Thanks to all who wished me a happy birthday. It was a good day, hectic at work but we (me, my brother and my wife and her family) went to Longhorn for supper. That isn't the best part though. As most of you know already, my wife got me 3, yes THREE, black lab puppies. We named them Harley, Lily, and Bo (2 boys and a girl). They are soo cute and fun. They're also a handful but it's all worth it. We got an "invisible fence" for them. My wife and I are going to install it this weekend. We have enough wire to let them run in 2 to 3 acres.
Oh by the way, I have pictures of them i'd like to post but I don't remember how. Can someone help me?
hey everything is going great, i'm workin at a cabnet shop which is pretty cool but it's not as cool as work back home. everything else is going great though.
It's been a while since I've posted....A long while. my wife and I have been very busy lately. For those of you who know us you know that's not that unusual but we are actually MORE busy than usual. As most of you know, we just bought a house, our first house. We had for a while spent every spare moment working on it. It was in good shape when we bought it, we could have just moved in. But we decided to tear all the trim out (my idea, that's my specialty) and repaint everything. The paint was kind of important. The previous owners had painted the living room dark blue, the dining room pink, the utility room yellow and every other room white. Sounds crazy? Keep reading. One of the bedrooms upstairs (which we have done nothing with) was painted gray and while the paint was wet....are you ready for this?....they threw glitter on the walls. That room will require some special attention :) The main floor is all trimmed and painted, except for the dining room. I'm still working on it. I am also in the process of laying tile in the 1/2 bath. Never a dull moment around here.
Oh wait..you thought that was all we had going on? Ha! The company that i work for has 7 houses in the construction phase. One we just finished, 2 that are ready for trim and tile (we do that ourselves) and the rest will follow right behind.
Still not all....My wife and I have been busy in our "off work hours" doing side jobs. We have 7 yards that we mow regularly. We installed 5 cubic yards of lava rock at one of them and have another waiting on mulch. We also do handyman type work. Yesterday, we rplaced 2 exterior doors and installed 3 storm doors for a customer.
You thought I was finished? It's hay season. The past few days, me, my wife, her dad, and her cousin put up 300 to 400 square bales.
And last but not least, we still take care of our 35 calves.
There, I think that's all. We finally got the internet. We had to get DSL. We're used to cable but it doesn't run out this far. Actually, it runs to the house across the road. Our neighbor said the cable wanted him to pay $8,000 to run cable across the road and it would probably cost more to get it to our house because we live on 18 acres and about 15 of them are between us and the road. Oh well, I'm happy with DSl for now.
Hey Nate~ sounds like you guys are so busy! That's crazy. You just put my home improvement projects into perspective...LOL. Anytime you wanna come here and finish up some of my stuff, you let me know. I tried luring Andy, but he wasn't a taker. Glad you are doing so well!
Grey paint and glitter? Woah. How on earth do you get dried-on glitter off of walls? Good luck with that. Or you could just put a strobe light and disco ball in there and make it the dance party room. If you do that, I'll have to make a special trip to come down there and see it. :-)
The glitter sounds psychadelic (sp?) like one of the rooms in our house when we bought it. Our dining room had mirrors- big and little mirrors glued to the walls in triangular dimensions like a cheesy 70's dance club. It was awful! All we needed was Austin Powers and the dicso ball mentioned above^^^:-)
I know when your through at the end of the night you must feel great satisfaction in what you do. Working the land and working with your hands is so rewarding. Take a breather every now and then O.K.?
We would love to see you two! August 18 is the week of the fair, runs Mon the 18th through that next Sunday. Combine derby is on Saturday again and modified pulls are on Friday night. County pull is Saturday morning. If you want tickets, we'll get them for you!
Ms. Vivolo came in to the Building Department today. We talked about you and the puppies -- were your ears burning?? She's getting ready to move her classroom from Taft to Emerson, which will now be a newly renovated elementary school.
Well, for those who don't know, Christie and I just bought a house. We found it about a month ago and fell in love with it. We closed on it just hours ago. We are very excited. Good-bye moblile home, hello stationary home :)
We're so excited for you! We're also really happy that we could provide you a bed for the guest room!! Yay for Caden's new bunk bed!!! Oh.. and thank you for helping with the change out of beds!!!
It's been a while since I've posted. Things have been busy. For those of you who know me you know that's not really unusual. My wife , my father-in-law and I have been rebuilding a wrecked Chevy truck. It's been a learning experience. We're almost done with it and i will be so happy when it is finished. We are planning on getting more calves in March sometime. We have gotten them from Elkin’s Dairy Farm the past 2 years. We will be getting them from another dairy farmer in the area and I think it will work out better. It was actually luck that we got hooked up with this other farmer. He was driving to the stockyard with a bunch of Holstein cows (I think they were cows, maybe heifers) and his transmission went out right in front of my father-in-laws shop where my wife works, too. They started talking about calves and it seems like this guy is producing healthier calves, or at least better taken care of. I’ll call him in March and we’ll see how it goes.
As busy as I’ve been, and with the cold weather, I haven’t been able to practice my new hobby, shooting. I bought a .45 caliber pistol a few months ago for personal and home protection and got to shoot it a lot. Just recently I bought a Taurus Judge. It is a 5 shot revolver that is chambered for either .45 caliber Long Colt rounds or 410 guage shotgun shells. It is an excellent gun for personal protection because with the “buckshot” shotgun shells you can hit your target without being a “perfect shot. I don’t know how to post links on here but I’ll try anyway. Here’s the link to a video about the gun.
http://www.taurususa.com/video/taurus-theJudge-video.cfm
I plan on getting my concealed carry permit soon. As soon as I find the time. It is unfortunate the world that we live in. Hope everyone has a good week.
I don't know where you get your energy! Not from me, that's for sure -- oh, wait! Maybe you got all MY energy and that's why I don't have any! You'd "love" the cold up here this weekend. Right now it's 5 degrees with a wind chill of -13! The low tonight is supposed to be 4 -- I'm guessing it'll get colder than that since we're already at 5, and it's not even 10 p.m. yet. They say wind chills tonight could get to -15. Anyone think they'll go lower? Some schools have already canceled for tomorrow. The list will be long in the morning, I'm sure.
A friend of mine is writing a series of posts on training children. Part I was 3/18; Part II was 3/19; Part III was 3/28. I'm guessing there will be more. But they're very good -- I recommend them. Her son Jacob was in Andy's suite at FC.
Well a new life has been brought into this world. Mother, Father and baby are doing just fine. my wife has pictures for you to see. We just got back from the hospital. I should be tired by now but the hospital has good free coffee :) It is cold here. We have to fill the calves water troughs up 2 or 3 times a day because the usual water line freezes when it gets cold. Here's a picture for ya.
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Well, I will probably never eat them, but someone will. They will be sold when they get to about 600 lbs. Then they go to feed lot where they are brought up to about 1200 lbs then slaughtered for beef. Last year we sold 25 and they went to Colorado. Don't think i ate any of them.
I'd like to have a farm. But does it make me a sissy that I'd rather have animals that don't get killed for meat? I like the idea of having an Alpaca or sheep farm. Chickens are gross or I'd be okay with having them for the eggs. So... Alpacas, horses, maybe some cows and/or goats for milk.
Your mom visited my pleo page! She is a neat lady! So your brother is a preacher and you are a farmer who maybe preaches every now and then? My hubby Joe has been preaching for 33 yrs. in April. Both our son's preach just not full time. Just wanted to check your page out! Take care and CONGRATS on the addition to your extended family! I know everyone is happy!!
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