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Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2011

Meeting, Meeting, Campaign, Car Show

Wednesday Stacey and I attended the Events Committee meeting.
Thursday, Linda and Stacey went to a Home Makers event while I went to the Cumberland River Cruisers club meeting.
Friday, Stacey, Linda and I attended a Democratic Campaign event at the Agriculture Building in town. They had a band playing and gave away hot dogs, drinks and dessert to everyone in attendance. Linda is on the Democratic Executive Board and was one of the planners of the meeting. They raffled off a big screen TV to make money and also took donations.
  
Saturday morning we went to Alex Montgomery Chevy Dealership to run a car show with some of the members of the Cruisers' car club. The weather was in the mid 60s, windy and partly sunny when the car show began at 10 AM. The people that entered their vehicles voted on paper ballots for their three favorites. We counted the votes and started giving away the trophies at 2 PM. Terry Riley gave his Dealer's Choice Trophy to a guy with a 1930 Model A.
  
We presented the Top Ten Trophies and the Long Distance Trophy and a blue 1957 Chevy BelAir won Best of Show. We took a picture of all of the trophy winners together and the Best of Show winner and his family beside their car. You can see all the car show pictures by clicking HERE.
  
Sunday, we rested for a while. We went to Hot Rod BBQ for lunch. I watched some NFL football for a while, then went outside and took the tractor to the top of the hill and mowed the trails.

Posted by Dave at 8:00 PM
Categories: Cars, Current Events


Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Water Lines

Steve Riddle had asked about me helping him with installing two frost free hydrants on Jone's Ridge and I said I would. He came by early Tuesday morning and Stacey rode with him while I drove the tractor up the hill to Nancy and Steve's farm on Jone's Ridge. I used the back hoe on the tractor to dig the trenches for the water lines while Steve put together the two hydrants and fittings to hook them to the water lines. The digging took a while, but went fairly well until we tried to find the existing water line. Steve was in the ditch, trying to use a shovel to locate the existing line, but I found it first, with the back hoe and I busted the line before I knew what happened. That put a kink in our plans to finish in one day. Steve had to buy another piece of PVC pipe to replace what was busted and that meant another trip to the hardware store. Mark Pierce joined us late in the afternoon and watched as we worked. We hooked up as much as we could before quiting for the day. Nancy and Linda came out to see how we were doing when they were done working. We all headed home a little after 5 PM.
 
Wednesday morning, Stacey and I drove the HHR out to Jone's Ridge and waited a little while till Steve arrived with the new piece of pipe. We dug up the rest of the busted line and replaced the stuff that was damaged. We turned the water on and checked for leaks. We found a few, tightened up the hose clamps and screwed in the fittings tighter to stop the leaks. We hooked up the second hydrant and then ran water through the entire system to make sure everything worked. Since I had a meeting that I needed to attend, we stopped without covering up the lines with dirt and decided we would wait and see if everything held together. Steve was also going to run some electric wire through conduit in the same trench and would need a little more time to do that. We plan on filling in the ditches Friday morning, provided things stay together. Stacey and I went to the Events Committee meeting at noon.

Posted by Dave at 9:00 PM
Categories: Current Events, Farm


Posted on Friday, October 07, 2011

Heritage Days: Cruise-In & Sock Hop


A couple of the things the Events Committee had been planning were a Sock Hop & Cruise-In. I had lined up a DJ and several of the Cruisers to bring their cars to the Hop. Linda, Stacey and I took the 56 Chevy and the 65 Mustang and parked them on the Courthouse Square with several other old cars and trucks. The DJ was about ready to begin playing 50's & 60's music and I helped him setup his speaker system. A little bit later, Pauline and Brent arrived with Julie and Kyle, Julie was dressed in her "poodle" skirt outfit.
  
  
  
  
  
 
There were hoola hoop, bubble gum bubble blowing and limbo contests and also several dance contests and best costume contests with the winners decided by the crowd making noise. There were probaby 300 people gathered around listening to the music and watching the contests.

Posted by Dave at 9:30 AM
Categories: Cars, Current Events


Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2011

Heritage Days: Parade & Car Show

After french toast for breakfast, we went to the pole barn and readied the cars to go to the car show in Burkesville. Brent was taking the 58 Triumph, Linda the 65 Mustang and I was taking the 56 Chevy. We loaded the stuff for the car show in the trunks of the Mustange and the Chevy. Pauline took the Traverse with some things in it too. After the short drive to town, we setup the tables and all the stuff for the car show. Brent and I went to get ice for the drinks we were going to sell, then we returned and iced down the coolers. Pauline and Brent took Julie and Kyle uptown to watch the parade. I drove the 56 Chevy to the high school parking lot to be in the parade. The parade moved slowly through town and wound up at the park where the car show was going to take place.
  
  
  
Carol, Stacey and Linda were registering cars when I parked the 56 Chevy. We took turns walking to the park and looking at the booths and checking out the food vendors. There were music acts on the stage too. Julie walked with me on one of my trips and I let her play on the playground equipment. The girls counted the votes and we began drawing for the door prizes at 2 PM. The trophy winners were announced and presented with their trophies. Stacey was presented a trophy for the 56 Chevy. A guy with a 64 Corvette won the Best of Show trophy.
   
We packed all the stuff in the cars and went back to the farm. After a quick round of restroom breaks, all of us loaded into the 56 Chevy and went up the hill to Jone's Ridge and the Garmon's cabin. They had invited us to a hog roast and Pauline had made a large plate of brownies for our contribution to the dinner. We were a little late, but it worked out great as the line for the food was just about gone. We said hello to people and then joined the end of the short line and filled our plates. We talked with others as we ate. Betty Garmon asked me to take a picture of everyone that was there, so Steve Garmon got their attention and we lined the people up for a group photo.
 
We stayed until 5:30, then went back to the farm, changed clothes since it was getting dark and cooler, then took the Traverse back to town to watch the River Boat Revue. The revue was a musical performed by the Cumberland County High School students.

It lasted about an hour and when we returned to the farm, we were all tired and ready for bed.

Posted by Dave at 9:00 PM
Categories: Cars, Current Events


Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Signs


Linda's friend, Sue Ann, asked if Linda wanted a Beshear/Abramson sign for our yard. Of course, Linda did, because she and Sue Ann knew it would antagonize one of our neighbors, so Sue Ann brought one to the house. I picked up two steel "T" posts and the sledge hammer at the barn and we went down to the front yard. I pounded the posts into the ground and then Linda and I wired the signs to the posts and the job was done.
 

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


Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011

Family Hay Ride

Shelly & Jeff, Linda K & Imon, Pauline & Brent and family arrived at our farm Friday. Shelly and Jeff were the first to arrive and they parked their camper in the driveway and setup their campsite. Linda and Imon arrived next and then Pauline and Brent with Julie. We set outside Friday evening around Shelly and Jeff's portable firepit, laughing and talking until nearly 10 PM. Saturday morning after Shelly and Linda fixed breakfast, we went across the creek and gathered some dead wood for a weiner roast later in the day.
  
I hooked the hay wagon to the tractor and we went for a hay ride. We stopped at Salem Park and looked at the dry creek bed while Julie and Trevon played on the playground.
  
After we returned to the farm, I let Trevon ride an ATV while Jeff and I rode along.
  
The wind died down just before 6 PM and we lit the wood we had stacked in the firepit for the hot dog roast. After it burnt down a little, Linda went to the house and brought back the weiners, buns and stuff to put on them. We also roasted marshmallows. We went to the house at 8 PM and Linda fixed hot fudge cakes for everyone for dessert. Mmm good!
  
 

Posted by Dave at 10:00 PM
Categories: Current Events, Farm


Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Loads Of Logs

Linda has worked at the school all week and Stacey and I went to a meeting today. We ordered our lunch in the restaurant and the waitress delivered our food to us while we were at the meeting. Several of the others also ate during the meetings since it occurred during their lunch hours. After the conclusion of the meeting, we headed to the farm and as I was driving, I noticed that the loggers were working across the creek. We parked the HHR in the garage and drove the Mule down the road and across the creek to see how things were going. They had busted a hydraulic cylinder on the loader about a week ago, but had received the replacement and had it mounted on the fork truck and were using it to load the trucks. They had two log trucks already loaded and ready to go to the saw mill when we pulled into the field.
  
They finished strapping down the smaller load of logs and we watched as they pulled out of the field. The ground was getting muddy and it was hard for the trucks to get traction, but they eventually pulled out of the field, crossed the creek and headed down the road. We went back to the house to get out of the drizzling rain.

Posted by Dave at 5:00 PM
Categories: Current Events, Farm


Posted on Friday, October 21, 2011

Subfloor & Grandma Visit

Thursday morning it was raining and nasty as we left the farm and headed to IN. We drove the pickup truck with tile backer board in the truck bed and a couple buckets with tools in them. I had to turn the windshield wipers on, delay, on, delay etc. all the way because it would rain, drizzle, rain and all with lots of wind. We ate Wendy's sandwiches as we passed through Indy on the way to Daleville. Once we reached Mom's house, we unloaded our stuff and carried in the tools and backer boards. I sat down a few minutes and relaxed, then started measuring the floor and cutting the tile backer boards. It took a while to get them all cut to fit, then Linda labeled the boards so we would know where they went and I picked them up and leaned them against the wall in the order we would use them. Linda ran a partial bucket of water and I poured some of it into another bucket and began adding the quick set mortar. We added more mortar and water until the mix was about right, then I stirred it for about 20 minutes. We set it aside and let it "slake" for 5 minutes, that was a good time to take a break for a cold pop. I stirred the mortar again and then poured part of it on the floor. I used a 1/4" grooved trowel to spread the mortar over the area one of the tile backer boards would cover, then we laid down the board and nailed it to the old floor with roofing nails. We followed that procedure over and over until the bathroom and hallway were done.
  
That was about all we could handle after the ride from KY to IN, so Linda went to Arby's and picked up some sandwiches. She brought those back to the house and we ate. We took showers and went to bed.
Friday morning, we had coffee and cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Linda and I were both complaining about our knees and legs hurting, so all we did was measure and mark the guide lines I'll use to lay the tiles. We changed clothes and went to the Woodlands Nursing Home in Muncie to visit Mom. The Woodlands was decorated nicely with mums and colorful flowers along the walkways. We went inside and found Virginia near the office. We went down to the dinning area and sat there and talked with her. Mom was in a good mood and seemed to be feeling pretty decent. It was nice to visit with her in a decent mood. Stacey gave Grandma a University of KY blanket that Linda had made.
 
We stayed a couple hours until the staff began bringing in the lunches. We used that as a reason to tell Mom we needed to go get something to eat. We ate pizza at a Pizza King, then stopped at a Dollar Store and bought some goodies for Mom. We had waited to see if she had any left before buying another batch. We drove back to the Woodlands and Linda took the things into Mom. It was nearly 3 PM when we returned to Daleville and we were too tired to do much work. Linda cleaned up the kitchen and some things out of the basement, but we didn't do much work on the floor. I cut small pieces to fill in around the outside of the larger boards. Imon stopped by after he got off work and we talked until he headed home. We went to Anderson and ate at Applebee's around 8 PM, then back to Daleville and to bed.
Saturday morning we had coffee and toast for breakfast, then cleaned up our mess, packed our stuff into the truck and left for KY about 8:30 AM. Traffic was light until the backup right before the Ohio River bridge. I exited at the 1 mile marker and drove to King Fish Restaurant. I went inside the "take out" section and ordered "Fish & Rings". I had parked the truck facing the river and the girls were waiting in it with Coco. We sat there, watching the debris flow past as we ate our fish sandwiches and onion rings. Sometimes, you have to make allowances when traveling with a dog, This one wasn't too bad. We pulled out of the parking lot and back onto I-65 after eating and avoiding the traffic backup again. We made it home a little after 2 PM without a problem.

Posted by Dave at 7:00 PM
Categories: Current Events


Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011

Network Problems

Wednesday evening our home network stopped functioning. I determined the wireless router was the problem. It hooks to the DSL modem and hands out the IP addresses to the computers on our network. I guess it just died inside, none of the computers could access anything on the internet and none could contact any other computer on our home network. As I posted earlier, we headed to IN on Thursday to visit with my Mom.
Friday, I contacted Brent and asked him about fixing the network for us. I asked him to go to our house Saturday morning and either replace or repair the router. He agreed to take a look Saturday and said he planned on replacing the router with a newer one and taking the old one home with him to see what had happened to it if possible.
Saturday morning, Brent called and said he had replaced the router and we would be able to get on the internet again. He had left our house and was on his way home. So were we, we had left IN and were about half way between Indy and Louisville. When we arrived at the house, there was still some work to be done to restore our home network to the level it had been before the router had crashed. I messed with the PCs a little while, then went outside to enjoy the rest of the day. We had been inside too much in IN, it seemed there wasn't anywhere to go or anything to do but set inside the house up there.
Sunday morning, I chatted with Brent on Skype and we discussed what was needed to return the home network to operation. I worked on making the changes to the settings of several PCs and they started becoming visible on the home network. I eventually had to unplug the wireless repeater at the pole barn and take it to the house and physically plug it into the network to change the settings in it. Then I returned the unit to the pole barn and finally, everything was working!

Posted by Dave at 6:30 PM
Categories: Current Events, Farm


Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011

Successfull Turkey Hunters

Our neighbor, Regina Jones and her daughter, Sondra Jones, had been hunting turkey in the 'holler' across the creek from the house since Monday. Sondra had setup a blind back there. The weather had been dry and they hadn't seen anything Monday or Tuesday. When we talked Tuesday afternoon, it was said that the turkeys might be moving on Wednesday because there was rain predicted. Early this morning, it began raining and the temperature dropped into the low 50s. A little after 8 AM this morning, I saw Regina riding on the ATV with Sondra and they were headed across the creek in the rain. They rode part of the way back into the 'holler', then parked the ATV and walked the rest of the way back to the blind. Around 1:30 PM, the door bell rang and when I went to the door, it was Regina and Sondra. They had two turkeys they had killed. I grabbed a sweatshirt and went outside with the camera and took a picture of Regina and Sondra with the two turkeys they had harvested.
 

Posted by Dave at 2:00 PM
Categories: Current Events, Farm


Posted on Friday, October 28, 2011

Lacy Visits Again

Linda brought Lacy King home with her from the elementary school to stay with us a few hours Friday evening. Her Grandma, Karen King, had to attend a teachers conference in Bowling Green. Lacy is six years old and a little bit scared of dogs, so she was timid around Coco for a while, but after a few minutes, they became accustomed to each other and both began acting normal. Lacy played with several of the toys and then had a snack before Karen picked her up at 5:30 PM.
  

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


Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2011

Wicked

Pauline and Brent had asked Stacey and Jason to go with them to Nashville to see a live show called "Wicked". Stacey had made arrangements with Jason and we picked him up at 10 AM, then drove to Glasgow. We passed through the Wendy's drive up and picked up sandwiches for everyone to eat on the rest of the ride to Pauline and Brent's house. Linda and I were going to babysit Julie and Kyle while Pauline and Brent went to the show. We all played with the kids for a little bit, while Pauline finished getting ready to go. They said good bye and away they went, leaving us with Julie and Kyle. We continued watching TV while the kids played for an hour or more. Kyle took a short nap, then we loaded into our HHR and drove to Bowling Green. We went to the mall and right to the food court. Julie, Kyle and Linda ate Chinese while I had a hamburger. We walked around the mall and I watched Julie and Kyle play in the middle of the mall walkways while Linda shopped. When she finished shopping, we drove to Sam's Club and bought some groceries. We packed the groceries into the back of the HHR and went back to Pauline and Brent's house a little after 7 PM. Around a half hour later, Brent parked their Traverse in the driveway and they all came inside. Everyone said the show was "great" and talked about how the singers had excellent voices. They each remarked about how well they had like the show and that they stopped and ate after the show and the food was good too.
 
Once things settled down, we said our good byes to the kids and then left for the ride back to Burkesville. We dropped Jason off around 8:30 PM at his house, then went on home.

Posted by Dave at 10:30 PM
Categories: Current Events