What's everybody doing today?

[UrbanHunter]

The wife is feeling better and she got all fired up to do some cooking! She cooked the meat (country style pork ribs and chicken thighs) for some Filipino style Adobo. Then she shifted gears and decided to stew some chicken to make casseroles, I had asked for a couple of raw pieces of chicken to try in the Air Fryer, so she gave me a leg and a thigh, I dusted them with some rub and just finished eating them as a snack. The other day I had an urge for some venison, bean, and cheese burritos; I sat out the ground venison, so I cooked it up. Had a burrito for lunch, not bad. So now we have lots of food, just not sure what's for supper!

 

[Patchouli]

Glad to hear your wife is feeling so much better, @UrbanHunter ! Get out of her way.

 

[Peanut]

I went to Vegas in 1994 to repair a Cat scanner and I also stayed at the Excalibur.
The doctor that owned the CT was so cheap he declined the repairs. ... sign the service report stating he had declined the repairs because ... he would try to claim I didn't do what he was billed.
No hospital in town would accept his scans. They did their own.

I hated working with weasels like the guy you described. And if you were in the biz they couldn't be avoided. No matter how small the community there was always at least one weasel offering substandard services.

exp... Once a clinic got damaged by a small tornado, the building. Not a lot but the staff would be laid off for a month during repairs (sheetrock, paint, ceiling tiles and a couple windows). No damage to the system that a bottle of spray cleaner wouldn't fix.

The owner tried to bribe me, he wanted to write off a million dollar catscan for the insurance pay out. Wanted me to purposely damage the system so he could claim it got storm damage... Offered me $1000 and a vacation in the Bahama's. I knew I'd never see either!!! I told him it'd cost $25K in cash, up front. That ended the conversation like I knew it would.

I was furious! That weasel actually thought he could bribe me! The clinic staff were my friends and the community needed that scanner. But he was more than willing to harm all those people for a condo next to a golf course... Putz Scum!

 

[Spikedriver]

So, the dispatcher kicked us off the tracks at noon. I went to a restaurant in the casino again for lunch. Now, I know what you're thinking - I'm gonna say a big gust of wind came up and blew me into a chair at the blackjack table again. No, no, I went over after lunch and sat down there all by myself!

I actually took $20 off of them this time...

 

[dademoss]

So, the dispatcher kicked us off the tracks at noon. I went to a restaurant in the casino again for lunch. Now, I know what you're thinking - I'm gonna say a big gust of wind came up and blew me into a chair at the blackjack table again. No, no, I went over after lunch and sat down there all by myself!

I actually took $20 off of them this time...

You know who pays for all those light bulbs, eventually

 

[UrbanHunter]

Well as I expected, the wife burned through her burst of energy. Come dinner time she said, "What's for Supper, and I don't want anything that I was just cooking". I ended up fixing her a small Quiche and I had another burrito...

We are doing well. My dear wife just doesn't realize how much she does for those around her.
Did I ever tell you that she married a clod with no tact?
Anyway she was complaining about how little she can do for us and I said,"For Someone Who Was Suppose to Be Dead in 2018, I think you do more than your share". She smiled and said, "Well if you put it that way".

The one thing that life has taught me is that time spent with the people we care about is precious: We never know when our time together will pass. But once it is gone the memories are all that remain.....

 

[zannej]

Felt cruddy most of the day. It was raining a lot. Went to take a shower at my friend's house (after swinging by Walmart to get a new towel and some deodorant since mine keep disappearing). Been taking care of mom. She's been throwing up all day. I don't know if its something we all ate or if she managed to pick up a virus in her brief time at Walmart the other day. But all of us had stomach aches after eating the takeout from the local place so maybe there was something wrong with the grease they fried the food in.

 

[Pearl]

Felt cruddy most of the day. It was raining a lot. Went to take a shower at my friend's house (after swinging by Walmart to get a new towel and some deodorant since mine keep disappearing). Been taking care of mom. She's been throwing up all day. I don't know if its something we all ate or if she managed to pick up a virus in her brief time at Walmart the other day. But all of us had stomach aches after eating the takeout from the local place so maybe there was something wrong with the grease they fried the food in.

May have been the takeout and it hit your mom worse! Hope she feels better soon!!

 

[INresponse]

Slept pretty good last night. Worked in the garage today on the airlines for the air compressor. Ran the line over the RV garage door and down the other side to where I mounted the retractable air hose reel. I mounted that last night on the beam between the 2 car garage and the RV garage. No leaks. I still need to decide if I will mount another retractable reel inside the front wall to supply air to the driveway or if I will just run a disconnect fitting and have an air hose tucked away out front for filling car tires. I also need to run the air line to the back half of the garage. I have no idea what project in the garage I will tackle next. Sooooo much to do and so little desire to do it.

 

[INresponse]

Well, after a 3 hour sleep tonight I decided to get out of bed at 1am and pass some time before I get tired again and hopefully get a few more hours of sleep.
I started a new thread in the Chickens/Domestic Foul section after learning that "possibly" Dumor brand chicken feed had ZERO protein. So far I would say this is a rumor but someone claims that someone claims they sent a sample of the feed to a lab and the test results showed Zero protein in the food. Sooo, the first someone claims she sent off her own sample and is still waiting on the results. What is funny about this is a neighbor texted me that she learned on a pod cast that someone with chickens noticed an unusually sharp decline in egg production and for whatever reason started feeding the birds table scraps and other meat products and the egg production jumped up again, even though it is the slow winter months of egg production. I don't know nothing, but it is interesting and worth researching for those inclined.
Paid all the bills for the month online, should be good for a few weeks. It is always nice when the work check arrives the same time as the retirement check. Neither one is huge but that brief moment when you look at your account balance and see a big number sure is refreshing. Feeling good about the finances with it closing in on income tax season and with out side of beef due in 2 or 3 weeks. GF is supposed to pay for the beef, I bought the freezer, but still comfortable to know we can cover that payment when the time comes.
Saw this picture online a couple days ago, reposted on the neighborhood page asking is anyone knew what it meant. One guy knew but wasn't interested, another guy knew and sounded enthused. Hoping to get the occasional game going on a regular basis.

 

[snappy1]

Good morning! Was up at 4:15. Not sure why.
Will walk first.
Wash rugs.
Give one dog a bath.
Shred some cheddar cheese for salads.
Not sure if DH is getting out of hospital today or tomorrow.
Handyman should come today to help with weather proofing doors, one window and some back porch repairs.

 

[Pearl]

Just waiting for the ice storm!! All small critters are fed, donkey eats at daybreak! Fixing to take Bear out for another potty break. Will sit by the fire with coffee for a bit. Staying home today, not going anywhere until Friday!! Ice storm vacation!! Have a bunch of inside tasks I  may do!! Napping, cooking, eating are top of the list!! Of course there is plenty outside too!! Taking water to Buddy (the donkey), lugging firewood, hopefully  not cutting fallen tree branches, or having to fool with the generator because of power outages!!

 

[Pearl]

Good morning! Was up at 4:15. Not sure why.
Will walk first.
Wash rugs.
Give one dog a bath.
Shred some cheddar cheese for salads.
Not sure if DH is getting out of hospital today or tomorrow.
Handyman should come today to help with weather proofing doors, one window and some back porch repairs.

Hope your DH comes home feeling better!!

 

[snappy1]

Hope your DH comes home feeling better!!

Me too! Thanks!

 

[Morgan101]

Will sit by the fire with coffee for a bit. Staying home today, not going anywhere until Friday!! Ice storm vacation!!

I am doing the same thing. It looks pretty slick outside, but I do hear an occasional car going down the street. I picked up a couple of new books from the library, so I will curl up with a good book. Already had to cancel a lunch date with a good friend. Second week in a row we cancelled due to weather. I am not a happy camper. Hopefully no power outages during this mess. Sub freezing weather is NOT when you want to lose power.

Stay warm.

 

[Pearl]

I am doing the same thing. It looks pretty slick outside, but I do hear an occasional car going down the street. I picked up a couple of new books from the library, so I will curl up with a good book. Already had to cancel a lunch date with a good friend. Second week in a row we cancelled due to weather. I am not a happy camper. Hopefully no power outages during this mess. Sub freezing weather is NOT when you want to lose power.

Stay warm.

Our roads are already bad because of freezing MIST!! A lot of wrecks!! I'll be texting Patchouli soon , hopefully her work place closes!! Y'all stay warm too!;

 

[sonya123]

I raise dorpers and kathadins cross. One of my rams is 3/4 Kat and the other ram is dorper. Most of my ewes are some imperfect mix of dorpers and kat. My lambs grow about 20# a month. Low birth weight and fast growth has been an objective. Hybrid vigor?

I used to raise hamp/Suffolk crosses. 15 years. But this group of "hair" sheep have been the easiest keepers and most profitable.3 years.

Cold and very windy today. The cold is welcome but not so much to the wind. We've gotten extra moisture but until now wasn't freezing so the mud and muck have been unpleasant.

I know a lot of people around here that have that crossbreed. We just have straight Kathadins and they generally do ok but do get pneumonia . I have started vaccinating them against it and last year we only lost that one lamb before I did.
They are super resistant to parasites never lost one to it

Still raining, still mud here . Our animals are spoiled, they stay in the barn when it's like this. Especially the goats
I wished it was spring

 

[Morgan101]

Our roads are already bad because of freezing MIST!! A lot of wrecks!! I'll be texting Patchouli soon , hopefully her work place closes!! Y'all stay warm too!;

We must all be in the same weather band. It started late yesterday afternoon. I had spent the afternoon in the cigar bar watching the football game, and when we were leaving there was ice on the windshield, and the temperature had dropped 10 degrees. It isn't supposed to get any better until Wednesday. Could be quite an adventure taking out the trash.

It has been quite a while since we have had to deal with ice. One of the funniest stories was a guy who used his fishing pole to bring in the newspaper. If he walked out to get it, obviously downhill, he didn't think he could get back to the house. Very creative!

 

[sonya123]

I started a new thread in the Chickens/Domestic Foul section after learning that "possibly" Dumor brand chicken feed had ZERO protein. So far I would say this is a rumor but someone claims that someone claims they sent a sample of the feed to a lab and the test results showed Zero protein in the food. Sooo, the first someone claims she sent off her own sample and is still waiting on the results.

This is the first winter our chickens stopped laying. It started when we had the deep freeze for Christmas. But I read that also ( did you read it at the other forum?) Supposedly any Cargill product has less or no protein in it now. So we looked and our feed is something called Kulmbach and not made by Cargill. But I did the same thing I started feeding more kitchen scrap and they started laying a little bit again.

 

[sonya123]

I never got started on the taxes yesterday but need to. I will not have time starting in a few weeks when our babies are coming
It's funny, I am not usually a procrastinator but when it comes to ANY kind of office work type stuff I do. Maybe all those years doing it in a job made me hate it so much ( it was like 40% engineering and 60% paperwork attached to it like permits, financial stuff etc)
All I have to do is type my receipts into a spreadsheet and checks from the auctions, and farmers market income and stuff like that. I just hate doing data entry

Did get some seeds started

 

[dademoss]

Well, after a 3 hour sleep tonight I decided to get out of bed at 1am and pass some time before I get tired again and hopefully get a few more hours of sleep.
I started a new thread in the Chickens/Domestic Foul section after learning that "possibly" Dumor brand chicken feed had ZERO protein. So far I would say this is a rumor but someone claims that someone claims they sent a sample of the feed to a lab and the test results showed Zero protein in the food. Sooo, the first someone claims she sent off her own sample and is still waiting on the results. What is funny about this is a neighbor texted me that she learned on a pod cast that someone with chickens noticed an unusually sharp decline in egg production and for whatever reason started feeding the birds table scraps and other meat products and the egg production jumped up again, even though it is the slow winter months of egg production. I don't know nothing, but it is interesting and worth researching for those inclined.
Paid all the bills for the month online, should be good for a few weeks. It is always nice when the work check arrives the same time as the retirement check. Neither one is huge but that brief moment when you look at your account balance and see a big number sure is refreshing. Feeling good about the finances with it closing in on income tax season and with out side of beef due in 2 or 3 weeks. GF is supposed to pay for the beef, I bought the freezer, but still comfortable to know we can cover that payment when the time comes.
Saw this picture online a couple days ago, reposted on the neighborhood page asking is anyone knew what it meant. One guy knew but wasn't interested, another guy knew and sounded enthused. Hoping to get the occasional game going on a regular basis.
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I know what it means, but it's a far drive.

 

[Magpie]

Met with my sister and nephews - I haven't seen her in months, she lives a few hours away. Breakfast in McDonalds - I haven't been there in years- and then a walk around a forest park. Just made dinner- shepherd's pie, did chores and then at the desk for the day.

 

[Pearl]

We must all be in the same weather band. It started late yesterday afternoon. I had spent the afternoon in the cigar bar watching the football game, and when we were leaving there was ice on the windshield, and the temperature had dropped 10 degrees. It isn't supposed to get any better until Wednesday. Could be quite an adventure taking out the trash.

It has been quite a while since we have had to deal with ice. One of the funniest stories was a guy who used his fishing pole to bring in the newspaper. If he walked out to get it, obviously downhill, he didn't think he could get back to the house. Very creative!

I remember one ice storm having to CRAWL in a few spots going out to feed the donkey!! Rather crawl than fall!!

 

[UrbanHunter]

I've been up working since 03:00, taking a break now.

The wife is feeling much better and she is upbeat. We are truly blessed. I want to thank everyone for their kind support and fellowship, you are a blessing to me.

Have a great day.

Because I will have my 10 in before 3PM and with the wife feeling good I may go for an afternoon walk, unless something throws a spanner (reference term from @Tank-Girl ) into the works

 

[TeeJ]

@INresponse - I've been seeing tons of chatter online about poor quality feed. Apparently the parent company of Purina/Nestle also has about 85% of the commercial laying birds in the US which is a bit fishy... From what I can figure out you're best hitting a local feed store that mixes their own feed or doing it yourself. I've noticed when I feel high protein scraps that my egg production goes way up...

@UrbanHunter - glad to hear your wife is having more energy, and I love your positive attitude about it

We are definitely seeing the same storm as everyone else. Had over a foot of snow since yesterday morning and it's still coming down. Super cold for here as well, woke up to 11 degrees I'm lucky I can work from home whenever I want, no way I want to be heading out in this weather!

IDK if it's the weather or whatever, but I've had little to no motivation the last week. I guess as long as I'm keeping my family and animals fed I'm doing OK.

 

[Mel]

Moved my New Home treadle sewing machine into the living room and moved Ruby into my room because the neighbors come in and play with Ruby's pedal too much for my liking. At least the New Home latches so it's less of a temptation.

I've got surgery on the 9th. They can't save my tooth. They're saying an implant should help. One, not a mouthful. So now I'm asking them questions like what do I eat after surgery? How do I care for it? What do I do if my temporary crown falls off? What's the failure rate? What's the success rate? What's it made of? Will I have a radio station in my mouth like I did with my braces?

 

[Pearl]

I'm officially calling this ice storm "my BACON vacation"!! So I got some laundry done while the power is still on(hopefully we don't lose it), ate breakfast and lunch, had extra coffee, took a nap with Bear, and tried to reorganize my linen closet ()!! Hubby is out in his shop!! Will go outside shortly and bring Buddy more water. The outside cats have a heated water bowl, but Buddy thinks the water trough heater is a donkey toy!! I'm going to move his horse ball off the post in his pasture to a post in his shed so he has something to do besides eat! (I need a horse ball too, )! Will put the laundry away later, that  rarely happens the same day I do it! Nap two happening shortly!!

 

[snappy1]

Had over a foot of snow since yesterday morning

No snow here, but over 7" rain in the same time period.

 

[Patchouli]

Had a brief chat with the neighbor's neighbor about the dog and the fence, "well, he's part wolf..." I do not care if he is part chihuahua. This time he was eating the birdseed! And knocked down another portion of the fence. Two slats at a time is all it takes. It is not my fence. Our dog is not happy about it and freaks to get out there and protect her territory.
It was pouring sleet on again. Fun times.
Sorry about your tooth, @Mel
My grandma had a sewing machine very like that, great condition. I guess it went away at the auction.

 

[Amish Heart]

Hey Pearl, get some Yak Trax to slip over your shoes. Amazon has them. I just got a pair for my favorite cousin's daughter, and my husband, too...just to get him to the car. Even with the walker, the ice can be slippery. Worth every penny of the $16 I paid for for them.
Freezing here...I got the fire started again early this morning, and it's been going all day. Took a couple of hot water wagon loads to get the animals done. Dogs are miserable, being in their kennels, but I'm walking them every two hrs. Have the heater on in the milkhouse for them. Will go another round on frozen water in an hr or so. Husband is heading off to PT. I'm going to the post office to pick up mail, and the amish grocery real quick before little granddaughter gets home. Mom's nurse called and we need to move her from her 2 bedroom to a 1 bedroom. We took the 2 bedroom at a 1 bedroom rate, because that's all there was. With the agreement we've move her when one was empty. We love the place she's at, and so does she, so we'll be planning a move soon.