It's been the worst flooding here since 1911, we got more rain last week than all of the precipitation of the last year combined.
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Fun in my shop yesterday. Guys are starting in on Christmas ornaments.
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Beautiful fall day here in Michigan, 68 degrees and comfortable outside. Sitting on the patio and looking up at my tree and enjoying its fall color. I think this was Wednesday, I forgot to hit send, lol.
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Saturday Halloween ride with the scooter boys. We went to stockbridge michigan for breakfast at the town diner. Stopped in gregory since the town and I share the same name. And since its Halloween we went to Hell Michigan. Did 159 miles. It was chilly in the 40s when we started but it warmed up nice to around 60, it was pleasant.
The red white and blue crew.
The red white and blue crew.
No tricks.....
Only Treats!
We haven't had a trick or treater show up here since nephews and niece were kids almost 30 years ago. Never stopped up from buying a bag or two of our favorite candy. Decided though we needed a treat, so made a batch of caramel corn to finish off the night.
Only Treats!
We haven't had a trick or treater show up here since nephews and niece were kids almost 30 years ago. Never stopped up from buying a bag or two of our favorite candy. Decided though we needed a treat, so made a batch of caramel corn to finish off the night.
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Went outside to get the BBQ ready to grill some burgers and I thought about how pretty the yard looked.
It's always a gamble - do I wait for all the leaves to fall before picking them up? If I do, I risk getting rain or snow and the leaves turn into a sticky layer that is impossible to pick up.
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I do it weekly and just suck them up with the lawnmower. Also they grind up better when they are dry.
If you have the equipment to do so, it's easier (and better for the soil) to mulch them. Of course that depends on whether or not you get the weather for them to dry.
No argument that mulching up the leaves and grass clippings is best - keeps all those nutrients and stuff in the ground. But we're not allowed by HOA rules to have a compost area or one of those rotary composters unless we can totally enclose it. It's a weird contradiction too. The HOA board are generally pro environment, don't harass the deer, no non natural stuff like wire screens around bushes, etc etc. But their true priorities come out when it's something they'd have to see as they drove around the neighborhood, like a composter or your propane tank or trash bin storage. So I pick up the leaves.
A couple months ago I asked a few of you about setting minimum bids on some boxes I donated to a place called Healing Reins for their big annual fund raising auction. I got some great advice and wanted to thank you all - you know who you are. I stopped at their office today to pick up any boxes that didn't sell so they weren't cluttering up their space. The lady told me that every box sold, and every box went for more than minimum bid. If they got only minimum bids I set, they would have netted $650 I think. She didn't have the totals handy but she said they did very well. So thank you to those who helped me set prices. Now I kind of wish I had set them even a little higher. I guess for tax purposes, I can only value the donation at what I priced them for, not for what they sold for.
Big congrats!
Going to be a great day in a couple of hours. Why, you may ask?
Political adds will end!
Although we are in Illinois, most of our media is from the Quad Cities (on the Mississippi river) and we inundated with adds for Iowa races.
Statewide races in Illinois primarily go only one direction, but many contested races in Iowa.
Without getting into the politics, what is the most outlandish tag line you've heard in a political ad?
I'll go first....
"He's about as useful as tits on a bull."
Never heard that phrase used with a "bull", around here it's always "...on a boar".
Don't want to talk any politics, just comment on the stupidity of statements made trying to convince people to vote one way or the other.
Political adds will end!
Although we are in Illinois, most of our media is from the Quad Cities (on the Mississippi river) and we inundated with adds for Iowa races.
Statewide races in Illinois primarily go only one direction, but many contested races in Iowa.
Without getting into the politics, what is the most outlandish tag line you've heard in a political ad?
I'll go first....
"He's about as useful as tits on a bull."
Never heard that phrase used with a "bull", around here it's always "...on a boar".
Don't want to talk any politics, just comment on the stupidity of statements made trying to convince people to vote one way or the other.
I've heard it often. Assume it came more into use the last 30 years as more folks are familiar with cows. The term boar and sow are just not commen use as all the mom 'n' pop farms are wiped out by the big boys. When I was little, there were hundreds of farms in our county. There are now dozens.
Between political ads and drug ads it's a toss up which are more irritating to me. The political ads don't say anything of substance, tell me the candidate is going to fix stuff, but never say how. The drug ads tell me to buy their drug to help with a medical condition but then spend most of the ad telling all the bad things it can do to me. My favorite is "don't take if allergic to it" .... really?
The VA is always saying how concerned about how many suicides there are in the Vet population, yet the worst part of the drugs they prescribe is the side effects in the warnings of Suicide. I got 4 drugs for minor issues, and 3 had warnings of suicide. Needless to say they hit the trash right away and I cancelled those prescriptions, and am living without considering doing myself in. .......... Nubs
I suspect 99% of that side-effect warning syndrome is all driven by liability concerns. I'm sure that if there is one possible side reaction from their testing they list it in their warning because if they don't, some lawyer will claim they knew about it and hid it from their patients.
PS: FINALLY got through to a real person at the government site and hopefully got what we needed for my mom's health insurance.
PS: FINALLY got through to a real person at the government site and hopefully got what we needed for my mom's health insurance.
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I know what you mean about meds and side effects/interactions. Helping Mom and doctors trying to balance everything across multiple issues is challenging. She has a primary care physician, interventional cardiologist, electro-physio cardiologist, nephrologist and physical therapist. Add in Physicians assistants, Nurse Practitioners and others with alphabets I don't remember. The good thing, all are willing to spend as much time talking through issues and treatment plans. Everything is a balancing act, and you would be surprised how much diet, protein consumption, fluid intake all affect the elderly body and various meds and conditions.
It helps that I have a specialist in the family. A niece by marriage is an AGPCNP (Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner). She's not involved in Mom's care, but has always been willing to pick up the phone and listen/explain and suggest things to discuss with her care team.
Mom is still in decent shape for 90, but it does take effort on both our parts.
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We've been lucky with Mom's insurance, a Medicare advantage plan available locally has served her needs well. The best news, it's still being offered next year so we don't have to go through trying to select a new one.
When we went in to vote yesterday, the only conversation amongst the poll workers was Medicare and the 'schedule' alphabet soup. Lots of confusion among everyone.