Posted on 02/06/2021 8:17:25 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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We call it “Manured’s”.
Who else gets excited enough to blurt put “YES!!” when they see the humidity reading on their greenhouse dehumidifier at 55%?
I mean it was somewhere less than a “YES” yelled in bed but somewhere north of a “YES” when you finish filling out your 1040 and the last line is a negative number. (That means a refund for you kids out there)
Woman freezes to death walking home from next-door neighbor's house.
Well, in her ‘defense’ she’d had a few dranks, LOL!
Piker. If you can’t shovel one-handed while drinking a Hot Toddy with the other, you have NO business being out shoveling snow! ;)
When my children were born we lived in New Hampshire. My daughter was born on February 1st. We had snow just about every day in January, over 48 inches. Since we never knew when my wife would go into labor I had to keep the driveway clear so in addition to my work I was shoveling snow constantly. As soon as I had some free time I bought a 4 wheel drive Ford F350 with an 8 foot Fisher plow and only had to shovel the walkway and the roof after that.
That truck was a beast. Every once in a while when the weather was really bad I would drive it into work. You could watch the gas gauge go down as you went along. Happy days.
Well, you obviously know snow - it would be nice to escape it, but I’ll probably live in Wisconsin until the day I die. If my situation changes, the plan is to move to Tennessee. Or Spain. ;)
And, we have a Ford F350! It’s a 2000-something Diesel with an extra gas tank and all sorts of doors and storage on it for Beau’s tools. She IS a BEAST; I need a ladder to get up in her! It’s always my job to pump the brakes when Beau is bleeding/re-filling the lines.
She’s plugged in for the winter right now, but she started, yesterday!
So why does every northerner mention Tennessee to retire to but not Kentucky? Just curious, LOL.
Also, I received my first of two shipments from Baker Creek, and my DH is happy. He said, “we have a lot of old seeds we can toss out”. I said, “Whoa! Don’t throw any of that out! Let me see if anyone on the Garden Thread wants that.” So, if anyone wants old seeds, let me know! I haven’t looked at what we have since last spring (we didn’t plant last spring though), and I’ll send it along. I will take the first THREE requests - and split up the packets as evenly as possible. Some are maybe not viable, being over two years old, some over five years old, but they are free for the asking. Just reply to this post instead of private message.
Nice lettuce, congrats!
“...as G-d is my witness, I’ll never compost lettuce roots again!”
~ Diana O’Hara
Wow does that ever look gorgeous. What brand of flooring did you get? We have talked in the past about redoing our living room instead of getting new carpet. The color matches the woodwork perfectly. Nice job! BTW I am trying rooting a celery stalk now after reading about it here. Thanks for posting the pictures.
MAPLE CREAM CORDIAL
ING cup 18% cream, can sweet/condensed milk, tsp vanilla, tsp plain cocoa powder, 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
heat 1/2 cup cream with condensed milk and whisk-in vanilla and cocoa powder; heat to fully incorporate and no flecks remain. Mix in Maple syrup and stir unless melted and completely combined. Remove from heat and mix remaining cream. Cool 5 minutes on counter and whisk once more. Using a funnel, immediately pour mixture into bottles that have a seal. Chill in refrigerator for minimum 1 hour before serving. Drink within 10 days of making and shake well before serving.
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Chef Notes------use freshly purchased cream to ensure best results an longevity of the liqueur.
Drink within 10 days. For gifts, add tags with instructions to shake well and 'best by' date.
“Drink within 10 days.”
I cannot see that being a problem, LOL! Looks terrific. I have all ingredients on hand. Yum!
It is Mannington Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) Adura Plank Flooring in Acacia Tiger’s Eye. Birch plywood went down first, then Mick mudded in the seams, then sanded when dry. It was glued down and Beau amazingly (well, he saves EVERYTHING!) had all the original 1/4-round trim to put back after I cleaned it all.
There is SO much wood in that room that I’m amazed I got it right, though anything lighter wouldn’t have been good.
Still loving it. I have one large area rug (12x9) in the main seating area and another smaller area rug under a table at the back of the room, a smaller rug by the patio doors (which the cars have claimed ‘For All Cats in the Kingdom’ - I straighten it daily!) and a smaller rug by the entry to the room. That STILL leaves a lot of wood showing.
Just been either sweeping or using a Swifter every few days. Easier than I though it would be with us, two cats and a shedding Beagle in the house. Plus - it’s an old house and makes it’s own dust and dirt seemingly effortlessly. ;)
Beau finished insulating the floor, which is the ceiling of the 2-car garage beneath the family room. He was afraid it was going to be cold in that room now, but it’s very comfortable - and no static! Yay! The only heat source is the gas fireplace, and it’s doing just fine even in this very frigid winter.
Highly recommended. Total project was about $2500 all told, mainly because plywood is so bloody expensive right now - about $25 a sheet and we needed 15 sheets. Also, the labor was ‘free’ between the three of us.
Thanks for the info. I guess now is the time to start looking . I’m not so sure we would need a new subfloor. It would butt up against ceramic tile in the dining area so color will be a challenge.
I got my second shipment of Baker Creek seeds. We have a lot of work ahead!
My offer still stands if anyone wants the old seeds we have left over from before 2021!
Just pm me - the first three asks get what I have. I’ll just split it up equally, grab bag style.
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