What are you doing? (while stuck at home)
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I've been exercising daily. Nothing strenuous.
We had 5 nights in a row of freezing or near freezing overnight lows, we actually had snow on Saturday. I saw the forecast so I put a plastic row cover over my cold hardy plants on Friday, the warm weather plants already in the other raised bed already had a row cover. I had 0 losses from the weather.
Middle of the week last week the transmission on my old van started failing. I spent most of the day Thursday in the dealership buying a new used car. Friday the new to me car wouldn't start, the salesman came to my house and jumped it and I took it to the dealership and they replaced the battery. It drove fine all weekend, I was off work on Monday and didn't drive it, yesterday the car wouldn't start again.
Middle of the week last week the transmission on my old van started failing. I spent most of the day Thursday in the dealership buying a new used car. Friday the new to me car wouldn't start, the salesman came to my house and jumped it and I took it to the dealership and they replaced the battery. It drove fine all weekend, I was off work on Monday and didn't drive it, yesterday the car wouldn't start again.
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How frustrating! Here's hoping it's an easy/quick fix and you'll have no more issues.
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Here is hoping y'all get unstuck soon. I haven't had the pleasure of sheltering at home. I was given an "essential employee" letter and have been working. I've stopped in Walmart at least two to three times a week.
I do not know anybody personally who has tested positive for covid-19, we had a couple of out of state contractors at work that tested positive. Being from somewhere else did not count toward positive cases in the county where I work, which is 1 of 2 counties in the state that have no documented cases of covid-19.
I have not and will not wear a mask, however I am seeing more and more people with them on, some are quite creative (like the one crafted from the front half of a pair of men's fruit of the loom briefs, fly included). I refuse to fall for this communist plot. I believe common sense and maintaining a healthy immune system is the best approach. The immune system is like muscle, you use it or you lose it. Living in a bubble does not exercise it. I do not use hand sanitizers but I have adopted my wife's habit of wiping the shopping buggy handle with the wipes, she's been doing that for years already though. I do wash my hands more often. They take our temperature every day going into the mill. Mine has been anywhere from 93.0 to 97.9 with a temperature gun, so I am very wary of the validity. I do respect the potential of the virus, as I do the flu, pneumonia, car wrecks, cancer, and diabetes, but I don't hold any one of them over the other, they all can have deadly consequences.
Hope everyone stays healthy thru the lockdown in spite of the government's involvement. If they only took as much interest and put in as much energy in doing what they are supposed to be doing.
I do not know anybody personally who has tested positive for covid-19, we had a couple of out of state contractors at work that tested positive. Being from somewhere else did not count toward positive cases in the county where I work, which is 1 of 2 counties in the state that have no documented cases of covid-19.
I have not and will not wear a mask, however I am seeing more and more people with them on, some are quite creative (like the one crafted from the front half of a pair of men's fruit of the loom briefs, fly included). I refuse to fall for this communist plot. I believe common sense and maintaining a healthy immune system is the best approach. The immune system is like muscle, you use it or you lose it. Living in a bubble does not exercise it. I do not use hand sanitizers but I have adopted my wife's habit of wiping the shopping buggy handle with the wipes, she's been doing that for years already though. I do wash my hands more often. They take our temperature every day going into the mill. Mine has been anywhere from 93.0 to 97.9 with a temperature gun, so I am very wary of the validity. I do respect the potential of the virus, as I do the flu, pneumonia, car wrecks, cancer, and diabetes, but I don't hold any one of them over the other, they all can have deadly consequences.
Hope everyone stays healthy thru the lockdown in spite of the government's involvement. If they only took as much interest and put in as much energy in doing what they are supposed to be doing.
On the positives, weather has broken, we dont expect any more nights below 40 F., so I have taken down my plastic row covers and have second batch of warm weather plants out on the porch getting used to outdoors. We got a text from my boss this week, people with my job description are getting a temporary $2/hr "hazard" pay bump retroactive to April 1. It showed up on todays check.
The negative, they didnt find anything wrong with the car so I get to drive it till it fails and strands me again so they can look at it when it is not working.
The negative, they didnt find anything wrong with the car so I get to drive it till it fails and strands me again so they can look at it when it is not working.
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The state is down to only one county now without a documented case of covid-19. The county in which I work, announced its first positive case yesterday.
Stuck at home most of the weekend due to the nasty weather. The sun shined yesterday evening so we went for a ride.
Stuck at home most of the weekend due to the nasty weather. The sun shined yesterday evening so we went for a ride.
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Almost three inches of rain here this weekend. Fortunately we were behind on precipitation. But that means I'll have three yards to mow very soon. Maybe a bike ride this afternoon. Still dialing in my position on the bike.
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Our county is still on lockdown until the first of June (hopefully). I spend a good amount of time doing paper crafts - mostly Art Trading Cards which the group I'm in mails back and forth to each other. (There's been a dramatic uptick in activity within the group.)
I've also rearranged and worked on flower beds and done a bit of planting - mostly in pots. While it's cool and rainy right now, come August I won't be wanting to be outside much - flowers in pots and plenty of hardscape is the answer. Quick watering and next to no weeding.
I've also rearranged and worked on flower beds and done a bit of planting - mostly in pots. While it's cool and rainy right now, come August I won't be wanting to be outside much - flowers in pots and plenty of hardscape is the answer. Quick watering and next to no weeding.
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That's my kind of landscaping. I once planted a honeylocust tree on the theory that the leaves would be so small they'd blow into someone else's yard come autumn....
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Also been carving. The spoons are the same wood, one has been finished with coconut oil. The cup is from an oak log in my woodpile. It is too hard to carve, I am going to try and burn it out while it sits in water. Also looking for a birch burl so I can try to carve a cup.
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Very impressive, NSDad! The only wood I'm good at cutting is branches off trees, and they're nowhere near that thick. Do you find coconut oil a better sealant than, say, mineral oil?
Okay, gotta ask. The flour package underneath the spoons. Does Canadian French not have a word for "appearance" ("New look, same great flour") so they have to use "look"? I get where it's not worth finding local-language equivalents for terms like "hard disk" or "Big Mac" but "appearance"? (Or should I be quiet and just get more coffee? :biggrin
Okay, gotta ask. The flour package underneath the spoons. Does Canadian French not have a word for "appearance" ("New look, same great flour") so they have to use "look"? I get where it's not worth finding local-language equivalents for terms like "hard disk" or "Big Mac" but "appearance"? (Or should I be quiet and just get more coffee? :biggrin
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I am so new at this, I've only tried coconut oil. The finished spoon I've used about dozen times to mix my coffee over the past 18months. I sometimes use cononut oil in my coffee so that seemed like a good choice at the time. Edit: I think dishwasher avoidance might protect the spoon better than choice in oil but I can't be certain.Very impressive, NSDad! The only wood I'm good at cutting is branches off trees, and they're nowhere near that thick. Do you find coconut oil a better sealant than, say, mineral oil?
Okay, gotta ask. The flour package underneath the spoons. Does Canadian French not have a word for "appearance" ("New look, same great flour") so they have to use "look"? I get where it's not worth finding local-language equivalents for terms like "hard disk" or "Big Mac" but "appearance"? (Or should I be quiet and just get more coffee?)
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I don't know what the deal is with the french. If I had an opinion,.it might not be mine so I'll shrug instead.
However, I do have an opinion about coffee. The whole point of coffee can be getting together to talk. So No, don't shut up, and Yes, more coffee! LOL
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A ha...this is where everyone is hanging out LOL! This is my first week back to the office since they sent me home on 23 Mar. I've actually been working from home all this time. We are going to alternate work weeks. Next week, I'll work from home, and my co-worker will be in the office. We'll keep doing that until further notice.
My first two rows of radishes supplied me with 10 servings of frozen radish greens, a serving of cooked greens, and a couple dozen roots that I've been munching as snacks. I have also done a first cutting on my spinach and have 2 servings of it frozen.
A week and a half ago I planted the asparagus and strawberries I had ordered online. I have 25/25 asparagus thriving, and 26/25 strawberries (I got an extra strawberry). All of my indoor starts have been planted and at the very least haven't died yet, some are really slow growing at the moment though.
A week and a half ago I planted the asparagus and strawberries I had ordered online. I have 25/25 asparagus thriving, and 26/25 strawberries (I got an extra strawberry). All of my indoor starts have been planted and at the very least haven't died yet, some are really slow growing at the moment though.
I had an old, unsightly brush pile in the back yard. Maple trees are notorious for dropping branches plus tons of leaves and seed helicopters. I cut all the old branches into short sections and then buried them in rotten leaves from the pile and then buried that with leftover compost soil from my raised beds. I now have a 3'x7'x1.5' raised hugelkultur bed that I am going to plant flowers in.
Yeah, youtube is where I learned about hugelkultur. A plus for me is that most of the wood I buried is already pretty rotted. A neighbor has a fire pit and he asked if he could dig through the stick pile for his fire, he took almost all of the solid wood and left stuff that was punky, reducing the pile by nearly half which was a win/win.
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