Thanksgiving and Friday

Thanksgiving Day Pauline, Brent and Julie came over a little before 10 AM. It was nice to see Julie as it had been a while since I had seen her and she had changed a little bit. Julie seemed more alert to her surroundings and was watching each of us more intently. I also noticed that she knew when we were eating and it seemed she wanted to eat when we did. Linda fixed us a nice dinner and we ate too much as we usually do. The menu was slightly tilted towards what Pauline and Linda liked, so their plates looked the fullest to me. That was ok though, as it left more room for me to enjoy the desserts. After the meal, we acted like we were watching football while the fire in the stove seemed to put us all to sleep at one time or another. We snacked off and on the rest of the evening and went to bed around 10 PM.
   
Friday morning, Stacey had promised Brent that she would make 'french toast' for him, so Linda helped her crank it out for everyone along with sausage patties. A while after breakfast, Brent and I went to the hay shed and jump started the Ford tractor. We pushed the little Ford tractor out of the hay shed and backed the blue Ford tractor in and hooked it up to the back hoe attachment. That took about a half hour to mount the pump, line it up, and get the pins in place. I raised the stiff legs and locked the hoe's arm in place and pulled the tractor out of the shed. We drove over to the other barn and put the small hoe bucket in the front bucket, then returned to the shed. Brent pulled the old Ford tractor with the Mule to get it started and I drove it back inside the shed and parked it. We parked the blue tractor and started inside. Linda met me and we took Daisy for a run. After about 20 minutes we put her back in her pen and went inside. Bonnie and Donny Cox came over and we talked with them as we all ate pieces of pumpkin, chocolate or lemon pie. They stayed a couple of hours and we had some laughs and enjoyed their company. I think that was the first time they had seen Julie. Bonnie and Donny said their daughter Julie was planning on getting married next summer. Donny, Brent and I checked out the 56 Chevy. Donny was impressed with the job Imon had done on the paint and body work. Donny had a meter that we used to test the voltage of the battery and several other places including to the coil, but we were still unable to get the motor to fire up. They left a little before dark and headed back to their cabin near Byrdstown. No one did any shopping either day.