In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Whew! Your batteries sure recharge quick, SIX!
Oh... I didn't do crap yesterday.
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I was planning on doing yardwork today bc rain and appts over the next few days, but after cleaning and decorating (minimally, but still...) and cooking most of the day yesterday, I guess today is my day off. At least I won't have to cook bc we'll be eating leftovers. Plus I have one last tomato from the garden for today's salad.
Well, better get to doing SOMETHING today bc tomorrow and the day after will be chewed up with Dr appts.
Well good luck and good luck!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Sounds lovely! Almost like spring, but without the pollen.
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Back from my walk and thanks to all the rain the snow is all gone except for small and large clumps in various spots. No need for boots, cane or my umbrella today. And my area has warmed up to 11C which is 52F.
So a very pleasant walk I had.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
It did almost feel like Spring when I was out today. More rain is heading my way.
Weather people warning that parts of the Fraser river could flood and King tides too in the forecast. It was a King tide that shoved a barge up onto a beach in Vancouver. It took over a year to get rid of it. King tides have also tore up the sea wall and the walk way around Stanley Park.
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We're not there yet. It's 10 degrees right now with a high of 27 today, but the low overnight is only 24 degrees. After that it's 8 days in a row in the 40's and 50's.
My heat is at 54 right now. It will be at 50 for those 8 days. At this point I think I can get my energy usage to 40% of my most efficient neighbors, and possibly even 50% less.
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Out for my walk in the rain. Comp temp reading 8C which is 46F.
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Well... It's more or less just going to get warmer from here until it hits a high of 43 degrees tomorrow afternoon. We're finally past it.
Temp is down to 53 degrees in the house now, and my shiny new heat vest is doing the heavy lifting. I'm going to get that power bill so low they're going to send somebody around to do a wellness check on me.
Just got back from another round of deal shopping. I haven't figured out the end math of it all, but I'd figure this one is going to cost me around $22 for another $120 worth of stuff.
Finally got me a deadblow hammer today. I've always wanted one of those. It's normally $39.99, and made in Germany, but I caught it on clearance for $11.99. It was two bucks cheaper than their obviously B/S store brand piece of crap was.
Got me a boatload of handsoap that will cost next to nothing after rebates and I bought 30 more pegs for the future pegboard just so I know I don't need any more when that time comes and I'm not stuck paying 10 times the price because I came up short.
Bunch of other stuff too. What a time to buy things, in between Christmas and New Years.
I'm going to have to tally up everything I got in the last 3 trips and figure out exactly how much I saved with sale/clearance and rebates.
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It seems Buffalo was harder hit than some of the 'burbs. 22" of snow in 24 hours. Altho sis' workplace is closed bc of a 10' drift across their front door!
Temps to rise, with rain. Record snowfall + warmer weather + rain = floods.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
It seems Buffalo was harder hit than some of the 'burbs. 22" of snow in 24 hours. Altho sis' workplace is closed bc of a 10' drift across their front door!
Temps to rise, with rain. Record snowfall + warmer weather + rain = floods.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
It is going to be nasty back there for sure once that starts melting.
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Back from my walk in the rain and more rain.
Somebody I know is hoping to get a ferry over to Vancouver Island this week. I hope she can as there have been a lot of ferry crossings cancelled to the storms that have been through.
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Ahhh... It was 4 trips that were made this month with the sales, rebates and clearance... Not 3.
Looks like I spent $112 for $342 worth of goods. Really less than that because when I use the rebates they don't charge tax for whatever I buy with them, so probably more like $104 for $342 worth of goods.
I usually do better than that actually, but this time I kind of splurged on some things that weren't entirely free or next to it and added to my collection.
I got that $40 dead blow hammer, and a $15 over the 5 gallon bucket organizer as well as a $16 "parachute" bag organizer that can be dropped into a bucket over other things, a $40 14 piece SAE and Metric ratcheting wrench set with a pouch that holds all of them individually... and that was almost half the total cost of everything after savings, since I only saved about 50% on those 4 items alone. All in all I got over 45 items for $112.
My best deal outside of that is probably the 54 peg hooks for $5 instead of $29, but there were a lot of free things in there like some small metal clamps, an extra tape measure, a 10 pack of break away blade knives, a torpedo level and that paint for real cheap. I was wrong about the paint though... Those were only $12 each and I got them for $2. Also got another 8oz container today for 50 cents instead of $5 too.
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