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What are U doing today? (Ongoing thread)
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Linda
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Apr 22, 2020 04:31AM
Cold again or should I say still? Working this morning. This afternoon hubby and I will make a crustless Quiche and apple crumble together. We have time to bake :)
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While the asparagus started coming up almost 2 weeks ago, the weather has been too cold for it to grow much. Now that it's warmed up, it's been pretty dry, but we did get enough for dinner tonight. Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy all day with lows around 50 & highs close to 70 for the next couple of days, so it will take off.
Making wooden threads is an interesting addition to woodwork. It's kind of expensive to get into since a tap & die costs about $60 & there can be issues. I buy one every couple of years & now I have 4 of them from 1/2" up to my latest which is 1-1/2". This is a stack toy that I made for my youngest grandson.
Lucky grandson. My almost ninety four year old husband spent three and one half hours under the bathroom sink installing new faucets, Maybe you will be like him Jim if you live that long; always being busy.
Hello, hope everyone is staying safe and well. No Covid symptoms ofr me so far. however, my spring allergies were still right on time! But I am used to that at least.Finding isolation a bit hard but I am hanging in there. At least our apartment house has a large patio with half a dozen benches. On warm days I can sit out there and social distance.
Planted fifty impatients this afternoon after the neighbors on our street went in front of a neighbor's drive to wish her one hundred year old mother Happy birthday. Some carried flags and my husband had a whistle that he banged on an empty milk plastic bottle. A fun gathering and mostly did distance from one another.
Nina wrote: "Lucky grandson. My almost ninety four year old husband spent three and one half hours under the bathroom sink installing new faucets, Maybe you will be like him Jim if you live that long; always be..."And he was able to get up ok? Sometimes getting down and under a sink is doable then the trouble is getting up!
Coinky dink - my husband was installing new faucets too but for the kitchen.
I hate working under sinks. Kudos! And that's a LOT of impatients. Wow.
Mary JL wrote: "Hello, hope everyone is staying safe and well. No Covid symptoms ofr me so far. however, my spring allergies were still right on time! But I am used to that at least.Finding isolation a bit hard ..."
I hear ya with the Spring allergies. Sneezing, runny nose. After several hours of this nonsense I broke down and took a Benadryl. In 30 minutes sneezing and runny nose stopped.
Sunny morning at 642am and 34 degrees. Expected to be mid-60's. This morning I work from home until 1pm. Our highlight of the day will be going to Walmart for grocery pickup. Since it will be a nice sunny day we'll stop by the Lake but first grab an ice cream at the local Stewarts.
We had 3 yards of soil delivered last week and I'm slowly moving the dirt to its several destinations. Last week I had a heck of a time with the wheelbarrow, then learned yesterday the tire was flat! Using the wheelbarrow today will be much easier.
Will be great to be out in the yard. Hubby will supervisor as he's no longer able to do the task. It works for us!
I saw a bright yellow finch landing on my red bud tree branch this morning and unlike Jim we have very few sightings of them and it was a good omen of my ninety third birthday today.
I saw a flock of gold finches just outside the shop today. There were over a dozen pairs around the stone dust pile. I think they were eating the dandelion seeds.
Nina wrote: "I saw a bright yellow finch landing on my red bud tree branch this morning and unlike Jim we have very few sightings of them and it was a good omen of my ninety third birthday today."Happy 90th Nina! A very good omen indeed and a pretty sight with yellow and red colors! Hope you had a fantastic day.
Traveling an hour up north - our favorite soft ice cream spot has opened. They also serve food. Opened last weekend so hopefully the mad rush to visit the hot stop has calmed (if it was a mad rush at all) - we'll grab our food then go by a lake and enjoy nature. Maybe we'll spot some migrating birds.
Temps are expected to be close to 70 here so up north 5-10 degrees less - but SUNNY!
Have a good day everyone.
I am miserable. I was weeding & mowing on Saturday & got bit by something on my neck. I didn't feel it at the time, but I have a series of 5 bites at the collar bone stretching from the front to the back of my neck. The one in front is particularly bad causing a lump over an inch in diameter & my entire chest to itch. Even with 2 benadryl, I can barely sleep. Even the recent tick bites on my legs pale in comparison to it & they're pretty itchy.
Jim wrote: "I am miserable. I was weeding & mowing on Saturday & got bit by something on my neck. I didn't feel it at the time, but I have a series of 5 bites at the collar bone stretching from the front to th..."Oh my goodness Jim. Did you figure out what bit you yet?
Try calamine lotion?
Black flies usually give me large lumps. Much smaller lumps since my first black fly bite many years ago. Bit on the forehead, turned red and the swelling was most of my forehead. My reaction to black fly bites was the same for several years. Now the swelling is minimal.
Hope you are OK today.
Yesterday was a beautiful day. Took a car ride. At home we stayed on deck for a few hours reading, eating. Then washed the car when the sun was hidden for a while. Today, not sunny - cool enough to clean the inside of the car!
Have fun everyone and Stay Safe.
Jim if you are still feeling miserable try Desitin. It has worked wonders for us in the past.
My itchies have subsided, thankfully. Just 2 tablets of prednisone seem to have done the trick. Very little sleep again last night, though. I was up until 3am even with 2 benadryl & woke up at 6am. Still better than itching.Next week we go back to work & my new schedule will require me to go into work just 2 days a week from 5:30am to 10am, but I'll remain on call until 6pm each day. That's a great work schedule since I can do what I need to when I want.
Are things opening up in your area? Are you going back to work soon?
Glad the worst is over Jim. Not quite back to normal here. We will see when the stay at home is lifted.
Marg & I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary with a horseback ride. She's on Pumpkin & I'm on Cloud. We're in the south field with our kids' house behind us. The lockdown is tough on some, but for us, it's been more of a vacation. We have plenty to do at home. :)
Happy Mother's Day to all, a little late. Back to work today, albeit remotely for me. It's been quiet, thankfully. Usually folks seem to lose their minds after a few days & it's been 7 weeks for most of them.
The hummingbird feeders are getting a work out. Not just hummingbirds, but a Downy woodpecker is drinking a lot & we saw an Orchard oriole on the feeder last night. We rarely see them. Luckily Marg recognized it as I was clueless. Hope to see more of it.
Envious of all your bird friends Jim and glad you are now able to be back to work.
It hardly seems the time to meet knew people, but we've become friends with a family that lives about 5 minutes away. Vanessa is a massage therapist my daughter sees & the lock down closed her business. She started coming over to see the horses & now her whole family is coming by pretty often. They're about 20 years younger than us with 4 great kids in their teens. The oldest gave me a much needed haircut, a real step up. Not only is a pretty girl a nice change from the crusty old guys that usually cut my hair, but I got to sit on a stool by the back door & watch the birds, horses, etc. during the process - a much nicer sight than the peeling paint of the barber shop.
I'm teaching the youngest how to make a milk stool for his mother. It's quite a compliment for parents to allow me to teach a kid to play with power tools, trusting me to return him with all his fingers. It's going well, except he's about 5" shorter than I am & all the tools are set up for my height. While the tablesaw worked out, the lathe is a bit of a problem.
The other two are playing with the horses like their mother. They say it's kind of like summer camp. They're enthusiastic, interested, & they listen. It's nice having them around.
Dominic has pretty much finished the milking stool. I showed it to his father yesterday & Dan was impressed. We might put another coat of poly on it, but that's his call. He's coming over again tomorrow, but our main focus is now candle sticks. He seems enthralled with spindle turning, but I've got some green maple, so I'll be showing him how to make a candle holder out of it, too. Maybe get into some bowl turning after that.Josh helped me take down a dead maple today. I don't know what killed it, but the wood looked live, just no leaves while all those around it had theirs. Termites in the roots? Whatever, it & another have my trailer about ready to collapse - about 50' at 12" diameter. A neighbor will saw it into boards for me later this week. When I did that with the kids' tree, it cost about $75 & 2 years drying in the barn to get well over $500 in great wood.
Seems you are making the best of staying home.
Nina wrote: "Seems you are making the best of staying home."Well, today is Sunday, so I didn't have to check in at work. It was a nicer day, but still hot & full of the stuff of life. I dropped off the logs with the sawyer which took a while. Then the fuel line broke on my truck just as I was pulling back in the lane. I rolled backwards & wound up blocking the entire road for about 10 minutes. Josh towed me up to the shop with Margaret's truck. One car had to stop briefly as we pulled into the lane. We're not exactly a high traffic area, thankfully. Actually, most of the people who drive on our road probably could & would have towed me up to the shop.
I fixed the fuel line on the truck. It wasn't the toughest job, but took a while. It didn't help that I left the key on, so the battery was about dead. I had to charge it before I could check my work & take it down off the blocks. All done & working fine, but I didn't get the fields mowed as I planned.
Hi all! Who knew one could be so busy when there are so many places and things we cannot do! Quiet here this morning so I have a chance to say hello and see what's been going on.
I work from home still, all day Wednesday and Thursday mornings. On Wednesday we have a Zoom meeting with video. I treat this as a day I'm "going to work" as folks will see me. I get dressed for work and put on earrings and a necklace. During this home time I very rarely wear mascara but on Wednesdays I put some on.
This past Thursday was cold and rainy so both my husband and I stayed in pj's until I was done with work. Well, at least it gives us a little change in our schedule.
Each day we take a ride somewhere. Maybe a picnic, drive down into the Village and see how many tourists there are which has been increasing a bit each day (mostly weekends since school is still "open"), or just go to the local Walgreen's or Stewart's to pick up an item or two.
I lost 2 pounds. Doing more yard work. Some of the work is hard but I certainly like the results.
Today its only 48 degrees at 6:30am. Decided to cook a chuck roast. Went to local butcher yesterday. Wow! Expensive. A 4.88 pound chuck roast was $46. Their meat is great and its just the 2 of us so we should get 3 meals from this meat. That's our fun for today.
Feels good to drop in and say hello and read some of the old posts.
Linda wrote: "Hi all! Who knew one could be so busy when there are so many places and things we cannot do! ..."Congrats on losing the weight. Meat is expensive, but I don't keep up with it. The Boss does the grocery shopping & all I see are the totals. I did get sliced roast beef from the local store yesterday & a pound of it was almost $9.
I never go anywhere & am always busy with something. The Internet really helps. I get enough people time like this (Yeah, I'm weird.) & I can find out more about the microcosm that I live in. I'm always finding some new plant or fungus around that's worth exploring. I just wish I could retain more.
We're chilly this morning, but in the upper 50s. It's been getting into the 80s during the heat of the afternoon & is very dry. We got a tad bit of rain this morning & are hoping for more.
Hi - good to hear you are busy as well. Funny how we find things to do. Today, we are going to watch horse races on tv and may even place a $2 bet on line. To get in the atmosphere we will have hot dogs and ice tea as our snack/beverage. Figure during the downtime we could play cards or do searches on the internet or jump in place ... Something different that hubby and I can do together.
Need to run out tomorrow and get more suet for the birds. It's baby time - at least for the hairy and downy woodpeckers.
We are excited - got confirmation this morning that the cottage we rent for a week every year - got the OK from the town that its OK to open up. Yippee. Its a private cottage on a large pond with a dock. The owner has a home next door up a hill - so we only see her if she goes down by the water. So, we'll be staying safe, have a pond to go kayaking and fishing on and then in evenings watch the sun set. Different walls and outdoor views. Can't wait. Going next Saturday. Whoooo hoooo
Nina wrote: "Have fun!"Thanks, we will for sure!
Russell delivered 200 bales of hay last night & used the neatest hay bale grabber to pull them on & off the wagons. It was mounted where the bucket would be & picked up 8 bales at a time as a flat. It set them in the aisle of the barn, so it was easy to toss them sideways on to stacks. Amazing time & work savings! Apparently he has an attachment to the baler that catches & stacks them in the flats, too. The grass has been so good this year, we've been able to keep the horses off the north field & he'll be cutting & baling in over the next few days. That should be about another 100 bales, so we'll be set for the winter. Whew! That's always a relief. It's great to have it done before July, too. No foxtail which has become a problem.
Jim, you must be all muscle - always busy and working hard
Linda wrote: "Jim, you must be all muscle - always busy and working hard"Not me. I had 2 prime helpers, so I mostly directed. Of course, the few bales I did toss all landed perfectly in place. Great technique or picking the easy ones? Hah! I'll keep you guessing as I did them.
:)
It's not what I'm doing but my ninety four year old husband is watering bushes that our Homes Association planted behind the house in ninety degree weather and fixing a part of our fallen down fence and is now on his hands and knees installing a new disposal. Can't keep a good man to rest. Jim you might be like him if you reach that age.
Nina wrote: "It's not what I'm doing but my ninety four year old husband is watering bushes that our Homes Association planted behind the house in ninety degree weather and fixing a part of our fallen down fenc..."He sounds amazing. You probably get a little nervous of hubby doing these things in the heat. At least you can assist in keeping him hydrated. :)
I just went outside to give my hubby a glass of water - he's washing car. Otherwise, he'd forget!
We've got the 300 bales of hay in that we'll need until this time next year. That's always a relief, especially getting it done before July when the foxtail (grass with a prickly head) comes in. It was a lot cheaper this year since about half came from one of our fields & a LOT easier because Russell got some new equipment. There's only about 5 acres usable for hay, but we got better than 30 bales/acre - 167 total. As you can see the grass is really thick. Here the hay has been tedded, cut, & raked into windrows.
The first part of the new equipment hangs behind the baler. The hay comes out of the baler & is set in a pile 1 bale high, 4x2 wide.
Once 8 bales fill the rack, a gate is opened in the back which leaves them in the field all ready to be picked up & set either in the barn for stacking or on a wagon by the front end loader. It grabs them all at once, a huge savings in labor.
If you've ever dealt with hay bales, you're probably as excited as I am by this innovation. No more dodging hay bales as the kicker shoots them at you while stacking on a hay wagon or, worse, picking them up off the ground & tossing them on to the wagon. In the barn, it's just as nice. He set them in the aisle & we dealt with 8 at a time, only having to toss them to the side & stack. It was fantastic!
Love seeing your photos and hearing wht they are about.
A few weeks ago, I took 2 maple trees out of the woods to a neighbor to cut into boards. One had blown over & the other died recently for no known reason (termites in the roots?) but both had about 26' of good wood about 14" in diameter. I just picked up the boards today & stacked them in the barn. Cost $120 for about $750 worth of wood. I'll have to let it dry for a year, but that's not a problem.
Beetles are causing havoc here eating zinnias, roses and viburnam bushes and lots of other things. Bah Humbug.
Thanks. I think I found a hay elevator cheap & it's fun having the grandmonsters here for a visit. They're 1 & 6 years old. Out playing with their aunt & the horses now.
My son & his family left yesterday. It was nice seeing them, including the 2 grandmonsters, but it was also exhausting. We're in the middle of a heat wave (mid 90s with high humidity) so outdoor activities were somewhat limited. Still, we went to the local wildlife center, Ren Faire (jousting!), tractor rides (in the front bucket), & plenty of time on horseback, of course.
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