Julie Visits

Thursday morning, Linda went to Pauline and Brent's house to pick up Julie. Stacey and I went to Columbia in the 1997 Mustang to have the Ford dealership make a repair. We had ordered a new sway bar for the rear of the Mustang and they put it on in about a half hour and we were back home by a few minutes after 10 AM. Stacey and I went to town for lunch and when we returned to the farm Linda was back along with Julie. We spent the rest of the day and most of Friday playing with Julie and hanging around while Linda babysit her. We did go to town to eat and took Julie for lunch on Friday.
 
Saturday morning Pauline and Brent came over early. They missed Julie and arrived before 8 AM to our surprise. Linda fixed everyone breakfast and we watched them play with Julie. Brent had read about the tree being blown down so he was wanting to work on it. We went outside around 10 AM and hooked the trailer to the back of the Mule, then went and picked up the chainsaws at the hay shed. We pulled down to the edge of the creek and looked at the tree. We both said it was going to be a big job. The hickory tree had limbs that were as big as trees I had cut down for firewood and they were heavier wood. We cut up the pieces and loaded them on the trailer, then hauled them over to the back of the hay shed and dumped them in front of the wood shed. Linda came down with Daisy on a leash and said it was time to go eat lunch, so we unloaded the trailer and pulled the Mule and trailer in the barn. We went into town and ate, then back to the farm and played with Julie a while. Brent and I went to the wood shed and split some of the pieces with the log splitter until dark. We went inside, showered and watched Julie and TV the rest of the evening.
Sunday morning after breakfast, Brent and I worked on the tree until we had most of the limbs out of the way. Linda, Stacey, Pauline and Julie came down to help a little and watch. They brought the car and had Julie setting in the back of the HHR watching us work. The temperature was in the 60s and Brent and I were working in t-shirts The girls helped by picking up the smaller limbs and tossing those in the creek A few of the bigger limbs were in the creek, so I started the tractor and Brent hooked a chain to them and then cut them loose from the tree trunk with the chainsaw and I lifted them with the tractor and carried them to the bank and set them down there. After we had cut everything off of the trunk that was small enough my 20" chainsaw would cut, I used the tractor and pushed the trunk of the tree off the bank and into the middle of the creek. I scraped most of the remaining debris into the creek for it to wash away. We quit, put the tractor, trailer and Mule away and went inside as it was starting to become cloudy. Linda fixed a good dinner and we ate and played with Julie for a while. PB&J headed home around 4 PM. Stacey and I watched the Super Bowl while Linda went to Regina's house to visit.