Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

good morning all
raining this morning and much of the day today
taking muffins to Snowflake Festival early, too bad the kids are getting washed out. I guess they will all play in the gym.
Those choc muffins I made are distressingly crunchy. I use less vegetable oil than called for and also substitute some gluten free flour in the mix.
Sure came out dry...oops.
Mommy, why is this muffin so hard?
sorry kid.

then off to visit MIL in rehab, she apparently has her marbles back and is recovering back at her nursing home.
I'm taking her a blueberry muffin and some baked apples I had for desert last night.

tooth and jaw much better this morning. Still can't bite down on that side but feeling better with two antibiotics going. Something called Flagel ? in addition to
penicillin.

Ron, that is very interesting suet cake. Happy birds for sure.

“Honey, it isn’t a muffin - it is a really tall cookie!”

problem solved

 

[m7040]

Good morning, rain in the forecast today, warmer getting into the 50's today

Getting interested in looking into upgrading our wood stove to one with more output and longer burn times. One operating on a thermostat would be nice and taking fresh air from the outside and being able to load oversize pieces without having to resplit. Starting to look at websites and may visit some showrooms to zero in on it. The stove is located in a fairly small living room 15 by 25 ft but it is open to the kitchen and has 10 ft ceiling with 4 windows and an outside door and also no insulation with double brick walls. Concern is to get one that will match requirements not too big or too small. I know a lot of you swear by the pellet stoves but want to stay with wood firing to take advantage of our own wood.

Picking up the flywheel that
came in and a couple errands in town

Have a great weekend

 

[txdon]

​

Is your PF the ”sharp rock taped to your heel” or “broken glass in your arch” or “rusty nail between/behind the balls of your foot”?

My Plantar Fasciitis felt like a cracked heel bone. X-ray and ultra sound and location of pain were used for diagnostics by the dr. She cooled the injection site with some kind of cold spray before the big needle injection. Just slightly uncomfortable, just one uncontrollable whimper.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning, rain in the forecast today, warmer getting into the 50's today

Getting interested in looking into upgrading our wood stove to one with more output and longer burn times. One operating on a thermostat would be nice and taking fresh air from the outside and being able to load oversize pieces without having to resplit. Starting to look at websites and may visit some showrooms to zero in on it. The stove is located in a fairly small living room 15 by 25 ft but it is open to the kitchen and has 10 ft ceiling with 4 windows and an outside door and also no insulation with double brick walls. Concern is to get one that will match requirements not too big or too small. I know a lot of you swear by the pellet stoves but want to stay with wood firing to take advantage of our own wood.

Picking up the flywheel that
came in and a couple errands in town

Have a great weekend

One of the things that can be very important is whether it is a mechanical thermostatic operation or electrical. power outages do happen, after all.

Our stove is straight manual, and, once you figure out the idiotsyncracies (which you need to do with ANY stove), running fully manual is not that big of a deal.

 

[KilroyJC]

​

My Plantar Fasciitis felt like a cracked heel bone. X-ray and ultra sound and location of pain were used for diagnostics by the dr. She cooled the injection site with some kind of cold spray before the big needle injection. Just slightly uncomfortable, just one uncontrollable whimper.

Yeah, that is how mine started the first time - it felt like someone had duct-taped a triangular rock right in the middle of my heel. I trated mainly with stretching and rolling a golf ball under my foot. It would come and go over the years, but it was manageable once I knew how to handle it. I have also had the other versions, which are their own special iterations of “suck”.

I finally succumbed to taking a cortisone shot when it flared up four days before leaving on a ten-day European tour. That kept it at bay for about two years, and I am now back to stretching.

I also use one of those electric shiatsu foot massagers, you might want to check into those too.

 

[daugen]

Don, hope the shot has a lasting effect. Have fun on the tractor.
Kilroy, I like that cookie idea. Maybe I should put Crunchy in small letters on box...

 

[m7040]

One of the things that can be very important is whether it is a mechanical thermostatic operation or electrical. power outages do happen, after all.

Our stove is straight manual, and, once you figure out the idiotsyncracies (which you need to do with ANY stove), running fully manual is not that big of a deal.

Yes you are right on electrical thermostats being a problem during an outage. Stoves like Blaze King have mechanical thermostats but getting to know the stove will likely be just as good

 

[ronjhall]

Drew, the large 32 oz bird seed cakes are available from Kaytee. I get all my Bird seeds from Menards. Much cheaper than anyplace else. Their brand is usually about $5. They last about 2 weeks. I do not need to fill feeder ever few days.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 39 and going up to 41°F Wind S 11 mph.
Chance of rain or snow flurries.

An energy conservation day today.

Have a safe day all

 

[txdon]

I also use one of those electric shiatsu foot massagers, you might want to check into those too.

Thanks, got one about 2 weeks ago, does help just so slow healing I guess.