Today sunny 47f --- from my kitchen window
What's everybody doing today?
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Stiff and sore from running a chainsaw yesterday. I think I'm going to the farm supply this morning. I have T-posts but they are 7ft and meant for the chicken pen rebuild. Shorter posts will be better for the section of fence I'm working on.
Need a couple more items while in town. Maybe by this afternoon I'll be moving a bit better and can sink a few posts.
Need a couple more items while in town. Maybe by this afternoon I'll be moving a bit better and can sink a few posts.
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That's all I use are the 7ft posts. I drive them in 2ft. If I hit a rock then I drill a hole with my hammer drill. And in places that's all I have is rock.
Morning shift at the Cat rescue, replace the tarp covering the trailer, collect more scrap for recycling, pack more boxes 
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Well I've already had to run out to get something 2 different times this morning. One of my wife's friends is going to need a lift to work later & I'm tasked for that. Tonight my wife is going out with the girls so I'm thinking hamburgers for my step father & I. As for what's keeping me busy, one of those trips out was to get a shelf for a mini cabinet. I got it, put it in & cleaned, dried & filled it will crystal. I already know that my wife won't be happy with one of the shelves so I have a back up plan. I really should kick back for the rest of the day because I have a very angry muscle in my back but between lunch & dinner I plan to clean the crystal in 2 more shelves, the shelves & put them back. After that I'll do nothing for the rest of the day except go out for dinner.
I'm making great progress on the crystal cleaning so I am hoping that I've only got 2 more weeks of it.
I'm making great progress on the crystal cleaning so I am hoping that I've only got 2 more weeks of it.
Just spent an hour deep vacuuming the kitchen and den.
Between the dog hair and bird seed getting tracked all over, it was a lot.
We vacuum regularly, but this time I moved furniture and things.
Next comes the mopping of every inch.
Between the dog hair and bird seed getting tracked all over, it was a lot.
We vacuum regularly, but this time I moved furniture and things.
Next comes the mopping of every inch.
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Wow, you men are great cleaners!
I don't think my husband has cleaned anything in his whole life.
I don't think my husband has cleaned anything in his whole life.
I survived this mornings colonoscopy. Actually, the procedure itself is a big nothing. It's the prep for it the day before and the morning of that sucks.
What a nice brunch out we had after the procedure. Biscuits and gravy, eggs, and roasted potatoes with hazelnut coffee. I couldn't be more mellow. I think that's probably the IV Versed and Fentanyl they gave me that's doing the talking here. But I'll take it, whatever it was that brought this mellowness on. I can see why they require you to have a driver with you for this procedure. If I was driving myself, I'd probably be hitting Kansas about now, looking for the turnoff to Denver.
What a nice brunch out we had after the procedure. Biscuits and gravy, eggs, and roasted potatoes with hazelnut coffee. I couldn't be more mellow. I think that's probably the IV Versed and Fentanyl they gave me that's doing the talking here. But I'll take it, whatever it was that brought this mellowness on. I can see why they require you to have a driver with you for this procedure. If I was driving myself, I'd probably be hitting Kansas about now, looking for the turnoff to Denver.
Cleaned a horribly dirty rent house today, Hubby did some repairs and tackled the also horrible yard! I can't believe how some people live!! I don't think these renters cleaned the whole year they were there!! Good money, but exhausting!! Taking a nap in a bit , then jumping on the pool float!! Beer is chilling in the freezer!!
Got up, worked out, spent most of the morning and noon hour looking for a sex offender that was "accidentally" released [post in rant thread forthcoming], and now I am just sitting her pissed off that they couldn't just issue me a pedo hunting license.
Got our absentee ballots today, filled them out, and they will go to the drop box tomorrow.
My "Top Secret Ballot" looks just like these choices:
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Got up early to get in line at the discount dentist which is part of the office we go to for regular medical care. The clinic takes care of low income on a sliding scale. We can pay but they offer a good deal and even their pharmacy has super good prices.
I had a capped tooth that broke off at the base and I don't believe in root canals since I know too many people who have had them go bad.
Anyway getting there a hour early I was the third person in line and they usually only take four dental patients.
The procedure was quick and not too uncomfortable. Now I have a space in my teeth but I eliminated a source of infection..Just maybe next spring (if the world hangs together) I can get a implant or a partial.
Hanging out doing nothing I have spent time watching the hurricane response and political happenings and the military industrial complex machinations......Good Grief..
I had a capped tooth that broke off at the base and I don't believe in root canals since I know too many people who have had them go bad.
Anyway getting there a hour early I was the third person in line and they usually only take four dental patients.
The procedure was quick and not too uncomfortable. Now I have a space in my teeth but I eliminated a source of infection..Just maybe next spring (if the world hangs together) I can get a implant or a partial.
Hanging out doing nothing I have spent time watching the hurricane response and political happenings and the military industrial complex machinations......Good Grief..
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Took husband in for his shot, stopped at the bin store afterwards and got a good price on a jacket. It'll go in the jacket/sweatshirt closet which gets raided when we have company come in. Threw a roast in the crockpot earlier, so will have that when little granddaughter and I get back from her school concert. Dave the builder guy finished repairing the flooring in our bedroom, installed two garage windows, and got a breezeway door put up. Boy do I have a lot of painting to do. Still working on those kitchen cupboards, but nearly done with those.
I was wiped out this morning, did way to much yesterday. Thankful I have Solomon’s seal or I’d be exhausted and sore. Fencing was beyond my capabilities for today but… I needed 10 T-posts.
Last night my shower head broke off the pipe from the wall. One of those 2-fers, shower head and wand combo. The plastic nut holding it to the pipe split. So I needed a new shower head.
I’ve been filling 6g pails with water to take to the calf. Don’t carry them, keep them in a little garden cart. It already had one flat tire. Noticed this morning another was flat.
So it was off to town for T posts, shower head, and wheels for the cart. Oh, and a dozen 60 penny spikes to put a H post in the fence line I’m replacing. Lowes still had the same shower head in stock, makes that repair simple. Got 3 wheels for the cart, now I have a spare. And got my posts.
Got lunch at the chinese place which is next door to the state liquor store. Walking by I noticed they had the big 1.75L bottles of EverClear (190proof). They’d been out for several weeks. So I got a couple bottles. I’ll use them next year making tinctures.
A little while ago I went out to drop off the posts by the fence. Noticed that where I stopped clearing brush yesterday was only another 60ft or so from the corner. Had the chainsaw with me so I cut some of the brush to get a better look at that part of the fence. Crap! The only thing holding up the wire and posts was the brush. So tomorrow I might as well finish clearing the fence line to the corner and replace all it.
No plans tonight but dinner and tv.
Last night my shower head broke off the pipe from the wall. One of those 2-fers, shower head and wand combo. The plastic nut holding it to the pipe split. So I needed a new shower head.
I’ve been filling 6g pails with water to take to the calf. Don’t carry them, keep them in a little garden cart. It already had one flat tire. Noticed this morning another was flat.
So it was off to town for T posts, shower head, and wheels for the cart. Oh, and a dozen 60 penny spikes to put a H post in the fence line I’m replacing. Lowes still had the same shower head in stock, makes that repair simple. Got 3 wheels for the cart, now I have a spare. And got my posts.
Got lunch at the chinese place which is next door to the state liquor store. Walking by I noticed they had the big 1.75L bottles of EverClear (190proof). They’d been out for several weeks. So I got a couple bottles. I’ll use them next year making tinctures.
A little while ago I went out to drop off the posts by the fence. Noticed that where I stopped clearing brush yesterday was only another 60ft or so from the corner. Had the chainsaw with me so I cut some of the brush to get a better look at that part of the fence. Crap! The only thing holding up the wire and posts was the brush. So tomorrow I might as well finish clearing the fence line to the corner and replace all it.
No plans tonight but dinner and tv.
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