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Ridgetop
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UCLA only does MOHS on facial cancers. He has had that several times. These are on his chest, back, and arm. They prefer to cut them out for some reason. 4" slices to remove tissue pieces smaller than a thimble. Probably from water skiing on the Colorado river in the summer desert sun. The sun was considered our friend back then.
I only need one strip. And I put one of the white ones up where I ran out of strips. It doesn't look that bad although the pattern doesn't quite match the other walls. It does cover the open gap though so that is ok. I'm worried that when we pull in the slide out, travel, and then go to set up that all the brad nails will have popped out and the paneling and strips will just fall off the walls.
I think I might have to pack the brad nailer to bring with me just in case.I found another couple spots to repair in the trailer. The quarter round around the bathroom door needs to be reattached. It has actually been loose for a couple of years and I keep forgetting to take care of it. Now the molding has come off the wall and the nails are sticking out. OUCH! Guess how I found out?!
I went out to empty the pantry and see what is there and what needs to be restocked. Only groceries that don't need refrigeration will go with us. Since we are leaving the trailer in Groveton while we go to Tennessee (Thanks Layne!) I won't leave the fridge turned on. I don't like leaving it running on propane unwatched. We will buy all our frozen and cold stuff in Sulphur Springs on the way to Mt. Pleasant KOA after we get back. Anyway, I emptied and restocked the top shelves where I keep extra toilet paper (special type for RV septic), paper towels, and basket of cleaning supplies. Removed the pullout wire baskets from the 2 lower shelves and the contents. One basket had the front bent probably from when we had canned goods come out of the cupboard during a very bumpy ride over a dirt lot. Wiped out the shelves, then emptied the middle shelf where I have can racks for the canned goods. The shelf looked funny and on closer inspection the shelf was dropping down in one corner. Uh Oh!
Apparently, the supports were put on the top of the shelf and the shelf was attached to them from under the shelf with brads.
How dumb is that? It took me several hours to get the shelf supports unscrewed from the wall. Only 2 screws in one support and 1 in the other but for some reason 2 of the screws refused to unscrew. Back to the tool shed for a locking pliers. I finally had to use a locking pliers to clamp onto the screw to turn it. Naturally I was unable to get it to grip for about 20 minutes. Finally, I got it gripped on but wasted 5 minutes turning it the wrong way while the tool slipped off the screw again. 
Finally got all the screws out and then had to pull all the brads out so I could mount it again UNDER the shelf. Then I tried to raise the shelf into the proper position. It did not want to go. I finally measured the height it was supposed to be to be level. Then I got some pieces of wood and a box that would be the right height and shoved them under the shelf to raise it into position. Now I have to raise it a bit more so I can mount the support on the wall under the shelf. By then it was dark, I was dripping with sweat in spite of the AC so I decided to finish later. Have been too busy to go out and finish installing the shelf supports for a couple days now (doctor appointments and bridge) but will try to finish tomorrow. One problem is although I have good movement in my knee, I have trouble kneeling on the floor at the moment. It is hard to get into the pantry cabinet to work since it is only about 12" wide but 18" deep. I will have another go at it tomorrow.Arrived home yesterday from all day doctor appointments to find BL12 had lambed. I had her written down as BL13 which annoyed DS1 when he tried to locate her among the 40 ewes in various pens.
She lambed in the large pen on the field and he and DGD1 had moved her and the tiny ewe lamb into the barn. She was still very large and her lamb was very small. It also had turned under feet at the knuckles which is usually a sign of being crowded in the womb. She had some afterbirth with liquid still hanging so DS1 said to just leave her and see if she would produce another lamb. She had just lambed 2 hours previously. This morning I went down and she was hunched up and looked unhappy. Her udder was engorged although the lamb had nursed. The afterbirth was in the pen. I decided to check her since I just had that feeling something was wrong. I put on my barn clothes and a pair of gloves, haltered her and tied her to the pen. She was laying down, so I lubed up and sure enough she had another lamb that was stuck. His nose was turned down, presenting the top of his skull to the birth canal, and front legs were back. I maneuvered his head into the right position then got a foreleg out and out he came. Dead of course. Complete with afterbirth and covered in orange showing that he was stressed during trying to be born. I might have saved him if I had followed my first impression that she had another lamb in her when we got home the afternoon before. I should have checked and pulled him then, maybe he would have still been alive since the first lamb had her own afterbirth. This is why it is so important to follow your instincts. And why I hate to be away during lambing. This ewe is the only surviving daughter of 8040 "The Knee Fixer". I do have a daughter out of her but she was rated a 5, and her last lamb is also a 5. This new lamb looks kind of spindly, but hopefully will grow out well. BL12 was bred back to her father Moyboy that produced so many 5's for me. Hopefully that inbreeding will produce another good ewe. If not, there is always the auction and I still have the ewe. Having the ewe survive is the best part, and a live ewe lamb, and not having to feed a bottle lamb. I still haven't forgiven myself for not checking inside AAC when she had a retained lamb and died. Always trust your instincts if the ewe doesn't look right. If you check and there is no lamb stuck inside, no harm - no foul, but if you don't and she is in trouble you won't forgive yourself for something as simple as not pulling out a lamb. Anyway, 1 down and 6 or 7 to go. By the way both this ewe and AAC both had lambed before with no problems so . . . .
Spoke to Rafael about the 5 sheep he has here still. They are costing me a bale of hay ($25/bale) a week. He said he has ordered a pen and it has not arrived, but he will pay for the bale a week for me to keep them. Since they are in with other sheep, they are no trouble, just as long as he reimburses us for the hay. I will write on the calendar the date he came to purchase. I wrote out a sales slip so I will add the hay to it and show the full total he owes.
Next week we will start packing for Texas. DS1, DS2, and DDIL2 will give us most of their stuff to bring back since they will be flying with the baby. We will bring DDIL2 and DS2's luggage when we pick up DS1 at the airport since he and DDIL2 are flying out together into Dallas. She is being picked up by an uncle at the airport in Dallas so we will take her luggage to her when we pick up DS1. The uncle and aunt are taking her to San Antonio where they have a vacation home. They live in Wichita Falls. DS2 is flying to Austin to meet with combat army buddies for a reunion - no wives are allowed to go. He will rent a car and drive to San Antonio after the 2 day reunion, meet up with DDIL2 and her family, and sightsee in SA. Then he will drive them back to meet Kris in Fort Worth and eventually meet up with us at the campground.
While DS2 and family are sightseeing TX, DS1, DH, and I will be emptying the tack room of all the junk. If we can find a dump, we will take all the trash there. Otherwise, we will stash it in a corner of the barn (the cattle have been fenced out) until we return in February and rent a dumpster. We are taking a large heavy duty shelf unit back with us to set up and store stuff on. Also, some items that we had left over from the apartment reno that we will use in the new house. I hope to take as much as possible in the 5th wheel on this trip. We are hoping to take a big truck and trailer load in February. DS1 wants to get DS3's flatbed trailer and have us bring a lot of fence panels back in February. We have a lot of panels that we are not using that can come back and be stored in the barn. We still need to arrange the exterior high fencing for the dogs. I need to make an appointment with the district conservationist about getting on the 2023 list for fencing money for the sheep pens. We need exterior fencing before we can get a grant, but I realized since we do have exterior fencing already for the cattle, we can apply now for the fencing for rotational grazing pastures.
Lots of appointments that I have to make now for Texas.
It took quite a while to get them in the barn, then we had to put the bred ewes in jugs and then turn the junior ewes back out onto the field. After that was done, we had to rearrange a couple of ewes since we have 6 ewes to go in 5 jugs. We put 2 that are due in 2 weeks in the larger jug. They could probably go back on the field but DS1 doesn't want to catch them again. LOL One ewe that we thought was in the breeding pen turned out to be on the field and looks open. 
At least he loaded them. I will empty it now and load it again. Our old dishwasher used to finish a load and dry it in 30 minutes. Our "ENERGY EFFICIENT" dishwasher takes from 110 minutes to 230 minutes depending on the cycle! Same thing with our "ENERGY EFFICIENT" washing machine which now takes 126 minutes to do a simple load. Used to be 30-40 minutes depending on the cycle. Not very efficient if you ask me. The gas dryer only takes 46 minutes. I am worried about when we move since our appliances will all be electric and I understand that electric dryers are not very efficient, taking 90 minutes to dry clothes. Oh well, it is what it is.
