Share your day December 2013

Feeling better so the puffer seems to be working. Why are we all so worried about the leaves? Just asking an honest question and still trying to make myself think they don't matter. If they stay on the lawn, wouldn't they just rot over the winter and provide some kind of nutrients back into the soil? I know that some of the people on my street spend hours and lots of $$$ on their lawns, fertilizer, lime etc etc. I don't and admit I have a small amount of moss in the grass, but does that really do any harm? My thought is that it is still green and I don't have to mow as often.

What am I missing??

Ozarkgal - you have overdone it so sit back for a few days and feel better.
 
Glad you can breathe again TICA. Those leaves would be laying there if I was in charge too. I used to rake any eucalyptus leaves up as they tend to poison the grass rather than feed it but the rest the wind took care of eventually. No snow here to bury 'em under though.

My day was pretty much like all the others, nothing momentous to report or likely to happen, it's 2:20am so I'm giving up and folding up.
Night all. :eek:fftobed:

 
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My only answer to your question is that you get mold to grow along with the moss if everything is covered up. And I don't worry so much about a green lush lawn next summer, as the insects and disease that hide in that ground cover of leaves.
When the ground freezes, I want a clear path for hidden critters to freeze away too.
 
TICA..glad your inhaler is working, and you're feeling better. As far as the leaves go I am literally buried in them. There are two reasons I have to remove the leaves. One is because wet, rotting leaves cause mold, which can have some serious health consequences, and since my husband has pulmonary fibrosis we can't take the chance. The other reason is when spring comes, and the snakes start moving, they love to hide under piles of leaves and mulch. This place is kept clear of anything a snake might want to hide in or under. I don't want the Gangstas to find out the hard way about snakes. Also, Boo's Mom mentioned the insects and plant disease.. Another good reason to clean them up.

Unless we have a tornado or straight line winds, there is not a snowball's chance in hell the wind would blow all these leaves away.

Mine is not an issue of aesthetics, but of health and safety. I have mostly weeds and don't fret over them, just mow them down.
 
Whew..what a day! Between the Christmas shoppers and the winter storm gathers, crowd fighting frustration was at level red today...Haven't seen such crowds since I left Texas..I'm beat, and the old eye balls keep slamming shut..

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The crowds have started here too, even in my 'one-horse-town'. I try to get out early to avoid them. I understand the shopping stamina problem, by the time you get everything bought, loaded in the car, unloaded out of the car and put up at home, you've done a day's work.

I try to utilize the leaves by mulching up what I can, forgot to buy the face mask to wear while doing this....I sure don't like breathing the curd that is stirred up doing this.
 
Jackie22 said:
I try to utilize the leaves by mulching up what I can, forgot to buy the face mask to wear while doing this....I sure don't like breathing the curd that is stirred up doing this.
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I always forget the face mask too. ... just glad to finally be done with the outdoor clean-up.
I want to finish decorating now, and kick back and do nothing else. :tranquillity:

Very warm day down on the coast (so far). Expecting rain and cooler temperatures later in the day.
 
Up early and picked up flea meds for the dogs, recycled the bottles, went to the land to pick up garbage as some a8*#%#$@ decided to use it as a dump. Said some pretty good words that even I haven't heard before as I was loading it all into the car. It's all in cans now so am crossing my fingers the garbage man picks it up today.

Lovely day here today. Picked up some Christmas gifts early yesterday and only have a few things left on the list and I'm done!!!

Might make some cookies this afternoon and send them to my son. Five guys and one gal share a huge house so I'm sure they'll get eaten pretty quick. Will get the decorations out the eaves today and decorate tomorrow.

I'm being stubborn and NOT raking the leaves. If my neighbors son wants to blow them over the hill, I'll pay him to do that but if not - I'll see them in the spring. We don't have poisonous snakes here so I'm not worried about that.
 
Up early, also. 23F! Took car in for service. Love my "maniac" and good to visit and wish him a Merry Christmas.

Also, stubbornly NOT raking leaves. Of course, my older sister mentioned having done the same until it rained and they tripled in weight. Wheeee....!!!
 
Kudos to you TICA and TG for NOT raking leaves. Believe me, if I could get away without doing it I would too. I am almost thankful for the nasty weather, got me out of finishing that chore, but as you say TG, now they will be twice as heavy.

This morning we finished getting thing buttoned down for the storm. Had to take the trash up to the highway for pick up, go to the post office, get gas in truck and gas cans for equipment and old four wheel drive Toyota truck. I filled 10 plastic gallons of jugs with water, and have two 5 gallon buckets to fill for the toilet in case of a power outage. I keep several filled gallon jugs in the freezer. It keeps the food frozen longer in case of a power outage. We have a wall propane heater for backup heat in case of an outage, but won't have any water from the well.

Refreshed the cats straw where they sleep so they have plenty of straw to snuggle in. Hopefully, I can entice my one cat who sleeps in the hole of a big rock on the hill to come into the shed tonight. She doesn't get along with the one of the other female cats, so won't join the group in their shed.

One of these days I'm going to invest in a generator, but so seldom need one it seems like a waste.
 
Very warm this am, temp is 30C already. In the middle of hanging out the bed linen, no problems getting it all dry to-day.
 
TWH..
I tip my hat to you in a huge way, for all that raking. I couldn't do all that. Look at it this way --- you have great upper body strength and could probably rip the Jugler vein right out of the idiot dumb to try and take your purse - :)
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LOL..A few more days of leaf patrol and I probably could. Right now all I feel is sore every where!
I bought some 2 Old Goats arthritis ointment at the feed store yesterday. I've been giving it a try today with several applications...that along with Tramadol is making me feel pretty good.

Pipes bursting is a thing I fear most in this freeze. By a stroke of luck, my brother wrapped all the pipes under the house when he was here a few weeks ago. I sure hope it works. We leave a heat lamp on in the well house to keep the pump from freezing, so far no problem there in the past.
 
Pipes bursting would be my worse nightmare. OG you are lucky to have such a great brother!

I should be out picking up a few groceries although I don't need too much so just might wait until tomorrow. I've spent the morning trying to find a barn design that will fit what we want and within budget but of course, most of them don't have a price unless they are the metal ones which I don't think I want. Have finally decided that it will be low profile, with hay storage in a different building so that will save having a loft. I'm scared to death of fire in the barn so with hay in another building I'll sleep better!

Seems like I do this about once a month and change my mind continually! This is the latest that might do the trick although I want 8 to 10 feet of overhang on the side with the dutch doors.

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For some reason, I can't post pictures on the Horse group or I'd put this there for your opinions, suggestions. I'll start a thread there though and any suggestions will be appreciated!!
 
Never had a pipe burst during icy weather. But, do remember the below zero winter I spent in Wisconsin when the faucet wouldn't flow and when it finally did ice was delivered....

If you can swing it, OG, go for the generator. You will be so very, very glad when the time comes to need it.

Did someone say, "FRIDAY!"??? Yea! Well, actually, I vote for Saturday but we're on our way...
 
Went to the barn this morning and then out for brunch. It was too cold to ride but I groomed my horse, picked out his feet, had lots of head scratches and treats.

My daughter snapped this just as we were leaving.

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Only one more present to buy and I'm done!!! My Mom wants pink flannel sheets and you'd think they would easy to find but no luck so far. I had a Christmas lunch with a bunch of retired co-workers yesterday and that was fun. Not much on the go today. I have the outside lights up but not a thing inside so I suppose I should get moving on that. I'll get the tree this weekend and put that up.

So what are the rest of you up to??????
 
I'm still in hibernation mode waiting for the icy snow to melt. The highlight of my day is to go out in the morning and take care of the animals and feed the wild birds, and in the evening go back out and button them up for the night. My loner cat that sleeps in a rock on the hill has decided that she likes living in the shed. I put her out this morning and she wanted right back in. Okay, by me as she will keep the mice away, and I know she's safe.

Buckaroo has decided he likes his coop and now voluntarily goes in when it's time to roost. That Roo is getting soft. He let's me pet him now when he's on his perch. He is becoming a bit possessive of his area in the yard and yesterday he jumped on one of the cats and rode her for a minute. Crazily enough, she didn't act bothered by it and just kept walking. He's been cockily eyeballing the Gangstas also, just waiting for that wreck.

I think the crazy, wild feral cat that I carted off this spring is back, at least it sure looks like him. I set a trap up for him for several days in a row and no dice, so I think he knows the routine now and isn't biting.

A few minutes ago there was a very large wild female turkey wandering around outside my kitchen window. She was alone, no flock in sight, which is unusual. I tried to get a pic to post, but wasn't quick enough.

Tomorrow, I am going for a hike in the woods if it doesn't rain...going a bit stir crazy, even though we did make it to town yesterday, with only one slightly hairy incident on our road on the way out.
 
Roads are slick ice today; schools closed again, and many cars in the ditches. OG, if you can swing it, get a generator; we've used ours twice when the power went out for hours or days, and sure appreciated having it. One less thing to worry about if you do lose power for a long time, which isn't that unusual when we're 'in the sticks'.

Hopefully, we'll have a little break once this rain is over, but looks like more of the same coming next Thursday and Friday. Spring is sounding good right now.....
 
Got together with about 25 friends from high school for our annual Christmas bash, yesterday. Hugs and handshakes all around.
 

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