What's everybody doing today?

[Tommyice]

Glad you are getting better! Will work take you back part time at first?

I’m sure if I told them I could only work half days for a few days they’d be fine with it. In fact, they’re so short handed that if I said I need to bring a hospital bed and work laying down in that they’d fling open the doors.

 

[zannej]

Makes me want to sing
Dead ant
Dead ant
Dead ant, dead ant, dead ant dead ant, dead ant

As an aside, I loved Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies.

Was it a J shaped tire iron? My first vehicle had a J tire iron and I couldn't get lug nuts off for love or money with that sucker. ASAP I bought myself a 4 way tire iron and I spray paint the end that works for that car. It has been suggested here to get a special tool that is similar to a drill like they use in tire shops. I am at a loss right now for what the name of it is. I looked for one and saw that they are around $200, and I haven't invested in one yet.

Yes. It was J-shaped. Crappy made-in-China one to boot. The cross shaped ones work a little better but it can still be tough. One of these days I'll get the pneumatic kind since I do have an air compressor but it would only be used at home.

Had to put air in one of my tires. I think it has a valve stem leak. Was down to 18psi. Picked up mail and grabbed some stuff from Walmart. I found they had a digital caliper in stock.

Had a rough night trying to sleep because Princess was agitated and would not calm down. Don't know what her problem was. She's fine now.

Got Yasuke on my lap happily purring away. Bethesda is on my knees, Gravy Jones is clinging to my left leg, Biscuits is on my right leg and Princess is finally sleeping peacefully next to me.

 

[Mountain trapper]

With the rain and melting snow we're getting now, our road is washing out in many places. One of our creeks is up over the road and it's washing out. It was a challenge driving my Rubicon home.

 

[Tim Horton]

Almost 7pm ..cdst.. 55F, calm, high overcast.. Nice day tomorrow and Friday and colder over the weekend predicted.. The only snow is in shady spots.. Grass, forest fire danger is through the roof high..

 

[LadyLocust]

Rained most of the day. Had a friend stop by for a few minutes and brought me some cackleberries and asked if I could make her some more lotion bars- oh yeah . Then the electrician who will be back tomorrow. Then my folks and they took a few things which was nice. Anything out is good. I am slowly getting things gone through and put away. Found the notebook I use for doing my numbers so that might be on the docket for tomorrow.

 

[LadyLocust]

Hubby’s in the kitchen making hot sauce. Mostly habaneros with a couple purple reapers . We have the windows open so we can breathe

 

[Mountain trapper]

Hubby’s in the kitchen making hot sauce. Mostly habaneros with a couple purple reapers . We have the windows open so we can breathe

Dang. Now I'm going to have make hot sauce. Actually I have some smoked habararo with mystery pepper sauce in the fridge that I need to bottle up.

 

[LadyLocust]

Dang. Now I'm going to have make hot sauce. Actually I have some smoked habararo with mystery pepper sauce in the fridge that I need to bottle up.

I’m thinking there should be an outdoor cooking station solely for the making of hot sauce. Wowza!

 

[Mountain trapper]

I’m thinking there should be an outdoor cooking station solely for the making of hot sauce. Wowza!

Good idea. A Man's kitchen.

 

[montanabill]

finally got around to replacing a kitchen sink faucet and a smoking GFI outlet on our downstairs apartment....working under counters is something I try to avoid..

 

[Pearl]

Been watching the cops come and go from the new neighbors down the road!! Dang druggies, hope they are gone soon!! Also had some nice but windy pool float time. Hubby and I started getting the mower fleet ready for mow time!! And we did some yard clean up around the house!

 

[Weedygarden]

Yes. It was J-shaped. Crappy made-in-China one to boot. The cross shaped ones work a little better but it can still be tough. One of these days I'll get the pneumatic kind since I do have an air compressor but it would only be used at home.

I had my experience with a J shape once, and that was enough. It is worth the investment to get a 4 way cross type lug remover.
The cross type can be tough, but are easier. I actually stood on one side of it two times when removing lug nuts. I couldn't get them to budge otherwise. Yes, a pneumatic kind would be great, but I usually end up with flat tires in the middle of nowhere Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana or North Dakota. Sometimes I've seen signs that say, "Next gas station, 75 miles." Okay. And sometimes you can drive and rarely see another vehicle.

 

[Weedygarden]

Hubby’s in the kitchen making hot sauce. Mostly habaneros with a couple purple reapers . We have the windows open so we can breathe

That would be similar to grinding horseradish. We only did that outdoors. Outdoor kitchens are great. Wish I had one. Cousin has a summer kitchen that is primarily used for canning. That would also be a great thing to have.

 

[Pearl]

Regular work day today. Going to be a beautiful day so I'll mess around outside later! I'll leave my inside list for dust storm Friday!

 

[Amish Heart]

Probably do things around here, some up potting, and outside stuff after chores. If I go anywhere, it'll be down the road for the mail and a stop in at the amish grocery. Should be pretty quiet today and the weather looks decent.
Had a dream about potato planting, so that should be a sign to be outside.

 

[UrbanHunter]

Just dragging today. Have lots to do, just not motivation to do it.......

 

[sonya123]

still waiting on the last 2 sheep to have their lambs, and now we have a goat that has some sort of issue. Our biggest weather that is supposed to go in the freezer next month. I hope he is ok. He was standing there panting and shaking yesterday evening. No obvious injuries or illness. It almost looked like he had been running and was dehydrated, but Ozzy was in the empty pasture playing with Otto, so no dog chased him. So not sure. Hope he is ok today, we put him in a stall with food and water
Always something....
Need to go get grain at the feed store , almost out. Might do that today
We did clean the house yesterday.

 

[snappy1]

I will walk first, this morning.
Take DH to doc appt. in town 30 miles North.
Drop off Amazon return.
And that's it!

 

[UrbanHunter]

Feeling better, a buddy called and said, hey about that generator you are looking for... would $300 be too much? Lets see a slightly used 6.5Kw generator with a new carb and the wheel kit, for $300, not bad. Now, I just need him to throw in a 220volt extension cord

 

[Amish Heart]

Feeling better, a buddy called and said, hey about that generator you are looking for... would $300 be too much? Lets see a slightly used 6.5Kw generator with a new carb and the wheel kit, for $300, not bad. Now, I just need him to throw in a 220volt extension cord

Why does it have a new carb if it's slightly used?

 

[Peanut]

Cousin came over and helped me change the wheel base width on the tractor. Set it to 72". This allows me to plant and plow rows on 36" centers in the garden. Yes, farming requires math for the oddest things... The width had been set to 57inches which is best for cutting and baling hay.

Anyway, a straight forward process but it's easier to wrestle the rear tires around with 2 people. My cousin knew a trick for setting the front axle width. Loosened the bolts and used the power steering to make the changes, easy peasy...

No plans tonight but laundry and tv...

 

[Mountain trapper]

Going out soon and start a fire in the fur shed. Got some skinning to do tonight. There's only a couple days of legal trapping season left for beaver and muskrat. I'm going out tomorrow and saturate an area with traps to catch as many muskrats as possible before the end of season. If I go over a few days it's no big deal. The rancher wants them all gone. I tried explaining that it would be impossible to catch them all. I've been trapping this ranch for years and there's as many critters there today as when I started trapping there 10 years ago.

 

[UrbanHunter]

Why does it have a new carb if it's slightly used?

They let it sit a season with ethanol in the tank, then when it wouldn't start they bought a new one and gave it to my friend. He put the new carb on it and that makes it slightly used... It's 2 years old...

 

[sonya123]

still no lambs, I am starting to worry about one of them, she is just huge and looks like her udder is about to explode. She better have them soon...

the goat is ok, I think maybe he just got too hot and didn't drink enough.
Did too much today, gardening, dug up weeds in my boxes the stuff that doesn't like clay soil goes in like carrots, plus shoveled dirt and composted manure into pots to start peas. Usually I just put them in the garden but they keep getting eaten, so I am trying this.

Husband went to get the grain, so I had time for gardening in between washing bed stuff, checking the sheep and feeding bottle babies

 

[Neb]

I got a fresh prescription for my glasses. I told The Princess she is prettier when she isn't fuzzy.

Picked up more potting soil to transplant more clones.

Ben

 

[LadyLocust]

Went to chiropractor this morning. My back finally stayed in so I don’t have to go back unless needed
Made a batch of soap, two batches of lotion bars, a loaf of sourdough and a pot of spud soup with ham and bacon.
Electrician was here to fix the doorbell. The contractor had pulled the transformer out completely (gone via garbage) and didn’t snap a pix of wires. We ended up totally disassembling it and I found a model number so was able to find a wiring schematic. It’s 1968 musical chime with about 20-25 tunes including Clementine, Captown Races, Home on the Range, Wm Tell Ovtr. Oh Susanna and so on. Kinda funny.

 

[Neb]

... The contractor had pulled the transformer out completely (gone via garbage) and didn’t snap a pix of wires. We ended up totally disassembling it and I found a model number so was able to find a wiring schematic. It’s 1968 musical chime with about 20-25 tunes including Clementine, Captown Races, Home on the Range, Wm Tell Ovtr. Oh Susanna and so on. Kinda funny.

Well that is a problem

Ben

 

[Mountain trapper]

Just finishing up here in the fur shed and relaxing with an icy cold root beer and listening to the radio. Had a few snow flurries off and on most of the day. The temp is dropping, down in the mid 20's now. Supposed to have snow through Monday, we'll see. We need it.

 

[montanabill]

Did some much needed cleaning up. Got two motorcycles listed on craigslist for sale (spring is coming) then cleaned out the fridge of aging vegies and chopped up some banana's to make a load for the freeze drier. Otherwise I think I caught a case of the puny's my wife just got over.

 

[Pearl]

Hubby and I rescheduled our jobs today. High wind warning and extreme fire danger. I know we will have more tree damage. We definitely want to be around 'just in case'! I'll catch up on all my inside work today.