Baymule’s Journal

[Baymule]

March 4, I made a trip to Lindale for tractor implements, the Kawasaki mule and other small items. I was running on the memory of fumes. LOL March 5, I built a 2-cow panel hoop shelter for the ewes, right ahead of a torrential rain. March 9, I somehow dragged horse panels to Trip and Carson’s pen, fully intending to enlarge their pen. I didn’t make it. Already sick, it was just too much and I collapsed. I’ve gotten real tired of laying around doing as close to nothing as I could. But I was totally out of go-juice.

Today, I finally put up those extra horse panels and enlarged Carson’s and Trip’s pen. It’s still not real big, but it’s more than they had. I feel accomplished. I don’t do sick real well.

Another big deal, today I finally put on a short sleeved T-shirt. I’ve walked around in 80F degree weather, with a jacket on too! Just a ripple of wind broke me out in goosebumps. I’ve worked outside all morning, now I’m heating up some fried white bass and I’ll have a salad for brunch. Then I may take a nap. LOL LOL

 

[Mini Horses]

Glad you're back to "you".

Guess we will get some farm shopping news, or feedback soon.

 

[farmerjan]

Did you go look at the 2 farms you mentioned????

 

[Ridgetop]

You are still doing too much if you are breaking ut in goosebumps. Might be running a low grade fever.
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Was that a baby kangaroo? It looked really small. Maybe it was a wallaby? they look like mini kangaroos. Don't you have to have some sort of special license for exotics? Or just for wolves, tigers, etc.

 

[Bruce]

Motorized wheelchair races in the halls!

That is what you'll be doing if you DON'T get your knees fixed!

 

[Simpleterrier]

I know a lady from Australia and she told me they hunt kangaroos like we do dear.

 

[Baymule]

I know a lady from Australia and she told me they hunt kangaroos like we do dear.

I bet they are tasty! LOL

 

[Mini Horses]

Dang...you looked at farms?? No report??

Were they yes, no, maybe? . What's out there?

 

[Baymule]

Yes, I looked at a couple of places. One was 9 acres, magazine picture perfect. A pond, 2 car garage with an apartment upstairs, a house with big windows overlooking the pond. THEN I got an up close look. The entire outside of the house was rotten and needed for the wood to be stripped and replaced. The front and back porch were rotten, the upstairs balcony was rotten. The interior rooms were laid out terribly wrong. There was a “house with no value” that was literally caving in and would have cost money to have it torn down and hauled to the dump. There was an old wooden church building that was also in a state of decay. I must say, it was artfully photographed and looked great in the listing pictures.

I looked at a VERY well kept double wide on 20 acres of mostly plantation pine, not yet big enough to cut. A deep well, field fencing down one side and the back, it looked like my best choice so far. The trees were a huge drawback because I need pasture, but I could carve out pasture a little bit at a time. This one is owned by friends of my sister in law and they haven’t decided on a price yet. I had made up my mind to buy it if the price was right—until yesterday………

My sister in law and I were going to Crockett to eat lunch, were 5 miles from Crockett. I called on a listing and the real estate lady said she was going there now. I told SIL to turn around! A double wide on 25 acres with 2 ponds and nice pasture. Turned out, SIL knew the people and he rode me around on the back of his 4 wheeler so I could look at the land. A driveway cuts it in half, there is some new fence, field fence, and some old fence. No barn, but I haven’t looked at a place yet with a barn. The smaller side needs a fence on one side and has T-posts along the driveway but no wire.

I could build a small barn on the smaller side and after putting up fence, use it right away. The bigger side, with the 2ponds, needs cleaning the fence row, rolling up old wire, replacing some of the posts and will be a lot of work. Doable, but may take me awhile. I might could run a cross fence and use some of that side sooner.

I’ve decided to make them an offer on it. I’ll call the real estate lady this morning.

 

[Baymule]

Real estate lady called me back. I made an offer and we’ll see where this goes.

Gotta go to Lufkin for feed, think I’ll go check out a rehab facility and see about a glorious 2 week vacation. LOL