Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Bruce]

@Mike CHS I recently heard about micro blaster: https://www.ezebreak.com/

We ALL need one of these, blow your boulders apart, legally. Sadly they are quite expensive. Might be affordable if you plan ahead and drill the holes AND live close to a place that rents them.

 

[Mike CHS]

Thanks Bruce - that is an interesting system but we are making due.

 

[Devonviolet]

DH & I are at Latestarter's new homestead. We just finished helping him unload the truck.

And @Southern by choice, I couldn't wait to tell you that we got to meet Mel. What a sweet boy he is! And BIG! He has about 5 or 6 inches, in height on our dogs!

 

[Bruce]

Joe had to make Mel smile for the 1st picture?? He must be big, or Joe is 4' 6" tall.

I bet Joe will be eternally grateful for the help. 3 unloading is SO much faster and easier.

I think it is FABULOUS that he and Mel moved to an area where there were already friends. Can't get better than that. Thanks so much for posting.

 

[Southern by choice]

Wow that is so great! @Devonviolet thanks for the updates and pics of Mel too!
So great that Latestarter has help, friends, and a HOME!
WOO HOO!
What a journey!

@Latestarter I love Mel! So glad to see him well taken care of and loved so much! Big silly lug! Always amazed at how much energy you have after a bajillion miles of driving! I'd need to sleep for a week.

@Bruce that is grabbing the sweet cheeks/jowls we all do this with our LGD's they are like handles! LOL

 

[JACB Dorper]

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And to think I posted last on page, uh, twelve...88 pages now but hey mun...thars a dog smiling and a man residing on new dirt...nothing finer.

@Devonviolet great photos...nicely capturing those magic moments.

Ah yes, moving...yeh...the next move we make will be in pine boxes to the crematorium...and then the dust comes back to be shot over the animal cemetery...yeh...moving...blah! Only good thing about moving is when she's done and yer sitting down to dinner, eh.

Second to last move was huge, coupla ten ton Ryder trucks rented (nfi), truck and boat on trailer, me 4 wheel squeal, and the two semi tractor trailers we bought and still own some 20+ years later--soon to be making our last mortgage payment...kewl! Time flies when yer having fun...

So those tractor trailers, that be two times 45 feet and stuffed by my Hero so full, they had to shovel off the snow on top the one trailer so as not to be over weight at the scales...I kid you not. Called him one afternoon (I got the government transfer and he and the kid got left to sell the house and come join me ASAP)...and he was huffing and puffing...when he finally calmed his heart rate he cursed (nothing abnormal thar!) AND stated, "Now I'm PO'd that I packed the rope..." Implying if he hadn't, he have ended his misery with it. GOOD GACK!

Yeh, moving sucks when you own stuff and we sure own stuff...now so much more good stuff on our five acres that be why I said, no more moving...move me out when I die or forget it. I am squatting here furever and ever!

Makins on our farm​

So back to Mel...herding dogs, livestock guardians...they both know all about possessions, be they ones with heartbeats or hard worthy assets to make life easy. They KNOW they own stuff because they own us...right?

The whole gang on the ranch under the Dolgo tree -
Fixins Stoggar Makins
HyBlade
Styra Foam​

So cute moving story...we moved from the Interior of BC to Central AB...rented a place before we got here because this time, my Hero got the job first and I was left behind (big butt indeed I am!), to do what he had done the move prior...get thangs in order. So it was the household stuff we had left to move out last. An our dog Makins (Australian Cattle Dog--one of THE main reasons on why we wanted our own patch of dirt again) was beside herself. Very attune to our possessions...she guarded both us the humans and our stuff...well have a fit. We rented the ten ton truck to make the trip to the new place we rented and began loading the truck up.

She figured so robbers were making off with all our stuff. Racing around sniffing, despair in her eyes...nothing we could do to calm her down. She was beside herself...no matter what she did, the place we had rented, all our things kept dwindling--no matter how much she guarded the stuff, it kept magically (to her, ask our backs and weary feets) disappearing...she could not stop it! Thank doG we were loading that day and going out the next. She road shot gun with me and the kid in the 4 wheel squeal following Rick in the ten ton truck. She was hugged the whole way but you could see she was not happy--she was on an adventure but she remembered she had failed to protect the family's possessions. Well happiness soon followed...YAH!

Makins with her pups...day one and Fixins was already the "special" chosen one​

We arrived in the wee hours of the night, caught less than useful shut eye and as soon as it was light out...began unloading. Well let me tell you...you know that dog cartoon that leaps in the air over biscuits...floats contented on down...well that be Makins the happy dog dog. She was overjoyed...so much so she was a hazard with her tail beating happy wiggy butt all over the place. "Our stuff...I never failed my fam...we have all our stuff still!" We had miraculously REfound our stuff and set up her home all over again. Life was good as it should be.

Australia Day - Jan 26, 2016...Lacy & Emmy
Our Aussie imports sure know how to celebrate their country of origin's day, eh!​

Been a very loong time since we moved...four dogs down from the five, plus two more...that's how long it's been since we moved and the shock and the horror of the ordeal...has still not worn off...so yeh, worth it, yes, repeat it...NOPE!

Yeh moving...move moi in a pine box or not all...

I am so very glad for you Joe...so happy for you and Mel and when you reflect back in ten year's time...you'll know it was worth it...

Oh and BTW, do plant any trees and plants you want big...Rick and I are amazed that the Caragana is a living pricky privacy fence, the Spruce are towering, and the Lilacs that border both sides of the front drive--planted summer of 1999...by jove, they ARE a smelly (old ladies on a bus smelly) wall of beauty every June. DO the plantings ASAP--only thang you should get on with...we never thought we'd see the day and yeh...that day is today & ever onwards until we cash it...happily here...furever and ever... aH WOmen!

Enjoy it, you and Mel deserve it absolute!

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[farmerjan]

Congrats to you and thanks to your friends for all the help, get started on the rest of your life!!!!!

 

[Devonviolet]

GREAT story Tara! Thanks for sharing your journey. I've made my share of miserable moves, but none as "interesting" as yours. For our last move we donated 60% of our belongings to a local church, that sells them at yard sales, so they can donate to local missions groups.

There are times we realize something we donated what we are looking for & grumble under our breath. But, in the end we know it went to a good cause. So, we buy another and move on to our project.

I see you just joined us in June.

Welcome to BHY, from the big beautiful state of Texas! So glad to have you join us!

 

[Latestarter]

OK, so I'm sitting in the Best Western parking lot after driving an hour to and another back, from Texarkana... the nearest Best Buy, where I spent about a grand on this beautiful new lap top, and a DC to AC converter for the cigarette lighter so I can plug the laptop in, which allows me to sit in the parking lot typing. This hotel has free WiFi, so I decided why not? Free means free, right? That's what's advertised. Thanks everyone for all your posts! Great to know I was providing interesting reading material for y'all This laptop has a touch screen, which is taking a bit of getting used to, but so much better than the mouse pad, which I hate.

OK, so here's the latest: The title company finally came through with the title commitment, then stated they wouldn't accept the survey... so now I'm waiting for the seller to get an updated survey done for title. Closing which was supposed to happen on the 29th, got pushed to the 4th, and is now pushed to the 13th. We'll see... Let's just say I have mt doubts. I told my REA I just want to own the place before Halloween! No realistic idea of when the survey will happen. If it's as I remember, it will be difficult to get a survey done in less than a month, maybe two!

So yesterday I had @Devonviolet and her DH come over and they helped me with the most difficult items and the 28' trailer is now empty! Thanks you two! Today my new refer, washer, and dryer arrived. Had hoped to be doing laundry this evening... NOT SO FAST! When they opened the cold water line to the washer, the damned thing leaks... heavily. I was hoping I could get a replacement washer and fix it, but I guess that's not a possibility. So I went to the street to look for the main water shut off... can't find it. When I get back home I'll be climbing under the house to see (I HOPE! ) if there's a main line shut off under there. Then It's off to the hardware store for a replacement valve and an acetylene tank so I can do some soldering and replace the valve. Might just go ahead and replace both. Maybe I'll just call a plumber... let THEM burn the house down!

Today I tried again for internet service... nope... It's satellite for me or nothing. I did get an appointment for DirecTV to be installed on the 4th. Will be good to be able to watch my New England Patriots play every week. Next order of business is to do all my online bill pay. Hope to get to that this evening... back here to the BW parking lot again! I guess the beginning of the week I'll start calling around for satellite internet and see what the best deal available is.

 

[greybeard]

originally posted by Latestarter:
OK, so here's the latest: The title company finally came through with the title commitment, then stated they wouldn't accept the survey... so now I'm waiting for the seller to get an updated survey done for title. Closing which was supposed to happen on the 29th, got pushed to the 4th, and is now pushed to the 13th. We'll see... Let's just say I have mt doubts. I told my REA I just want to own the place before Halloween! No realistic idea of when the survey will happen. If it's as I remember, it will be difficult to get a survey done in less than a month, maybe two!

Had the same thing happen when I sold property last year--the buyer's lender wouldn't accept the 5 (five) year old survey and wanted a new one before they would present check for closing. I and my realtor told the buyer if he needed a new survey, he'd have to get it himself; I wasn't going to pay for it. He did, everything surveyed out exactly as it did originally and he was out his $$$ for nothing--it only delayed closing 2 1/2 weeks IIRC.
Just had too many other people waiting in line with cash in hand to buy it for me to spend any of my own $$ on it.