Good Morning!!!!!!

[roony]

Oops 11 below now!

[markn]

That's the same place Barry. Good eats, great drinks. Still have the Coke machine covers on bathroom doors. I did repurpose some of the pocket shelving into a storage area for fasteners. Now they're in one spot and not four different ones. I may have to install a couple of doors on it now. Pictures below. -20 here now, thinks I may stay in the house today. Here's something us football guys can ponder, with the recent obvious blatant favoritism in the NFL recently what are the refs going to do if the Rams play the Chiefs in the Superbowl??????? That's your thought for the day. Later.......

[mike89]

looking good Mark!! 

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. -21 here and supposed to make it to -10 today. Made it to Aitkin and back yesterday. Got home around 7ish last night. We visited with my parents and my brother and his wife for a few hours yesterday. My Dad could be doing better. His stubborness is not helping him get his butt out of the nursing home. It was also good to visit with my brother and his wife. Found out right after New Year's that she has breast cancer. Luckily they say it is early. They said she is at stage zero. She is having a double mastectomy on February 5th. At the moment no radiation or chemo. Today's top activity will be to fill the wood shed back up. Sure burned a ton of wood this past week. Have a good one boys.

[mike89]

 Caitlin?  where's that?? 

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! -12 at choretime heading for a high near 0. Overachieved yesterday with a high around 12 above. So far things were OK outside. Discovered a leak in the cold water supply hose to the washing machine so will likely make a FF run after it warms up a little. Will have to shut the water off in the house temporarily as the shutoff valve is stuck. Ah, the joys of plumbing in a house built in the 1800's & added onto several times, much of it on the cheap. File it under the "Who did this?" category. I see it's already up to -11 I see. Decided last nite it was a good day to defrost the garage freezer so can mess with that between bottle feedings and chores. Otherwise it'll be a mostly inside day. Looks like I should turn you loose in my garage markn. I don't even know where to start there. 

[Jerkbiat]

Caitlin?  where's that??

Aitkin. Dang fat fingers.

[glenn57]

Caitlin?  where's that??

Caitin............ya know the really cute basketball player...... Caitlin Clark!!!!!!

[glenn57]

morning fellers....-18 when i looked........checked t he temp at the cabin..-24......

i see myself going outdoors 2 times today..........to do my daily walkabout and to set the garbage out!!!!!!! may fire up the truck and let that warm up also......hopefully it starts at 4;30 tomorrow morning!!!!!! should help with anew battery!!!!

stay warm fellas!!!!!!!

[Boar]

Mornin fellas wakey bakey eggs and bakey. 17 below here in ol red lake falls, canceld on a trip ti LOW, cause the friday storm and cold front, glad i did.  Gonna try angain this weekend. Kinda a real nice lazy weekend. Have a great day.

[glenn57]

Mornin fellas wakey bakey eggs and bakey. 17 below here in ol red lake falls, canceld on a trip ti LOW, cause the friday storm and cold front, glad i did.  Gonna try angain this weekend. Kinda a real nice lazy weekend. Have a great day.

so your gonna go and "TRY" and catch fish on a lake you say gets fished to hard???? Hmmmm!!!!!!

anyways good luck iffin ya  go......i'm sure your wife will pull your weight.......AGAIN!!!!! 

[LPS]

Morning boys.  We are up to a balmy -16.  Was -21.  Out internet keeps going in and out today.  No TV at the moment.  Sure hope that kicks back in before noon.  I still have to go out and "tend" my fire like Roony says.  I like it.  We do have a breeze here but not terrible.  Great Home Page story.  I have had 5 yellow labs and now Jake is my first pure Golden.  Had one black lab. Cooper is a half and half.  Love them both.  I was addicted to duck and goose hunting so had labs for that.  Now I don't waterfowl anymore and they are just my buddies.  Hard to be without them. Ok will catch up and then out into the cold.  Be safe out there.   

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. -25 here and heading for a high of -18 it says.  I cut a bunch of firewood and loaded up the wood shed yesterday. Then I went and fired up the heat in the fish house. I have today off of work so I will try fishing for awhile. Then I need to get the fish house out of the big donut hole. I like having time off work, but I don't like having this holiday over presidents day or good Friday. Which is what we used to get before last year. Oh well. Going to brave the cold and hope the heat stayed on in the fish house. Have a good one boys.

[mike89]

mornin all, -21 here and might see -15 today..  another cold day..  stayed indoors for the most part yesterday and today could be the same for me..  stay warm and have a good day..   

[Gunner55]

Mornin guys, only -11 here & we could make it all the way up to 1 later. I might need to find a reason to get out of the house today as it's been a couple days. Yeah, be safe out in the cold if you have to go out. No more now, have a good day.

[LPS]

Morning boys.  Just like JB we have -25 now and may see -17 for the high.  Warmup starts tomorrow.  Will just keep things warm and the water flowing.  Not much else to do when it is like this.   Will have to find something on TV or read today I think.  May cook something too.  Will think about it.  Well you all be careful out there. 

[roony]

Good Morning! 15 below here. I threw some apple wood in the woodstove this morning. That burns HOT I tell ya.

[markn]

Like Mike it's -21 here also. I put a couple of doors on the new cabinet in the garage. They look terrible and I'll try to fix them today. Never was a very good wood-worker and the best I can make with wood is sawdust. Later.....

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! -12 at choretime, heading for a high around -5. Managed to stay warm thru a couple more action packed chore sessions. No newbies so that's a plus. Dressed about right for it with multiple layers & a face gaiter. Can see I'll have to haul a few 5 gallon buckets of water tonite to the outside water tank as the hydrant on the well pit tends to freeze up top. That'll warm me up. Just glad I added some additional bales of cornstalks Friday on top of the well pit. Be nice to get rid of that and put the pressure tank in the basement. It'll cost some $ to do it but it'd be worth it based on resale value & peace of mind. Speaking of the basement, repaired the hose on the washing machine yesterday after a run to FF. Easy fix, just didn't have a hose repair kit handy. Restocked on furnace filters & birdseed. Wife let me drive the warm car to FF & to work today as she didn't want to go anyplace. No frozen butt today. Stay warm everone! 🔥🔥🔥

[Scenic]

Good morning All.  It's COLD!!!!  Seems to have warmed up to -21 with a real feel of -44 at the moment.  Good day to just stay inside I think. Not that I was going to venture out much anyway.   They say one more night of this stuff and then a break in the weather. 

[glenn57]

morning fellers.....done at the store........i'm beginning to really like these 4-5 hour days instead of 7.

yea i'm inside for the day..... the garbage can will wait till tomorrow.... there's always a nap to be had....

been getting into reading again........got me a library card........DUTCHY......found some C.J. box books at the library. 

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. -25 here this morning and heading for 3 above later this evening. Going to be a slow warm up. Fishing was slow yesterday. But I caught some smaller fish and watched movies out there. Thermometer on the fish house said -30. And boy was it windy in the morning. Otherwise just getting ready for another day in the salt mines. Have a good one boys.

[mike89]

mornin all, -23 this morning and might see 7 today..  WC of -40..   had -24 last night..  not a whole lot on the agenda today..
so have a good day all!! 

[Gunner55]

Mornin all, -17 (-33 WC) here & we could make it all the way up to 8. Schools here are 2 hrs late today & so are a few others, but many nearby have been closed for the day. I got a call from the dentist office yday afternoon & they wanted to move up my appt to today. I was scheduled for Friday. Be good to get it done. 'Bout it here, have a good day.

[markn]

Stayed in yesterday so I need to work on cabinet doors today. That and I have to load up that trailer axel because someone from Moorhead is meeting me to pick it up this afternoon. One less thing to worry about. Enough of this cold crap. I also need to find some straw bales for Saturday for the "Take a Kid Fishing" event one of the local sportsmen groups, Viking Sportsmen, puts on. We stock rainbow trout in a pond and it's free. So that should keep me busy for a couple days anyway. Later.....  

[LPS]

Morning boys.  We are currently at -22.  That warm up can't get here fast enough.  The dogs can barely get their jobs done before they have cold feet.  Jake at his breakfast real slow today.  He is not feeling very chipper neither.  Poor boy.  Hope it clears up soon.  Not a lot gonna get done around here except survival things.  Not gonna even start a truck today.  The humidifier could show up today.  Glad I am not the UPS guy in this weather.  I gave him a nice tip for Christmas so hope that helps his mentality in this weather. Nice hot cup of coffee tastes good today.  I will savor it as long as I can.  LOL  Well have a good one and stay safe.

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! -20 overnite low, -17 at choretime heading for a high near 10 above. Definitely cold enough for me if someone asks. Well is working & the heat is on. All that counts at this point. Started the Dotch pickemup after chores & made 'er to town. Wife has the day off again today so I could've drove the warm car but she had designs on dreaming up more things for me to do with my limited free time. I gotta get a haircut at 10 & finish a column before lunch. Never know this time of year when someone will drop in out of the blue and want to talk shop and/or give us a check for the upcoming year's services. I figure she can run some errands too once in a while rather than watching Hallmark & Judge Judy reruns all day. 

[glenn57]

morning fellers.....its freakin cold out. not much going today. may go out later and pick up dog bombs. and garbage can!! the deck is making some odd noises in this cold!!!!

[Dotch]

I noticed the large amount of Poppy grenades scattered all over the yard the other day. With no snow I can't rely on the snowblower to fling them off the cliff on El Capitan. 

[LPS]

And man are they hard!