Baymule’s Journal

[Baymule]

Sitting here useless. Chris is inside spraying Kilz, he ran out last night, got 2 more gallons when Home Depot opened this morning at 6 AM. Then he’ll spray the ceilings with white paint. There is nothing I can do to help him.

Bennet is cutting branched off downed tree with chainsaw and using tractor bucket to smash and break off branches. There is nothing I can do to help him.

Why am I even here? Supervision I guess. LOL

 

[Bruce]

A good bacterial system and chlorine tablets for the final treatment before clean water is sprayed out.

So it sprays chlorinated water on the grass?

Do things not perk well there? I like passive, not much maintenance and no mechnicals to break.

 

[Baymule]

So it sprays chlorinated water on the grass?

Do things not perk well there? I like passive, not much maintenance and no mechnicals to break.

If a system is working properly, no chlorine is needed. Can’t say that out loud, supposed t use it. An installer said he never used chlorine in his system.

I prefer the passive system. My new farm has that type septic system. Very low maintenance.

 

[Ridgetop]

I prefer the passive system with a septic, cesspool, and/or leach lines but if your land doesn't perk well, it often backs up. We had to dig an overflow pit here about 20 years ago and the system still works great. Our new place had leach lines, but the cows had gotten in and trampled them, so we had to replace them. That area of northeast Texas doesn't perk really well (not enough sand) and they won't allow you to replace leach lines. If we had been living there, we would have done it ourselves, but since we bought the place and had to rent it out, we had to put in a new system. The only system we were allowed to use was aerobic. Livestock can graze on the grass, but you are not supposed to put fruit trees or veggies there. I was hoping for free water and fertilizer for the fruit trees. The water is supposed to be clean when it comes out of the sprinklers, so why you can't use it on fruit trees I have no idea. At any rate with the drought the tiny bit of pasture where the aerobic sprinklers operate is nice and green. LOL

Since you can't do anything Baymule, take a rest!

 

[Baymule]

I took a short nap. I loaded up 4x4x10 and scrap 2x4’s in the truck to make 8x8 mini barns on skids for the sheep. Guy from Mueller Metal called, trim pieces for son’s house were ready so put Carson in back seat, went to Nacogdoches and got them. Went to Home Depot for 2 buckets of drywall mud. Carson behaved himself very well. He sat patiently in the check out line, prompting a man behind me to say, “Your dog minds better than my kids.”

This morning, if Bennet and Peggy want to build fence, we’ll build fence. Not much left to do. I need to measure a gap for a gate or maybe just make a wire gap gate.

I’ll start on the mini barns. Can’t do anything in the house, have to let all that Kilz and ceiling paint dry and set. Tomorrow we texture!

Got company coming 18-21, Sarah and her autistic daughter Lauren, plus their 2 dogs. Might be done painting by then, might not. She can help me move and set up my kitchen stuff. @Ridgetop has the vinyl laid in the cabinets, all ready to put stuff in them! We’ll probably load up stock trailer with boxes. Dunno. Thinking about a U-Haul truck weekend of 27th to move big stuff. Then DD and family and their 3 dogs will be here Labor Day weekend. They leave, then @Ridgetop and her DH come in. I’m such a social butterfly!

 

[Baymule]

House is ready for texture. It’s shrouded in plastic. Previous owners walked through this morning and said it already looks good. I’m ready to texture and paint!

It doesn’t look like much, but there’s a LOT of work done in these pictures!

 

[farmerjan]

ACTUALLY IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK !!!!!!

 

[Mike CHS]

ACTUALLY IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK !!!!!!

I would say that is the understatement of the year. I saw that earlier and told Teresa that I was amazed at how much she has gotten done.

 

[Ridgetop]

Looks like a stick-built house instead of a modular with the vertical wall moldings gone and the Kilz on the walls covering the drywall mud! Can't wait to see it when it is textured and painted! You have been working so hard that having your knee replaced and staying in the nursing home will be a vacation for you. You will probably sleep the whole first week except when they wake you up for therapy!

 

[Baymule]

Got walls textured yesterday! Friends came at 3:45, we finished at 8:30. It’s looking more like a house. I need to do touch up in the corners where a roller wouldn’t go, yay, more ladder climbing!

They got held up a few minutes on the road to my farm…..

I did not set alarm this morning, got an extra almost 2 hours of sleep. I’m tired but not twitching in pain, so that’s good. LOL

Going to Tractor Supply for more treated wood posts, need to make a yard fence. Then to Home Depot for paint and fill up the truck. My money has wings! It flies away!

The 330’ rolls of sheep and goat wire that just in February of this year WAS $240 are now $420! I want to take a moment to thank the leaders of this country for that. I’m about to go buy some more treated wood fence posts 5/6”X8’ for $16 each. Also want to give thanks for the price of diesel coming down a few pennies-after more than doubling in price. I’m so grateful for the “crumbs”.