What's everybody doing today?

[snappy1]

Going to walk, shortly.
Then pick up friend with 2 cats to have spayed.
Will spend several hours in town waiting to pick up cats. Hopefully will get some things accomplished.
Once home, I will get DH and vote.
Catch up on what DH needs.

I'm tired. 4.5 hours sleep. Yawn

 

[zannej]

I wiped down more counters, spread diatomaceous earth, went to walmart for RX and more salads. Popped in to visit my friend & his fiance showed me her new sewing machine. It can sew through fabric that has been folded up to 12x. Got back home & cooked dinner. Went to put away leftovers and found my brother had eaten the rest.
Having trouble getting images to load bc my ISP is sucking.
Currently curled up with a bunch of kitties. I woke up around 3:30am and was too hot. Had to go mess around with the thermostat and change the settings again so now "automatic" shows up as an option for heat/cold. It wouldn't work through the online portal.
I'm going to try to get back to sleep now that it has cooled down a bit.

 

[Amish Heart]

Going out to do the animals shortly, then leave late morning to take husband to get his eye done. He is not happy not being allowed coffee or water this morning. That'll take most of the day, we'll see what else can happen later.

 

[Lenny]

Great to hear!
I had cataract surgery and I have 20-20 vision. I'm 76.

By the way, do you know that 10% of Japanese have cataracts?
The rest have Toyotas and Hondas!

DON'T DELETE ME! LOL

 

[Tommyice]

Going to vote for my local tyrant this morning then on to work.

 

[winds-of-change]

My Nana was 100% Sicilian. We always had pasta sauce from scratch. The recipe was pretty similar but I think she added a bay leaf or two and a bit of sugar. My pantry staple is Prego traditional.

My Hubby said he saw a small scorpion crawl under a cedar chest I have in our bedroom. We never did find it.

Found it! Going to release it back outside today.

 

[dademoss]

Cat Care shift, then hung the blind in the exam room. Voted, Walmart for a house mounted flag for the new house, voted, picked um my reflective address sign for the new house. Took my shower, now it's time to relax a little, then pull more stuff out for the donation center.

 

[hashbrown]

I got Alex her own buggy today
to use around the place and she can use it when showing property and Farms.

 

[Amish Heart]

Finally got husband home and settled. He was ready to eat and have coffee. Long day already. Tomorrow will be another. But glad he got it done.

 

[UrbanHunter]

The wife has been cleaning up her sewing room, she has decades of patterns and book shelves full of bolts of fabric... She in fussing about getting rid of the stuff, but it seems like people don't sew like they did 30 years ago... sad state of affairs.

 

[UrbanHunter]

I got Alex her own buggy today
to use around the place and she can use it when showing property and Farms.

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Looks like it needs a wench, looks like it has the bracket already. :0

 

[Mountain trapper]

Not feeling good today. Just did chores and now splitting firewood. The sun is out now and high temp is 36 degs. I'm going to split some more logs, park the gooseneck trailer, get the tractor out of the barn, then I'm going back to bed.

 

[hashbrown]

Looks like it needs a wench, looks like it has the bracket already. :0

It will get a wench, I didn’t want to pay the price for one at the dealer.

 

[Magus]

I went shopping, So did everybody else in Dalton. Is there something going on I missed?

How do I trap an Armadillo? the damn things carry leprosy!

 

[hashbrown]

I went shopping, So did everybody else in Dalton. Is there something going on I missed?

How do I trap an Armadillo? the damn things carry leprosy!

We set a motion detector hooked up to a radio in the house. When the radio goes off in the night we get up and shoot them.

 

[LadyLocust]

My mom’s family is from Sicily and Calabria, and my dad’s is from Asti, with just a smidge of Portuguese. We’re all Italian all the time over here — though we draw the line at lasagna for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We do have some traditional foods we do for Christmas eve (baccalá pasta, anchovy-breadcrumb pasta, broccoli-cauliflower salad) and cannoli are required, though my grandma does not make the shells any more. They were a lot of work, but no one could ever match the spectacular thinness and deliciousness, and how beautifully they shattered if they were the ones she made.

Thanksgiving dinner is a wonderfully complicated four-day-long cooking festival that starts with working a gigantic stockpot of turkey wings down into a demi-glace for the gravy, brining the bird for three days, and grilling it on the BBQ. Stuffing is focaccia with wild mushrooms. It is all to die for.

@Weedygarden It’s hard to imagine growing up without pasta on the table. I think we had it at least once a week growing up, plus leftovers for the next day or two! My family was never very meat-and-potatoes. We did chicken, turkey, and fish, but pork and beef were pretty rare. Lots of veggies, lots of salads, lots of good bread. Mmmm.

I am also Italian and Portuguese but food-wise we had more of the Portuguese fare. It's all good

 

[Neb]

It will get a winch, I didn’t want to pay the price for one at the dealer.

Fixed it for you.

I got one from Harbor Freight and had them install before delivery.

Note
The winch has a parasitic drain on the battery so I keep a trickle charger on it.

Ben

 

[ABR]

Went to the cemetery to visit my SO. It was 6 months on Friday. My first time there since right after the funeral. It still doesn't feel real. I need to make the effort to go more often and just sit and talk to him. It's a little under 2hrs one way. Took him a fresh beer and some little rocks and shells that I collected. It'll be at least another 6 months before everything is settled enough to put a headstone.

My sister met me out there. I didn't know how I would react this first time and thought it best not to be alone. Afterward we had lunch in town before she headed home.

 

[Neb]

Today I used fire retardant to caulk and the conduit through the cinder block wall. Then opened the box for the generator and sure enough, the manual wasn't in there. Went 5hrough the file cabinet and found it. Read same cover to cover. I have to pick-up a bunch of oil and do the final assembly and get a battery for it.

Paper work shows I bought it 13 years ago for $600. That was the year we were snowed without power for days on end. The generator should be able to run the furnace since it is gas.

Then I was to visit the granddaughter for Algebra tutor time.

Then back home to order a Algebra work book. Making up multi step Algebra problems on 5he fly ain't easy. Granddaughter's head almost exploded when the price of "Ben Bars" worked to $1.328!

Behave

Ben

 

[Patchouli]

Went to the cemetery to visit my SO. It was 6 months on Friday. My first time there since right after the funeral. It still doesn't feel real. I need to make the effort to go more often and just sit and talk to him. It's a little under 2hrs one way. Took him a fresh beer and some little rocks and shells that I collected. It'll be at least another 6 months before everything is settled enough to put a headstone.

My sister met me out there. I didn't know how I would react this first time and thought it best not to be alone. Afterward we had lunch in town before she headed home.

Sending hugs. I know it’s an empty feeling, was for me anyway.

 

[Peanut]

How do I trap an Armadillo? the damn things carry leprosy!

Nothing worse than an armadillo den in a hayfield. Hit one and it'll throw you off a tractor or shorten your spine a couple inches... (hurts like #$%$#). The good news, dillo's are effectively blind, they can't see you sneaking up. But, their nose and ears work fine, and worse, they use more than one den. I use steel traps, set one in the entrance of every den I can find. Takes a few days but i get them...
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Another day of rest, I badly over did it last week. Since i was away from home i had to eat in town everyday. That always makes me feel bad. I do much better eating simple foods I cook at home. Getting plenty of that... No plans but tv...

 

[INresponse]

It will get a wench, I didn’t want to pay the price for one at the dealer.

Fixed it for you.

I got one from Harbor Freight and had them install before delivery.

Note
The winch has a parasitic drain on the battery so I keep a trickle charger on it.

Ben

I second the motion on Harbor Freight winches. Their Badlands winch is a great product and very reliable and capable.

As for the parasitic draw, although the large cables go through the relay and directly to the battery the 12 volt connection to the switch should be connected to keyed power, so when the key is off the switch is off, and when the key is on the switch is ready to go. The relay should not engage unless the switch sends it power.

 

[LadyLocust]

Went to the cemetery to visit my SO. It was 6 months on Friday. My first time there since right after the funeral. It still doesn't feel real. I need to make the effort to go more often and just sit and talk to him. It's a little under 2hrs one way. Took him a fresh beer and some little rocks and shells that I collected. It'll be at least another 6 months before everything is settled enough to put a headstone.

My sister met me out there. I didn't know how I would react this first time and thought it best not to be alone. Afterward we had lunch in town before she headed home.

Glad sis was there with you. Sometimes someone just to give you a hug or crack a joke or ???? Whatever helps

 

[LadyLocust]

Today I used fire retardant to caulk and the conduit through the cinder block wall. Then opened the box for the generator and sure enough, the manual wasn't in there. Went 5hrough the file cabinet and found it. Read same cover to cover. I have to pick-up a bunch of oil and do the final assembly and get a battery for it.

Paper work shows I bought it 13 years ago for $600. That was the year we were snowed without power for days on end. The generator should be able to run the furnace since it is gas.

Then I was to visit the granddaughter for Algebra tutor time.

Then back home to order a Algebra work book. Making up multi step Algebra problems on 5he fly ain't easy. Granddaughter's head almost exploded when the price of "Ben Bars" worked to $1.328!

Behave

Ben

What kind of fire retardant?

 

[LadyLocust]

Just worked. Did a little better last night- went to bed at quarter to 8 and woke between 3:30-4.
I still have hives on my arms

 

[Heartbroken]

@Heartbroken how you doing? . Good to see you

Hey thanks Lady. Good to see yas too. Hope the hives go away!
Amish glad your husband has done well getting his eye surgery. Hope he heals quickly and enjoys the new vision!
Snappy glad your hubby is doing well.
ABR, hugs for you. I'm at day 676 and the emptiness is still overwhelming. I look at how hard I'm working on the new house and wonder why I bother.
Enjoy that pool, Pearl. This is what mine looks like now:

I've decided I don't have the energy or time to take it down and move it, so it's staying with the old house.
Been trying so hard to get moved; finally staying at the new house now. I don't understand how there is still so much stuff at the old house, I keep packing and hauling and packing and hauling....ugh. New house smells like chlorine, got the carpet ripped out of the bathroom and those horrid evil tack strips removed. Painted the floor with some cheap porch paint just to seal it so I could live with it for now. Then I scrubbed and bleached everything very thoroughly before finally taking my first shower in the new place. Still fighting with pulling up carpet and evicting the tack strips in the rest of the house.
Mom's home from the hospital, doing well but not happy at the lack of energy and the constant hassle of trying to set up follow up appointments.
I am glad that the new house has hot water heat. That was one of my "hope for" list when I was house shopping. It's so warm and quiet, no drafts, and no sinus issues from dusty ducts.
I had a visitor my first night at the new place:

He put on quite a show, grunting and stamping and spraying and pawing the ground. Thrashed my poor apple tree with that headgear, too.

 

[Pearl]

Hey thanks Lady. Good to see yas too. Hope the hives go away!
Amish glad your husband has done well getting his eye surgery. Hope he heals quickly and enjoys the new vision!
Snappy glad your hubby is doing well.
ABR, hugs for you. I'm at day 676 and the emptiness is still overwhelming. I look at how hard I'm working on the new house and wonder why I bother.
Enjoy that pool, Pearl. This is what mine looks like now:
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I've decided I don't have the energy or time to take it down and move it, so it's staying with the old house.
Been trying so hard to get moved; finally staying at the new house now. I don't understand how there is still so much stuff at the old house, I keep packing and hauling and packing and hauling....ugh. New house smells like chlorine, got the carpet ripped out of the bathroom and those horrid evil tack strips removed. Painted the floor with some cheap porch paint just to seal it so I could live with it for now. Then I scrubbed and bleached everything very thoroughly before finally taking my first shower in the new place. Still fighting with pulling up carpet and evicting the tack strips in the rest of the house.
Mom's home from the hospital, doing well but not happy at the lack of energy and the constant hassle of trying to set up follow up appointments.
I am glad that the new house has hot water heat. That was one of my "hope for" list when I was house shopping. It's so warm and quiet, no drafts, and no sinus issues from dusty ducts.
I had a visitor my first night at the new place:
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He put on quite a show, grunting and stamping and spraying and pawing the ground. Thrashed my poor apple tree with that headgear, too.

Beautiful pictures!! Always great to see you here!!

 

[jishinsjourney]

Weedy and sonya: kraut was never a thing when I was growing up, and I don’t think I even saw it on a table until I was in my 30s. My husband’s mom likes it (unsure if to-excess or if she just likes yanking his chain), and actually I like it too, but he doesn’t, so I really never use it.

Kimchi is my jam if we’re talking fermented veggies. Yummmm. Love that stuff. (I am a heretic who thinks that kimchi is basically kraut with more complicated and spicy flavors …) He doesn’t like that either. Alas.

My family was always a sauce type, not a gravy type. I’d never heard of it being called gravy until I spent a few years in New England.

My day today involved making stock, roasted garlic, pickled daikon, and a pot of mixed beans so that I can make some bean soup later in the week. It’s theoretically supposed to snow tomorrow night, soup sounds good. Also PT and a ton of dishes.

Tomorrow’s gym time and the dentist and game night. Somewhere in there I need to at least clean the bathrooms, never mind the rest of the house, and squeeze all that roasted garlic so I can freeze it for use whenever.

 

[zannej]

I ended up cooking for Mom, feeding kitties, giving the dog heartworm meds, helping Mom give them flea meds, put bungee straps on the UPS to hold the basket on better, moved stuff around & got the old stinky computer back in to use as bait for the cats, moved stuff around in the hallway/kitchen so I could push the cat tree further out of the way. It kept getting bumped over and was sticking out in the way. Found the light that will go over the back door so I could look for the right sort of mounting bracket for it online, cleaned the toilet, watched how-to videos for home improvement stuff, and shopped for home improvement stuff.

Tomorrow is trash cleanup (I hope) & bringing in cases of water.

 

[Peanut]

Bucks haven't been making sign here. Been seeing something odd all summer though, even last week. Doe's moving in daylight, think i mentioned it before. Several times a month while driving i see them, almost weekly, very unusual. They almost never move in daylight unless disturbed. But this is wide spread, 100 miles of rural roads. I expect to see 5 or 6 a year, not often. But in these numbers? can't guess why either.