Prep Genrl Weekly Prep Thread: December 3 - December 9, 2023

SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

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Good morning, Judy. It's bad foggy this morning, here. We got more rain overnight. That's a good thing considering how dry it's been. Once the fog burns off, it's going to be a sunny mild day, here, too. Mid 60's for our high.

Home fellowship this morning. I'm getting everything ready for that. Nothing planned for the rest of the day.
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

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I woke up to no rain and sunshine. So I'm hoping my spine cooperates to get the rest of thevonions in, and the water bottles.

At the moment, I'm figuring out which Berkey filter failed. Or if it was both. Then I'm going to try resealing the base and see if that was the problem. It looks like, maybe, only one is failing. And they cost too much nowadays to just toss them without seeing if I can fix the issue.

Other than that, hoping for a calm day with energy and strength.
 
sssarawolf

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Morning, snowing to beat the ban right now and supposed to turn to rain later this afternoon and rain the rest of the week. We received 12 inches yesterday. Until Friday when it will be 29 deg. F again and snow.

We managed to get only get the cabbage canned last week, oh well.
 
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ReneeT

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Good Morning, All! It's cloudy and drizzling rain off and on here, but the temp is in the low 40's. I guess that makes it a good day to work inside - but what I really want to do is crawl back in bed for a while. I've ruled that out - so far :lol: Hopefully this first cup of coffee will give me energy enough to get at least a few things done before I give in and plop down in my recliner with my down throw and a book. If not, I can always try a second cup :lol: There is really nothing much that I absolutely have to do besides laundry and feeding indoor and outdoor cats.

I finally cleaned out my wild bird feed cans and refilled them; now all I have to do is repair a couple of feeders and get them all filled. There is plenty of forage for the wild birds as the cousins planted more wildlife plots this year.

Well, the longer I sit here at the computer, the sleepier I get. I'm going to at least go get a load of laundry started before I give in to the lure of book and blanket.

Take care all - stay safe out there!
 
briches

briches

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Mild and overcast here. Supposed to be in the 60s later.
I decorated the tree this morning.
Hubby and I are headed to a winery this afternoon to meet some friends and enjoy some live music.
The soup hubby made yesterday is delicious (and so healthy) and will be our dinner tonight (with lots more heading to the freezer).

Slow and steady ….
 
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etdeb

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kyrsyan said:
I woke up to no rain and sunshine. So I'm hoping my spine cooperates to get the rest of thevonions in, and the water bottles.

At the moment, I'm figuring out which Berkey filter failed. Or if it was both. Then I'm going to try resealing the base and see if that was the problem. It looks like, maybe, only one is failing. And they cost too much nowadays to just toss them without seeing if I can fix the issue.

Other than that, hoping for a calm day with energy and strength.
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How do you reseal the base mine was set up in 2019 and now it leaks
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

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etdeb said:
How do you reseal the base mine was set up in 2019 and now it leaks
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Food grade silicone, a glove, my finger. Fish tank silicon should work as well. Just a bit at a time on fingertip and work in at the edge where the plastic meets the filter.

Had it save one before. I'm hoping that's the issue with these. I put in lots of red dye and got barely pink in the filtered water. So fingers crossed.
 
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moldy

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Made $300 last night on Ebay while I was asleep!! I'm sure it's a one-off, but I'm happy for it. And it gets some stuff out of my house. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Planning on finishing up the christmas cookies today (hopefully) and will get them delivered this week. Need to list more on Ebay as well, but with making that money DH is a little more patient about cleaning things out!
 
Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior

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kyrsyan said:
Food grade silicone, a glove, my finger. Fish tank silicon should work as well. Just a bit at a time on fingertip and work in at the edge where the plastic meets the filter.

Had it save one before. I'm hoping that's the issue with these. I put in lots of red dye and got barely pink in the filtered water. So fingers crossed.
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read the fine print - actually no such thing as "food grade" silicone - that type of silicone is rated for food prep areas like sealing a joint space in a countertop or around sinks - it should warn against direct exposure to food .....
 
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etdeb

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kyrsyan said:
Food grade silicone, a glove, my finger. Fish tank silicon should work as well. Just a bit at a time on fingertip and work in at the edge where the plastic meets the filter.

Had it save one before. I'm hoping that's the issue with these. I put in lots of red dye and got barely pink in the filtered water. So fingers crossed.
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Ok not the type leak I have. Mine is leaking between the 2 sections.
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

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I had just enough two liters for the planted rows. So that chore is done. I guess the next few days will be a row as I get bottles. I don't want any rows without thermal mass bottles for now since we keep getting temp drops.

And laundry. And kitchen cleaning. And knitting. A little bit of everything.
 
feralferret

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May have to talk my wife into making rum balls once she get s over her cold. Can't handle bourbon balls. I got a bad case of alcohol poisoning on bourbon when I was 21 (48 years ago). Still can't stand even the smell of bourbon without getting nauseous. She makes a couple of different kinds of molasses cookies that are excellent also, but my stomach doesn't like one of the spices in them these days.
 
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moldy

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Finished all that and a loaf of date nut bread that is a gift for a friend. I still need to make some marzipan bars (new recipe) and maybe some caramel corn for gifts. Will try to get boxes tomorrow so I can finish packing it up and get some things mailed.

Every year, I make chocolate covered cherries made with moonshine cherries for dear sis. Still need to do those.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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Another beautiful day the Lord has made. Looks like sun shine for the next couple of days too. I'm starting to wonder if we are going to have a cold cold winter. Louisiana weather is schizo anyway.

I keep going over my running grocery list. Nothing I need and a few things I'd like to add but not really necessary. It would be a boon to my emergency savings if I didn't go to the grocery store this month.

I usually wear my hair in a pony tail, but yesterday I tried to do something with it down but to no avail. Not only do I need some cutting done on my hair but I could truly use some silver highlights. I've got a nice amount of silver coming out but too much darker color to continue identifying as a blond with out highlights.

After church yesterday we went to the local chinese place to eat. Dh is monitering how its effecting his stomach and we both had issues this morning. We may not eat there anymore.

I was out digging around in my she shed and found a LTF can of eggs, maybe a couple of years old, that's good. I'll be so glad when we have laying chickens again. DH has 17 left of the 20 he bought a couple of months ago and they are doing fine, but we need more this spring. Not as many as we did have but more than 17.
 
SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

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Shopping today went well even with the crowds a bit larger than before. We saw more men "carrying" than usual, too. I guess that's a good thing. I even managed to get almost everything on my list and had money left for emergency savings this time. At the meat store, I bought several more 1lb packs of ground beef to can, 2 large packs of boneless pork ribs, and more roasts. I didn't need any chicken breasts this time. I looked for low salt beef broth at Walmart, but they were out. They were all out of any brand of hairspray, too. Both of those items I needed but will be ok til next time. I bought the last 2 5lb. sacks of cornmeal.

Stopped in at the Wine Shop, and Cary had to make several stops at other places for items he needed.

We're glad to be back home with everything put away. We don't like crowds, especially this time of year.
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

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I have been an absolute grumpy bear all day. And it has not been helped by son acting out all day. Or by a client sending me a generic NDC that would have me sign away all my rights to any of my work. I know it's most likely non-enforceable but seriously. And they grabbed it from one of the free legal document sites and didn't even remove any of the stuff that said that. Or fill in any of the blanks. And ignored that it's an employee NDC not a subcontractor NDC. Ugh. So now I get to send it to a lawyer to have it edited to something acceptable.

And one of the tests I need done has been scheduled for a time where I don't have care for my son and I can't seem to get any. There is a part of me honestly debating taking him with me, in his wheelchair. But that isn't practical. It's a CT scan, not a verbal interview and blood draw.

I'm going to go make a cheat dinner of some type and try to chill. I'm 99% sure this is a hormone swing. But it could also just be the "I don't want to" popping up. And that, in and of itself, may also be part of the hormones.
 
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moldy

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@kyrsyan , can you call the radiology department of where you are having the scan and explain your issue? I granted live in a small town, but I'm thinking if that was an issue for one of our patients we would work around it. I think (THINK) we could leave you with your son while you were prepped for the scan, then just have you apart (and he might be able to sit where he could see you) just long enough to do the scan.

They might say absolutely no, but nothing ventured nothing gained.
 
kyrsyan

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moldy said:
@kyrsyan , can you call the radiology department of where you are having the scan and explain your issue? I granted live in a small town, but I'm thinking if that was an issue for one of our patients we would work around it. I think (THINK) we could leave you with your son while you were prepped for the scan, then just have you apart (and he might be able to sit where he could see you) just long enough to do the scan.

They might say absolutely no, but nothing ventured nothing gained.
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I was debating that. But this evening we figured it out. It's going to cost me the full day of work unless the laptop shows up early. But honestly that might not be so bad.

My biggest worry with son was that he just had a blood draw at this facility. And he hasn't had time to deal with that. Which meant a likely meltdown as soon as we showed up. Something that can be handled when there are two of us. But much harder when it is just me.

Better this evening. Just needed some time without things poking at me.

Lawyer was amused. Told me to first send it back and make them fill on the blanks. Then we'll see. But that the courts weren't likely to uphold any of it except the non-disclosure clause, unless I was suddenly to move much farther north. Not even the "rights to my creations" clause, unless I created on company time.

But dinner and calm time helped. And son finally grasped that I was not having fun with his games. Just an over abundance of energy with nowhere to burn it. He gets to go visiting on Friday. That should burn some energy.

Honestly I would love to bring him to watch so that he could see it and learn it from the not scary sidelines. It's so hard to teach him things like that.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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connie said:
You are a brave woman to tackle that!
Now you will know what is actually still good. One step at a time.
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This is from last weeks thread, thought I'd move the conversation to this thread.

I got a lot done last night, a little at a time. I was watching a movie and at every commerical I'd get up and do something, since the commericals last 5 minutes it surprising how much you can get done in increments of 5 minutes. And I'm in a get things done mood today too.
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

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Well, today is starting off better, and worse. Son had me awake at 2 am. About 5 he finally calmed down. He didn't sleep but he did settle, burrow in bed, and listen to music. So I got a couple more hours of sleep.

Boss decided that she wasn't going to mess with the NDC/no compete for me. About the same time she realized that she was going to have to fill in all the blanks because I wasn't going to sign an incomplete legal form. And realized that maybe she had signed an incomplete legal form. I told her I would be happy to sign a completed one that didn't try to claim rights to all of my work or prevent me from keeping my private clients, which are pre-existing.

And Boss decided that they were going to reimburse me for the laptop since it has been purchased solely for business. I don't really mind that because it's honestly solely for her business. I cannot access my private clients anywhere but from my desktop.

And my "grumpy bear" is not as grumpy this morning. I just want some peace and quiet so I can handle what is going to be a very hectic and draining Friday.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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kyrsyan said:
Well, today is starting off better, and worse. Son had me awake at 2 am. About 5 he finally calmed down. He didn't sleep but he did settle, burrow in bed, and listen to music. So I got a couple more hours of sleep.

Boss decided that she wasn't going to mess with the NDC/no compete for me. About the same time she realized that she was going to have to fill in all the blanks because I wasn't going to sign an incomplete legal form. And realized that maybe she had signed an incomplete legal form. I told her I would be happy to sign a completed one that didn't try to claim rights to all of my work or prevent me from keeping my private clients, which are pre-existing.

And Boss decided that they were going to reimburse me for the laptop since it has been purchased solely for business. I don't really mind that because it's honestly solely for her business. I cannot access my private clients anywhere but from my desktop.

And my "grumpy bear" is not as grumpy this morning. I just want some peace and quiet so I can handle what is going to be a very hectic and draining Friday.
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Dear lady, when I start to feel sorry for myself (not very often) you come to my mind and you are truly a wonder with all you have to deal with moment by moment every day. God Bless.
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

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I am unreasonably happy that the laptop is supposed to arrive tomorrow. But I am.

And then, I've been listening to training all day. Mainly so I can get access to the really good training pdfs and slides which are worlds better than what they normally give. The first trainer's voice was one of those droning voices, so I'm going to have to review all the materials. But the last trainer is actually good.

And I punted for dinner. BBQ is on the way.

Son got destructive today. But he managed to contain it to cardboard boxes, so I'm not super stressed over it. And he has remembered that violence against me is a very, very bad idea. So there was the hints that let me know that he's upset. But it did not boil over. And now he's chilling in his room. I think a day where I wasn't constantly trying to calm him helped him settle himself some.
 
kyrsyan

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All of the droning voice from today was worth it for the two nuggets of gold that popped up in the last session. Ironically, that was the session that I was seriously considering skipping. Worth staying online for it. And tomorrow the laptop will be here, so maybe I can do the late session some where more comfortable.
 
feralferret

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I had an instructor (department head) in tech school electronics that had at least two-thirds of the class literally asleep before the end of the class. Worse yet, he never did anything except read from the textbook.

At least he was a little better in the lab class that he taught. He wasn't reading out loud there.
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

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feralferret said:
I had an instructor (department head) in tech school electronics that had at least two-thirds of the class literally asleep before the end of the class. Worse yet, he never did anything except read from the textbook.

At least he was a little better in the lab class that he taught. He wasn't reading out loud there.
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When I took a mandatory philosphy theory class, someone else and I could not remain awake in the TA sessions. It didn't matter what I did or how much caffeine was in my system. But if the TA called on either of us, we could answer coherently and on topic. Now we didn't have this problem in class, just in the TA sessions.

Then one day they hit a topic that we both lit into. IIRC it was most of them deciding one of the philosophies was an all or nothing and not seeing the variants. TA was amused as heck and finally had to stop the debate because the period was over. But nothing they threw at either of us stood. We tore it all apart. That was fun. TA wondered why we couldn't do it all the time. We both told him that we had no clue. Neither of us knew why we couldn't stay awake during those sessions.

Anyways, some people just can't public speak in a way that is not droning. And I hate public speaking so I'd be no help to them. And it acts kind of like a bandsaw across my brain. If the same speaker had been doing the last session, I would have shut it down. But the different speaker caught my attention and held it. And I am grateful because those tidbits are going to save me soooo many headaches in the future..
 
SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

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I haven't felt up to posting much, lately. I'm feeling very overwhelmed with everything that is going on with Cary, and my mac degen is acting up, again. I have really dim sight in that eye. I have a doctor's appointment next week to get it checked out. My overall vision is blurred, and that makes it hard to read. I've had to increase the font size, and that helps a bit.

Ever since we learned about Cary's tumor in his leg and his possible kidney disease, my BP is through the roof. I started back on my anxiety meds this morning to try and bring my stress level down. Hopefully, this will help.

Nothing much is going on here, today. It's cold outside.
 
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