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CLSranch
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My favorite thing to do between jobs. Except church I can go a month without leaving the house. A good thing about that shop job last time I was home.
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Friday... pushing noon. Was totally wet and miserable yesterday with rain-ice-sleet-CRAPPY WEATHER...
Stayed between 30 and 33 all day.
We finally lost power last night about 9:30 and it came on around 11-11:15 p.m. so not as bad as it could have been. But it sure gets cold quick at night like that.
It is partly cloudy, partly sun today, was 30 then temps up to 40 for a little bit but down to 38 right now. Guess it is going to be like this all day. At least the ice is melting off the trees and bushes some. If the sun would come out and stay it would all be melted but it is only slowly melting now.
I had the rain gauge out since it was going to hover around freezing and not get bitter cold to freeze and crack it.... We had a total of 1.2 inches in it... some ice on top but mostly liquid. I picked it up though since we are forecast to get down in the single digits with highs in the 20's for next weekend... Christmas.... possible snow but they say it is too far out to make any predictions other than the cold that is coming from Canada to hit as far south as @Baymule . NOT looking forward to that.
I am going to get things together and go start the car to get warm so I can go to work, in about an hour. It is sitting where the sun will hit it and the ice looks somewhat melted/loose. Wish the sun would just come out and stay out for a bit. At least I don't need to do any set up at this farm. Tomorrow I have to leave early to go to the herd to do the computer stuff, before I go to the farm I am testing. I do have to set up there... I have all the meters in the car already, just have to get some different length hoses put in there. Then Monday,Tues and Wed are all set up meters and I have to get the rest of the meters for the one on Tuesday.
Oh well, that is life. Going to get things ready to go.
Stayed between 30 and 33 all day.
We finally lost power last night about 9:30 and it came on around 11-11:15 p.m. so not as bad as it could have been. But it sure gets cold quick at night like that.
It is partly cloudy, partly sun today, was 30 then temps up to 40 for a little bit but down to 38 right now. Guess it is going to be like this all day. At least the ice is melting off the trees and bushes some. If the sun would come out and stay it would all be melted but it is only slowly melting now.
I had the rain gauge out since it was going to hover around freezing and not get bitter cold to freeze and crack it.... We had a total of 1.2 inches in it... some ice on top but mostly liquid. I picked it up though since we are forecast to get down in the single digits with highs in the 20's for next weekend... Christmas.... possible snow but they say it is too far out to make any predictions other than the cold that is coming from Canada to hit as far south as @Baymule . NOT looking forward to that.
I am going to get things together and go start the car to get warm so I can go to work, in about an hour. It is sitting where the sun will hit it and the ice looks somewhat melted/loose. Wish the sun would just come out and stay out for a bit. At least I don't need to do any set up at this farm. Tomorrow I have to leave early to go to the herd to do the computer stuff, before I go to the farm I am testing. I do have to set up there... I have all the meters in the car already, just have to get some different length hoses put in there. Then Monday,Tues and Wed are all set up meters and I have to get the rest of the meters for the one on Tuesday.
Oh well, that is life. Going to get things ready to go.
Baymule
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Living in east Texas where snow and ice is a BIG EVENT because we have no Road equipment for it, In weather like yours, I would stay home. But you don’t have that excuse, so off to work you go!
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Sat morning and actually warmer than the last 2 mornings. A BALMY 34 degrees !!!! Some sun but alot of clouds passing over too. There is still ice on the bushes, especially on the "offside" of where the sun hits. It should pretty much melt today if we hit 40 like they say. Then colder tomorrow and the week will be 20's and maybe 40's...
THEN.... the dive to COLD.... and now more of a "possibility" of some snow...... Thursday/Friday on top of the drop to FRIGID temps. 20's for highs and single digits for lows.
Got the samples from last night packed since I need my trays to put the bottles in for the farm this afternoon. Got to get the bottles in the trays and leave early to go to the farm to fix the computer stuff first... then to work.
Went out for supper with the young farmer and the other high school girl last night... she said, do you have to get home early and I said no, and she said, want to go get something to eat... there is a "sports" place... that has really good burgers and some other stuff... I have heard her mention it before... so I said Sure... It was pretty good... the Nachos that we got for "appetizers" to share was HUGE... Very good.... I could've had just that for a meal... They have like 15 "signature" burgers... 1/2 lb size and each has it's own "special" thing... I had one that was a Swiss/Sauteed Onion thing... pretty good. I am spoiled by my own hamburger... but it was decent. There were a few salads that I could have tried too... Might have to take her out to eat one evening in the future. She paid and said it was a "Christmas" present to us... Didn't expect that. It was nice.... didn't get home until 11 p.m. I am about an hour from that farm... and I slept like a log when I got home.
So, about to go out and let the chickens out of the crate and finish getting bottles into the trays and get myself together to leave. Hope we have more sun than clouds today.
THEN.... the dive to COLD.... and now more of a "possibility" of some snow...... Thursday/Friday on top of the drop to FRIGID temps. 20's for highs and single digits for lows.
Got the samples from last night packed since I need my trays to put the bottles in for the farm this afternoon. Got to get the bottles in the trays and leave early to go to the farm to fix the computer stuff first... then to work.
Went out for supper with the young farmer and the other high school girl last night... she said, do you have to get home early and I said no, and she said, want to go get something to eat... there is a "sports" place... that has really good burgers and some other stuff... I have heard her mention it before... so I said Sure... It was pretty good... the Nachos that we got for "appetizers" to share was HUGE... Very good.... I could've had just that for a meal... They have like 15 "signature" burgers... 1/2 lb size and each has it's own "special" thing... I had one that was a Swiss/Sauteed Onion thing... pretty good. I am spoiled by my own hamburger... but it was decent. There were a few salads that I could have tried too... Might have to take her out to eat one evening in the future. She paid and said it was a "Christmas" present to us... Didn't expect that. It was nice.... didn't get home until 11 p.m. I am about an hour from that farm... and I slept like a log when I got home.
So, about to go out and let the chickens out of the crate and finish getting bottles into the trays and get myself together to leave. Hope we have more sun than clouds today.
Baymule
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Nice Christmas present! Good company and supper too, real nice invitation.
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Sunday morning. 31 to start, clouds and some sun trying to come through. Only supposed to maybe hit 40 again today if lucky.
Long day yesterday with the computer "fixing" at the one farm, then the set up and testing at the other farm... I got home last night about 9 after leaving about 11 a.m.... Took about 45 minutes at the farm to do all the computer stuff.... GOD BLESS the computer support girl that allowed me to call her at home and talked me through to whole thing.... sent the farmer a text after I was done and leaving that he should be good to go now to do the update after the samples have processed and he just said Thanks. Guess I should be glad I got that much. Sure don't get any extra pay or anything even like mileage for stuff like this.
Everything went okay at the other farm testing but the "help" he was supposed to have had called in so it was just the farmer and I. It went pretty smooth but it was a long afternoon. Started milking about 1:45 and got done about 7... then had to enter all the milk weights in the computer and then figure out all the missing cows... some sold, some dried off, a few calvings that didn't get entered in... a few eartag ID's that have to be in there..... they need a "state ear tag ID" not just their #... there are hundreds of #245's... so they have to have a special tag that is specific to each cow... It is always this way at this farm.... I left there a little after 8 to come home.
Locked the chickens in the crate and came in and ate a bowl of green beans and took a shower, washed my hair and went to bed.
Going out to let the chickens out in a minute. Gotta eat too, stomach is growling.
Will go up and give the calves some grain later and see who I can get in maybe.... tonight is supposed to be colder, in the 20's.... partly cloudy and cold this week... 40's and 20's... and now they are saying some snow, wintry mix for Thursday....
Need to go out and check on the freezers here and better go check on the one at Deb's... and the water in the tack room and make sure the heater is running on low... just little things to make sure that all are working and running.
Feel sorry for the upper midwest with the snow and horribly cold miserable weather they are getting. But I am rather hoping that Thursday weather stays all snow here... it is alot easier on the animals to deal with the snow than for them to get soaking wet and then the temps drop.
Oh well.... time to get out and get done.
Long day yesterday with the computer "fixing" at the one farm, then the set up and testing at the other farm... I got home last night about 9 after leaving about 11 a.m.... Took about 45 minutes at the farm to do all the computer stuff.... GOD BLESS the computer support girl that allowed me to call her at home and talked me through to whole thing.... sent the farmer a text after I was done and leaving that he should be good to go now to do the update after the samples have processed and he just said Thanks. Guess I should be glad I got that much. Sure don't get any extra pay or anything even like mileage for stuff like this.
Everything went okay at the other farm testing but the "help" he was supposed to have had called in so it was just the farmer and I. It went pretty smooth but it was a long afternoon. Started milking about 1:45 and got done about 7... then had to enter all the milk weights in the computer and then figure out all the missing cows... some sold, some dried off, a few calvings that didn't get entered in... a few eartag ID's that have to be in there..... they need a "state ear tag ID" not just their #... there are hundreds of #245's... so they have to have a special tag that is specific to each cow... It is always this way at this farm.... I left there a little after 8 to come home.
Locked the chickens in the crate and came in and ate a bowl of green beans and took a shower, washed my hair and went to bed.
Going out to let the chickens out in a minute. Gotta eat too, stomach is growling.
Will go up and give the calves some grain later and see who I can get in maybe.... tonight is supposed to be colder, in the 20's.... partly cloudy and cold this week... 40's and 20's... and now they are saying some snow, wintry mix for Thursday....
Need to go out and check on the freezers here and better go check on the one at Deb's... and the water in the tack room and make sure the heater is running on low... just little things to make sure that all are working and running.
Feel sorry for the upper midwest with the snow and horribly cold miserable weather they are getting. But I am rather hoping that Thursday weather stays all snow here... it is alot easier on the animals to deal with the snow than for them to get soaking wet and then the temps drop.
Oh well.... time to get out and get done.
Mini Horses
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You are so right! Yet, many will just stand out in it. The snow sits there, almost another layer of insulation....that rain can soak in if heavy enough.
Our milder temps than North are still cold for us. I spent yesterday checking those things you mention. Plus bought a float heater for a large tank. Too many head in this field for the smaller heated tubs, so big one has to to stay open. Think he I'm gonna go get a timer for it....so I don't have to be do the job on/off myself.
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Eating a sandwich and then going to get feed from big bin at barn and going to see if I can get anyone in.
It has only hit 36 with partial sun today. Been a bit more sun than clouds at least.
I just put a load in the wash... I will get them out tomorrow and they will have a couple days to dry. Nothing I am desperate for, just thought I would get caught up a little. Dishes all done. boxed a return to send out. I tried 2 pairs of lined jeans and one pair is for people with skinny thighs
. I certainly don't fall in that category!!!!
The other pair from Lands End fit pretty good... would be better if I lost some weight around the middle... I'm TRYING.... Ordered another pair so I can wear them in the barns testing in the cold. I have a pair of insulated overalls.... but again, I've gained weight and they are very snug... It's not comfortable in the barns... or even out with the animals... when they are tight. The jeans will keep my legs warmer and still allow me to move easier with this extra weight. I have found since the knee replacements that I feel the cold in the legs more...maybe the metal gets colder??? Anyway, this seems to be a good compromise and then maybe I will be able to take off some of the weight as I am feeling more and more mobile. I need to get back to some exercises though.
So been taking care of stuff that gets "put off"...
There has been a rash of stuff being stolen out of barns around here... several friends have gotten hit.... tools, things easy to carry off... I make sure my little storage shed is padlocked because of the DeWalt tools and all. Other stuff is so piled that I doubt they would take the time to try to sort through it in the carport and nothing really worth much. DS was telling me is going to get some game cameras up and he has taken a bunch of stuff out of the sheds/barns.... battery powered grease gun, some other stuff. He is also considering putting gates in at the end of the driveway to doug's barn... it's 2-3 tenths mile from the road back to the barn complex there. A couple of the farmers around here have lost some stuff... It's all been stuff that can be grabbed and gone...
The good thing is there are always so many cars and trucks in and out and parked and traded around that people never know who is where at our houses/barns. One of the reasons I try to go in and out of Deb's at different times since she is not there much. Unfortunately, his barn is right off the road and not much activity in and out of there since he bought doug's farm and uses that place more...keeps hay wagons and such at his barn and some of his tools are there but he is just at doug's more; still has some stuff at his barn. But he's got it closed and I am hoping to maybe get him some game cameras for Christmas now... going to go look tomorrow and get him some and if they are not what he wants he can exchange them. His GF gets so much off Amazon that I cannot compete with her buying things and returning and all that. So If I get him something here local, he can return it himself and gets what he wants if it isn't right. I do not get hurt feelings over something like that for sure....
So, time to head out to get feed and go to the cows.
It has only hit 36 with partial sun today. Been a bit more sun than clouds at least.
I just put a load in the wash... I will get them out tomorrow and they will have a couple days to dry. Nothing I am desperate for, just thought I would get caught up a little. Dishes all done. boxed a return to send out. I tried 2 pairs of lined jeans and one pair is for people with skinny thighs
. I certainly don't fall in that category!!!! The other pair from Lands End fit pretty good... would be better if I lost some weight around the middle... I'm TRYING.... Ordered another pair so I can wear them in the barns testing in the cold. I have a pair of insulated overalls.... but again, I've gained weight and they are very snug... It's not comfortable in the barns... or even out with the animals... when they are tight. The jeans will keep my legs warmer and still allow me to move easier with this extra weight. I have found since the knee replacements that I feel the cold in the legs more...maybe the metal gets colder??? Anyway, this seems to be a good compromise and then maybe I will be able to take off some of the weight as I am feeling more and more mobile. I need to get back to some exercises though. So been taking care of stuff that gets "put off"...
There has been a rash of stuff being stolen out of barns around here... several friends have gotten hit.... tools, things easy to carry off... I make sure my little storage shed is padlocked because of the DeWalt tools and all. Other stuff is so piled that I doubt they would take the time to try to sort through it in the carport and nothing really worth much. DS was telling me is going to get some game cameras up and he has taken a bunch of stuff out of the sheds/barns.... battery powered grease gun, some other stuff. He is also considering putting gates in at the end of the driveway to doug's barn... it's 2-3 tenths mile from the road back to the barn complex there. A couple of the farmers around here have lost some stuff... It's all been stuff that can be grabbed and gone...
The good thing is there are always so many cars and trucks in and out and parked and traded around that people never know who is where at our houses/barns. One of the reasons I try to go in and out of Deb's at different times since she is not there much. Unfortunately, his barn is right off the road and not much activity in and out of there since he bought doug's farm and uses that place more...keeps hay wagons and such at his barn and some of his tools are there but he is just at doug's more; still has some stuff at his barn. But he's got it closed and I am hoping to maybe get him some game cameras for Christmas now... going to go look tomorrow and get him some and if they are not what he wants he can exchange them. His GF gets so much off Amazon that I cannot compete with her buying things and returning and all that. So If I get him something here local, he can return it himself and gets what he wants if it isn't right. I do not get hurt feelings over something like that for sure....
So, time to head out to get feed and go to the cows.
CLSranch
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A great difference. I've noticed when I had metal in my hand it was terrible. I also notice a huge difference in wearing steel or composite toe boots. I no longer wear steel toe boots. The steel toe rubber boot is TERRIBLE. I now wear mucks in cold weather and composite toe work boots.
I do miss the ol' Justin's though. But not wearing 3 different boots.
