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I have my grandmother's dish..

Possible 3 inches of snow today. Wasn't expecting that

I love Nathan Pyle work

Clay soil. .. time and organic matter. In my big gardening days during growing season, mulched heavily with grass clippings. In the fall, I would remove the mulch, dig trenches about 8 inches deep, fill with the old mulch and fall leaves, and then cover for the winter. In the spring, till...

And in other news.... Our local FedEx hub is in complete disarray. Area folks (including us) are still waiting for items that should have been delivered 2 weeks ago. Still waiting on the new gasket for the electric pressure canner. Some folks have tried going to the facility to retrieve...

As part of the room repainting, I was replacing the outlets, switches, outlet/switch plates, and floor vent covers (all 20+ year original). Dropped them off at the local Habitat For Humanity Restore place. Maybe someone can find use, so I didn't have to throw them in the trash

Made the wife an apple pie from a 1950s Better Homes Dessert cookbook

Already have those through work, 2 years now. I was confused when the first email was about missing payments, then the flood started with just about every topic (FEMA has declared a disaster in your area???). I went through the emails, inspecting hyperlinks, the phone numbers, email internal...

I have mixed thoughts on this. I am old enough to remember when the global supply chain was in its infancy. Heck, I remember when just about everything was seasonal - like getting Florida citrus only in December (FFA sold by the case). I was sick of navel oranges by February. Lolol. Tariffs...

Two big boxes (one organization-branded clothing, one paperwork) to return to the volunteer gig this morning. 1/3 of the clothes closet space freed up. One less box to put back in the office

I have the last container of taters in the kitchen to put up this weekend. Yesterday, we had the electrician (younger guy) back to estimate some additional work (like running a connection for a possible hot tub!!). He started asking about growing potatoes, how to get started, what to do...

Except for the year during the height of COVID, I had always help manage our county's Toys For Tots campaign since 2013 with the county coordinator. Leaving the volunteer gig I was with (T4T was just one of the group's efforts) in September was hard, but the right decision. This morning, I am...

New carpet looks great, btw..

Huge panic moment this morning. Started getting emails from the mortgage company with various notices. Everything from the balance was almost paid off to we needed to take action to avoid foreclosure, and about 20 different topics overall. Found out they had a system issue.

Had the breaker box upgraded yesterday (it was maxed out), plus having a generator cutover switch installed outside. Had two new outlets ran and installed for future efforts. Carpet for the the bedrooms and my office being installed today.

Great job! No matter what, no one can now take that success from you!!!!

Christmas is coming....

Forget the seed catalogs! We just received the Lehman's holiday catalog! For those not familiar, they are a north central store in the central Ohio Amish area that caters to the Amish and us "English" folks liking simpler things...