Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

30F and cloudy @ 19:00, heading down to around 26F overnight, the high today was 43F ... but that was a little after 01:00 this morning.

Went out to move van to unload it, battery was dead again ... ... so hooked up the charger and checked that all the doors were closed and the interior light was off.

Then grabbed two bags of heater stuff and brought those inside. Still need to grab two 10' lengths of 1/2" black pipe, 10' piece of uni-strut, and the heater itself. Won't do those until I get the van over closer to the garage door.

Probably run down to Autozone tomorrow after it's charged up and have them run a load test on it. Shouldn't really be bad ... battery is only a year or two old ... but maybe I got a bad one.

After that I refilled the hopper feeder, both tube feeders, and one suet feeder. It's been a week or more since I refilled them. Also scattered some cracked and whole corn for the ground feeders.

Wasn't long after that a couple of deer showed up, and there were a couple more over in the neighbor's woods. So decided to run a bucket of whole corn up to the feeder behind the shop. Expect it will be empty by tomorrow morning. Don't know how they manage in the cold.

Took a bin of recyclables up to the road while I was at it.

After I got back I figured out where I wanted the thermostat and got it mounted on the wall in the garage next to the door going into the kitchen. Will make it easy to just open the door and flip the heater on or raise the temp dial.

Then I mounted the ground bar in the sub-panel. Still trying to locate studs in the wall so I can mount the panel.

Stopped for dinner of turkey, mashed tatters and gravy and green bean casserole.

About to take the sediment filter and new furnace filters down to the basement. Probably put one of the furnace filters in while I'm down there.

Then grab some of the 1/2" black pipe that I'll be using out in the garage along with the pipe wrench and start putting that together.

Got some cleaning and straightening up done out in the garage earlier, probably do some of that before I knock off.

Hope everyone had a good Black Friday ...

 

[two_bit_score]

Trifle

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Wngsprd, that sure looks good! At first glance, before enlarging the picture, I thought it was a drink in a mug. Now I see it’s a bowl full of good stuff.

 

[two_bit_score]

Your daughter has cooking style Kyle.

Absolutely she does!

 

[two_bit_score]

Congrats Sodamo and wngsprd, respectively. Scott, great pics esp the flag But I would have a tough time coping with that wind.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday and weekend!

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 74ºF for the start, overcast with areas of rain, breezy. Moderate wind, periods of rain and sun, and high temp of 82ºF. We had to pack up and move, after pack up, had till some time, went to two beaches, and lunch interesting time to find place. Helped cook dinner. No nap not much activity tonight.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot cup of coffee. 14° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 37° with cloudy skies. I see ice on garden pond this morning. Did not go Black Friday shopping. Found what I wanted on Internet. Got back barn cleaned and moved mower to it after mowing some leaves into rows so they can be picked up with Trak-Vac. Never got to tractor and snow blade. That will be on the list today.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Happy Anniversary Mr and Mrs Wngsprd!

 

[daugen]

good Saturday morning all
40 in Washington NC, floor in rv a little cold but electric heat keeping rest warm.

decided to not drive 7 hours on my last day and instead of staying two days at a private beach South of VA Beach, just staying one tonight and then heading on to Delaware and breaking up the return trip by one more night. It's going to rain on Sunday anyway so might as well keep driving. I have to be home on Monday for doc appt Tuesday.

Washington NC is a delightful Southern small city with a beautiful waterfront and an active downtown. A downtown that was half empty five years ago so quite a revival. Helps that it is county seat of Beaufort Co, so enough lawyers here to support good restaurants plus a comprehensive hospital system locally with lots of medical folks here. Challenge is raising a family here because schools are very poorly rated.
Anyone with any resources has to send their kids to private school. Taxes are super low, my all in taxes on a 25 acre farm was 1800 bucks a year here. So it's a great place to retire.

I mixed some crab with shrimp remoulade leftover last night and it was sinfully good. Glad I have a little left.

good morning Ron, you and I are often typing at same time...

 

[Helogabals]

Hello and Good Morning !
Actually it's launch time here already

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Happy Birthday Mr Sodamo !

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-2 ºC, have got like 5 cm / 2 in of fresh snow. Snowblower time. My silly dog is soooo exited. I mean, pic says it all

Already back from shop run. Enjoyed some BF discounts. Wife got new bedsheets. I have tool fetish, she have fetish on bed linen.

Oldest daughter is coming today. She is saving her money on food and try to eat at our house as much as she can. Typical student behavior. I was the same So we got for her some nice pieces of meat and beans

In one hour will leave with smallest kids for their basketball game. Today it's friendly, vs some new team. Coach says will be like wall in park.

Later should blow snow at new office

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Tomorrow early start for rancho run. Have to take tractor back from there. Forecast says next 2 weeks will be full of snow.
Will be rather challenging drive. There is a lot of snow all over country

That's about it.
Have a nice weekend !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Guys,
Vt, 15 to start going to 35 ! What am I doing up with Ron and Drew and Helo, but he has a head start on the rest of us !

Will try and get the chains on the Massey today ! That’s the big project ! Kathleen made reservations at a nice restaurant in Manchester for tonite, so that should be nice !

Fell asleep in front of the TV last nite at 8 pm, Kathleen woke me up at 9 and told me to get to bed, must of had the wood stove a bit to warm !

Hope all have a great day !

 

[Thomas]

Wishing Mr. Mrs. Wngsprd many more trips around the sun hand in hand.

 

[Thomas]

18F clear sky low 30's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours parts store,afternoon couple putter jobs outside,watch Ohio vs Michigan football game.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[wngsprd]

32 going to only 45.

Been watching a pair of rabbits and a pair of raccoons in front of the kitchen. I have to turn the spotlights off when they start to show nervousness...then check on them again in a little while. No skunks in sight.

Ron, that bluebird's likely cold this morning at your 14F temps.

Scott, I had a night about like yours...and woodstove still going strong this morning.

Thanks for the anniversary wishes. I made my wife an anniversary card this morning...we'll head out and explore today a little later.

Ran the zero for a while yesterday to do a final mulching of leaves on the trails. Then took the mulch cover off the deck and cleaned a ton of leaves off of it and me.

Had leftovers for dinner, of course.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Happy Anniversary Wngsprds and David hope you have a good first day on your 78th trip around the sun.

36˚F, Easterly breeze, partly cloudy heading to the upper 50s.

Went to the Garden yesterday and weeded it. I'll till it and get it ready for an early spring planting. The settling of the estate and my Surgery have taken priority instead of planting the Fall garden. I have also ended my German streak on Duolingo due to the time I need to study ASL and Physical Therapy. However I am thinking about rejoining the FireWise group after taking a 4 month break while my knee was hurting. This morning I got the location of the next area we are clearing and my knee feels good with no pain pills on board so I think I'm ready to get going again, maybe start out with an hour of work.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp is 26 and going to a high of 37°F. Wind WSW 9 gusting to 17 mph. A mix of sun and cloud.

I am not sure what I will be doing today but rest assured it wont be much.

Have a safe day all

 

[NHBX]

Never finished yesterdays post, dog jumped on my lap and I hit send inadvertently.



Moved the walk behind snow blower to its winter home, started on 1st pull . It’s a 20 yr old 13hp 32” Ariens pro model, it only sees light duty now, paths around house and sheds.

Next up is oil change on the BX and put the plow on. Also after 17 yrs the battery finally gave out in the cold and needed a jump lol. ( finally time for a new one)

21° now sunny and upper 30’s today light wind. Dump run this morning and pick up some sand at the highway garage. Not sure what else will get done today.

Happy Anniversary mr and Mrs Wngsprd.

 

[KilroyJC]

68°F and .03 inches rain

T Day was great. Delicious food and wonderful friends.

Off to town this morning, the boxer boys have semi annual vet visit and shot update.

Today starts another trip around the sun. 77 completed.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

Happy Hatch Day

 

[KilroyJC]

37 going to 53.

Helo, you're right about a cup coffee and long walk.

Glad your families had a nice Thanksgiving and the food sounds/looks delicious. Lou, quite the menu. Kyle, such a creative pastry and beautiful punch presentation. Thomas, homemade blueberry pie, yum!

I prepared the entire Thanksgiving meal myself this year, since my wife has continued to need to stay with her mom. First time I have done much more than deep fry a turkey or make last year's Turchetta. She came home yesterday afternoon, just in time, and spent the night here for the first time in 3 weeks. I roasted the turkey using a recipe that I got asking AI...it was provided from a website called DamnDelicious...and it was. I brined it the day before...really made it moist.

I also made a simmered cinnamon and caramel apple trifle for dessert...a recipe from the Costco magazine, of all places, and it was incredible. Especially since I hadn't had any sweets for a month...trying to eliminate/severely reduce sugar intake to see if it helps reduce inflammation in some of my joints. I'd say after a month it's been a success. Haven't touched the ibuprofen jar in a while, even after a big hike. Don, I might need some help going any further/all the way. My wife loves cinnamon and apples and caramel. I eat apples daily...so we both really liked this trifle.

I had time to think of many things for which I'm grateful, and certainly my wife was at the top. Tomorrow makes 45 years married.

She's going back today to visit her mom, and I'm sending food, especially trifle. Otherwise, I'll be too tempted.

Happy Anniversary!

 

[masseyrider]

28 F going to 35F. Cold is officially here to stay for the week.
Nothing extreme, but not the 75F we had just aweek and half ago.
Didn't expect it to drop this low so haven't turned off the outside taps. Went out around 4am to run them for a couple minutes. Don't want to shut them off (pain to get to) because I have a few things I still want to pressure wash later today.
Looking forward to French (Freedom) toast for brekky.

 

[KilroyJC]

Oldest daughter is coming today. She is saving her money on food and try to eat at our house as much as she can. Typical student behavior. I was the same So we got for her some nice pieces of meat and beans

This guy has some really good videos on eating cheap, and other excellent recipes — once you look past the comedy schtick that is his trademark..