What's everybody doing today?

[Chaosdawn]

Stuck at work again today. As I said in the Gardening thread, I ended up leaving work early yesterday and got a bunch of stuff done at home so I'm in a better mood now. Still would rather be home but don't feel as behind now.

 

[UrbanHunter]

Today has just been a mess... I'm eating lunch now because I have meetings during my regular lunch break....

 

[TeeJ]

Finished canning last night, ended up with 35 quarts of ham & chicken soup/broth, took forever because my kids lost the weight for my big pressure canner, and I had to do them all in my smaller one, 4 jars at a time. New weight shows up today, and will get stored in a big ziplock baggie in the canner so it's harder to loose. It's nice to have another couple weeks of meals ready to go, now I just need to make room for them in the root cellar (or somewhere).

Work has been an absolute madhouse, with projects piling up and nearly constant separation of old and onboarding of new employees. At least we have enough daylight to get some gardening done after work now

 

[TeeJ]

Today has just been a mess... I'm eating lunch now because I have meetings during my regular lunch break....

That's the worst, isn't it? Our corporate headquarters is an hour behind us and loves to schedule meetings up until their lunch time. At least when you don't eat lunch until 1 or 2 the rest of the afternoon goes super quickly!

 

[LadyLocust]

Doing odds jobs for room and board (piddling around the house).

Installing a small phone system for a local government entity as a favor.

Trouble shooting a video surveillance system. Another favor.

Rearranging some office furniture. A might have to stop doing favors?

While in Town stop at the bank again. Information they gave me last time isn't panning out.

Fix myself some lunch.

Load up the truck for a small competition this evening.

Take my morning nap this afternoon.

Wife doesn't know when she'll be home, plan on fixing my own early supper.

Participate in a competition.

Unload truck and clean and put away the competition stuff.

Shower then YouTube educations until I fall asleep.

Good Luck!

 

[UrbanHunter]

That's the worst, isn't it? Our corporate headquarters is an hour behind us and loves to schedule meetings up until their lunch time. At least when you don't eat lunch until 1 or 2 the rest of the afternoon goes super quickly!

Amen, I have had projects in up to 6 time zones at one time: UTC-05:00 (Eastern US and Canada), UTC-02:00 (Brazil), UTC+0:00 United Kingdom, UTC+1:00 (EU, Germany and France), UTC+8:00 (Australia, China) UTC+9:00 (Korea); I hated when I had to do site visits (I used to travel a bit ~ 200,000 miles per year).

Oops, I left out Detroit, the Rockies and West Coast of the US.
And people wonder why I have such a strange schedule.....

 

[TeeJ]

Amen, I have had projects in up to 6 time zones at one time: UTC-05:00 (Eastern US and Canada), UTC-02:00 (Brazil), UTC+0:00 United Kingdom, UTC+1:00 (EU, Germany and France), UTC+8:00 (Australia, China) UTC+9:00 (Korea); I hated when I had to do site visits (I used to travel a bit ~ 200,000 miles per year).

Oops, I left out Detroit, the Rockies and West Coast of the US.
And people wonder why I have such a strange schedule.....

Wow, and I thought I had it rough coordinating all 4 US time zones! That amount of travel seems super rough, I'm fortunate that travel has been rare my entire career.

 

[UrbanHunter]

The US (right and left coast ) can be a PIA, the international stuff becomes plain crazy. This week I had a meeting that started at 03:00 EST, a buddy in the office said, "that's early, even for you"

I am being pushed to go back to traveling, I am considering traveling to HR to file my retirement papers...
I am just 18 months short of my KMA day. I looked at another job position that matches my skill set, but they are requiring 40-60% travel too, so I am kind of on the spot.

COVID has been a blessing, but now that it is easing I am trying to find the coverage I will need for the wife while I'm gone. The idea of having to hire someone to come in and sit with her for 4 or 5 days at a time is just overwhelming. Makes me think of Golden Girls and "Shady Acres"....

 

[Neb]

The US (right and left coast ) can be a PIA, the international stuff becomes plain crazy. This week I had a meeting that started at 03:00 EST, a buddy in the office said, "that's early, even for you"

I am being pushed to go back to traveling, I am considering traveling to HR to file my retirement papers...
I am just 18 months short of my KMA day. I looked at another job position that matches my skill set, but they are requiring 40-60% travel too, so I am kind of on the spot.

COVID has been a blessing, but now that it is easing I am trying to find the coverage I will need for the wife while I'm gone. The idea of having to hire someone to come in and sit with her for 4 or 5 days at a time is just overwhelming. Makes me think of Golden Girls and "Shady Acres"....

Travel is what drove me retire.

Have you started a countdown yet?

You down below 400 days now.

Ben

 

[UrbanHunter]

Travel is what drove me retire.

Have you started a countdown yet?

You down below 400 days now.

Ben

2/11/2024... Make that 20 months..... 626 days... I wish it was the 400 days

 

[Neb]

2/11/2024... Make that 20 months..... 626 days... I wish it was the 400 days

Only count the work days.

Ben

 

[Neb]

Weeding

Finished weeding the tomatoes then cut all of the scapes on the wild garlic. Then I started on the raspberries. They had been cut back to 18" last winter and the weeds were taller than raspberries. Didn't get very far before rain clouds told me to pack it up.

Ben

 

[UrbanHunter]

Today, I stepped out the back door and saw that my Costco order arrived, I said, "Oh S#%@", the wife say don't curse and what's wrong, I said my TP arrived, she looked out to see a stack of 9 boxes.... A stack as tall a me... now bring it on!!

 

[Hooch]

We went hiking for mushrooms today too. Didn't find any morels, but found 7-8 lbs. of calf brains. We hiked 9 miles and equivalent of 74 flights of stairs. I will post a pix of the area tomorrow. My phone is in the other room and I'm too whooped to go get it. I found 2-3 times what Hubby found. Now I know why he wants me to go with him. I don't even eat them.

I've heard of those..they are popular around here but I have no idea what they look like...

 

[Hooch]

Went and bought hay today. Its gone up $30 to $150 for a 3x3x8 bale in the last month. My hay guy said it will probably be going up again this summer so we are buying our winter hay now. He said the fertilizer has doubled, the twine has almost trippled and then the diesel....

Rumors abound in my neck of the woods that hay per ton will be around 600.oo!! When I first moved here 8 years ago it was like 80 bucks..it has been going up every year around 20 to 40 a ton for good Al. Last year the average price was 300 a ton. I got lucky kinda.. with a few 1200 pound bales for 150.00 a bale.
But this year with all the issues..gah... I'm glad I only have a few goats left n around a ton of good Al left over in the barn.
I preordered 2 tons ..good thing I make a good wage again..damb!

 

[Hooch]

It took me a week n half to mow twice my front n back yard n a portion of the garden.
I still have the garden to finish ..was planning that this weekend but..crappy weather will be rolling in starting tonight I hear through monday :/ so mowing 3 foot tall grass wont be happening.
I do plan on planting a bunch of stuff. I'm behind on all that as well. It seems when I gave time it has been raining or freak snowing type weather. When it's nice I'm at work n after I've been catching on on the lawn.
This weekend will be about planting the garden, getting another chest freezer for the hog that is being processed n local beef quarter I plan on getting in on, mushroom hunting n cleaning my neglected den.
Most importantly, I will also remember my sweet neighbor who gave it all n died in Afghanistan. Every memorial day I crack open a brew under a flag in his memory. He was an all American salt of the earth kinda guy educated, had a finance he planned on marrying, logged, fished and planning on building his own home.
Before he deployed again ..(3rd time) I wished him well ..he really loved the salt of the earth type people he had met previously in Afghanistan n believed in his mission to bring freedom there from the radical ideology. Regardless of what might have been the true agenda he truly felt for the freedom loving people he had befriended over time in service there. His sacrifice was not in vain.
I'm very thankful to be able to be here n do my thing too. Ironically, I found out a few years after I moved here that Bruno and his brother would come over this way almost every year to hunt elk.
My mom ran into his identical twin brother who had just got back from a hunting trip from council idaho. Both him and his brother bruno used to be my neighbor long ago n I never knew they hunted this area.
Anyway..small world...RIP Bruno Desoleini. I will never forget you your brother n Chunks your dog n how he got his name...

 

[Bacpacker]

The US (right and left coast ) can be a PIA, the international stuff becomes plain crazy. This week I had a meeting that started at 03:00 EST, a buddy in the office said, "that's early, even for you"

I am being pushed to go back to traveling, I am considering traveling to HR to file my retirement papers...
I am just 18 months short of my KMA day. I looked at another job position that matches my skill set, but they are requiring 40-60% travel too, so I am kind of on the spot.

COVID has been a blessing, but now that it is easing I am trying to find the coverage I will need for the wife while I'm gone. The idea of having to hire someone to come in and sit with her for 4 or 5 days at a time is just overwhelming. Makes me think of Golden Girls and "Shady Acres"....

Urban, I heard during our staff meeting today that Covid is making a comeback in a lot of states. It's not doin much around here yet, but DOE is already looking into mask again. Might be worth trying to stall a bit and maybe the work can stay at home.

My KMA day 1/2/26, 1316 days

 

[Tank-Girl]

Time to buy a new heavy duty cross cut paper shredder.

I have 10 years worth the documents, receipts, paid bills, and bank statements to shred.
My filing system is very simple.
Every year I buy a new 50ltr tote with a lid and the oldest goes on the bottom and things from yesterday get thrown on the top.
I haven't even gotten through one tote yet and my home office shredder bit it.
I can't make a bon fire out of it because even though we've had a month and a half of solid rain and broken all sorts of flooding records we're STILL on a total fire ban.

Nothing with my name, address or banking details or phone number EVER gets thrown in the bin unless it's shredded first.

 

[Acdoctor]

Sitting here in my recliner listening to absolutely pour rain and wondering if it’s going to be out of here by morning or I’m going to have postpone replacing two evaporator coils I had on the books for first thin tomorrow. It’s poured here off and on all day, im not complaining about the rain but I’m so far behind on installs that my butt feels like a t-bone it’s being chewed on so much here lately, some people think you can work outdoors no matter the weather , I’m not into cleaning floors or carpet just because the will not wait for fair weather.

 

[Spikedriver]

Had a slow boring day at work. I've had about enough of getting up at 4am to drive 59 miles over there. The project will be done on Saturday and we found out today that the plans got changed again. We will head out to Ogallala, Nebraska instead of Sidney. I'll be off from this coming Sunday until the 6th and show up out there on the 7th.

Tonight I'm eating nachos and transferring funds into savings. It's going to be new car time soon and with inflation the way it is, I'm jacking everything I can into that account as fast as possible. I hope to be able to put close to $2,000/month away. I was putting back $1,000 but new car prices are likely going to be jumping around $1500 to maybe even $3000 a year. At $1000 a month saved it might be 3 model years before I could buy what I want. I want to be able to buy with cash and no loan. That's a pretty aggressive goal but if I can accomplish it, I can might be able to buy one next January...

 

[Haertig]

We went down to the Denver Botanic Gardens today. About an hours drive each way - with the traffic - and we trudged around the gardens for 5 hours. I'm beat. Pretty hot. Actual temps were in the low/mid 80's, but "heat index" (whatever that is) was 87.

 

[Amish Heart]

Our rain finally stopped! The sun came out and the water is starting to dry up. Went and had "Mexico Mexican Food" (not New Mexican) and shopped at the salvage store. Found 12 of the smaller cans of chicken, and 12 cans of Annie's brand black bean chili. All with 2 yrs out dates. They charge 49 cents a can for any can there. I was pleased. Boxes of 100 face masks for 99 cents. Husband uses them when he mows.
Went out for a Ranger ride with husband. Checked out our back alfalfa field. It was cut, raked, then the rain came. Oh well. The old cemetery was mowed and cleaned up down the road. I'm thinking for Memorial Day coming up. It was great to get out and get some sunshine.

 

[Pearl]

The US (right and left coast ) can be a PIA, the international stuff becomes plain crazy. This week I had a meeting that started at 03:00 EST, a buddy in the office said, "that's early, even for you"

I am being pushed to go back to traveling, I am considering traveling to HR to file my retirement papers...
I am just 18 months short of my KMA day. I looked at another job position that matches my skill set, but they are requiring 40-60% travel too, so I am kind of on the spot.

COVID has been a blessing, but now that it is easing I am trying to find the coverage I will need for the wife while I'm gone. The idea of having to hire someone to come in and sit with her for 4 or 5 days at a time is just overwhelming. Makes me think of Golden Girls and "Shady Acres"....

You take care of her, you think of her, you will figure it out!

 

[zannej]

Might take a quick look to make sure there isn't a rock in the springs - don't ask me how I would know that one.

We've had that issue before. Rocks get into all sorts of spots and make noises on the vehicle. I'm hoping its a rock and not a wheel-bearing but I need to take the truck to the tire shop and get it looked at. Last time I told them to check rear passenger and they took off the rear driver side instead. Sadly, tire place doesn't always hire the most competent people but its still better than the workers they get at Walmart most of the time.

Yesterday I did some cleaning. Today I did pretty much nothing. Not feeling good. I may have an ear infection. Clear fluid coming out, itches like hell, I hear sloshing when I shake my head, and its sore and feels swollen and my hearing is impaired in that ear. Was having hiccups earlier (which is one of the signs of ear infection) and am getting a low grade headache. I am trying to not scratch inside the ear bc I know that doesn't help but it itches. I've rinsed it out and cleaned carefully with q-tips to get out excess wax and sop up the fluid. It's annoying but I know it could be worse.

Only thing I did was cook for Mom and I'm about to cook for her again (we both keep weird hours).

 

[jishinsjourney]

Repaired the front sprinkler and set up a timer for the veggie garden soaker hose. Mowed the lawn. I want less lawn and the sooner the better. Cooked three meals and did two loads of laundry. I’m ready to crash!

 

[UrbanHunter]

The wife had a grocery list, so I went to the store this morning. On the way I stopped at branch of my bank that was on the way, which was closed... signs gone, not ATM, paper over the windows... GONE. No big deal but is was one of the few branches that was convenient for me. At I went on to the grocery store I had to think about the people who worked there, this is the 4th branch of this bank that has closed over the past 3 years so I know they aren't transferring the staff, just pink slips for everyone...

At the store I bought 3 bags of groceries for $120, 1 bag of canned goods, 1 bag of fruits and veggies, and 1 bag with a half gallon of milk, cheese, a whole chicken, a package of pork chops, and 3 tubes of sausage.... As I was unloading the car, still thinking about the cost of groceries and the loss of my bank branch, I found myself asking, "how can the poor people on food stamps afford to be so fat?" I mean it takes a lot of money to look like the Michelin Man....

 

[Pearl]

Good size carpet cleaning job today. Also taking the tile scrubber for their kitchen floor! Cleaning water troughs when I get home, weeding raise beds, vacuuming the pool, and a little float time later!!

 

[Amish Heart]

Regular chores, some housecleaning. Our small farmer's market starts up again today. Little granddaughter and I will go check it out this afternoon and also stop in at the amish discount store. Twins have work today, husband has PT. If the garden area is not too muddy, I'll put more plants in the ground.

 

[snappy1]

Ended up adding to my list yesterday.
Baked cabbage rolls that I had frozen.
Cooked cabbage with sausage.
Pressure canned 11 quarts of squash medley. All from the garden except onions.

Today, already walked.
Next will walk dogs.
Spray for weeds in back yard.
Make "Cauliflower potato salad" and baked beans for Saturday.
And pick the blackberries we didn't get to yesterday.

You all have a good weekend!

 

[goshengirl]

Son#2 is in with the psychologist (pre-transplant care, sort of a do-you-really-know-what’s-going-to-happen-to-you? sort of thing).
Then, as his primary caregiver, I’ll get my turn.
Guess they’re going to find out just how crazy we really are.

Later today it’ll be cleaning and purging the house. I am sooooo slooow at that…