What's everybody doing today?

[The Lazy L]

Reassembled the 1866 from last nights cleaning.
Mowed yard.
Used the dirt from two rotting flower boxes to fill the settled trench from the roof down spout project.
Throw two rotted flower boxes on the burn pile.
Thought about changing oil in the mower and the mule. Nah.

 

[Terri9630]

Loading the trailer. I was supposed to be moving today but the brakes on the kids car went out so we spent yesterday working on that instead. I'll be heading out tomorrow morning.

 

[Spikedriver]

Spent the day at the farm. Helped Pops clean up a few things, cut down a couple mulberries and elderberries that were growing along the foundation of the shed, and haul it away. Always good to spend a little time going back to your roots...

 

[timmie]

dehydrating, since i have a bunch canned from last year.

 

[LadyLocust]

Not mustard day, but ketchup day - yup, I "ketched up" on lots . Finished canning peas, made a batch of soap, began mowing, picked two bowls of tomatoes, boiled 3 dozen eggs, 4 loads of laundry (all still hanging,) did floors, and continued sorting stuff from the mountain getting it ready for a yard sale.
@MoBookworm1957 would love to see the expression on your face eating out of princess bowl.
@Amish Heart I hope you are able to get custody so she won't be permanently damaged.

 

[Amish Heart]

Survived an all day yard sale at the preschool, and then an American Heritage Girls family barbeque supper and super soaker party. I'm beat.

 

[timmie]

we got peppers , tomatoes , and onions prepped for rotel tomatoes in the morning.

 

[LadyLocust]

@timmie That helps so much when you can actually "prep" for the day. Put some good tunes on and enjoy

 

[Spikedriver]

Wasn't planning on staying at the farm Tonite, but I got into a pretty intense game of Dominoes with my parents. Lol. I'll head home in the morning...

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Started off my day going across the street to pull weeds.
Working on the flower beds my Gram and other elderly ladies put in 15 years ago.
Can't see the flowers for the weeds.
Spent 30 minutes in the flower bed that faces my apartment, just about got the whole corner cleaned out.
Helped those ladies plant those flowers years ago.
Some of the older ladies were trying to bend over their walkers and plant flower bulbs.
I had come to see Gram before I went home to change out of my uniform, ended up planting bulbs instead.
Did finally get a glass of unsweet tea and tuna sandwich for my helping plant the bulbs.
By the time I got home I had been awake for over 96 hours.
Felt good to get that corner pretty much cleaned up.
Will finish in the morning, while coffee is making, laundry is washing.
Haven't decided if am going to trim bushes too.
But got some roses by my back door that needs a new place to call home, those need dug up and transplanted.
There again, will use what they already have and just move them around the property.
Got a few bushes around my apartment that need a hair cut too.
These bushes have thorns on them about inch to three inches long.
Don't want Grand daughter to get hurt on them.
Getting tired, thinking about bed.
But got to make coffee first, put a load of laundry in, but don't start it till morning.
Everybody have a good day, afternoon, evening, night.
Be safe wherever you are in the world.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Wasn't planning on staying at the farm Tonite, but I got into a pretty intense game of Dominoes with my parents. Lol. I'll head home in the morning...

Who won?

 

[Meerkat]

Started off my day going across the street to pull weeds.
Working on the flower beds my Gram and other elderly ladies put in 15 years ago.
Can't see the flowers for the weeds.
Spent 30 minutes in the flower bed that faces my apartment, just about got the whole corner cleaned out.
Helped those ladies plant those flowers years ago.
Some of the older ladies were trying to bend over their walkers and plant flower bulbs.
I had come to see Gram before I went home to change out of my uniform, ended up planting bulbs instead.
Did finally get a glass of unsweet tea and tuna sandwich for my helping plant the bulbs.
By the time I got home I had been awake for over 96 hours.
Felt good to get that corner pretty much cleaned up.
Will finish in the morning, while coffee is making, laundry is washing.
Haven't decided if am going to trim bushes too.
But got some roses by my back door that needs a new place to call home, those need dug up and transplanted.
There again, will use what they already have and just move them around the property.
Got a few bushes around my apartment that need a hair cut too.
These bushes have thorns on them about inch to three inches long.
Don't want Grand daughter to get hurt on them.
Getting tired, thinking about bed.
But got to make coffee first, put a load of laundry in, but don't start it till morning.
Everybody have a good day, afternoon, evening, night.
Be safe wherever you are in the world.

96 hours is a long time! And glad your back at it after the knee things.. But be careful staying up so long then working like that.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

96 hours is a long time! And glad your back at it after the knee things.. But be careful staying up so long then working like that.

That was 15 years ago. But thank you for your concern.
I was just coming off duty from my Reserve weekend.
I do real good to stay up longer than 12 hours now.

 

[Meerkat]

That was 15 years ago. But thank you for your concern.
I was just coming off duty from my Reserve weekend.
I do real good to stay up longer than 12 hours now.

Ok thanks for the correction it is more logical.
I was about to say you'll be crying 96 tears if you stayed up 96 hours,

 

[Spikedriver]

Who won?

My mom. She's the champ when it comes to cards, board games, and dominoes...

 

[MoBookworm1957]

My mom. She's the champ when it comes to cards, board games, and dominoes...

Nice!

 

[The Innkeeper]

Got guests fed and Checked out. Took canopy off truck drove 3 hours to look at a sofa and chair (looked great in the classifieds online and we have been looking for quite a while). It was perfect and relatively cheap even allowing for the cost of gas we came out way ahead. It was even an expensive topic the line brand. Grabbed a burger at a drive through .... disgusting. Drove home. Called it a day. We had six hours of nice country driving and got some furniture as well.

It was used, but it sat in the Guest room of a retired lady in a adult living place. It was in such good shape, the price so good and the owner such a delight to visit with, I didn’t even dicker. It would have been like trying to steal from my grandmother. Now, I wasn’t silly enough to offer her more money but I did pay full asking price

 

[Patchouli]

Wasn't planning on staying at the farm Tonite, but I got into a pretty intense game of Dominoes with my parents. Lol. I'll head home in the morning...

I visited an old friend a couple of months ago in Arkansas with my other friend. Weird thing, sat around in her barn playing some ferocious dominoes!

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Getting ready to hit clearance racks for jeans at Wal-Mart.
Thinking I'll hit Big Boy section for clearance jeans.
Thinking have lost enough weight and inches should fit in some.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

This morning finished pulling up weeds out of flower beds.
Got 2 big black trash bags of weeds out of flower beds.
That corner looks so much nicer than it did.
Will go over tomorrow morning and dig out brambles, thorny bushes.
Still haven't decided if going to trim bushes yet.
Maybe if they have hedge trimmers otherwise probably no.
I only got hand pruners and lopers, sold all my other garden items.
Me cleaning out the flower beds is exercise, and it relaxes me.
Makes the office area look tidier too.
I have to look at that big overgrown mess everyday.
Being my apartment faces that side of the building.
I found a park bench in the overgrown mess this morning.
I bet nobody even knew it was there.
I wonder what else is in there.
I think there used to be a bird bath, but haven't found it yet.
I only work about 45 minutes each morning, then I sit outside cool off, drink coffee, before Strawberry gets up.
Then I go about my day.

 

[The Lazy L]

Shaved a weeks worth of whiskers off.
Church outdoor service.
Carry in lunch.
Home in time for the afternoon nap.

 

[snappy1]

Church this morning and Back to School service tonight with finger foods served after. Made sweet and salty Frito snack mix and a plate of cheese and grapes. Will clean up after and be home late.

 

[Terri9630]

Headed up the mountain with the kid, 3 dogs and 6 chickens. Hubby is out there somewhere but I lost him. He'll just have to catch up...

 

[hashbrown]

We went to Springfield for the weekend to celebrate our anniversary. We attended The Route 66 Mother Road Festival along with 35,000 other folks. Last year I won the bike show at the event this year I didn't even place with either bike. We stayed in a 5 star hotel and had our meals there as well and had a fantastic weekend. I will tell you though if I had to live the city I would be in jail within a couple weeks, I'm so used to living my quiet lifestyle that crowds make me lose my mind. We just got home and I guess I had forgot how much I loved the solitude on this rocky, chigger, copperhead infested ridge.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

We went to Springfield for the weekend to celebrate our anniversary. We attended The Route 66 Mother Road Festival along with 35,000 other folks. Last year I won the bike show at the event this year I didn't even place with either bike. We stayed in a 5 star hotel and had our meals there as well and had a fantastic weekend. I will tell you though if I had to live the city I would be in jail within a couple weeks, I'm so used to living my quiet lifestyle that crowds make me lose my mind. We just got home and I guess I had forgot how much I loved the solitude on this rocky, chigger, copperhead infested ridge.

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Congratulations on your anniversary!

 

[MoBookworm1957]

I found the bird bath this afternoon.

 

[The Lazy L]

Woke from my afternoon nap.
Watching "Enemy of the State". Every Prepper should watch it (IMHO).

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Happy anniversary to you both @hashbrown and glad you had a fantastic break away.

 

[hiwall]

Watching "Enemy of the State". Every Prepper should watch it (IMHO).

Except now it is way way worse than it was back when they made that movie.

 

[Spikedriver]

Went for a bike ride on the High Trestle Trail today. It was my first time there and I'm definitely going back. It's about 25 miles from my home...

The bridge there is an old railway bridge, redone for the trail. It's 2/3 mile long and has some great views of the Des Moines river valley. At sundown it looks like this: