What's everybody doing today?

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

That sucks.

 

[Amish Heart]

That does suck. Sorry, Snappy.
Waiting for another guy who wants to look at the motorcycle.
Then off to pick up mom. She wants to go to the bank. Then she wants to go to a vacuum cleaner store. She wants to buy a vacuum. Why? I don't know. She has a little bit of carpet in her apartment. The cleaner can come in and vacuum it in under five minutes. She's going to be 88 in a few days and can't push a vacuum. But she wants one anyway

 

[Weedygarden]

Today is the last day to pick up my free turkey from Safeway, so going to get it and get a few more things for Thanksgiving. We're going to have the food at daughters and each cook (her, her boyfriend and me), division of labor, and then make up plates to let the regulars come and get. Hoping we have good enough weather for people to drive up and get their plates. Some of her friends, the regulars, may hang out, social distancing in the yard. I will be house sitting all week, so going to make stuffing, pies, maybe mashed potatoes there. Daughter will do sweet potato souffle and cranberries. Her boyfriend will do the turkey, like last year. I'll deliver to daughter's place, make a plate or two for myself, then head back to the house. I usually make the gravy, but we'll see how that plays out.

 

[LadyLocust]

Dentist appt. first thing this morning so I look like a stroke victim. Didn't eat breakfast so am hoping it wears off enough I can slurp my soup for lunch - otherwise great diet plan.

 

[DodgesMamMaw]

I have been up the usual as of late. Straighten up house. Unload dishwasher. My husband had a hip replacement 3 months ago and back surgery two weeks ago. I He is doing well. Starting to putter around in his shop. That is a good sign. We have not been able to return to church since all the virus stuff started. With his surgeries and all. We have to go to the city for his two weeks checkup on Thursday. I am going to mask up and run into Aldi. Other than that straight there and back home. I have taken up diamond painting so that helps me to pass the time. We are not going to MIL for Thanksgiving. Not worth the risk. With relatives coming in from metro area. Sitting outside getting some Vit D today feels great.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Went to a different Costco this morning. Got the items I couldn't find yesterday along with a second turkey and ham. The Costco I went to is out by Palm Springs and mostly seniors. When I went to get toilet paper an older man grabbed every last package they had. This pissed everyone off that wanted just one package. I told him there was a one package limit and he threw a tantrum like a child that that was 6 months ago. Once he got belligerent I just looked at him and said, "I'm not going to fight with you. Enjoy your toilet paper fort." I walked away while everyone else jumped in to give the guy a hard time. Sucks to be him because the cashier gave him crap when he rolled up with his cart loaded with toilet paper. "Limit of one per membership!" That is when I got my one package- the employees took all of his t.p. but one and I snagged a package from their restocking area (I was told it was okay).

After the girls and I got home I made my normal call to my mom to give her the heads up on how picked over the stores are. We live in the sticks so if we are hit hard my folks have it worst living in a metro hub. I reminded her to get her turkey this week if not today.

I still need to find a Hobby Lobby that has the craft plywood in stock. I am revamping a doll bed for Roo's American Girl doll for Christmas. Not really an American Girl doll but an 18" Gotz doll I got used and cleaned up. I never had an American Girl doll growing up but got myself a small collection of them used when I worked at a doll hospital. I spent my paychecks restoring those dolls. Roo and Juju have never seen them. I am afraid they will get trashed if I take them out of storage. Same with my Chatty Cathy collection and my Gene dolls (not to mention my vintage Barbies that are older than I am). I have been thinking of selling a few off to add to our raw land fund.

Nevermind. I'm rambling.

Grimm,
If you should happen to decide to sell some of your toys.
Be sure to get Auctioneer or Auction House that deals in toys .
Sotherby's comes to mind and they have offices, auction houses in California, New York, London.
Sotherby's New York is who sold some of my toys when I sold them.
Just a thought.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

The coffee pot, Mo. Just use vinegar.
Had an old biker come take a ride on the Harley. He's thinking about it. He's thinking his brother is thinking about it because his brother has a sportster and it's kinda small. Not fun for a passenger anyway.

Oh, that won't work. But thank you for the information anyway.
The dang thing heating element quit working.
Got to the point the water wouldn't drip either.
Was slightly p*&^% off after I spent 4 hours cleaning the dripping spout too.
Had already sent vinegar through the pot too.

 

[snappy1]

That sucks.

DH hammered it back flat. Didn't take too much and he says it should be fine. I'm still on the line about it. From another canning website, a lady said her husband hammered hers flat and she used it for another 10 years. I will definitely take it easy on the heating up stage!

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Strawberry has been walked several times today.
Lunch is over.
Sipping coffee.
Reading forums for awhile.
Crocheting on Reign's Christmas blanket.
Might take nap after while.

 

[Grimm]

Grimm,
If you should happen to decide to sell some of your toys.
Be sure to get Auctioneer or Auction House that deals in toys .
Sotherby's comes to mind and they have offices, auction houses in California, New York, London.
Sotherby's New York is who sold some of my toys when I sold them.
Just a thought.

I am missing the certificates from my Gene dolls and their boxes. I got into a 'play with it' phase when I was pregnant with Roo. I know Genes sell for a fair price on ebay or did a few years ago. My Chatty Cathys are all anniversary repros with aftermarket repro outfits (plus their original factory dresses). I was in the middle of rerooting one CC doll's hair to give her a new look with her aged faded eyes. Some Mattel dolls develope what is called silver eye. The disc inside the eye fades or discolored over time. The doll I was rerooting has pink/lavender eyes from silver eye. I thought a stark black hair reroot would give her a striking look with the odd eye color. I am keeping the AG dolls. I spent a lot of time and money restoring them to their original factory condition. They are original Pleasant Company dolls and not the modern Mattel ones. I do have some Mattel ones I enjoyed turning into OOAK dolls. One looks like I did as a girl and my dream was to make one that looked like Roo and another like Juju. For now the girls can make due with the Gotz dolls and not the AG ones. I think the Gotz dolls are prettier anyway.

Gotz on the left and AG on the right.

AG have wigs while the Gotz dolls have rooted hair. Rooted is better for girls who play rough with their doll's hair. No wig shed when brushing hard.

 

[UrbanHunter]

Today I started early and got supplies to finish adding a new top to one of my raised beds before going to work at 07:00. Got off work at noon and was able to assemble the new top and plant some seeds. This was on the bed that had the brown roots in it, so instead of ammending the bed I placed black plastic over the soil in the bottom and the placed 2 small concrete mixing tubs over that, I put the good soil in the tubs and planted one with lettuce and one with spinach. There is still room for 2 more tubs in the bed. I may run back to Home Depot and pick up 2 more tubs in the morning, but I don't know what I would plant at this point in the season.

I also put black plastic over my tomato beds. I had ammended those beds with compost and topped them off with sifted soil, I just don't want the dogs and cats adding to the mix, I also want to be sure that there are no weeds in them. Those beds can hold 10 tomato plants, so come spring I will be ready to get started as soon as the weather allows.

 

[Amish Heart]

My mom's got a bunch of Genes at her place. She gave one to little granddaughter for her bday a few months ago to play with in her Barbie house. She's got tons of antique dolls all over the place in that little apartment. Still wrapped and still in boxes. Antique doll furniture in one of our storage buildings because she's out of room. Too bad you don't live closer, Grim. We'd make you some good deals. I really don't want to deal with it all when mom passes. I am not into dolls. She gave a collection of Audry Hepburn dolls to one of our daughters because she looks like her in Breakfast at Tiffanys. She also collects old clocks.

 

[UrbanHunter]

We have a closet full of American Girls (wife likes dolls)...

 

[Bacpacker]

Good day at work today. Boss had my yearly review for me. Gave me a good one in recognition for my groups work last FY. Made my day.

 

[Neb]

Today marked a turning point in my life.

Instead of wearing a sweat band and hefting buckets, I was wearing long underwear, running space heaters and making piles of saw dust.

We got the door frame built for the basement door and planed down 2X4s to build the door.

In my lego-land...

I had to upsize the bins for a few of the common blocks and am close to finishing the penultimate storage tote.

Ben

 

[phideaux]

Tomorrow will be one week since wife's surgery.
I can report that the 4 days that she was in very bad shape seems to be behind us.
I believe I'm seeing her rounding the curve.
Today was a good day . She is near normal, eating and drinking .

She is still very weak, and some slight pain , mostly just uncomfortable in her lower back.
Seems the severe pain that she has had since August 6th is gone.

Looks like we will get back to a normal life, as much as we can , in this covid crap.

Thank all of you for your prayers and kind words.

It is quite a load off my mind .

Jim

 

[Weedygarden]

Tomorrow will be one week since wife's surgery.
I can report that the 4 days that she was in very bad shape seems to be behind us.
I believe I'm seeing her rounding the curve.
Today was a good day . She is near normal, eating and drinking .

She is still very weak, and some slight pain , mostly just uncomfortable in her lower back.
Seems the severe pain that she has had since August 6th is gone.

Looks like we will get back to a normal life, as much as we can , in this covid crap.

Thank all of you for your prayers and kind words.

It is quite a load off my mind .

Jim

Such good news, Jim! With the holidays coming, this will make things so much better.

 

[Weedygarden]

Got everything for Thanksgiving except fresh foods.

Got two 5000 lumen light fixtures for my grow shelf. Have to get them hung up. They are 4 feet long, as that is what I could find. Shelf is 3 feet wide. I have some things in large pots that I can sit beside the shelf that can benefit from the light.

 

[phideaux]

Such good news, Jim! With the holidays coming, this will make things so much better.

We are discussing now whether to have Thanksgiving dinner for family at our house or the daughters .

May be easier on wife just to go to daughters , if she's strong enough.

We're supplying the 25lb bbq ham and yams , maybe a few other sides.

Jim

 

[Weedygarden]

We are discussing now whether to have Thanksgiving dinner for family at our house or the daughters .

May be easier on wife just to go to daughters , if she's strong enough.

We're supplying the 25lb bbq ham and yams , maybe a few other sides.

Jim

The time does come to pass the torch or mantle of responsibility. This might be a good year to let others start being more responsible. I know a family where Grannie always hosted all the holiday meals. When she died, the holiday meals stopped happening. I thought it was a shame that the 93 year old grannie was still doing all the cooking and hosting.

 

[Patchouli]

Yes, @phideaux going to daughter's will mean you guys can leave when you need to. From what I heard, the word in the woods, you might be taking a ham and yams. They are adults and can handle all the rest of it themselves.
Congratulations @Bacpacker I hope you got a significant raise
@Amish Heart @Grimm my aunt made ceramic dolls and gave me cast-offs that she could never sell. My kids didn't want them. A friend makes them too so I gave them to her. She was happy to receive them. I priced them on ebay and nobody was selling that kind of stuff for a good price.
@UrbanHunter @Bacpacker other gardeners: do you put in cover crops on your gardens to over-winter? Rye, alfalfa, etc?

 

[UrbanHunter]

Yes, @phideaux going to daughter's will mean you guys can leave when you need to. From what I heard, the word in the woods, you might be taking a ham and yams. They are adults and can handle all the rest of it themselves.
Congratulations @Bacpacker I hope you got a significant raise
@Amish Heart @Grimm my aunt made ceramic dolls and gave me cast-offs that she could never sell. My kids didn't want them. A friend makes them too so I gave them to her. She was happy to receive them. I priced them on ebay and nobody was selling that kind of stuff for a good price.
@UrbanHunter @Bacpacker other gardeners: do you put in cover crops on your gardens to over-winter? Rye, alfalfa, etc?

My space is too small for cover crops, I usually fall plant some "sets" and because some of my raised beds have lids I keep a few cold tolerant plants going through the winter for late winter/ early spring harvesting. I sift the soil from my container plants and store that in 50 gallon trash cans with a layer of shredded leaves about every 10 inches. For the remaining beds I do all the prep work like I was about to plant them and then cover them with black plastic so come spring I can cut holes in the plastic and put in the plants that I have started at my growing station.

Right now I have lettuce, spinach, onions, beets, carrots, and parsley growing in the beds outside under the lids.

At my indoor growing station I have rosemary, basil, thyme, and beets in #10 cans. On the hydroponics shelf I have lettuce growing. I keep 2 small tubs to start lettuce in for transplanting into the hydroponics as we harvest the old ones.

I have 3 hot pepper plants in 5 gallon buckets next to the growing station that are still making fruit, need to learn how to pollinate all the flowers they are making.

I am thinking about starting some seeds for mid-winter transplanting, not sure what that will be, first thoughts are cabbage and celery; but I am a little short on ideas right now.

In late February/early March I will start tomatoes, cucumber, squash, oakra, and peppers for next summer.

Sorry.... I get carried away. The short answer was no. But I try to keep something growing year round.

 

[snappy1]

That was good news @Bacpacker ! I know you worked hard!
And great news for your wife @phideaux ! That has to be a big relief for both of you!

Will walk sometime this afternoon when I get back from town.
Gong to thrift store first and then bread store.
On to insurance lady and then to return the live trap to animal shelter.
Will stop at local grocery store for sales and then home.
EBay photos this afternoon

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Sipping coffee.
Strawberry has been walked.
Adjusted her harness too was all walker jaw.(Winky wocky)
Wal*Mart texted my grocery order was ready.
Kenneled Strawberry, off I go.
Left about 0705 hours.
Home before 0730 hours.
Groceries are put away.
About 0900 hours will go pick up my CSA boxes.
Then will be done for awhile.
My coffee this morning didn't get cold before I got home from Wal*Mart.

 

[The Lazy L]

Processing 5.56 and 300 Blackout brass. Swagging the 5.56 brass and then wet tumbling both calibers. I've got a drying rack made (wood frame covered with window insect screen.

Got my arm twisted (didn't take too much effort) to make 300 Blackout brass and start reloading. Resizing die is "out of stock" when I ordered it two days ago. This morning I got a email telling me it's been shipped to me!?!? The "arm twister" is responsible for getting their choice of powder, primers and bullets to me. This will be a good inside winter project.

 

[Bacpacker]

Thats great news Jim so glad she's feeling better. The strength will take a while.
Patch i do use annual rye grass as a cover thru the winter some years. Sometimes just plow it and let it lay. If I do covers i always leave a are bare for early season crops, onions, taters, cole crops, etc.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Update part 2 of my day:
Picked up my CSA boxes.
Got them pretty much put away.
Will have to rearrange a cabinet where some of my canned goods are.
But I'm good with that.
Sipping coffee, thinking about making a run to Alidi's for a few things.
But while I think about it, my left foot is elevated and iced.
Oh by the way, while putting things away in chest freezer, did mini inventory.
Got something like 45 pounds of chicken in various forms.
dancing chicken
Ground chicken 5 pounds, chicken breast unbreaded 5 pounds, leg quarters 5 pounds, chicken fajitia meat 5 pounds,3 whole chickens about 3-5 pounds apiece,ground chicken formed into chicken patties 5 pounds, 5 pounds of chicken livers and gizzards.
I'm thinking I am good on chicken for awhile.
Also on mini inventory found 5-3 pound pork loin, 5 quart bags of pork chops,1 lone pound of ground beef,3 pounds of pork steak, 2- hams,2 packages of homemade pizza dough,probably 5 pounds of shredded cheeses.
You all have a good day, still thinking about Alidi's.
Will be making up December's menu's up this weekend.
Will be cooking from the freezers, got a meat bundle coming in January and no room to put it right now.

 

[zannej]

Grimm, good for you for calling the guy out! TP fort! LOL! I wish we had a Costco in my area. We're stuck with Samsclub only. I think they did open one Costco in our state but it's far away. I'm glad you got your 1 pack of TP though.
Urbanhunter, LOL at your wife being chased by the robo vacuum! My sister has some of those (one for upstairs & one for downstairs). They were gifts from her father-in-law. Her older one didn't seem to learn after bumping in to things. I was sitting on the couch & it kept ramming in to my feet over and over gain. Reminded me of the time I was in my yard and an armadillo bumped into my legs, backed up, and bumped into them again. Then just kept bumping in to me repeatedly as if I was going to move until I gave it a nudge with my foot to make it go in a different direction. Same thing with the vacuum.
Snappy, sweet potato treats sound delicious (I know they are for dogs, but I love sweet potatoes). Sorry to hear your canner was warped by the stove. I'm aiming to replace my defunct crappy electric stove with an induction one some day. Will have to upgrade the breaker & wiring for it though-- those thing pull 50amps and need 8 gauge wire. No worrying about burners being on accidentally (my brother tends to bump them & turn them on unintentionally). I want one with knobs instead of those plastic buttons that can wear out or a digital screen where the controls can go wrong (which is what happened on my friend's stove).
Neb, glad to hear you got the door frame built and hope the rest of the construction goes well.
Mo, all that meat sounds good!

Yesterday I went with my brother for his EFL. He asked me to come along as it was his first time teaching solo. I was his teaching assistant. His handwriting is awful & the whiteboard kept moving/swinging back whenever people tried to write on it. I held it still for him & eventually took over writing for him while he interacted with the class (they laughed at his handwriting & had to ask what it said). It's something he'll need to work on. Since I also took art, I was able to draw something that somewhat resemble the map on some sheets we passed out to the students & I suggested he get them involved in a group activity where they gave me directions to fill in the labels on the buildings of the map (they were mostly blank with a few filled in for reference). It went well. They also had to practice giving each other directions. I held the board still when students wrote on it. He taught 2 classes & it went well. Very nice students with interesting backgrounds. We went to the walmart in that area to see if they had more stuff that our nearest stores don't carry. They were still out of some stuff we wanted but I found mom's sugar free cherry cough drops, shelled sunflower seeds, & some new frozen meals to try. Passed a kidney stone in the walmart bathroom- which sucked but it was good to get the damn thing out. Racked out when we got home, got up briefly to make dinner, then back to sleep for most of the night. Woke up early and cleaned the hallway. Today I'm resting & planning to do a bit more cleaning.

 

[user 55]

Went to stock up at Sams club today. No paper towels at all but overall everything was well stocked. Big excitement was the nut job screaming at people saying they were cutting in line. He got into a few peoples faces but most ignored him. He was out of control. Two cases of toilet paper and probably another 4 or 5 things. He was wearing a veterans hat so everyone cut him slack but it’s a wonder he didn’t have a heart attack right there. I’ve never seen this type of behavior around here.

 

[Amish Heart]

Kids went to school today, but then had to pick them all up because last week they were exposed to covid on the bus. So they can return December 2. They have no symptoms, and have already "done" a week quarantine without knowing it. The twins only actually attend school Wed and Fri, the rest of the week is online. So, really, with the Thanksgiving holiday closure, they are only missing in person this Friday. When they return is a Wednesday. So they are bummed, but not too bummed. Took cousins shopping at Walmart.