Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

A snowy 20ºF morning low. Today's high was 33ºF. A breezy mixed sun and clouds with intermittent snow flurries most of the day. I measured 4.5" of accumulated snow that was dry and easy to manage = plowed the driveway and turnabouts, roof raked where needed, and shoveled off the deck. All I need to do tomorrow is throw some wood ashes, shovel a cart path to my wood pile and an access path to my propane tank that got filled Friday. Plan for the rest of the day = Feed the dog, Happy Hour, re-heat leftovers, and relax. For some reason as soon as the football playoff game started we lost DTV signal for that station and no others

Billy- Thanks for the recipe. I've eaten worse and less healthy concoctions than your suet. I might add some nasty hot sauce for the tree rats.

Bill- Thanks for the link. I am using old fashioned analog outdoor timer outlets. Really decent LED grow lights were not easily available and overly expensive when I set this cellar grow room up and went with CFL lights. It is my belief and I am probably wrong that the CFL ballasts mess with the digital timers.

David- Nice work.

Buppies- There are a lot of upset MidAtlantic State(s) members at WxDisco who have thrown in their towels about having snow this Winter. I agree with you about this ongoing weather pattern.

Drew- It seems your trip was not meant to be this time; hopefully you will get a second window of opportunity soon. Itç—´ really nice to have neighbor friends like yours. I am sorry to read about your RV damage. I really hope that everything medical/physical going on gets straightened out soon. Good luck with your stew and I hope that you are able to get your reservation deposits returned or held for future use. Shake any family tree and all kinds of surprises may drop out. My Sister got me a "23 and Me" genetic test kit for the Holidays. All I had to do is spit in a vial (took ~15 minutes) and mail the vial back. Now that I started the process I am a little curious about my genetic background. Unlike my sister I am not interested in meeting blood relatives unless it is someone here in GM or really rich.

Lou- I am sorry to read about your cousin.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[toppop52]

Dinner turned out great, and low sodium.

 

[LouNY]

why not have an intelligent software, in case you can't find competent medical folk to do it, to kick off a list of potential medical incompatibilities and make it required to point them out? I'm not thinking like a lawyer but as a guy who has likely been overdosed and under monitored...

The pharmacy that I use (CVS) has an app on their web page which you can populate with your drugs and any over the counter medications that you are taking and it will list the interactions and warnings.

 

[sodamo]

Kyle I grew up with coffee with 2 sugars and cream (often real cream), but after a bit in the Army started drinking it just black. Still do.

 

[sodamo]

David were those 16 bags the 80 lb. bags ?

60lbers. HD doesn’t give vet discount on the 80’s and easier to handle.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Back from seeing FIL. He is still unresponsive and they have no idea what is wrong. Breathing and heart is good. Feet and legs swollen. While we were there they heard from Johns Hopkins so he is now on his way there by ambulance. MIL and wifes sister and her husband will be staying with us tonight. They are following ambulance to Hopkins. Not looking good.

Drew, sorry about the awning. I will replace mine in the spring. Watched lots of YouTube video ,Looks pretty easy, but mine doesn’t have a cover.

 

[Looking4new]

jbrumberg; " All I had to do is spit in a vial (took ~15 minutes) and mail the vial back." It took you 15 minutes to hit the vial?

 

[toppop52]

Back from seeing FIL. He is still unresponsive and they have no idea what is wrong. Breathing and heart is good. Feet and legs swollen. While we were there they heard from Johns Hopkins so he is now on his way there by ambulance. MIL and wifes sister and her husband will be staying with us tonight. They are following ambulance to Hopkins. Not looking good.

Drew, sorry about the awning. I will replace mine in the spring. Watched lots of YouTube video ,Looks pretty easy, but mine doesn’t have a cover.

Have they checked for a stroke? A friend’s daughter had severe pneumonia, and they induced a coma, while in the coma she suffered a stroke. They couldn’t understand why she had become unresponsive and it took several days to getting around to testing for stroke. She nearly died and has lifetime loss of function.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Have they checked for a stroke? A friend’s daughter had severe pneumonia, and they induced a coma, while in the coma she suffered a stroke. They couldn’t understand why she had become unresponsive and it took several days to getting around to testing for stroke. She nearly died and has lifetime loss of function.

Yes, that’s been checked. They did find signs of a very small stroke since yesterday, but the unresponsiveness started before that. And they didn’t think it was significant enough to cause his condition. He did have some pressure on the brain and they drained some fluid off.
The even checked for GBS. I spoke with the Dr, they have a GBS patient there now.
They wanted to get FIL to a university based hospital and contacted Duke and Hopkins. Hopkins was first response that could take him and they sent him an hr later.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Yes, that’s been checked. They did find signs of a very small stroke since yesterday, but the unresponsiveness started before that. And they didn’t think it was significant enough to cause his condition. He did have some pressure on the brain and they drained some fluid off.
The even checked for GBS. I spoke with the Dr, they have a GBS patient there now.
They wanted to get FIL to a university based hospital and contacted Duke and Hopkins. Hopkins was first response that could take him and they sent him an hr later.

We hope they can resolve his issues. Prayers sent.