What R you doing today?

[jtstar]

We all have been there for sure

 

[LanMan]

Judging from the 1 1/2 kids comment I take it you are expecting, well, she is expecting. Congratulations. Make sure after you are done with the Honey Do list, you take some time and have a glass of wine (or 2, mother to be can't drink) and enjoy the time with the family. I give you a lot of credit being away from home due to work, it has to be tough.

Yep, the wife is almost 7 months.
It is kinda hard as I am 250 miles away from home, but I had a couple of homebrews when I got there and everything was honkeydory.

As to my honeydo list I had a friend who came to help put brakes on the VW and he helped by breaking a brake line that is special order and will not be in till tuesday so wifes car is sitting on blocks till then

 

[LanMan]

What product are you using? I still have about 5 gallons of seven mixed up in the sprayer I pull behind my tractor I used for spraying Japanese beetles. I was thinking about just spraying it on my lawn now to use it up so I can clean out the tank before I spray for weeds. I might add another five gallons of water to dilute it out a bit.

Ortho lawn and garden concentrate but I didnt have time.

 

[jtstar]

Congrats on the new upcoming winemaker and be thankful for friends for friends they are the best

 

[LanMan]

Congrats on the new upcoming winemaker and be thankful for friends for friends they are the best

Thanks this is my first and her second
Yeah, he meant well he's just like a bull in a china shop sometimes. He really is a great friend

 

[docanddeb]

Went bed shopping for my daughter yesterday. She has been using my 27 yr old mattress... no longer supportive! I wanted to go with her to make sure she didn't buy a load of *&#@**. Well.... we found her a great bed (she thought they were much cheaper than they are). I told her for a quality bed, I would pay half... and then I told her I was renting out the half that was mine... Queen Size... plenty of room!! While talking with the store manager, I started laying on beds...hmmmm can you guess what happened? I bought myself a King size bed (first one that size).... top of the line. They also have some amazing mattress covers... which we needed anyway! Youngest daughter (still in college) loves my current bed with the 5" memory foam overlay that we bought a few years ago. She will get my current bed (9yrs old) and I will get a beautiful, BIG, NEW bed! I told my husband we can get more cats now!! We have 3 currently.
So today... I went to the laundromat to wash my comforter... which I bought in King size to cover the sides of the extra high mattress. I got new sheets yesterday while we were shopping and hubby will wash those this week. Had to have 2 daughters help get the bedskirt off. Talked the freeloading daughter that lives with us into taking down the curtains (which I made to match) and washed those. In case you didn't know... when you take down the curtains, you have to wash the windows. While you are washing windows, you see the cobwebs around the rods. You then have to "dust" the walls, etc around the windows. Next you realize you haven't moved the 2 dressors since the room was carpeted and painted 4 yrs ago.... so you move those, vacuum the walls, all around the dressors. Next, the dresser scarf is covered in cat hair/dust. That must be shaken outside and then put in the wash... it has to be ironed and starched before returning to the dresser. Now that you have the vacuum in the room, you can see all the dust in the baseboard heaters, so you go get the creavice tool and take care of that. Now the crap that you have left on the low dresser starts to bug you. So you have to sort it out and put it where it actually belongs. Cat has now joined in the fun and moves from furniture to bed to chair to supervise. I had to vacuum around her a couple times. Curtains are now dry on the line (nice breezy, low humidity day) and take some time to put back up. It is now noticed that the light weight blanket covering the bed is full of dust bunnies. This gets taken outside and shaken... then the decision is made to wash that too... it dries quite quick, so I know it will be done by dark. The corner shelving needs dusting, but the decision is made to take it outside and hose it off (it's fake wicker). Dragged it out the door myself and hosed it off. Looks nice. Had to untangle the phone and alarm clock wires that I had wrapped around in it first.
Now it's time to put some stuff back. Sneezing frequently, by now! Once the floor is again visible, it's time to vacuum all the dust bunnies off the carpet and crawl around the room getting all the baseboards, etc. Blanket dry and brought in. Cat immediately crawls into the pile and I wonder why I spent so much time shaking off the cat hair after it dried!
Daughters also cleaned out some stuff downstairs so we can move the beds around down there, I helped and supervised now and then.
Things are shaping up!

I did a few more projects today too... making some amazing cucumber/tomato salads.

What did I do after lunch you ask?... well.....................................


Debbie

 

[jtstar]

Well when I got up this morning I wanted to go out and pick some elderberries but the wife had other plans so guess who won out your right it wasn't me I ended up tilling up some ground for her flowers then I removed a tree that I cut down the night before in my new vineyard so it wasn't shading my vines then I went and started hauling some trees that I cut down last weekend that was shading my older vineyard I ended my day by helping the wife cook supper it was excel ant we had home grown Yukon potatoes with fresh red and purple and yellow peppers and onions and bacon in them plus shrimp boiled and detailed sprinkled some Cajun spice on them then put them in the oven with some butter and garlic salt on them plus some sweet corn that frozen last year using her mother's recipe it was excellent I am in seventh heaven right now can't eat anymore I am stuff

 

[Runningwolf]

...played on the bed? With the cats of course! Don't you just love how some project snow ball?

 

[jtstar]

and I thought I had a busy day I give up you beat me by a mile

 

[roblloyd]

Past couple weeks had been installing a new 15x30' oval pool. This weekend was digging an 18"x40' trench for the electrical. Hands are blistered now. Also labeled some wine that was bottled months ago.
Friday was my sons bdad party for his friends. After that we picked up his new "big boy bed". A cool loft metal frame thing. Today the mattress came as I was putting it together and cleaning his room out.
Cleaned out the sand and dirt from the kids playhouse.
Also my 12year anniversary but we aren't really celebrating much today with the new pool and we ae off to cabo San Lucas on Saturday.
Where did the summer go?

 

[Flem]

Happy Anniversary Rob. Have a great trip to Cabo!!!

 

[Wade E]

Went bed shopping for my daughter yesterday. She has been using my 27 yr old mattress... no longer supportive! I wanted to go with her to make sure she didn't buy a load of *&#@**. Well.... we found her a great bed (she thought they were much cheaper than they are). I told her for a quality bed, I would pay half... and then I told her I was renting out the half that was mine... Queen Size... plenty of room!! While talking with the store manager, I started laying on beds...hmmmm can you guess what happened? I bought myself a King size bed (first one that size).... top of the line. They also have some amazing mattress covers... which we needed anyway! Youngest daughter (still in college) loves my current bed with the 5" memory foam overlay that we bought a few years ago. She will get my current bed (9yrs old) and I will get a beautiful, BIG, NEW bed! I told my husband we can get more cats now!! We have 3 currently.
So today... I went to the laundromat to wash my comforter... which I bought in King size to cover the sides of the extra high mattress. I got new sheets yesterday while we were shopping and hubby will wash those this week. Had to have 2 daughters help get the bedskirt off. Talked the freeloading daughter that lives with us into taking down the curtains (which I made to match) and washed those. In case you didn't know... when you take down the curtains, you have to wash the windows. While you are washing windows, you see the cobwebs around the rods. You then have to "dust" the walls, etc around the windows. Next you realize you haven't moved the 2 dressors since the room was carpeted and painted 4 yrs ago.... so you move those, vacuum the walls, all around the dressors. Next, the dresser scarf is covered in cat hair/dust. That must be shaken outside and then put in the wash... it has to be ironed and starched before returning to the dresser. Now that you have the vacuum in the room, you can see all the dust in the baseboard heaters, so you go get the creavice tool and take care of that. Now the crap that you have left on the low dresser starts to bug you. So you have to sort it out and put it where it actually belongs. Cat has now joined in the fun and moves from furniture to bed to chair to supervise. I had to vacuum around her a couple times. Curtains are now dry on the line (nice breezy, low humidity day) and take some time to put back up. It is now noticed that the light weight blanket covering the bed is full of dust bunnies. This gets taken outside and shaken... then the decision is made to wash that too... it dries quite quick, so I know it will be done by dark. The corner shelving needs dusting, but the decision is made to take it outside and hose it off (it's fake wicker). Dragged it out the door myself and hosed it off. Looks nice. Had to untangle the phone and alarm clock wires that I had wrapped around in it first.
Now it's time to put some stuff back. Sneezing frequently, by now! Once the floor is again visible, it's time to vacuum all the dust bunnies off the carpet and crawl around the room getting all the baseboards, etc. Blanket dry and brought in. Cat immediately crawls into the pile and I wonder why I spent so much time shaking off the cat hair after it dried!
Daughters also cleaned out some stuff downstairs so we can move the beds around down there, I helped and supervised now and then.
Things are shaping up!

I did a few more projects today too... making some amazing cucumber/tomato salads.

What did I do after lunch you ask?... well.....................................


Debbie

What no new paint, lazy, just plain lazy I tell you!!!!! LOL. What bed did you and your daughter end up with? We have to get a new one soon, just dont have that kinda cash to whip out now.

 

[Redtrk]

Past couple weeks had been installing a new 15x30' oval pool. This weekend was digging an 18"x40' trench for the electrical. Hands are blistered now. Also labeled some wine that was bottled months ago.
Friday was my sons bdad party for his friends. After that we picked up his new "big boy bed". A cool loft metal frame thing. Today the mattress came as I was putting it together and cleaning his room out.
Cleaned out the sand and dirt from the kids playhouse.
Also my 12year anniversary but we aren't really celebrating much today with the new pool and we ae off to cabo San Lucas on Saturday.
Where did the summer go?

Happy Anniversary Rob. Have a great trip to Cabo!!!

Same here Bob! We were there three years ago and loved it. I'm sure we'll go back again. BTW as you walk past the little shops they will bring you shots of tequila out to try in hopes of you buying theirs. My wife doesn't like tequila but they would insist she take it so she did. Not wanting it to go to waste I would drink hers too. It was fun but for some reason I don't remember a lot of it. Haha!!!!!
For our 10th I booked us a trip to the Bahama's this coming January. Yeah it's only in the upper 70's there that time of year but it's zero here.

Have fun!!!!!

 

[docanddeb]

Brand name is VERLO... they actually make your bed to specs. Lots of options. they don't have box springs anymore. All the good stuff is in the mattress. They will open the cover and change it for free in the first month if you don't like the firmness, etc. Never have to buy a box spring again. It's called a "platform" now. Great comfort options... NOT cheap!! I was in the mood for a new bed for the last year. I have a bad back and this wasn't doing it anymore!

Debbie

 

[almargita]

Just finished de-labeling & cleaning the last case from the 8 cases of bottles I got from Dan on Friday. The new way I tried works like a charm, no mess of pieces of wet labels & the Oxiclean takes the last bit of glue residue off perfect. wish I would have used this method in the past.
Al

 

[Julie]

Just finished de-labeling & cleaning the last case from the 8 cases of bottles I got from Dan on Friday. The new way I tried works like a charm, no mess of pieces of wet labels & the Oxiclean takes the last bit of glue residue off perfect. wish I would have used this method in the past.
Al

You guys are killing me, I haven't even touched mine yet. What new way are you doing?

 

[almargita]

Julie:

I did some experimenting & this seems to work the best..............
Place a few ounces of water in the bottle, microwave for 1 minute, & label peels right off!! About 20 minutes for a case. I peeled off 2 cases of labels then place bottles in laundry tub with hot water & a couple scoops of Oxiclean, wait about an hour, use a stiff scrubby to clean of the glue residue, usually don't have to scrub very much as it sort of just comes off.
I re-rinse the bottle in a separate bucket as its a little slippery from the Oxiclean. Place on the bottle tree & let dry! Pack away upside down till I'm ready to bottle. Then will re-rinse & sanitize before filling.......

Al

 

[Flem]

I have my 10 cases finished also---sorry Julie. I did mine similar to Al as far as glue removal, but I used a razor scraper and scraped the labels off dry---about 45 seconds each.

 

[Sirs]

what am I doing well been checking out the muscadines we're gonna be picking they're still not ripe but it won't be to much longer

these are nobles

these are Carlos

 

[PCharles]

Sirs muscadines

Sirs,

Hey, those muscadiens are looking good. Hopefully we will avoid any heavy rain from hurricane Irene. It looks like it will skip up the coast and leave Western NC untouched.

I understand muscadines are already heavy with acid. Do you find you need to add any? If you don't mind, how about putting up your recipie.

This AM I bottled 15 bottles of sherry. It has a very nice taste, and I expect it will improve with more aging.

Thanks, Paul