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Good morning, gang.
It's been an expensive morning so far- $100 at the MVA, decided to keep the regular registration/tags on the T4R, I just did a 1 year renewal. Many reasons, too lengthy to get in to right now. A stop at 84 lumber for some 4x4 posts to finish the deck stairs, a stop at NAPA to get some gaskets to start prepping the Vortec engine to go into the firewood truck, a stop at CVS for some new reader glasses, ect...

It's windy and chilly outside, I need to fire up the woodstove again.

You're letting baby Toy get covered in snow???

I've already tossed the welding helmet into the Taco so that I won't forget it on Monday morning. We're in the 98% zone, good enough for me.

 

Good Morning all. Started off chilly (30* at 0700), but bright and sunny.

 

Sorry for all of you that had to endure the crappy weather this week. It's t shirt weather in WI today.

 

Hazel comes home in 2 weeks.

 

Windy, chilly but sunny day today.

Hoping the river will crest & some of this flood water will go down in my area.

Wife want me to get the mini excavator out & plant some trees she bought.

 

Currently eating a Costco hotdog, with mustard, relish, and the superior condiment ketchup.

 

What breed of pup is that? My wife and I will be looking for something soon. Starting to research the best breeds for us.

 

We have had a membership since my grandson was born, almost 16 years. I have the place just about memorized, although every so often they switch things around - like they did with a few things today. Interestingly, there are 3 in my region. I visit two, the one 90% of the time. They are exact opposites, in that everything is reversed, 180 degrees. That throws me off considerably for the first 10 minutes or so until I reorient my old mind.

 

Tough love!

I had to go back into town to Staples, they called to tell me that the printer that I ordered and paid for didn't get shipped, the warehouse that showed them in stock suddenly didn't have any to send. They cut back the price on the 'next up' model to put it within $20 of the price of the one that i didn't get. Good enough, so now when the printer sits for 3 months before needing it to print something, it should work for me instead of having the ink cartridges evaporate.

It's cold and windy outside and the ground is almost the consistency of firm mud, so no working on the lawn mower today. Maybe I'll go into the shed and drain the gas from the snow blower.

 

We don't have that, but we have this brand from the Pittsburgh area: Edward Marc. They make different confectionaries, like this.

 

Well, I'm not Celiac. My grandson is. Poor kid was diagnosed when he was 3 or 4 years old. So, I'm always looking for GF food for him. I try most of what I buy him so I am in a unique position to judge the difference. Truth be told, 12 years ago, when we started buying gf foods, the number was limited and much of it tasted horrible. I felt so badly for him. Things are much better now, but none of this gf food is cheap. They know they have you by the... well, you know.

 

She’s a “Double Doodle” mix of Labradoodle and Golden Doodle. She should max out at 20-25 pounds. Three of my coworkers used this breeder, so I felt pretty confident. They’ve been doing it for years. We figured she was big enough to be raptor resistant able to keep up when I’m running or hiking. We also wanted her small enough to safely play with the mini-breeds the rest of our family has. My wife wanted another Yorkie and I wanted something bigger. This was a compromise we could both be happy with.

 

I think I have bought those in the past for my grandson. Currently, he has the gf oreos. This is his new favorite at the moment, which is available at Costco. I actually enjoy these too.

 

Just got home from the yacht club and I’m beat. Spring ‘splicing’ party time where we splice 60 boat pennants out of 5/8 or 3/4 3 strand line (that’s the line you tie your boat off to on the mooring). Tough on the shoulders making the splices tight and then whipping the bitter ends. So the afternoon and evening will be lounging in the recliner. Vacuuming can wait for another day.

 

These are so yummy but can only eat a few at a time