What's everybody doing today?

[Double R]

Oh , the right one is out there. Just gotta keep searching .
We looked for a farm house on 1 acre, to downsize , close by my kids, for 5 years.
Look at a bunch of em .
Then ,bang , one day it just jumped out of nowhere.
Seen it Friday , for sale by owner , bought it Saturday .

6 months in, it's 99 % where we want it.

Just keep looking. Don't quit.

Jim

Thanks my friend. Worried what interest rates and the market are going to do. We tend to not jump without serious consideration which will be a problem. Seems no time to think with housing. Very ready for the next chapter of our lives.

Didn’t know you had looked that long. I don’t feel so bad now.

 

[The Lazy L]

Thanks my friend. Worried what interest rates and the market are going to do. We tend to not jump without serious consideration which will be a problem. Seems no time to think with housing. Very ready for the next chapter of our lives.

Didn’t know you had looked that long. I don’t feel so bad now.

If you don’t need a place right now I’d wait until the housing market busts again. That the time to buy if you have the choice to wait.

 

[Peanut]

Waiting for the storm, all outside chores are done. It’s still about 2hrs away. The weatherman just said tornado watches about to be issued. Tornadoes are bad enough during the day… I hate them at night!!! Can’t watch the clouds for signs.

Went out for lunch, afterwards I did a little plant hunting. Ha! Found yellowroot in a new place! I’ve stopped where this creek goes under the road before, no yellowroot. Today I decided to walk down and look past a bend in the creek. Yellowroot everywhere!!!! Acres of it lining both sides of the creek. Some of it 3ft tall, never see it over 2ft. I think a timber company owns the land, need to check on that.

 

[Double R]

If you don’t need a place right now I’d wait until the housing market busts again. That the time to buy if you have the choice to wait.

Who knows when the housing market will go down. We don’t have years left here for sure. We will not be homeless. We DO live in California. If new bills pass it will become even more of an issue though

 

[Smalltimefarmer]

I did lots of weeding and mulching with leaves and straw. Looks like I lost a few blackberry bushes. The weeds a thriving.

I have wind burn on my face.

 

[phideaux]

Well carp, we're in a tornado warning right now,
Straight line winds are at 60-70 mph.

I can't take Eli out for a while.
It's dark as night, trees are bending.

Not good.

Jim

 

[Double R]

Well carp, we're in a tornado warning right now,
Straight line winds are at 60-70 mph.

I can't take Eli out for a while.
It's dark as night, trees are bending.

Not good.View attachment 83514

Jim

Praying for your safety and the safety of your family. Check in once and a while if it’s not to much trouble

 

[phideaux]

This is not good. This is huge.

My friends in east TN and Bama...keep a watch guys.

Jim

 

[Double R]

This is not good. This is huge.

My friends in east TN and Bama...keep a watch guys.

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Jim

Ok Studly. How are we supposed to look into places in your area when you’re having weather like this?!
In all seriousness please stay safe! These storms are not lookin good

 

[hashbrown]

This is not good. This is huge.

My friends in east TN and Bama...keep a watch guys.

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Jim

Its a soggy sob over here after that passed through here!

 

[Double R]

Its a soggy sob over here after that passed through here!

Are the new ladies comfy and warm or did they get brought in the house???

 

[hashbrown]

Are the new ladies comfy and warm or did they get brought in the house???

We just warmed up some leftover spaghetti an took it out to them!

 

[phideaux]

I'm the blue dot

Jim

 

[phideaux]

Ok Studly. How are we supposed to look into places in your area when you’re having weather like this?!
In all seriousness please stay safe! These storms are not lookin good

This has been a crazy year for weather....I'll take it over commifornia.,

Jim

 

[phideaux]

Looks like the worst is over.
Just rain now.


Jim

 

[Haertig]

Today I've been doing more electrical work. Stupid me has to replace two switches I just replaced (a double-replacement?!) I wasn't thinking, and installed smart dimmers for our family room lights and a bedroom light. Then remembered that these lights are plugged into switched wall outlets. You don't want to dim an outlet (that would technically work for a lamp plugged in, but would be a funky thing to do to your computer!) I'm sure such an installation would be a code violation, and even if it wasn't, it's not a smart or safe thing to do. So I ordered some non-dimmable relay-based higher power smart switches to install instead. These new ones will handle 1800 watts (15 amps), same as the circuit breaker. All the other dimmers I have installed go to overhead lighting, which is OK.

 

[Neb]

This has been a crazy year for weather....I'll take it over commifornia.,

Jim

The difference is...

I one place there MAY be a disaster.
In the other there WILL be a disaster.

Ben

 

[Haertig]

Looks like the worst is over.
Just rain now.

Glad to hear that!

I like the views you've posted recently from your new place (this video - from the front I assume - and your earlier back porch/garage pics). Your new place looks very nice!

 

[Double R]

This has been a crazy year for weather....I'll take it over commifornia.,

Jim

Sadly me too!!!

 

[dademoss]

Been windy all day, Teddy has spent the day sleeping in the "bunker"

Gonna be an interesting night for sure.

 

[UrbanHunter]

I finished up doing my evening chores and saw something I wanted to share.

My DW wants to do more, but her body has other ideas. She really wants to cook and bake more, but she is having trouble finishing most things.

Tomorrow she hopes to make bread, but she knows she does not have the strength to do it all at one time. So tonight she preposition-ed all the measured dry ingredients, including sifting the flour, chopped the nuts, and she put all the measured refrigerated stuff in bowls in the fridge. She even greased and dusted the baking pans and covered them with cling wrap. She did all this so tomorrow she can bake bread and not have to rely on me to finish the job.

What can I say about someone who tries so hard to keep giving even when their body is giving out...

All I can say is I truly married above my station.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Yeah I'm watching it moving from West to east at 70 mph.

Can't you just keep it ?

Jim

No, Missouri believes in sharing.

 

[Amish Heart]

That's a great idea Mrs Urban had! You know sometimes I look at a project as just too hard or time consuming, and I figure I'll just get the stuff out and at least get that done. The next day I get more motivated.
Got some more seeds started indoors today, 4 flats done. Granddaughter's dentist appt cancelled for tomorrow. Bummer...she had a day off of school anyway. We'll have to reschedule.

 

[phideaux]

Glad to hear that!

I like the views you've posted recently from your new place (this video - from the front I assume - and your earlier back porch/garage pics). Your new place looks very nice!

Thanks Dave, we really like it.
Not near the maintenance as the other place..

Cozy.

Jim

 

[Bacpacker]

Glad you made it thru in good shape Jim.

I wish Peanut and Snappy would post something. Kinda worried about them now

 

[snappy1]

I always get all ingredients out and lined up in order of addition. Then take a short break to re-read the recipe. That has saved me more than once. Lol

 

[snappy1]

Glad you made it thru in good shape Jim.

I wish Peanut and Snappy would post something. Kinda worried about them now

I just posted in the weather thread. We're good. How about you?

 

[Bacpacker]

I just ran across that. Glad your in good shape.
We are expecting rain by 2 or 3. Had high winds all afternoon and they will continue thru tomorrow. Not really expecting any storms as of 6 pm. Gonna stay up and watch the latest forecast at 10.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

3 loads of laundry washed, dried, and put away.
Bills are paid.
Supplies laid in for Dad.
Garden seeds started.
Floors dusted.
Furniture dusted.
Dishes done.
Bathroom deep cleaned.
Trash out.
Cleaning Dad's place tomorrow.
Doing Dad's laundry tomorrow.
Dusting out Dad's place.
Taking trash out for Dad, but cleaning out the refrig first.
Taking a day at a time.

 

[phideaux]

3 loads of laundry washed, dried, and put away.
Bills are paid.
Supplies laid in for Dad.
Garden seeds started.
Floors dusted.
Furniture dusted.
Dishes done.
Bathroom deep cleaned.
Trash out.
Cleaning Dad's place tomorrow.
Doing Dad's laundry tomorrow.
Dusting out Dad's place.
Taking trash out for Dad, but cleaning out the refrig first.
Taking a day at a time.

Hey ....no good food you cooking.

Well it's late so I don't need my appetite teased anyway.

Jim