What's everybody doing today?

[Pearl]

We got rain last night but it is supposed to be warm today, albeit overcast. We might get in a round of golf if the course isn't too wet. Don't worry, Pearl. I will do the dishes before I leave.

 

[Pearl]

One job this morning then going to pay property taxes! Stopping by Walmart too! Not sure which is worse?! I don't like the donkey pen I made recently. It's workable, but I'm totally redoing it. It's basically a chute I can lock him in and a small pen, use it for grooming, hoof care etc.! He's good to work around but he is an ass, that said, a good enclosure is necessary!! So I started building that yesterday, will work on it more this afternoon!! He has fun helping!! Need to sit down with my schedule book asap!! Took on a whole house organizing job, need 9 days in a week instead of 7!! Really need to figure out how/when I'm going to do everything I have to do!!

 

[Wingnut]

On the D/L for real now... the Disabled List. Bloody ankle hurts like hell, and I have a high pain threshold... still unsure how the injury occurred, or why elevation on pillows seemed to make it ten times worse. B@stard feels like it's broken, but how can that happen, just standing up from a low toilet? It doesn't make any sense...

Never touched a drop of alcohol yesterday, as the pain worsened and I wanted to gauge the severity of it... but by God, I'm drinking hard cider now at 0800, trying to fortify myself for the trip outside to feed the wild birds, change the water in the baths, uncover the fruit trees, and grab the aluminum walker out of the shed.

Like an idiot, I stored the folding walker in the large metal shed, and I'm gonna need that walker over the next few days... barring some miraculous recovery, I reckon my planned bike ride on Thursday is out the window, no way I can ride like this, when I can barely walk from my bedroom to my bathroom. I still don't understand this injury, but it's painful.

I tried a couple of Bayer aspirin yesterday, and they did absolutely nothing to alleviate the pain, so today it's hard cider... at least I have PLENTY of that, lol. Should've had some yesterday, but I wanted to see how bad the injury really is, and it's bad. As soon as I can get off my feet and rest again, I'll do it. But things have to be done first...

Times like these are when I wish I had somebody else living here, to pick up the slack when this sorta cr@p happens. My mind is blown, dunno HOW this injury happened... it feels worse than a skateboarding or MX injury back in the day, and all I did was stand up from that miserable goldurned toilet. I feel like smashing the damned thing now, lol...

Anyway, this is gonna be a suck-@$$ day, even the cider seems to have no effect... and I'm out of tequila too, which really sucks. Guess I'll do a bong hit here in a bit, once my ankle quits aching so hard. Neither ice packs nor elevation have helped to alleviate the ankle pain, yet the ankle exhibits no real signs of swelling... "HUH?"

I reckon I need to move from this dining room table, this sitting position is not helping in any way. I am NOT looking forward to the torture test ahead, but I need that walker from the shed, and since I gotta go out there, I'm gonna bite the bullet and knock out those other tasks as well. It ain't gonna be fun, I know that much... f#%ng ankle! It's FIRED!!!

Y'ALL CATCH A BREAK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS... MOI, I GET TO DEAL WITH A CR@PPY START TO THE NEW YEAR, PFFFFFFT.

P.S. It's ALL Trump's fault!!! Oh, wait, he's no longer in office... it's ALL that slimy Biden scumbucket's fault! Lol...

 

[Amish Heart]

Hope you feel better, Wingnut. And it's good you do have a walker.
Not sure what today brings, have husband fed and settled, and he's now in the shower. I'll be outside with the animals for awhile but I'll have my phone with me. Last day of Christmas vacation for the grandkids, and they're still all in bed. I was thinking about visiting my favorite cousin today, but husband is acting iffy about how he feels, so probably not. I do have many roosters to kill, and other junk that needs doing here. Laundry is done and hung. In the basement. It's 35 with high winds right now.

 

[zannej]

The weather has already warmed up to high 70s and low 80s but it has been raining. Didn't really do anything on NYE. Slept most of the day on Jan1. Monday I helped a friend move her stuff out of the trailer she shared with her ex. Also had my friend come out to connect the outside water lines with PEX. Replaced some shutoffs and added another shutoff between pressure tank and stuff (so if we need to work on stuff downstream of the tank, it won't push water out until its empty. There was a leak (fitting broke) so friend had to come back after dark and I held the flashlight and handed him stuff while he replaced it.

Power went out last night so I was miserably hot & woke up drenched in sweat. Still haven't fully dried off. Went outside to turn the shutoff that I suspected was for the water trough. I was right. So its working now although slowly. Good thing we replaced the shutoffs because the shutoff for that was off but was apparently broken. No wonder it was so hard to turn the handle. The ball inside didn't turn with it. I would have gotten a 3/4 turn ball valve but I have a very hard time turning them. I don't have the hand strength. I made sure these valves turned easily.

Shoulder and arm are feeling worse today so I'm going to take it easy on them and get some rest. I probably need to get some groceries later but for now I'm going to nap. Didn't get enough sleep last night.

 

[Wingnut]

Well, it took me a few hours, but I got those tasks done... all except uncovering & recovering the fruit trees, I just couldn't deal with that, my ankle was killin' me. Now the joint has kind of "warmed up" with use, so I've been feeding the birds and replenishing their water in the baths, even though it's supposed to freeze tonight. Meh, frozen water will be better than no water, and it'll melt manana at some point. Now I'm heading for the rack to lie down and get my weight off this foot... I'm hoping it'll be better tomorrow, because today was a torture test, lol. But I retrieved the walker and I put some things closer to the bed, so perhaps things will be easier tonight. Still no drunken action, the tall glass of cider I had this morning didn't do squat, so I'm not even bothering with it... don't need to aggravate the ankle more than it's already riled either, lol. Never did do a bong hit, once I was able to hobble around a bit I just wanted to get those tasks done. I haven't felt this level of pain since May of 2017, when I banged up my knee while dirt biking in the White Mountains of Arizona. Like I said, hopefully the blasted ankle settles down manana... in the words of me beloved & dear departed mum, it has "hurt like fury" all day.

 

[Amish Heart]

Hung around the farm with husband feeling under the weather. Got alot of housework done, and things loaded back into storage from Christmas. So, glad to get things done that needed to be done.

 

[sonya123]

Busy today, made lots of phone calls to set up appointments to get my Yukon fixed once again , and to get the windows fixed. They quoted me over $600 to replace 2 pieces of glass, yikes! I wonder what a new window would cost. Oh and it was not a bird, it's the inside of the window. The outside is fine. They think it might have been the temperature also. I wonder if you could put plexiglass in it instead of regular glass. It's not like I look out my bedroom window.

Son went to his court date, and it was the right thing to do. He came out cheaper and should have no points after he takes a traffic class. He has to pay for the class and the court cost, but cheaper than the ticket

Took dogs for a walk and collected some starter wood ( little branches to start the fire)

Ordered seeds

 

[Bacpacker]

Back to work and found out I will be getting a transfer from another group to replace my tech that's leaving. He's a young guyand seems eager to get started. This way I don't have to deal with waiting on the interviews, then all the crap to get them actually started. Could take 2 to 3 months, then another month or more to get some safety training completed.

One of my other techs wife is in the hospital, been in ICU and has had 3 surgeries. They need prayers in the worst way. mid 30 with three kids.

This afternoon the boss came by and ask if we got funding, how many of the BDA projects I thought I could complete by 1st of October. After pushing so hard to get the quotes together last month, I told him 2 of them. One of the other buildings isn't even under construction yet, 2 others are so large and need so much more planning and work with several of the facility folks, they need a year of their own to do.

Drove home in the pouring rain. Expecting more tonight. Possible low level flooding possible

 

[zannej]

Put foil tape on the seams of the insulation over the outside hose bib. Went to the grocery store. Bro checked on his RX and they said they are in short supply bc its in high demand. He said he's not out yet so they can save it for someone who really needs it and he'll get a refill when he's out or about to be out. He's already feeling better so he doesn't need it as badly.

Talking to my friends in my BFF chat about the drama of them dumping their narcissists and getting together. Everyone who knows is very happy for them. Their exes suspect but don't know for sure and are very unhappy.

 

[montanabill]

On the D/L for real now... the Disabled List. Bloody ankle hurts like hell, and I have a high pain threshold... still unsure how the injury occurred, or why elevation on pillows seemed to make it ten times worse. B@stard feels like it's broken, but how can that happen, just standing up from a low toilet? It doesn't make any sense...

Never touched a drop of alcohol yesterday, as the pain worsened and I wanted to gauge the severity of it... but by God, I'm drinking hard cider now at 0800, trying to fortify myself for the trip outside to feed the wild birds, change the water in the baths, uncover the fruit trees, and grab the aluminum walker out of the shed.

Like an idiot, I stored the folding walker in the large metal shed, and I'm gonna need that walker over the next few days... barring some miraculous recovery, I reckon my planned bike ride on Thursday is out the window, no way I can ride like this, when I can barely walk from my bedroom to my bathroom. I still don't understand this injury, but it's painful.

I tried a couple of Bayer aspirin yesterday, and they did absolutely nothing to alleviate the pain, so today it's hard cider... at least I have PLENTY of that, lol. Should've had some yesterday, but I wanted to see how bad the injury really is, and it's bad. As soon as I can get off my feet and rest again, I'll do it. But things have to be done first...

Times like these are when I wish I had somebody else living here, to pick up the slack when this sorta cr@p happens. My mind is blown, dunno HOW this injury happened... it feels worse than a skateboarding or MX injury back in the day, and all I did was stand up from that miserable goldurned toilet. I feel like smashing the damned thing now, lol...

Anyway, this is gonna be a suck-@$$ day, even the cider seems to have no effect... and I'm out of tequila too, which really sucks. Guess I'll do a bong hit here in a bit, once my ankle quits aching so hard. Neither ice packs nor elevation have helped to alleviate the ankle pain, yet the ankle exhibits no real signs of swelling... "HUH?"

I reckon I need to move from this dining room table, this sitting position is not helping in any way. I am NOT looking forward to the torture test ahead, but I need that walker from the shed, and since I gotta go out there, I'm gonna bite the bullet and knock out those other tasks as well. It ain't gonna be fun, I know that much... f#%ng ankle! It's FIRED!!!

Y'ALL CATCH A BREAK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS... MOI, I GET TO DEAL WITH A CR@PPY START TO THE NEW YEAR, PFFFFFFT.

P.S. It's ALL Trump's fault!!! Oh, wait, he's no longer in office... it's ALL that slimy Biden scumbucket's fault! Lol...

naproxen or Aleve is my over the counter drug of choice for pain.

don't let it go on too long.......a friend tripped over a tent guy rope and shattered her elbow. the local hospital said no big deal come back in a few days......my wife took her to a real doctor in the next town and they operated immediately and saved her elbow..

jan first i trailered over the rockies and rode in the first bike ride of the year. I got invited into a secret motorcycle club where the uniform is a Hawaiian shirt and the only rules are .....there are no rules.
Part of the ceremony on the first is to remember the members who have passed. The had a metal bowl engraved with their names and two footpegs for handles. everyone stood in a circle and inducted me and passed the bowl "of strange liquid " around. I normally don't share spit with anyone else but my wife but oh well my immune system needs a workout every now and then. I am miserable right now at 3:45 AM with congestion and sore throat and not sleeping since I drank too much coffee with black walnut tinture and oregano.

It's my kind of club, everyone's shirt has the club name on the back and Bud on the front. So it's Hi Bud if we meet, no pesky remembering of names. Mine still has the Goodwill price tag on it.

So get well and don't screw around with things that could go from bad to worse. If it isn't better in three days find a higher level of care. If it doesn't get better one of the guys at the ride had a cool sidecar on his KLR650.

 

[Amish Heart]

Husband has an early morning doc appt, so I'll be working on animal chores before taking the girls to school today. Hooray....Christmas break is officially over and the grandkids go back to school.
Plan to go into the bigger town and fill a cart at Aldi later today.

 

[Amish Heart]

Just got word that our neighbor passed this morning. The one that had the tumor in his stomach. I am feeling so sad for his wife.

 

[Magpie]

After six weeks of dancing around everyone else's bugs, cooties and colds, I'm starting to succumb. Had a rough night but feel ok today, as in able to get up. My throat feels like it's been cut from ear to ear, sneezing, sniffs and temp but hopefully, the paracetamol will do its job. Made a big pot of pasta sauce and red pepper and sweet potato soup so no one will starve anyway. It's 10c and cloudy, with tremendous rain last night. Husband feels like the cold is coming back on him. He took the day off to drop daughter back to college for an exam tomorrow but she has a lift so he's going to take it easy today too. No word from my garage man yet; hope its not terminal!

 

[dademoss]

Annual physical this morning, I hope my blood studied enough to pass the test. Trash, new furnace filter, put up a new American flag (blizzard killed the last one)

 

[Wingnut]

They quoted me over $600 to replace 2 pieces of glass, yikes! I wonder what a new window would cost. Oh and it was not a bird, it's the inside of the window. The outside is fine. They think it might have been the temperature also. I wonder if you could put plexiglass in it instead of regular glass. It's not like I look out my bedroom window.

Sure, you can use acrylic or any other form of clear plastic for that inside window... just know that any form of plastic will degrade faster due to solar abuse. I used an acrylic sheet on an interior window, the one in the door leading to the mud room, as glass was just too expensive compared to the acrylic, and glass is more difficult to work with compared to any form of plastic (as in much more likely to crack or break). If you use acrylic or any other form of plastic, be careful what you use to clean it, as some chemicals will mar or cloud the surface.

So get well and don't screw around with things that could go from bad to worse. If it isn't better in three days find a higher level of care. If it doesn't get better one of the guys at the ride had a cool sidecar on his KLR650.

Yeah, I'm taking it easy with the ankle, it seems to be slowly improving and I'm not gonna push it, but I was able to hobble around on it this morning without the walker, although I'm still using the walker most of the time. I must say I'm still rather flabbergasted that such a severe injury could occur with so little provocation... by severe, I mean not being able to bring my foot into contact with anything (including the floor) without cursing & screaming bloody murder, lol. I'll just have to be more careful in the way I rise from that low toilet, and I'll have to install those grab rails or "arm rails" pronto.

P.S. The sidecar sounds cool, I'd probably go with one of those they make for the MX bikes, the metal ones where the passenger crouches or kneels on pads or whatever... no seat at all, it's basically a "hiking platform."

 

[snappy1]

today was a torture test,

Hope you get to feeling better soon!
You all have sure been busy and/ or sick lately. Me too. Busy, not sick.

Yesterday, prepped veggies and meat for making dog food.
Went to therapy for shoulder.
Came home and switched bookkeeping folders from last year to this for ebay and personal bills.
Made dog food to cook overnight.
We had 4" rain yesterday and last night total. Good bit of wind, but not enough to knock over the plastic deck chairs. LOL

Walked first this morning.
Got first load of dog food in the pressure canners.
Walked dogs.
Still have to do second load of dog food and give one pup a bath.
Talked briefly to DH about switching dog food for the 2 dogs who don't really need homemade. He didn't take it real well, but he isn't making and canning it. It's so much work, prep and planning every other month. I will figure something out.

My electric company is having some kind of glitch in their website. My usage says about $3 or $4 a day, but my projected bill for the next month is $2315 and saying $168 for the last 4 days or something like that. Already talked to Customer service twice, but they can't see the projected screen. I have taken screen shots of usage and projection and started a handwritten record of dates, who I spoke to and what they said.

I think I'm getting overwhelmed with DH and dog's caretaking, so the electric is just icing on the cake. Not sure how to take a break at this point. We had friends coming down for the weekend and they just cancelled - again.
Was really looking forward to someone to talk to who understood.
I guess I will just keep going.

 

[Neb]

I have been working on plans for the 3rd water heater and decided on a new location that makes it easier. Not much to show aside from another basement room pretty much cleared for The Princess to take over. Judging by what I have seen in her other rooms of preps she will need it.

I did get some Elder bushes transplanted near the pond.

Before doing that I did talk to the local police and shared a video my security camera captured.

It appears one guy was beating on the other guy's truck for some unknown reason. The guy that started out on the driver's side of the truck was hauled away in handcuffs.

Ben

 

[backlash]

The kitchen sink has been draining very slowly for a few months.
I finally had enough and I removed the plastic pipe from the sinks to the drain line.
Both sides were full of gunk. It's a wonder it drained at all.
I cleaned out the pipes and reassembled everything and the sink now drains like it should.
It was a 10 minute job at most. I have been putting off cleaning the drain for a couple of months. I should have done it back when I first noticed the problem.
I'm going to get some septic system approved Drano and clean the rest of the drain pipes.
This house was built in 1950 so the plumbing and the wiring are a nightmare. I try to stay away from both.
While I was in the cleaning mode I cleaned our bathroom.
I might sweep and mop the floors later after I rest up.

 

[LadyLocust]

I've been on the run. So the week between Christmas and New Year, we got a storm and I think it lifted the summer kitchen roof up as it was still there, but was raining inside. After waiting over a week for owner's approval to repair it, it's currently tarped until the roofers can get to it. That's one part I don't care for about renting.
Hubby is sick with whatever crud is going around this winter. So I'm cleaning and disinfecting everything: doorknobs, light switches etc.
Also, I've been trying to go through each room and really go through things both editing and cleaning. So far have made it through living room, dining, bedroom, and started on spare room and kitchen. It takes time because I do it for just a little while after Hubby leaves for work or if I get time at home alone. Took a good sized box to donation so am making progress.
Hope y'all are well.

 

[Pearl]

Hope you get to feeling better soon!
You all have sure been busy and/ or sick lately. Me too. Busy, not sick.

Yesterday, prepped veggies and meat for making dog food.
Went to therapy for shoulder.
Came home and switched bookkeeping folders from last year to this for ebay and personal bills.
Made dog food to cook overnight.
We had 4" rain yesterday and last night total. Good bit of wind, but not enough to knock over the plastic deck chairs. LOL

Walked first this morning.
Got first load of dog food in the pressure canners.
Walked dogs.
Still have to do second load of dog food and give one pup a bath.
Talked briefly to DH about switching dog food for the 2 dogs who don't really need homemade. He didn't take it real well, but he isn't making and canning it. It's so much work, prep and planning every other month. I will figure something out.

My electric company is having some kind of glitch in their website. My usage says about $3 or $4 a day, but my projected bill for the next month is $2315 and saying $168 for the last 4 days or something like that. Already talked to Customer service twice, but they can't see the projected screen. I have taken screen shots of usage and projection and started a handwritten record of dates, who I spoke to and what they said.

I think I'm getting overwhelmed with DH and dog's caretaking, so the electric is just icing on the cake. Not sure how to take a break at this point. We had friends coming down for the weekend and they just cancelled - again.
Was really looking forward to someone to talk to who understood.
I guess I will just keep going.

Glad you made it through the storms!!

 

[Amish Heart]

I've been running around all day long. Husband had a doc appt first thing this morning. He got a speeding ticket on the way there, and not happy about it. We get to the appt, only to find out it was for tomorrow, but a lady in the waiting room said to take her appt because she had to be somewhere. He was feeling better today, so not sure what the appt accomplished. Lots of talk in the neighborhood with our neighbor friend dying, very sad. Filled a cart at Aldi this afternoon, then went to the amish store in our town to get what Aldi didn't have.

 

[The Lazy L]

I had an interesting request from a client. This client is involved with local politics.

To be elected to the government entity in question you have to be a property owner within the entity. A current elected official claims they own property within the entity. My client asked if I could confirm.

Well this entity does accept my volunteer IT services so I do have some legal access. Legally I can not reveal confidential taxpayer information of the entity but I could tell my client that there are no properties within the entity under the elected official's name, spouse's name or business name.

Next public meeting might be worth attending...

 

[Wingnut]

Still in recovery mode with the foot injury... I'm now calling it a "foot injury" because the focal point of the pain has shifted. It started on the inside of my right foot, then moved over to the outside, right around the ankle. Since then, it has moved even farther, and now the focal point is on the instep, to the right of high center. Kinda weird how it has done this, but it seems to slowly be improving, so I'm just gonna take it easy and continue nursing it back to its normal condition. Today marked the first morning when I did NOT need to take any pain reliever... instead, I'm sipping a cold beer for breakfast. I don't like taking any kind of drugs created in laboratories, not even aspirin, as I'm no chemical head, but the dull ache this morning called for something in the liquid refreshment department. I'd be drinking tequila if I had any on my bar, I'll have to buy some whenever I'm able to get to the store, which should be soon. I have everything else I need, it's just the tequila I'm missing right now, lol. Oh, well, one can't always foresee this sort of sudden and wholly unexpected injury...

Ya know, that prepping thread should include booze for medicinal purposes... in the Old West, whiskey was often the only kind of pain reliever available. That's why you see so many Westerns with a bottle being handed to the injured person right before the "operation"---better to have some booze in ya before the "doctor" gets started, lol.

 

[havasu]

I had an interesting request from a client. This client is involved with local politics.

To be elected to the government entity in question you have to be a property owner within the entity. A current elected official claims they own property within the entity. My client asked if I could confirm.

Well this entity does accept my volunteer IT services so I do have some legal access. Legally I can not reveal confidential taxpayer information of the entity but I could tell my client that there are no properties within the entity under the elected official's name, spouse's name or business name.

Next public meeting might be worth attending...

In common law jurisdictions, legal professional privilege protects all communications between a professional legal adviser and his or her clients from being disclosed without the permission of the client. The privilege is that of the client and not that of the lawyer

 

[snappy1]

Walked first this morning.
Went to therapy.
Came home and cleaned bathrooms.
That is about it except to put away jars of dog food done yesterday. Got 21 quarts, 3 pints and 1 half pint. Only one pint didn't seal. All using previously used lids!
Company that was coming tomorrow cancelled so I have a free weekend!

 

[Amish Heart]

Wingnut....of course, prep alcohol for medicinal purposes. Says the case of apple pie moonshine under my bed. Ha.
Took husband into the bigger town for a shot he gets. Chic fil a for lunch, and Petco for dog leashes. I don't know what the twins did to the leashes, but one was only 2 feet long today, and the other didn't have a hook to fasten to the dog's collar. Leashes are not cheap.
Having some coffee, and will go outside again to see if the hose thawed so the geese can have a pool party. Need to help husband with some connectors to his new electric remote chair. Maybe take out a few roosters if it's not windy.

 

[Amish Heart]

Two roosters dispatched late afternoon. One of them I will dub the rooster that would not die. I hung them outside the barn from the rafter by their feet, cut their necks, let them bleed out. Came back to do rooster #2 and he was still going. Finally had to take him down and axe the entire head off. I couldn't believe he was still alive. I still have plenty more to do. Little granddaughter said, "EW, how gross", then asked to take some of the tail feathers that she pulled out herself. I'll get her trained yet.

 

[Weedygarden]

On the D/L for real now... the Disabled List. Bloody ankle hurts like hell, and I have a high pain threshold... still unsure how the injury occurred, or why elevation on pillows seemed to make it ten times worse. B@stard feels like it's broken, but how can that happen, just standing up from a low toilet? It doesn't make any sense...

No idea what is really going on with you, Wingnut, but I can tell you about my ankle problem many years ago. I stepped on the edge of the sidewalk, while carrying my infant daughter, and my foot went over the edge and my ankle rolled. Pain went on and on, and at that time, I spent a lot of time on my feet. I finally went to the doctor and told him what I had done, but that more than a month later, it hurt like hell! Dr. told me that a sprain, which is what he said I probably had, takes much longer than a break to heal! He prescribed a lace up ankle brace for me and I wore that puppy for months!

Just recently I was thinking about ankle braces and knee braces in our medical preps. If a person didn't have an ankle brace, I think an Ace bandage would help, but still not quite as good. I gave that ankle brace to someone many years ago, someone who was dealing with an ankle sprain. I wish I had one for each ankle, and for knees as well.

 

[Wingnut]

I have Ace Bandages, and I think this might be some sort of "stress fracture"--- or maybe just hyper-extended tendons and/or muscles? It doesn't feel like a sprain, I've had those before, this injury occurred when I lurched upward from a low sitting position with my right foot kinda scrunched up below me. It's also kinda weird how the focal point of the pain has shifted... whatever the cause, the whole foot seems to be slowly improving, so I'm just gonna take care of it and try not to aggravate it in any way. No riding tomorrow, more's the pity... I've already accepted the fact that I don't heal as rapidly as I used to heal when I was young, those days are long gone. I was always a fast healer in my youth, but time has passed and my metabolism has obviously slowed down. I'll let the injury call the shots until I'm well enough to handle the bike... right now, I could aggravate this injury just wheeling the 'Monster Thumper' out of its shed, lol. Oh, well, the bike will be waiting for me once the injury has mended, and the mountains aren't going anywhere... not in MY lifetime anyway.

P.S. Monday looks like a potential riding day, weather-wise, lol...