Baymule’s Farm

[flowerbug]

I’ve been sick. Low fever, sore throat, stopped up head. Felt bad. I’m ok now, just got a little congestion but it’s on the way out. After 3 months of no rain, I got 2 1/4” last Saturday, it sure helped. Supposed to get up to 3” this coming Saturday, we’ll see.

sorry to hear you were under the weather and glad to hear you are feeling better now.

yay for rain! that will help out your pastures and sheepies.

we had been dry for a long time, enough that a lot of the trees have already dropped their leaves due to the stress from the drought, not much fall color now.

and now we've been getting so much rains that i'm not getting outside too often to get gardens put up for the winter. i may be able to do something eventually...

 

[AMKuska]

Glad you're feeling better!

 

[baymule]

I missed church 2 Wednesdays and one Sunday. There are a few people with health problems and they sure didn't need to be exposed to whatever I had. Doing laundry today, hanging clothes out on the line. Storms rolling in tonight.

 

[AMKuska]

I missed church 2 Wednesdays and one Sunday. There are a few people with health problems and they sure didn't need to be exposed to whatever I had. Doing laundry today, hanging clothes out on the line. Storms rolling in tonight.

I thank you for that. My neighbor went to church with covid. The 90 year old she sat next to got covid and passed away.

 

[baymule]

That is so sad. I've gone to work sick more times than I can count. If I missed a day, it cut down on the paycheck. It seemed like we all just passed it around until everybody was sick. Now with covid, things have changed. I don't know what crud I had, but one lady in particular is the reason I stayed home. She is in her 80's, has beat cancer previously, but it is back, in her chest and inoperable. She struggles to make it to church. She has cancer next to her heart. She always comes in with a smile, no matter the pain, I admire her so much.

 

[baymule]

My son was here for a few days. I came down the driveway on the Kawasaki mule and he saw the rear wheel wobbling. Only ONE lug nut holding the wheel on! When he went to town, he went by the Kawasaki dealer for lug nuts. Not happening, had to have the vin number. he left to go back to New Mexico. I finally made it by to present the vin number. Did it have the original black wheels? Nope, it had aftermarket. Oh, then this wont do any good. Surely they didn't swap out the studs too? Don't know.

OK, meanwhile back at the ranch....... I soaked down lug nuts on 2 wheels, hoping to get one off to take for a match up. I bought 2 new deep socket sets, 1 metric and 1 standard, plus a new 1/2" driver. It took a 11/16 socket. I couldn't break it loose, none of them, even with generous amounts of PB Blaster. A friend came over, he also couldn't break one loose. Another friend came over yesterday with a torque wrench that doesn't torque anymore, so he uses it as a long handled driver. It broke free! Then he used the impact wrench to get the lug nut off. Now I can go match it up and get new lug nuts on the wheel.

I have to take my sister in law to the doctor this morning. Then 2 appointments tomorrow, one is for physical therapy. Then she can learn to walk on her new prosthetic leg. This has been a very slow process, she is bored to death, sitting around waiting on the next doctor appointment. She makes grocery orders, we go by and pick them up. then cigarettes at the tobacco barn and whatever else she needs. It is an all day thing. if I need something, I go back the next day by myself so she doesn't have to sit out in the car and also her walker takes up the back seat in my little car, so no room for anything i need. She doesn't need groceries this week, so I may run in and get dog food, that's three 50 pound bags, I can get them in the trunk. I'm almost out.