Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 36F for the start, partly cloudy, calm wind. Wind increased to 17-25, Sky clouded up, and high temp was 64F. Bike ride to start, nap and that's it. Knee is fine, abrasion almost healed, no other damage from fall.
There was someone who had peacocks lived next to Katy trail in MO about 53-55 mile marker. Took a while to figure out what was making the strange noises, some sounded like baby crying :confused2:
Billy I had cornbread last night too, wife says use stone ground cornmeal, makes all the difference.
Ron hope roads were good enough to get your milk.
Drew, really sad that such a good friend died like that. Wife says she gets enough hugging without outside encouragement. :drink:
RNG, nice bird pic, nice score on generator, good luck with amazon credit and AT&T. I now have verizon and have called once in over a year.
Buckeye, good luck with FIL visit and taxes. My commuter car was typically a beater, van was reasonable to tow boat and take vacations.
David(moss) good luck with tires
prayers for all.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. I must try and work out a better alarm clock sound. Since I changed from Samsung to an iPhone, a duck has been quacking each day to wake me up and so far, I have failed to find a way to gently ramp up the volume. My wife is non too pleased by the abrupt change from sweet dreams to having a mallard in the bedroom, an "or else" ultimatum is imminent :confused2:

Sorry for the loss of your good friend Drew. At least he never had the sadness of hearing that you hope to leave the area.

 

[daugen]

Good morning all. Thanks Eric and many others.
spent an hour last night talking with lifelong friend up in Delaware, and we came to an
understanding...they really want me to move near there from here. Much colder winters but
closer to family and church in PA. Probably will rent for a year or two to be sure.
And I'll be pretty close to Toppop too. We shall see.
I intend to rv snowbird half the year, one year to Florida, one year to Texas, and ? so not worried too much about cold.

Also decided to put off the trip out west by a year. Want to be able to make that possibly once in a lifetime trip without any rush getting home or worrying about this high maintenance property. Maybe I'm just too linear but selling this place and moving will be enough of a challenge.

fired up the greenhouse yesterday, made first three seed trays of zinnias and mixed garden flowers.
Whole area I did vegetables in last year will be flowers this year.

After waiting five years to do this, am excited about new path to pond.
Will be a good project this spring since I'm not playing farmer this year.

37 out now, going up to 55 in sunshine today, and tomorrow.
First daffodils saying hello.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning,
temp is 30°F and going to a high of 34. Wind SSE 3 mph. Periods of snow!
Overnight we were supposed to get about 4", so far only 1".

I will go out today and shove the snow banks back a bit more. More seat time!

I am happy to report that my diet is working. When I got home from the Northwest I weighed 276 lbs. I now weigh 248 and hoping to get back down to 220 by April. I still have my beloved smokey bacon potato chips, just not as much of them. Seconds at the supper table do not happen. What I take on the first 'go around' is all that I get at that meal. Zero desserts. The only thing I flatly refuse to eat is tofu.


Have a good day all

 

[wngsprd]

30 going to 52 and sunny.

Eric, maybe you need to switch to the whistle of the pin tailed duck. I hadn't heard it in a while, so just played it softly on this laptop, and my dog started barking and my wife woke up saying she heard a whistle outside. Yikes.

"Made" a new firewood pallet. First time I rigged one to accept 3 stacks rather than the "standard" 2. Also had to change the stacking direction by 90 degrees. Will see how it handles things when I split some later today. Used a free pallet and mostly scrap lumber to bolt on the sides and top braces.

Haven't seen a skunk since about Christmas, but the raccoons are coming up just about every night...they're like little boo boos.

 

[wngsprd]

I am happy to report that my diet is working. When I got home from the Northwest I weighed 276 lbs. I now weigh 248 and hoping to get back down to 220 by April. I still have my beloved smokey bacon potato chips, just not as much of them. Seconds at the supper table do not happen. What I take on the first 'go around' is all that I get at that meal. Zero desserts. The only thing I flatly refuse to eat is tofu.

Congrats on the weight loss! Never heard of smoky bacon potato chips.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-01-26, 0526

32 right now....high in the upper 30's. Doesn't look like we got the rain predicted...got a dusting of snow instead.

Well, the spreader is together and it does a nice job. Big tires and it rolls easy. I found I had a dead battery in the tractor yesterday, but didn't have time to jump it. I'll do that today, but I got a feeling it'll be time for a new battery. More on this later...

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 33ｰ with light snow this morning. Heading to 35ｰ with off and on snow. Got grocery shopping done. Pickup GD this morning so she can clean house. When house is cleaned will get some rest. Hope to catch end of 24 hour Daytona race.
Green Jay from a few years ago.


Mostly, I did get my milk. Got February 06 date on it. It will be gone before that. But good know it may last that long in fridge.

Looking, good news on diet.

Eric, sounds like you may be sleeping in the dog house if you cannot find a better alarm sound.

Wngsprd, Sassy says shut that noise off I am trying to sleep.

Roy, good luck with battery.

David, are you anxious to get started on carport.

Drew, I see a couple of paths into the woods. Going to be a good project.

RNG, I get email from my Comcast account that I have never gave away to anybody. Only used for communication Comcast. They got Hacked but will not admit it. Good suggestion to only access accounts from a APP or bookmarked URL. Best of the updates on my iPhone is blocking all calls that are not in my contact list. They can leave a voicemail. That guarantees that number will get blocked. It can be defeated by calling back within 2 minutes on same number. Robo callers must have something that rotates numbers they use for caller ID and cannot call back.

Prayers and best wishes to everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[mpham]

33 here going to 40 for a high. Need to go outside and check for damage from the heavy rain last night.
Sorry for your loss Drew. Good friends are hard to find.
Jay-Glad your eyes are better.
My health is pretty much at a stand still. Not bad but not good. I'll take it for now. At least the gout is in remission! Yay!
Sorry if I missed anyone's other issues.
Stay safe and healthy!

 

[toppop52]

39-48 today, hit 59 yesterday.
Made a pot of chili for church dinner yesterday, went to Saturday night service while we were there.
Cooking a broiler to make chicken salad today.
Ellen’s alarm is bells, drove me batty at first, now I don’t even hear them a lot of days.

Drew, you can stay in my guest room anytime!

Going to visit mom, not sure wha else.
Have a good one.