What's everybody doing today?

[Morgan101]

Well good Lord willing and the Creek don't rise, which it is doing now, we are supposed to meet friends for dinner, and then see a Three Dog Night concert. We are all the same age, so we will reminisce together. I have seen them a couple of times, so we will see who is left from the original group.

 

[Pearl]

Wow Sonya, that's so strange they just up and left!! You may never know why!! Heading outside to feed Buddy and do some storm pick up! Both my cleaning jobs had no electricity as of last night, if it's back on I'm going to work! Have to work all weekend so I'll have to squeeze them in if not. Will find out shortly!!

 

[sonya123]

They could of moved to another church district. If there's problems with the church, the amish don't cause a fuss, they move to a district that they agree with. For instance, if they are in a district that is getting lenient with things they allow....cell phones, tractor tires, rubber buggy tires, etc....and they do not agree as a family, then they would move. The Old Order amish do this, but I don't know about the modern amish. It seems that they would of had a farm sale or something before the move. I doubt it was you offending them. Maybe an elderly family member somewhere else needed their farm run. That happens alot, and then the elderly person would live in a small house on the property, and the younger ones would take over the farm.

Thanks for the explanation. That's possible. The old order Amish are still here, it's the ones with the tractors, electric and even some cars that are gone. Maybe that is exactly it. Maybe they had issues with the old order Amish that do not have any of those things. I hope someone that will cut the hay and sell it will move there...that was our best hay we have had and right next door, plus they always had everyone help load it . These people were good neighbors and I will miss them. First our friends down the road, now these people are gone....( we still keep in touch with the friends but they are no longer farmers)
I am surprised how often people move around here. I thought people in rural areas would stay put

Btw: we were told by someone non Amish that the old order Amish guy that sold us the property had an argument within the church and that is why he sold it outside their community....

 

[jishinsjourney]

Doing some sewing today — I have a quilt my grandma made that needs a sleeve so I can hang it up. Plus a talk with the financial guy, whee.

 

[kenv1950]

best $12.00 I've spent , one of those buttons you put around your neck that sounds an alarm in my house from my mothers house.
It was going off this morning , mom fell and broke her wrist . Called 911 because with my back I couldn't help her , I requested UHS hospital and when they got here they said we're not aloud to take anyone there , so I told the guy pack his stuff up and leave and he came back with
(wait, let me make a call) they took her to the UHS hospital . I'm sick and tired of the lawyers that control these hospitals , NO pain meds no permanent cast , Now I have to drive 180 mi. for someone to put a permanent cast on.
Pain meds , I really don't think a 97 yr. old is going to get addicted
Maybe I should have put this in the RANT thread

 

[Weedygarden]

best $12.00 I've spent , one of those buttons you put around your neck that sounds an alarm in my house from my mothers house.
It was going off this morning , mom fell and broke her wrist . Called 911 because with my back I couldn't help her , I requested UHS hospital and when they got here they said we're not aloud to take anyone there , so I told the guy pack his stuff up and leave and he came back with
(wait, let me make a call) they took her to the UHS hospital . I'm sick and tired of the lawyers that control these hospitals , NO pain meds no permanent cast , Now I have to drive 180 mi. for someone to put a permanent cast on.
Pain meds , I really don't think a 97 yr. old is going to get addicted

Sometimes, dealing with medical stuff is so challenging! They seem to have made so many hoops for a person to jump through.

 

[Wingnut]

Slow day here, dunno why I feel so lazy, I didn't party or anything last night... I have a lot of home rehab work to do in the months ahead, so I'm just gonna enjoy a restful day with the cats. Weather is nice too, but I saw in the NOAA forecast that temps will be even higher next week, in the 70s most likely, so that will be a good time to ride the bike. Had to solve a problem with my bank card yesterday, I tried to buy something online and the transaction failed three times, evidently that triggered a fraud alert and restricted my card... meh, an inconvenience, but better safe than sorry, I suppose. I did find a BBQ cover at Lowe's, this one is thicker than the cheap Chinese one I had before, that Chinese cover got ripped to shreds by the howling winds, so I tossed it in the trash bin, lol. Well, I better get on these dishes and grab a late shower, I'm really dragging @$$ today, though I feel alright, just not motivated, lol.

 

[The Lazy L]

Recovering from the Crud. Wife is coming down with now.

 

[The Lazy L]

… so how much is reasonable to spend? Does anyone have any recommendations on an inexpensive solution?

Save 10%, donate 10% to church/charity and live on the 80%.

 

[Amish Heart]

Yep, Sonya, I've seen that happen about selling farms. Usually things don't hit the market around here. I guess my grandparents house sold again, and I didn't even know it was for sale. If someone from another area is marrying someone here, and they're planning on living here (usually the girl stays put, but not always), then people are on the lookout for a place for them. When an Old Order moves because of church from one community to another, they try to do it without insult, and just think of another reason. My cousin Harry Wayne did that ten years ago. Moved to a more strict Old Order community that was very small, started with five families was all (Marysville, KS). His nephew Dale and family went, too. They owned our farm years back. But Harry has since moved back since he missed his grandkids here, and Dale stayed, but comes and visits often. We had all sorts of people looking for us when we announced we wanted to be here, so actually had two places to consider. That was, after we were vetted. I don't know how the english sell around here, I guess with a realtor, but there's never even anything for sale. We have three church districts here, and they're all a little different. We live in the "middle district". My favorite cousin is about 5 miles away and is in another district.
Went to mom's old apartment in assisted living and got more of her clothes tagged with her initials, found her compression stockings, and little granddaughter put together a small jewelry box of her fancy earrings she likes. We brought them to her new place, and also sat in while she had her dementia testing. Then visited with her. Afternoon animal chores done, and just need to get cleaned up to go to the amish school benefit dinner and auction. We'll have pulled pork, lots of sides, and pie and ice cream for dessert. We'll visit with family and neighbors, and little granddaughter will run around with the other kids.

 

[Spikedriver]

Haven't been too productive today, but I've done a couple things. Went to my church's coffee shop this morning. The elderly lady who had asked me to take out the shop's garbage on the day I fell and got my concussion was working. She was very apologetic about it. I told her not to worry about it. Then she was taking out the garbage today, and one of the bags leaked all over the coffee shop, the kitchen, and part of the sanctuary floor. Some customers came in while she was trying to get the mop ready. I told her I'd clean it up while she tended to the customers. She said not to hit my head while mopping. If we weren't in a church I would've cussed her out for saying that...

 

[Proud Prepper]

I expanded my vegetable garden. Cleaned out the drainage ditches on my property, getting it ready for heavy rains.

 

[ABR]

Worked then got some stuff done on the coop that I'm building. Tomorrow will be a Home Depot and McCoys run and hopefully I'll be finished by Sunday evening.

 

[Peanut]

An eventful day… After the storm blew through at 11am the sun came out. That’s when the power went off.

A week ago I started the generator for a test run. I had 2 problems. The battery was dead so I hung a charger on it of a while. When it started it’d barely run. It was flooding. I shut it down then started it again, it ran fine. I let it run about a half hour to recharge the battery then shut it down normally. Afterwards it started and ran normally again.

Today the generator battery was dead once again, and the power was off so I used my truck to jump it. Had to be careful, over 3 inches of rain in the last 3 days. I backed my truck across my front yard so I could pull forward to the corner of the porch where the generator is located. Made it fine, the ground supported my truck without issue.

I jumped the generator but it would not stay running, same flooding issue. I think a piece of trash was holding the float open in the carb. Nothing I could do about that at the moment but I could go get a new battery.

Now for the fun part… I got my truck stuck in my front yard!!! It would do nothing but spin. Why it backed in without spinning... but not drive out???

Well, crap. Now I needed one of the tractors to get my truck out. Except… Dad, bless his heart, he’s been playing musical batteries between tractors and trucks for a year. We have 3 bad ones currently. Every time I tell him I’ll get new batteries he gets upset and insists it’s not necessary. So I waited.

The only good battery left was in my truck and it’s a swap. I have no idea what he did with the good interstate battery I put in my truck last year. He has no idea where he put it either. Since I couldn’t start either tractor, my truck is still sitting in the front yard.

I manged to get his car started then went to town for batteries, $500 dollars worth. Got a new one for the generator too. It fired up and ran fine. I got a new battery on the big tractor, got it running. When the yard dries out a little I’ll use it to pull out my truck.

It’s 7:15pm, I forgot to thaw out something for dinner… the crappy day continues.

 

[Hooch]

Long day..
Small walk with the dogs..
Take off to onterio to do a supply run..
Work calls n they want to start up tonight n want me in.
Reminded work I planned on getting taxes done ..they remembered..how about tomorrow's crew then? Uggh..Ok I say
The plan was monday start up..not the weekend..but that's how they roll..
Back up to weiser to do taxes..
Gal screwed up n scheduled me for the onterio or office..gah..
Back down to onterio for taxes..
Back up to weiser to do last supply stop then drive a hour home.
Get a call from work they blew a drive system so..no work tomorrow ..not sure about monday but be ready..oh n I'm on nights again.
Get home..walk the dogs, unload n really glad I dont have to go in tomorrow but bummer about the drive system..hopefully we have the parts..

 

[Heartbroken]

More wind and snow coming in tonight. Forecast has been all over the place but now the 10" of snow is down to 6", followed by rain. Ugh. I'd rather have it all as snow.
Peanut have you considered a battery tender for the generator? I could never get a battery to keep working on mine. Then my Husband put a new battery in it and hooked up a battery tender. He also put a light in the generator shed that comes on when the power goes out. God bless him, when that first power outage happened after he passed away, and I was able to just go out there and turn the key on the generator instead of fighting with the pull start, it was like he was taking care of me from heaven.
Stacked firewood on the porch and in the front hall, made a pot of chicken soup. and tromped around in the drifts with the guy from Edison discussing how he's NOT going to cut down the trees in my yard, only trim them.

 

[Hooch]

This was last nights circus here..

Eariler I scored on some dog beef bones from the local butcher. I put them in my igloo cooler I have on the back porch to thaw just a tad. They had been in deep freezer n I had to hammer off two bones. So I wanted them to thaw a tad so I could separate them n put them in my chest freezers.
So..I'm about to go fetch them around 7 last night. I hear a frantic scratching shuffling sound comming from the back porch area. I go investigate n it comming from inside the cooler!
I'm thinking maybe one of my semi ferel kitties somehow managed to open the top n get shut in. I open the top n I surprised, its surprised..the fluffiest skunk I've seen yet. Just as I'm slamming the lid down , swearing a few choice words..I hear the poofy squish..smell the gag inducing rank.

I take a breath, grab the handle n slide it off my porch as fast as I could into the yard. I go in the barn, grab my sledge, have it onto my sled n ..start heading to the road.

..its snowing..its dark..I have a trapped skunk in my cooler. If I let it out n try to shoot it I'll probably get sprayed..I'm standing in my road in the dark n snow like..damb...only that really wasnt the word I had in my head.
I finally decide to load up the cooler in my truck. I take it for a ride down my road where it's far from houses n a deep ditch. I chuck the who thing in the ditch, the top came off n skunky made a run for it. I leaped in my truck so I wouldn't get sprayed n I will wait a week or so n go fetch my trash. Just let it air out a tad..before a dump run.
I've never had skunk issues..occasionally they pass through but we do have more neighbors in the hood now.
A glass of wine or two ended my evening..lol

 

[Hooch]

Oh @Pearl ..geese today..

 

[Magpie]

Getting ready for some cold weather and reading Raymond Carver between bouts of writing. Spent last night watching permaculture videos and planning to make towers in the poly for more strawberries out of plastic bottles.

 

[INresponse]

This was last nights circus here..

Eariler I scored on some dog beef bones from the local butcher. I put them in my igloo cooler I have on the back porch to thaw just a tad. They had been in deep freezer n I had to hammer off two bones. So I wanted them to thaw a tad so I could separate them n put them in my chest freezers.
So..I'm about to go fetch them around 7 last night. I hear a frantic scratching shuffling sound comming from the back porch area. I go investigate n it comming from inside the cooler!
I'm thinking maybe one of my semi ferel kitties somehow managed to open the top n get shut in. I open the top n I surprised, its surprised..the fluffiest skunk I've seen yet. Just as I'm slamming the lid down , swearing a few choice words..I hear the poofy squish..smell the gag inducing rank.

I take a breath, grab the handle n slide it off my porch as fast as I could into the yard. I go in the barn, grab my sledge, have it onto my sled n ..start heading to the road.

..its snowing..its dark..I have a trapped skunk in my cooler. If I let it out n try to shoot it I'll probably get sprayed..I'm standing in my road in the dark n snow like..damb...only that really wasnt the word I had in my head.
I finally decide to load up the cooler in my truck. I take it for a ride down my road where it's far from houses n a deep ditch. I chuck the who thing in the ditch, the top came off n skunky made a run for it. I leaped in my truck so I wouldn't get sprayed n I will wait a week or so n go fetch my trash. Just let it air out a tad..before a dump run.
I've never had skunk issues..occasionally they pass through but we do have more neighbors in the hood now.
A glass of wine or two ended my evening..lol

Well dang, that stinks.

 

[Pearl]

Working.....all weekend! I am going to have to make sure I have days off soon because mowing season is upon me!! Just had one of my older clients move to assisted living, and another is going to have to, she can't safely live alone anymore! That will open my schedule up a little, aiming at Fridays and Saturdays off soon!! Today a couple I help are getting new windows in their bedroom, rest of the house has them already. I'm moving some furniture out of the way and cleaning before I move it back. This is a couple I do odd jobs for, they have a gal who cleans (kind of) for them. They have used her a long time and don't want to fire her, so I pick up her slack. They pay me right so whatever!! Going to be a pretty afternoon, hope everyone has a great Saturday!!

 

[Tommyice]

Cold, wet, raining here today. So that puts the kibosh on any garden prep. I did plan on gathering all the fallen branches/twigs today. Repairing the little greenhouse (wind picked it up and tossed it and in the process broke two of the base tubes holding it together. Just general clean up.

So now...I'm planning on baking bread and maybe cleaning out one of the armoire closets. Definitely combing and spinning some more of the romney fleece.

 

[dademoss]

Yardwork is out, 2.8 inches of rain yesterday. I'm thinking Saturday morning cartoons, then I'll put a rear end into a recliner and read.

 

[sonya123]

It rained all day yesterday and the horrible wind was back last night but not quite as bad as last time, Nothing got damaged as far as I can see.

Peanut: stupid question, why does your generator have a battery? Our 2 don't. Is that to start them ( like push a button instead of pulling the rope thing)?

Amish thanks again for your explanation , just still a little surprised they didn't even say bye. The Amish church leader here is our neighbor. His sons are living there too and are really nice and one of the few families that actually tries to take care of their animals well which I totally respect.
So another stupid question, are you still Amish ,or "modern Amish" or not any of it?

Today we are as usual taking care of the animals and I might do some laundry.

 

[Amish Heart]

Nope, not amish. This is my family's community. Mom left the community, total rebel, moved to California with a soldier husband she met at 15, had three kids immediately (not me), moved to California. Divorced. Got pregnant with me, did marry the guy for a couple years, passed me off as adopted to my amishMenno grandparents here. Grandma's side had converted to Old Order Mennonite, Grandpa's side had stayed Old Order Amish. We've got a mix in our community now, and the modern Amish are called Beachy Amish. And then there's strict Mennonite like the Old Order, and then there's not strict like me. My favorite cousin is Old Order Amish. Our community here is fairly lenient compared to some. No shunning. Tractor use on the road like a car. Cell phones.

 

[snappy1]

Good morning!

Yesterday, DH and I ran to town. Lowe's, Aldi, O'Reilley's, Dollar General, Thrift store.
Also, made appointment for deep tissue massage. Hope that helps the pinched nerve in my shoulder.
Came home and made those sausages stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon. I have to wrap and freeze half of them as I have bloodwork coming up and don't need to be eating anything to raise cholesterol.

Rescue removed the live traps yesterday. I went to check the area last night and the last pup is still there. Had eaten all the food left and growled at me. LOL I'm glad it is alive and hope they come up with a plan to save it. Probably put out the traps again.

Today, I will go to a rummage sale this morning.
Walk.
Get all copies of important papers- or originals- to put in safe deposit box in case our house disappears.
Make banana pudding for DH.

 

[Morgan101]

Rain is gone and the sun is shining albeit cold. Temps in the 30's. I may go out and pound some golf balls into oblivion.

The Three Dog Night concert was a lot of fun. All their old music, and one new song at the end that was very good. They aren't as pure as they used to be. Back in the day I loved their harmony. Danny Hutton is the only original member still with the group, and his son plays bass. His voice has lost a lot, but he is 80 years old. I hope I make it that far.

 

[Peanut]

Peanut have you considered a battery tender for the generator? I could never get a battery to keep working on mine. Then my Husband put a new battery in it and hooked up a battery tender.

I've found that if I run the generator every month a trickle charge isn't needed. Also, bought this generatoir in 2018. It was time to replace the battery. I'm happy it lasted 5yrs, they usually don't.

Peanut: stupid question, why does your generator have a battery? Our 2 don't. Is that to start them ( like push a button instead of pulling the rope thing)?

On average I lose power once per month. I'm not always home when that happens. Dad, at 89, can't start the generator with the pull cord. I got a deal on an 8kw Genrac generator in 2018. It has a starter. It relieves me of having to be home every time a storm cloud appears on the horizon. I keep the generator on the end of my 50ft front porch behind hedges so it can't be seen from the road. Dad can start it and plug in his power cord with out issue. (2story duplex)

I ran a heavy power cord and mounted it in semi-permanent fashion. Can't see the generator and the power cord to the upstairs duplex is always ready.

 

[Peanut]

The old red generator still runs fine but... the gas tank valve cracked and fuel pours out. Very old plastic. I check craigs list and make periodic calls to a couple scrap yards but haven't found a replacement tank yet.

 

[FarmOR]

The old red generator still runs fine but... the gas tank valve cracked and fuel pours out. Very old plastic. I check craigs list and make periodic calls to a couple scrap yards but haven't found a replacement tank yet.

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I've had success with fixing similar cracked plastic leaks using a hot glue gun. But you might wanna test your glue stick first by dipping it in gasoline to see if it is resistant enough? There's different types of glue sticks...