In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Baseboards' up. I also trimmed out the front of the half-wall panel. Unfortunately, there was a little collateral damage since I'm still not a pro with my battery operated brad nailer and I think I had the power set too high. Nothing I can't fix, but it will require some painting in the kitchen over the new floor that I was hoping to avoid. It'll be fine.
Going to sleep on the idea of fleshing out the bottom of the sides of the garbage can nook with baseboard. I like how it looks with just the baseboard in the back on the wall, but by not having it in there I'm potentially allowing any stray liquid to get back and under the floor if I leave it as-is. But if I put it up, I'm shrinking the surface area of that by another half-inch or so, and it's already 3/4" of an inch narrower than I had originally planned since I decided not to put the half-wall panel directly on the end of the countertop next to the stove and leave a 3/4" reveal. (I should have decided that from the start after seeing how damaged the original was from grease over the years because it was butt up right against the stove).
This won't really be too much of a problem though since even without the baseboard I'm going to be too narrow to use my two existing trash cans for both trash and recycling. I'm going to have to buy some narrower cans. That's fine though. I've been using those things for 10 years now and they're kind of showing their age. I can always use one out in the garage and I'll put the other in the basement. I'm always doing work in both of those spots and although I have the street cans in the garage, it's always a hassle throwing random things out in the basement with no can down there.
I'll probably spring for some nice ones that are black instead of white. I'm liking how my black microwave and coffee pot look against all the white. Eventually down the road I think I'll need to get a black stove and fridge whenever they break and need to be replaced.
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Quote:I also had a question mark in your exchange, but likely not the same reason as you.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:warm up to snow?
Originally posted by Brenda:
Temp sitting at -4C. Got to warm up a bit more if it is going to snow.
Brenda had said the temp was 10 degrees F. And that it was cold. And you agreed. Before covid I usually said my fave temp was between -10F and 10F.
And now Brenda says it is 25F.
None of that sounds cold to me.
But yes, snow is more difficult when it gets too cold. Up at cloud level is colder than ground temps, so snow falls up to about 40F. Lower temps make it harder to encounter an even colder front which causes the precip.
Today I noticed the Fox River was frozen over in Green Bay, I hadn't been paying attention. Probably not enough to walk on. Fox is one of the largest rivers in WI, and historically was a critical and crucial navigable waterway - for transport and trade to the frontier west of the Mississippi.
But now I recall that yesterday 40 people got stranded on an ice shelf which detached and blew almost a mile away in the Bay of Green Bay. 5 agencies had to assist in the rescue.
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I guess you get used to the cold living in Wisconsin all your life.
I hated winter the 5 years I was there. As bad as it gets where I'm at now, Wisconsin was a lot worse.
I'm done with winter man. Unfortunately it's not done with me.
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Well... moving the stove is going to be a lot easier than I thought it would be with proper platforms underneath it. I won't even need to have my dad over here for that part. My plan to put cutouts of hardboard permanently under the stove and fridge should do a great job at future-proofing the floor.
I might decide to take the pads off the legs, but I'm not sure yet. I can tilt the stove to the side to slide the current boards further away from the wall one at a time so I can make room to put the full piece down when I'm ready, but if I'm not careful the pads will allow the legs to slide off and onto the floor. I'm not sure if it would not slide without the pads though, and if I didn't have them on there that would end up with the plastic legs in back or the metal legs in front digging on an angle into the floor if they were to slide off.
Hopefully though, once I have my semi-permanent piece in, whenever I'm moving it out to clean behind it I should just be sliding it forward and not lifting it on its sides. I only have to do that now because we left it way too close to the wall to do the rest of the work that needs to be done back there.
On the other side, I forgot how bad the kitchen door jamb was and that I never finished working on it. There's a lot of wood putty I put up half a year ago that needs to be sanded down, and I'll still have to do some more repairs to it. I'm hoping for now I can do just enough to install the door trim without damaging it with work in the future, because otherwise I might have to just put the piece of baseboard behind the fridge for now. It's absolutely frigid on the back porch right now, and I can't have that door open while working or my gas bill is going to be $400 this month.
I'll figure something out.
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Quote:Your garden must be doing well. Glad it cooled down for you!
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Storms have passed over. Perfect Sunday here, warm with a slight breeze. So glad it's not like a furnace here and no threats of bushfires (fingers crossed). Still in isolation so not straying far from the garden.
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How you feeling, Sigs?
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Haven't been posting much in here bc I've been busy trying to regain strength and do ordinary household chores, and keep up with various side effects.
Yesterday I managed to walk the dog for her usual 1/2 mile, but my legs were so shaky I had to hold dear daughter's hand for the last half-block. Still unsteady on my feet.
You don't want to read about the rest of it, I'm sure. It's all pretty gross.
Then I managed to burn a pot of soup. Don't ask me how THAT happened. But I also managed to sort the mail and, over a few days, collect up ALL of the boxes and recycling and get that all binned up for today, so the livingroom no longer looks like a shipping/receiving office. I can look around and see that I accomplished something. Plus the usual kitchen cleanup.
Today. Sigh. I just want to stay in bed.
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Quote:Brrrr!!!!
Brenda:
Temp sitting at -4C. Got to warm up a bit more if it is going to snow.
SIGNY: warm up to snow?
JSF: I also had a question mark in your exchange, but likely not the same reason as you.
Brenda had said the temp was 10 degrees F. And that it was good. And you agreed. Before covid I usually said my fave temp was between -10F and 10F.
And now Brenda says it is 25F.
None of that sounds cold to me.
Quote:That was kind of my explanation to myself: pptn occurs at fronts, where two air masses collide and one forces the other up vertically. But if you're smack-dab in the middle of a cold air mass, you're unlikely to encounter another air mass of ANY kind ... either colder OR warmer... so no pptn occurs. Correct?
JSF: But yes, snow is more difficult when it gets too cold. Up at cloud level is colder than ground temps, so snow falls up to about 40F. Lower temps make it harder to encounter an even colder front which causes the precip.
Quote:One of my Canadian friends is originally from Rainy River. Is that nearby?
JSF: Today I noticed the Fox River was frozen over in Green Bay, I hadn't been paying attention. Probably not enough to walk on. Fox is one of the largest rivers in WI, and historically was a critical and crucial navigable waterway - for transport and trade to the frontier west of the Mississippi.
But now I recall that yesterday 40 people got stranded on an ice shelf which detached and blew almost a mile away in the Bay of Green Bay. 5 agencies had to assist in the rescue.
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Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:I also had a question mark in your exchange, but likely not the same reason as you.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:warm up to snow?
Originally posted by Brenda:
Temp sitting at -4C. Got to warm up a bit more if it is going to snow.
Brenda had said the temp was 10 degrees F. And that it was good. And you agreed. Before covid I usually said my fave temp was between -10F and 10F.
And now Brenda says it is 25F.
None of that sounds cold to me.
But yes, snow is more difficult when it gets too cold. Up at cloud level is colder than ground temps, so snow falls up to about 40F. Lower temps make it harder to encounter an even colder front which causes the precip.
Today I noticed the Fox River was frozen over in Green Bay, I hadn't been paying attention. Probably not enough to walk on. Fox is one of the largest rivers in WI, and historically was a critical and crucial navigable waterway - for transport and trade to the frontier west of the Mississippi.
But now I recall that yesterday 40 people got stranded on an ice shelf which detached and blew almost a mile away in the Bay of Green Bay. 5 agencies had to assist in the rescue.
I don't have a favourite temp JSF. But I am no fan of the cold now that I am getting older.
Those temps may not be cold for where you are but they are for Southern BC.
And the bit about warming up to snow was what my dad always told me and he was from cold, snowy Southern Alberta.
Too cold and the sky won't do anything, warms up and you get snow, warms up more and you get rain. Which is what we will be getting this week.
I heard about the people being rescued from the ice. Didn't say what they were doing on the ice. I guess they wanted to see if they could walk on it.
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Haven't been posting much in here bc I've been busy trying to regain strength and do ordinary household chores, and keep up with various side effects.
Yesterday I managed to walk the dog for her usual 1/2 mile, but my legs were so shaky I had to hold dear daughter's hand for the last half-block. Still unsteady on my feet.
You don't want to read about the rest of it, I'm sure. It's all pretty gross.
Then I managed to burn a pot of soup. Don't ask me how THAT happened. But I also managed to sort the mail and, over a few days, collect up ALL of the boxes and recycling and get that all binned up for today, so the livingroom no longer looks like a shipping/receiving office. I can look around and see that I accomplished something. Plus the usual kitchen cleanup.
Today. Sigh. I just want to stay in bed.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'm sure you know the difference between needed rest and bad behavior.
Don't push yourself too hard. You'll be yourself again in no time.
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