What's everybody doing today?

[Lenny]

If your cleaning lady has one of those long handled Swiffer dusters, BEWARE, they can be used as a weapon!!

I will NEVER introduce you two to each other!!! LOL!!!

 

[Patchouli]

Got laundry started. Feeling a little better but still need to take it easy. Hmpfh (grumpy sound not an acronym)...Old people (me).
Got another supply list going.

 

[Tirediron]

Snow fell, I plowed some of said snow, maybe a foot, but it is above freezing so it is shrinking

 

[d_marsh]

Got up, worked out, cleaned up, went to work for a bit, started in on the lady's task list, got distracted at the gun shop, got back to the list, accidentally went to the liquor store for demerara syrup and MM 46 bourbon, got back to the list, went home and made a salad, got on the laptop in furtherance of the list but ended up here instead.

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

Spent some not so quality time at the local bus shop. Friday night I dropped off all the paper work for this shop at the main shop 1.5 hrs away. It came back this morning with a new temp driver. The fax machine is not
Working so i had to photo message all the naughty kid bus reports and call IT to come fix all the electronics and reset the wifi so we have a password. IT is next province over and will take awhile to get here. They sent a new extra duty cell phone to test on buses that drive in areas without cell or radio contact. They can send a emergency text only. They sent it uncharged without a charging cable. No one here has the right cable. We are in no man's land so I will have to drive 1.5 hours to get one.

 

[zannej]

I heard the backup generator running early this morning. Looks like I may have gotten the right stove oil to diesel ratio figured out.
Yesterday I got the Starlink mounted on a pole. It's about 8 feet high and still working.

I highly recommend getting a cooling fan for under the starlink modem. I use https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R659J8Z/
The modem tends to heat up so cooling it off can help.

Stomach is bugging me today. Waiting for my brother to finish his gaming so we can go meet my friend at the house he's buying. He needs to get it fixed so it can pass inspection. I'm hoping this one won't fall through too. I've encouraged him to NOT tell his mother the address and that if she's going to babysit for him that she can meet him at a nearby business or something-- like the vet's office. Because if she sees how much storage space he has with the workshop and barn she will be constantly dumping stuff there.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I highly recommend getting a cooling fan for under the starlink modem. I use https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R659J8Z/
The modem tends to heat up so cooling it off can help.

Stomach is bugging me today. Waiting for my brother to finish his gaming so we can go meet my friend at the house he's buying. He needs to get it fixed so it can pass inspection. I'm hoping this one won't fall through too. I've encouraged him to NOT tell his mother the address and that if she's going to babysit for him that she can meet him at a nearby business or something-- like the vet's office. Because if she sees how much storage space he has with the workshop and barn she will be constantly dumping stuff there.

Whats a modem? Is that the same thing as the Wi-Fi?

 

[Amish Heart]

Just started the first fire of the season. Pup keeps running off with kindling out of the kindling bucket, thinking I'm bringing him in sticks. Ha.
Took husband in for an EKG and a visit with his heart doc and his heart med problems. Picked up pharmacy and since Dollar Tree is next to Walgreens, went in and filled a cart. Just got all that put away. It's cold and very, very windy and has been rainy all day. Well, I guess 41 degrees isn't all that cold, but with the wind, it feels it.

 

[sonya123]

Just started the first fire of the season. Pup keeps running off with kindling out of the kindling bucket, thinking I'm bringing him in sticks. Ha.
Took husband in for an EKG and a visit with his heart doc and his heart med problems. Picked up pharmacy and since Dollar Tree is next to Walgreens, went in and filled a cart. Just got all that put away. It's cold and very, very windy and has been rainy all day. Well, I guess 41 degrees isn't all that cold, but with the wind, it feels it.

I had our stove on today also for a little while , it was low 40s in the morning but then warmed up to around 60

but BAD weather coming in a few days

 

[sonya123]

so, no heart issues today, but I didn't take dog for a hike, son did. I was too busy, processed a bunch of collards and kale to go into the freezer. Plus picked a ton of tiny little super hot peppers. I have so many , I left the green ones on there and just picked the red ones.

Had to call one of my credit card companies to pay the bill over the phone, since it got here a day AFTER it was due. That's never happened before...I wonder if it was the credit card company or the mail . There should have been other bills here by now also , but nothing in the mail but junk. I wonder if companies really want to push everyone online and no longer pay in the mail.
I will pay it over the phone before I do it online. Too much of a hassle.

 

[Patchouli]

@sonya123 I’m glad your heart seems to be doing better. Terrified me when you spoke of it because of what I went through. I had never had a problem with mine, then had some serious heart palpitations, said I’d get it checked out when I came back from my trip. I almost died on my trip and was gone for 6 weeks instead of a week. My mitral valve had ruptured unbeknownst to me, until it was nearly too late.
I use hawthorn berry solution, it’s actually a brandy, and a very small daily dose. Highly recommended for heart health. Plus one daily dose of something else.
There are a couple of other vitamins highly recommended for heart health too. Just something to consider.

 

[Peanut]

Trip to town to get 3way switches, 14g electrical wire and a sheet of half inch plywood to start the dreaded stairway lighting re-do. The landing on the L-stairs needs a little work also. The old landing is 50yr old particle board, needs replaced before someone falls through it. At least the price of plywood has come down. Wanted marine grade but they didn’t have it. Regular plywood was $25 a sheet. They wanted an arm and a leg for 14-2 wire though, almost $2 per foot.

Got a few groceries then lunch at the mexican place. Filled up my truck on the way out of town.

 

[Neb]

With snow in the forecast I prepared the tractor for a long winter's nap. Ran stabilized gas for 10 minutes and pulled the battery to put on a trickle charger.

My brother helped get the new battery in the side by side. My right arm is getting better but I am not going to risk reinjury.

Ben