Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

[Firewalker]

Good morning GTA! Happy Monday! I slept in until 0700 this morning, started coffee and fell back to sleep until my dispatcher called at 0730. I hit this mid-summer wall like never before. I slept 17 1/2 hours Saturday night, didn’t get up until 1430 Sunday, and then 10 hours of sleep last night. I’m on call this week. Something’s got to give one of these days.

OOF-DAH!

You may have been fighting off a bug as well, glad you are on the rebound! 

[maraudinglizard]

Not much today, shoulder kept me up most of the night and then wake up to a splitting headache this morning. I have a arthritic flare going on some where that I can't pin point and take care of it. Finished trimming up a batch of soft baits to fish with earlier this morning. Probably cast some more this afternoon. I need to make some jig and weighted hooks as well. Bait and tackle shops are getting expensive with their tackle, I just buy direct from the company that makes them or find an Ebay seller that sells them in bulk.

[Madd Hatter]

Good morning GTA! Happy Monday! I slept in until 0700 this morning, started coffee and fell back to sleep until my dispatcher called at 0730. I hit this mid-summer wall like never before. I slept 17 1/2 hours Saturday night, didn’t get up until 1430 Sunday, and then 10 hours of sleep last night. I’m on call this week. Something’s got to give one of these days.

You better get into see your doctor. Of course this heat will just take it out of ya. Take a look at what these people sell. I use to use a phase change vest under a EVAP vest when I was commuting on my MC to and from work. It kept my core body cool even in 114f degree heat for a hour and a half to 2 hours.

https://www.mycoolingstore.com/?trk_msg=2DLOVO49OR84T4VJ57JDTQD2IO&trk_contact=RRO80J7UAVV9SB48CJ8K60OHU0&trk_sid=1OFLMRD71H0QARJBNG50VDKBG4&trk_link=8VSR21004MMKP5APHMCGQCJ2BO

[Blowpipe Sam]

Afternoon y'all!  Six day work weeks in this heat make you stupid.  Not even sure what day of the week it is. 

My plan, by Blowpipe Sam.  Two Darvocets, collect up the dead soldiers, empty the ash trays, bathe? Nah.  Stuff the empty pizza boxes under the couch and spray some Endust on the dog (easier than sweeping).  That's the housecleaning taken care of.  It's hotter than Texas out there and humid to boot.  Should keep the gomers at home.  I'm headed out on the river to find a shady spot where the fish are biting.

[anti-squirrel]

Hot and humid here.  I accomplished one desire and spent lunch wrenching on bicycles and get everything situated.  Fifteen minutes outside and I had to come in and change.

Sonja was going to shoot the 2400KT but ended up mowing instead.  The grass/weeds/clover are going nuts.  We went from mowing every 8 or 9 days to every 4 in a single week.  She also noted the Cub Cadet deck has perforations now; I'll "slap a bandaid" and weld it up later.  The engine runs flawlessly so I'll figure out a way to keep it running until I come across another 2-blade deck.

Plans later involve some cycling and maybe a stop by a local BMX shop to get bars for Sonja and a new seat for me. 

[Sqrl Klr]

My cub deck needed welding too years ago and it's been great ever since. I installed hitches on front and rear for towing or lifting with the tractor. I used both hitches with a chain to lift it with the loader back into the shop the other day when the starter grenaded. If I had a forklift like mower shops often do I'd just lift it how they do but it gets the job done either way.

[maraudinglizard]

I to have a mower deck to band aid as well. I had a grass catcher system given to me years ago, it works great on the short stuff but the tall grass can be a pain at times. It needs work as well. I don't use gator blades, they will not last a month in this sand and root infested jungle. I am like everybody around here, trying to stay out of the midday heat. I wait until late in the afternoon to venture back out.

Gil, I to use the tractor to get the lawn toys of the ground to work on. The frontend loader hauls the chipper/shredder to the back 40 and now that I have a catch bag for it, I just fill up the loader bucket and dump on the compost pile. That project is on hold until it cools down some around here.

[Novagun]

My plan
 by Blowpipe Sam
Does not always
Run to plan .

Still sounds like Florida is a cruisy place except when it's not .

[avator]

Morning...
Up at 5am. Made coffee then fed and let the dogs out. Betty Lou told me yesterday that she had seen signs of a mouse in the kitchen so I put a dab of peanut butter on 2 snap traps and put them on the counter. The first trap had all the peanut butter removed but it didn't trigger. The second one did it's job. I disposed of the victim and I'll reset the traps again tonite.
I grabbed my coffee and headed to the new bar/hangout room and desktop PC to pay bills. This is the first time using this PC for paying bills so I had to put in and save all the accounts and passwords. I don't mind saving passwords for our utility bill accounts. Pretty sure no hackers are interested in paying my bills. I use Paypal to pay the bills and that password is not saved. I have to authorize each payment.
Once Betty Lou gets up and motivated we'll head to the big city for our monthly bulk grocery run. I also have a list of things I need to complete the bar/hangout room. Once that project is complete we plan to do it utility room. It's another unfinished added on room. The plan is to insulate it and skin out the interior walls. Nothing fancy, just 1/4 lauan and paint. It's already wired for 110v and 220v with outlets and light fixtures.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mawnin y'all.  It's my day off.  I think.  Took the pups for a walk around the pasture this a.m.  Belle chased her first Rabbit!  We're headed to the big city too today.  The memsahib has an appointment with the quacks.  We will probably track down our daughter and take her to lunch.  It will be a long hot day of waiting for me but but I am bouyed by the anticipation of the shrimp A la Diabla at Taqueria La Miranda.

[bReTt]

Work, then an evening with my peeps at home. 

[avator]

Back from the trip to the city. I was able to find everything on my list for the bar. Betty Lou was in charge of the grocery list and I think she has done well for the past couple months at managing food because she came in $50 under our normal budget for the bulk food. We also realized the extra savings by not having to pay the water and electric for the bar/mancave. Every little bit counts.

[Madd Hatter]

Busy, busy, busy had to go get another 1000 gallons of water then topped up the storage tanks. Still have around 500 gallons left in the trailer tank. Stocked up with water and food in case the monsoons turn out to be heavy and we can't get out. After filling the storage tanks I loaded up the back of the truck with all of the cardboard and unburnable trash and took it to the transfer station in seligman then headed up to Williams to pick up my wife's prescription and a few groceries. Then I had to stop by the corral in Ash Fork and pick up 4 boxes of pet supplies that both FedEx and ups dropped off there. I'm bushed!!!! Those boxes weighed around 60 pounds each. Should've known I needed to bring a hand truck but forgot 😡😡.

[uglymike]

Pre-fish an area we have baited for an upcoming annual fishing event. I'm a certified youth fishing instructor, do a lot of volunteer work with kids trying to get them outside and away from the video games. Hundreds of pounds of corn chummed over a period of days, the carp will be stacked like cord wood. The look on the face of a kid that just caught a 10-15lb fish.......priceless!

[avator]

Mornin'
Betty Lou must have got up with the dogs this morning. I didn't hear anything until I woke up at 6.
Our power went out at 9 last night and came back on after 10. No idea what happened. There were no storms in the area.
No big plans today. Just take it as it comes. Tomorrow is Betty Lou's birthday and I'm taking her out to our local steak house for dinner.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mawnin y’all!  Back at work.  Stuck in the penalty box all day so no joy.

[bReTt]

Mornin'
Betty Lou must have got up with the dogs this morning. I didn't hear anything until I woke up at 6.
Our power went out at 9 last night and came back on after 10. No idea what happened. There were no storms in the area.
No big plans today. Just take it as it comes. Tomorrow is Betty Lou's birthday and I'm taking her out to our local steak house for dinner.

Happy birthday to BL! 💥 🎉🎂

[bReTt]

Birthday stuff for Nate all day.  He is 14.  He is #7 in the lineup of kids.  Sean turns 11 this Saturday.  Sean is #8 the youngest.

[avator]

Happy Birthday Nate and Sean.
Brett... birthdays must almost be a regular event around there.

[Madd Hatter]

Mornin'
Betty Lou must have got up with the dogs this morning. I didn't hear anything until I woke up at 6.
Our power went out at 9 last night and came back on after 10. No idea what happened. There were no storms in the area.
No big plans today. Just take it as it comes. Tomorrow is Betty Lou's birthday and I'm taking her out to our local steak house for dinner.

🎉🎉🎇🎆