Good Morning, All! Just getting the thread started before the grandsons wake up and the day gets hectic - I guess the time change is good for at least one thing, as those two might sleep a little later than normal - well, it will look like they did on the clock anyway. Don't envy daughter having to pry them out of bed for school this coming week until they adjust.... 
One good thing about working night shift; it's not as hard to acclimate to the time change 'cause half the time you don't know what day it is, let alone what time 
Frost on the vehicles again this morning, but it's supposed to warm up nicely today, with highs in the 50's and 60's and lows in the high 30's then into the 40's this week. Given some of the not so lovely blizzards I've been through in March, I'll take this weather and be very glad to have it!
Not much will get done today other than laundry - too many fun things for us to do outside. We've planned a walk back to the lake, then will walk through the areas where we see a lot of deer tracks to look for shed antlers.
I picked up a half dozen small plastic totes yesterday - 16"x11"x5.6". A lot of the cardboard boxes I have for pint jars are wearing out; and while I can pick up more free ones at the Amish bulk food store, I can fit a dozen pint jars in these totes and they stay nice and clean. On the off chance I have to move some of the empty jars that are currently in the house to the shed, they will also stay cleaner in the totes than in boxes. I picked up 6 flats of assorted canned fruit - things that I don't can like mandarin oranges and pineapple - yesterday as well, so will use the cardboard flats to make dividers to go between the jars as I move them into the totes. I'll be taking empty jars out of the cardboard boxes they are currently in to use for canning, so it will be a gradual process to move them into the totes - the gradual process will make buying them be easier on the budget as well.
I'm currently only scheduled for 3 shifts each of the next two weeks. The last two weeks were crazy - nine 12+ hour shifts in 11 days followed by babysitting my co-worker buddy after his hand surgery - I couldn't have told you what day of the week it was on a bet I've been putting off knee replacement(s) for the past two years due to the covid crap - we were only doing emergency surgeries there for a while; then the short staffing nonsense, so it might be time to get it done and over with; just need to get the gardens tilled and planted first. I've got vacation time scheduled in April - over Easter - but daughter and the grandkids have plans already so that sounds like a good time to get it done. I have neighbors I can hire to do the tilling if I can't and Hubby won't.
Well, I hear boys stirring so I guess I'd better gulp down the rest of this cup of coffee, get this posted, and figure out what to feed them for breakfast. Once I get them fed and watered, the older one wants to bake something so we are going to try making some peanut butter brownies later this morning - there are still some small Hershey bars from Hallowe'en in the candy tote, so we can put those on the top after we take the pb brownies out of the oven and let them melt to make a sort of icing.
Take care all; stay safe out there!
One good thing about working night shift; it's not as hard to acclimate to the time change 'cause half the time you don't know what day it is, let alone what time Frost on the vehicles again this morning, but it's supposed to warm up nicely today, with highs in the 50's and 60's and lows in the high 30's then into the 40's this week. Given some of the not so lovely blizzards I've been through in March, I'll take this weather and be very glad to have it!
Not much will get done today other than laundry - too many fun things for us to do outside. We've planned a walk back to the lake, then will walk through the areas where we see a lot of deer tracks to look for shed antlers.
I picked up a half dozen small plastic totes yesterday - 16"x11"x5.6". A lot of the cardboard boxes I have for pint jars are wearing out; and while I can pick up more free ones at the Amish bulk food store, I can fit a dozen pint jars in these totes and they stay nice and clean. On the off chance I have to move some of the empty jars that are currently in the house to the shed, they will also stay cleaner in the totes than in boxes. I picked up 6 flats of assorted canned fruit - things that I don't can like mandarin oranges and pineapple - yesterday as well, so will use the cardboard flats to make dividers to go between the jars as I move them into the totes. I'll be taking empty jars out of the cardboard boxes they are currently in to use for canning, so it will be a gradual process to move them into the totes - the gradual process will make buying them be easier on the budget as well.
I'm currently only scheduled for 3 shifts each of the next two weeks. The last two weeks were crazy - nine 12+ hour shifts in 11 days followed by babysitting my co-worker buddy after his hand surgery - I couldn't have told you what day of the week it was on a bet
I've been putting off knee replacement(s) for the past two years due to the covid crap - we were only doing emergency surgeries there for a while; then the short staffing nonsense, so it might be time to get it done and over with; just need to get the gardens tilled and planted first. I've got vacation time scheduled in April - over Easter - but daughter and the grandkids have plans already so that sounds like a good time to get it done. I have neighbors I can hire to do the tilling if I can't and Hubby won't.Well, I hear boys stirring so I guess I'd better gulp down the rest of this cup of coffee, get this posted, and figure out what to feed them for breakfast. Once I get them fed and watered, the older one wants to bake something so we are going to try making some peanut butter brownies later this morning - there are still some small Hershey bars from Hallowe'en in the candy tote, so we can put those on the top after we take the pb brownies out of the oven and let them melt to make a sort of icing.
Take care all; stay safe out there!
. thank you FATHER for not only the work but the opportunity and health to do it.
