Pellet heads!! What's up today?

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Excellent meal today. Ate so much, thought I was in a Monte Python movie! Looked at the weather forecast this morning and it said 4” sn*w Sunday and 2” Monday. Just looked again and now it says 7” Sunday and 5” Monday. Whatever we get, it will be the first of the season. Suppose it’s time to get the John Deere ready for action. Stay safe and stay warm!

 

That's a shame.

 

I've endured a 26hr power outage along with a finicky generator, turned out to be a gas cap needed to be loose tightened
My battery backup lasted 14 hrs, first lengthy test
Ended up with close to 12" of chit

 

Well, 2 good things came of it - the lengthy run time of the battery backup, and you didn't give up in disgust and go spend a bunch of on a new geny or repairman for a simple fix.

 

Ivanhoe....sorry for the power outage. Definitely these suck.

Hope everyone had a nice Turkey day....

We went to the kids and spent the afternoon / early evening....got home about 8:30
Filled the big stove up with a bucket of shells and headed to bed...

Got up at 5 am and one stove was not cutting it...63 F in the shack... noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
Fired off the little stove...should be catching things back up here soon.

20's F out this morning.
One stove is not enough, unless we have snow on the roof, then its plenty.

No snow, dry air and a stiff breeze..

 

Started out early this morning scraping the old caulk out of the tub and surround. For some reason the plumber had used a clear caulk that yellowed badly. I was finally tired of looking at the dinginess and decided since I didn't have to make it to work for a couple more days, then I could sponge bath on a couple of them to complete this project. Didn't take a shower this morning so it was dry to start with. Scraped, and scraped, then doused with alcohol (rubbing - not drinking), scraped, doused, scraped. Then finally I got out my pet dryer (used to be a pet groomer and the dryers are designed to blow water off the coat instead of just use heat to dry). The drier does put out some warmth, so got some more gunk softened and taken off and rubbed down with alcohol again (the tub, not me ). After 2.5 hours, I had it as good as it was going to get. Used the dryer on it some more then set an oscillating fan to blow on it while I did other things.

Moved the snow blower out of the way and moved the bike in position for the dealer to pick it up this morning. Read while I was eating a mid morning snack of chocolate cream pie (my Thanksgiving hosts had sent a piece home with me last night ) then hand washed some unmentionables and hung them on the drying rack downstairs. Then I went outside and took down the windmill in the driveway garden before the sn*w Sunday since it is in line with the snow dump from the roof - plus I blow the white chit in that direction. Instead of ensconcing the windmill in the metal shed as I did last year, I attached the base of it on the stump of the willow tree at the other side of the house.

I had just gotten inside when I thought I heard a car door. Looked out the window and sure enough the dealership van was in the driveway. Opened up the garage door and watched him get the bike in the van and got ready to do my Black Friday shopping which consisted of going to TSC and getting cat litter (on sale for about $5 off a pail). Wandered around looking at stuff and got a pair of Carhartt gloves to go with the Carhartt jacket I was wearing. Stopped and got AA batteries to replace those in the electronic door locks and D batteries to rejuvenate the motion activated light in the stove room. Last stop was Aubuchon's to get caulk for the tub (10 year antimicrobial - in white).

After about 4.5 hours of futzing around (including installing the batteries I had obtained), I finally decided it was time to caulk. Proof that I did something

 

Caulk job looks great...

 

Hey, jtakeman, did I see a possibility of 6-12" in your area?

 

imacman is just rubbing it in.

 

Why, I have NO idea what you mean. Going to be 56-60 here tomorrow, and 60+ Sunday. But that has NOTHING to do with it.

 

I ran to Home and Hearth in Hampton Falls to get some more Wood and Sons pellets. Nope. All out and resupply is to be determined. Picked up some Vermonts instead.
They told me that they thought the Wood and Sons was selling better than they expected.

 

If you like the Wood's pellets, you may also like the Matra brand.
Both are white pine... I love them.
McManus has them in Barrington for $299.
They are selling very well also..


Dan

 

Thanks Pete. Barrington isn't far at all. I will try a bag or two!

 

Leaves? what are they?? LOL

 

Grandkids asked if I knew how to build a gingerbread house.
I said.. "Grampa knows everything"!



Dan

 

Latest update looks like 8" in your area? Hope the sn*wblower is tuned-up.

 

X2 ! Well done Bogie can tell you did your research