I thought of you!!
What's everybody doing today?
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Yeah I was kind of thinking the same thing. They were $40 for the pair so they're not too expensive. If they're any good I'll buy a few more. I need to keep one in the battery room to check the water level in the batteries and one in every vehicle.
Grumble…. Family stuff going on. Got mom moved to the rehab facility today. I had to drive her there myself. Came home and messed with the cows a bit. 2nd night below 20f on the way, running lots of gas heat. The house got so dry I had to find the humidifier. Took a while, stuffed in a box in the storage rm, don't think I used it last year. Anyway, got it going, still runs so I don’t have to buy another one.
Watching a ballgame on tv.
Watching a ballgame on tv.
Enjoy the game and get some rest.
The description on Amazon for the things certainly ticks all the boxes (well, except for the lumen rating). I would be interested to hear if they're any good. As if I need another flashlight...
Got all banana bread ingredients that I didn't already have, yesterday.
Today, I will walk or do video.
Walk dogs.
Pick up parking lot at Church after yesterday's Christmas parade.
Write ebay drafts.
Today, I will walk or do video.
Walk dogs.
Pick up parking lot at Church after yesterday's Christmas parade.
Write ebay drafts.
Cool, rainy day! Got a big to do list of inside tasks! Just came in from feeding Buddy and fixing fence. A young deer had her front legs through it. She got out as I approached and was able to jump the fence. Drinking coffee now, taking a break!!
We went to Alexandra’s office party last night at Top of the Rock.
Woke up, stretched a bit, decided to go put in a couple miles on the treadmill even though today is not a normal work out day, came back up to the apartment, turned on some holiday classics music, made some coffee, poured an XL cup, began to ponder how a little blonde woman can sleep so much, grabbed the old laptop, perused the net for a bit and found my way to the HCL forum to post memes, sarcasm, merriment and spit out some insight.
As soon as the blanket thief is up and ready we are heading to the square for the Holiday Bazaar pop-up event and then maybe, time permitting, will go check out the Christkindlmarket at the park. All of this, for me anyway, means carrying shopping bags while day drinking.
As soon as the blanket thief is up and ready we are heading to the square for the Holiday Bazaar pop-up event and then maybe, time permitting, will go check out the Christkindlmarket at the park. All of this, for me anyway, means carrying shopping bags while day drinking.
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Life is good! What better way to spend your time?
Great photos @hashbrown thank you for sharing - you both look smashing
Had a great day here- because the electricity went off.
Last night made an annual trip to see friends - they work in hospitals so aren't available at Christmas, had a great chat over pizzas and cider. Home after midnight, everything calm, but the electricity went off at 1.30amwhen the storm really picked up- but didn't hear a thing, and no damage here. Daughter was away for the night, and couldn't get home until lunchtime because of trees down, and a local town was cut off because of trees and abandoned cars. So this morning, had a lie in until 9, lit the pot belly and put on a pot of beef sausage, and pasta soup for tonights tea, kind of like a minestrone and garlic bread. Did some cleaning, prepped dinner for tomorrow and husband took son to his drivers theory exam- which he passed, so thats brilliant (he panics in exams because of his Asperger's).
Decorations up, husbands doing little chores around the house, putting up shelves etc and even better, I found the bank statements he swore he didn't have in his Gun Club file (he's treasurer) so I can do his accounts now also.
All because I couldn't turn on the computer until now.
and there is still a day left of the weekend... wrapping gifts and some knitting to do. Feeling like I'm on track again!
Had a great day here- because the electricity went off.
Last night made an annual trip to see friends - they work in hospitals so aren't available at Christmas, had a great chat over pizzas and cider. Home after midnight, everything calm, but the electricity went off at 1.30amwhen the storm really picked up- but didn't hear a thing, and no damage here. Daughter was away for the night, and couldn't get home until lunchtime because of trees down, and a local town was cut off because of trees and abandoned cars. So this morning, had a lie in until 9, lit the pot belly and put on a pot of beef sausage, and pasta soup for tonights tea, kind of like a minestrone and garlic bread. Did some cleaning, prepped dinner for tomorrow and husband took son to his drivers theory exam- which he passed, so thats brilliant (he panics in exams because of his Asperger's).
Decorations up, husbands doing little chores around the house, putting up shelves etc and even better, I found the bank statements he swore he didn't have in his Gun Club file (he's treasurer) so I can do his accounts now also.
All because I couldn't turn on the computer until now.
and there is still a day left of the weekend... wrapping gifts and some knitting to do. Feeling like I'm on track again!
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Animal chores done, pots in green houses readied for seeding for spinach tomorrow. Little granddaughter and I wagoned up firewood to restock the two porch racks. No fire today, going to hit 60 degrees hooray! She cleaned out woodburner and restocked it all inside. Getting ready to go dig out Christmas boxes...lights and ornaments from the big storage building. Getting a tree at Home Depot in the bigger town this afternoon. Little granddaughter has her first middle school dance this evening. She's going to want to do alot of primping and getting ready.
First dance, how awesome!! Looking forward to details!!
Finished a busy work week ..
Were on my favorite wood now..red fir!
Red fir smells so good..like pine sol. It's mostly dimension, meaning it's bigger cuts like 2x8, 2x6.1, 2x12. The weird sizes are for lam type stuff..
Anyways..it stacks eaiser n smells great.
Today started early. Already have some laundry, dishes, and dog food done.
After my coffee..I will take the pups on a nice walk..hit the holiday craft fare in town then return home n get stovie fired up.
It's been cold ..I'm usually above the inversions here. It might be sunny n cold and I look into the valley below n can watch a sea of fog ..but the last 2 days..this inversion layer has left its frozen fog on everything.
I feel bad for my birds..so last night I warmed up the leftovers they feast on at the end of my week plus the tortillas I give them. Warm birds tummy's to endure these temps..
Were on my favorite wood now..red fir!
Red fir smells so good..like pine sol. It's mostly dimension, meaning it's bigger cuts like 2x8, 2x6.1, 2x12. The weird sizes are for lam type stuff..
Anyways..it stacks eaiser n smells great.
Today started early. Already have some laundry, dishes, and dog food done.
After my coffee..I will take the pups on a nice walk..hit the holiday craft fare in town then return home n get stovie fired up.
It's been cold ..I'm usually above the inversions here. It might be sunny n cold and I look into the valley below n can watch a sea of fog ..but the last 2 days..this inversion layer has left its frozen fog on everything.
I feel bad for my birds..so last night I warmed up the leftovers they feast on at the end of my week plus the tortillas I give them. Warm birds tummy's to endure these temps..
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It started out nice and clear this morning, but then the fog moved it. It's a thick frozen fog. So today I'm going to rebuild one of the gates at the chicken coop and shorten it by 4 inches. That'll make it easier to open when the ground swells and the ice builds up. Then I'll put the sheeting on the new roof and roll out the tar paper. The wife decided she wants two sides of the deck to be sided, so I'll work on framing that today too. If I have time today I'll change oil in my Jeep and check the hours on the well pump generator. It may be due for an oil change too.
I finally got around to de-scaling the coffee maker. Our Keurig starts to nag you about de-scaling every three months. Which is way more than you need, especially here where we have very hard water. I think Keurig just wants to sell you more of their expensive de-scaling solution. But I just use citric acid powder mixed with water. That de-scales just as well, leaves no smell or taste like vinegar, and you know what it is as opposed to those "de-scaling solutions" which contain who-knows-what.
I set an alarm to de-scale again in 6 months (this time I made it a repeating alarm).
I set an alarm to de-scale again in 6 months (this time I made it a repeating alarm).
I'm cleaning both coffee pots (in the house) right now citric acid! I have 1 Tsp going through my Keurig, 2 Tsp through Hubby's coffee pot! I did the one in his shop last week! It works great!!I finally got around to de-scaling the coffee maker. Our Keurig starts to nag you about de-scaling every three months. Which is way more than you need, especially here where we have very hard water. I think Keurig just wants to sell you more of their expensive de-scaling solution. But I just use citric acid powder mixed with water. That de-scales just as well, leaves no smell or taste like vinegar, and you know what it is as opposed to those "de-scaling solutions" which contain who-knows-what.
I set an alarm to de-scale again in 6 months (this time I made it a repeating alarm).
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My BIL lives in town and that's what it looks like at his place too. We're usually above the fog here at 5,000 ft elevation.
I may have to try it with less citric acid if that's all you are using with good results.
I just mixed two quarts of water with four tablespoons of citric acid powder to nearly fill the external reservoir, and ran that through the Keurig. Followed by another two quarts of plain water for rinse. The de-scaling mode (per the users manual) wants you to fill the resevoir for each operation. I had written on my citric acid bag "1 to 2 Tbsp per quart". I don't know where I came up with that. Probably a Google search long ago. But that's what I had written on the bag so that's what I used. It appears to work well, but maybe I can get by using far less. Maybe I'll experiment next time. Alhough how do you know if you got a good de-scaling or not - we don't have problems we're specifically addressing when we de-scale, we just de-scale on a schedule (more or less!)
I stir 1 Tbs in the Keurig full reservoir, run it through large cup by large cup, followed by 2 more reservoirs. The coffee pot gets 2 Tbs in a full pot of water, run through, follow with 2-4 more pots! We have very hard (awesomely healthy) water! I do that every 6 weeks!
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Was planning to sleep in but friend's ex tried calling from prison. Phone was behind me and I was too tired to roll over and answer. She only ever calls when she wants something and I bet she was going to try to beg for money. Her bail is still at $50k. She's staying in until her trial and probably afterward bc she's likely going to be convicted. I think she's guilty anyway. She'd only mooch off people if she got out-- she lost her job and apartment when she got arrested. So she's homeless and unemployed. She tried calling last night when I was in the bathroom. Both calls went to the answering machine.
Fed kitties, refilled waterer, had breakfast and am underneath the huge blanket from sams. Saw that the gift I got for my sister might be delivered today. Hopefully she'll be home as it requires a signature.
Fed kitties, refilled waterer, had breakfast and am underneath the huge blanket from sams. Saw that the gift I got for my sister might be delivered today. Hopefully she'll be home as it requires a signature.
Went to the liquor store ... needed to replace some bourbon / scotch /whiskey.
Of course the wife groaned about my having too much already. So I again took pics of my stash:
Of course the wife groaned about my having too much already. So I again took pics of my stash:
No Vodka ....
Already have a giant bottle of StoliNo Vodka ....
We've got about 1/6 of that amount. Got it at the duty free shop coming back from St. Thomas. On our honeymoon. In 1982. We might actually open one of the bottles at some point.
Picked up a bottle of Kavanaugh Irish Cream ... usually buy Baileys, buy the salesperson said this was better. We'll see.
Also got egg nog ... Pennsylvania Dutch brand. It's really good.
So I'm all ready for the Christmas season!!
Also got egg nog ... Pennsylvania Dutch brand. It's really good.
So I'm all ready for the Christmas season!!
It all started with me when I moved here to Texas. Two neighbors met regularly for Whiskey/Scotch/Bourbon and cigars. So I joined them, and had to have a few bottles in my stash for that. Tried to find brands they did not usually buy. Sadly, both eventually moved away ... one to France, one to the other end of the neighborhood. (Did I do that??!!!)
Hmm! Hmm!
I would think you shouldn't run your mouth to a Military Moms three weeks before Christmas.
But at lass, 1 pre teenage male and 6 teenagers males from 5 households mouths overloaded their behinds.
You should never ever tell your mothers, you can make dinner better than them.
Here you go.
No cooking,laundry,for teenagers and pre -teenager males.
So 5 of the Military Moms are on strike.
All adult males(husbands) work with my Irishman they will be home in a week and half.
Makes me glad I have no teenager males at home.
But my sons ran their mouths too when they were younger too.
And I did the same thing to them too.
Still exercising with other military ladies.
Still having fun.
I miss my Irishman.
And he misses me too.
Isn't life fun with teenagers.
I would think you shouldn't run your mouth to a Military Moms three weeks before Christmas.
But at lass, 1 pre teenage male and 6 teenagers males from 5 households mouths overloaded their behinds.
You should never ever tell your mothers, you can make dinner better than them.
Here you go.
No cooking,laundry,for teenagers and pre -teenager males.
So 5 of the Military Moms are on strike.
All adult males(husbands) work with my Irishman they will be home in a week and half.
Makes me glad I have no teenager males at home.
But my sons ran their mouths too when they were younger too.
And I did the same thing to them too.
Still exercising with other military ladies.
Still having fun.
I miss my Irishman.
And he misses me too.
Isn't life fun with teenagers.
I am coming back.
Got some personal stuff to take care of first.
My Irishman keeps me pretty busy or so he thinks.
School keeps me busy too.
