Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[farmerjan]

Took the samples and dropped them off and ran by the dollar general store as they had the little "kits" for eyeglass repair.... but they were out! ☹️😢. Tomorrow I have PT so will go up to the little "town" and the discount store there and see if they have one so I can get the nose guard piece to repair these glasses.

Talked to my DS and he said that he has to work AGAIN tonight... they are calling for possible sleet/freezing rain.... mostly west of here in the mountains... but the wind is supposed to pick up and get very gusty... so might be some trees/branches etc coming down. So needless to say, no testing tomorrow eve at the 500 cow herd... maybe Friday eve. Wed he has his appt with the specialist for the headaches and such from the accident over 2 years ago... and if they do the injections they do, he really needs someone to go in case he cannot drive home. So I am going with him on Wed and he probably will not be able to help so I wouldn't even set them up. Then I have a 2x herd scheduled for Thurs night/ Fri morning so Thursday is out. I have other herds to get scheduled too.... but I really cannot do that herd by myself, so have to wait 'til I have help. Might try to see if Geneva can help me, short notice, tomorrow... if she can, then I will call the farm.
He said that VDOT will fix the mailbox, that is part of their job if it is damaged. I wouldn't care so much if I could get the door shut, but it is bent and I couldn't get it bent back. It has been there for 15+ years.... never touched... it got a good smack though. post is leaning a bit and mailbox is bent. 😥😮

I got some more stuff into the cabinets in the kitchen, and got several things condensed into 2 of the totes as "for sale", so am making small steps of progress.....Made some of that lasagna out of the freezer and am going in to do some more sorting stuff into the totes. Then get some clothes together to take down the hill so I can get dressed there to go directly to PT in the morning.
I was going to take clothes to the laundromat.... the down vests and jackets, the quilted heavy shirts and such, but with gusty winds forecast, don't want to hang them out with the high winds..... so they can wait for another week. We might be getting more crummy weather next weekend so will wait until it looks like a few decent days.
I need to take the hand truck down with me to use to bring stuff out of the kitchen to the car when I can get it up to the house in a couple of days. This way I can get more of the boxes moved to the door. But I am not going to carry it in to the house in the snow in the dark, so maybe tomorrow. Still have more boxes to pack, can do that for a little bit later.
Just got a text from Geneva and she cannot help so I will call the farm and see if Friday will work for them and DS will go with me. The radio is talking about another possible storm this coming weekend, so he will be back on for work if it comes in on Sat or Sun.....
Gonna do a few more things then go down the hill.

 

[Baymule]

I have to admit that I laughed at the mental picture of your troubles. No fuel, cold, falling smack down in the snow, I bet you did pitch a fit! hahaha I would have been having a pissed off melt down too.

 

[Mini Horses]

Yeah...walking in wet, slick stuff gets ya! Let's just say, snow is cleaner than manure if ya gotta splat into something. I've done both.

That same weather coming here, too. The winds are bad. It's about 32 out there with wind chill way below that at mid 20s. That wind is making for a hard day out there. Tomorrow better, Thu ok and Fri more rain. Then cold all next week. Well, it is Feb!! This is normally our coldest month. I still don't like it. 🤪

 

[Ridgetop]

Sunny here. Cool but not bad. You can't get away from the fact that so California has great winter weather. Too bad the politics suck. Andof course, the lovely warm dry weather means no water for livestock!

 

[thistlebloom]

Wind changes everything. I don't like to be out in wind no matter the temperature, but when it's cold it's another additional element of misery.
It made me happy to hear how your son came to check on you Jan.
The fall, not so much. Glad you didn't break anything.
Falls happen so quick it's hard to remember not to throw your hands out to catch yourself, it's such an automatic response.

 

[farmerjan]

Tuesday noon. Had PT this morning and it wasn't so bad. He hit a couple of real tight spots but I am walking a little better afterwards. Going to do twice a week for another month... then see if I can go without for a couple of weeks.... then an appt to assess.... hoping as the weather is getting warmer I will be more active outside....

No eyeglass repair kit at the other dollar store and I was not going into the 2 next up the road, "towns", to see. I have an old pair of glasses, maybe can take one off. I do have an old "repair kit" that has the little tiny screwdriver so I will see if I can take it apart later. Time to get a second pair..... my "older " second pair is very scratched and I really don't want to keep trying to see through them. The frames have been soldered twice so it is time to retire them.

DS came by the new house after I got home to get the coolers to go pick up 1/2 the beef he took to the slaughter house 2 weeks ago. Will deliver to the guy and then the other half is getting cut and vacuum packed and frozen. This 1/2 he wanted in pieces to work up himself.... whatever floats your boat.
He has to go back in to work AGAIN tonight. Calling for high damaging winds. So as soon as he delivers the 1/2 of beef, he is going home to sleep. He did feeding right after he got out of work at 8a.m.. So we are leaving in the morning at 7 from his work, to go to his appt.

I have been working on some more of the stuff here. Got some more clothes sorted and packed in the totes. At least they are clean so ready to do whatever I decide. A few more to go to the laundromat to go in the big machine. I made a sandwich and am now going in to work in the kitchen for a bit.

The slip from the oil delivery at the stone house was in the door. That made me happy at least. I did turn the temp down when I left this morning....as I usually do.

It was 28 this morning, warmed up to a bit above freezing... Partly sun and clouds.... tomorrow is supposed to be sunnier and a little warmer. Same on Thursday, then some weather coming in for the weekend.

Time to go do some more constructive stuff.....

 

[farmerjan]

Evening. I got some stuff put away in the kitchen and did a sink full of dishes.... mostly vacuum pack canisters that are dusty and all. It is hard for me to stand for very long in one place like that to do dishes. Then went in and sorted more and got some clothes into the bedroom that needed to be put away. I am going in to wipe out the inside of the medicine cabinets in the bathroom and then can put stuff in there. Just hadn't gotten to that yet. I have a tote full of sheets and stuff that I will find a set of shelves, once I get them moved, to use for shelf storage like a linen closet.

I am trying to get the stuff in the kitchen organized and all so I can get the cupboard that I use for my "baking supplies" moved into the kitchen. Going to move the "gas fireplace" into the LR near where it is going to be set in front of the mantle and then will have that wall open in the kitchen for the cupboard. I need a flat nail puller/pry to get the quarter round up around the cabinet I am going to move over enough to get the stove in on that wall....and will have to cut about 3 inches off the baseboard so the cabinet fits against the wall like it is, since the baseboard butts up to it. Then move the fridge across to the opposite wall. I forgot to look for a short heavy duty extension cord for the fridge the other day. A couple more boxes to empty, then it will make it a clear shot right across the kitchen floor, with the fridge.
Made a lot of room in the utility room even with the baskets of stuff that needs to go to get washed/dried at the laundromat. Thinking that I can mostly dry the down stuff and then hang it out here to do the last of the drying and get a nice outdoors smell. Didn't realize I had so much stuff that needed to be gotten rid of that I will probably never get into again.... or even want to. I have some sweaters and stuff that I wore in school.... plain nice pullover sweaters that anyone can wear.... Can't wear them (too small) even if I were inclined to want to so WHY KEEP THEM?????

Tomorrow I will be gone with DS to the doctors and a couple of errands he wants to run when he is down in that direction if he feels up to it. Thursday I have pool PT at 10:30 and I need to set up at the farm before I go to PT. Then go to test that farm at 4:30 p.m. to test, and back there Friday @ 5:30 a.m.. Then test the 500 cow herd on Friday afternoon. Luckily, DS will be helping so I can be careful of the knees ....after I said that I was not going to do farms back to back....but got to do that one when I can get the help.

Some of the snow melted today even though it wasn't that warm... but it was mostly sunny all day. Nicer and a little warmer tomorrow and Thursday and then some rain Friday... so the rain should go. But if it gets as cold as they say next week the ground will get really hard. That's okay to not have the mud.

Hope the snow stops up north... I need to call my parents in NH and see how things look up there.....Have a good evening.

 

[Bruce]

If you tried to catch yourself by putting out your hands and arms you might have broken a wrist. I have heard of that happening.

Been there, done that!

 

[Mini Horses]

Maybe you can drive on way to DD Dr appt and he can doze. He probably needs some sleep with the overnights he's working. This time of yr you don't have haying to do, at least, so maybe he gets some daytime sleep.

Are you saying the PT runs out in a month? Good it trees up time, bad because it is helping and worth that.

Woohoo -- oil! Now the heat can continue. It's sure needed.

 

[farmerjan]

Wednesday eve. Nice day if chilly. Started out about 26, but sunny. Windy too. Met DS @ his work at 6:45 and we went south. He got Prolotherapy injections in the shoulders and neck and was really sore/hurting. Took a few tylenol and it helped to take the worst of it down a few notches. He will feel it tomorrow.
Went from there to Rural King and got some stuff. He had a list of some needs, and I haven't been south with him for several months. Did check and NO canning lids.... had dozens of plain jars without lids or bands.... Looked for a short heavy duty extension cord for the fridge but nothing.....They had antifreeze for 6.49/gal .... full strength not the 50/50. Also had ivermectin (generic brand) pour on for 49.99 for the 5L so got 3 of them which will do us for at least the year unless we have a major problem. We don't worm alot.....spot worming, not wholesale "do everyone" worming. He got a few other things he needed... I just did some browsing.
Then he wanted to go by a stockyards that has a sale on Wednesday's. It is a small yard, normally have 150-300 head but due to the snow and the weather they had about 10 head cattle and 20 sheep and goats. It is too far to go except when he is down there for the drs appts. We went down the road and got some lunch as their lunch room is now closed... then came back to the sale....he watched it and then we came back. I drove coming back so he could get a 45+ min nap.
Got back here, then I went up to do the horses. Came back here to the house and will go in and do a few things. Want to do another sink full of dishes/vacuum canisters and stuff. I loaded the meters and hoses for the farm I am going to test tomorrow. I am going to get the bottles in the racks this evening too. I will go by and set up the meters before I go to PT in the morning. Then I will have to be in the barn @4:30 tomorrow afternoon to test and then back on Friday morning @5:30.....

It got up into the low 40's but it was very sunny so alot of the snow "shrunk"... Another day or 2 and it will be mostly gone. Now the forecast cold is not going to be as cold, and it is looking like some rain instead of snow this weekend....it will melt what snow is left and make it muddy on top.....

Going to look at the forecast and maybe get these clothes done at the laundromat and then bring them home to dry most of the stuff on the line; except the down filled jackets and vests. Want to make the trip count.

Guy called about the propane but I cannot do it the next 2 mornings, so it is set up for next Monday morning about 10:30.... I have PT @ 8 so will be home in plenty of time. That'll work.

Still haven't gotten the oil tank at the house finished filling. Aggravating..... will call them again to see what is going on......

Guess that is all for now.