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I have no idea, but know she wasn't happy. I am glad it worked for everyone else.
What's everybody doing today?
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Lights below the bumper? On the Avalanche forum they were called Daytime Running Lamps. Yes, I have them. The cool thing on the forum was to change the bulbs to amber instead of white. I don't know what they are called but I can look into it. If I don't reply in a few days remind me. I am a few drinks past bedtime.
Running lights.
Meeting a good friend for lunch, then on to a meeting with my broker. See if he can talk my wife in off of the ledge. Stock market has not been good news.
Don't worry, Pearl. I have already done the dishes.
Don't worry, Pearl. I have already done the dishes.
Will walk first.
Clean stuff out of DH's car to get it detailed.
Already have laundry going.
Already put dog food away.
Will plant snap beans per Lady Locust.
Maybe ebay photos.
Weed flower bed at Church? Probably get pushed off to tomorrow.
Clean stuff out of DH's car to get it detailed.
Already have laundry going.
Already put dog food away.
Will plant snap beans per Lady Locust.
Maybe ebay photos.
Weed flower bed at Church? Probably get pushed off to tomorrow.
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I fell asleep before 11pm last night and didn't wake up until after 6:30am. Eyes are still blurry. Will have to get up and feed kitties. Already refilled their water.
I'm going to try to organize my bathroom a bit more today and get stuff up off the floor.
I'm going to try to organize my bathroom a bit more today and get stuff up off the floor.
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Daughter wants to take husband in for his lab work and bandage change, so our son will probably work with me butchering some turkeys. He also offered to take a load to the dump, so that'll be good. I took the two of them to visit mom, their grandma yesterday, but she didn't remember them. Not sure how long they're staying, but am thinking another couple of days.
Well then, have a great lunch!!
Running out the door to work. Will pick up a load of hay before coming home. So, I'll be unloading hay later!
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@Pearl lots of creepy crawlies this year, huh? Looks like I’ll have to call an exterminator today. I totally despise having to use that kind of stuff but might be time to call in the big guns. Termites are a possibility and quite common in the area. A co-worker said there are carpenter ants in her neighborhood.
A house’s central supporting beam was destroyed in the neighborhood where we lived back east forgot to add: by carpenter ants.
A house’s central supporting beam was destroyed in the neighborhood where we lived back east forgot to add: by carpenter ants.
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When I lived in the ol' beach cottage in Coronado, the termites were all that held it together, lol. If the termites had all split at once, the house would've come crashing down... 
Town run for steaks & beers... if I'm gonna tackle the rest of this kitchen renovation project, I gotta do it right, lol.
Already watered in the yard, still have wasps but there don't seem to be as many, hopefully nature is striking a balance and keeping the winged varmints in check.
Patchouli, I don't like using poison on my property either, for all the obvious reasons (but mainly the cats)... I had to nuke three ant nests with liquid poison recently, I pour the stuff right down the holes. Bad day for the ants...
I try to solve pest problems without using poison, but sometimes ya gotta bust out the hard stuff and engage in chemical warfare. I won't use poison anywhere near my fruit trees or garden veggies.
With ants in the high desert, it's virtually impossible to kill 'em all, you can knock 'em down for 2-3 weeks, but like a bad rash, they'll be back... the Terminator has NOTHIN' on these high desert ants, I assure you, lol.
Had TWO hummers appear as I was watering this morning, they hovered at the outer edge of the spray cone and took an aerial shower, lol... wish I could put their feeders back out, but the goldurned wasps are drawn to the sugar.
Town run for steaks & beers... if I'm gonna tackle the rest of this kitchen renovation project, I gotta do it right, lol.
Already watered in the yard, still have wasps but there don't seem to be as many, hopefully nature is striking a balance and keeping the winged varmints in check.
Patchouli, I don't like using poison on my property either, for all the obvious reasons (but mainly the cats)... I had to nuke three ant nests with liquid poison recently, I pour the stuff right down the holes. Bad day for the ants...
I try to solve pest problems without using poison, but sometimes ya gotta bust out the hard stuff and engage in chemical warfare. I won't use poison anywhere near my fruit trees or garden veggies.
With ants in the high desert, it's virtually impossible to kill 'em all, you can knock 'em down for 2-3 weeks, but like a bad rash, they'll be back... the Terminator has NOTHIN' on these high desert ants, I assure you, lol.
Had TWO hummers appear as I was watering this morning, they hovered at the outer edge of the spray cone and took an aerial shower, lol... wish I could put their feeders back out, but the goldurned wasps are drawn to the sugar.
Back to the grindstone today. After last week having the holiday, it feels like I have lots to do when in reality, I was just able to take a mental break from it over the weekend
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Putting the deck boards on the new chicken coop deck. We had a little shower this morning. Not enough to register in the rain gauge though.
Remember when I said a person would have to be hammered to see a dolphin in the high desert? Well, I was wrong, me beloved & dear departed mum had this dolphin key ring at the ol' hacienda in Coronado, and it's not really practical for pocket storage, so I keep it hangin' from the rearview mirror in 'The Mighty Camry'---just a subtle reminder of all the cool times I saw dolphins offshore while sailing, and even a few in the bay. Pics taken while stone cold sober, I might add...
That home in the background is really nice with all those pine trees, but it fronts right on US-54 south of town... there's a nice green lawn under those trees, the owner's water bill is probably much higher than mine, lol. There's a similar rancho nearby that has a stable for horses and everything, the horses like to hang their heads out in the breeze, aye? Here's an unrelated shot of my brand-new beer cozy, I'm test driving it as I key this message, lol. My old cozies are lookin' pretty thrashed, so I'm gonna gradually phase in some new ones by buying one here and there...
Just wanted to share those shots with y'all, as I'm NOT gonna be doing home rehab today, lol... I bought a bunch of meat for sale due to the "sell by" date on the packages, and I wanna cook it all up today and store it in the fridge. I don't mind buying meats that have reached their "sell by" date, some cuts actually taste better with a bit of aging, but I like to go ahead and cook 'em so the "first wave" of food-borne illness is aborted, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Trust Wingnut to buy edgy meats, lol... it's a Nietzschean thing! "THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL ME MAKES ME STRONGER!!!"
The lean ground beef doesn't look so bad, but the London Broil has aged a little, lol... no worries, I'm gonna cook it here pronto and make my own homemade version of carne asada burritos with chunks carved off the slab, aye? I have a hankerin' for carne asada with hot peppers, onion, vine-ripened tomato & guacamole, all wrapped up in a fresh flour tortilla with plenty of melted cheese... so the meat will actually be cooked twice, lol. First to rareness, then chunked up and added to the sauteed vegetables. I'll probably take a shot or two of rum while cooking, just to ensure safety, lol.
I'll probably cook the ground beef today as well, since I'm making pasta sauce with it and it won't hurt the sauce to sit in the fridge for a day or two, yeah? That way I can just reheat it and throw it on some pasta, which I'm also gonna cook today... so I have a pleasant afternoon of cooking ahead, punctuated by drinking, lol. Works for me!!! And it beats stinking home rehab work hands down, lol. I figure I'll man up and tackle the home rehab tomorrow... I'm living in 'Manana Land' here in Alamo, so it's okay to do this, lol. Gonna make like Zannej and be a "procrastinator" today, except in the kitchen!
That home in the background is really nice with all those pine trees, but it fronts right on US-54 south of town... there's a nice green lawn under those trees, the owner's water bill is probably much higher than mine, lol. There's a similar rancho nearby that has a stable for horses and everything, the horses like to hang their heads out in the breeze, aye? Here's an unrelated shot of my brand-new beer cozy, I'm test driving it as I key this message, lol. My old cozies are lookin' pretty thrashed, so I'm gonna gradually phase in some new ones by buying one here and there...
Just wanted to share those shots with y'all, as I'm NOT gonna be doing home rehab today, lol... I bought a bunch of meat for sale due to the "sell by" date on the packages, and I wanna cook it all up today and store it in the fridge. I don't mind buying meats that have reached their "sell by" date, some cuts actually taste better with a bit of aging, but I like to go ahead and cook 'em so the "first wave" of food-borne illness is aborted, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Trust Wingnut to buy edgy meats, lol... it's a Nietzschean thing! "THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL ME MAKES ME STRONGER!!!"
The lean ground beef doesn't look so bad, but the London Broil has aged a little, lol... no worries, I'm gonna cook it here pronto and make my own homemade version of carne asada burritos with chunks carved off the slab, aye? I have a hankerin' for carne asada with hot peppers, onion, vine-ripened tomato & guacamole, all wrapped up in a fresh flour tortilla with plenty of melted cheese... so the meat will actually be cooked twice, lol. First to rareness, then chunked up and added to the sauteed vegetables. I'll probably take a shot or two of rum while cooking, just to ensure safety, lol.
I'll probably cook the ground beef today as well, since I'm making pasta sauce with it and it won't hurt the sauce to sit in the fridge for a day or two, yeah? That way I can just reheat it and throw it on some pasta, which I'm also gonna cook today... so I have a pleasant afternoon of cooking ahead, punctuated by drinking, lol. Works for me!!! And it beats stinking home rehab work hands down, lol. I figure I'll man up and tackle the home rehab tomorrow... I'm living in 'Manana Land' here in Alamo, so it's okay to do this, lol. Gonna make like Zannej and be a "procrastinator" today, except in the kitchen!
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WHOA! that's skilled labor wages!
25 years ago...
The red dye hasn't been re-applied. Check the packaged on date and give it the sniff test. If it looks dry on the surface and not wet, there is no reason not to cook it up, but than again, some of us have stronger constitutions. Waste not, want not.Remember when I said a person would have to be hammered to see a dolphin in the high desert? Well, I was wrong, me beloved & dear departed mum had this dolphin key ring at the ol' hacienda in Coronado, and it's not really practical for pocket storage, so I keep it hangin' from the rearview mirror in 'The Mighty Camry'---just a subtle reminder of all the cool times I saw dolphins offshore while sailing, and even a few in the bay. Pics taken while stone cold sober, I might add...
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That home in the background is really nice with all those pine trees, but it fronts right on US-54 south of town... there's a nice green lawn under those trees, the owner's water bill is probably much higher than mine, lol. There's a similar rancho nearby that has a stable for horses and everything, the horses like to hang their heads out in the breeze, aye? Here's an unrelated shot of my brand-new beer cozy, I'm test driving it as I key this message, lol. My old cozies are lookin' pretty thrashed, so I'm gonna gradually phase in some new ones by buying one here and there...
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Just wanted to share those shots with y'all, as I'm NOT gonna be doing home rehab today, lol... I bought a bunch of meat for sale due to the "sell by" date on the packages, and I wanna cook it all up today and store it in the fridge. I don't mind buying meats that have reached their "sell by" date, some cuts actually taste better with a bit of aging, but I like to go ahead and cook 'em so the "first wave" of food-borne illness is aborted, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Trust Wingnut to buy edgy meats, lol... it's a Nietzschean thing! "THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL ME MAKES ME STRONGER!!!"
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The lean ground beef doesn't look so bad, but the London Broil has aged a little, lol... no worries, I'm gonna cook it here pronto and make my own homemade version of carne asada burritos with chunks carved off the slab, aye? I have a hankerin' for carne asada with hot peppers, onion, vine-ripened tomato & guacamole, all wrapped up in a fresh flour tortilla with plenty of melted cheese... so the meat will actually be cooked twice, lol. First to rareness, then chunked up and added to the sauteed vegetables. I'll probably take a shot or two of rum while cooking, just to ensure safety, lol.
I'll probably cook the ground beef today as well, since I'm making pasta sauce with it and it won't hurt the sauce to sit in the fridge for a day or two, yeah? That way I can just reheat it and throw it on some pasta, which I'm also gonna cook today... so I have a pleasant afternoon of cooking ahead, punctuated by drinking, lol. Works for me!!! And it beats stinking home rehab work hands down, lol. I figure I'll man up and tackle the home rehab tomorrow... I'm living in 'Manana Land' here in Alamo, so it's okay to do this, lol. Gonna make like Zannej and be a "procrastinator" today, except in the kitchen!
It's a thick slab: once I cook it to rareness, then chunk it up and sautee it with the hot peppers, onion, tomato, etc, it'll be fine... I plan on partying today anyway, so there'll be enough alcohol in my system to kill ANYTHING, lol. Said by the same hand who used to eat dog meat tacos after midnight on street corners in Tijuana, B.C., Mexico... with drunken friends, of course, lol. Ah, those dog meat tacos! Or whatever else they scraped off the roads in the form of road kill, lol...
I'd already have it pounded flat with the spine of my cooking Bowie knife, rubbed in minced garlic and peppers, and sizzling in a mix of clarified butter and mushrooms with
a bacon strip for flavor!
a bacon strip for flavor!
He’s been on a construction site since he could walk probably should be getting $25!
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Got the two turkeys done and chilling. That tom was about 25 lbs. And these were heritage breed. I'll let them chill two days, then put them in the grinder.
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Did laundry, took new vehicle to get it checked out just to see if and what all is wrong with it. Went shopping. Starting 1 week diet tomorrow
Had an easy day at work for once. We spent the morning ripping apart track panels. Then we took a lunch that may or may not have lasted a bit longer than the allotted time. After lunch we had to go back and re-line the rails on one of the track panels we installed the other day. The surfacing gang's equipment couldn't make it perfectly straight due some irregular conditions on site. So we pulled the spikes on 12 ties and lined the rails over an inch or so, by hand. No big deal. After that 3 of us had to stack a pallet of drinking water bottles in our job trailer by hand. That was the hardest work of the day! 
Not sure what tomorrow will bring yet, but it's my last day of work before 6 days off...
Not sure what tomorrow will bring yet, but it's my last day of work before 6 days off...
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Worked on cleaning, laundry, business stuff.
Watched the silly squirrels
out back. Poor things can’t even cool down. Birds visited the feeders and baths. Earlier I took off the bag from the mower that catches yard trimmings, plugged the thingy. Lol. Will work on the backyard eventually.
Have decided to get a leaf blower/vac. Looking for opinions on those. Would probably prefer an electric cordless one.
Watched the silly squirrels
out back. Poor things can’t even cool down. Birds visited the feeders and baths. Earlier I took off the bag from the mower that catches yard trimmings, plugged the thingy. Lol. Will work on the backyard eventually. Have decided to get a leaf blower/vac. Looking for opinions on those. Would probably prefer an electric cordless one.
Spent most of the day resting. Went out late this afternoon and got the last side window deflector off the truck. Now I can dry fit the new ones for the front doors and mark them for cutting. I'm gonna have to cut the front lower corners where the side mirror panels are located. Gonna use my dremel tool with a cutting wheel, just take off a corner for a better fit.
Any one ever use Mitchell One DIY? it's a data base of vehicles, any year. They have the wiring schematics, factory repair/replace procedures, drawings, tech bulletins for 1000's of cars and trucks going back to 1985. I had an account with them years ago and found it very useful, a lot better than a chilton manuel.
Today I signed up for a year ($40) for my silverado. They have a one month account ($20), one year and 5yr accounts. If you need help with just one repair $20 isn't a bad price. I have several on going repairs, gonna take more than a month or 2.
Edit to add... here's the menu for my silverado. Links are in blue for subcategories. This is the kind of info I can use for a year...
Any one ever use Mitchell One DIY? it's a data base of vehicles, any year. They have the wiring schematics, factory repair/replace procedures, drawings, tech bulletins for 1000's of cars and trucks going back to 1985. I had an account with them years ago and found it very useful, a lot better than a chilton manuel.
Today I signed up for a year ($40) for my silverado. They have a one month account ($20), one year and 5yr accounts. If you need help with just one repair $20 isn't a bad price. I have several on going repairs, gonna take more than a month or 2.
Edit to add... here's the menu for my silverado. Links are in blue for subcategories. This is the kind of info I can use for a year...
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Just heard from my daughter. She bought a new car, two actually. One is a Ford Explorer and the other is a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Next she'll buy 2 sets studded tires and 2 sets of chains for winter.
Been busy working here.
Our daughter moved back up from CA. Thank goodness. She’s enrolled in the community college, foregoing volleyball so that she can finish pre med classes.
We moved her into her apt in town today and then went to work on the root cellar. We are also trying to get our storage containers all organized. That’s been a mess.
Had a burst of rain here today which was nice and it hasn’t been too hot, so perfect for moving. Thankfully her stuff filled a studio apt and it wasn’t too bad to move her, not like our move out here!
I have 2 more days off before I have to go back to work, really needed more than 3 days off this time around.
Our daughter moved back up from CA. Thank goodness. She’s enrolled in the community college, foregoing volleyball so that she can finish pre med classes.
We moved her into her apt in town today and then went to work on the root cellar. We are also trying to get our storage containers all organized. That’s been a mess.
Had a burst of rain here today which was nice and it hasn’t been too hot, so perfect for moving. Thankfully her stuff filled a studio apt and it wasn’t too bad to move her, not like our move out here!
I have 2 more days off before I have to go back to work, really needed more than 3 days off this time around.
Crazy day at work. Had 2 meetings done by 930. Finally got to check email and found we hd 4 breakdowns to figure out. 3 were fixed before we left. Last one will be first thing we do tomorrow. Then gotta tear a station down and relocate it about 100 yards. Then start planning 2 other nig jobs thats coming up.
Got home and probably made Lady Locust happy, ran the damn weedeater for an hour and a half. It been raining so much it had grown almost knee high in 2 weeks. No way to mow that. Ugh
Finally got to sit on the porch and enjoy some quite time with the wifebandba cigar
Got home and probably made Lady Locust happy, ran the damn weedeater for an hour and a half. It been raining so much it had grown almost knee high in 2 weeks. No way to mow that. Ugh
Finally got to sit on the porch and enjoy some quite time with the wifebandba cigar
Not supposed to rain tomorrow.
Shopping, then traction. LOL
Shopping, then traction. LOL
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Changing subject. Did your son go to FFA state convention? Always highlight for my girls to go.
A quick funny: I’ve always disliked weedeating also. When we were up the mountain, it was an acre so lots of yard and mowing. I finally got grass pulled enough that it quit growing in the 4” around the pump house so I could mow it easily and it was clean and done. Hubby noticed there was no grass growing around it and thought it was dying so seeded without telling me
