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Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Tax Trip
Stacey, Linda and I left the farm Friday morning and I drove to
Daleville. Traffic was light and the interstates were open with only a
few slow downs. After opening the Daleville house, Linda took Stacey and
went grocery shopping. Rick Cooper stopped by and showed me his new
Harley. Wow, it was sharp!
Saturday morning, all of us went to Lapel
and delivered some things to Kim Bourke at her day care. We remained
there until noon chatting with Kim, then back to Daleville for lunch.
Rick had asked me to come to his brother's, Jim's house, for a cook out
so Linda and I took Stacey and went to Kathy & Jim's house. Jim was
surprised to see us and showed me around his shop. We talked a little
while with Bart Donovan and a few other people we knew. There were about
40 guests at Jim's cookout, it was a nice party. We quietly slipped out
and drove to Shelly & Jeff Huck's place to drop off a tub of clothes for
Airianna. They were not at home, so we left the clothes and went back to
Daleville where we pulled the golf cart out of the yard barn and rode
around town to see what was going on. There is a controversy in
Daleville about an apartment complex that is going to be built.
Sunday
morning we ate breakfast and went to visit Linda's Mom in Pendleton.
Nana was sitting in the porch swing when we drove up. We sat down on the
porch and talked with her. It was nice being outside as the temperature
and humidity were lower than it had been for a while. About an hour
later, Imon came chugging down the street in his 55 Chevy gasser and
stopped to talk too. We left when Imon left right before noon and we
went back to Daleville and had lunch. Linda and Stacey went shopping in
Muncie while I watched the NASCAR race. I also took pictures of the two
other houses we own in Daleville for property tax appeals.
Linda
and Stacey returned with their items they had bought. Donnie Cox came by
and talked with us for a while about his parents' situation. Then Donnie
and I went outside to check out his 1962 Belvedere. It is a sharp car
that has been restored, it has a 440 CI motor and a Torque Flite
transmission. The motor sounds strong!
Monday,
we ate and went to Muncie to file appeals on two of our houses. Linda
had filled out the forms, we turned in those and the pictures I had
printed at Walmart. The process went quick, and we were on our way back
to Daleville in less than a half hour. We took another ride around
Daleville in our golf cart, then returned it to the yard barn and locked
the barn doors just before dark.
Tuesday, we cleaned up the house,
packed the car and headed back to the farm.
Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016
Brent's Birthday Cruise
Brent waited too late to schedule rooms at Hidden Cave Ranch, so he
invited his friends to stay at the farm this year. Guests began arriving
Friday afternoon. This year's guest were Shelly & Jeff Huck, Jennifer &
Frank Miles, and Michael Lamont. Pauline & Brent brought Julie & Kyle
along with their dogs, Pepper & Poco to stay at the farm too. Friday
evening Linda fixed taco flavored meat and let each person make their
choice of chips, salad or wrap as the delivery ingredient.
Saturday
morning, eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuits and jelly were offered for
breakfast before they loaded up and left for the lake about 9 AM. Linda
and I kept Julie & Kyle busy during the day since Stacey was asked to go
along to the lake this year. Everyone except Shelly & Jeff returned to
the farm around 7 PM. Shelly & Jeff went to Major's Pizza and brought
pizzas back to the farm for all to enjoy. Brent started a fire in the
fire pit down by the shelter house and most guests were hanging around
enjoying conversation until after dark. I headed to the house just
before midnight.
Sunday morning, Linda served up pancakes and sausage
for breakfast. Everyone took a ride on the 4 wheelers or in the Mule as
Brent took Pepper & Daisy for a run around the hay fields. Linda cut a
large watermelon, that a neighbor had given to us, and several of the
guests ate it before they began leaving just before noon. Pauline &
Brent packed up their things, loaded their kids and dogs and left for
home around 2 PM.
We didn't hear any complaints, so we must have done
OK?
