April 2020... Please tell us how your day is Going... April Showers bring May Flowers...

Think hubby said it was in the 50s this morning.
I am still 'bundling up' to go out lighter jacket , but wear my snook to protect neck/head.

We had rain & thunder storms last night,, which knocked over some of the spring flowers.
Went out & picked a few for kitchen.

We have some asparagus coming up! Four short stems in the raised bed.
 

Sliverfox said:
Think hubby said it was in the 50s this morning.
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Going to 91 later today!!! Back to 70's tomorrow!!!
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Back under the sink again for another hour this morning. That "quick disconnect" coupler that refused to separate yesterday, voluntarily separated all on its own while I was doing the breakfast dishes. I had water everywhere under the sink, and the irritation of knowing that I had failed to put the "safety clip" back in place on that coupler added to my early morning irritation.

My overconfidence that the coupler would not separate was totally misplaced, shame on me.

But after cleaning up the water, I was finally able to tighten that brass nut that was the start of this particular Saga in the first place. Then I was able to reconnect that Quick Disconnect" coupler and fully restore the operation of that faucet. My wife is rather pleased.

My next call to cancel the plumber's visit partially restored my "Home Repairman" credentials.

That faucet was "Just Messing With Me" all along! I suppose that I did save over $100, but the aggravation was way more than that.
 
Pecos said:
Back under the sink again for another hour this morning. That "quick disconnect" coupler that refused to separate yesterday, voluntarily separated all on its own while I was doing the breakfast dishes. I had water everywhere under the sink, and the irritation of knowing that I had failed to put the "safety clip" back in place on that coupler added to my early morning irritation.

My overconfidence that the coupler would not separate was totally misplaced, shame on me.

But after cleaning up the water, I was finally able to tighten that brass nut that was the start of this particular Saga in the first place. Then I was able to reconnect that Quick Disconnect" coupler and fully restore the operation of that faucet. My wife is rather pleased.

My next call to cancel the plumber's visit partially restored my "Home Repairman" credentials.

That faucet was "Just Messing With Me" all along! I suppose that I did save over $100, but the aggravation was way more than that.
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I'm proud of you, Pecos!
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debodun said:
Doesn't do any good to call. I did about 14 months ago when it jumped $30 and asked if there was nay way to get the price down. The agent said "Sure, if you want to give up something." When Road Runner had it, they wee willing to negotiate and service calls were free. Spectrum charges $50 for a service call.
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If you enjoy the services and you can afford them I don't see a problem with it YOLO.

It just doesn't add enough WOW to my life for me to justify the expense.

Enjoy!
 
Deb. just curious as your bill is about the same as mine and somehow I thought USA packages were a lot cheaper here than in Canada.

Do you get a lot of tv stations to make the bill that high. My bill is around $225 for tv, internet and home phone and I do not have a home phone, just a cell but the landline comes with the package. I do not get the highest tv pack, nor the lowest, just middle of the road.
 
debodun said:
Doesn't do any good to call. I did about 14 months ago when it jumped $30 and asked if there was nay way to get the price down. The agent said "Sure, if you want to give up something." When Road Runner had it, they wee willing to negotiate and service calls were free. Spectrum charges $50 for a service call.
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My wife went down in person and got ours reduced a bit while adding more channels.

She had a career as a Government Contract Negotiator and is fearsome in situations like this. She once decided to buy a new Honda and that dealer had no idea how tough this lady was going to be. She had a firm idea as to what she was going to pay and the patience to wear them down. When they tried to wear her down by stalling, she ordered a pizza and enjoyed watching TV while she "counselled" a few other patrons. That got their attention in a hurry. She sent me to the movies since this was a long ordeal.

Oh yes, they came around to her way of thinking.
 
We've had beautiful weather for the past few days....today we reached the upper 80's. However, tonight a "polar vortex" is supposed to descend on us, and we may be lucky to see 60 degrees this coming week....frost is even forecasted on Easter morning.

So, yesterday, I spent the day spreading tons of gravel on our driveway, and today, I spent most of the day mowing the yard, and the big meadow below the house. Tomorrow, I plan to Relax!
 
What started out to be nice April day changed every time you looked out. Sun and nice temp.....cloud and snow.....terrible wind....snow again from a blue sky.....sun again.....and so on the rest of the day.....still snowing, ground is white.....CRAP !!!!!!!!!.....So, who was the wise guy that ticked Mother Nature off........Apologize to her, so we can get back to Spring.
 
We have had an absolutely glorious last fortnight ( 2 weeks)...and it's still not abating.. Today is beautiful again..peoples gardens are looking beautiful.....it was so hot in my room last night I could barely sleep, the fan is going on tonight...

Yesterday I went shopping just wearing a sleeveless top, and crops.. wearing a mask and latex gloves. Kept getting told the shelves are now filled , and hardly any queues etc.. by the media... so I had to go and get refills of certain stuff for hubs... OMG... the media are Liars., liars I tell you...😖

.. . The queue was all the way around the car park.. I was lucky, a gentleman let me go in front of him right at the beginning of the queue, so in front essentially of about 100 people... . I waited about 10 minutes to go in, as they were staggering the entries at the door, fair enough... , they wiped the trolley down and in I went. ...thinking.. oh this looks quite empty, although so did the shelves tbh.. however I'd gone for some specific things which are not on the shortages list , so I gathered those up with a few extra things , got around in about 10 minutes or so.. thought I was doing well to get in and out quickly until...... horrors, of horrors, the biggest single queue for the cash tills you've ever seen they weren't permitting any separate queues for tills, everyone had to queue in a single file, and 6 feet apart ..and everything was going just one way..barriers everywhere to stop people going up or down all other aisles...

I stood in that queue for 40 minutes waiting to put my stuff the
through the self scanners.. which were going faster than the manned tills.😣

I came back out into the blazing sunshine... felt like I'd just escaped from a dark prison, swearing to everything holy that I'll never commit another crime like that again to deserve such punishment..:eek:. and glanced over and saw that the queue waiting to go in, was probably even double what it had been earlier...I wished there and then I had a loud-hailer so I can just shout..''Go Home , you have no idea what is awaiting on the other side of that door... no essentials on the shelves.., and a minimum 40 minute queue for the tills ''

If my o/h would have been with me we'd never have gone in, the minute he spotted the queue outside he would have turned the car around...

Anyway... today again..it's gloriously sunny and warm.. all the windows are wide open as is the back door .. the garden looks lovely, it's wonderful and peaceful, and hubs is up painting the Barn floor... it's like a halcyonic summers day back in 1940's England...🥰....just don't point me towards another supermarket for a long time
 
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hollydolly said:
wonderful Lee...(y)

we have the goldfinches in our garden too.. in fact we have one feeder where we fill it a third with mealworms, a 1/3 with Niger seeds, and a 1/3 with Millet. The Goldfinches eat the niger seeds , the Sparrows eat the millet, and the Robins eat the mealworms..
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The goldfinches hang around in the fall feeding on ripe thistles. Great picture opportunities.
 
I made my weekly trek to the local Walmart this morning.

We have two new shopping guidelines in effect this week. The local stores and the county executive have asked that people using reusable bags leave them at home or be prepared to pack them for the grocery clerk in an effort to avoid spreading germs. The second request from the county executive is that we shop on alternate days based on the year we were born. People born in odd years shop M, W, F and people born in even years shop on T, T, S. I'm not sure what is supposed to happen on Sunday. We are also being monitored by a group called Unacast that tracks our movements using cellphone data and assigns us a rating of how well we are limiting our travel. We started at a C- and have been upgraded to a B-. It's interesting but I don't put much faith in the numbers because we still have many essential workers coming into and out of the county each day.

https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard


Anyway, I arrived at Walmart just as the doors were opening and made it in the first batch that was allowed into the store. This was the first week that I wore a mask. I used the bandana rubber band model similar to the one that Marie modeled in another thread. It worked very well but it was hot and I was glad to remove it when I got back to the car.

The store was active and about 2/3 of the shoppers had some type of face covering. The store was well stocked with the exception of paper products and frozen convenience foods.

I'm well-stocked for Easter and the following week.

Have a nice day!

B
 
Pecos said:
Back under the sink again for another hour this morning. That "quick disconnect" coupler that refused to separate yesterday, voluntarily separated all on its own while I was doing the breakfast dishes. I had water everywhere under the sink, and the irritation of knowing that I had failed to put the "safety clip" back in place on that coupler added to my early morning irritation.

My overconfidence that the coupler would not separate was totally misplaced, shame on me.

But after cleaning up the water, I was finally able to tighten that brass nut that was the start of this particular Saga in the first place. Then I was able to reconnect that Quick Disconnect" coupler and fully restore the operation of that faucet. My wife is rather pleased.

My next call to cancel the plumber's visit partially restored my "Home Repairman" credentials.

That faucet was "Just Messing With Me" all along! I suppose that I did save over $100, but the aggravation was way more than that.
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Always remember. Give us the tools I'll finish the job. I'm usually successful until I get the dreaded "this part is no longer available".
Usually something electronic like a control panel. In the case of your quick disconnect I'm laughing because you needed water pressure.
 
I woke up this morning at 6:50am which was a nice surprise,wish every day I could do that
On my walk to get the NYT it was cloudy with light rain,cold in the 30's
I'm looking out my window,its SNOWING on the grass,hope it melts soon
Yesterday,I didn't clean wooden blinds by living room window,today is a good day to do so since I'm not going outside
 
Started out to be cold and cloudy, now the sun appeared, light N wind, still only 0. A good part of my morning, was seeing our local greenhouse may open as well, not sure of the limitations, if any, A week and a half ago, there were no signs of life there. Made my day, have never gone a year without flowers.
 

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