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Today is the 1st Friday in the busy month of October

Hard start to the weekend. Wife had a dizzy spell yesterday, fell and slammed her head on the hardwood floor. Nine hours in the ER, then transferred to hospital for further observation and testing. Here's hoping the test results are good, and she's home by early next week. She says she feels fine now - but the testing will tell if that's right.
 
You are so right about it being a busy Month. I have a Medicare meeting this morn to get ready for open enrollment starting on the 15th. I have a Legion Monthly meeting tomorrow morning and I have full schedule of appointment with Vet on Sunday and Monday. My office computer seems to have gotten hit during the storms we had last week so until our IT guy can figure out if it salvageable I'll be using my HP lap top for VSO work. I also need to get packed up because I am headed over to the Coast of Cali on Tuesday to help my Gal Pal out getting her Cambria house ready to list, and that just this week.
 
Sorry to here jim
Send mida our well wishes for a speedy get out of hospital quick

Busy busy busy weekend
Elen has caught on that her party Sunday is more then we are telling her
I downplay it a bit bit I think she knows something but no clue how many people will be there
Got the kiddies tomorrow and I want to work on frame for latest piece plus Ohio state football game
I left it all up to my son and instead of making things easy he has food
Coming from like 4 places and asked me
To go out of my way Sunday am to pick up a tray of chicken nuggets for the kids
The place or places he ordered from can't make
Chicken nuggets?
It bothers me but I did leave it up to him
And that's that for a doctor appt everyday next week except monday
 
Jim, I'm sending my best to Mida and you. I hope she's out of the hospital soon and healing quickly.

No big plans for the weekend. Heading out in a bit to visit a friend in the hospital. He's there for an infection this time, but he's got cancer all over, so we all know his days are numbered. He already fought cancer and won a few years ago, but this time it doesn't look like that's going to be possible.

We had a ton of rain the first part of the week (thanks, Hurricane Polo) causing a lot of new weeds to poke up in the yard, so I'll likely be spraying them with weed killer now that the sun is out and the weather has dried up. Might try to get the swamp cooler drained and covered this weekend too, since it looks like the hot weather is done for the year. Doesn't have to happen this weekend, but needs to be done soon. While I'm up on the roof, I'll be looking for places that water could be getting into the house. We haven't had heavy rain for a long time, and this week uncovered a few minor leaks. The usual culprit is cracked stucco on the parapets where the membrane roof meets the stucco. I've been successful in the past just caulking any obvious spots, so that's the game plan for this time as well.

Also need to get in some guitar practice. We have several big shows between now and the end of the year, and I want to be sure my playing chops are in shape.
 
Jim, I'm also sending my best to Mida and you. Getting old indeed sucks. We are dancing around a possible issue right now as well but remain positive. I am continuing to move forward on the current liquor cabinet project. LOML is transplanting some plumerias for some friends. My daughter's chickens continue to out-produce the consumption rate so we often take a dozen eggs to some of the neighbors gratis. She has sold several of the chickens but they still get ahead of her now and again . . . I am the eggman . . . whoo.
 
Dave Hawksford said:
Vaughn, you ever get mushrooms in the desert? I know the mullein plant grows out there. I assume most foraging would be for catus.
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No mushrooms in the desert, but if you go up into the mountains they can be found pretty easily. People tend to forget we've got a lot of pine and aspen forests here that are 8.000-10,000 feet high. Heck, my house is over a mile high. Santa Fe is at over 7,000 foot elevation. I've got some friends who are into mushroom hunting, but I don't like eating mushrooms, so I never learned how to tell the good ones from the bad ones.
 
Prayers for Mida and you.

I had to go up to KC for a couple of days, so relaxing a bit tonight back at the farm. I probably will try to get my wife's jeep in the garage and swap out the shocks, hoses, and belts. I need to do a little cleanup of the winch wiring and add a disconnect switch I've had for a while too. Other than that I need to pickup walnuts, and may still try to get those dock posts/pillars dug in the pond while it is still down (about 2' low still). If we don't get some rain soon, I may need to put a hose from the well running into it to keep the fish swimming. We did get about 1/4" this week total, but none in the future outlook at this point.
 
Healing thoughts for Mida, Jim. Getting a bit tippy seems to be one of lifes getting older penalties. Margie has tipped over so many times I bought an electric lift....at least no blood or broken bones, so far. Hope things work out for Mida and she can get back home soon.

Got a steroid shot in my bad knee yesterday and am climbing ladders like a monkey today...it's a temporary miracle. Shed work, weather permitting. Garage clean up, housework, food prep, taking care of the missus and her cats. Trying to stay out of trouble Stay safe and healthy, folks. :wave:
 
Vaughn McMillan said:
No mushrooms in the desert, but if you go up into the mountains they can be found pretty easily. People tend to forget we've got a lot of pine and aspen forests here that are 8.000-10,000 feet high. Heck, my house is over a mile high. Santa Fe is at over 7,000 foot elevation. I've got some friends who are into mushroom hunting, but I don't like eating mushrooms, so I never learned how to tell the good ones from the bad ones.
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High desert? I never knew that fact
 
Jim, Best wishes for Mida. I know when sharon had her fall she tried to brush things off.

Picked up a couple of busted up guitars last week I've been working on bringing back to life. A neighbor's brother died and she was trying to get some values on them, so I was helping out with that and decided that a couple of them deserved a little attention from me, lol.

Will probably post some pictures after I get them up and running. One is a 'Lone Star' cutaway made in mexico with some interesting inlays, and the other is an Ibanez acoustic base that was missing all the strings and the nut.
 
allen levine said:
High desert? I never knew that fact
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NM ranges from about 2,800 feet at the lowest point to over 13,000 feet at the highest point. We have everything from hot arid deserts in the south to cold subalpine and alpine conditions in the northern mountains. 36,000 to 38,500 square miles of the state is forest, which is nearly 1/3 of the total state. :)

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Nice quiet week here. Weather went from cool to hot. Last two days were in the 90's preceded by highs in the 70's and low 80's.

If you live around here just wait a minute and you will see a change in the weather.

Spent quite a bit of time in the shop. Completed my quaich; no pictures yet. Spent most of the week cutting and fitting scales for some of the knives I made this summer. I want to get them all handled before cold weather so I can do the leatherwork inside when it is too cold outside. Fitting scales is tedious work.

I am trying some two part Corby style bolts for attaching the scales this time. Requires drilling two different sized holes in the scales. The threaded shaft is 4mm and requires a 5/32" inch hole in the steel. So I had to buy a bunch of cobalt bits for drilling those holes. Then the holes in the scales need to be step drilled. First a 6mm hole for the head of the bolt and then a 4mm hole for the threaded shaft. Things have to line up perfectly so care must be taken to ensure that nothing moves during the drilling process. I wish there were step drills available for the wood...it would make things a lot easier.

I bought both brass and stainless steel bolts. The stainless bolts are more tedious to grind flush as they are harder. So far so good.

I am trying to improve the appearance of my handles by doing a bit of carving on them just to provide a little more texture. Should improve the grip on and make the wood look just a bit better. A bladesmith I am not...
 
Good to hear Jim.
Today I put in about 3 hours of foraging some step areas. Bit humid but well worth the time. Rewarded with a full bag of Turkey Tail.
I saw probably 10 times as much false look a like. The real turkey tail has a white underside and very small pours, no gills.
My new food processor came in which will be a time saver.
 

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