« Current Events | Main | Flowers »
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Stacey & Linda Leave
Linda spent a large part of Tuesday on the phone taking "Happy Birthday"
calls. Brent was scheduled for a school conference in Louisville on Wed,
Thur & Fri, so Stacey and Linda went to stay with Pauline, Julie and
Kyle for a couple nights. They left around 11:30 AM on Wednesday in the
HHR. I worked on the ditch between the hayfields with the tractor after
they left. I used the scoop to level out the bottom of the ditch and
move the rock and dirt. I then dumped the dirt over the top of the
cement culvert tiles and along the dirt road that I had built next to
the ditch.
It's looking like rain today, so I'm going to work on filing our taxes.
I
also noticed that we have the first flower blooming, it's good to see a
sign of Spring.
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Week End Vistors
Pauline, Brent, Julie and Kyle arrived around 5 PM Friday evening. We
all went to town to eat supper.
Saturday morning, the sun was out and
the weather warmed up quickly. I went and started the tractor while
Linda, Julie and Brent went walking in the woods behind the house. I
used the tractor to rake the debris out of the hay fields. Before I was
finished, Brent drove the Mule across the creek with the black trailer
behind and Julie, Stacey and Linda riding along. They picked up the
piece that were too small for me to get with the tractor. They piled the
small limbs and sticks on the trailer as Stacey drove the Mule through
the fields. When we had finished, I let Julie ride with me on the
tractor and then Brent and her rode in the scoop when we crossed the
creek and pulled to the fire pit. Stacey followed with the Mule and
trailer. We tossed most of the pieces into the fire pit and then went to
the house for lunch. We had hot dogs for lunch, then Pauline took Kyle
and we all went down to the fire pit. Brent lit the fire and we finished
tossing the pieces onto the fire until the trailer was clean. We sat
around the fire and enjoyed the warm weather and the heat from the fire
until it was nearly dark, then we went inside.
Sunday morning was
another nice day. We didn't do any work, but were outside most of the
day. Pauline waited a little longer than everyone else to take Kyle out.
Once it was warm enough, she took him to the pond area. Stacey, Julie,
Pauline and Brent took Pico, Poco and Coco for a hike in the woods
behind the house. Linda took care of Kyle while she sat on the bench
beside the pond. I took pictures.
A
little before 5 PM, Pauline and Brent were preparing to leave, Brent was
carrying out their bags when Nancy and Steve Riddle came in the front
door. They were wanting to see our new grandson, Kyle. Nancy held him
for a few minutes and her and Steve talked to Julie, Pauline and Brent.
Soon, Nancy and Steve needed to leave to attend their church services
and PB&J/K left a few minutes later. Linda took a nap as Stacey and I
watched the recording of the NASCAR race.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Linda K & Imon Head To IN
Linda N fixed french toast and sausage for breakfast as we drank a few
cups of coffee. When breakfast was done, Linda K and Imon began packing
for their trip back to IN. After he carried their bags out to the truck,
we all went down to the pole barn. I helped Imon hook up the truck to
the trailer with the Boss Hoss motorcycle on it. He pulled it out of the
pole barn and they were ready to leave. Stacey snapped a couple pictures
of us right before everyone hugged and said good bye.![]()
Linda
K and Imon left about 8:30 AM CST. Stacey, Linda and I pushed the hay
wagon back in the barn, closed the doors and went to the house. Pauline,
Brent, Julie & Kyle are coming over later this evening, so we had some
things to get ready for their arrival.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
End Of The Week
Thursday, Linda fixed two pans of brownies to take to the Cumberland
River Cruisers meeting. We took Julie, Stacey and the brownies and went
to the meeting at 6 PM in the Senior Citizens & Veteran's Building. The
club furnished hot dogs, chili and canned drinks to the members and
their guests for free. We had a short meeting before the food was
served. Members and guests mingled afterwards and I took a group
picture. Shortly after I took the picture, we cleaned up and went home.
Friday,
the weather was slightly warmer. I put on a couple sweatshirts, gloves
and a hat and went to the wood shed. I loaded two loads of wood in the
back of the Mule and hauled it to the back porch. When I finished
unloading the wood, I took the battery charger/booster to the equipment
shed and used it to start the Ford Tractor. Phil Garmon had asked me to
dig a hole for a fish pond. They only have a few days left to move their
things before the highway relocation crews demolish their old house. I
drove the tractor to Betty and Phil's farm and dug the hole in about a
half hour. I took a look at the new barn Phil had built to replace one
the relocation will take down. When I returned the tractor to the shed,
I hooked the float charger to the battery and took the battery booster
back to the pole barn. I went to the house and Julie was wanting to take
Daisy for a run. I was already dressed for the cold, so Julie and Linda
put their coats on and we took Daisy across the creek in the Mule, let
her run for a little while, then put her back in the stall and gave her
food and water.
Saturday, we were to take Julie home around noon, so
I fixed us fried egg with cheese on toast sandwiches for breakfast. As
soon as breakfast was over, Linda dressed and then dressed Julie while
Stacey and I took showers. We left the farm a little after 11 AM and
went the parkway to Smith's Grove. When we arrived, Brent met Julie at
the door, grabbed her and threw her up in the air. Pauline was right
behind him to take her turn of hugs and kisses from Julie. Linda grabbed
Kyle out of his seat and began tormenting him until he woke. Linda
finally passed Kyle to me so I could hold him. Pauline was baking apple
cobbler and fixed each of us some of it with ice cream. It tasted great
still warm with the ice cream. We loaded in the HHR and headed for home
at 4 PM after saying good bye.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Splitting & Cutting Wood
Friday the weather was nice, so Stacey, Linda and I went to the wood
shed and I set the splitter next to the pile of wood. I started the
engine and began splitting the larger pieces and tossing them onto the
black trailer. We used the trailer so the girls wouldn't have to pick up
the split pieces off the ground. Stacey and Linda were picking the
pieces off the trailer and stacking them in the shed. When they would
get caught up, Linda would move to the pile of wood and throw some
pieces closer to me for me to split. We worked a while, took a short
break and then finished what we could. Some of the bottom pieces were
frozen to the ground, so we had to leave maybe 10 - 15 pieces laying
there until they thaw and come loose from the dirt. As warm as the
weather has been, it shouldn't take but a couple of days.
Earlier
today, I went to the equipment shed and worked on the chain saws,
putting chain oil and fuel in them and lubricating the chains and bars.
I also started all three of them and then placed them in the back of the
pickup truck. I drove the Mule over to the pole barn and did a couple of
things while I was there. Steve Riddle called and said he was headed out
on the ridge to cut wood, so I took the pickup truck and drove out
there. I parked near the tree tops that the loggers had drug into the
field for us to cut into fire wood. If we don't cut the tops for fire
wood, the loggers leave them lay in the woods to rot. I started the
little chain saw and started trimming the small limbs. It wasn't five
minutes and that saw quit running. Steve came over and started sawing
wood with his saw. I switched to the medium saw and continued trimming
for a few minutes until I saw that was the same thing Steve was doing. I
started the bigger saw and began cutting the larger pieces of the limbs.
We took a short break, worked a while, took another break and decided we
should load some of the pieces into the truck to clean up our work area
and make it easier to walk. We had a few pieces thrown on the truck when
Nancy joined our crew and began loading the truck. I said that I had
enough on my truck and we could either quit or cut and load some on
Nancy and Steve's truck. After a little discussion, we decided to cut up
the rest of the pile and load it on their truck. Mark had come out and
was watching us work. Steve and I took turns cutting and loading until
we had the larger pieces cut while Nancy was loading their truck with
the medium sized pieces. Steve and I lifted the last large pieces on the
back of the truck and called it a day. I loaded my saws on the back of
the truck, said thanks and headed to the house. I parked the truck in
the shed and plan to split some of the wood tomorrow inside the shed,
rain or shine since the temperatures are supposed to stay in the upper
50s.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Better Weather & Home Makers International Dinner
This morning the sun was out and the temperatures were predicted to
climb to the mid 40s. It was nice to get outside the house without the
freezing temps and wind chill. Coco even liked the break in the weather
as I let him go out the front door this morning to look around.
While
I was outside, I saw Steve Riddle go up the road in his farm truck.
Linda wanted me to go to Bonnie and Henry Holley's house to pick up
decorations for the dinner, so I decided to take our truck and also go
out to Steve's place on Jone's Ridge. It took me a few minutes to stop
by the Holley's to talk and take the decorations Bonnie had, then I
drove on to Steve's. He had his tractor running with a roll of hay on
the hay fork and his truck backed into the driveway ready for the roll
to be set in the bed. We took a short walk around the field to look at
the tree tops the loggers had pulled up for Steve to cut into firewood.
I'm supposed to cut some for us to burn, maybe on Saturday, if the
weather is decent. Steve loaded the roll of hay into the truck and then
I headed back to the house. On the way, I pulled into Phil Garmon's
driveway and took a look at the pole barn he is having built. Emanuel
Hoestetler's crew built our pole barn and is also building Phil's. Phil
and Steve Garmon along with two or three others were cutting up another
hog and I stopped and talked a few minutes with them before going on
home. Linda and Stacey had been baking and fixing food to take to the
Home Maker's International Dinner later in the evening and they were
still busy with that stuff, so I went down to the wood shed and split
some of the wood that had been piled up. I worked a while and then took
Daisy for a run, brought her back and then I went inside. Linda and
Stacey left for the dinner about 4 PM after I showed Stacey how to work
the camera and told them to take lots of pictures. When they came home
after the dinner, they had quite a few pictures on the camera and said
the dinner was a big success. Linda mentioned that she took most of the
pictures because Stacey had left with Hazel, Odis and Jason to watch a
ballgame.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Extra Day For Sledding
PB&J+K stayed over Sunday night because the weather reports were that it
was sleeting and the roads were slick. This morning, we had snow on the
ground and more falling. The accumulation was about 2 inches, just
enough Brent and I thought we could let Julie go sledding. We dressed
warmly, then started the Mule and took Daisy some food and picked up the
sled at the barn. Julie was excited about sledding and it didn't take
much coaching until she was ready to go.
![]()
Brent
rode down the hill with Julie the first couple of times to make sure the
ride went OK and to help pull the sled and Julie back up the hill.
Then
Brent sat Julie on the sled and showed her where to put her feet and to
hold on and away she went on her first solo sled ride.
Julie
went several times by herself and each time she was giggling and having
fun.
When
we went back to the house and went inside, Julie couldn't talk fast
enough to tell her Mommy and Grandma about her sledding. She was still
excited and talking about it as she was taking her gloves and coat off.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Flower Delivery & Kyle
Friday afternoon, the door bell rang and I asked Stacey to answer. She
went and opened the door, there stood a delivery man with a couple of
items. He passed Stacey a vase with cut flowers and a stuffed animal.
She thanked the guy and closed the door. Stacey opened the card that was
attached and the flowers and teddy bear were from Jason.
In
the evening, when Jason called from the basketball game, they only
talked a few minutes because it was hard to hear, then Stacey called
Jason back later to thank him for him sending the gifts.
This morning
after we had breakfast, Kyle was awake and in a decent mood, so I sat
him up in the car seat and took several pictures. He is remaining awake
a little more each day according to Pauline and Brent.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Kyle's First Visit
Linda was just getting home from the day care about 5 PM and Pauline,
Brent, Julie and Kyle came in as she did. It surprised Stacey and I, we
weren't expecting them to be here that soon. Brent carried Julie inside
and said she had fell asleep in the car during the ride. Kyle was still
sleeping in his car seat while Pauline carried him into the house. Julie
quickly woke up and began passing out hugs. Kyle, not so much. He was
moving around a little when I unbuckled his harness and picked him out
of the safety seat. I held Kyle while they carried in the rest of their
things and Linda fixed everyone something to eat. Julie wanted a book
read to her, so I volunteered for the job. She picked out a book and
climbed on my lap while Kyle slid deeper into the gap between my arm and
the chair.
After
finishing the book, I put Kyle in his car seat while we ate, then Stacey
took over holding him for a while. We passed him around between Linda,
Stacey and I the rest of the evening to give Pauline and Brent a break.
Every once in a while, Pauline would have to take Kyle into the bedroom
for a quick breast feeding session, then return him to the living room
for more attention.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Snow & Wood
The weather had been warmer and rainy for about a week, but yesterday
the temperature began dropping and this morning there was a light snow
on the ground. It was still snowing during the morning and had
accumulated to about an inch in depth.
![]()
That
was just what I needed to haul fire wood from the shed. With the ground
slightly frozen and covered with snow, the Mule wouldn't make ruts in
the back yard when I hauled the load of wood to the back porch.
I
filled the bed of the Mule with wood, then drove to the back porch and
Linda helped unload. The stacks of wood that I want to use this year are
almost gone. We have some in reserve, but I'm trying to let the wood dry
for nearly a year so that it doesn't make as much creosote to stick in
the chimney when it burns. I'm about ready to bust up a couple of loads
of wood with the splitter, just waiting on the weather to get a little
warmer before I return to working outside.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Blinding White
This morning the sun came out and the sky was clear. It made for nice
pictures, but was blinding to the eye.
After
a ride around the farm for a few pictures, I parked the Mule in the
equipment shed and tried starting the tractor. It wound over but
wouldn't start, so I went to the pole barn and picked up the battery
charger/booster that also can be used to jump start vehicles. I returned
to the shed and hooked it to the tractor, let it charge a few minutes,
then set it to boost. The tractor started up after winding over a few
times. I turned off the booster and unhooked it, then backed the tractor
out of the shed. I put it in 4 wheel drive and turned the scoop down to
use as a grader blade. I shoved off the driveway at our house, then did
a few of the neighbors' drives. I think by shoving off most of the snow,
the sun will melt most of what was left. When I finished the last
driveway, I found Linda and Julie outside playing in the snow. I gave
them a ride up the hill in the scoop, then I put the tractor back in the
shed and hooked up the float charger to keep the battery fully charged,
then returned the battery charger/booster to the pole barn. On the way
back up the driveway I took a picture of our house.
While
Linda had been outside with Julie, they had made a snowman and shoveled
the walkway.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Snowy Trip
Yep, you can tell by the pictures that the snow did fall. We didn't get
a massive amount, but there was at least 5 inches when I went outside. I
like to go out early before the wind begins to blow or the sun begins to
melt the snow that hangs on the trees, so a little before 8 AM I opened
the garage door and backed the Mule out. I pulled to the barn and let
Daisy go with me.
After
returning Daisy to the barn, I went inside and instant messaged with
Brent to make sure we were still supposed to pick up Julie. We were, so
the girls dressed and we left for PB&J's house in the red truck. We
drove the truck because the roads were a mess and it was 4 wheel drive.
There hadn't been much plowing done overnight and we had to pick our way
though the narrow places that had snow drifted over the roadway. When we
reached the Cumberland Parkway, the entrance ramps hadn't been plowed
and I couldn't tell where to turn. I slowly drove over one of the
medians, but returned to the roadway quickly without any real problems.
The parkway had one lane clear and some snowy places in the fast lane.
We stopped in Glasgow to pick up some sandwiches to eat with Pauline and
Julie, then drove on over to their house. Pauline said that Brent had
left about 20 minutes before we arrived. He was working a swim meet for
Coach Powell at WKU. We hugged and got hugs from Julie, then ate our
lunch and talked for the rest of the afternoon while watching Julie and
TV. Brent returned around 4:30 to take Pauline with him to the swim
banquet and we loaded up Julie's things and left with Julie. She is
staying with us this weekend and then we are taking her to the Medical
Center on Tuesday to see her new brother after Pauline has a c-section
delivery. The plan is to then return to the farm with Julie staying with
us until Pauline is ready to leave the hospital, then we will take Julie
to the hospital again and let her ride home with her family when Pauline
and the baby are released.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Snow It Begins
We went and ate lunch and returned to the farm. About 3 PM the snow
began dropping lightly. We wanted to take Daisy some food and pick up
the kerosene heater from the pole barn in case the freezing rain that is
supposed to happen would cause the power to go off. We dressed warmly
and fired up the Mule in the garage and headed down to the barn. Linda
let Daisy out of her stall and she made laps around the Mule until we
opened the tail gate so she could jump in.
We
took her for a short run around the fields, then returned her to the
stall, gave her food and made sure her water wasn't frozen. We went to
the pole barn and retrieved the heater and the 5 gallon plastic can of
kerosene. I pulled the Mule back into the garage and Linda shut the
door. Later in the evening, a Pacer game was about to start on TV, so I
asked Stacey if Jason would want to come over and watch it with her. She
said that he probably would, so Linda called Stephanie and made the
arrangements for me to drive over to their house and pick up Jason. The
roads were getting to be snow covered as I went to pick him up. We
returned to the farm and Stacey and Jason watched the Pacers play the
Cavaliers. The Cavs are Jason's favorite NBA team and they beat the
Pacers. After the game, Stacey and Jason played the Wii for a while.
They bowled and then drove in the NASCAR Cart racing game.
It
was after 9 PM when I said I had better take him back to his house. The
roads were completely snow covered as we drove to town and made the turn
on 90. I dropped Jason off and returned to the farm as the snow was
coming down harder.
Are We Ready?
We have stocked up on milk and bread, filled the wood racks on the back porch, gassed up the vehicles and parked the 4 wheel drive pickup truck in the garage. We're as ready as we can be for the winter storm that has been forecast for three days. We are supposed to receive rain, freezing rain, sleet and anywhere from 5 to 9 inches of snow today and tonight. Every school in middle TN and southern KY has already closed.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Nothing Much
With Pauline almost ready to deliver their baby, we hadn't planned on
doing much this weekend. That fit everyone's agenda fairly well. Linda
fixed some cinnamon twists for breakfast and Brent helped me switch a
computer from one location to another while it warmed up outside.
Everyone was wanting to get outside since we had been house bound by the
cold weather recently, so we walked around a little, let Daisy out, but
kept her on a leash with the small dogs running along as we looked
around. We put Daisy back in the barn and the little dogs in the house
and went down to the pole barn. I mentioned that since it was warmer, it
would be a good time to start all the old cars. Linda fired up her 97
Mustang first, then Brent popped off the TR-3 while Linda started the 65
Mustang. We let them run a few minutes then shut them all off and hooked
the float chargers back up to each one. We also changed a tie down rope
on the old cover on the Sea Ray. We had to attach it to the old rope and
pull the new rope through the edges of the cover until it went all the
way around the boat. We finished that by melting the ends of the rope so
they wouldn't fray out. We had the doors open on the barn and someone
moved over to the fire pit and started throwing sticks into the pit. I
told Linda we should burn some of the scraps of old barn siding we had
left from doing the 'club house'. That was right down Brent's alley, he
quickly had a fire going and we spent an hour or two burning sticks and
sitting around watching it burn. Julie and Stacey were getting hungry by
then, so Brent drove us over to Albany to eat, then we came back to the
farm and went back down to the fire pit We stayed down there until
almost dark. After supper and taking some cold medicine, I went to bed
early.
This morning was rainy and we stayed inside the entire day.
Steve and Nancy dropped by to see Julie before PB&J went home about 2:30
PM.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Julie With Us
Thursday afternoon, a Fed Ex truck pulled into the driveway while I was
on the tractor cleaning up the hay fields. Linda met the guy and I
pulled in behind him on the tractor. He set two boxes off his truck and
carried them into the garage. I looked at the boxes and they were from
Dell. I said that I wasn't expecting those until near the end of the
month. He joked that he could keep them until then, if I didn't want
them now. Then he asked about the pin ball machine and said he buys them
and makes repairs, then sells them. He wouldn't make an offer and Linda
wouldn't give a price, so he left.
Friday morning we ate a sausage
biscuit and then left for Smith's Grove in the HHR. A little over an
hour later we picked up Julie at her sitter's house. Julie came out
giggling and yelling about seeing us from inside the house. She climbed
in her car seat and Stacey strapped her down, then we headed to Bowling
Green. We stopped at Granny's Attic and looked through their stuff, then
over to Hobby Lobby. Our next stop was the mall, where we ate lunch,
then to Aldi's and finally Sam's Club. We bought groceries and headed
back home. Stacey read books to Julie the entire time it took us to ride
back to the farm. Once we had carried in the groceries, we put on
sweatshirts and Stacey drove the Mule down to the barn. Julie yelled,
"Turn Daisy loose!" as Stacey let the dog out of the stall. Daisy made
two quick laps around the Mule, then jumped in the back. We went across
the creek and let her run around the fields as Julie was talking and
pointing out where Daisy was going. Julie noticed that the creek was
frozen and I told her that the water was cold and Daisy didn't like
crossing the ice. We stopped at the corner of the field, Daisy jumped in
the back and we took her up the hill to the barn. We noticed that Daisy
had rolled in the dirt and was filthy, but it was too cold to give her a
bath, so we put her in the stall, gave her food and a dog biscuit, then
went inside. Julie played in the living room while we watched some of
the Pacer basketball game on TV. After Julie went to bed, I went back to
working on setting up the new Dell computer. It has Windows 7® as the
operating system and it seems really easy to use.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Sun Comes Out
After several days of cloudy weather with snow flurries, it was nice to
see the sun come out this morning. When I went outside, I could feel the
difference in the temperature too. It was warmer and the snow was
starting to melt. I took a fresh bucket of water to the barn to replace
the bucket of water that was frozen for Daisy. When I opened the door,
she ran out of the stall and jumped in the back of the Mule, eager to
get going.
It
was a lot easier to let her run longer since the temperatures were
higher and the wind was no longer causing a wind chill factor.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Mule Repaired and Back On Duty
Stacey, Linda and I were sitting in the living room playing the Wii when
the phone rang. It was the girl from Rex's Cycle Shop in Columbia. She
said our Kawasaki Mule had been fixed and was ready to be picked up. I
checked with her on the hours they were open and how much the repair
work was costing. I hung up and we quit playing the Wii and drove the
truck to Columbia. I pulled in the back of Rex's lot and hooked up the
trailer that I had left there when I dropped off the Mule. I went inside
and paid the bill, then returned to wait for the service man to drive
the Mule out to the trailer. He pulled it on the trailer and I chained
it down. We left the repair shop and went to Taco Bell for lunch, then
returned to the farm. I unchained the Mule and let the rear gate down,
then Stacey drove the Mule off the trailer.
We
immediately began using it to put things up and haul the chains back to
the equipment shed. Then I backed the trailer in the barn, unhooked the
truck from it and parked the truck in the shed. Stacey drove the Mule
down and picked me up, then we parked it in the garage. Stacey and Linda
helped me put on the windshield. I had to take it off because when you
haul the Mule the force of the 60 mph wind will bust the windshield.
Later in the evening, we went to the Cumberland County basketball game.
Both the girls and boys teams lost to Metcalf County.
Monday, January 04, 2010
A Little Accumulation
The weather has went south for the winter. We have temperatures in the
teens at night and this morning the snow was coming down. It was very
light and only snowed for a couple hours. It did accumulate a little as
the ground was cold enough that it didn't melt right away.
Coco
was too little to remember the snow during last winter and today it
seemed as he didn't know what was happening with the snow. He sniffed
around in it until his whiskers were full of snow, then like most small
dogs, he quickly became cold and began holding his foot off the ground.
He then dashed back to the front porch to come inside. By noon, the
clouds had moved on and the sun had melted the snow except in the
shadows of the hills. We're expecting cold temperatures for about
another week.
I've placed a new group of pictures online that
were taken between July and December of 2009. There is a link at the
bottom of the right column on this page or you can click HERE.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
The Day After
This morning was a slow starter for about everyone. Julie slept in and
even the dogs stayed quiet until well after 8 AM. I guess that a few
votes for breakfast omelets put me to work. I'm not sure, because I
wasn't present for the vote count, but I made breakfast anyway.
![]()
Stacey
and Brent were playing with the Wii game console that came for
Christmas. Julie was playing her "Super Why" learn to read game. Pico
was just relaxing on the couch pillow and at one time was laying upside
down with his feet in the air. Stacey lined up her music CDs in the new
CD storage cabinet that Brent and I put together for her. A little
later, Brent and I took Julie outside and rode the ATVs to let Daisy
run. I used a leash to lead Daisy beside me on the 4-wheeler as we
crossed the rode and creek, then I turned her loose and let her run
while we rode around the fields. It was a short trip since the weather
was cooler. We returned to the house and Brent drove us to town in the
Traverse so I could pick up Stacey's medicine at the pharmacy. Julie
rode along, chattering the entire trip. Pauline and Brent left for their
house about 2 PM without Julie. Julie is staying an extra night and we
are taking her home tomorrow.


