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To: Qiviut

We had the same thing happen at Christmas at the in-laws one year. One of the (way too many!) dogs that were on hand got at the Turkey.


811 posted on 08/27/2025 6:31:53 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ready for an early frost?? I was watching ‘This Week in Weather’ (WxRisk). He’s pretty accurate, turned me into a bit of a weather ‘nerd’ because he explains ‘why’ certain weather is happening (patterns, etc.). If you watch, just ignore the opening ‘sick twisted weather freaks, Captain of Chaos’ stuff .... :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D85d71y61KE

This lovely, cool weather will continue for a while & will actually get colder before there is a warmup again. It looks like Sept.8, somewhere in there, the flow will be not only from AK, but from Siberia. He said the temps will be in frost territory for WI & MN. In the video, start about minute 15:00 for the potential frost mention.

I thought September might warm up again & it looks like it will - not super hot like earlier, but definitely ‘warm’. There’s also no rain/drought, for the next couple of weeks. Now that we have a new roof, no rain ... go figure!

The roofers will be back this morning to “tweak” a few things, but should be gone by lunch. Once they’re gone for good, I’ll be taking our giant magnet & going over the yard to make sure I don’t getting roofing nails in Clyde or Little Red (or the truck for that matter). I did ask to keep the pallets the shingles came on, so I am 2 pallets richer - I have plans for them.

The roof looks fantastic ... no lichens or growth, slipped shingles, etc. The flashing is all very neat. The color is great ... “Moire Black” ... not a black black - looks a lot like our former (woo hoo) slate roof. Now I can go upstairs without constantly looking at the ceiling to see if I spot a leak. We can get insulation in the attic & get the vent to my gas cooktop fixed .... both require walking on the roof & we could not do that on slate shingles without causing massive damage.

I’m exhausted ... not sleeping well the last couple of days, nervous about the roof ... what would they find under the old shingles, how bad would they mess up things (they were careful), etc. Silly to worry, but I couldn’t help it. I got a lot of knitting done - very calming :-)


843 posted on 08/29/2025 5:54:29 AM PDT by Qiviut (Imagine waking up in the morning & only having the things you thanked God for yesterday. (S. Peters))
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