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Posted on Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Stacey's Birthday
The day started with Brent calling and wishing Stacey a 'Happy
Birthday', then Imon called and did the same. Then Stacey was outside
with Coco and the florist delivered a bouquet of roses from Jason.
When
Linda came home from working at the day care, we told Stacey we were
going to take back two packages of insulation to Lowe's, so she got
ready to go. We all loaded into the truck with the insulation and headed
to Glasgow. We stopped at Lowes and returned the insulation, then I
asked Stacey where we should eat, she said Arby's or Coulton's, so we
stopped and had lunch at Coultons. We were sort of in between lunch and
dinner, so there was no waiting and plenty of open seats. It worked out
nicely.
Posted on Thursday, November 05, 2009
Firewood Ready & Bush Hogging
We've finally had a week of dry weather and Garmons cut the hay in the fields across the creek. This is the latest in the year that they have ever made the last cut. We've had heavy frosts this week. After the frost has killed most of the weeds and they drop their leaves, it is easier to see where I am driving the tractor. Then I can get closer to the bigger trees than during the summer, so I've been using the bush hog to cut the small trees that have sprung up around the edges of the fields. Most of the leaves have fell from the trees and the colors are fairly subdued now. Stacey and Linda used the Mule and brought three loads of wood to the back porch and stacked it between the racks while the ground has been dry. I've used the wood to start fires in the stove the last two evenings since the nights are getting a little cooler. The heat from the fire feels really good and it will just about put me to sleep if I stay in the living room.
Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009
Hay Ride at Holley's
A few days ago, I put the side boards on the small hay wagon and pulled
it to the front of the upper barn. I tossed on several bales of hay and
took the wagon back to the pole barn. I greased the wagon and filled the
tires with air for a hay ride.
Today, I hooked the wagon to the small
FarmTrac tractor and drove out on Jone's Ridge to Bonnie and Henry
Holley's place. Stacey and Linda followed me in the truck. We talked to
Henry a little and then left the tractor and wagon there and went to
town. We ate a taco pizza at Pizza Hut, then returned home and cleaned
up and put on clean clothes. We had been invited to a wedding shower for
our neighbors' grandson, Jeremy Garmon. The shower was at the Senior's
and Veteran's Building in Burkesville and when we walked in there were
already several people in attendance. I placed our gift on the table
with the others and we were offered small candies and pieces of
sandwiches to eat. We each picked up a piece or two to be polite and a
small cup with a drink, then found an empty table and sat down. After a
few ceremonies Kayla and Jeremy began opening their gifts and thanking
each person. They finished and we talked with others a while, then said
'see ya later' and left for home. We put lawn chairs in the back of the
truck and headed back out to Holley's place. There were quite a few kids
and several adults there when we arrived. Teresa organized a 'Hillbilly'
contest with some of the people that were dressed up like it was
Halloween and the rest of us applauding to pick the winners.
I
started the tractor and people loaded in the wagon for a a hay ride
through the starlit sky and falling leaves. I had to make several trips
to get everyone a ride that wanted to go. After a couple of rides,
Teresa had the kids line up and grab a hold on a long rope for a 'rope
walk' through the woods at night. They were gone about twenty minutes
and several times we could hear loud screams from the kids on the rope.
After they returned, there was quite a bit of yacking about the rope
walk, then a couple more rides on the hay wagon.
As
the temperature started going down, we headed home with me driving the
tractor pulling the wagon and Stacey and Linda in the truck. We put the
wagon in the pole barn, the tractor in the shed and we were done.
Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009
Sewing Machine Mission
Thursday, Linda, Stacey and I picked up Julie at her baby sitter's
house. We then went on to Bowling Green and did some shopping before
returning to the farm. Julie stayed with us and Pauline and Brent
brought their dogs and came over Friday night. We spent the evening
catching up on what had been going on with them.
Saturday morning, we
planned a trip to Cookeville to pick up two sewing machines that Imon
wanted. We went in the pickup truck to haul the machines. A little ways
from the farm, I stopped and showed Brent an old car that I have been
thinking about buying. It is a 1965 Ford Falcon that is in fairly good
shape.
There
is the usual problem with the car, the guy that owns the car isn't that
interested in selling and he wants more money than I want to pay. Other
than that, not much wrong, I've heard it start and run. After looking
for a few minutes, we went on towards Cookeville. I stopped along the
way for some cold drinks and PB&J bought some cookies and candy at a
bake sale in front of the store. We then went to Cookeville and to
Kohl's for Linda to exchange an item she had bought for her Secret Pal's
gift. After that, we went to eat at Cheddars.
The
food was good and when we finished we left for Algood to pick up the
sewing machines. Linda was the buyer for her brother and called him
while we were there. He wanted both machines, so we thought we had them
bought, but the lady selling them was trying to hold out for more money,
either from us or someone that was supposed to be on their way there to
buy them. We had to act like we were just going to leave and not buy
either machine and then the lady finally said we could have them both at
the previously agreed upon price. OK then, Brent and I loaded the
machines in to the back of the pickup and tied them down for the ride
back to the farm. After about an hour ride I pulled the truck down to
the pole barn while Brent brought the tractor to unload the machines. I
raised the scoop to the level of the truck bed and we slid the machines,
one at a time, into the scoop and then I drove the tractor in the barn
and set them down.
Julie
wanted to ride on the tractor, so I set her on the seat for the back hoe
and let her play there while I took a picture.
Then
Brent drove the tractor back to the shed and let Julie ride along. We
put the truck in the shed and went inside for the rest of the evening.
Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009
Clubhouse Walls Finished
The weather has been dry but cooler, so the road crew has been paving
the stretch of road from Connie and Bill Pollick's house south to tie it
in with the previously paved section. There is one culvert that needs to
be finished before they can connect to the section that is done. Linda
and I have been working inside, putting the barn siding on the walls of
the 'clubhouse' in the pole barn. We finished both end walls first and
then the long side wall. I used the scrap pieces to trim out the
windows. I told Linda this is one time she can put nails or screws any
place she wants because there are already holes everywhere in the barn
siding. When we lived in IN we used to tease the kids about one day we
would steal the sign that was in front of the farm that said, "Dale
Hollow Lake State Resort Park 20 Miles", but we never did. Since the
highway is being relocated, I decided to take that sign from the old
highway to put in the pole barn. I figured that they will put up new
signs with the running horse emblem on the new sign and the road crew
has been knocking the old signs down with track hoes, so no big deal. I
went down the road in the Mule and took the sign down early one foggy
morning, then Linda and Steve Riddle helped me mount it on the wall of
the barn. Steve also gave us a small kerosene heater for the
'clubhouse'. Stacey and Brent both giggled over the sign when they saw
it mounted on the wall.
Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009
Danville Trip
We had a Saturday with nothing much to do, so we decided to take a trip
to Danville, KY. We hadn't been to that part of KY before and it was a
nice day, so we headed out in the HHR. I went across the Wolf Creek Dam
to see how the work was progressing on repairing the dam. It looks like
an industrial work site instead of a dam.
There
was some work going on even though it was a Saturday. We continued on
through Jamestown and Russel Springs north on 127. We stopped and looked
through a gift shop and restaurant named Bread of Life. Linda was
wanting her Homemakers Club to maybe eat there over the upcoming
holidays. We drove through Liberty and Moreland to Danville where we
stopped and ate lunch at Fazolli's. We went to the Peddler's Mall and
bought a few things, then looked around to see what else there was in
the town. We shopped a little more and then headed towards
Campbellsville, stopped at a couple places there and then back to the
farm.
Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving Day
PB&J came over early. Linda fixed breakfast for us and Julie ate most everything that was on her plate. After breakfast, we went down to the pole barn and let them see what we had done to the inside of the 'club house'. Linda mentioned to Pauline that we wanted her to make some small curtains for it and showed her how she wanted them. We went back to the house and Pauline began working on the material for the curtains while Linda fixed Thanksgiving Dinner. Brent and I played with Julie had kept her busy while the girls were doing the real work. We sat down together and had a nice dinner. There was talk of taking naps after dinner, which Pauline did after I covered her up with a blanket. Linda and I took Julie in the Mule and let Daisy run back through the 'holler'. It was fairly chilly, so we made it a short, quick trip and put Daisy back in the barn stall. We went back inside and I baked some brownies for the girls chocolate cravings. Pauline finished the four curtains and worked on her quilt the rest of the evening. Julie and Brent went to bed early, the rest of us followed a little later.
Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009
Marrowbone Christmas Parade
I had told people in the car club, that we would drive the 65 Mustang in
the Marrowbone Christmas Parade and take pictures of the cars, so Brent
and I went to the pole barn and uncovered the car. Brent drove it over
to the shed and we filled the transmission with fluid, then headed to
Burkesville to meet the other Cumberland River Cruisers. He parked on
the Courthouse Square and we talked a little till other members arrived.
We followed the others to Marrowbone where he parked and waited for the
parade line to form. We stood and talked with other people in the parade
till it was nearly 11 AM. Linda arrived in the HHR with Pauline, Julie,
and Stacey. They had went to buy candy to throw to the kids along the
parade route. Brent drove the Mustang with Linda and Stacey riding with
him. I took Pauline and Julie with me in the HHR to watch the parade and
so I could take pictures. Jason ended up riding in the back seat with
Stacey during the parade and helping throw candy to the crowd.
Santa
made an appearance on the top of the fire truck near the end of the
parade. There were three or four cars that had some trouble before the
parade was over. The Mustang stalled and I had to start it and then
drove it home after the parade had ended. One of the Shriners had gave
Julie a small 'fez' hat to wear and she wore it, even after we returned
to the farm.
Rock House II
After returning from the Christmas Parade, we took a break and let Julie
take a nap. Pauline, Stacey and Linda went to town to look around at a
few stores while Julie slept. When they returned, we woke Julie and went
for a ride in their Traverse. I used the laptop to direct Brent to
Creelsboro and the Natural
Bridge near there. When Brent pulled off the paved road and on to
the gravel drive to the arch, there were at least 40 UTVs down in the
parking area. There must have been over 60 people standing around
talking, eating and drinking. Some of them immediately came over and
started talking to us as we exited the car. They were from Iowa and were
riding their UTVs through the hills on a 45 mile day trip. They were
about 20 miles from their destination. We talked for a while, then went
on down the jagged rock path to the large hole in the hill.
We
walked slowly and made sure no one fell down as the rocks were covered
with leaves. It was a little tough walking as when you stepped on
something you couldn't be sure it was solid. When we had seen enough, we
loaded back into the Traverse and Brent drove us across the Wolf Creek
Dam towards Albany. We stopped and ate at Major's Pizza before going on
back to the farm.
