Been hopping from one thing to another. Monday the Endo doc wasn’t to excited by the rise in numbers, come back in 4 months. Then she floored us by saying she’s retiring the end of December. I’m glad for her but sorry to see her go, she was more concerned about us and our worries than about our numbers.
Got a good report from the Uro doc as well. Restrictions are lifted, come back in 6 months. Yayyy
Yesterday back to cleanin, sortn and chuckn. Then helped Mrs turn a small pumpkin and acorn squash into 4 pumpkin pies. Then we made her Mom’s cranberry salad. This morning an appointment after mass then home. Made 2 batches of stuffing, one without onion and celery for our " babies" and baked some turkey sugar cookies for the grandkids.
I’ll say HAPPY THANKSGIVING
now in case I don’t make it here tomorrow… the gang is due at 6PM
Evenin’ boys. Blustery outside. Everybody went to see Frozen 2. Just FifeMax and me at home. Got patio furniture put away in shed for the winter. Also, started “mapping” out the North Pole layout for the tree. Other than that, fairly relaxing day. Gonna watch Peanuts Thanksgiving at 8.
Chief - Please take it easy. Well, more easy than usual…
I’ve not checked in here in a while. Been busy with other things lately.
My wife and I went on our 40th anneversary trip to Disney World and Universal Studios a couple of weeks ago. We’ve discovered that the Magic Kingdom has lost its magig to us - too many people. We die enjoy eating our way around the world at Epcot center.
Got a couple of remodeling projects going at home, and we are now at our ‘alternate location’ to take care of the leaves the trees have dropped.
Have also been active with the local high school robotis team. This fall, they decided they wanted to enter an off season competition in Kansas City this fall. The competition used last season’s game, with the intent of letting the teams use last season’s robots. Our kids wanted to build a new robot for the competition that used a compeltely different drive system and competition tactic than last season’s robot. Come competition weekend, we started out slowly being rated 37th out of 50 teams at the end of the first day. The kids worked on the robot’s bugs between matches. At the end of the qualification matches we were ranked 17th out of 50 teams. We ended up in the finals, though we did not win. All in all, a good experience and confidence builder for the team going into the upcoming season.
We also spent a week at our property in Kentucky walking the acrage and refining the location of potential building sights. We also ordered 10 tons of gravel to create an area for parking that is further off of the road. My son dropped by with two shovels and we spent a couple of hours spreading the gravel by hand. When I noticed that my son was not keeping up with me, I thought that there must be a better way. I called the guy who bought my 8N tractor when we moved out of Kentucky 15 years ago to see if he still had it and if I could borrow it. His answer was yes, and yes, and o
Another good day at work. All the case managers were gone so I start December with a clean work drawer, a very rare occasion. Windy and temps dropping thru the day. Oak leaves are all down, may mulch them tomorrow. Hard maple tree leaves are starting to fall but not all down yet. I hope everyone has a good day.
Gobble-gobble boys. Windy and 40 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Ferrocious winds over night, gusts up to 60 (sounded hurricane strength), and we had a tall dead tree crash in our back yard, fortunately missing any structures. The good news - Alexis’s bf wants the tree for firewood. The bad news - this particular tree was a favorite of the Orioles over the past several years. We lost power overnight, but it came back on at 0600. Again, fortunate.
The winds maxed out in Ohio near Lake Erie at 60 mph. In the Valley, we had one gust at 45 mph, but it seems the average was about 30 mph. No damage near our house, but power is out in many places this morning.
Fife…Glad there was no damage or injury. Speaking of Orioles, I believe when we were in Costa Rica on the river tour, the guide mentioned the Oriole as one of the birds that hides out there in the winter. I don’t believe we saw any, but then again, I was too enthralled with the crocodiles.
Chief…. Now you will have more time and remember, “Not my monkeys, not my circus.”
Rich…I sure wish your Dad was getting better.
8N…. Kentucky? I have been all over that state especially the eastern coal regions. Don’t let one of those abandoned coal mines put a bite in your project.
Raining hard and has been for hours, I’m glad I don’t have to go anywhere in this storm. Cold too 55 for the high and thats cold for here and for me. My heater cycles on all the time. 1st rain in 6 months.
My Toshiba Chromebook is 5 years old tommorrow black friday, works perfectly. Never had a drop of trouble from it. I saved $50 by ordering it on black friday.
We had our winds yesterday till about 6:00PM Gusts of 60+ then they moved east… Never lost power but lights were blinking some. Did hear one loud crash as the neughbor had a dead Ash come down in the wind.Grand kids left with their mom around 4:00.
No plans for today just wifey and me having a stuffrd turkey breast and maybe Brian will come over to eat with us seeing his mom is visiting folks out on the left coast.
8N I spread 300 ton of gravel just this spring. Our 3203 John Deere was the best thing I bought for this place! [Y]
We will be celebrating very late, Linda is working 4-10:30 today at Macy’s. Once I pick her up, I’ll have a good scotch and we will have Thanksgiving dinner at that point. Corey and I have baked a cake, we’ll do the frosting in a little bit.
Spent 2 hours mulching leaves for last time. Ran gas out of mower. Lucas came home and we had a roast for supper and then the 3 of us went to see Knives Out, a surprisingly good movie. Good acting. Nice plot and very entertaining. Cool today, but dressed warm enough to work outside. I hope everyone has a good day.
Happy black Friday, boys. Had a very nice dinner at my folk’s place, on top of the mountain. Came home to find that youngest’s bf had cut up and stacked the down tree, removing what his grandparents could use. I think a thank you gift card to Buffalo Wild Wings (his fave) is in order.
On the train front, youngest princess started painting my river bed and canal basin with Americana brand acrylic paints. She’s mixing titanium white, phthalo green-yellow, and cobalt turquoise to match the hue of the Dept. 56 canals on the layout.
I began designing and cutting the styrofoam mountain backdrop (inspired by the “Bumble’s” stomping grounds) for our North Pole layout.
Crew call at 0900 to remove fallen trees off the scenic railroad. Gotta bundle up.
Had a nice day at younger daughter’s place. Found she is expecting our 7th grandchild (her second). Came home and Lucas set up our 50 inch TV for us. A good day. I hope everyone has a good day.
