What is your weather like ... today

[j.w]

No rain up here John. Sun is coming out and I'll be outside today for sure. Should have bought my rope and fish line for my pond net that came yesterday. Would have been the perfect day to work outside on it. Well I could cut it to length today and burn the ends w/ a lighter anyways.

 

[CountryEscape]

It was something like 19 degrees when I got up this morning, but once again a very sunny day, although it only got up to 41. Heading back up to the 60's this weekend again, but calling for good chance of rain both Sat. and Sun., darn it! I just realized I have not put the heat lamps (I put in two, in case one burns out) in the new well housing yet! Better get that done, but I'm not nearly as worried about it freezing up in there just because of one cold night, now that the housing is on the outside of the concrete well cover. The old house was on top of the concrete, and the cold air came right inside it to freeze the pipes and pump. At least that's my hope! I have a thermostatically controlled outlet plug-in that I use for the lamps, only turns on when the temps get below 35 degrees. And, since I plug in 2 lights, they don't have to stay on very long.

 

[callingcolleen1]

It was a nice day down by the river this afternoon. There was a slight chill in the air as there is large ice chunks flowing down the river these days. The weather says we got to about 54 degrees this afternoon! Had a nice day with the puppies....

 

[j.w]

Nice photo's Colleen!

 

[addy1]

Neat area you live in Colleen, a little tooooo cold for me though.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Thanks everybody! The sun is bright and the temperture is warming! Need to get outside and do some work before more snow gets here tomorrow....

We are surrounded by natural beauty everywhere, you just have to see it! Lots of people would say to be, I like the mountains, the praires are too boring, they just have not opened there eyes to behold the earths natural wonder.

My day off today, very nice outside right now, and that fat Porky Poppy Chops and Bad Bear have been in and out all day, and barking there heads off at the house next door, cause strange people were seen going in and out all day. That house is finally getting work done to the basement, it was flooded out by sewer during the spring flood.

 

[j.w]

Big wet puddles outside and to me the 40's temps are cold but to you they are warm Colleen. We are just a couple degrees different right now. Think I am getting a cold. Went to take my Coldeaze lozenges and darn if there wasn't that aspartame junk in them. Not buying that kind again.
My eyes are going to be checking everything I buy to see what is in stuff even closer than I have been.

Looks like you might be getting some new neighbors or maybe the same ones will move back in again after they fix that house up. I suppose it will be the same ones as you said who will buy there when they know this can happen again.

 

[addy1]

big pond had its first layer of ice on it this am.

 

[j.w]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr, we have no ice here yet but maybe by this weekend they are saying.

 

[sissy]

67 degrees today and supposed to up there the next couple of days .I may have to mow again and hate to but it is starting to lay down on it 's self and the leaves do not help that get stuck in the taller grass .Thought I was done with that for the season

 

[CountryEscape]

I had some ice on my ponds yesterday and this morning, but only on the edges where not as much movement. Got to 53 today, only getting down to 35. This weekend, up in the 60's, but rain, and now they are talking possible severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon and evening, and tornadoes are in the mix. I sure hope not, this late in the year that could be an awful storm. I haven't put out the heat lamps in the well housing, but am hoping the fact no air can get in there except from the well itself will keep things warm until this weekend, when I can get it done in the daylight. Had one morning below 20, and yesterday morning down to 25, so hoping it's all still ok in there, and no frozen pump or pipes, or I will be really upset with myself for not thinking to get that done already! Grr ....

 

[j.w]

Sure hope you don't get any of those tornado's and you sure better hope those pipes haven't frozen so you can get to them soon. Freezing pipes are no fun. We had it happen one year to pipes running along the inside of our garage. Dumb builder put the insulation in the inside walls facing the inside of garage and not facing the outside where the cold comes from. Got to -6 one year and every house that he built in here the garage pipes busted. What a mess!

 

[brandonsdad02]

CE, you should be fine with your pipes. We had a low of 12 Tuesday morning. Dummy me forgot to unhook my waterline running down to the pond. Only damage was my drain valve came off from the ice pushing it off. Will be checking the whole line over tomorrow. I have a bunch of work to do on the pond since I lost the battle with the leaves. I didn't get my net up in time over the pond so a bunch got in there. Doing a large water change tomorrow while using the pond vac to suck up the leaves.

Things are slowly returning to normal for me since the kidney stones last week. Still pretty tender in that (cough) region. The stint comes out tomorrow so I'm happy about that. I tried going back to work today. I made it 4 hrs before I couldn't take it anymore. Standing and leaning over my weld table puts a lot of pressure down below and with the stint still in place, just very uncomfortable. They are very understanding and gave me no grief at all. They kept checking on me via my co worker to see how I was doing. He could see the longer I was there, the slower I was getting and he was about to get our supervisor to call it a day for me. Not in a bad way, but to keep me from hurting myself more by trying to work too hard before my body is ready. I guess it was hard on me last week. I really like the place I work. It's a small locally owned place that actually takes care of there employees.

 

[sissy]

yeh well house should be ok since you insulated it .But then again why risk it .Supposed to be nice again and have to head to ford dealer to get new gas cap for ford truck old one must be bad because gas cap light keeps coming on .I tried everything .Even thought of trying to put an O ring in there to seal between the opening and the cap .30 dollars for new one .oh well .I cleaned it but did notice it is not clicking right when it goes on and tabs are worn .

 

[CountryEscape]

Ryan, when you have a job you love, and employer/employees that appreciate you, that is a lucky thing to have. I love my job, only have one co-worker, we get along like sisters, and make no grief for the other. It's a perfect office. I would love to work with more people, but seems the more you put into the mix, the more problems there usually are. I hope after the weekend you will be back to full force again. Take it easy and let your body recover more this weekend.
I love this time of year. Thinking today may be cloudy, but going to open south, east and west curtains anyhow. Love doing that in the winter, let in the sunshine/heat. Even on the days this week where the temp did not get above 35, since it was sunny, I would turn heat down to 60 in the a.m. before I left, and it was still 62 or above when I got home, so heat didn't have to run all day. I'm loving THAT!
I'm pretty sure the pipes should be fine in the new well housing, since the sides go down to the ground, and any heat from the well should keep it toasty. Believe me, I know about frozen pumps AND pipes from that well! First year, had to replace the pump, it was froze up. They did so, and then later that winter, heat lamp burned out and I didn't know it (had it running 24/7), and pump froze and cracked, had to have it replaced again. Costly mistake! That's when I put 2 heat lamps in and a thermostat plug in for them to run off of, and watched it closely when it was cold. Going to do the same thing this time, the thermostat will be towards the floor of the well top, and the heat lamps will be about halfway hanging down from the ceiling. With two of them, it shouldn't ever have to run very long before getting the temp back up, and all should be toasty warm in there. Going to have to plane down the edge of the door, though, to be able to get it open easier! My son fit it too tight, VERY hard to open now that colder weather has it swelled up.