In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from my walk and still dry out. Nice change.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Considering the rain and now the threat of snow in the lowlands. Yes. It is dry right now but have to wait and see if more rain rolls in.
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Just a Sunday.
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Snow on the ground and still falling with rain in it where I am.
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Quote:The worst of both worlds.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Snow on the ground and still falling with rain in it where I am.
The only thing that would make it worse than that would be if it was turning to ice on the ground. Or on the power lines and trees!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Convinced hubby to let go of some dead Presidents and get the dog's teeth cleaned. It's remarkably expensive bc they have to sedate the dog. But then, they need to do an exam and blood work too, to make sure anesthesia is safe, so at least she's getting a thorough physical.
I scheduled this last AUGUST, IIRC, when we were having the house heat treated. Vet is incredibly booked up. But he's a good vet, handles animals very calmly as do his assistants, thorough and not too expensive compared to other vets. I found him thru one of my dog-walking friends.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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The curio cabinet will be electrified. 
I knew I wanted it out of the corner of the kitchen to free up all the room over there for a nice table and chairs now that the garbage and recycling go under the countertop where the dishwasher used to be... but the problem was that I've grown quite accustomed to using it there because there was a plug outlet tucked away in that corner that was as high as a standard light switch (the oddities of a tri-level home).
It really was the perfect place to put all of my electronics to charge via USB ports. It occurred to me that not only is there nothing like this wall outlet in the living room, but this unit not be in a corner and will be one of the first things you see when you come in the front door since it will be directly across from it. The idea of plopping a power strip with a thick cord (that would end up blocking easy access to the right door and the drawer action) from the outlet on the floor and around the front of the thing to use the it for the same purpose kind of made me wretch a bit...
So I'm building electricity into the back of the thing. 
Using my awesome new-ish multi-tool for the first time, I was able to make clean rectangular cuts in the back of the unit in order for me to glue the plaster ring that caps a junction box when dry-walling right on the back of it. Once everything is painted and it's fixed, I can attach my junction boxes from behind.
Yes... I'm doing two. One on the bottom shelf where all of my electronics were recently being charged, and I decided to make another one on the top shelf of the cabinet down below the drawer too.
I figure since I'm already doing this work, why not join two boxes with conduit in the back so I'll have a place to charge all of the LED closet lights I bought that would be tucked away and out of sight instead of charging them on my living room floor using the USB ports on the power strip for the TV down there.
I've also decided to go super-legit with it and use the last GFCI outlet I had from the 4-pack to the bottom one where the plug will be for bonus protection of the electronics.
The only thing is, I'm going to have to remember to tell whoever ends up helping me move this thing one day that the conduit between the two boxes is NOT a handle.
I needed this. It's still going to take me HOURS to sand down the rest of that plastic wood and that was making me find excuses not to work on it. This is going to be one of the coolest pieces of furniture in my house when it's done now.
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Hey Signy and Brenda - just saying hi! I'm still in and out of town, so my posting will be here and there.
Aside from being away from home more than in the past, nothing much is going on at my end ... tho being away from home does make it harder to keep up with tasks and projects ... so I have to work more diligently at keeping up.
Still no rain here, as Signy has commented on. Sigh. The deciduous trees definitely suffered in the last prolonged heatwave, they started to turn color early, but a rather muted purple-brown instead of their normal brilliant colors.
Hey Signy, if you want to plant a very landscape-useful, long-lived (up to 500 years), drought tolerant, native tree, try incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens). It's impervious to many of the maladies - especially the imported pests and fungi - that trees are susceptible to here; as well as more ozone tolerant than other native conifers. Grows tall but not TOO tall - up to ~50', has a narrower profile so it doesn't cast a big pool of shade, and roots are not a problem.
Here's a young one that hasn't been 'limbed up'.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:The worst of both worlds.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Snow on the ground and still falling with rain in it where I am.
The only thing that would make it worse than that would be if it was turning to ice on the ground. Or on the power lines and trees!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
That would make it worse but luckily it is warming up. So that means more rain and the snow will go away.
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Think it is raining again as I sit and look out the balcony window. Not sure but I got everything done I needed to today.
Post office and both my meds refilled. Which is good incase it decides to snow again.
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Quote:Sucralose is designed, engineered, created, and manufactured to be a poison, a pesticide, to kill living things. And you have announced that you are going to drink it. Are you trying to kill yourself? I have gotten many friends to clear up their health issues (and cancel surgeries) just by getting off sucralose.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:I don't think salt is poison.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Think I managed to sort out ONE of my health problems ... possibly not enough salt!
Erratic heartbeat. Blood pressure jacking up and down. Profound lack of energy and depressed mood. Rapid weight loss. Spoke with Dr today and she told me to aim for AT LEAST 1500 mg/ day. I know I wasn't anywhere near that, so I'm aiming for 1/2 teaspoon (1200 mg) plus one Powerade Zero. Anything more is to the good
I hope this works.
The funny thing is, hubby went thru the same thing about 30 years ago. They did all kinds of sophisticated tests on him and tried all all kinds of meds, but I was the one who dxd and fixed the problem.
I think JSF thinks salt is poison, but someone should tell him it's a vital electrolyte required to maintain blood volume.
But I know sucralose is poison, and you said you are going to drink it.
I don't like salt. I don't like the taste. When I was a kid, we salted everything. Cantelope, corn on the cob (salt plus melted butter), scrambled eggs (plus pepper and ketchup) and lots of other stuff that I cannot recall now. But too many food places oversalt their food, so I really got tired of it. Biggest violators are gravy, dressing/stuffing, soups, mac&cheese, cooked/steamed beef.
I don't have salt in my house/kitchen much, and avoid it in my cooking. I use garlic salt for boiling pasta. I accidentally bought Lemon Pepper because I like lemon and (black) pepper flavoring - but it seems to be mostly just salt. I destroyed some really nice meat the first (and only) time I tried that in my cooking.
I'm interested in more info about the blood chemistry. Is it just a PH balance issue? Conductivity issue? Do some functions of the blood require salt, or get triggered or catalyzed by salt? Do some other parts of the blood build on the salt?
Is there a simple test for salt level? Like a litmus paper type thing?
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