up. Still trying to scrape some of the ice off the driveway at the apartment house.
Will be visiting relatives most of the day to enjoy holiday festivities.(really good food too!) Hopefully won't eat to much and get sick.
Up early this morning with more gout joint pain. Rheumatoid doc wants me to try steroids for six weeks to see if it will go away. Not sure what the next step is if it doesn't work. I don't eat or drink most of the trigger foods for gout.
I will now start my countdown to my Thomas day in October as it is now under 200 work days left to go.(Can't wait. The days are dragging now!)
Hope everyone is safe and health for the new year!

Countdown is on.

I can start drawing a retirement this year, not sure if I will actually retire, but around 300 days if I do.

 

[daugen]

David/Mpham, sorry about the gout pain, that doesn't sound like fun. Delighted you are on the final countdown.

retired neighbor from across the street, who I loaned a generator to, brought over containers of leftover cornbread, black eyed peas and collards. Collards were cooked with small potatoes, I snitched one and it was delicious. Definitely looking forward to dinner. He even made it relatively low salt.
Got all my jobs done today, washed the UTV, and looking forward to pruning the fruit orchard tomorrow in nice weather. 78 degrees now predicted for
Sat night pushing in the rains.

 

[Bird]

I just finished my lunch or dinner or whatever you want to call it near 1 p.m. I had canned blackeyed peas with snaps, Glory brand (we'd never tried before) "seasoned, southern style, mixed greens" that were very tasty, cornbread muffins (buttered, of course), sliced tomatoes, and slices of a sweet onion. As far as I'm concerned, it just doesn't get much better than that.

The only thing new or different was the Glory brand greens; a big 27 oz. can and says it's "slow simmered with onion, garlic, and spices in a savory broth." It was our first time to try this brand, but it won't be the last.

 

[hawkeye08]

Snow melting, around 40F, breeze blowing from south. Had a few power outages yesterday with the snow, maybe 30 seconds each, 3 times I think. I think I fell asleep a few minutes before midnight.. a few neighbors set off some fireworks. We stay home.. wife invited some friends over for dinner this afternoon.. Ham and scalloped potatoes on menu.

 

[jbrumberg]

Happy New Year everyone.

A brief moment of sun lit up*the tree tops' ice and then it clouded over to the morning's low temperature of 28ºF; 30ºF presently with increasing sunshine. I am hoping there is enough sun to at least start to melt things around here.

3.75" of frozen precipitation with this weather event. Our driveway was nasty frozen this morning. I've never seen this frozen mix before (or at least cannot remember). Today was a day that I wished I had a rear blade. My box blade saw some serious action today once I got it unstuck from the frozen ground; FEL too.

Rich- Nice bike

Drew- It's always refreshing to read about individuals like your helper. Despite the language/cultural differences in CR I have always felt safe and welcomed. I can not say that for cities around here.

Happy Birthday Kekoa

Happy Birthday Mrs. Bird/Margaret. I wish you many more in health and happiness

Happy Birthday Roy. I wish you many more and hope your expectations for today were/are exceeded.

Phil- I am sorry to read about your gout and the need for steroid medication. I hope the steroids work and that you can be tapered off. Good luck

Bird- Your lunch reads to be good eats.

I hope that everyone is having a decent January 1, 2020.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers

 

[Thomas]

mpham
I will now start my countdown to my Thomas day in October as it is now under 200 work days left to go.(Can't wait. The days are dragging now!)
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:dance1::thumbsup:

 

[toppop52]

I just finished my lunch or dinner or whatever you want to call it near 1 p.m. I had canned blackeyed peas with snaps, Glory brand (we'd never tried before) "seasoned, southern style, mixed greens" that were very tasty, cornbread muffins (buttered, of course), sliced tomatoes, and slices of a sweet onion. As far as I'm concerned, it just doesn't get much better than that.

The only thing new or different was the Glory brand greens; a big 27 oz. can and says it's "slow simmered with onion, garlic, and spices in a savory broth." It was our first time to try this brand, but it won't be the last.

We Get Glory brand canned goods here, I like them, but I can稚 eat canned stuff much anymore because of the salt.