Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[Baymule]

A wintery mix? You just can't win can you?

 

[farmerjan]

Monday... cold rain early. Changed to snow sleet. Temps 34-36. Then wet snow... got about 2 inches or so... and roads are getting colder since it is so cold today... just saw the plow trucks scraping the wet slushy snow off as it is supposed to drop down colder tonight...
This really STINKS..... Nasty out there...
Storm is heading north/northeast.... don't know how that is going to affect the proposed trip to CT this evening because the other guy is coming down from northern VT....
After yesterday, 68 and sun and nice......

 

[Baymule]

Winter just doesn’t want to leave.

 

[farmerjan]

Winter came and the temps tried to stay today. We got about 2 " of snow, sleet and cold miserable rain before it changed to the snow. It went from 33 to 37 on Monday. DS wound up having to work on Mon night because of refreezing on the bridges and stuff...
Woke up to 33 this morning... definitely cold because the wind was blowing. Hit 50 on the thermometer late this afternoon, but it never felt like it. It was just cold with the wind. Finally the wind died down late this afternoon. There were some clouds and sun all day.
Because of the forecast, for 4-8" snow up in VT and down into Mass and CT, they did not do the cattle. It was then planned for leaving Wed eve, meeting Thursday morning... but another snag. Seems things with the estate are going forward and the lawyer is now pushing some stuff... SOOOO.... DS and I are going up next Thursday eve (I think) to deliver the cattle up in northern VT... coming back by my parents place and we are going to be spending the weekend 30th-1st getting what we want out of the house... and going through stuff... I am going to be in contact with my sister tomorrow and see if she can make it work too... the POA brother that has been the contact with the lawyer, has said that he will be getting a few other things he wants, plus the tools and things listed in the inventory because no one except my DS wants any of that... Brother has said he will stay away from the house on the weekend so that there is no upsets with the sister and her fiance'... whom he doesn't like .... can't stand him actually.... and my nephew says he wants nothing, and the one niece in Fla is pregnant... to the tune of 7+ months... which I just found out about last week.... the other niece and her father, my other brother, will hopefully be able to come and get the things that they want...
It is a mess... but anything that does not get taken my poa brother is getting a dumpster and it will be thrown out the first week of June, the house will be cleaned and put on the market.
My sister's fiance' does alot of stuff with yard sales/estate stuff... I am hoping that he will be willing to come and clean it out and then can take and sell it.... my poa brother says he doesn't care if they take it and sell it and make a few dollars on it... it just needs to go. There are things like photo albums, and other stuff that I don't want to see go in the dumpster...
So, now I have had to push to get the paperwork together for the bank to see about getting the loan for the car... after just getting both these vehicles done, of course... but then I will be able to make a few choices on what to keep and what to sell... Most likely will sell the outback asap.... and then decide if I like the explorer enough to keep it... it will be newer... but I really don't know what it will be like to drive, or what kind of mileage it will get... and the taxes will sure be alot more than my older vehicles....but this all has come up sorta suddenly because the pregnant niece was wanting to put it off until July after she has the baby so she can come up and wanted everyone to get together and have a family "reunion" thing... she is living in the past memories and doesn't want to accept that there is just really little or nothing left of the family cohesiveness anymore. Once this is all settled, I doubt I will hear or talk to any of them very much unless I make the effort... they are all settled into their lives and I also found out that my nephew and his wife are expecting their 2nd... and the way they don't get along and the other family problems there... I can't imagine... It is a mess and I am just going to stay out of it all.
At least for all our "little aggravations" my DS and I get along on most of this stuff... and he will never have kids with this GF so that is a relief in my mind... they would have been so at odds over the way she thinks kids should be raised that I am glad that that part of their relationship never will work out. Her health seems to be doing okay so far so that is good.

My farm for tomorrow called and the railroad will be tearing up the road crossing, tomorrow starting around 8 a.m. and hope to be done by dark... so I will not be testing there, tomorrow. Rescheduled for Friday. Then I have to get a couple more done next week....

Owner sampler farm called and said that they went on and did their test on last night/ this morning... but I was not going in that direction today. I might go on and go get them tomorrow and get the stuff done, then I can drop off the reports and stuff Thursday morning... and not have to take the computer and printer with me. The farm I am going to Thursday morning has everything there in their barn so I don't have to take it with me. The screen was working fine but now is acting up again. I have got to get the other computer set up but hauling the printer is a royal p.i.t.neck.....

I also had another real upset; I lost the little twin bottle calf. She was staying at the barn, and was in on Sun eve... she must have followed someone out and I couldn't find her yesterday and found her down at the hay roll, dead this morning. I started slipping and all in the wet snow on Mon and decided that I just couldn't take the chance of falling and getting hurt... drove the car all over the field calling and looking for her and almost got it stuck 3 times in the slick snow...I was hoping she was down in the trees/cedars/brush but that was not where I found her this morning.

So tomorrow is a trip to the bank with the paperwork they e-mailed me today... go by DMV to see about "travel or temp tags" to bring the car home this trip. Maybe go to the farm to get the stuff... call the ins co on the car so it will be covered.... Oh this is just not what I was expecting. DS said yesterday that he thought it would be July so I wasn't in any rush.... and I had planned 2 farms for the end of the week next week, so have to rethink/plan those farms for testing now.
Tomorrow is supposed to be in the 60's and 80's by Saturday... I brought in all the plants this evening as they are saying a FREEZE, not just a frost. Then I am hoping they can go back out... I am going to get soil and get a few of the planters filled and the begonias I got planted so they will be able to be under the maple tree when I go...

Time to go to bed, my brain is fried from all this stuff happening so fast...

Oh, and top of it, Got a letter from the IRS.... asking if I had filed my taxes as the return looks suspicious...Needing identification verification.... NOPE ..... NOT ME... so now I have to deal with that.

 

[Baymule]

I hope things go as well as possible at your parents place. Get what you want and take the good memories with you. I think you will like the Explorer. What year is it?

Too bad about the calf. I’m sorry that you lost her. It wasn’t for lack of care on your part. These things happen, we grieve, and we have to move on. Big hugs.

 

[farmerjan]

Wednesday early eve. Will have to go out and lock in the chickens in a bit... not dark enough yet.
Down to 31 last night so it wasn't quite as cold as they had said. But still cold......We did have sun today, a light breeze, and it hit 66 so was decent.

So, I got all the stuff together for the bank, took it down and they called late this afternoon and I can get the money for the car. I can get 90% so will take the remaining amount out of my account, go down, they will issue a check for the total amount to the estate and it can get sent. This is planned on Friday when I head south to test the farm that was cancelled today due to the RR crossing rebuild. I will call the farm tomorrow to make sure it is still a go for Friday afternoon.
Then, when we do go north with the cattle, I will drive it home. DS still trying to get things together with the other grandchildren so that we can spend some time working on sorting some stuff at the house and bringing home some of the things that can be agreed upon. At least this way if some of the stuff is requested, and no conflict with anyone else... then we can make "piles" of stuff for each ones requests...
I didn't get to DMV so that will be a stop tomorrow morning on the way home I guess. Cancelled alignment on the car as I am going to have too much to try to do. It can wait a few days since I am not driving it alot anyways.
I did go get the samples and the paperwork, and will drop off his reports tomorrow on the way home from testing.
Making another list of things to do tomorrow. It is supposed to be in the 70's and sunny and nice so I would like to get a few things done here at the house.
Put the seedlings out this afternoon for a little bit, hope to put them out for the whole day tomorrow and the rest of the week. All the forecasts are saying 80's.... TOTALLY insane weather....
We wound up with a total of 1 inch of water in the rain gauge, between the rain/sleet/snow. We needed it. Just not the way we got it and the cold miserable temps.

Put the sample bottles in the car already. Got to set the alarm for morning so I get up.... and remember to take the papers for the other farm.

Quitting for the night.

 

[Bruce]

Winter just doesn’t want to leave.

Here either, got 4+" of wet snow overnight Mon into Tues.

Oh, and top of it, Got a letter from the IRS.... asking if I had filed my taxes as the return looks suspicious...Needing identification verification.... NOPE ..... NOT ME... so now I have to deal with that.

OK, that REALLY sucks!!!!!! I hope it doesn't take long to clear up.

But a question, State taxes were due here last Friday, Fed on Monday. Wouldn't you have had to already file or file for an extension?

 

[farmerjan]

@Bruce, was filing an extension on federal so that a few more things could be cleared up... I won't be owing any so no big deal... Have to do an amended return for 2020 because of a few things... State taxes in Va are due in May so not an issue here...

 

[farmerjan]

Thursday morning... got up went to the farm. 48 this morning... but it is cloudy and breezy and just chilly... had some sprinkles and now a 10-20% possibility of some showers... It has hit 60 but it is a chilly 60... Not at all what they said... Like I should listen to them anymore..




So, The plants are still in. I tested, went from there to the other farm dropped off the papers and got answers about a certain cow that didn't "work", to get all that corrected. Then went to Walmart because my black ink was out and I hadn't ordered any lately. Have to order some as I can get it so much cheaper but I needed it to print with. Didn't get too much else... Came out and called the vet's office to find out when he was going to be down in this area so we can get that group of cows preg checked that were open to the bull that went bad. Then I stopped at the DMV office to check on what I need for temp transport tags and all. So, I will go by there next week when it is close to going up there... Seems there is some dissension now with the one niece (not preg) on how things are being handled and she is trying to get my DS to go in on an e-mail to the lawyer handling the estate... and luckily DS said no, he was not going to get dragged into it. She needs to reread the will, as it is set out in there about the lawyer is to do this and that....
So now there are some hard feelings... and questioning the valuation of some stuff... yet her own father (the not preg niece) said that the tools and tool boxes in the garage are way over valued from what they were really worth...he said that father didn't have any of the high priced Snap On tools... just decent ones...
I told DS when he called earlier that if they all keep saying they don't want anything, then WTH difference does it make with the valuation since it is not going make a difference to anyone if they take 1 thing or 100 things... household items are not included in the final settlement... except now if the 3 grandchildren go about contesting anything, they might lose everything... at best, the lawyer can force an auction house to come in and make an offer and then they will have to "buy" anything that they claim they don't want. Except supposedly she is saying that poa brother has done some "shady stuff"...
Okay, if he did... he was there for taking care of them for the last 5 years everytime they needed something... agree with him or not... none of them were putting their lives on hold to go stay with them for a few months at a time or everytime there were problems.... and I won't / can't say he did anything that wasn't kosher... I have no proof...
And she is saying that it is awfully convenient that brother and DS (and me) can be there next weekend but not in July.... which we have put off the trip twice to make this work....NOT like this is a 20 minute drive... we are talking 7-800 miles ONE WAY.....
Some of us have a life and jobs that we just can't "take time off of" , like our farming and brother's fishing business... And the will specifically states that it was to be done in 90 days and it has been 7 months since father's passing; so if it is 90 days after the probate, that means they will get their way.....wait until July....
I talked to my sister last night and she was not being reasonable when I tried to explain to her about us making it work to come up...it is some sort of "conspiracy" that brother and DS can make next weekend work.... yet she cannot make things work for any time suggested....
Told DS that I am done... if the lawyer accepts the check for the Explorer, and DS's check for the backhoe, we will go up and get them and the rest of them can go pound sand. He is trying to straddle the fence and not make his cousins mad, and not alienate his uncle.... and I told him he is going to make someone mad so may as well quit trying. But I totally agree with not siding with the other 3 and signing on to the e-mail this niece is going to send to the lawyer about how she does not think things have been done right. They all agreed to have him be the go between... should have said something sooner in my opinion....

So, I got home, talked to DS for awhile about all the latest BS with the family stuff... told him about the possible vet visit... he is tossing around just going to CT with the cattle and let the whole sh!t show fall down around their ears. Guess he will see what comes out of her deciding to send the e-mail to the lawyer...

Got on the computer, fixed the stuff for the herd... made a sandwich, did dishes; and am going in to pack the samples...
DS is going with a friend to Carlisle Pa to the huge car flea market there tomorrow... He needs a day away.... Sat is a bull sale here close by, a fellow cattle farmer breeder, that DS wants to go to.... then he is going to look at some hay for sale as we are nearly out... This cold weather is really hurting us, as the grass is not growing and the amount of hay they are still eating is way more than we planned on.

Still only 62, clouds, and the wind is still quite strong... not very warm.

 

[Baymule]

Family drama is the worst. Sorry y’all are having to deal with it.

Go get the Explorer and backhoe, give attorney the checks and go home. Let it all fall down on the rest of them.

I hope the weather straightens out soon for y’all.