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What are you doing today, II

I went to a coffee house/bistro with my number 1 grandbug, Kasey.
She's well into her nursing career (yay!)
It was nice just the two of us chatting about her life, and the direction it's going over paninis, soup and coffees.
Then we took a nice walk along the beautiful paths by the river at Pontiac Park, in Defiance.
Great day.
The leaves are glorious.
😚
 
Picked up an antique wood machinist tool box ( gift for my father) today.
nearly pristine shape, made from mahogany.
Manufactured circa 1940.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Will look good to hold his Case collectors edition knives.
 

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Went out hunting with a buddy. Great day. 👍 weather was great for this time of year. Enjoying the extended fall. Got a limit of birds each in 3 hours and headed back after lunch.

Afterwards my wife and I drove to the city to pick up our new puppy. She's a cutie. This evening was spent adjusting to life with a newborn. Born September 3rd. This is our adopted daughter Hollie cuddling with her.
 

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Did some exercising, then a little bit of house cleaning, followed by a trip to town for an oil change, some new wiper blades and a stop at the pharmacy. Back home to cook dinner and do another workout.

Kobe is back with grandma today, the lovely Mrs_Bob is suffering with RSV and not feeling well. I'm trying to pitch in a be helpful.


Jumpin' Jack McDaniels said:
Sipping on an occasional whiskey.
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Just poured a bit now. In a cocktail.

Boulevardier
1.25oz Whiskey​
1oz Campari​
1oz Antica sweet vermouth​
Couple dashes of Orange Bitters (because I'm too lazy to go slice an actual orange)​
 
m1west said:
just returned from the work cabin
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Us also.
10:30 PM

Wet weekend.

Finished as much insulation as I could.

Crumpy assembled a new electric fireplace.
Comes on and off with a thermostat.

The cabin is toasty warm.

She also cleared a bunch of saplings and brush Hogged some old trails back to use.
 
FrancSevin said:
She's awesome.


BTW, you're not gonna lose much weight eating like that.
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I kinda halted progress at that meal Friday night.

But I rarely eat like that.

But I had 2 goals set. Goal 1, get to 185# by our birthday so I could eat a "guilt free" meal. I was actually at 179/180# at that meal, so I pretty much crushed my goal. Mission accomplished!

Goal 2 is 177# by Christmas. I'm about 180/181# this morning and now back on my routine after going off both the exercise and diet routine for the weekend. I was very lax on both.

I've also set a 3rd Goal. 160-165# range by January 24, 2023. Picked the date because it is the lovely Mrs_Bob's birthday, so easy date to remember. Picked the goal because 177# barely puts me inside "healthy" weight on the BMI scale, but in the 160-165# would set me close to the middle, also puts me inside the healthy range for other 'healthy weight' range scales.
 
Melensdad said:
I kinda halted progress at that meal Friday night.

But I rarely eat like that.

But I had 2 goals set. Goal 1, get to 185# by our birthday so I could eat a "guilt free" meal. I was actually at 179/180# at that meal, so I pretty much crushed my goal. Mission accomplished!

Goal 2 is 177# by Christmas. I'm about 180/181# this morning and now back on my routine after going off both the exercise and diet routine for the weekend. I was very lax on both.

I've also set a 3rd Goal. 160-165# range by January 24, 2023. Picked the date because it is the lovely Mrs_Bob's birthday, so easy date to remember. Picked the goal because 177# barely puts me inside "healthy" weight on the BMI scale, but in the 160-165# would set me close to the middle, also puts me inside the healthy range for other 'healthy weight' range scales.
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I'm gonna be here teasing you all the way to your goals.


good work so far.
 
The power went out shortly after 6am for a few hrs. I went to fire up the generator and discovered that I had forgotten to refill it. All of my fuel cans are empty so I couldn't run it. I remembered I have a reserve can of fuel on my snowmobile so I grabbed it and filled the generator and started it. 2 minutes later, tge hydro came back on.

My plan for the day? SFA! No plans. No errands to run. Just hanging out with the new pup today. She's getting good at going outside with the other dogs already and enjoys playing with Cooper. She's been sleeping throughout the night in a kennel with our older dog Marley who is almost 12. Marley took on the roll of surrogate mother despite never having a litter of her own. She's all tuckered out from playing hard.


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Easy day at work. Just one line running. The other line is short on staff today. So we are piled on the Medical products line.

Me. with nothing I have to do have been taking inventory for equipment i need o haul to Hippie Ridge.

Today I discovered my branch and leaf grinder has been stolen along with a gas power washer. I have no idea when these items went missing. Add to that a brand new in the box Craftsman lawn mower.

These items may yet exist but, I cannot find them.

I did find a broken Husky lawn mower with repair parts stacked on it. And a big snow blower.

We have been buying stuff for year with plans for Hippie Ridge.
Two storage buildings, three gazebos kits ( don't ask) and a Bahama Beach bar
A pecan wood @ 5 foot sink base for the kitchen
A metal bathtub (2 actually)
Two toilets.

And, a big 1/3 yard concrete mixing bowl.

Enough odd windows and doors to glaze a three-story building.

Amazing how, over time, that stuff adds up.
 
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FrancSevin said:
Easy day at work. Just one line running. The other line is short on staff today. So we are piled on the Medical products line.

Me. with nothing I have to do have been taking inventory for equipment i need o haul to Hippie Ridge.

Today I discovered my branch and leaf grinder has been stolen along with a gas power washer. I have no idea when these items went missing. Add to that a brand new in the box Craftsman lawn mower.

These items may yet exist but, I cannot find them.

I did find a broken Husky lawn mower with repair parts stacked on it. And a big snow blower.

We have been buying stuff for year with plans for Hippie Ridge.
Two storage buildings, three gazebos kits ( don't ask) and a Bahama Beach bar
A pecan wood @ 5 foot sink base for the kitchen
A metal bathtub (2 actually)
Two toilets.

And, a big 1/3 yard concrete mixing bowl.

Enough odd windows and doors to glaze a three-story building.

Amazing how, over time, that stuff adds up.
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I'm guilty of that as well. Over the years I've accumulated things that may or may not be useful for something in the future. What usually happens is that it'll sit in the garage with an inch of dust on it for years without me looking at it then I decide to throw it out only to look for a replacement at the store the next week because I need it.
 
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Going to check out an estate sale this morning. Playing guitar and singing at church later this afternoon. Playing a new song I've only heard once and I'm leading it. We'll see how that goes. I suppose I should learn it sometime today. 🤔
 
NorthernRedneck said:
Going to check out an estate sale this morning. Playing guitar and singing at church later this afternoon. Playing a new song I've only heard once and I'm leading it. We'll see how that goes. I suppose I should learn it sometime today. 🤔
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Song learnt! I tried it in the original key and it was too high for my voice. So I dropped it down 2 steps in a different key and it was still too high. So I transposed it to a different key and it works. All things we have to consider when choosing a new song to find a key that works with everyone's voice.

For this reason, I have a difficult time singing Sunday morning as the typical drawn out hymns are keyed for either soprano or base. Either too high or too low for my voice.
 
Just finished putting a new clutch, pressure plate, throwout bearing and flywheel on my 2015 Nissan Frontier. What a Bit<h. Whoever engineered that vehicle needs to be shot. First clutch pro wanted $2300.00 and a week to do it. Pressure plate, clutch, throwout and tool. $350.00 Not bad. BUT it has a special 2 piece flywheel that threads on line (all of them ) said that if it has more than 80k change it or you will be sorry, so I did at $600.00. What is wrong with a one piece flywheel? Anyway unless you watch a youtube video like I did a couple times a few things would have been ruined and took mush much longer. Inner fender wells and CATS have to come off to access bolts and electrical connections. Yes electrical connections on a manual Transmission ( 5 different connectors WTF ) The whole exhaust has to come off as well as the console in the truck. The rest was normal. But 20 hours of thrashing for a clutch swap? Should have let clutch pro do it. That was the hardest $1300.00 I ever made.
 
I am mostly recovering today. My right arm is still on fire. From what I don't know,
My right leg is suffering sciatica from my broken back. I haven't had a flare up in years. Again, from what activity, I don't know.
I did a lot of rock work this week-end but the problem was there and intense last week.
Chiropractor was working on those problems last week.
It hurts to the point of an upset tummy.
Last night, I couldn't drive.

So today, I'm milking it.
 
Franc give your body time to recover.


Got Kobe off to day care this morning and the lovely Mrs_Bob and I went out to breakfast. We have been stopping at various locally owned restaurants on Monday mornings after taking him to day care. Grandma will pick him up and keep him all week, but we pick him up on Friday afternoons and keep him until Monday morning. So the restaurant visits have become a bit of a reward after a weekend of chasing a 2 year old around the house.

Did a morning workout on the treadmill before taking Kobe. Just finished a mid-day resistance band workout. I'll be leaving for high school fencing practice in about an hour and not back home until about 7:30-8pm this evening.
 
Went to the city to pick up a grocery order. Came home and unloaded it then headed to the border to pick up a few packages I've had in for a while. Tonight is scouts. We're making fire starters from old egg cartons dryer lint and melted wax.
 
FrancSevin said:
I am mostly recovering today. My right arm is still on fire. From what I don't know,
My right leg is suffering sciatica from my broken back. I haven't had a flare up in years. Again, from what activity, I don't know.
I did a lot of rock work this week-end but the problem was there and intense last week.
Chiropractor was working on those problems last week.
It hurts to the point of an upset tummy.
Last night, I couldn't drive.

So today, I'm milking it.
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My sciatic, flares up from carrying heavy things on my right side, like a bucket full of cement or even operating a wheelbarrow that is heavy with lots of trips. Sometimes I can lay on the bed twisting at the waist with legs off the bed in a L shape at the waist. it can take a while but most of the time my back will pop and the pain and leg weakness will go away.
 
Today is a last ditch effort to finish winterizing everything outside before we get snow starting on Thursday through Sunday. Yes, the dreaded S word. They are calling for 30-45cm. Yay! I figure if we're going to get winter, might as well bring it on full force and I can actually get outside and do stuff rather than this rain one day snow the next damp cold that only makes a mess of everything.
 
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