What's everybody doing today?

[Meerkat]

Getting back off that elevator to hell known as politic's 'again' for however long I last this time.
So today not talking to anyone on phone about any news.

Zane thanks for the well wishes and hope you get that heartburn taken care of, dairy rpoducts is one of the main causes of acid,so may want to slow up on that,and pepper.

 

[Amish Heart]

Glad you're good, Sewing, and that husband is better! Looks like you've been busy.
Lucky, Mrs Sentry....the only ones that can get haircuts in our state are dogs.

 

[Meerkat]

Thank you everyone and I am fine we have been trying to catch up with things on the farm as we have the perfect opportunity with the lockdown happening . DH was also due to go in for another pain reducing neck pain operation on the 8th but it was cancelled due to paperwork not getting there on time. I am glad it didn't go through as he was not strong enough for another operation just yet in my opinion.

DH had taken a turn for the worse after his back operation and was really weak so had to keep an eye on him constantly for the last near week. He was shaking and sitting on the ground a lot so as to not fall and was really weak and I had to help him to bed/chair a number of times.

Because they have burnt the nerves that send the pain messages to his brain the area of his back that was being held together I would say with muscle knots is no longer so. The physio has given him exercises to do to strengthen up the muscles surrounding the injury and we have been walking and doing activities in the yard for physiotherapy for him each day.

I am glad to say he is now back to where he was before the operation and is a lot stronger . He also had a bout of Q Fever before the last operation too which lengthened his recovery time.

The last few days we have been working on filling holes in the yard from past dogs digging on the property, planting broad beans, staking capsicum plants, building pea trellises and tying plants to them and cutting up firewood from 3 large branches that have fallen from an Ironbark tree on our back property boundary. The slope we are working on is about 30 o and it goes up in layers to our back boundary fence and the tree trunk is sitting on the creek bank so it is difficult terrain.

Here is a picture of where we are working and since that photo today we have moved the firewood DH cut from one of the large branches to the top near the fence and 3/4's of the smaller branches .

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The pea trellises we built from more heavy duty chicken wire left over from our vineyard enclosure demolition -

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And firewood we split recently and stacked from wood we got free in December from helping a friend clear trees on her property she no longer wanted -

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I was instructed by DH's pain management specialist for him to exercise so the earlier gardening was when he was feeling weak so we took things easy. We then moved to heavier things like filling in holes a couple of barrow loads at a time in a day, to firewood stacking first and then cutting and moving it.

elcome back Sewing.

 

[The Lazy L]

Drove to the next small town and bought 600 pounds (12 - 50 pounds bags) of water softener salt. Office Lady sat behind a plastic sneeze barrier. Employee that loaded the salt into my truck wore a mask.

While I was in the general area (Ha HA!) I drove to the large city to my favorite gun shop. Walked out with a new pistol. None of the employees were wearing masks.

On the way home I stopped in the big city for lunch. Dairy Queen's turkey sandwich, fires and soda. Window #1 lady that took my money wasn't wearing a mask. The guy at window #2 that handed me my order had a mask pulled down under his nose.

Stopped at a funeral home to ask about prepaying costs. Funeral Director was wearing a mask. The Office lady who explained costs wasn't.

Traffic on the roads were back to the pre China flu levels.

Mowed front lawn and around the house. Unloaded the salt. Burn the part of the brush pile that cooperated. Collected eggs. Function checked the new handgun.

 

[zannej]

Glad to see you're ok Sewing. Looks like you've been busy.

Meerkat, I've never gotten the acid reflux like that from dairy before. I used to drink a lot more milk all the time but I've moved to mostly drinking water. Maybe I sat up too fast, not sure. But it passed quickly, fortunately.

I'm waiting for Mom to get up so I can help her clear her desk enough so I can take her defective monitor out & set up her laptop to use as a screen since the TV isn't working right for it. I tried to get her to clear it up last night but she started picking up everywhere except where I needed her to clear.

 

[phideaux]

Haven't been feeling myself last 2 days, just can't put my finger on it.
Light headed, slightly nauseas, weak, overly tired , no gidupandgo.

Oh well, I have these occasionally.

Went outside to take all the covers off tomatoes , peppers, and flowers , yep, frost last night , record cold.

Went out to back field with the pup.
started a fire in the brush pile out back, that went good, Doog didn't know what fire was. Stuck besde me like glue.

Burned some of the broomsage around the pond. Wind wasn't just right. Needed SW wind .

Checked that grass we sewed last Saturday in the front yard., and it's coming up.

Next week is gonna be busy. All the fescue seed pods are about waist high, in all the pastures .
Guess what I'll be doing next week, yep, bush hoggin time..

Uuuuggghhh.

Wife wants to go to store where she buys all her quilting stuff...she is starting another one, needs skanks of floss.

So I guess we will go.
Stop and bring home some BBQ ribs ..YES.

Jim

 

[Meerkat]

Haven't been feeling myself last 2 days, just can't put my finger on it.
Light headed, slightly nauseas, weak, overly tired , no gidupandgo.

Oh well, I have these occasionally.

Went outside to take all the covers off tomatoes , peppers, and flowers , yep, frost last night , record cold.

Went out to back field with the pup.
started a fire in the brush pile out back, that went good, Doog didn't know what fire was. Stuck besde me like glue.

Burned some of the broomsage around the pond. Wind wasn't just right. Needed SW wind .

Checked that grass we sewed last Saturday in the front yard., and it's coming up.

Next week is gonna be busy. All the fescue seed pods are about waist high, in all the pastures .
Guess what I'll be doing next week, yep, bush hoggin time..

Uuuuggghhh.

Wife wants to go to store where she buys all her quilting stuff...she is starting another one, needs skanks of floss.

So I guess we will go.
Stop and bring home some BBQ ribs ..YES.

Jim

Jim be caeful and don't over do it, and I haven't been feeling myself since September niether has hubby, all this crap going on now how can we feel like ourself, so hang in there..


To day got a call from BIL whos wife doesn't do tents,He suggested bringing down his boat and us going seperatly down the river together. He said we can all wear mask and gloves and yell at each other a we float down the river,LOL
Bless their heart they must really be lonely to want to get away that bad,which I can go for that but this house is off limits for now it is a small house .
So where do they stay?My daughter wanted to take a break with all those kids,whos mom takes them to all kinds of public places. I bet my tent woud'nt have one zipper in it. Maybe not even a wall.But I'd take the chance if theey wanted to use one .Plenty of yard for the kids to plat in and if she gets Tarzan a harness then eh will be safe other wise if you can'r out run him he takes off.
But no political calles today from those being run out of home.

 

[Meerkat]

Sorry I did it again, had to edit,

 

[phideaux]

Sorry I did it again, had to edit,

Cussing again huh?


dancing chicken



Jim

 

[MoBookworm1957]

I understand about the too tired to do anything feeling.
Don't feel bad just don't feel good either.
Exhausted all the time.
I have a nice size goose egg just above my left temple.
It's about the size of a goose egg too.
Finally found something that has harder head than mine.
Been planting flowers sons got me for Mother's day.
Oldest son and grand daughter were by this morning.
Strawberry is napping on love seat.
Nice to see you Sewing.
Glad your DH is doing so much better.
Congratulations Amish on daughter's graduation.
Supper is cooked for several days.
Just kicking back and relaxing now.
Oldest son will call me in about hour- hour and half to make sure I'm okay.
Not sick,headache etc.
Did get checked out at ER for concussion.
No concussion that they could see.
But we have to be sure because of seizures.
Will be sitting here crocheting for awhile.
You're a thoughtful guy Sentry.
Everyone have a Happy Mother's Day weekend.

 

[Spikedriver]

Another day in Wisconsin...3 more to go. It was butt cold here this morning, right at freezing temps. But gorgeous this afternoon, sunny and 60s. I hear it's going to snow a little Monday night. I think Mother Nature needs to take a Xanax and chill out...

Went to A&W for supper, it's an old style one with the drive in speakers to order your food. It's operating just like there's no virus, since there's no seating inside. It almost felt normal eating in the car there. Kind of nice, actually.

 

[Patchouli]

Hoping the rat snakes take care of what they were made for, otherwise, be setting up traps tomorrow. EWWWW.
Remember I mentioned the dog looked at me recently as if to say, "Did you hear that?"
We saw one late this afternoon/evening, I guess it was Norwegian not Roof Rat. I'm sorry to say it was cute and had big eyes not the little beady ones like a Norwegian, but Roof Rats are dark, almost black, and a little smaller than the Norwegians; while Norwegians are more gray and brown.
Got to find that little Daisy lever action pellet gun. UGH, I hate this part of adulting.
Really wish I had a couple of rat dogs. That one guy that had a long thread going here, I think, posted videos of his dogs and their expertise in taking down the rats. I am still amazed by that and find it quite entertaining. Sick little world, ain't it? Anyway, I hate rats and hate poison too.
Potential mothers, happy mother's day.

 

[Spikedriver]

@Patchouli rats must die. That is all. I don't care if it's quick and merciful or long, drawn out torture. I hate rats and mice, they only exist to destroy stuff and therefore shouldn't live. Happy hunting!

 

[Patchouli]

Absolutely, @Spikedriver I hate them too. Remember the "virus" wild mice in a particular state park had, leaving their droppings in cabins and the camping guests died? So, I'm nervous about rats and their kind and all their filth and disgusting germs.
Just trying not to freak out since I'm the adult here now. LOL I think the possums moved out after all. I am hoping my son will set the traps tomorrow since I'm likely to break a finger if I do it. I also asked for rat snakes for a mother's day present even though we saw one on the back porch in the last two weeks. He'd better do his job! (the snake). Haven't heard the owl around lately. I am not used to aiming for a moving live target either, so that's another challenge.

 

[Spikedriver]

@Patchouli live traps work well for rats. I've used them. Catch them, poke the pellet gun in, kill them, and dump them out. Tomcat rat poison also works but if they die where you can't get to them, the smell is nasty...

That virus is the hantavirus. I had a coworker in Missouri die from it a few years back. He was working in a crawl space full of mouse turds and breathed it in. Scary stuff...

 

[Meerkat]

Cussing again huh?


dancing chicken



Jim

Nope but after talking on the phone to and old friend about ready to.
She is in her late 70s but just as crazy as she was in 20s. She still cusses even more than she did. I feel like I need an exocist when I get off the phone,lol.

She lost her husband several years ago. They met on line in 2002 at a date sight and went from from chat to phone to proposal he was retired US Army flew in from Germany with a giant dozen roses,they kissed there in airport, the he went ,paid off all her bills,including motgage, gav her $25,000 spending money and they lived together for about 13 years before he passed. She is lonely again in her 70s. But left well off. She misss him.

 

[Meerkat]

I understand about the too tired to do anything feeling.
Don't feel bad just don't feel good either.
Exhausted all the time.
I have a nice size goose egg just above my left temple.
It's about the size of a goose egg too.
Finally found something that has harder head than mine.
Been planting flowers sons got me for Mother's day.
Oldest son and grand daughter were by this morning.
Strawberry is napping on love seat.
Nice to see you Sewing.
Glad your DH is doing so much better.
Congratulations Amish on daughter's graduation.
Supper is cooked for several days.
Just kicking back and relaxing now.
Oldest son will call me in about hour- hour and half to make sure I'm okay.
Not sick,headache etc.
Did get checked out at ER for concussion.
No concussion that they could see.
But we have to be sure because of seizures.
Will be sitting here crocheting for awhile.
You're a thoughtful guy Sentry.
Everyone have a Happy Mother's Day weekend.

Sorry MoBook,keep an eye on that knot.

 

[Meerkat]

Another day in Wisconsin...3 more to go. It was butt cold here this morning, right at freezing temps. But gorgeous this afternoon, sunny and 60s. I hear it's going to snow a little Monday night. I think Mother Nature needs to take a Xanax and chill out...

Went to A&W for supper, it's an old style one with the drive in speakers to order your food. It's operating just like there's no virus, since there's no seating inside. It almost felt normal eating in the car there. Kind of nice, actually.

Do the curb girls still wear roller skates?

 

[Spikedriver]

Do the curb girls still wear roller skates?

Ha, no they wear slacks and Corona masks and carry little credit card sliders so you can pay at your car.

 

[Meerkat]

Ha, no they wear slacks and Corona masks and carry little credit card sliders so you can pay at your car.

Of course they do, I forgot which centruy I was in.
First of ll most kids have never even worn a pair of skates much less know how, second they play too many online games to be able to use them.Of course there are those who do still do sports.

 

[Patchouli]

@Patchouli live traps work well for rats. I've used them. Catch them, poke the pellet gun in, kill them, and dump them out. Tomcat rat poison also works but if they die where you can't get to them, the smell is nasty...

That virus is the hantavirus. I had a coworker in Missouri die from it a few years back. He was working in a crawl space full of mouse turds and breathed it in. Scary stuff...

I may have thought of live traps, but not to kill them in. Oh, yuck. But effective. Yes, dead rats stench, ugh.
Sorry about your co-worker. Thus we see, kill the darn things.

 

[Spikedriver]

Of course they do, I forgot which centruy I was in.
First of ll most kids have never even worn a pair of skates much less know how, second they play too many online games to be able to use them.Of course there are those who do still do sports.

You know, two Sundays ago while working in Wisconsin, in an Amish area, the Amish kids were all skating up and down the highway on roller blades. Id never seen that before. Didn't know they used skates but I guess it makes sense. I have a skating rink 5 blocks from my place so I take my daughter there fairly often. A lot of kids here still skate but there's not many rinks left...

 

[Meerkat]

You know, two Sundays ago while working in Wisconsin, in an Amish area, the Amish kids were all skating up and down the highway on roller blades. Id never seen that before. Didn't know they used skates but I guess it makes sense. I have a skating rink 5 blocks from my place so I take my daughter there fairly often. A lot of kids here still skate but there's not many rinks left...

Thats great Spike that she has such a good father, I taught my kids to skate when they were toddlers,then taught the grand kids because their parents both worked now daughters still skate so do some of the grands and great grands.
My two daughters just went skating last week together and ones 51 other is 50.But most of the best rinks have closed.

 

[snappy1]

Walked and did short video first this morning, then messed around in garden but it was too wet to do much as it rained most of the day, yesterday. Readied dh's pills for the next two weeks, washed all three dogs and all rugs, blankets, towels and comforter. Made up some sausage out of ground chicken and then made sausage gravy and biscuits. Cooked some corn on the cob that I got on sale and then watched a little tv with dh. Seems like I was on the go all day! Tomorrow should be slower.

 

[backlash]

We went to Yellowstone when our son was around 15. He didn't know rollerblading was not allowed. The Park Ranger chased him a long time until my son realized he was being chased and stopped. He came walking back barefooted carrying his blades. The Park Ranger was impressed with his skating and let him off with a warning.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Hoping the rat snakes take care of what they were made for, otherwise, be setting up traps tomorrow. EWWWW.
Remember I mentioned the dog looked at me recently as if to say, "Did you hear that?"
We saw one late this afternoon/evening, I guess it was Norwegian not Roof Rat. I'm sorry to say it was cute and had big eyes not the little beady ones like a Norwegian, but Roof Rats are dark, almost black, and a little smaller than the Norwegians; while Norwegians are more gray and brown.
Got to find that little Daisy lever action pellet gun. UGH, I hate this part of adulting.
Really wish I had a couple of rat dogs. That one guy that had a long thread going here, I think, posted videos of his dogs and their expertise in taking down the rats. I am still amazed by that and find it quite entertaining. Sick little world, ain't it? Anyway, I hate rats and hate poison too.
Potential mothers, happy mother's day.

You want Strawberry?
That's whose head is harder than mine.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Sorry MoBook,keep an eye on that knot.

I will
Thanks

 

[Amish Heart]

Amish kids skate, ride bikes, and scooters. One of my fav cousin's daughter in Ohio was telling us about a motorized bicycle she bought. They are the rage. She's in her 40's. The kids took down the big old turkey run today because we sold the turkeys yesterday. Then they brought son's dog over and flooded the ground where it stood. He caught about 20 mice. Rats and mice are gross. That dog is an amazing mouser.
Got our atrium room painted today, and it looks so much better. Now to scrub the tile in there real well.

 

[Bacpacker]

Finished unloading the load of compost in the raised beds. Topped them off with some peat moss and potting soil. Then planted peas, 2 kinds of beans, carrots, parsnips, radishes, 2 kinds of onions and a summer squash. Got more to plant, but going to wait until the weather settles down some.

 

[Meerkat]

You want Strawberry?
That's whose head is harder than mine.

Yep I had my nose busted,head cracked a many times by kids throwing back or just bouncing around,wonder my nose is still straight too.