Good morning!!!!

   / Good morning!!!! #216,623  
Well 2026 is here and the sun is shining, with about an inch of nuisance snow on the driveway.
If I don't move it around it will make ice, if I go out to mess with it takes almost as much time as 6-8 inches does :(
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,624  
21 cold degrees out, windy, blue sky, ground covered in snow
no outdoor plans but even to go fill the birdfeeders really have to bundle up.
sure looks pretty out
now I wish I had pulled the outside decorations before they got snowed on
with the wind, should be clear later

I turned off the front inflatables last night, nice not to hear that whirring noise.
and now they are all covered in frozen snow.

need to start on my office project but birds come first
they have been cleaning every seed out of every feeder daily
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,625  
Happy New Year! 40F going to 73 but tomorrow the south winds will bring closer to 83F highs.

Fixing some coffee. Going to rendezvous with my sister in Temple Texas to get my mom. Sis had her for a week. Need to leave around 9 - 9:15

Had a small party at our church last night. Did not drink a drop. Not bragging, just didn't have the urge. Good banter with my church brethren. We left around 10pm and came home. Wife put on "BraveHeart" movie. Not sure how late she and the son stayed up watching it.

Need to knock down a few trees and tow them to a burn pile. But I won't burn yet, even though the county has lifted the burn ban. Only got .2" of rain in December, but have had a bunch of foggy mornings which has helped the winter weeds start sprouting.

Congrats on your miles Mostly and Billy. Both are accomplishments and be thankful you can still get around like y'all do.

Looking on FB marketplace for a "newsed" or "nused" to us tennis racket. Son cracked his, not gripping it tightly enough trying to do an overhead slam from the baseline. I was mad.

Scotty, down here, whenever you had the natural gas people turn your gas on, they would come in and light all pilot lights and inspect that they operated properly. I know your's is propane, so different situation.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,626  
Great football game last night not a Miami fan but they whipped Ohio State
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,630  
The ACC is doing well in bowl games and VT beat UVA in basketball.

Very windy here today 37.5 low 40s later we are dry again

Prayers for all our Country
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,633  
got the indoor decorations put away including the tree, then vacuumed one more time.
took some more water out to the birdbath, birds are on it pretty constantly looking for water

very pretty and bright out when wind calms down
got the important stuff done, now the well procrastinated to do's
which I'm going to work hard at not doing
don't want to run out of to do's... ;)
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,634  
Wngsprd considering VT had numerous starters out I’d say they did pretty good

GO TECH🏀
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,635  
Good Morning
22°, windy and sunny. I think this might be the high temp for today.

Yesterday started with breakfast with the professor, wife, son and grandson joined us as well.

Our trash and recycling wasn’t been picked up for two weeks due to holidays and weather. The toters are at the street waiting for a truck. When we came home from breakfast the recycling was blown over and debris was all down the drainage swale. I picked it all up, breaking through the ice into the knee deep ice water. That was no fun.

Spent some time with the 3D printer and cleaned up some. I noticed that my son put a dash cam in his car with a rear camera as well, and did a sloppy job of running the cables. So i drew up and printed some clips to slide under the trim to corral the wires.
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New TIG welder arrived and is in place. The old one already has a new home. My buddy in the overhead door business Is going to install a new opener to replace one of the 40 year old ones. It is always a fight to get him to take any money, and he mentioned that he was thinking about getting a TIG welder, so he got one.
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Son and DIL came over for dinner, dry rubbed and grilled pork chops. We had two bone in from a farm to table market and two boneless from my neighbor. They were both extremely tasty and we all agreed that we could not tell a difference between them.
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I hope to check out the new welder today, already plowed the small accumulation from last nights snow.
I couldn’t help but notice that the recycling is in the ditch again….arghh…..
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #216,636  
Morning all, 26 going to 27 and about 1/4" of fresh snow this morning, windy, sunny.
Had fun at friends last night, son and GF came over and then they went back to our house to have their party.
Got home about 1:30 and the kids (not sure how many but still a few cars and trucks parked in the driveway) had already cleared out to the apartment, where they are still sleeping.
Not too messy in the house, so happy about that.

If anyone is interested in old textile mills and the former site of Sprague Electronics:
In North Adams MA, it was still the Electronics Manufacturer when I was a kid.
We got to go through the place after it had closed, it still have much of the textile mill portion there and in workable condition. The place is huge and is now an art museum.

Paul , a new welder, lots of dials very nice.

Happy New Year's everyone, off to brunch in a bit if we can get the kids up.

Be well,
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,637  
Woke up to a layer of that dry powdery stuff we so rarely get, so much nicer than the usual mashed-potato consistency of heavy or icy stuff. It was so light and powdery that I did the driveway and walks with a leaf blower, instead of hooking up the plow. :ROFLMAO:

Extended family is coming today for a belated Christmas celebration, we had to postpone due to a sick kid in the house last week. After they're gone, I'm looking forward to getting some of the indoor decorations down. My wife likes me to leave the outside lights up well-into January, so I'll be looking for a warm weekend later in the month to do those.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,638  
good morning, 21 to start with and dusting of snow covering allover

Swept behind the house being the shady side and to make it safer for wife to get out to the car. Hope the sun will take care of the driveway.

Scallops for dinner was delicious not cheep I might say but once in while very nice

The TIG welder should round out your stable of high quality welders. Set up of my new welder and cutter is still to come and may have questions for you.
50 amp outlet, extension of airline, set up cutting table, get a larger gas shielding bottle, set up more overhead lighting, rig up an exhaust fan system for welding fumes are some of the items
 
   / Good morning!!!! #216,639  
Happy New Year

64°F and .09 inches rain

Got the pulley replaced on Sophie’s BX mower deck. Breaking the nut loose was biggest challenge. Then used it to get a bit of mowing while the kids were off to Waimea.

Watched New Year celebrations while playing Mexican trai. Got my butt whooped.

BIL and SO coming over for ham dinner.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great tractor day
 

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