Coffee anyone ?

[Poka_Doodle]

Interesting stuff...

I love the smell of coffee, but can't stand the taste of it. Unfortunately for me, I discovered energy drinks, only at 19 though. I love a good few ounces of Red Bull to help survive the day. Didn't start drinking them regularly until this fall though. Was only for long runs. Last week might have been a different story for consumption, but that happened and its fineeeee.

Sitting here eating 1st/2nd breakfast, about to head back to work.
Need to make Banana bread when I get home tonight for something. The one time I got Bananas and needed them to go brown, they really aren't turning brown quickly.

Fridge and pantry are starting to look like it's clearly been 3 weeks since I was at a grocery store, and I shouldn't put it off another 2 weeks when I am next going to town. I'll have to see what I can do about that.
Y'all have a lovely day!

 

[Weldman]

Lord, lead me not into temptation... who am I fkng kidding, follow me, I know a shortcut.

 

[fuzzi]

Depends on where you live and what year it was built. Mobile homes are a waste of material just by the way they are built in themselves of not being square designed. Most are 12x ... 14x .... 16x.... whatever dimensions to fit going down the road. So if you have a 16 x 80 (1280 square foot) mobile home you could of built a 48 x 48 (2304 square foot) house with same materials.

If you're building your own that makes sense. If you're struggling to make ends meet with small children to feed renting a mobile home is way better than a cheap apartment surrounded by druggies and drunks. I liked the buffer zone provided by a single dwelling unit, too.

 

[Weldman]

If you're building your own that makes sense. If you're struggling to make ends meet with small children to feed renting a mobile home is way better than a cheap apartment surrounded by druggies and drunks. I liked the buffer zone provided by a single dwelling unit, too.

I grew up in one, I understand all well. 12 x 60 with two other siblings that had only 2 bedrooms in an area when it rained enough my dad was out there kayaking around the neighborhood.

 

[farmerjan]

Howdy all
DH arrived safely home. He made it in 2 days basically. Stopped 1/2 way at a hotel for a few hours. Slept a bit then laid there awake with his mind running 90 mph so he decided to get back on the road. He's already investigating things there. When he stops moving he's going to crash out I bet. The water heater is original from the early 90's. No wonder it doesn't work well. He thinks we can replace it with a standard water heater instead of a manufactured home specific water heater. That would be nice. Probably cheaper too. Not likely something he will tackle this trip but now he knows what he's getting into now and what he will need to do. Also he will measure the hole it needs to fit into to get in it's spot.
Got the starlink hooked up and is working on where the best location for it to be "permanently" mounted is. It will stay there until we are there. Then we'll move the actual permanent home starlink there. For now the mini is going to be the internet there so we can run some camera's to keep a better eye on things.
He found a dead rodent already in the basement. Ugh. He thinks he smells one in the house too but isn't sure where yet. I was afraid of that. Especially with no one in the house right now. The previous owners have poison out. Probably why there's dead rodents.
Sure do miss the feller. Going to be a long week. So weird him not being here. Now that I'm looking at him on the camera's at home as he's setting them up it's making me want to move and be settled in even more.
Rain has been pushed off and pushed off. Last update I saw was 4 pm it was going to start raining. Did night chores at 5 since it wasn't raining yet. It's 8:35 and now it's just starting to rain a bit. Need to go out and start another load in the freeze drier and get the stock put on trays in the freezer. I have the 22 qt roaster going with goat bones for stock. I processed the last goats last night. About did me in but I got it done and all the meat, organs and ribs in the freezer. What room I've made in the freezer is gone again. The only remaining animals to be processed is what chickens we have left. I'll probably do the older hens and the rooster sooner than later since the young hens are laying now. Only need a couple hens to keep us in eggs until we go and at that point we have freeze dried eggs to keep us going until we have new hens laying at home. Sure feels weird around here with so many less animals all over the house. Kind of making it easier to leave. Feels less and less like home as the days go on. At least now I can pull out all the goat boxes and get them listed for sale. Maybe even take down most of the remaining pen panels and bring them with us. At the cost of new panels etc. now I'm more pushed to take good things with us now.
I've gotten a few things done in the house. Trying to tackle one room a day in the house. Knock down cobwebs and get things tidied up. Pack what I can in the house. I can make a mess while DH is gone and not have to worry about him crashing. My thought was get all I can get done outside (goat processing etc) done before the week of storms then I can focus on in the house during the storms. Also need to put good effort into getting taxes inputted into the system this week if possible. I'd like to have it done far earlier than our appointment since I'm so far behind on them anyways. I hesitated to even push to tackle them on time and not put in for an extension but I don't want them hanging over my head the rest of the year while moving and trying to unpack. Using the storms as a good excuse to force myself to really work on them.
Got all the holstein graft calves dehorned yesterday. Should have done it before now but didn't have the time and they've consistently been sick. At least it seems I've mastered the nerve block now. Benefit's of polled cattle. Never having to dehorn. We used to pay a vet to do the dehorning but I refuse to do that now. The vets around here can't dehorn worth a darn. Every one has had horns continue to grow or scurs. Now that I'm doing them myself they are not getting horns or scurs. Hopefully that continues. Been a while since I've done one.
I need to get the cats fed so I guess I'll get off here for a bit. DH is currently outside temporarily setting up the cameras. I didn't think I'd care much but I really am enjoying seeing our house. Even at night. Oy. He just went back into the basement and the water tank is leaking pretty bad. Doesn't have a pan under it either. Working on a shopping list for tomorrow. He'll have to put that tank swap at the top of the list apparently. Glad he's there figuring it all out.
Alright all! Y'all have a great day!

Look into a tankless on demand water heater..... Most dairies here use them and they have an endless amount of hot water for the tank washing and hot water to use.

 

[Weldman]

Look into a tankless on demand water heater..... Most dairies here use them and they have an endless amount of hot water for the tank washing and hot water to use.

While at it put a recirculating hot water line pump in too with a controller such as Leridian Dynamics. Blip the hot water on/off and within a few seconds without wasting gallons of water you got hot water at any spigot. They also can be set up on an interval.
Here is a cheap one
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Watts-H...-System-with-Built-In-Timer-0955800/100426993

 

[drstratton]

Interesting stuff...

I love the smell of coffee, but can't stand the taste of it. Unfortunately for me, I discovered energy drinks, only at 19 though. I love a good few ounces of Red Bull to help survive the day. Didn't start drinking them regularly until this fall though. Was only for long runs. Last week might have been a different story for consumption, but that happened and its fineeeee.

Sitting here eating 1st/2nd breakfast, about to head back to work.
Need to make Banana bread when I get home tonight for something. The one time I got Bananas and needed them to go brown, they really aren't turning brown quickly.

Fridge and pantry are starting to look like it's clearly been 3 weeks since I was at a grocery store, and I shouldn't put it off another 2 weeks when I am next going to town. I'll have to see what I can do about that.
Y'all have a lovely day!

I love the smell of coffee too, but can't stand the taste of it in anything. I don't require too much caffeine. The tea I drink is a comfort food, but can do without and have no caffeine withdrawal side effects.

If you stick bananas in a paper bag and close it and or put them in a warmer location, top of fridge, windowsill in the sun, that will make them ripen faster. They give off ethylene gas. Also, keep them bunched together.

Have a beautiful day!

 

[drstratton]

38° and we're getting the first snow we've seen all winter. We need the moisture.

 

[fuzzi]

 

[GLENMAR]

I love the smell of coffee too, but can't stand the taste of it in anything. I don't require too much caffeine. The tea I drink is a comfort food, but can do without and have no caffeine withdrawal side effects.

If you stick bananas in a paper bag and close it and or put them in a warmer location, top of fridge, windowsill in the sun, that will make them ripen faster. They give off ethylene gas. Also, keep them bunched together.

Have a beautiful day!

Yum. Warm banana bread and coffee