I’ve had coffee and been outside to do chores. Teaching the kids in Sunday school this morning. Preacher’s wife and I switch out every 3 months, they are out of town today, so I’m taking the class. Typically they rope somebody into teaching the kids and they are stuck with it for years. I took...
I see I didn’t post my gift from middle granddaughter!
When I bought this place, there were 2 ceiling fans in the house. I bought new ones for the whole house and tossed the old ones. But I saved the fan blades for future crafts. Middle granddaughter wanted them and I gave them to her. She...
Took granddaughters to meet my daughter and oldest granddaughter at my sister’s house Friday. We visited, then home to sort ram lambs, hitch stock trailer and wait on neighbor to come help
Load them. We loaded 5 rams Lots lambs and 8 ewe lambs, which consisted of crowding them up in a small...
It was April when the roof got hammered by hail. Had to wait on insurance adjuster, then wait on check. I spent every penny of that check, plus more and now I have a better roof!
I thought I’d get a discount on my insurance, metal roof will last a long time……right? Nope. Wrong. It upped the...
Boone is outstanding because you are outstanding. All the animals you’ve trained over the years comes down to Boone. All the experience you have is poured into Boone.
You didn’t know what was coming at you like a freight train, but God knew. He prepared you by providing fantastic experiences as...
Drank my 2 cups of coffee, waiting on daylight so I can go sort sheep. Gonna separate ewe lambs to take to auction on Saturday. Nearest decent auction for sheep is 3 hours away. The best one is 5 hours away. I’m smack dab in the middle of cattle country. The cattle auctions around here pretty...
I roofed my house 2 years ago in July. On Saturdays I had help until noon. During the week I did prep work, replacing plywood decking, underlayment, radiant heat barrier, 2x4 lath strips for the metal, had to quit by noon or have a heat/humidity stroke. I had text buddies that I checked in with...
That’s East Texas too! People think all of Texas is rocks and desert, not true! East Texas is HOT and dripping with humidity.
My joke is, Texas is good practice if you’ve been bad in life and expect to go to He// when you die!
I love your turkeys! And they are raising poults for you! Thanksgiving dinner? Your garden is so neat and free of weeds.
I moved 3 years ago and haven’t planted a garden here. But I do have……..(drumroll)
TWO, yes! Count them! TWO tomato plants! And a few cucumber plants! Hahaha!
Using that analogy, I guess gardening season covers all 4 seasons at my house. And I only have 2 tomato plants and a few cucumber plants! Not enough, so I expanded my seasons to cover the sheep. Maybe I should count them…….Nah
Breakfast.
Went to the movies. I highly recommend y'all going to see The Last Rodeo. Good, clean show with no cuss words. LILO and Stitch was a good kid show.
Practically nothing. Diesel. A oil and filter change every 300 hours. This check up was $380. Grease it, fuel it up and go! It’s a 23 HP Kubota, got a 4’ bush hog, box blade, disc, clamp on forks and front end loader. I love my little tractor! Her name is Marigold. But Marigold is too little for...
Picked up granddaughters Friday, will meet oldest granddaughter this Friday at my sister’s house to give them back. Oldest will turn 18 June 7, leave for Italy June 9 for 2 months, to babysit 3 kids, all expenses paid plus $450 euros per month. She’s excited!
Took the 2 to a gospel bluegrass...
For starting seeds indoors in the spring,
1. Need a big black dog.
The way this works is let dog outside. Dog comes in, lays in floor and dirt falls out of his coat in the floor.
2. Sweep up dirt. Black hair aerates the dirt, an extra bonus provided by the dog.
3. Place dirt and hair...
I picked up my tractor yesterday and mowed my yard! It was getting shaggy.
Picking up my granddaughters today, they are spending the week. There’s a Gospel Bluegrass Festival in Grapeland, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Hey that sounds like that flowering shrub I used to have! Anyway we are...