Norris Family Blog

Mother's Day Trip

Stacey, Linda and I left Friday morning and headed to IN to visit our Moms. We drove the red truck with the cargo trailer loaded with two pieces of carpet and pad for my Mom's house in Daleville. There was also laminate flooring and a few other items. We made a stop in Anderson to give a lawyer some papers and then went to Daleville. We left Coco in a dog cage at Mom's house and drove on to Muncie. We ate lunch at Pizza King restaurant, which serves our favorite pizza.

We asked for a takeout box and took about one fourth of the pizza to Woodlands Nursing Home for my mother. She was glad to see us and ate the pizza after sharing a few pieces with other residents. We had a pretty nice visit with her. After leaving the nursing home we drove to Wal-Mart and bought a flat screen TV and stand for Mom to use at the nursing home. On the way towards Daleville, we passed an A&W Root Beer stand that was having a small cruise-in. We stopped a few minutes and looked at the cars.




We went to Chesterfield and stopped at Lana & Frank Dial's house for a hour long visit. We then picked up Coco in Daleville and drove to Pendleton to stay the night with Linda's Mom.

Saturday morning, after having a cup of coffee with Reba, we drove to Daleville. We needed to meet Mike Baker for him to lay the carpet in the two bedrooms. Mike showed up, laid the carpet and was done in a little over two hours. We continued working at the house until lunch time, then went to Anderson and ate at Fazoli's, then over to Lowe's for some more home improvement items. We also stopped at Wal-Mart for a couple new window blinds, then back to Daleville to install the things we had bought.

We were nearly done with the plans we had made for the house, when Linda received a call and we were off to see the house Shelly and Jeff Huck bought. They had taken possession a couple of days earlier and were moving some of their things to the new location. Their house was about a mile off of Highway 236 between Anderson and Middletown and was a large brick home on several acres. Imon and Linda K were there and Jeff's Mom and Dad were there too. Shelly and Jeff pointed the way and told us what they planned on doing with the rooms as we walked through the house. After checking out the house, we looked through the barn where Jeff plans to have his wood working shop, then we walked on towards the back of the property where there is a pond and small stream. The lot is gently rolling and with large trees randomly spaced to provide nicely shaded areas at the pond and around the front of the house. There is a swimming pool in a sunny spot near the back of the house. I think Shelly and Jeff can be happy there for years to come, they have a very nice home with enough space inside and out to be able to do what they want. After telling Shelly and Jeff congratulations on their purchase, we headed back to Daleville and spent the night at Mom's house.
Sunday morning, I went to Chesterfield and bought a package of cinnamon rolls, a quart of chocolate milk and a can of coffee, then took those back to the house for breakfast. We worked a while, then went to see my Mom at the nursing home after they had served her dinner. We gave her a blouse and put the TV and mount in the office. The staff said a maintenance man would install the TV. For some reason, Mom was upset and in an arguing mood, so the visit wasn't very pleasant. We left and went to Anderson and ate lunch at Gene's Root Beer. It's a spring tradition for a lot of people in Anderson and one we usually enjoyed when we still lived in IN.

After lunch, we returned to Daleville, hooked up the red trailer to the truck and finished loading it. Gery Scott came by to talk about the work we had asked him to do. We showed him the bathroom and talked for a half hour about him refinishing the entire bathroom. Then we locked up the house and headed to Pendleton to see Linda's Mom. We gave her a flat of strawberry plants and talked with her for a hour before leaving for the trip back to KY.

Posted by Dave at 11:00 PM
Categories: Cars, Current Events

Rainy Saturday

Julie, Kyle, Pauline and Brent came to visit Friday evening.
Saturday morning we woke to a light rain that increased to a down pour by 8 AM. The rain stopped for a while, so we went out and rode in the Mule with Daisy running along. As we passed through the path around the hay fields, the bushes and trees at the edge would flip a little water on Brent and Linda. Julie and I were laughing about them getting sprinkled while we were staying dry. We put Daisy back in the barn and then stopped at the pole barn. Brent and I began working on the new boat cover to replace the shock cord tie-down rope with a nylon rope that wouldn't stretch. We tried taping the new rope to the cord and pulling it through the edge of the cover, but it pulled loose and we had to try a different method of pulling the new rope through. Brent found a spool of small wire, we managed to shove the wire through the edge of the cover the entire length and bend the end around a loop in the new rope. Then with Pauline, Linda and I working the cover back and forth, Brent was able to pull the wire through with the rope attached. It must have taken about 45 minutes to get the rope pulled through one side of the cover. The remaining side went a lot quicker because we had figured out how to do it. We finished the second side in about 5 minutes and took a break. Kyle had taken a break too. He had went to sleep in Pauline's arms and Brent had laid him down in the trailer for the lawn mower.

We let Kyle sleep while we drank a cold drink and did a few other things. When we were done, we woke Kyle and went to the house. After letting the little dogs out, we left the farm and went to the Hot Rod BBQ for lunch.

Ex-sheriff, James Pruitt and his family had opened the Hot Rod BBQ a few weeks ago, so I wanted to let everyone try their food. We ordered from their MENU and sat down. Our food was brought to the table in take out containers and the drinks were in cans. There was plenty of the food and it was good. After lunch, we returned to the farm and remained inside most of the day as it rained off and on. Kyle was a little cranky because he has jaw teeth starting to show, but we kept him happy by playing and providing food.

Posted by Dave at 6:00 PM
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Cruising To Fountain Run

Stacey, Linda and I had the 56 Chevy ready to go and we headed to Burkesville after having breakfast. The CRC Car Club left the Courthouse Square in Burkesville at 8:30 AM and headed to Fountain Run. We followed each other west on KY 90 and turned south on KY 163 through Tompkinsville, then we went west on KY 1366 to Fountain Run. After about an hour an a half, we pulled into the field where the Rolling Rods were holding their car show. We were directed where to park and pointed to the tent where they were registering vehicles. We setup our canopy, drank a cold drink and after registering and receiving a 'goodie bag', we came together for a group picture and then set out walking around the grounds checking out the other vehicles that were at the show.

Members of the Rolling Rods told me they had 87 vehicles that had registered at the end of the time period.

The judges made their rounds and the points were added up and then the Rolling Rods began giving away door prizes and awards. Kendra Coe was a door prize winner.

Carol & Dave Neff received a Top 35 award as did Kent Cooper and Red Thrasher.

Bob Rudig won a Trophy for Best Unrestored as our group looked on. Then Mike Shoopman won for Best Older Mustang.

The Best of Show went to Mike (last name goes here) from Albany for his Yellow Chevy Deuce

It was great weather and the Rolling Rods conducted a nicely done car show and they gave away a lot of nice trophies and awards. The Cruisers had a good time at the car show, there was plenty of food available and a friendly atmosphere. The Cruisers had a few trophies and awards to haul home too.

Readers can view all the car pictures at this LINK.
After you look at the pictures, you can come back and leave us a comment. We packed up our tent, cooler and chairs and headed back towards Burkesville. We made a wrong turn and ended up having to take a detour, but we finally made it back to the main highway, then drove on towards home. We stopped in Burkesville and filled up the Chevy with gas, less than 10 gallons for over a hundred miles, so I was happy about that. We pulled the Chevy into the barn and emptied the trunk, we loaded some things into the Mule and went to the house. Everyone was wore out from the heat, so we took it easy the rest of the eveining. A thunderstorm rolled through about an hour later, so we had left the car show just in time to get things put away.

Posted by Dave at 6:00 PM
Categories: Cars, Current Events

Lots of Rain

The grass has been growing and the rain keeps falling. Linda and I mowed most of the afternoon on Wednesday as it was the first day this week that was dry enough. I was on the tractor with the finish mower and she was using the John Deere rider. Today, Stacey and I went to the Events Committee meeting and found out Duo County Telecom is giving the Cruiser car club $500 for sponsorship of the 4th of July Car Show in Burkesville. There were a few other things discussed at the meeting before we left. After Linda came home, we all went to the Cumberland River Cruiser club meeting. The meeting was mainly to discuss preparations for the car show. We returned to the house and Nancy and Steve Riddle were waiting in our driveway with BBQ from Tompkinsville. Nancy had went to the dentist and they brought us some sandwiches from Backyard BBQ. Steve had wanted us to try it, so they just brought us each a sandwich to taste. We all thought it was really good. The next time we're over there, we'll probably stop and get some.

Posted by Dave at 9:30 PM
Categories: Current Events, Farm

Memorial Day Weekend

Brent and his family came over Saturday morning to stay the weekend with us. We caught up on what had been going on with them and how the kids had been. Julie wanted to go to the 'pop sickle barn' and Kyle wanted to ride in the Mule so that is what we did. We took our dog along for a run so Kyle could ride in the Mule, then returned her to the barn while everyone was at the pole barn eating fudge bars and pop sickles. While we were there, I drove the 56 Chevy into town to pick up lunch at Hamilton's BBQ and then returned to the house with stuff for everyone to eat. Julie and Pauline rode with Brent in the Triumph to town and bought a watermelon and a few other items. Brent put the watermelon in the refrigerator at the pole barn to get cold for Sunday. Brent drove the 65 Mustang and took Pauline, Julie and Stacey along for the ride.

Sunday morning, Pauline cooked sausage and I fixed pancakes for breakfast. Then Kyle and I used the tractor to dig up a small flower that Linda wanted moved and made a hole for a bush that Nancy had gave to Linda. We also graded the driveway to smooth out a few places the recent hard rains had caused to rut out. After finishing with the tractor, we went to the pole barn, took the watermelon out of the fridge and over to the picnic table. Brent cut it into pieces and passed it out. After enjoying the melon, we took the kids to the creek to 'hose them off'.

The creek turned into a training tool for Brent to teach Julie and Kyle some things about riding a knee board. I brought an old ski rope handle and the knee board from the pole barn and he used it to first let Julie practice setting up and holding the handle while he pulled her through the water. After a few minutes, it was Kyle's turn. The practice in the creek will hopefully make the kids a little calmer when it's time to go boating. We didn't go to the lake because of the Memorial Day holiday and there being so many out of town boaters on the lake.


After the knee board training, the kids were ready for naps. Julie took a long one, but Kyle wouldn't go to sleep. I finally took Kyle a ride in the Mule and he slumped over. I parked the Mule in the barn and carried him to bed in the house. He stayed asleep, and was still sleeping when we all went to bed.
Monday was a scorcher, it was 94 degrees. We did get outside some, we replaced the United States Flag that hangs from the front of our barn. I pulled the tractor into the barn hallway and lifted Julie and Brent up in the scoop. Brent used the power driver to remove the screws holding the small boards. The boards hold the flag against the barn.

He put the new flag under the boards and screwed them back against the barn siding. I lowered the scoop and they stepped out, the job was done. After returning the tractor to the barn, we went to the pole barn and ate pop sickles with Julie and Kyle. Later in the day, Steve Riddle called and said he was down at the pole barn with a flat tire on his truck. I went out, hopped in the Mule with Linda, Julie and Kyle and drove down to the pole barn. Linda and Nancy talked and watched the kids while Steve and I plugged his tire and filled it with air. We joined them inside and talked a little bit while waiting to make sure the plug was holding. Pauline and Brent drove down to the pole barn, picked up Julie and Kyle, everyone said good bye and they went home. Nancy and Steve left a few minutes later.