Coffee anyone ?

[Alaskan]

@promiseacres glad things are improving for you and you families health. Tough to be sick! And on a farm, some things must be done. No matter what.

Today started work at 8 and home by 2. Short day. No complaints. Sat for an HR then told self we had to mow the yard! Can't say I wanted to but, needed to and did most. Tomorrow I'll catch some quirky spots with the walk behind and weed eat. Need to switch out backhoe and bushhog on tractor....few field areas to hit.

Yesterday I Used tractor and moved some dirt to fill a couple holes that were annoying me in the yard. And some driveway work on road to back of farm....more dirt and also gravel there. Possible light rain Wed night. Then I can top off as needed once it settles and dries, packs in. Don't need road issues in winter.

Otherwise -- same old stuff.

Winter? Do you get winter?

Oh wait.... you do see snow, right?

 

[Baymule]

Saturday the 14 year old granddaughter was going to make a birthday cake for the now 5 year granddaughter. Only problem was, she poured a whole cake mix in a pan made for 1/2 of a cake mix. Then she did the same with the other cake pan. I was outside, she called me to the kitchen....... The pans overflowed, spilling out on the bottom of the oven. It looked like somebody drank a couple of gallons of cake mix, then projectile vomited into the oven. It was getting black and crispy in places and starting to smoke. Well! The FIRST thing we do is TURN OFF THE OVEN! The SECOND thing we do is start laughing and the THIRD thing we do is go to town for more cake mix while the oven cools down.

The oven got scraped up and wiped enough to prevent fire while the second attempt was baked. Then she made a nasty mess with frosting and cake sprinkles. How DID that get in the floor?? The cake turned out edible, Papaw declared it delicious and the 5 year old had a birthday party with cake and presents. Mission accomplished.

 

[farmerjan]

Gotta learn sometime....who better than with her grandma, to turn a disaster into a ...hey we'll go get some more and start over....

 

[Alaskan]

And that is how you make a memory!

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready. It is 61F degrees outside this morning!!! But it will soar to 94F degrees. BJ is sick with a chest cold. Low fever, coughing up crud and feels bad.

 

[Mini Horses]

Hope BJ feels better soon. Good old Vicks....and sweat it out?

@Margali , good start to getting a house up!! It'll sure be welcome. Right?

Winter? Do you get winter?

Of course we do but, it's more like your Fall. We even get some snow sometimes. Mostly I see it in pictures! But cold is always a concern...mainly mid Jan to first of Mar. Yeah, I have it tough! Because our area isn't prepared to deal with what we rarely experience. Snow like YOU get...unheard of here.

Today started at 67 and expecting upper 70s with rain late day, repeating tomorrow. Wet again. Nothing huge, maybe an inch?? Inconvenient, that's all. Heading out to work after another cuppa....looking forward to 4 days at home after . Goat auction this Sat -- social event??

 

[farmerjan]

63 here this morning. sunny but supposed to cloud up and we are on the edge for the possible showers this afternoon. Looks like it is coming more from the south and staying to the east.... but it would be fine if we get some. Got to take my truck down and see why I have no brake lights and no right signal... got tail lights and left signal... Asked DS last evening when we got back from testing to just look and see if I had tail lights and then tried the brakes and all.... he has something he said he had to do this evening, tomorrow evening there is a program about pinkeye/flies etc....right here at the extension center..... that he and I and maybe GF, are going to....So I am off to go down to the co-op and then home to pack all the samples.

 

[Baymule]

I’m getting a tickle in my throat that tells me I’m getting what BJ has. I made chicken tacos for supper and a pot of chicken and rice soup to put in the refrigerator. We can eat on that while I take the luxury of being sick and still doing chores. At least supper won’t be one of them.

 

[Alaskan]

My dad's mom always said that spicy Mexican food cured every cold.

 

[Mini Horses]

It's the peppers!