Haven’t even thought about getting the vaccine. A few friends and family in the nursing field have. Seen quite a few reports of flu symptoms after the 2nd shot.
Got the kitchen empty and started repairing the damaged plaster. Found some minor cracks on the walls and decided to address them too. The wall behind the stove cleaned up better than expected so we decided leave it alone. Went to HD today for flooring and paint. Got some stuff to add a receptacle and a 3 way switch for the lights at the top and bottom of the basement steps. Several of the treads on the basement steps are split and need replaced, the top one ties into the kitchen floor so I need to deal with it.
Tomorrow’s project is helping son haul s**t out of the barn. Off to bed soon.
Prayers for those in need and the end of this pandemic.
Good afternoon, boys and girls. Sunny & 32 (real feel 23) along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Wifey tells me I’m headed to Middle Princess castle to hang a picture, and assemble a bassonette (sp?).
Did get the pictures and knickie-knacks hung in the train room, but hadn’t started the new scenery. Needed to do a bit more strategery. Gotta hava plan. Studied some old photos of the actual site, called Hanging Rocks (Romney, WV). Then started to conceptualize how I wanted it to be finished. It’s in the center of the room, closest to the viewer, hence it must look good. Woof. Wife and I scouted the Thomas Kinkade studio website, and she likes the top half of Bridge of Faith, and the bottom half of Spring Gate. Lots of color, and so the process starts.
I’ve really enjoyed watching the America’s Cup match races. If you like racing (not necessarily sailboat), you might want to check it out. American Magic had a dramatic capsize last week.
Afternoon. 48 and cold due to wind chill. Blowing. Glad sun is out. Been driving Miss Daisy most of the morning. Glad to be back home. Will not do anything outside. Did finish the big door on end of shelter project late yesterday. Caulked and painted [twice]. Tools put up and all cleaned up. May tinker in the Train Box. Did get internet extender in greenhouse house and now Train Box laptop has internet. YA! 3 bars.
News media and Wake elected officials finally exposing State’s lack of organization to get vaccine out. Wake the largest Co. [well over 1M people] in NC. Also the largest health care facilities in the state. Getting the smallest allocations. County Commissioners and Legislators raising cane with the State DHHS. Its a mess.
On the vaccine front. My State Senator called and told me how to cheat the system on MyChart for WakeMed. Didn’t have to. Asked for appointment for vaccine. Got the date of 28th and I selected the time. Got immediate reply confirming appointment. 28th at 12:30 PM. MyChart is not telling us what to do. The claim they will email you.
Post-radiation effects causing some issues. Doc got me a prescription for an anti-nausea pill - had no serious issues up until this past week. Tried first ill yesterday and it seems to work so far.
Thanks so much Doug, we truly appreciate it. So true, so true.
Chief, Virginia’s an absolute mess with the vaccines as well. The medical people and first responders are getting theirs, and that great, but everyone else?
Went the the Va Department of Health website, it’s a Chinese puzzle! NO ONE can figure it out! I can wait, I’ve got plenty of “Virginia Gentleman” and some “Makers Mark” to help kill the bugs.
Roy, Just think how good that In-N-Out Burger double/double will taste when you are ready. If it weren’t for the salt restrictions I’d be right there with ya !
Snowed today, around 4 inches so far. Took Cody for his walk, and my hands and feet ended up the coldest they’ve been this season. (Still a little tingling in the finger tips).
Take a shot of bourbon when you come in man, works for me!
They say alcohol’s not supposed to help when you get cold, in fact they SAY it makes things worse, but I don’t know, seems to be otherwise in my case. Considering my background on my mother’s side, 1000 years of Irish heritage, a “Spot of the gentle creature” never hurts!
A busy day of painting for me. The living is now finished and tomorrow I will finish the stairway leading downstairs and the downstairs hallway. For dinner, I made chicken wings in the air fryer and they were great. I tossed them in a dry rub, bbq sauce, and a buffalo hot sauce. I need to be in bed soon so I can enjoy a morning jog, watch church, and finish the painting.
Nothing exciting here. Spent most of the day helping son. Then crashed in front of the fireplace for a couple hours before supper. Watched Mass then a shower and a soak in the hot tub before a glass of wine while watching Star Trek on ME TV
Never did get the February CTT. Called Customer Service the other day and was told to give it till the 21st, still didn’t show. I’ll call again Monday
Bed is calling
Prayers for those in need and the end of this pandemic.
Joe, This is the recipe I use for wings and it is great, just wonder how it would work as an overnite marinade then done in an air fryer w/o have to cook in the sauce.
I too did not get my Feb CTT. I called cust svc (Texas ?) on Jan 15. They told me I would get replacement in 10 working days just like they do each time it happens. Can’t reall understand why it should take that long. Of course one time it took a month and a half. Almost cancelled over that. Wayne
Just got back from my second round trip this weekend: drop Linda at work, hit Home Depot on the way home. Got my sheet of plywood, got it cut to size, it’s in the house and I’ll take it up to the attic a little later.
Man, it’s cold this morning. 18° with a brisk wind when I left at 9:45, only up to 21° as of now. And still have a brisk wind.
Funny, ran across an old receipt for when I first started on the attic, from 11/04/2018, for one of the first sheets of plywood I bought. $23.57. Today the same sheet of plywood was $37.67. That’s a 60% price increase.
Just saw that the University of Michigan shut down their entire athletic program because 5 athletes tested positive for the UK version of the Wuhan Virus. Sounds like a huge over reaction, but I guess they’re scared silly as this is supposed to be a more contagious version.
I have a neural interlink which directly transposes my thoughts into the reply box. I took typing in high school, but never used it. However, once I got into the working world as a programmer, I realized that hunt and peck just wasn’t going to cut it. So I got out my old materials from the course and retaught myself how to type. And I forced myself to do it cold turkey, just completely dropped the hunt and peck. Best decision I ever made workwise.
Forgot to mention yesterday I jumped Linda’s Saturn (it goes to my mechanic Angelo tonight) - I could not get it to turn over, finally had to have Tyler sit in the Mercury and rev the engine to get enough juice for the car to start. I let it run for a while, then took it to pick her up last night. Seems to be a problem with the charging
Hey Spank, if it ain’t the China Virus then what is it? It didn’t come from Sweden. Or the Ukraine. Or Madagascar. Or 'Nam. Or Elbonia for that matter.
I wonder if the alternator’s going on the Saturn? If it’s the original that could be the cause of the battery issues. Saturn’s haven’t been made in quite a while now. Lady Firestorm had a Saturn and liked it, but when the transmission started acting up it was going to cost more to fix it than the car was worth, so, good-bye Saturn. The starter may be going too, Lady F had to have that replaced about a year before the tranny started to go.
Late magazines? Lady F only got her “Good Housekeeping” and “Better Homes” mags yesterday, two weeks overdue. We still haven’t gotten the “Readers Digest” and my latest, action-packed edition of “Railpace” hasn’t shown up either.
February’s “CTT” I got last week. We all know about the USPS so no point in my going into it again.
Aloha. Cloudy and cold.Supposed to be snowy this week. I’m glad I’m still working from home. Speaking of working, I wanted to avoid doing some reports and other office work that I can’t seemt to get to during the week so I decided as yet another distraction to tackle my login issues here - and voila!
Fife, your and Mrs. Fife’s inspiration to decorate the train room sounds wonderful.
Flint, my condolences on the loss of your dog. They are sure members of the family. We currently have two - a puppy and an older dog. Along with two cats who don’t get along with the puppy. Wrangling them is like doing so with young children but worth it!
Glad you’re getting the vaccine, Chief!
DJ, I wonder if something is going on with the alternator - I’d forgotten that is what went bad with our Saturn wagon - and some other odd electrical issues.
Finished up the plumbing project yesterday just to find out the softener had a leak in the drain line so that kind of killed the whole idea.[banghead] Today I took it apart and found some hill rod plumber installed the wrong O ring and it did not contact the outsine port with no pressure so it would leak out anything in the drain line but would seal under pressure??? Go figure?
So all is fine now and working, I will not post a bunch of pictures or waste your time with any more on that. It works for me… [;)]
So the UK virus strain is in IL and 24 other states, 30% worse for (death) and so easy to get??? So what do you guys want to call it?? [(-D]
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28th at 12:30 PM. MyChart is not telling us what to do. The claim they will email you.
I took typing in high school, but never used it. However, once I got into the working world as a programmer, I realized that hunt and peck just wasn’t going to cut it. So I got out my old materials from the course and retaught myself how to type. And I forced myself to do it cold turkey, just completely dropped the hunt and peck. Best decision I ever made workwise.