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Post by busymom on Feb 12, 2022 11:39:02 GMT -5
DH tried out a recipe I found in Real Simple magazine last night, a pasta dish that had parm & walnuts in it. No meat, but it was still very good.
It is very cold here this morning. The wind chill is in the double digits. I can feel the cold creeping into the house. I may need to bake something this afternoon to heat up the house.
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Post by Sharon on Feb 12, 2022 12:36:52 GMT -5
I have prepped the dill dip and the guacamole for tomorrow. Both dips will taste better if their flavors have a day to mingle. Later this afternoon I will cook up the meat for the nacho's.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 12, 2022 13:05:53 GMT -5
Hello peeps! Had a race this morning and stopped on the way home to pick up white chocolate pretzels for DH for Valentine's Day. Sauteed peppers, onions and mushrooms for eggs tomorrow and will start on the Cincinnati chili later, so less work tomorrow.
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Post by Sharon on Feb 12, 2022 16:50:44 GMT -5
I did get confirmation this morning that I do have two separate wells on my property. One is for the pastures and one is for the house. There was a lot of stuff just left in the shop. I think each owner left things behind and it has slowly been accumulating. The last owner was a corrections officer but even so I'm not sure I want to know what was going on. I found a small bottle of men's cologne on one shelf and handcuffs on another.
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Post by toomuchreality on Feb 12, 2022 18:50:04 GMT -5
I did get confirmation this morning that I do have two separate wells on my property. One is for the pastures and one is for the house. There was a lot of stuff just left in the shop. I think each owner left things behind and it has slowly been accumulating. The last owner was a corrections officer but even so I'm not sure I want to know what was going on. I found a small bottle of men's cologne on one shelf and handcuffs on another. Hahaha 🤣
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Post by busymom on Feb 12, 2022 19:45:03 GMT -5
I did get confirmation this morning that I do have two separate wells on my property. One is for the pastures and one is for the house. There was a lot of stuff just left in the shop. I think each owner left things behind and it has slowly been accumulating. The last owner was a corrections officer but even so I'm not sure I want to know what was going on. I found a small bottle of men's cologne on one shelf and handcuffs on another. Wow! He sounds like an "interesting" guy. Hope you don't find a body when you're putting in your garden. I do like the separate wells for the house & pasture.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Feb 12, 2022 20:35:50 GMT -5
The first place I owned was a townhouse and I never found anything the previous owner left behind.
The next place was a different story. In fairness, the husband had a heart attack between the time the offer was accepted and signed and closing. They were going to pay me not to buy the house but I had a contract on the townhouse. My realtor told me it took everything she had to save me getting the house. She knew how many houses I had looked at and did not like so she knew it had to be this house.
There was some stuff in the kitchen and bathroom cupboards and in the pantry. They took nothing out of the garage. There was a large work table in it so they didn't park their car in the garage. They didn't remove anything except the lawn mower. There was a shovel and most any garden tools you see in garages.
It wasn't long after they moved and the wife was diagnosed with cancer. She died first and then the husband died. They had a young child and I felt so bad for that little boy.
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Post by Opti on Feb 13, 2022 9:17:08 GMT -5
I did get confirmation this morning that I do have two separate wells on my property. One is for the pastures and one is for the house. There was a lot of stuff just left in the shop. I think each owner left things behind and it has slowly been accumulating. The last owner was a corrections officer but even so I'm not sure I want to know what was going on. I found a small bottle of men's cologne on one shelf and handcuffs on another. Wow! He sounds like an "interesting" guy. Hope you don't find a body when you're putting in your garden. I do like the separate wells for the house & pasture. Hopefully he was just having an affair versus bad violent stuff. One of the books I read recently had the protagonist's husband having sex with their dog walker in the storage shed. They got divorced, he married the dog walker, and they shared the kids between them.
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Post by Sharon on Feb 13, 2022 9:59:05 GMT -5
Wow! He sounds like an "interesting" guy. Hope you don't find a body when you're putting in your garden. I do like the separate wells for the house & pasture. Hopefully he was just having an affair versus bad violent stuff. One of the books I read recently had the protagonist's husband having sex with their dog walker in the storage shed. They got divorced, he married the dog walker, and they shared the kids between them. I know he was cheating. The house was sold as part of the divorce and the neighbors have filled me on the fact he was unfaithful. I guess they had lived here less than 6 months before the wife moved out. They just had to wait two years before they could sell the place so they wouldn't be seen as flipping the property and have to pay taxes like it was a flip. That is part of the reason the place is in such bad shape. He just existed here until they could sell and just did the bare bones as far as maintenance etc. My neighbors are still being total buttheads about the easement road that runs alongside my property. They did agree to let me have someone come in and fix my yard light and to have someone come in and haul off the large tires that are on the property. They also tend to confuse the fact that my having a gate on the property, or even a fence at all is connected with my use of the easement road. Today DD and DSIL are going to come over before the super bowl and we are going to tear down the chicken run and open all that up. There is well over a foot of chicken crap in there that needs to be cleaned out. It would be nice if they would let us use the easement road for an afternoon and get in there with a bob cat and scoop all that out and haul it away. I don't see that happening. They will flip when they see that part of the fence is down but there is nothing that says my property has to be fenced. To get all of that sh*t out we need to remove the fence. It will just be harder to do it all from my property. Today is just fence removal and removing the chicken wire that is stretched from the coop and animal shed to the fence. The fence will go back up once that is cleaned out but it will be a couple of weeks. Eventually we want to get a couple of cows so I will need the property to be completely fenced.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 13, 2022 10:28:13 GMT -5
Hopefully he was just having an affair versus bad violent stuff. One of the books I read recently had the protagonist's husband having sex with their dog walker in the storage shed. They got divorced, he married the dog walker, and they shared the kids between them. I know he was cheating. The house was sold as part of the divorce and the neighbors have filled me on the fact he was unfaithful. I guess they had lived here less than 6 months before the wife moved out. They just had to wait two years before they could sell the place so they wouldn't be seen as flipping the property and have to pay taxes like it was a flip. That is part of the reason the place is in such bad shape. He just existed here until they could sell and just did the bare bones as far as maintenance etc. My neighbors are still being total buttheads about the easement road that runs alongside my property. They did agree to let me have someone come in and fix my yard light and to have someone come in and haul off the large tires that are on the property. They also tend to confuse the fact that my having a gate on the property, or even a fence at all is connected with my use of the easement road. Today DD and DSIL are going to come over before the super bowl and we are going to tear down the chicken run and open all that up. There is well over a foot of chicken crap in there that needs to be cleaned out. It would be nice if they would let us use the easement road for an afternoon and get in there with a bob cat and scoop all that out and haul it away. I don't see that happening. They will flip when they see that part of the fence is down but there is nothing that says my property has to be fenced. To get all of that sh*t out we need to remove the fence. It will just be harder to do it all from my property. Today is just fence removal and removing the chicken wire that is stretched from the coop and animal shed to the fence. The fence will go back up once that is cleaned out but it will be a couple of weeks. Eventually we want to get a couple of cows so I will need the property to be completely fenced.
Sounds like the cows aren't the only reason to have a fence. Butthead neighbors need a line drawn, too.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 13, 2022 10:33:03 GMT -5
Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine's Brunch -- very special today!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 13, 2022 10:38:21 GMT -5
Steady rain, cloudy, slightly cool today -- dinner for tonight is prepped and done. Just need to cook the spaghetti when we are ready. Planning on a bike ride later when the skies clear.
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Post by Sharon on Feb 13, 2022 10:48:31 GMT -5
Great brunch as always NancysSummerSip. The deviled eggs look great. I may need to make some of those for our super bowl spread, although we are going to have plenty of food already.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Feb 13, 2022 11:07:00 GMT -5
Strawberries and more strawberries.
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Post by ners on Feb 13, 2022 13:53:16 GMT -5
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Post by busymom on Feb 13, 2022 14:44:40 GMT -5
Great choices NancysSummerSip! Anything with fruit or cinnamon, count me in. Good Afternoon Kids! Temps were below zero here when we went to church, and we're barely above zero now. At least the sun is out. But, I'm counting the weeks until Spring. Sharon, I've got the feeling you'll have some stories to tell about your new community.
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Post by toomuchreality on Feb 13, 2022 16:13:19 GMT -5
Hopefully he was just having an affair versus bad violent stuff. One of the books I read recently had the protagonist's husband having sex with their dog walker in the storage shed. They got divorced, he married the dog walker, and they shared the kids between them. I know he was cheating. The house was sold as part of the divorce and the neighbors have filled me on the fact he was unfaithful. I guess they had lived here less than 6 months before the wife moved out. They just had to wait two years before they could sell the place so they wouldn't be seen as flipping the property and have to pay taxes like it was a flip. That is part of the reason the place is in such bad shape. He just existed here until they could sell and just did the bare bones as far as maintenance etc. My neighbors are still being total buttheads about the easement road that runs alongside my property. They did agree to let me have someone come in and fix my yard light and to have someone come in and haul off the large tires that are on the property. They also tend to confuse the fact that my having a gate on the property, or even a fence at all is connected with my use of the easement road. Today DD and DSIL are going to come over before the super bowl and we are going to tear down the chicken run and open all that up. There is well over a foot of chicken crap in there that needs to be cleaned out. It would be nice if they would let us use the easement road for an afternoon and get in there with a bob cat and scoop all that out and haul it away. I don't see that happening. They will flip when they see that part of the fence is down but there is nothing that says my property has to be fenced. To get all of that sh*t out we need to remove the fence. It will just be harder to do it all from my property. Today is just fence removal and removing the chicken wire that is stretched from the coop and animal shed to the fence. The fence will go back up once that is cleaned out but it will be a couple of weeks. Eventually we want to get a couple of cows so I will need the property to be completely fenced.
Yikes. Somehow I missed the fact that you're having issues with neighbors, over your use of the easement road. Not fun. Too bad about the fence, if it's yours. Maybe it could have been handled differently, if they weren't making things so difficult. Maybe. Have you gone around to meet the neighbors and introduce yourself? I always do that, when I move. It has saved me a lot of grief, from neighbors. Great spread, Nancy. Thanks! 🙂
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 13, 2022 16:42:17 GMT -5
I thought 2 pounds of chili was a lot (I did freeze most of it), but this is my brother's menu for tonight. For five people: A huge charcuterie platter (meats, cheeses, olives, bread and nuts)
steamed shrimp pork pot stickers crab deviled eggs a 10-pound beef tenderloin sauteed mushrooms baked sweet potatoes homemade French fries strawberry poppy seed salad eclairs He sent me a video of the charcuterie platter. DH and I could nibble on it for a week and call that dinner. Never mind the other stuff.
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Post by busymom on Feb 13, 2022 19:00:48 GMT -5
I heard a radio dj say today that the average Super Bowl partier eats 8,000 calories today. I can't even imagine...
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Post by Sharon on Feb 14, 2022 8:38:18 GMT -5
I know he was cheating. The house was sold as part of the divorce and the neighbors have filled me on the fact he was unfaithful. I guess they had lived here less than 6 months before the wife moved out. They just had to wait two years before they could sell the place so they wouldn't be seen as flipping the property and have to pay taxes like it was a flip. That is part of the reason the place is in such bad shape. He just existed here until they could sell and just did the bare bones as far as maintenance etc. My neighbors are still being total buttheads about the easement road that runs alongside my property. They did agree to let me have someone come in and fix my yard light and to have someone come in and haul off the large tires that are on the property. They also tend to confuse the fact that my having a gate on the property, or even a fence at all is connected with my use of the easement road. Today DD and DSIL are going to come over before the super bowl and we are going to tear down the chicken run and open all that up. There is well over a foot of chicken crap in there that needs to be cleaned out. It would be nice if they would let us use the easement road for an afternoon and get in there with a bob cat and scoop all that out and haul it away. I don't see that happening. They will flip when they see that part of the fence is down but there is nothing that says my property has to be fenced. To get all of that sh*t out we need to remove the fence. It will just be harder to do it all from my property. Today is just fence removal and removing the chicken wire that is stretched from the coop and animal shed to the fence. The fence will go back up once that is cleaned out but it will be a couple of weeks. Eventually we want to get a couple of cows so I will need the property to be completely fenced.
Yikes. Somehow I missed the fact that you're having issues with neighbors, over your use of the easement road. Not fun. Too bad about the fence, if it's yours. Maybe it could have been handled differently, if they weren't making things so difficult. Maybe. Have you gone around to meet the neighbors and introduce yourself? I always do that, when I move. It has saved me a lot of grief, from neighbors. Great spread, Nancy. Thanks! 🙂 When I looked at the property there was a gate from the back pasture to the easement road. I asked the real estate agent about the use of the easement road, but didn't follow up with the county on my own. She said no problem everyone uses those it isn't an issue. The first morning when I was in the house and waiting for the movers to shower up DD and I were out walking on the property and noticed that the gate was gone. The neighbor guy was out feeding his sheep and he came over and told me that he and another neighbor had removed that gate and showed me where they had placed it in the pasture. He said that the people who lived there 5 families ago had put the gate in without asking and that there had been lots of issues with people parking on the easement road etc. and that my property had no rights to the easement. I did talk with a lawyer and while my property isn't listed on the easement document filed with the county there is potentially a way we could force access to the easement. For now I have just been letting the issue ride. The one neighbor seems willing to allow the use if it is just occasional usage, which is what it would be. The other guy is just dead set against it. They are seeing that I am working hard to get the place back into shape which makes them happy. I also told the guy who is so against my having a gate that he could have the wood from a downed tree that is in the pasture. I have no need for the wood and it gets it out of there and helps to clean that up, so a win for everyone.
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Post by Opti on Feb 14, 2022 9:17:36 GMT -5
I heard a radio dj say today that the average Super Bowl partier eats 8,000 calories today. I can't even imagine... I hope that is mostly men that are young enough to burn it off. I did eat too much although most of it was when going to bed failed. I had 800 calories of cashews. Need to put in some exercise or something somewhere to account for that. Today of course is the coldest day of the week and last week as well. The good news might be most of the snow/lite rain may have been absorbed by the atmosphere because of the low humidity. Do not like black ice or visible ice on places I need to walk.
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Post by snapdragon on Feb 14, 2022 11:51:40 GMT -5
At work and sipping on some tea. I will need another cup for sure. Paperwork sould be coming in soon and I will end up having lots.
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Post by busymom on Feb 14, 2022 16:32:19 GMT -5
Good Afternoon Kids! Happy Valentine's Day! DH made my favorite dessert, which I enjoyed as part of my breakfast. (Cheesecake) When that's gone, we'll continue our tradition of me making something for him. (Chocolate)
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Post by Sharon on Feb 14, 2022 19:45:24 GMT -5
Valentines Day has never been a good holiday for me, there have been a couple of down right unpleasant ones and for the most part I just try and ignore the whole thing. Today was a typical Valentine's Day for me, I have a dead skunk along the side of the road in front of my property.
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Post by Sharon on Feb 15, 2022 20:14:37 GMT -5
DGS1 came and stayed with me about an hour today while DD did some shopping. He is the easiest of all the grandkids and will amuse himself for hours. I have a wooden chair and a wooden stool in the living room and the stool is just slightly taller than the chair. The kids will sit in the chair and put books on the stool and look at them. Today DGS1 had a book on the stool and he had his finger pointing at things and jabbering away. You could just tell he was reading the story to himself. The book was upside down but that didn't seem to matter. It was the cutest thing.
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Post by busymom on Feb 15, 2022 20:52:22 GMT -5
Hope you get a picture sometime when he does that, Sharon. That sounds SO cute! Today is flying by. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow, as there's a problem with the base to one of my crowns, so it has to be redone. Ick. Not looking forward to it. I'm still working on getting our mortgage refinanced one last time. We've already locked in the interest rate. We're just figuring out if we want to roll the refi fees into the mortgage or not.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Feb 15, 2022 21:18:07 GMT -5
DGS1 came and stayed with me about an hour today while DD did some shopping. He is the easiest of all the grandkids and will amuse himself for hours. I have a wooden chair and a wooden stool in the living room and the stool is just slightly taller than the chair. The kids will sit in the chair and put books on the stool and look at them. Today DGS1 had a book on the stool and he had his finger pointing at things and jabbering away. You could just tell he was reading the story to himself. The book was upside down but that didn't seem to matter. It was the cutest thing. The Toddler is doing this. He doesn't even know words but he knows the story. He also "sings" Wheels on the Bus in his head and does all the movements. It's adorable. No noises just the movements.
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Post by Opti on Feb 16, 2022 3:07:15 GMT -5
Valentines Day has never been a good holiday for me, there have been a couple of down right unpleasant ones and for the most part I just try and ignore the whole thing. Today was a typical Valentine's Day for me, I have a dead skunk along the side of the road in front of my property. I've had a couple good ones and some very tough ones. I sold my last house at a significant loss almost on Valentine's Day of that year. I forget if the closing finally went through the 13th or the 15th. Not a good memory. Had to drive in an inch an hour of snow to the room I was renting, and it was not close by.
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Post by busymom on Feb 16, 2022 9:08:07 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! I'll be leaving for the dentist soon, so prayers & positive thoughts are appreciated.
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