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Post by paulf on Mar 14, 2024 10:32:21 GMT -5
Right now preparing for a long road trip. First to return son's family dog to Iowa City after they went on a spring break to Florida (5 1/2 hours). From there a five hour trek to Minnesota to watch granddaughter and her team play for the 15U State hockey championship. Then Sunday finish the big triangle (6hours) back home.
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Post by september on Mar 14, 2024 16:14:00 GMT -5
Have fun on your road trip, paulf , ! Good luck to your granddaughter, hoping for a championship! Made a quick trip to town to the vet to pick up some Bravecto for the cats. Normally I don't start them on it until well into April, but with the snow gone and the warm dry weather, the deer ticks probably are out now. With all the deer and mice going through our property, there are more tiny ticks found on us and the cats every year. Then I stopped at one of the local greenhouse nurseries to pick up a large bag of Pro-Mix seed starter, $53.68 with tax. Ouch! I still have about a third of a bag from last year, so should not need more this year. It was fun walking through the greenhouses looking at all the tiny seedlings. There were some cool huge decorative clay pots that I might get to replace the crumbling wooden planter by my entrance. My only concern is the weight and how/where I can store them during the winter so they don't get moisture freeze cracks, since they are not glazed.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Mar 14, 2024 18:26:39 GMT -5
Yesterday I stained the deck, after the pressure washing on Tuesday. I also sanded the handrails, as they were getting sort of rough, and that didn't take long. I still had some other things to stain, but I delayed that, as rain is supposed to start tomorrow morning...again! So I pressure washed my front porch, and the windows and siding, then the concrete on the N side of my house, which, after several years, turns almost black, probably because of the excessive rain, which takes a long time to dry. I had to stop after about 2/3 of the cleaning, as water was building up on the edge of the concrete - the soil is just too saturated, from all the rain. I'll have to wait to wash the rest. The stained deck, showing the old stain on the post, and the pressure washed rocker, showing some black spots I missed. by pepperhead212, on Flickr One thing I noticed starting out there, even sooner than usual: Daffodils blooming, 3-14 by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post by bestofour on Mar 24, 2024 15:51:50 GMT -5
Right now preparing for a long road trip. First to return son's family dog to Iowa City after they went on a spring break to Florida (5 1/2 hours). From there a five hour trek to Minnesota to watch granddaughter and her team play for the 15U State hockey championship. Then Sunday finish the big triangle (6hours) back home. How was the hockey tournament?
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Post by paulf on Mar 24, 2024 19:42:14 GMT -5
Granddaughter was quite disappointed. Two teams they had defeated, one 4 times the other very decisively, played for the state championship. Her team finished 4th. Third place was taken by an "A" level team playing in the "B" tournament. It will take her a few days to get over the loss.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Mar 24, 2024 20:15:28 GMT -5
Yesterday, during that nonstop rain all day, I cleaned out the pots for the seedlings, and marked the pots again, and put them in the trays, but not filled yet. I also labeled the trays, and got everything ready for the tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers. And today, once the wind died down, I went out and got the seedling mix moistened with the Bt israelensis solution, and added a little of those micorrhyzae granules, so it's all ready to fill up the pots. I'll pack the seedling pots a while before planting, since it's still quite cool out there, and that mix is cold!
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Post by bestofour on Mar 26, 2024 6:06:26 GMT -5
Granddaughter was quite disappointed. Two teams they had defeated, one 4 times the other very decisively, played for the state championship. Her team finished 4th. Third place was taken by an "A" level team playing in the "B" tournament. It will take her a few days to get over the loss. Bless her heart. I know the feeling.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 2, 2024 10:27:56 GMT -5
We woke up this morning to find that the refrigerator had died overnight. It was already very warm in the refrigerator compartment, so I figure that it stopped working shortly after we went to bed last night. So, DH got dressed and went to the convenience store for ice. We packed a chest cooler with things that I thought were salvageable (pickles, jellies, condiments, produce, hard cheeses, butter, eggs, etc.) and the ice. But there were a bunch of things we really didn't feel safe keeping. Many years ago I was hospitalized for food poisoning, and since then I am in the "when in doubt, throw it out" camp. Most of the stuff in the freezer compartment was still frozen, or just starting to thaw. I kept what I could cram into our big freezer and treated the rest as an overdue freezer cleaning. Except I had a big standing rib roast in there that I had frozen the last time there was a big sale. There was absolutely no way that was going to fit in the other freezer, so I took that to my in-laws. Now it is slowly thawing in their fridge. It should be ready to cook Monday or Tuesday, and we'll have a really nice family dinner. I figure we may as well get a good family memory out of this. The good news is that I was able to find a repairman who will come out today. Now that everything is cleaned up, I am waiting for him to get here and find out if this is a fix or replace situation. EDIT: The irony was not lost on me that the refigerator died the very next day after my first substantial harvest from the garden.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 2, 2024 16:38:41 GMT -5
Good news: The repairman was able to fix the problem (it was a busted fan). It cost ~$330 all told, which is a whole lot cheaper than a new fridge. Hopefully it stays fixed!
And if it does stay fixed, I will definitely call this company again (it's a local outfit) if anything other appliances break that DH can't/doesn't have time to fix. Knowing someone to call provides a lot of peace of mind.
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